- 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
- 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
- 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
- John Hansen
- September 24, 2016
‘The Exorcist’ enjoyably brings scares to small screen
It’s hard to imagine what new ground can be broken in the “Exorcist” universe, which has spawned five movies and two William Peter Blatty novels.
- John Hansen
- September 23, 2016
First episode impressions: ‘Pitch’ (TV review)
Executive producer Dan Fogelman threw a perfect game earlier this week with “This Is Us,” but he doesn’t quite pull a Johnny Vander Meer with
- John Hansen
- September 21, 2016
First episode impressions: ‘This Is Us’ (TV review)
It was already a strong show for its first 41 minutes – and had firmly earned a Week 2 return from me – but in
- John Hansen
- September 20, 2016
First episode impressions: ‘The Good Place’ (TV review)
Exhibit A in the case that network TV is dying is the bevy of reboots that no one asked for, and Exhibit B arrived Monday
- John Hansen
- September 20, 2016
‘Gotham’ Season 3 loads up on characters for the ‘Mad City’ arc
The “Gotham” Season 3 (8 p.m. Mondays on Fox) premiere showed again why it’s one of the best shows on TV – packing in lots of story
- John Hansen
- September 20, 2016
First episode impressions: ‘Atlanta’ (TV review)
I put off sampling the first hour of “Atlanta” (10 p.m. Tuesdays on FX) for a couple weeks because I knew I’d have a tough time watching