When it was originally on: 2007-2012 Original network: The CW Where you can stream it now: HBO Max Had I seen it before: No, but I HAD listened to the the Too Long; Didn’t Watch podcast episode where Jon Hamm watches this episode and the finale and then describes his experience. What IMDb says: Privileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no … Continue reading 31 Pilots in 31 Days: Gossip Girl
When it was originally on: 2019-present Original network: HBO Where you can stream it now: HBO Max (Or maybe HBO Now or HBO Go or is it just Max? I don’t know what’s up over there, get it wherever fine HBO products are streamed.) Had I seen it before: No. What IMDb says: A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with … Continue reading 31 Pilots in 31 Days: Euphoria
It’s a new year, and I don’t know about the rest of you, but it seems like it’s been a looooong time since I’ve reviewed some TV pilots. That’s a shame. So much has changed since my last TV pilot reviewing project, which I did from January-April 2020. (I told you a lot changed!). Even if we limit ourselves to changes in the TV landscape, … Continue reading More Pilots in More Days: Class of 2023
I know, I know. It’s been a long time since I posted about The Wire after promising you it would be a series. Well, rest assured that while I didn’t get this episode blogged about in as timely a manner as I was hoping, I did keep my original promises. 1) I didn’t watch past Episode 3 until this blog post was published and 2) … Continue reading Anne Watches the Wire: Season 1, Episode 3
Episode 2 of The Wire does a fairly good job of dealing with the fallout of Episode 1 while also creating a fair amount of new fallout to be dealt with in Episode 3. The storylines also do a great job of illuminating some of the characters that weren’t as well fleshed out in Episode 1. Perhaps the best aspect of this is in how … Continue reading Anne Watches The Wire: S1E2
Anne’s Note: The actual episode review starts in the 7th paragraph. Everything before that is an explanation of the overall project, which may or may not interest you. Paragraphs five and six are specific to The Wire, but discuss its larger legacy and why I picked it for this project rather than my personal opinions of the show. —–Hey readers! I hope you all are … Continue reading Anne Watches The Wire: S1E1
Ah yes, the love triangle. It’s one of the staples of movies and television that somehow never gets old, and yet can easily feel stale if not done well. What actually separates the love triangles we get invested in from the ones that feel like lazy plot devices? That’s the question we’re going to explore today. We’ll be looking at it through the lens of … Continue reading Dawson’s Creek: A Case Study in Love Triangles
In the past, I’ve done two daily blogging projects that involved reviewing television pilots. First there was “30 Pilots in 30 Days” in August 2017, and then “100 Pilots in 100 Days” which ran from January 1st to April 10, 2020. Outside of these projects, I’ve never reviewed any of the television pilots I’ve come across in my normal day-to-day television consumption. Until now. Because … Continue reading ‘One Tree Hill’ pilot review: Why does it take 42 minutes for a kid to join a basketball team?
The short answer… no. Unless “Classic Sitcoms” means, Friends, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, or Sex and the City, you don’t need HBO Max to catch up with classic sitcoms. But you didn’t think that would be the whole post, did you? Of course not. If you want your streaming service to have a bank of classic sitcoms, which one SHOULD you go with? To decide … Continue reading Do You Need HBO Max?: Classic Sitcoms Edition
Over the first 100 days of 2020, I watched and reviewed a television pilot each day. They came from all over the television stratosphere. ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, FX, CW, Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and more. Yes, the gang’s all here. I’ve taken the time to break them down into a few categories to help you determine which of these shows might be worth watching next. … Continue reading I Watched 100 TV Pilots So You Don’t Have To
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