- John Hansen
- October 31, 2015
Pre-‘Lost’ Matthew Fox stars in moody ‘Haunted’ (2002)
“Haunted” (2002, UPN) is one of the bevy of shows that aired between the end of “The X-Files” and the start of “Fringe” that tried to
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- John Hansen
- October 29, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘Wicked City’ (TV review)
“Wicked City” (10 p.m. Eastern Tuesdays on ABC) is a mix of one thing I really like (20th century period pieces) and one thing I don’t
- John Hansen
- October 28, 2015
‘Supergirl’ makes a slick but unimaginative debut
“Supergirl” (8 p.m. Eastern Mondays on CBS) is a slickly produced and nicely acted but utterly unnecessary and unimaginative addition to TV’s comic-book superhero boom.
- John Hansen
- October 18, 2015
‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Season 1 (2008) (TV review)
Watching “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” Season 1 (2008) after reading the post-“T2” comics and novels, it seems certain that producer Josh Friedman is doing a loose adaptation
- John Hansen
- October 16, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘Fargo’ Season 2 (TV reivew)
Executive producer and lead writer Noah Hawley positions his chess pieces for another year of murder, crime-syndicate maneuvering and Minnes-ooh-ta accents and quirks in the
- John Hansen
- October 14, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ (TV review)
After a fairly awful September of new show premieres, October is off to a much better start with “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (8 p.m. Eastern Mondays on The CW),
- John Hansen
- September 29, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘Quantico’ (TV review)
The pilot episode of “Quantico” (10 p.m. Eastern Sundays on ABC) slathers on the twists and turns until the series’ ultimate premise is set up the final
- John Hansen
- September 26, 2015
One-season wonders: ‘Hellcats’ (2010-11) (TV review)
With the fall TV season off to a rough start, it’s beginning to look like this might be a good time to catch up on
- John Hansen
- September 23, 2015
First episode impressions: ‘Blindspot’ (TV review)
“Blindspot” (10 p.m. Eastern Mondays on NBC) unquestionably has the best opening hook of the fall TV season: An amnesiac, fully tattooed woman wakes up naked
- John Hansen
- September 23, 2015
Murphy, Falchuk take horror shtick to network TV with ‘Scream Queens’
My list of new fall shows to watch is increasingly revealing itself to be a list of wishful thinking. Following “Minority Report” and “Blindspot,” “Scream Queens” (9