October 6th, 2009 01:23pm
Watch ‘National Parks’ at your leisure
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Ken Burns’ series out on DVD already.
July 14th, 2009 10:13am
‘The State’ finally on DVD
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The late, great MTV sketch comedy series returns.
July 9th, 2009 12:00pm
Help the economy, buy ‘Freaks and Geeks’
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Amazon’s selling one of the all-time great series for half off. Get it.
July 1st, 2009 06:00am
Catch up with ‘State of Play’
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It’s too hot outside, so stay in, crank up the AC and pop in a DVD of the outstanding BBC miniseries, “State of Play.”
June 10th, 2009 10:00am
Catch up with ‘Wonderfalls’
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‘If you’ve been watching those last few episodes of “Pushing Daisies” that ABC is burning off (last episode is this Saturday) and have a hankering for more quirky fun along those lines, then check out “Wonderfalls” on DVD. It’s another series by “Daisies” creator Bryan Fuller that aired briefly on Fox in 2004, and falls in the brilliant-but-canceled category.
Canadian actress Caroline Dhavernas plays Jaye, a twentysomething slacker with a useless … Read More »
June 1st, 2009 10:00am
Time to revisit ‘Band of Brothers’
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With TV in its summer doldrums, I’ll be occasionally offering picks on older series to catch up with. Today’s pick is a timely one: “Band of Brothers.”
The 2001 HBO production is arguably the greatest miniseries ever made. And yes, that’s counting “Roots” and “Shogun.” Adapted from historian Stephen Ambrose’s book of the same name and produced by Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks, the 10-episode World War II series chronicles the … Read More »
May 21st, 2009 04:40pm
Catch up with: ‘Keen Eddie’
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Summer’s here, at least in terms of the TV season, and most of our favorite shows are gone. So how are you going to fill all that newly available free time? By revisiting old TV series, of course! And by staying inside, closing the blinds and watching more TV, you can avoid those pesky allergies, sunburn and insect bites. Really, you owe it to your body to stay safe and … Read More »
May 12th, 2009 10:00am
My ‘Breaking Bad’ buzzkill
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I just finished blowing through Season 1 of AMC’s fantastic “Breaking Bad” yesterday, and was psyched to think that I’d be able to catch up with the current second season before it ends in three weeks. But I was crushed to discover that the entire current season isn’t available on Comcast’s On Demand; they only offer the last four episodes, and since the earliest of those is episode seven, that … Read More »
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