John Oliver is no Jon Stewart, but he’ll make a fine summer rental. Heading into Oliver’s debut last night as fill-in host on The […]
The Doctor begins with archival footage of Magic Johnson asking Isaiah Thomas for his favorite memory of Julius Erving. The Hall of Famers smile as […]
The Writer’s Guild of America—the labor union of film and TV writers—has made a list of the 101 Best-Written English-language TV shows of all time. […]
A warning and advice if you’re a Game of Thrones fan who hasn’t seen last night’s episode: major spoilers ahead, and also, stop whatever the […]
That kid from New York may have won this week’s National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling “knaidel”, but equally as impressive (OK, actually more impressive) […]
It was a rough year for network TV. Many of the most talked about shows continued to appear on cable and through streaming services (Netflix’s […]
Buried in the recent news that the arch-conservative mega-powerful Koch Brothers were considering buying the Chicago-based Tribune Co., were a couple of potential Philly implications. The […]
Since my DVR is like the waistline of my pants—usually at maximum capacity—I’ve written about my relationship with Comcast a few times. To say we […]
Note: This review is spoiler-free! Not everyone is as weird as I am and wanted to spend two nice days indoors watching and writing about […]
As one of the butchest actors around, Michael Douglas hardly seems the logical choice to play Liberace. Likewise for Matt Damon as Liberace’s lover, […]
After seven long years, the wait is finally over. This Sunday, Netflix will release new episodes of the classic, legendary, groundbreaking Arrested Development—the show that […]
It’s a lesson that must be learned and re-learned, yet it always ends up as something of a surprise: There’s nothing either so beautiful or […]
Kate Flannery–aka Meredith the sexually irresponsible Supplier Relations Representative on “The Office”–will be in Philly this summer for a two-week run at the Suzanne Roberts […]
It’s good to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus, yet again. It’s even better to see her as the vice president. Season two of Veep is making […]
“Dunder Mifflin was a disaster as a business,” writes Neil Irwin of the Washington Post. Why? For a small firm that sells relatively expensive product, […]
