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HEY YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO?
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? In which we tell you about awesome things that you must look into and enjoy. STOP BINGE WATCHING We all have one rule in this ever-changing world of media consumption: no rules. Give us what we want, when we want it, and shut the hell up about…
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WITCHES OF EAST END ** (out of ****) One of the hardest things about creating a pilot, much less an entire run of a show, is knowing exactly how seriously to take your shit. Take it too seriously, and we will laugh at you for your lack of self-awareness, and because you think your…
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HOT PACKAGE **1/2 (out of ****) Here’s a sweet little number that, for me at least, came out of nowhere. Hot Package goes past being just an Entertainment Tonight parody to looking and feeling exactly like it. It has the cheesedick hosts (including the almost dead Pat O’Brien as the barely alive Pat O’Brien),…
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SEAN SAVES THE WORLD * (out of ****) Because 17 fans of the Hallmark Channel demanded it, Sean Hayes is back on television in Sean Saves the World. NBC is banking on the fact that the world fell in love with a supporting actor on Will and Grace, and not the terrifyingly flamboyant, scene-stealing…
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IRONSIDE *1/2 (out of ****) Blair Underwood plays Ironside, a paraplegic who decided to continue being a detective, even though he was just injured on the job. See, he used to be a loose cannon, who followed his own rules. There are only two things to do with a cop like that: fire him,…
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THE MILLERS *1/2 (out of ****) Since the show was announced and screened, The Millers has become known as the Show Where Margo Martindale Farts. In the world of television, where shows are barely given a full chance, much less anything more than that, this could have been the kiss of death. Instead, The…
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THE ORIGINALS ** (out of ****) As I watched The Originals, I had no idea it was a spin-off of The Vampire Diaries, and for that I’m going to applaud The Originals. Maybe it was tortuous for VD fans (heh) to have shit they already knew explained to the noobs. The more common mistake for…
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A YOUNG DOCTOR’S NOTEBOOK *** (out of ****) Jon Hamm opens up one of the notebooks he wrote when he first became a doctor. We flashback to young Jon Hamm, played by Daniel Radcliffe, as he arrives at a hospital in Middle-of-Nowhere, Russia, for his first assignment after graduation. Radcliffe then begins to speak…
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SUPER FUN NIGHT ** (out of ****) Normally, I suggest that all TV shows shoot an entire first season, throw it away, and let us start with the second season. Super Fun Night (almost) takes my advice by scrapping the pilot and starting with the second episode. If the premise (in which three nerdy…
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HELLO LADIES **1/2 (out of ****) We need a name for these guys. You know the guys. That bumbling asshole whose incredible ego is only eclipsed by his complete lack of self-awareness. Over the last decade or so we’ve been inundated by them, so I think it’s time we give them a name. How…
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