Television

Who’s that girl? It’s Jess; and ‘New Girl’ is getting better (TV commentary)

The idea of getting a weekly dose of the girl from “(500) Days of Summer” was irresistible when “New Girl” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on Fox) debuted

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Best approach in zombie apocalypse: Democracy or Ricktatorship? (TV commentary)

“The Walking Dead” wrapped up its mostly great second season on Sunday with the epic farmstead battle we expected, plus a couple new elements — a

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On ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars,’ how in the world is Darth Maul still alive? (TV commentary)

The “Star Wars” saga has a weird tendency to tell stories out of order. Most notably, the film saga started with Episode IV. The books

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Did Shane want to die on ‘The Walking Dead?’ (TV commentary)

Maybe it’s because I’m in the midst of some serious “Angel” geekery with my “Rewatching the classics” project, but the Shane-Rick showdown in last night’s “The

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(Hopefully not) a fond farewell to ‘Parenthood’ (TV review)

I don’t spend too much time anymore worrying about whether a show will be canceled; I take the “enjoy it while it lasts” approach to

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Should the group trust Randall on ‘The Walking Dead?’

Watching last night’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) — where Randall is tortured by Daryl and nearly executed at gunpoint by

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All 22 episodes of ‘Angel’ Season 3 (2001-02), ranked

The best thing about this rewatching project is finding out I that I now like things I used to dislike. Don’t get me wrong, Season 3

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‘Comic Book Men’ opens up the 4-color world

As a TV geek, I respect and revere comic book geeks. Pop into any decent comic shop and those rows upon rows of long-boxed back

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Network TV takes another crack at found-footage horror with ‘The River’

There’s nothing else on TV like “The River” (8 p.m. Central Tuesdays on ABC), so maybe it’s unfair to say this about a show that’s trying to

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First episode impressions: ‘Smash’ (TV review)

I have to confess that I generally don’t enjoy musicals. With the notable exception of the “Buffy” musical episode, the genre doesn’t work for me.

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