During the Network Upfront announcements, Liz Belsky whipped up some key art in the style of NBC's painfully awkward key art to announce the new fake John Mulaney show Think Fast: SURPRISE! NBC has added a last-minute comedy series to its fall lineup! Think Fast follows a Chicago slacker (John Mulaney) who, after losing his license and his job after a DUI, is forced to move in … [Read more...] about 10 Awesome Movies That Don’t Exist (Yet)
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Downton Abbey: A History Lesson Cleverly Disguised as a Soap Opera
Sometime back in the fall of 2011, Downton Abbey happened. I don’t mean that the show premiered; it actually premiered in the US in the fall of 2010. But sometime back in October or November, what were little whispers about Downton Abbey all over my Facebook feed became shouts of "you must watch this!" Then around the first week of January, my social networks overflowed with … [Read more...] about Downton Abbey: A History Lesson Cleverly Disguised as a Soap Opera
Pan Am: Experience Makes the Difference
A few weeks into the 2011 television season, a friend told me I had to watch ABC’s Pan Am. This wasn’t in my plans, as I had no interest in the show. From the ad campaign it seemed similar to The Playboy Club on NBC (which had already been cancelled), and I wasn’t interested in television that took the approach of “we can totes be sexist and it’ll be okay because it was NORMAL … [Read more...] about Pan Am: Experience Makes the Difference
Fallback Albums: Tom
Next up in our fallback album series – new writer Tom: Daft Punk – Homework When it comes to the issue of musical timelessness, electronic music gets bum rap. Not that the singles-dominated genre doesn't ask for it, but there are some classic albums. Homework is one of them. Daft member Thomas Bangalter said he wanted to create happy timeless music like Brian Wilson did with … [Read more...] about Fallback Albums: Tom
You’ve Really Got Some Minerva, Veronica Mars
Teen detective drama Veronica Mars faced a lot of upheavals this year, not only with the show moving from UPN to the shiny new hybrid network The CW, but also in its story, as hardboiled high schooler Veronica made the transition to college. Like the kids from West Beverly High and Sunnydale before her, smart-aleck Veronica and her extensive vocabulary have moved to a set with … [Read more...] about You’ve Really Got Some Minerva, Veronica Mars