Drama, History, Television
TV: The Deuce
Nobody does television world-building like David Simon. Developed with long-time collaborator George Pelecanos, Simon’s latest extended HBO series, The…
May 4, 2021-
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Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Tribes of Europa (Season 1)
On paper, Netflix’s Tribes of Europa ought to be a slam dunk, or at least a lay-up. Lavish, post-apocalyptic,…
February 27, 2021 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: 3% (Season 4)
If genre television’s recent track record is any indication, endings are difficult to nail. Certainly Battlestar Galactica and Lost…
October 25, 2020 -
Fantasy, TelevisionTV: The Witcher (Season 1)
I came to Netflix’s new epic fantasy series The Witcher with no skin in the game. I hadn’t read…
December 24, 2019 -
TelevisionTV: Veronica Mars (Season 4)
If you can revive a beloved television series, should you? In the era of Peak Television, Hollywood’s answer tends…
September 9, 2019 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Altered Carbon (Season 1)
A sumptuous science fiction series with thought-provoking worldbuilding, Netflix’s Altered Carbon, based on the novel by Richard K. Morgan,…
March 11, 2018 -
Fantasy, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Fortitude (Season 2)
The first season of Fortitude was a glorious achievement in genre television, so it’s unsurprising that its sequel year…
April 24, 2017 -
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald’s impressive body of work expands with Luna: New Moon (2015), the first half of an inventive, intense…
May 9, 2016 -
Film, Spies, TelevisionFilm: MI-5 (Spooks: The Greater Good)
One of TV’s best spy shows returns in MI-5 (aka Spooks: The Greater Good) (2015), a surprisingly effective coda to the series.…
January 3, 2016 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: The 100 (Season 2)
After a stirring first year, The 100 returns for a longer, more brutal, and even more compelling second season.…
December 13, 2015 -
Spies, TelevisionTV – 24: Live Another Day
Say what you will about 24, it changed the landscape of television. It changed TV so drastically, in fact,…
November 9, 2014 -
TelevisionPower and Politics on HBO
A couple of HBO shows recently wrapped their seasons: two drastically different sagas about awful people and power politics,…
June 16, 2014 -
TelevisionRecent Viewings from the Stress Era
An unexpected benefit of the recent disruptive life dramas: more time for TV marathons. Turns out all those extra…
June 20, 2013 -
TelevisionLatest from the Idiot Box
Recently I looked back over my blog and realized I haven’t reviewed much television lately, a casualty of being…
July 27, 2012 -
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, TelevisionThe Current State of Television
Anybody who’s interested in the current state of TV, and the programming strategies of the cable and network channels,…
June 15, 2011