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2011: The Year That Wasn’t – Kurt Sutter vs. Critics, Round Infinity
Trench Warfare: Kurt Sutter vs. Critics, Round Infinity January 4th, 2012 As a vocal critic of the third season of FX’s Sons of Anarchy, I was apprehensive going into its fourth season, and found myself more or less pleased with … Continue reading
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2011: The Year That Wasn’t – Glee
The End of Covering Glee January 3rd, 2012 This was the year that the “3 Glees” theory died, in more ways than one. More practically, the show hired a writing staff in addition to its three creators (Ryan Murphy, Ian … Continue reading
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2011: The Year That Wasn’t – Louie
FX’s Louie Aired: June to September When, as a critic, you stop writing about a number of shows, there is always the risk that your opinion will begin to lean towards the critical consensus, especially if that critical consensus is … Continue reading
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Funny Business: Critical Analysis of Television Comedies, Part 2
The following is the second part of an ongoing, cross-blog conversation between myself and my A.V. Club colleague Ryan McGee. The first part of the conversation is posted at his blog, Boob Tube Dude, and can be found here (and … Continue reading
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The Office – “Goodbye, Michael”
“Goodbye, Michael” April 28th, 2011 As many of you know, for reasons I discussed last fall I’ve spent this season writing about The Office at The A.V. Club. It was a position I took in part because I was extremely … Continue reading
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Mildred vs. The Miniseries: Structure and Scheduling in HBO’s Mildred Pierce
Structure and Scheduling in HBO’s Mildred Pierce March 27th, 2011 The front cover of the press kit sent to critics for HBO’s Mildred Pierce suggests that Kate Winslet is Mildred Pierce in a five-part Miniseries. The inside cover, meanwhile, touts … Continue reading
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The Critic in (Online) Society: An Alternate History of 21st Century Television Criticism
Yesterday was honestly excruciating. After waking up to a rare instance of mainstream discussion of television criticism as a discourse, as Josh Levin tackled Alan Sepinwall’s influence in the field in a piece for Slate, I unfortunately had a busy … Continue reading
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Offseason Shenanigans: The Return of Glee
Offseason Shenanigans: The Return of Glee February 6th, 2011 For a show which has yet to air an episode in 2011, Glee has been awfully ubiquitous. No, this isn’t surprising: people can’t get enough of Glee, so it is inevitable … Continue reading
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Questions of Taste: Dissecting the Dissection of Early Reviews of HBO’s Game of Thrones
Questions of Taste: Dissecting the Dissection of Early Reviews April 9th, 2011 We are entering the period in which HBO’s Game of Thrones will be placed under the critical microscope – while a few early reviews (my own included, I … Continue reading →
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