Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 3
Score: 6/10 The series started to lose steam for me in the first half of the episode. Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Jenna Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) are characters that are so over the top nerdy that it is beginning to get annoying. Agent Grant Ward’s (Brett Dalton) is supposed to have poor people skills in the show. However, I do not think they intended Dalton’s acting to be cold. In addition, Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen)...
The NFL and Breast Cancer: Good, Bad, or Both?
This past Friday, I went to The Sports Authority in a local mall by work to look at running shoes, and before I could walk past the checkout aisles, I saw a massive display for Breast Cancer Awareness month, sponsored by the NFL and the American Cancer Society. Initially, I didn’t think much of it, because I’m used to seeing pink-colored NFL apparel. For the last five or so years, the NFL has partnered with ACS in...
Show With Promise Alert: Sleepy Hollow
No one likes admitting they were wrong. I am no different. Back in May, I predicted that Sleepy Hollow had a 50/50 shot of being the first of Fox’ new series offerings to get cancelled this season. Not only is that not happening, but it’s also the first series on ANY network to get a second season pickup. How is this possible? After the initial ratings of Sleepy Hollow’s first episode, I was blown away. How...
Survivor: Blood vs Water Episode 3 Notes
Redemption Island The beginning of the episode is very explosive at Redemption Island. First, Galang got a glimpse of the person voted off from the Tadhana tribe last episode, Rachel. Tyson is not shocked at the vote as he figured Tadhana would try to get him to switch to weaken Galang. As expected, Tyson offers to switch places with Rachel if she wants. However, she realizes that Tyson is in a great position in his tribe and has the...
Family Values Tour: Trophy Wife
Hopefully, what we have to look forward is stuff like ABC’s Trophy Wife, which in its tone and wit reminds me of the way-underrated Suburgatory. It’s not that Trophy Wife doesn’t do a lot of the things I’ve already claimed that contemporary (and, let’s face it, traditional) family sitcoms do: it affirms family values, its central family is so white you need sunglasses to watch them, they live in a comfortable upper-middle class...
Show With Promise Alert: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
No one wants to go down with the ship. I just finished watching Dexter and my TV life is worse for it. That being said I am extremely careful with the shows I sample now. I watch them, I follow their ratings, and I even check to see how many/what hashtags a show can generate. This is all in an effort to never go down with the ship again. The following series of articles is designed to give you an idea of the new broadcast shows...