We’re now over two years into Marvel’s promised “reshuffling” of its TV productions, and the results are mixed. The goal was to create more programming focused on being an actual TV show and not a movie split into episodic chunks. So far, we’ve got Daredevil, which returns next month, and Ironheart, a holdover from before […]
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Television Turmoil: Cop Rock has a song in its heart, but no one is listening
For good or for ill, police procedurals have been an integral part of the TV landscape from the beginning. From the scare tactics of Dragnet to the modern cop apologia found in shows like Blue Bloods, police officers have always been on our screens, and often as the heroes. By 1990, the standard cop show had shifted to focus […]
Hot people keep getting hotter in Ryan Murphy’s The Beauty
Subtlety is not one of Ryan Murphy’s strengths. The prolific writer/director/producer prefers to batter you with an idea over the course of a season. It’s no surprise, then, that his best works are in the horror genre. A realm where being bludgeoned is more acceptable. In the case of The Beauty, the pleasure only goes […]
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms wins by keeping it simple
Spinoffs are always a tricky proposition. That goes double when the original property ends as disastrously as Game of Thrones did in 2019. You now have the tall task of creating something that brings back fans jaded by the previous show’s end. In the case of House of the Dragon, the first spinoff, the plan […]
The 2025 TV Superlatives
We’ve covered the best and the worst of last year, but before we lay 2025 to rest, I wanted to take some time and give out a few special mentions. These superlatives took some time and thought, mainly because there were a lot of options. In the end, I settled on what stuck with me […]