Why Do TV Shows Often Avoid The Premise?

It’s happens all to often. A new television show forms around a particular idea, and then tries to avoid that idea as much as possible.  Smallville is one example. Read more

A Golden Compass Boycott?

I received one of those chain email letters yesterday. Usually I just thrown these unrealistic calls for boycott in my trash, but this one made me want to address it. The letter is as follows…

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More Dollhouse News

Even with the current WGA strike putting Dollhouse in Jeopardy, I still can’t help but be excited about the prospect of this new series. This week in Ask Ausiello, there are some good tidbits of information. Read more

Prison Break…Almost

We almost had a break out last night. Although this season has been less contrived that the last two, what happened last night felt like a season 1 episode. Read more

Halloween on Housewives

Last night on Desperate Housewives had its ups and downs. There were three main story lines; Danielle’s baby, Mike’s Dad, and Lynette’s cancer. One was good, one was bad, and one was awful. The Gabby/Carlos story did progress, but nothing we didn’t expect. Read more

Seinfeld’s Bee Movie Gets a ‘B’

I’m a huge fan of Jerry Seinfeld. Next to Star Wars, the Seinfeld TV show is my favorite. Read more

Stargate Atlantis: Tabula Rasa

This weeks Atlantis was one of the better ones so far this season. Carter seemed to be part of the team, Rodney did what Rodney does, a Tayla and Ronon were big parts of the story. Read more