Monthly Archives: November 2008
Pushing Daisies – “Oh Oh Oh…It’s Magic”
“Oh Oh Oh…It’s Magic” November 19th, 2008 With production on the thirteenth episode of its second season completed last week, Pushing Daisies has officially completed all episodes ordered by ABC. This is an alarming fact that hasn’t been lost on … Continue reading
Filed under Pushing Daisies
House – “Emancipation”
“Emancipation” November 18th, 2008 A week after throwing the show’s structure for a loop by reintroducing Chase and Cameron to the central narrative, House is at the kind of place where the show never really was last season. It’s a … Continue reading
Filed under House
Fringe – “The Equation”
“The Equation” November 18th, 2008 In a burst of inspiration over the weekend, I wrote a piece about the sort of transitional state of Fringe, a procedural series that people expect to offer heavily serialized content; it appears to have … Continue reading
Filed under Fringe
Chuck – “Chuck vs. The Fat Lady”
“Chuck vs. The Fat Lady” November 17th, 2008 One of the things that Chuck has done so well in its second season is the integration of all three parts of Chuck’s life, specifically how the Buy More and Friends/Family storylines … Continue reading
Filed under Chuck
The Amazing Race Season 13 – “Episode Eight”
“I’m Like An Angry Cow” November 16th, 2008 As far as basic human capacities go, thinking logically and reading comprehension appear to be the first to disappear when people go on The Amazing Race. Last week, Kelly and Christy finally … Continue reading
Filed under The Amazing Race
Twitter-reviewed: Survivor, Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty and Brothers & Sisters
Once I get this enormously far behind with some of the week’s shows, writing blog posts isn’t really possible – I’d have loved to have dedicated a half hour to ranting about the one-dimesional Grey’s Anatomy, but if I did … Continue reading
Filed under Cultural Learnings
In the World of J.J. Abrams, Fringe Watches You: Gradual Serialization and the Active Audience
[As part of an ongoing personal experiment designed to assist in deciding my academic future, it is my goal to complete short (by my standards) essays from a television studies perspective. If you find these more interesting than my usual … Continue reading
Filed under Fringe
Friday Night Lights – “Keeping Up Appearances”
“Keeping Up Appearances” November 12th, 2008 One of the concerns I’ve had with the most recent set of episodes in Friday Night Lights’ third season is that the behind-the-scenes planning is becoming fairly transparent: it feels like things are happening … Continue reading
Filed under Friday Night Lights
