Archive | Television Review
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TV review: Season three of ‘Community’ returns
The return of NBC’s sitcom “Community” last Thursday could only bring one thought to mind: “About time.” The show’s third season finally returned to the Thursday lineup and took its rightful spot at the 8 p.m. time slot it originally claimed at the show’s debut in 2009.
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TV review: Ashley Judd shines in ABC’s exciting but unoriginal ‘Missing’
The abduction of a child is a parent’s worst nightmare. ABC’s “Missing” speaks to this hellish ordeal with a straightforward, action-packed plot, featuring Ashley Judd’s first appearance on a network television series.
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TV review: Intriguing premise can’t save ‘Grimm’
Despite lacking character development and cohesive plot arcs, the charming and endearing qualities of NBC’s “Grimm” stand firm. But whether or not these qualities are enough to make up for the show’s general letdowns is another question entirely.
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TV review: Lindsay Lohan falls flat on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Lindsay Lohan hosted a much-ballyhooed episode of "Saturday Night Live" last week — an episode that, for all intents and purposes, was just as putrid as every other "SNL" episode for the better part of a decade.
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TV review: ‘Portlandia’ teaches us to embrace hipster-dom
“Portlandia” is a show currently airing on the International Film Channel, created by and starring Saturday Night Live veteran Fred Armisen and ‘90s alternative rocker Carrie Brownstein. The show uses the same sketch-comedy format as SNL, and has recurring without an overarching plot.
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TV Review: ‘Alcatraz’ tempers ambitious plot with genre cliches
"On March 21st, 1963, Alcatraz officially closed. All the prisoners were transferred off the island. Only that's not what happened. Not at all." Bolstered by orchestral background music, these lines serve as the introduction to Fox's new midseason show, "Alcatraz.
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TV review: ‘Walking Dead’ midseason premiere a vast improvement over recent talky excesses
After the ill-advised seven episode arc of losing, searching, searching and more searching for the missing Sophia was resolved, the action picked up in the best/worst possible way for the show and the characters in AMC’s “The Walking Dead.
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TV review: Lukewarm waters in ABC’s ‘The River’
Is it “Paranormal Activity” combined with “Lost?” Or is it a hybrid of “The X-Files” and “The Blair Witch Project” set in the Amazon? Maybe it’s all of those recognizable names combined into an adventure-horror series made for television.
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TV review: ‘Family Guy’ has lost its comedic spark
Fox's "Family Guy" is paradoxically under- and over-rated at the same time. Haters accuse the show of being a bunch of random and lazy tangents built around broad and unfunny characters without any real story. "Family Guy" lovers claim the show is edgy, innovative and politically aware.