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From Valentine’s to Galentine’s: The Ultimate Parks and Rec Watch List
Parks and Recreation has a special place in my heart for its cosy, warm storylines, cast and ingenuity regarding holidays. Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) was always coming up with new special days and anniversary dates and doing the most in celebrations and gifts for her friends. Leslie’s infamous “Galentine’s Day” is the most popular of […] More
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The Golden Girls: Picture It — Miami, Valentine’s Day…
Syndicated TV shows come and go, but The Golden Girls remain. I don’t think a show like this could ever be made again…certainly not by the same name. The Girls were in their 60s, and these days, no one in their 60s wants to be thought of as “golden”…at least, no one I know. I […] More
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The Night Court Reboot Exists, for Some Reason
So the Night Court reboot has finally premiered. And with that, Night Court, which initially went off the air in 1992, has joined the extremely long list of shows from the ’80s that are back on television. Like Magnum P.I. and Quantum Leap, and so many other shows that seem to be rebooted everywhere, it […] More
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2023 TV Premieres: Upcoming Series and Seasons Pinging Our Radar
2023 is just around the corner, and we’ve been keeping an eye out for all of the new TV you may want to watch in the new year. Or perhaps I should say all of the new TV we might want to watch. The only standard for inclusion in the list that follows is the […] More
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in SeriesCrossing Jordan: Subtext In Pink, Purple, and Blue
Crossing Jordan was an NBC series that ran for six seasons starting in 2001. It followed Boston medical examiner Jordan Cavanaugh (Jill Hennessy), her boss Garret Macy (the late Miguel Ferrer), her co-workers Lily Lebowski (Kathryn Hahn), Bug (Ravi Kapoor), Nigel (Steve Valentine), and Boston PD Homicide detective Woody (Jerry O’Connell). Through its six seasons, […] More
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in SeriesCommunity and the Love of Storytelling
Dan Harmon’s Community is a revel of nerdom. It began as a sitcom about six classmates in a community college Spanish class, and it became so much more. Over six seasons viewers were gifted with a stream of gloriously indulgent pop culture homages, quilted together into what might be described as a genre-of-the-week format. The […] More
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in Cancelled Too SoonManifested Destiny: Timeless and the Unravelling of American History
Despite emerging as the world’s dominant superpower across the 20th century, the United States of America is, compared to many other global nation states, a young buck in terms of historical brevity. Timeless is among the first television shows to highlight the historical texture of the nation through a science-fiction framework. Arriving on NBC in […] More
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in Episode of the WeekAlfred Hitchcock Presents: “Special Delivery” (S5E10)
Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. We’re going to look at Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and more specifically, the Ray Bradbury-penned episode, “Special Delivery.” The 1950s can be considered the golden age of television anthology series, particularly for the science fiction, horror, and mystery genres. One can hardly think of that era of television without conjuring images […] More
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in FavoritesOne Season Wonders: We Didn’t Get Enough of These TV Shows
Not every show is going to make it for the long run like Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, Modern Family, or Dynasty. However, there are plenty of one-season shows that could have had the fame of these shows. These shows were destined for greatness but something held them back from being in the spotlight. Some of these […] More
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in Episode of the WeekBill Moves On: NewsRadio’s Emotional Goodbye to Phil Hartman
It can be really hard to keep watching a television show when one of the best characters is killed off. It’s even harder when the actor portraying the character was killed in real life. 22 years ago today, that was the case for comedian Phil Hartman. Known for starring on Saturday Night Live and such […] More
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Why Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Deserves To Be Renewed
It sounds like NBC is waiting to see what kind of noise the fandom makes about Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist getting renewed—they say there’ll be a decision by the end of the month—so consider this my part in making some noise. We need more heart songs. We need more Zoey/Max/Simon. And we need more of its […] More
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Rachel Green: Spoiled Rich Girl To Responsible Adult and Fashionista
Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) has always been my favorite character from Friends. I admire her taste in fashion, her ambitions for a career in fashion and for following her dreams. Her switch from spoiled rich girl to responsible adult began with her refusal to marry Barry (Mitchell Whitfield), which changed the trajectory of her life dramatically, albeit […] More