Category: television
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Blank Space (working title)
S. lives in a Manhattan where it snows year round. Her high-rise is fashionably appointed and her fiancé is attentive. So why does it feel like she’s in Hell? Myth, fairytale & urban thriller meet in Blank Space, a novel coming soon.
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I Have Forgiven Aslan For Being Jesus, But I Still Hate Fairytales
An updated version of this essay appeared in my 8/16/16 Geek Love column at Tor.com. Mailing List Facebook Twitter Tumblr
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Caprica Six & The Rainmaker of Kiau Tchou
Mailbag time. …Your comment, both here and on Facebook, that it’s all about Caprica Six. I’m intrigued, and interested in hearing more, if you have time. I’m finding that my mental hierarchy of all of the characters’ arcs and their significance has been shifting as I re-watch, but I still haven’t quite decided where to…
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How It Gets Better
I’ve gotten a lot of heat over the years for the things I say about bullying, because there’s not really an open entree to say everything I think at once, and it’s kind of a large subject. So when I was writing about this week’s episode of Pretty Little Liars, which is a pretty amazing…
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The 5 TV Characters You Are Way Too Close To
I was going to do another pretentious religious post today but I had a great conversation with a friend tonight about the move from identifying with characters to identifying with story, which is a major topic that you can’t attack all at once. So I will ask you, to start with: What or who are…
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Breaking Good: The Season Arc
Because of my work with Television Without Pity over the last decade, I’ve obviously seen a lot of the same recurring questions and complaints having to do with the viewing of television. If you have any interest in TV writing at all, probably the following will seem really basic to you, but that’s by design.…
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…I Don’t Even OWN a TV
When I say, “I don’t really watch that much TV,” it never fails to get a laugh, because I can answer any TV question — things that happened 24 hours ago — with pinpoint accuracy, so clearly I watch a lot of TV. And while the amount of TV hours going into my brain is…
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Frequently Asked
I recently gave an interview with an up-and-coming genius journalist at Northwestern, the beautiful and talented Jessica Torres-Riley, having to do with my job as a recapper and moderator at Television Without Pity. I loved her questions and — yeah, you know me — loved even more the opportunity to talk about myself. Here are…
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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING TV
SO. The strike is over, and everybody’s throwing these numbers around: episodes in the can, shortened season orders, lengthened season orders, production start dates, air dates, lots of blank spaces where the answers will one day appear. But what does it actually mean? Here are a few tips on what to expect between now and…
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What To Watch. Besides Yourself.
– Friday Night Lights, NBC– Big Brother 9, CBS– Paradise Hotel 2, Fox Reality– Moment Of Truth, FOX– jPod, CBC So it only took the networks this long to get enough television shows on the air worth talking about, which really has less to do with the strike and more that the slow-moving dinosaur of…
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Come With Me If You’re Bored With TV
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Originally uploaded by Paul Kelley When Battlestar Galactica made its US series premiere on the Sci-Fi network in 2005, it didn’t take much time for entertainment critics and media to notice they had a gem on their hands. The quality of the writing, acting and production were so much higher…
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The Unrepentant Emmys
neil patrick harris (actor) Originally uploaded by JND90745 The only thing I care about less than the Emmys is the Oscars, firstly. The only awards that signify to me are the Golden Globes — and that’s not for any reason we need be concerned with here. It’s the drinking, obviously. But on the other hand,…
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OMG True Love Waits
OMG True Love Waits Originally uploaded by Jacob Clifton The news that Peter & Amanda — the most glamorous couple in the history of primetime soaps — are finally together in real life has thrown me into a complete craziness spiral. It’s like finding out that Real Life Joanie lost her virginity to Real Life…
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I Feel God In This Chili’s Tonight
Very pretentious and very long recap of The Office here. This was like the hardest thing I ever had to write in my whole life. I am very very tired right now.
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If you bring deconstruction within 16 yards of American politics Cokie Roberts will kill this dog
Interesting NYT op-ed on the typographic semiotics of the Bush and Kerry logos by the creative director of Texas Monthly. There are some valid points, and it’s a sexy read, but there’s a very conservative bias that doesn’t really take into account the fascist overtones of what Scott calls “the big and the bold” nature…
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Thoughts on the new Beasties video. Thank god this isn’t that goddamned Ch-Check It Out song. Beasties are the Cher of crossover rap. It’s over. Go home and sit on your pile of money like a chicken hatching an egg. Should have known this was coming — remember that one year where all that happened…
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ITEM! Those people on Colonial House just got to the point where the flies are walking around on them … and they don’t even care! My favorite part!
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New Recap Is Up – Helter Skelter
GIMME SHELTER: HELTER SKELTER: 101 Reasons Not to Join a Cult, and At Least 6 Ways to Know If You Already Have! Maybe not the best, but definitely the longest docu-drama about the Manson Family murders, this remake of the groundbreakingly exploitative 1976 TV movie has everything you’re come to expect from a Manson Family…
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New Recap Is Up – A Wrinkle In Time
“LENGTHY” IS NOT THE SAME AS “GOOD” — Alfre Woodard, Kate Nelligan, and Alison Elliott take Charles Wallace, Meg, and that kid from “Everwood” on a Magical Mystery Tour the likes of which you’ve never seen — and which you definitely don’t want. Magical flowers, magical eyeglasses, and magical prosthetic contacts are only a few…