ABC’s Rich Man, Poor Man ushered in a new form of television, one that saw great triumphs (Roots, Shogun, Lonesome Dove) and abysmal wastes of time (pretty much anything with Stephen King’s name attached to it).
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Scott Malchus
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I believe that like any great character of fiction, we see a part of ourselves in Don Draper. We see a human being with faults, albeit ones that are amplified by being the central character of a hit TV series. The lucky few out there who’ve never questioned their purpose and meaning in the world probably aren’t the people making Mad Men one of the most watched series on cable television.
Scott Malchus
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My Boys has now begun its fourth season on TBS and the single camera comedy series is still delivering a wonderful, relaxed half hour of laughs . Anyone who may…
Scott Malchus
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If you clicked on this link expecting me to rip into Hot in Cleveland, you might as well stop reading now. I like the show. It makes me laugh. Hard….
Scott Malchus
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I’ve been vacationing in Cleveland for the past week, so the only news on Thursday that anyone seemed to care about was fucking LeBron James and whether or not he…
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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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…
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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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…
Scott Malchus
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Although sports arenÁ¢€â„¢t covered much here at Popdose, the Super Bowl extravaganza is beyond a mere football championship. The stars, the commercials, the halftime show, and finally the drama of…
Scott Malchus and Shaun Hamid
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Hey everyone, Shaun is back!Á‚ Á‚ His inauguration celebration hangover has just worn off and he’s ready for another year of looking at television with me.Á‚ This week we review a…
Scott Malchus
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Unless youÁ¢€â„¢ve been living under a rock for the past month, you are well aware of Patrick SwayzeÁ¢€â„¢s battle with pancreatic cancer. Last week he sat down with Barbara Walters,…
Scott Malchus
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Welcome back to The Three Strike Rule.Á‚ You’d think I could come up with a better title for this week’s column than that, huh?Á‚ Today is my daughter Sophie’s 10th…
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Scott Malchus
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A group of high-tech Robin Hoods take to the airwaves when TNT’s Leverage premieres tonight at 10 PM ET (on Tuesday, December 9, it sneaks into its regular 10:00 time…
Scott Malchus and Shaun Hamid
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Well hey there. In case you didn’t know, this is the last week of The Three Strike Rule until the new year. Hey, don’t get mad at me, take it…
Scott Malchus
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IÁ¢€â„¢m hooked on Torchwood, the BBCÁ¢€â„¢s latest sci-fi drama (a spinoff from their cult hit, Dr. Who). The entire second season has just been released on a five-disc DVD box…
Scott Malchus and Shaun Hamid
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Shaun Hamid is back tossing his voice into the TV arena with me.Á‚ We hope that in the coming weeks you, our readers, will help continue our conversations about television…
Scott Malchus and Shaun Hamid
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This week, something new for the column: I invited my fellow TV critic, Shaun Hamid, to sit in and discuss the highly acclaimed Mad Men.Á‚ Á‚ I hope that our discussion…
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Because of the stiff competition on Tuesday nights this fall, Fox and the CW premiered their 9:00 PM Tuesday shows in early September hoping to capture the particular audiences these…
Scott Malchus
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Each year when a stalwart of the entertainment industry makes his or her final curtain call, I find myself wishing IÁ¢€â„¢d paid closer attention to their work and inevitably fill…
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If you’re like me, you checked out the CW’s reboot of 90210 for nostalgia’s sake. I mean — Jennie Garth, come on! Even my wife thinks she looks good. Well,…
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Scott Malchus
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Two of the most pleasant surprises of the late summer have been a pair of new comedy series: Z Rock on IFC and Gavin & Stacey on BBC America. They…
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Scott Malchus
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Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue) returns to the television landscape tonight at 10 PM EST with another lawyer series on TNT. Raising the Bar focuses on the justice…
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On A&E’s new dramatic series, The Cleaner, Benjamin Bratt is doing some of his finest acting since leaving Law & Order.After walking off the beat of NBC’s venerable cops and…
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Like watching a second-year veteran going through a hitting slump, three episodes into the Burn Notice sophomore season, the show still hasn’t found the same spark it displayed last summer…
Scott Malchus
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Last week, this year’s Emmy Award nominees were announced with AMCÁ¢€â„¢s drama, Mad Men, coming away with more nominations than any other show. What a pleasant surprise, since AMC is…
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Elvis Mitchell is one of the preeminent film critics and interviewers of our generation. Since 1996 his NPR radio show, The Treatment, has been a stomping ground for popular culture’s…
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I was supposed to write a column about several reality shows airing this summer, and I had good intentions of doing just that. But the only reality I know right…