Stephanie Rose
The 2014 PopFilter New Fall TV Challenge
ROUND FOUR GOTHAM VS TRANSPARENT See the bracket! (NOTE: This is Gotham’s first four episodes versus Transparent’s first four.) One of the things I like about Gotham is the way it tows the DC universe lines. Now, the good folks at the Popfilter offices have pledged allegiance to the Marvel flag. With good…
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Round Three A to Z VS TRANSPARENT See the bracket! Today’ combatants are both part of the elite eight, but for very different reasons. Both 30 minute comedies, their formats are enormously different. A to Z is more of a standard sitcom with a familiar format. And by the third episode, its settling comfortably…
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Round One MARRY ME VS JANE THE VIRGIN The Bracket!!! I never saw it coming. First, Marry Me happened. It’s a sitcom about a couple who can’t quite get their proposal right. If I were a betting man, it would have had my money on it to make it until at least the third…
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Round 2 SURVIVOR’S REMORSE VS GRACEPOINT Follow the bracket here!!! Just as I start to realize that this tournament is setting television writing back decades, and giving no shows their proper due, it dawns on me why this tournament might actually work. The vast majority of new fall shows are stamped with a big red…
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Round One THE AFFAIR VS CRISTELA See all the bracket action at http://challonge.com/popfilter Today’s match up has Showtime’s The Affair pitted against ABC’s new sitcom Cristela. That sentence has all the information you need to determine the winner. End of article? No! Keep reading. Showtime has given the world some great television, such…
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ROUND ONE THE FLASH VS KINGDOM If you’ve already listened to the second episode of The Superhero Hour Hour, PopFilter’s new podcast that focuses strictly on comic book TV, you know that The Flash (pun about speed) right into me and Mike’s collective heart. Could it be that TV has…
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ROUND 2 SELFIE VS A TO Z You don’t have to squint too hard to see all of the things that Selfie and A to Z have in common, aside from being new one-camera sitcoms. Both shows feature two likeable leads (of varying degrees). Both rely on the comedic and romantic chemistry between…
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Round 3 HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER VS TRANSPARENT Check out all the action at http://challonge.com/popfilter I’ve been looking forward to this match up since reviewing each of these pilots. These have been two of the best quality shows of the new fall season. So far, the shows we have compared have been unequally…
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Round 3 GOTHAM VS TIM AND ERIC’S BEDTIME STORIES Follow the action at challonge.com/popfilter Gotham and Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories put their audiences through many of the same experiences, despite the two shows having almost nothing in common. Having now watched three episodes of each, I have spent the viewing time feeling anxious, nauseated,…
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ROUND ONE BAD JUDGE VS GRACEPOINT View the bracket at http://challonge.com/popfilter Dear Everyone Involved with Bad Judge, Shame on you. You’ve managed to produced a show devoid of any redeemable quality whatsoever. Your lead, played by Kate Walsh, is essentially that girl from freshmen year who instead of developing interests and a personality partied too…
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