- John Hansen
- February 22, 2018
‘Fringe’ Season 1 review
“Fringe” Season 1 (2008-09, Fox), episodes 1-6 – “Fringe” (8 p.m. Tuesdays, Fox) is developing into a cool series. (more…)
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- John Hansen
- January 20, 2013
Fond farewell: ‘Fringe’ (TV review)
To me, one of the most exciting things about the end of “Fringe” is that I can now look forward to rewatching the show on DVD someday.
- John Hansen
- November 13, 2012
Fall TV 2012: New shows a huge letdown, but returning faves still deliver appointment television (Commentary)
Two years ago, I labeled Fall 2010 as the worst batch of new shows ever. The highlights were “Law & Order: Los Angeles,” which was hardly a
- John Hansen
- October 14, 2012
War — what is it good for? A few good plots, at least (TV commentary)
We’re in a curious situation right now where 94 percent of the country supports pro-war presidential candidates yet other polls show that the majority of
- John Hansen
- September 29, 2012
First episode impressions: ‘Fringe’ Season 5 (TV review)
In the early days of TV, every episode was a standalone, so if you missed an episode you wouldn’t get lost. Eventually, we started to
- John Hansen
- September 11, 2012
Fall TV 2012: 5 new shows and 5 returning shows to watch (Commentary)
Ah, fall TV. And, in a nice old-school twist, the Entertainment Weekly Fall TV Preview issue highlighted a single show on its cover rather than
- John Hansen
- May 19, 2012
John’s 10 favorite TV characters at the moment (Commentary)
The 2011-12 TV season has almost faded to snow and the dust has settled from the cancellation carnage. Looking back, I’d say it was a
- John Hansen
- May 8, 2012
5 buzzworthy season finales (TV commentary)
It’s that time of year when summer movies start to steal the headlines from TV, but boob-tube fans have one last gasp, at least: The
- John Hansen
- November 21, 2011
What happened to ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Sophia? (and 6 other burning TV questions) (Commentary)
Part of why it’s been a great TV season is that there are so many compelling questions that keep us watching from week to week.
- John Hansen
- September 30, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘Fringe’ Season 4 (TV review)
Most shows are naturally constrained by their narrative — sort of like a choose-your-own-adventure book where every choice is locked in once it happens. But