“Friday Night Lights” is back for a bittersweet fifth season with a strong premiere.
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Ken Shane
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This Sunday, PBS Masterpiece Mystery unveils a new “Sherlock” for our time. Does this modern detective retain the flavor of the original? Ken Shane finds out.
Emilia Rhodes
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Season Three of Sons of Anarchy is suffering from plot and character misdirection.
Scott Malchus
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30 Rock went back to its Saturday Night Live roots for a live broadcast. Scott Malchus takes a look at everything that went right for the Emmy Award winning series on Thursday night.
Emilia Rhodes
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The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret is full of lies, awkward moments, and a few good laughs.
Emilia Rhodes
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The Vampire Diaries returns for a second season with werewolves, secrets, and a vengeful ex.
Emilia Rhodes
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Community is back for a second season with awkward kisses, Betty White, and more hilarious study group antics.
Kelly Stitzel
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Alicia certainly knows how her husband feels when he corners her in the bathroom and, um, demonstrates a winning oral argument while NPR’s ”All Things Considered” plays in the background.
Robin Monica Alexander
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The real surprise is the solid, subtle work of Ulrich, whose name was the most distinctive thing about him on the big screen. He puts that under-the-radar quality to good use playing a soft-spoken cop whose eyes come alive when he makes the connection between a clue and a suspect. — Robin Monica Alexander reviewing “Law & Order: Los Angeles”
Scott Malchus
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No Ordinary Family is a clever super hero show in that it hides its fanboy tendencies behind the guise of a sentimental family drama.
Scott Malchus
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A death row convict is days away from being sent to the death chamber; he needs a miracle. His diligent lawyer files a Hail Mary petition to the U.S. Supreme…
Popdose Staff
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“Tuning into this show is the TV equivalent of paying someone to climb on your kitchen table and take a dump on your plate during every meal.” –Jeff Giles, reviewing $#*! My Dad Says
Scott Malchus
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“Would someone please tell J.J. Abrams that he owes me an hour of my life?” –Kelly Stitzel, reviewing Undercovers
Scott Malchus
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“An ongoing Facebook discussion with some high school classmates about how much the new football coach on Glee resembled one of our religion teachers was far more interesting to me than Running Wilde.“– Ann Logue
Popdose Staff
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“I need to pull out my list of fat jokes and start checking off the ones that have been used. If I run out by episode three, then we’re in trouble.” — Dave Steed reviewing Mike & Molly
Scott Malchus
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I knew I was going to love AMC’s new series Rubicon (Sundays, 9 PM/8 PM C) the minute it started paying to homage to one of my favorite 70’s conspiracy…
Rob Smith
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Dee Snider’s not gonna take it anymore — his family wanted to get in on the whole reality TV thing. Thus, “Growing Up Twisted” was born. Rob Smith has his review, at Popdose.
Scott Malchus
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Memphis Beat is missing something. The latest nighttime drama from TNT premieres tonight at 10 PM (ET). It’s yet another cop procedural show, this one set in Memphis, TN, a…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
Ken Shane
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“Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?” – Captain Oveur Only a creepy airline pilot could appreciate the epic television fart that is Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Yes, you will…
Ken Shane
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Maybe it’s because I’ve read Peter Guralnick’s comprehensive 2005 Sam Cooke biography Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke that the newest entry in the generally wonderful PBS series American…
Kelly Stitzel
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“It’s not Tommy, is it?” —Loudon Wainwright III, on his son’s first opera, Prima Donna, from the Sundance Channel documentary Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna Whether you’re an ardent fan of…
Ken Shane
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TV viewers who enjoy good conversation about, and performance of music will be pleased to know that Elvis Costello’s acclaimed series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with … will be returning to…
Scott Malchus
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Premiering tonight on TNT is the new dramedy series, Men of a Certain Age, which comes from Emmy winners Ray Romano and Mike Royce, one of the executive producers and…