The pilot episode of Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Newsroom’ embodies TV news the way Sorkin wishes it would be, journalism’s version of ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.’
The first episode of ‘Six Feet Under’ doesn’t scream “best show ever!” Luckily, it helped me implement my three-episode rule that made me give it a chance and become a huge fan.
Eleven years ago today, we saw the last episode of “Sports Night” on ABC. (Sob.) Join me, won’t you, in celebrating why Aaron Sorkin’s show that was not really about sports is still worth talking about eleven years later…
Thanks to DVRs and Netflix, I’ve gotten to enjoy five shows I missed the first time around … and I’m so glad I did.
The re-release of the first season from ‘Sports Night’ leads off a week that also includes the ‘iCarly’ iFight Shelby Marx special, ‘Deadliest Catch’, ‘Ben 10′, ‘Judge John Deed’, ‘The Real Housewives’ and ‘Rhoda’.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip looked to be a hands-down winner in the 2006-07 television season. Yet, as the season progressed, the show turned out to be more of a loser due to the heavy-handedness of its creator.
I’ve been thinking back, yet again, to the days of old. So many shows that have joined the annals of television history, some good, most bad. Actually, an overwhelming number of shows that have seen life have been bad. Yet in the totality of things, every network can boast at least one lineup of historical […]