I had a rather fun experience last week; I was enjoying an absolutely amazing cup of coffee at Acre in Montgomery Village when a gentleman struck up a conversation with me. He asked what I do and I told him lots of things, among them I write about TV for [...]
Up first in our foray into the hidden gems of television is The Fall, the new series starring Gillian Anderson that debuted this past May in Ireland and the UK and is available for streaming on Netflix. Anderson, more popularly known for her role as Dana Scully in the X-Files, [...]
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder Treason and Plot...Today is Guy Fawkes Day which got me thinking about the absolutely fantastic film V for Vendetta with Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman; a few minutes on my Comcast DVR and I was able to find it available through XFINITY ON [...]
It’s hard to believe series are still premiering in November, what's even harder to comprehend is the website I've been getting information from had this week's premieres wrong, good thing I checked! Fans of Raising Hope will be glad to know the very funny show returns this Friday at 9:00 [...]
Hello and welcome to a slightly different angle on the TV Scoop. I’m Wallace Poulter and I’ll be your tour guide as we examine some of the hidden television gems that are available with just a little bit of exploring. Gone are the simple days of not so long ago [...]
We live in an absolutely amazing time for fans of any kind of media because we have access to content in ways that just a few years ago simply were not available. I remember being a teenager in the eighties and often thinking to myself, “I wish they hadn’t cancelled [...]
It’s been a real scream writing these posts on the many wonderful, fun, campy, and sometimes scary horror films Turner Classic Movies has been showing during the month of October. Halloween is just one day away and TCM will be running a classic horror movie marathon starting at 6:00 AM [...]
Greetings horror fans, we have yet another weekend’s worth of high quality vintage horror films ahead on Turner Classic Movies; my pick is the genuinely disturbing What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962). This film features two of the finest actresses from Hollywood’s golden era, Bette Davis as Baby Jane [...]
I am terrible at math. Actually I’m terrible at a lot of things, like driving in Santa Rosa (seems like a blood sport to a small town boy like me) and handwriting (completely illegible) and remembering things I don’t care about, I’m just awful at that. But math is in [...]
It’s kind of like the studio execs got together and talked it over and wanted me to have a really great birthday weekend so they decided to premiere one of my favorite series along with a new one I’m really looking forward to, then show a bunch of classic horror [...]
Another weekend and another marathon of high quality vintage horror films on Turner Classic Movies; my pick this week is the 1932 film Freaks (trailer here). Tod Browning’s film Freaks offers a window into a world we seldom see these days, the carnival sideshow. Many of the actors are actual [...]
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Greetings fellow television fans, fanatics, addicts and enthusiasts; welcome to our blog about TV for the Press Democrat Online. Together we will keep up with what’s coming up, examine new and existing programs in depth and from time to time take a moment to appreciate programs from the past. In addition, we’ll delve into the deep corners of Netflix and Hulu to recommend shows from around the world. My hope is together we will find enough quality programming to fill our TV viewing schedules and never again utter the words, “All these channels and nothing to watch!”
— Wallace Poulter