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Thursday proves fruitful for the viewers
A quartet of new shows hit the networks Thursday night, and two of them were actually good. A third wasn’t quite as bad as we feared, but the fourth? Ugh. Can we just pretend “Whitney” never happened?...
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‘Pan Am’ makes the going OK
“Pan Am,” ABC’s new 1960s-era soap opera, looks like a hit – as far as ratings are concerned. Football has a tendency to mess with Sunday numbers, but it looks like “Pan Am” outpolled “CSI: Miami” at...
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‘Terra Nova’ well worth the wait
Fox’s time-travel adventure “Terra Nova” was supposed to premiere last spring for a brief introductory run, but the network decided it wasn’t quite ready and opted to wait for a full fall season. The...
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Tim Allen’s new show seems very familiar
Fans of Tim Allen’s old series “Home Improvement” should be pleased: It’s back on network television. Of course, it’s now called “Last Man Standing” and his character’s name is Mike, not Tim, and his...
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The top 10 reality series of 2011
It’s a long-standing tradition in the entertainment-writing business that critics fill the slow days of December with endless Top 10 lists. And the Watcher certainly is not one to ruin the holidays...
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The top 10 comedies of 2011
The Watcher continues his list-o-mania by ranking his 10 favorite comedy series of the past year. Unlike my reality top 10, the challenge was not in narrowing the list but in coming up with 10 shows I...
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The top 10 drama series of 2011
We missed “Mad Men” terribly, and the networks still haven’t come up with an acceptable substitute for “Lost,” but drama remained the high point of this disappointing TV year. Anti-heroes – gangsters,...
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The Watcher’s 11 last rants about 2011
The Watcher thought about listing 2,011 things to be annoyed at, frustrated with or disappointed by from TV 2011 – there are at least that many – but I fear that might tax even my most devoted readers....
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More new shows, more disappointment
The Firm The Watcher generally applauds cable dramas that take advantage of their freedom from censorship to make shows strictly for adults. Illicit sex rages through “Mad Men,” and “Breaking Bad”...
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Another day, another faint hope
'Chelsea' and Chelsea January continues apace, with one new show after another that we’re not particularly enthusiastic about – or worse. Wednesday’s major disappointment was “Are You There, Chelsea?”...
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