Primetimely

Prime, timely commentary on primetime TV.

Tag archive for ‘Brothers & Sisters’

The Prime Times: Part Labrador, Part Russell Crowe Edition

Television news and scoop, right off the grill:

  • The next season of Dexter will feature laudable thespians Julia Stiles (Save the Last Dance) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, Eli Stone).
  • A failed FOX pilot was rescued by A&E: the cable network ordered 13 episodes of Breakout Kings, a drama about an [...]

The Prime Times: Self-Potato Edition

Late-breaking news and bizarre tidbits from the TV world:
  • In today’s biggest news, ABC has announced that this season would be Ugly Betty‘s last. This is truly a loss. Ugly Betty was not only savvy and sharp, not only funny and endearing, but also insightful and surprisingly ponderous. Plus, it featured Latinos in lead roles and won both GLAAD [...]

41 Shows Reviewed in 140 Characters or Less

Rose Byrne in "Damages"

Note: The following post first appeared as an article by the same name in The Climax, Hampshire College’s newspaper. Also, some of these micro-reviews may exceed 140 characters—my bad!

I am a student of television. Writing television scripts is my Division III [a senior project, in Hampshire speak]. So I have no shame in the [...]

The Sarah Walker Switcheroo

Rachel Griffiths of "Brothers and Sisters" and Yvonne Strahovski of "Chuck"

The following post was originally published on my old blog on March 3, 2009.

Just for the frivolous, hypothetical fun of it all, let’s theorize what would happen if the gun-wielding, Intersect-protecting Sarah Walker from Chuck swapped places with the upstart-starting, family-tending Sarah [...]