Portlandia Review - "Baseball" (Ep. 1.06)
This week’s “Baseball” episode marked the sixth and final installment of the IFC’s short-run sketch comedy series Portlandia, with Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein playing a cast of motley characters in the Rose City. (It’ll be back next year with a double order of episodes.) The episode bounced back after last week’s terrible “Blunderbuss,” but it still wasn’t an out-of-the-park home run.... read more
Californication Review: "Lights. Camera. Asshole" (Episode 4.08)
In “Lights, Camera, Asshole,” we find Hank caught in the crossfires his usual antics once again in an entertaining, but relatively superficial episode. Sasha is back on board thanks to Eddie Nero and Fucking and Punching seems to be moving full steam ahead. Not only that, but Sasha has asked for Hank to “polish her dialogue” on her upcoming blockbuster zombie-cop action thriller sequel. Hank’s a skeptic as always—until he learns that the one-week gig will reap a nice little paycheck of $100,000.... read more
CBS Pulls the Plug on Two and a Half Men
It looks like Charlie “Wild Thing” Sheen has finally crossed the line. CBS and Warner Bros. announced yesterday that they have decided to discontinue production on Two and a Half Men for the remainder of the season.... read more
Community Review: "Intro to Political Science" (2.17)
For all of its focus on growth and change, Community has tended to shy away from all but the most temporary sexual relationships. The first season had its somewhat awkward will they/won’t they dynamic between Jeff and Britta, and the second season has had Shirley and Chang’s one night stand, but nothing has stuck and everyone has stayed either alone or, in the case of Shirley, with their significant other largely off camera.... read more
IFC Renews David Cross' Todd Margaret for Second Season
IFC has announced that offbeat comedy The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret will return for a second season. Writer, director and star David Cross returns as Todd Margaret, alongside fellow Arrested Development alum Will Arnett.... read more
The Office Review: "Todd Packer" (Episode 7.17)
Another week, another baby step toward maturity from Mr. Michael Scott.... read more
Skins Review: "Abbud" (Episode 1.06)
Skins has managed to fall yet another rung on the ladder, possibly to the very last. This week’s episode was absolutely the worst so far.... read more
Modern Family Review (Ep. 2.16 - “Regrets Only”)
Listening—or the lack thereof—served as the central theme to this week’s Modern Family episode “Regrets Only,” setting up dozens of punch lines that the show’s great ensemble delivered with aplomb.... read more
"Golden Voice" Ted Williams Gets Reality Show
The homeless man with the golden voice, Ted Williams, who became an overnight internet sensation with a single YouTube clip, now has his own reality show. The series will be called Second Chances at Life, and will explore Williams’ life from his days on the street to YouTube fame. Locations for shooting include his hometown of New York City, Columbus, Ohio and Los Angeles, the latter of which being where he currently lives.... read more
Mitch Hurwitiz Helming The Boss Of It All Remake
TheWrap reports that Arrested Development creator, Mitch Hurwitz, is directing a remake of a Norwegian film called The Boss of It All.... read more
Our Favorite Cats That Look Like Ron Swanson
We’re not exactly sure where felines fall on Ron Swanson’s Pyramid of Greatness. After all, cats can’t resist fish, while Ron hunts it “for sport only. Fish meat is practically a vegetable.”... read more
Amazon Unveils Free Streaming Video for Prime Members
Today, Amazon.com announced that it will offer “unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of 5,000 movies and TV shows” to Amazon Prime members.... read more
Glee Creator Ryan Murphy Developing Horror Series for FX
Before he created a musical television show about a high school glee club, Ryan Murphy was penning tales of masochism and vanity for his FX series, Nip/Tuck. Murphy, along with Nip/Tuck and Glee collaborator Brad Falchuk, is reportedly returning to FX once again with a pilot for a series called American Horror.... read more
House Votes to Block FCC's Net Neutrality Regulations
A spending bill was approved Thursday by House Republicans that would block the Federal Communications Commission from enacting its new rules related to net neutrality.... read more
Shameless Review (1.07)
There’s a “finders-keepers” mentality among the Shameless residents of Chicago’s projects. So, when a meat packer’s truck breaks down and the driver leaves to get help the neighbors “help” themselves to the beef, and soon everyone’s barbecuing. To these people it’s not thievery. It’s survival.... read more
Californication Review: "The Recused" (Episode 4.07)
After last week’s episode concluded with Abby seducing Hank despite firing the writer, “The Recused” opens with Hank and Abby the morning after facing with a new dilemma. “We had sex, you made me cum,” Abby straightforwardly says. “now we have a serious conflict.” Abby had offers to take Hank back as a client, on the one condition she can’t continue to have sex with him, despite Hank’s hardest attempts to persuade her otherwise. Since he can’t have his cake and eat it too, he opts for sex and a new lawyer.... read more
Portlandia Review: “Blunderbuss” (Episode 1.05)
Episode 5 of Portlandia, IFC’s hipster-skewering series, featured a number of guest appearances, including actress Selma Blair, director Gus Van Sant, and musicians James Mercer (The Shins, Broken Bells), Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), and and Colin Meloy and Jenny Conlee of Portland’s hometown heroes The Decemberists.... read more
Archer Review: "Pipeline Fever" (2.4)
Imminent ecological disaster? No problem. Sterling Archer is on the case. This week’s episode of Archer sees Sterling and Lana sent to New Orleans to stop an eco-terrorist from bombing a gas pipeline; a misguided move that would actually end up destroying the ecosystem of the swamp. The good news, Sterling is back to his old ways, caring far more about taking a vacation and living out his Burt Reynolds-in-White Lightning fantasy than saving the wetlands. The better news, that’s an awesome fantasy. I mean, air boats? They’re awesome.... read more
Ricky Gervais Show Review: "Kidneys" (2.6)
For a long period of time, there were questions as to whether or not Karl Pilkington, at least the version of him played on radio, was real or simply a comedic invention of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. His particular brand of idiocy seems related to the David Brent and Andy Millman characters that Gervais plays on his shows, and at times Pilkington is so over-the-top that it’s impossible not to wonder how much of what he does is real. By now, though, I think even doubters have to admit that he’s genuine, not just from An Idiot Abroad but... read more
Community Review: "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" (2.16)
After last week’s much more traditionally sit-com-y episode, “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking” returns us to the strange and wonderful world of Community’s genre parodies. But while in the past these parodies have tended to overpower the rest of the episode, making it so that the zombies or whatever are more important than the show’s continuity, here we get the inverse. The episode is formally parodying the faux-documentary style of other TV shows, in particular The Office, but the focus is really on Pierce’s relationship with the rest of the study group.... read more
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