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The Wire – Season 1
Tuesday, May 21 8:52 amThere are no spoilers in here, but I suppose if you want to remain 100% in the dark about an 11-year old TV show, you could skip this one. The Wire is considered by many, along with The Sopranos to … Continue reading
Episode #54: Timothy Olyphant Only Wears Cowboy Hats
Monday, June 4 8:15 amBrief talk about the NBA Playoffs. Discussion of the NBA Draft Lottery and the conspiracy theories surrounding it. The Kickstarter Buzz. The Nest Thermostat. TV shows we never watched. Visit our Facebook page Co-Host: Chris (http://twitter.com/cmwilliams51) Running Time: About 41 minutes … Continue reading
The Sopranos Cast Shares Experiences♣
Tuesday, May 15 11:28 am - vanityfair.com
Tuesday, May 15 11:28 am - vanityfair.com
Great oral history article on some of the ins and outs of The Sopranos. There is some finale talk from the cast as well. It is long, but worth it. (via Alan Sepinwall)
The Sopranos Place In TV History♣
Friday, March 16 10:14 am - grantland.com
Friday, March 16 10:14 am - grantland.com
Steven Hyden on TV and The Sopranos: The medium is continually eating itself. There’s a whole generation of acclaimed programs — Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Louie, Justified, Parks and Recreation, Homeland, The Walking Dead, and Community — that weren’t even … Continue reading
The Sopranos Made “Bad Guys” Heroes
Tuesday, March 13 8:40 amI have discussed on this blog recently how I agree with the fact that episodic TV is dying. It’s part of two major trends that have changed the TV drama landscape of the last ten years. The other seems to … Continue reading
Episodic TV Is Dying♣
Monday, February 27 1:31 pm - avclub.com
Monday, February 27 1:31 pm - avclub.com
Ryan McGee: The idea of having a fixed point toward which a show inevitably builds is fine in theory, but false in practice. There are too many variables at play when producing a television show that slavishly adheres to a … Continue reading
The Next Great TV Drama
Thursday, February 9 8:15 amMost people consider The Sopranos and The Wire to be two best TV shows of the first part of the century. They closed up shop in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Right as those shows were shutting it down, Mad Men … Continue reading
Episode #5: TV – Breaking Bad
Monday, June 20 8:55 amA spoiler-free discussion of the AMC TV show Breaking Bad. Neither Chris or I had seen this show prior to a few months ago so we do a review of the show after consuming the first three seasons. Find out … Continue reading
Where Have All the Theme Songs Gone?♣
Wednesday, March 30 5:43 pm - tvsquad.com
Wednesday, March 30 5:43 pm - tvsquad.com
Ryan Vaughn over at TV Squad talks about how TV theme songs were once iconic and now seem like an afterthought: Those days are mostly gone, unfortunately. First they were replaced by popular songs — but all Paula Cole made … Continue reading
Top 5 New TV Shows
Friday, January 14 6:37 pmBoardwalk Empire – Highly anticipated 1920s HBO drama created by former writer of The Sopranos, Terrance Winter. There were many who thought this could be the spiritual follow-up to The Sopranos and I personally think it has lived up the … Continue reading