For me, this week is more about counting down… only seven days until the premiere of “Game of Thrones” on HBO. I’ll be watching the usual new episodes of “New Girl,” “Community,” etc… But if you want something a little different: SUNDAY The critically acclaimed “Mad Men” returns to AMC tonight with a two-hour season premiere. (Actually, watch your DVRs on this one, since the debut is listed as being 128 minutes long.) This is one of those shows I… Read More »
While raising their broods, quintessential moms Carol Brady, Marion Cunningham and June Cleaver remained upbeat, sometimes crossing over into downright perky. But that might be owed only partially to solid maternal instincts and more to a lack of those instincts being seriously tested. I mean, was the insincere Eddie Haskell all that bad when compared with the drug-and-sex-pushing peers today’s TV teens contend with? And sure, Carol Brady had a large family, but she also had help from housekeeper Alice.… Read More »
OMG! Must See! Mad Men: So, apparently, I’ve been living under a rock and missing this amazing show. Mad Men is set in the 1960s in New York City–Madison Avenue, specifically. It focuses on the lives of the power hungry men in the advertising world and their much too dedicated secretaries. While the men are hard at work writing ads for everything from cigarettes to department stores, the women are at home dutifully keeping house and providing meals for their families. Their… Read More »
Looking back at the shows that grabbed my attention and the ones that put me to sleep.… Read More »
Turn off your brain, set your DVR and go to Treasure Island and hear The National play.… Read More »
Turn off your brain and savor the season’s penultimate episode of “Mad Men.”… Read More »
Turn off your brain, grab your remote and settle in.… Read More »
Turn off your brain, arch that eyebrow and . . . . Go!… Read More »
Here’s a look back at the best and worst of TV in the past week, and a look ahead at what’s coming up.… Read More »
Turn off your brain and check out the original Jersey Shore.… Read More »
Turn off your brain and watch some football, for real.… Read More »
Turn off your brain and enjoy the weekend.… Read More »
