By its third season, thirtysomething was a well tuned machine, turning out quality television week after week with some of the finest writing, directing and acting at the time. The…
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Scott Malchus
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TBS attempts to get into the adult animation territory and 10 PM tonight with the network premieres the series Neighbors From Hell. If the first episode is any indication of…
Robert Cass
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On May 12 the American Civil Liberties Union filed two free-speech lawsuits in Scranton, Pennsylvania, defending citizens who were charged with using profanity by local police. Seven days later CBS…
Dw. Dunphy
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A few months ago, The Insider interviewed Gary Coleman. It became a momentary brouhaha. Show staffers and crew noted aloud that Coleman was, essentially, “the most negative person we’ve ever…
Scott Malchus
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True Blood is good, pulp fun. I’d never seen an episode before The Complete Second Season DVD box and honestly, I’ve never been an enormous fan of Anna Paquin’s acting,…
Scott Malchus
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Scott Malchus and Ted Asregadoo discuss the end of Lost and offer up a unique music mix featuring the music of Peter Gabriel and Michael Giacchino.
Scott Malchus
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Long ago, I foolishly accepted the idea that horror, sci-fi and fantasy films, book and television series did not have emotional resonance of more serious dramas because of the fantastical…
Ken Shane
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You probably decided whether you are going to watch the latest installment of the great PBS series American Masters tonight when you saw the title. Because when it comes to…
Scott Malchus
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One of television’s finest series returns to NBC tonight, as the network begins airing the 4th season of Friday Night Lights. The 13 episodes that make up this season already…
Scott Malchus
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Sports Night, ABC’s critically acclaimed television dramedy that aired in the late 90’s and became a cult classic, was released as a complete series on DVD back in 2008. Now,…
Scott Malchus
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Like the rest of the entertainment industry, my jaw hit the floor at the news that Conan O’Brien would be taking his late night talk show to TBS and not…
Robin Monica Alexander
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Join Robin Monica Alexander in a filthy, fascinating world of neurotic gunslingers, psychotic whoremongers, and corpse-eating pigs, won’t you?
Dw. Dunphy
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You may recognize Heidi Jones as an on-air personality from ABC’s Good Morning America. If you live in the New York tri-state area, you definitely know her as a member…
Scott Malchus
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I love the ABC Family TV series, Greek. Ever since I was introduced to this ABC Family series about college students at Cyprus Rhodes University, a fictional Ohio college last…
Tony Redman
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Chances are, even if you’ve never seen an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or MST3K for short), you still know the basic concept: bad guys shoot a good guy…
Scott Malchus
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Boston Legal, that fast-paced and irreverent series created by the famed David E. Kelly (The Practice, Ally McBeal) has joined the lineup on TV Land, airing five nights a week…
Scott Malchus
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In the early ’80s you had rough and tumble men who investigated crimes and brought down the bad guys. And they did it proudly with the stache. Of course, we…
Scott Malchus
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The 1979 biopic, Elvis, has finally found a home on DVD thanks to Shout! Factory. This made-for-TV movie was a huge success when it originally aired. There’s no question why:…
Dw. Dunphy
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Jerry Seinfeld’s latest TV venture, The Marriage Ref, debuted last night, and Dw. Dunphy is here to make the call.
Dw. Dunphy
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Southland is returning to TV screens as part of the TNT network, and changes are on the horizon. Detective Adams (Regina King) is paired up with a new partner as…
Scott Malchus
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FlashForward began with a kick ass premise: On a regular day the entire world’s population simultaneously blacked out for 137 seconds. Those people who didn’t die in a car crash…
Dw. Dunphy
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So, are there any Southland fans still reading Popdose? Excellent! This giveaway is especially for you. A lucky reader will win the brand-new, uncensored Season One set courtesy of Warner…
Jack Feerick
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Pity poor Steven Seagal, the Forgotten Man of action movies. His fellow redneck / kung-fu badass Chuck Norris becomes popcult meme thanks to ”facts” like Lightning never strikes in the…
Scott Malchus
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purchase from Amazon: DVD Last year Shout! Factory released a fantastic box set of the first season of thirtysomething, the influential drama series that ran on ABC from fall 1987…
Kelly Stitzel
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Kelly Stitzel was all kinds of excited when she heard the first season of this syndicated ’80s sitcom was coming to DVD. Now that she’s seen it, how does she feel?
Scott Malchus
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Sarah Silverman and her friends return tonight in the season 3 premiere of The Sarah Silverman Program (10:30 PM, Comedy Central). I can’t think of many female comedians who specialize…
Scott Malchus
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Last year, both seasons of the original BBC series, Life on Mars, were released in the U.S. to little press, despite the fact that the show is considered one of…
Scott Malchus
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For those of you who read my ramblings about television, you know how much I adore The Mighty Boosh, the British comedy series created by comedians Julian Barratt and Noel…
Scott Malchus
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Writing a thorough review of Blackadder is difficult as it’s not your typical comedy program. The series, which helped make stars out of actor Rowan Atkinson and writer/director Richard Curtis,…
Ken Shane
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The new PBS series Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders debuts tonight. The program offers a magazine-style look at the various ways in which music is influencing politics and culture around…