Tag archive for ‘Modern Family’
2009 Primies: Best Episodes
Aloha, dear TV junkies. I may be on vacation, but thanks to some coffeshop wi-fi, I’m still able to update this here blog with cinnamon-bun-sticky fingers. Surely you didn’t think I’d forgotten about honoring the best small-screen moments of 2009! Listed below are my favorite episodes across the airwaves from all [...]
2009 Primies: Best Characters
Because it’s the end of the year (and of the decade), every TV critic is releasing best-of lists. And I am no exception, though small-potatoes I may be. Ergo I announce the First Annual Primie Awards! And the first category honors the 15 characters whom I appreciate most, in descending order of awesomeness. Frankly, the shows below would [...]
41 Shows Reviewed in 140 Characters or Less
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 Prime Times: Peacock Overload Edition
Here’s this week’s batch of freshly-baked television news:
- Two big names will “sho” up on Showtime: Laura Linney will star in The C Word, a half-hour comedy series about a woman who turns her life around following a cancer diagnosis; and William H. Macy will star in Shameless, a comedic drama [...]
The Prime Times: Lawn Mower Meets Foot Edition
I can’t even fit all the news that’s fit to print into one blog post, but here are some of this week’s most interesting tidbits:
- Some of the shows that premiered this week got impressive ratings. FlashForward scared up 12.41 million viewers. (I realize now that there’s no space in that [...]
The Prime Times: Big Names Edition
Tonight’s top stories:
- As if I weren’t already excited about ABC’s new comedy Modern Family (previously previewed on this here blog), here comes the news that bona fide movie stars Elizabeth Banks and Edward Norton will guest-star in multiple episodes. Banks was on Scrubs, but Norton does television? What the what?
- Unfortunately, American [...]
Re-married with Children
2009-2010 New Series Preview, Part 3
ABC has four new comedies in the pipeline, and three of them have unfortunately unfunny previews: Hank, The Middle, and Cougar Town. If producers do put all the best bits in the previews, well… the outlook for those shows is bleak. But the fourth, Modern Family, looks to be riotous, [...]