- John Hansen
- December 12, 2011
A&E doing a beautiful adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Bag of Bones’ (TV review)
“Bag of Bones” (1998) is one of my favorite Stephen King books, so it’s refreshing to see A&E doing a beautiful job adapting it. (Part one
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- John Hansen
- November 28, 2011
All 22 episodes of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 3 (1998-99), ranked
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 3 (1998-99, The WB) is about the end of a first love (Buffy and Angel’s romance), and it also marks my
- 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
- November 20, 2011
I should like ‘Community.’ But I don’t quite get it. Sorry (TV commentary)
I made it only a few seconds into the first episode of “2 Broke Girls,” one of the most critically acclaimed shows of the fall. It wasn’t
- John Hansen
- November 11, 2011
Is ‘The Secret Circle’ secretly one of TV’s best new shows? (Commentary)
With a great midseason finale this week, “The Secret Circle” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on The CW) put itself in the company of the best new shows.
- John Hansen
- November 2, 2011
Oh my god, they killed Otis! (and thoughts on falls to the dark side) (TV and movie commentary)
Kind of a jerk move by Shane to kill Otis on Sunday’s episode of “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), huh? But also a
- John Hansen
- October 31, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘Grimm’ (TV review)
Just like a musician doesn’t have to pay for the rights to record a song written before 1922, I assume a similar law holds true
- John Hansen
- October 29, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘Beavis and Butt-head’ Season 8 (TV review)
“Beavis and Butt-head” (9 p.m. Central Thursdays on MTV) jumped right into its eighth-season premiere on Thursday with Butt-head’s trademark “Uhhhhh-huh-huh” and Beavis’ iconic “Heh-heh-yeah-yeah-heh.” Fourteen
- John Hansen
- October 21, 2011
The new fall shows — not too shabby so far (TV commentary)
I’ve done “first episode impressions” of the noteworthy new shows this season, and many TV critics have done the same. We do this because it’s
- John Hansen
- October 17, 2011
First episode impressions: ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2 (TV review)
I’m not sure if having a slow pace is a requirement for AMC shows, or if AMC seeks out these kinds of shows for its