We’re at this point 27 seasons into “The Amazing Race,” and overall we would say that this is a show that has figured itself out rather well. It knows some of what it does best, what it struggles with, and also its place within the reality TV pantheon. Yet, there are at times ideas that […]
“Criminal Minds” is a show that for the most part, brings home the bacon with its individual storylines. However, it is what lies in between that can make each season fluctuate from “okay” to “great.” After 11 seasons, the temptation is probably even harder to have the show ultimately rest a little bit on its […]
If you will recall, we weren’t much of a fan of “Arrow” season 3. Ra’s al Ghul didn’t really go to any interesting places as a villain, other than making Oliver Queen go extremely dark for a while and nearly have Diggle’s wife Lyla killed. There was a promise to lighten things up for season […]
There is no finer comic-book show than “The Flash.” There are other shows out there like “Daredevil” who create compelling entertainment, but we feel like this particular series captures the essence of its source material in a way that nobody else has. While there is drama, romance, and the same sort of storytelling that we’ve […]
We’ve always admired Marvel’s “Agents of SHIELD” for mastering the art of the comeback. Few shows have the ability to deliver strong entertainment; fewer can recover from a shaky start and do that. Ever since probably the midway point of season 1, this has been perpetually fantastic entertainment, dominated mostly by strong script-writing and character-building […]
As we start to dive into our new Midseason Report Card feature on “Once Upon a Time” season 5, we feel like there is one question that you really have to ask yourselves: Did the show give us what we bought into in the Dark Swan, and if not, was the show still enjoyable? There […]
It’s a shame that “Doctor Who” season 9 has lost some viewers versus the year before. Those people who have bailed / waiting to watch have missed out on what we’d say was one of the better overall years for the series since Steven Moffat took over. While we’re not entirely sure that there are […]
“Empire” is a ratings machine, and there is no easy way around stating that. This is a show that came out guns a-blazing in 2015, and really accelerated a movement of diversity on network TV that started with “black-ish” over on ABC. While this different perspective brought viewers in, they stuck around because the show was legitimate. […]
Through most of its first season on the air, “Gotham” was the sort of show we wanted to love more than we did. It never quite figured out what sort of show it wanted to be, and to us it felt mostly like a crime procedural with Batman references thrown in there as a form […]
The third season of “The Blacklist” started off with a game-changing premise this season: Rather than Red and Liz working with the FBI to take down Blacklisters, they suddenly found themselves in the position of running from the bureau, at times even taking advantage of the strange faces in Red’s criminal network. For a show […]
