Cheers: ‘Give Me A Ring Sometime’ is the Definitive Sitcom Pilot
Revisiting the Cheers Pilot Every time I watch the Cheers pilot, I’m always amazed at just how low-key it is. ‘Give Me a Ring Sometime’ doesn’t try...
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Revisiting Lost “The End,” One of the Greatest Series Finales
The Lost Finale Wasn’t Perfect but Made its Final Moments Count It’s been years since the LOST finale aired – but people are still bitter, and we...
Greatest TV Pilots: Revisiting the Lost Pilot (Parts I & II)
The Lost Pilot Perfectly Sets the Stage for an Elaborate, Endlessly Entertaining Adventure What amazes me about the LOST pilot after all these years is how little...
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The Shield TV Pilot Marked the Start of the Golden Age for television
Revisiting The Shield Pilot After a complete rebranding in 1997, FX turned into a channel without identity, more a virtual dumpsite for Fox television and...
Space Force Review: Netflix’s Toothless Comedy Couldn’t Arrive at a Worse Time
Greg Daniels and Steve Carell reunite for one of 2020's biggest comedic misfires....
The Eddy Review: Netflix’s Jazz Drama Is Wildly Off-Tempo
Too many competing dramatic elements undercut the glimpses greatness lying within The Eddy....
Westworld Season 3 Episode 8 Review: “Crisis Theory”
Westworld's third season comes to a close in a head-scratchingly awful final hour....
Westworld Season 3 Review: HBO’s Tale of Robots and Billionaires Remains TV’s Most Confounding Show
Westworld returns from its long hiatus, as intoxicating and frustrating as ever....
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Is A Haunting Vision of the World’s Identity Crisis
Netflix's meme-generating documentary ominously captures our current historical moment....
Indebted Review: NBC’s Latest Comedy Drowns in Dissonance
The Peacock's latest foray into family comedy is an underwhelming attempt to straddle the line between progress and tradition....
Altered Carbon Season 2 Review: Netflix’s Signature Sci-Fi Series Doesn’t Recognize Its Own Greatness
Altered Carbon returns from a long hiatus with a new lead, a new setting... and a disappointing magnification of its existing shortcomings....
Briarpatch Review: USA’s Next Prestige Drama is an Underwhelming Pastiche
On paper, Briarpatch is one of TV's best new shows - in practice, it is an underwhelming mess full of thin characters and disappointing storytelling....
High Fidelity Review: Zoe Kravitz Shines in Hulu’s (Mostly) Listless Remake
Hulu's High Fidelity adaptation has a jaw-dropping lead performance... and not a whole lot else....
Arrow Enjoys an Emotional Sendoff with “Fadeout”
Arrow says goodbye in a touching, cameo-packed finale....
The Mid-Season Replacements Podcast Episode 4: “Layers of Infinitude”
On this week's show, Randy and Ricky reflect on iconic crossovers and career-defining performances....
Arrow Season 8 Episode 9 Review: “Green Arrow and the Canaries”
Arrow looks to the future in an intriguing, clumsy penultimate episode/backdoor pilot....
“Crisis on Infinite Earths” Concludes By Going Big… and Going Home
Crisis ends, and DC's television universe looks towards a bright future....
The Mid-Season Replacements Podcast Episode 2: “Who Streams the Streamers?”
On this week's show, Randy and Sean break down the first era of Streaming, and opine on what's to come in 2020....
The Unicorn Could Be Network TV’s Next Great Comedy
CBS harnesses the power of Goggins into one of the season's most intriguing new series....
The Mid-Season Replacements Episode 1 – “The Return/2020 Preview”
With the Second Streaming Wars upon us, hosts Randy Dankievitch and Sean Colletti sit down to talk about the year ahead, reflecting on how our...