“Talking TV with Ryan and Ryan”: A double dose of audio awesome
Mo Ryan and I are back, with two full podcasts. Yes, again. Yes, we’re a little crazy. The first covers this week’s “Mad Men” and “Game of Thrones.” With us to break things down? The one and only Tom...
View Article“Scandal” Review: “Nobody Likes Babies”
There’s something to be said about a show that absolutely knows what it is, yet consistently surprises itself along the way. There’s something to be said about a show that doesn’t just settle for being...
View ArticleCast members talk about being “word perfect” in the imperfect (but impossibly...
“Scandal” has only been off the air for a few weeks, but it undoubtedly feels like much longer for its die-hard fans. The second season pushed the show from one with interesting promise to one that...
View ArticleWhat “Sharknado” and “Scandal” teach us about the future of television
It’s been three days since SyFy first aired “Sharkado,” yet those seventy-two hours feel more like seventy-two days in terms of pop culture applicability. What was for a brief time the only thing one...
View ArticleWho Moved My TV Character’s Cheese: Why we respond to strongly to vocational...
Last night’s “Saturday Night Live” parody of “Scandal” was simultaneously funny and instructive. As a fan of both shows, I had reservations when the sketch started: recent “SNL” parodies of programs...
View ArticleReview: Scandal, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”
All hail Shonda Rhimes. “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” is not just the best season three episode of “Scandal,” but a necessary reaffirmation of what makes the show so great when everything’s working at peak...
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