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LATEST ARTICLES ( 147 )

• Awkward.

  

  is to My So-Called Life what Happy Endings is to Friends; that is, one in a long line of copycats but the one that has copycatted successfully. It’s got a... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• Heroes

  

  I had planned on blogging about the pilot of Touch, but it was so uninspiring that instead I’m choosing to reflect on Tim Kring‘s last, far superior show,... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Mad Men

  

  The job of this pilot is to set the tone, to paint a picture of the business world as it functioned in 1960. It's a man's world of course. “Most of the time... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• Abed’s Master Key

  

  In case we weren’t already excited enough about the return of Community on March 15, the fine folks at NBC have decided to whet our whistle with some animated... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• The West Wing

  

  This show definitely needs to go on my list of Top Character Introductions in Pilots. While the whole episode is about the main character, the President of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• The Writers Room

  

  I thought a post on the original Crackle series The Writers Room would be a nice complement to my last post on 30 Rock. The Writers Room, which debuted in 2008... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• 30 Rock

  

  It must be fun for TV writers to write about TV writers. Someday someone should write a show about TV writers writing a show about TV writers. Tina Fey could no... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• Wonder Woman

  

  The Wonder Woman series had a few false starts before the 1975 TV movie, which spawned the well-remembered Lynda Carter series. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Welcome Back, Kotter

  With today’s passing of Robert “Juan Epstein” Hegyes, I am eager to review the pilot of Welcome Back, Kotter. I’m curious to see if I would even remember the... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• A Few Recent Pilots

  

  I haven’t been blogging much these past few weeks, but there has been plenty to watch. Here’s just a quick look at a few pilots I’ve caught recently.AlcatrazIn... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• The Good Wife

  

  The central character in The Good Wife, Alicia Florrick (Juliana Marguiles), doesn’t speak a word for the first three minutes she is on screen, but we learn a... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• The Finder, Or Sneaking in the Back

  

  Let’s talk backdoor pilots for a moment, shall we?When you think spinoff, you usually to think of a story that follows an existing character to a new setting... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• One Tree Hill

  

  Since the Socs rumbled with the Greasers–and probably before that–storytellers have posited the kids who have against the kids who have not. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• Best Pilots of All Time

  

  Having been writing this blog for more than two years now, and in the year-end tradition of “best of” lists, I thought it time to look at the best pilots of... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• Grimm

  

  One could dismiss Grimm as just another police procedural with a sheen of fantasy painted over it. Fans of the show, which is on a lot of “best of” lists as 201... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• Will & Grace

  

  Getting engaged seems like a good event around which to build a pilot (How I Met Your Mother, Alias), as does leaving one’s betrothed at the altar (Friends,... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• Best Pilots of 2011?

  

  It seems when making “best pilots” lists, lots of writers like to make predictions. Many lists were made chronicling what could be the best pilots hitting TV... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, TV & VIDEO

• Bloomers

  

  is a web series, set in contemporary L.A., which debuted a couple of weeks ago. You can watch the episodes that have aired thus far here. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Charles in Charge

  

  In honor of today’s rumors that Scott Baio has died, something that happens now with some regularity, and with #RIPScottBaio trending on Twitter worldwide, it... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• I Hate My Teenage Daughter

  

  The pilot of I Hate My Teenage Daughter, which aired November 30, opens with a mini-twist. Two women sit in a coffee shop dissing two other, very bitchy-soundin... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO