A long time ago, in a television galaxy not too far away, a remake of the ’70s sci-fi classic Battlestar Galactica was created. And it was good and highly successful. Then, it was announced that a prequel titled Caprica was going to be made that highlighted the Adama family 50 years before the current BSG timeline. […]
Mmmm. Smell that aroma? A mix of pine, dirty Santa suits, chocolate coins, candles, and sweat from that dude pulling out his well-worn credit card for the 20th time today. Yes, it’s once again time for that festive season of Christmakwanzakuh. A time when all men and women get together – to be first in […]
Friends, I am pissed. Once again a network has closed its eyes, spun around three times, and randomly pointed to a series of shows that, while extreme fan favorites, they have decided to let go. In this particular case I talk about Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money and, my personal favorite and yours, Eli Stone. […]
(Season 4, Episode 11 – “The Bone That Blew”) The theme was family on this week’s Bones. First, we had Temperance dealing with the fact her father, Max Keenan, now works for the Jeffersonian. Meanwhile, Seeley battled with feelings that he was an inadequate father when it came to his son’s education. Further, both Bones […]
For the last decade CBS has been successful at doing something that the other networks can’t seem to grasp: creating long-running spinoffs from long-running original series. Granted, it’s had a lot of practice doing this ever since the early ’70s. It was during that time that All in the Family begat the popular and well-remembered series The […]
Ladies and gentleman, television has officially run out of ideas. I thought that was the case when everyone began imitating Survivor, or when they decided to create a game show that had someone choose briefcases held by scantily clad women. But, those were really just leaks from the idea bucket. The following news really means that […]
(Season 15, Episode 8 – “Age of Innocence”) Yeah, I knew it was too good to be true. Over the last few weeks I’ve been touting the change that Simon Brenner has gone through this season, turning into just a git after premiering as a prat. He’s become patient with the interns, less into himself, […]
