- John Hansen
- December 30, 2020
John’s top 10 TV shows of 2020
Like everything else, TV took a hit in this year of the pandemic, but networks felt the impact more so than streaming and premium. The
READ MORE
- John Hansen
- October 16, 2020
Lily Collins shines in predictable ‘Emily in Paris’
Not all October premieres have to be scary – although a lot of them are (see later in this post) – so let’s start off
- John Hansen
- October 10, 2020
‘Swamp Thing’ much better than previous screen versions
Nowadays, lots of things are remade that elicit groans from fans, but “Swamp Thing” is a property that was ripe for a remake – which
- John Hansen
- September 7, 2020
‘The Boys’ remains super as Season 2 begins
It’s been said that Washington, D.C., is Hollywood for ugly people, but we mostly view politics and celebrity culture as two distinct categories. What’s smart
- John Hansen
- September 3, 2020
Relatively thin schedule offers some highlights
The pandemic has wreaked havoc with fall TV scheduling (it’s hard to tell one socially distanced, masked story, let alone fill a slate with them),
- John Hansen
- May 24, 2020
John’s 10 favorite TV characters at the moment
Here are my 10 favorite characters from the last year of television, from networks to cable to streaming, counting down from 10 to 1: Diyah
- John Hansen
- May 21, 2020
CW’s branch of DC universe blandly expands with ‘Stargirl’
“Stargirl” (Mondays on DC Universe; Tuesdays on CW) – one of 14 current TV series executive-produced by Greg Berlanti – falls into the category of
- John Hansen
- March 28, 2020
‘The Boys’ Season 1 blends superheroes with military industry
“Watchmen” popularized the idea of superheroes run amok, but that saga quickly moves beyond the question of “Who watches the Watchmen?” to its answer of
- John Hansen
- March 21, 2020
‘Runaways’ Season 1 (2017-18) is kind of silly, kind of good
With an unusually long gap between new Marvel Cinematic Universe releases, I decided to finally check out “Marvel’s Runaways” Season 1 (2017-18, Hulu). Now through
- John Hansen
- March 14, 2020
‘Watchmen’ TV series digs into history of American racism
Creator Damon Lindelof has taken the lessons learned on “Lost” – where time-jumping was a sometimes fun, sometimes hoary narrative device – and beautifully applied