Television | Reviews from My Couch

John Hansen
October 18, 2016

EW’s 50 Most Powerful Superheroes list has absurd omissions

I asked my friend Jeremy if he had checked out Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Most Powerful Superheroes list in the latest issue and he said he doesn’t “pay

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John Hansen
October 12, 2016

First episode impressions: ‘Frequency’ (TV review)

“Frequency” (9 p.m. Wednesdays on The CW), in its original incarnation, was a pretty good 2000 movie starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel that I don’t

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John Hansen
October 11, 2016

First episode impressions: ‘No Tomorrow’ (TV review)

“No Tomorrow” (9 p.m. Tuesdays on The CW) has an out-there premise similar to “Last Man on Earth” and “The Good Place.” Awkward, pretty Evie (“The

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John Hansen
October 3, 2016

First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 3 (TV review)

Now in its third season, “Star Wars Rebels” (8:30 p.m. Saturdays on Disney XD) has almost entirely caught up to “The Clone Wars” in production value. Even

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John Hansen
September 30, 2016

First episode impressions: ‘Designated Survivor’ (TV review)

Two episodes into its run, “Designated Survivor” (10 p.m. Wednesdays, ABC) continues to pay lip service to the idea of a president who is in over his

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John Hansen
September 26, 2016

‘Bedford Diaries’ (2006) quietly closes WB era

“The Bedford Diaries” (2006, WB) is the answer to a fun trivia question: It was the last show to debut on The WB. The eight episodes

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John Hansen
September 25, 2016

Once-great ‘Summerland’ suffers a fall in Season 2 (2005)

Other than the animated “Ewoks” series, I haven’t encountered a more extreme example of a good show going bad in its sophomore year than “Summerland” Season