HawthoRNe in My Pride: TNTÁ¢€â„¢s new Á¢€Å“sensitiveÁ¢€ medical drama kicked off June 16 and appeared, at least at first glance, to be heavily courting — and perhaps even banking on…
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Scott Malchus
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Everwood: The Complete Second Season (2009, Warner) purchase from Amazon: DVD After a long wait, Everwood fans can rejoice. Warner Video has finally released the complete second season of this…
Scott Malchus
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Complete Series (2009, E1) purchase from Amazon: DVD What I love about the digital age is the opportunity for older series, obscure…
Scott Malchus
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Probably because my mother was a nurse, I will always have an interest in medical shows, good or bad. An early TV addiction to St Elsewhere helped fuel that interest….
Scott Malchus
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Spin City: The Complete Second Season (2009, Shout Factory) purchase from Amazon: DVD By its second season, Spin City, ABCÁ¢€â„¢s tightly written workplace sitcom starring Michael J. Fox, had worked…
Scott Malchus
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Gigantor: The Collection Volume 1 (2009, Koch Vision) purchase from Amazon: DVD Things my son said to me when I put on Gigantor to watch: Á¢€Å“What is THAT? Is that…
Scott Malchus
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Gavin & Stacey: Season One (2009, BBC Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD For those of you who a enjoy a great romantic comedy, you canÁ¢€™t do any better than the…
Scott Malchus
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Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season (2009, Warner Home Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD I must apologize to Warner Home Video. Knots Landing: the Complete Second Season came out on…
Scott Malchus
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October Road, The Complete Second Season (2009, Buena Vista) purchase from Amazon: DVD October Road got a bad rap. The ABC drama about a successful novelist (Bryan Greenberg) who returns…
Peter Chakerian
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Rescue Me OK, IÁ¢€â„¢m finally ready to proclaim what a lot of you already have: the FX networkÁ¢€â„¢s Tuesday night show Rescue Me is stunningly brilliant. ItÁ¢€â„¢s a good thing,…
Jack Feerick
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Jack Feerick’s latest How Bad Can It Be? takes him deep into the heart of darkness — the fifth volume of “Hannah Montana” on DVD.
Scott Malchus
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Skins, Volume 2 (2009, BBC Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD Skins, the British teenage drama that airs in the states on BBC America, is the best teen series to come…
Peter Chakerian
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Jon & Kate Plus … Date?: Can’t help but start with the worst first. If thereÁ¢€â„¢s one thing thatÁ¢€â„¢s certain in the world of entertainment, itÁ¢€â„¢s the love of a…
Ted Asregadoo
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Amber Benson has come a long way since her days as Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Tara — and she talks about her new novel, Death’s Daughter, in an interview with Ted Asregadoo that is remarkably free of the word “homina.”
Jack Feerick
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Take a mid-list British actor — not a character actor exactly, but not traditional leading-man material either. Slap him with a permanently sour expression and a four-day beard, then cast…
Scott Malchus
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The Paper Chase: Season One (2009, Shout! Factory) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD The Paper Chase is a bit of a relic. Made in the late 70Á¢€â„¢s, the CBS…
Peter Chakerian
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Peter Chakerian is back from celebrating TV Turn-Off Week — and in his latest installment of 21st Century Digital Boy, he looks at how far his beloved boob tube has come, anticipates the Heroes season finale, and bids farewell to Bea Arthur.
Scott Malchus
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The IT Crowd: The Complete First Season (2009, MPI Home Video) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD I love when a new show meets all expectations — and surpasses them,…
Peter Chakerian
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Your 21st Century Digital Boy has had quite a weekend: ham, potato salad, green bean casserole and plenty oÁ¢€â„¢ gleaning and gossip on the boobtube front. In lieu of a…
Dw. Dunphy
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Can I get a head count of all the bloggers out there reading this? Ten? Thirty-two? Forty-eight? … All of you? Well then, I suppose all of you will understand…
Peter Chakerian
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After 15 big red-letter seasons, NBCÁ¢€â„¢s ER came to an end on Thursday night, earning its largest audience in nearly three yearsÁ¢€”some 16.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen estimates. This…
Scott Malchus
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Degrassi: The Next Generation Á¢€” Season 7 (2009, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment) purchase this DVD collection from Amazon: DVD Degrassi: The Next Generation is like the older, Canadian cousin of…
Peter Chakerian
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If youÁ¢€â„¢re a TV junkie, youÁ¢€â„¢re waiting for the end of an era, or reeling from a hairpin, unorthodox beginning of a new one this week. Frankly, IÁ¢€â„¢m not sure…
Robert Cass
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The first six months after 9/11 were a confusing time, and America wasn’t sure when it would be okay to laugh again. Then on March 5, 2002, some well-funded foreigners…
Peter Chakerian
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Television programming executives despise smart, engaged viewers. Like, uh, me, for instance. IÁ¢€â„¢m the kind of guy who jacks up their focus groups and bell curves. I record their shows…
Jack Feerick
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There’s a particular school of cultural critic — you know the kind — who are forever seeking signs that the world is going to hell in a bucket. One phenomenon…
Scott Malchus
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Usually, anytime a musical artist performs on a talk show, that marks the end of the program: Letterman, Leno or Conan stroll out to shake hands with the band, and…
Scott Malchus
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Last week I read an article in the L.A. Times’ business section that detailed how Americans are watching television at an all-time high these days. To quote Alana SemuelsÁ¢€â„¢ piece,…
Scott Malchus
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I almost didnÁ¢€â„¢t watch the Grammy Awards last night; in fact, I didnÁ¢€â„¢t turn them on until a half hour into the show. Living on the west coast, by the…