A basic fact of American life is that there are many government institutions that are a hassle to interact with. There’s often a good reason for the bureaucratic drudgery that defines most of them, but it remains a pain. For seemingly as long as it’s existed, the DMV has been the biggest punching bag in […]
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Television Turmoil: Supertrain proved to be one of the costliest failures in TV history
There are few people in the 70s TV landscape as influential as Fred Silverman. Described as “The Man with the Golden Gut,” Silverman was renowned for his ability to pick out hit shows. This particular brand of executive-myth building started with stints on CBS and ABC, where he helped revitalize both networks and, in the […]
Chad Powers fumbles out of the gate and never recovers
It’s considered bad practice as a reviewer to judge a series before you watch it. That said, it’s hard not to assume the worst when you see “Developed from an Omaha Productions skit by Eli Manning” in the show’s logline. Chad Powers never rises above those assumptions and often falls even lower. It gets to […]
Television Turmoil: Small Wonder is supremely weird and incredibly goofy
Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. It has been said many times over, but the 80s truly were a wild time, especially for TV. Save for the 60s, there’s never been an era full of bonkers concepts that found success in spite […]
USA’s The Rainmaker desperately tries to make it 2010 again.
In the desolate wasteland of cable television, only a select few networks are still putting out original programming. The USA Network is chief among them. In the long-gone days of the mid-00s, the channel’s “blue sky” era marked a period of successful programming focused on positive and breezy fare. Shows like Psych and Burn Notice […]