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Category Archives: TV
Difficult Men: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad
Theo Tait reviews Brett Martin’s book Difficult Men: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad: Brett Martin’s Difficult Men does for the outstanding American TV dramas of recent years what Peter Biskind‘s Easy Riders, Raging … Continue reading
Better Call Saul
AMC has actually given the green light to Better Call Saul, a Breaking Bad spin-off.
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Breaking Bad: Season 6 Premiere
Some critic reactions to Sunday’s awesome final season premiere (an episode directed by Bryan Cranston himself): The first of the final episodes of the series, which follows television’s favorite chemistry-teacher-turned-drug kingpin Walter White, aired Sunday, and it has received glowing … Continue reading
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9-Minute ‘Breaking Bad’ Refresher
For those gettin’ ready for the start of the final season, here’s an excellent 9-minute mashup of the show so far:
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Tony Soprano
With the news of James Gandolfini’s passing (in Rome, Italy no less, as if to prove a point), it’s worth pointing out just how good The Sopranos was as a show, how well it holds up today, how influential it … Continue reading
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Reality TV: Getting Bigger, Louder
From a report on the ‘Produced By’ Conference panel on the state of reality television: A group of cable network execs and producers shared their views on the ever-evolving reality TV landscape and how the sales game is changed this … Continue reading
Morton Downey Jr.
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie is a documentary on the late Morton Downey Jr., whose vile confrontational style paved the way for the likes of Howard Stern, Jerry Springer, Maury Povitch, and even Ted Baxter…er, I mean Bill O’Reilly. While … Continue reading
IFC Orders New Comedy Shows from Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller & Bob Odenkirk
IFC’s original programming is quickly becoming A-level: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Ben Stiller and Bob Odenkirk aren’t just the stars and producers of comedy films and television series that will live in perpetuity on DVD players, DVRs and cable-TV programming … Continue reading
BHN
Flipping through the available channels on my Roku, there’s a new channel called “Black Heritage Network“. The ‘About Us‘ page shows the names (with pictures) of the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board. All are black, naturally, except for … Continue reading
Marc Maron
An article on Marc Maron, whose time is now I think. Last week, I just caught the premiere of his new show Maron (Fridays at 10 pm EST on IFC), and it was f-ng great.