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TV Review: NBC's 'Save Me'
NBC premieres comedy Save Me, starring Anne Heche as a woman who communicates with God after a near-death experience, premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “[T]he program is at least initially too mired in sitcom conventions and flourishes - including musical riffs seemingly lifted straight out of Desperate Housewives - t ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: ABC's 'Motive'
ABC premieres new Canadian police procedural Motive on Monday at 10 p.m. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “The characters don’t feel any richer here than they do on CBS’ various cop shows, and the series doesn’t even commit to how much it wants to keep you guessing about why the crime occurred.” –Alan Sepinwall ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: Fox's 'The Goodwin Games'
Fox finally premieres comedy The Goodwin Games, announced during last year’s upfronts, on Monday at 8:30 p.m. The following are reviews from TV critics around the web, compiled by B&C. “If you think of The Goodwin Games more as a tax write-off than a TV sitcom, you may approach it in a more accepting mood, though even that may not be enough to get you to stick with it throug ...... Read More
Comments (0)Book Review: 'Top of the Morning' by Brian Stelter
By Michael Malone Grand Central Publishing 301 pages Successful books—successful anythings, for that matter—require talent, hustle and a bit of luck. Brian Stelter, New York Times reporter and author of Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV, knew he had the first two when he took on this project. The third one fell in his lap, as NBC cut Ann Curry from the Toda ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: ABC's 'Family Tools'
ABC premieres new sitcom Family Tools, based on the British series White Man Van and starring Kyle Bornheimer, Leah Remini and J.K. Simmons, on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. ET. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “With Tools, there is no discernible style, or point of view, or voice, or humor that ever rises to the level of originality. That’s a sha ...... Read More
Comments (1)TV Review: NBC's 'Hannibal'
NBC premieres its prequel drama Hannibal, which re-introduces FBI agent Will Graham and his mentor Dr. Hannibal Lecter from the novel Red Dragon, on Thursday at 10 p.m. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “[Hugh] Dancy is a perfect, tortured soul; [Laurence] Fishburne is everyman with a brain; and Mads Mikkelsen is perfectly named. What is lacking, ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: ABC's 'How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)'
ABC premieres new sitcom How to Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life), starring Sarah Chalke as a mother who moves back in with her eccentric parents, on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. ET. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “[T]here’s nothing new or even necessarily awful about TV shows sharing plot points. What’s more damaging ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: A&E's 'Bates Motel'
A&E premieres its new drama Bates Motel, a prequel of Hitchcock’s Psycho, on Monday at 10 p.m. ET. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “The combined talents and pedigrees of executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights) may be why Bates Motel got made despite the string of unsuccessful sequels to the origi ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: History's 'Vikings'
History Channel debuts its first original scripted series Vikings on March 3 at 10 p.m. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “The characters are interesting, many of the details of Viking life and culture are intriguing, and the performances are all quite good. And yet the show has no compelling arc, and only brief flare-ups of action.” ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: ABC's 'Red Widow'
ABC debuts new midseason drama Red Widow, about a woman whose late husband’s ties to the Mob forces her to take his place upon his death, in a two-hour premiere on March 3 at 9 p.m. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “Red Widow approaches the same career move as drama, and while that gives it some different options, the program also threate ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: CBS' 'Golden Boy'
CBS premieres new character-driven cop drama Golden Boy on Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “It’s always gratifying to see writers bold enough to experiment with narrative, but flashbacks and flash-forwards are a dicey business, and Golden Boy is not aided by its lead, who spends most of the pilot looking intensely ...... Read More
Comments (0)TV Review: The 85th Annual Academy Awards
ABC aired the 85th annual Academy Awards on Sunday evening, and with Family Guy funnyman Seth MacFarlane hosting, the night was poised to be an entertaining evening. Many were divided, however, on the numerous musical numbers and the (of course) length of the ceremony. The following are reviews from TV critics around the Web, compiled by B&C. “Despite the valiant efforts of Adele, ...... Read More
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