Finally, Buffy Returns!

Posted on 27 May 2009

You remember Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  If you don’t, ask your mother to tell you about those idyllic evenings she spent sitting cross-legged in front of her television set, with every other child in America, as the blond cheerleader and her chums waged their weekly battles with evil undead monsters.

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SYTYCD 101: Introduction to So You Think You Can Dance

Posted on 20 May 2009

I love So You Think You Can Dance.  For years, it’s been American Idol’s ugly kid brother, the Clint Howard of primetime reality.  It gets very respectable ratings, of course, but Idol casts a long, dark shadow, and little So You Think You Can Dance doesn’t get nearly as much sunshine.

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And It Was All A Sexy Finale Dream: Bones, House, and Erotic Cop-outs

Posted on 19 May 2009

Will they, or won’t they?  When we see two pretty people on our TV screen (let’s call them He and She, since this is network television, after all), an anxious waiting game begins.  While that unresolved sexual tension can be the rocket fuel that propels a TV show into the stratosphere of viewers’ fevered imaginations, eventually what goes up (ahem) must come down.  It’s a boom and bust cycle, so to speak.

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Chuck vs. the Next Step: The Evolution of TV Fandom

Posted on 18 May 2009

Chuck has been renewed.  And about time, too!  So… now what?

The fan campaign on behalf of NBC’s Chuck is shaping up to be the smartest one to date.  Yes, there have been online petitions, heartfelt forum pleas, and shipments of relevant snack foods (yawn).  But the Chuck movement is noteworthy for what it has done differently: make a compelling bid for the network’s attention by courting one of its major advertisers, Subway Restaurants.

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Bones

And It Was All A Sexy Finale Dream: Bones, House, and Erotic Cop-outs

Posted on 19 May 2009

Will they, or won’t they?  When we see two pretty people on our TV screen (let’s call them He and She, since this is network television, after all), an anxious waiting game begins.  While that unresolved sexual tension can be the rocket fuel that propels a TV show into the stratosphere of viewers’ fevered imaginations, [...]

Chuck

Why Wil Wheaton Should Get Cast on Chuck: An Open Letter

Posted on 02 June 2009

Dear NBC decision-makers: Sci Fi Wire reports that you and the creators of Chuck are trying to cook up some nifty Internet-based alchemy to keep the online world amused until the beginning of Season 3.  I read this as call for suggestions, and I have one for you: Wil Wheaton. Of course, you are probably [...]

Dollhouse

The Dollhouse Renewal: A Win for “New” Media Forms?

Posted on 16 May 2009

Yesterday, the online world collectively shit itself as Fox announced the renewal of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse.  Dollhouse had been languishing in the parking garage of the ratings highrise, even taking into account its unfortunate Friday timeslot.  So what gives?

Harper's Island

The Grisly Fate of Harper’s Island

Posted on 14 May 2009

I may be one of the only people digging Harper’s Island.  It’s a bit like Scream and a whole lot like I Know What You Did Last Summer, and it’s fun in a shallow, bloody kind of way.

So You Think You Can Dance

SYTYCD 101: Introduction to So You Think You Can Dance

Posted on 20 May 2009

I love So You Think You Can Dance.  For years, it’s been American Idol’s ugly kid brother, the Clint Howard of primetime reality.  It gets very respectable ratings, of course, but Idol casts a long, dark shadow, and little So You Think You Can Dance doesn’t get nearly as much sunshine.

Word Salad

Finally, Buffy Returns!

Posted on 27 May 2009

You remember Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  If you don’t, ask your mother to tell you about those idyllic evenings she spent sitting cross-legged in front of her television set, with every other child in America, as the blond cheerleader and her chums waged their weekly battles with evil undead monsters.