Mondo Extras
"I'm definitely seeing a lot less bad TV than I used to see bad movies when I was a film critic"
Posted by Sars | August 27, 2007 10:04 AM
Ask A TV Critic: Andrew Johnston - Time Out's TV editor endorses Maude, My Boys, and a small amount of faith in the Emmys.
"I don't get why people will think it has a chance"
Posted by Sars | August 17, 2007 11:45 AM
Ask A TV Critic: Maureen Ryan - The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan isn't confident in Pushing Daisies's prospects -- but she does have some recommendations for what to watch (and read) this fall.
We're All In This Together. All Right
Posted by Miss Alli | August 17, 2007 10:32 AM
High School Musical - It's a phenomenon, it's a megatron, it's Godzilla, it's a hugezoid...it's High School Musical.
Staff Flick Picks
Posted by The Editors | August 16, 2007 10:58 PM
The Movies On Cable We Can't Resist - Which movies are the TWoP recappers most shamelessly addicted to, regardless of objective quality? Read on and learn.
Playing Possum
Posted by Sars | August 16, 2007 8:00 PM
The Elvis-athon: Kissin' Cousins - Every possible hillbilly cliché makes an appearance in this, one of the worst in the Elvis oeuvre -- including moonshine, which Sars and Couch Baron had to guzzle plenty of to keep up with all the varmints and tarnations and whatnot. If they'd stayed sober, maybe they could have figured out the plot, but it's not likely.
Zippity Doo Blah
Posted by The Editors | August 16, 2007 3:11 PM
The Elvis-athon: Speedway - What do you get if you throw Elvis, Nancy Sinatra, race cars, the IRS, a bunch of animals escaping from the zoo, and Bill Bixby into a blender? Why, you get Speedway, a delightful romp in which Elvis helps little children zzzzzzzz...
Before The Fall
Posted by Sars | August 16, 2007 12:42 PM
The Elvis-athon: Elvis: That's The Way It Is - Sars, Matt Zoller Seitz, and Steven Boone observe the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death by watching his 1970 concert film. It's not observed with much respect, but at least we managed not to shoot the TV.
"I could not believe how slow these episodes were!"
Posted by Sars | August 15, 2007 10:55 AM
Ask A TV Critic: Eric Deggans - Eric Deggans of the St. Pete's Times talks to TWoP about reporting, 60 Minutes, and a decade of change in TV.
"This wasn't a good development year"
Posted by Sars | August 13, 2007 1:35 PM
Ask A TV Critic: Alan Sepinwall - Alan Sepinwall of Tony Soprano's favorite paper, The Newark Star-Ledger, talks to Sars about Christina Applegate, Paris Hilton, and whether you should bother watching Cavemen.
Future Tabloid Headlines Featuring The Hills Stars Heidi And Spencer
Posted by Kim | August 9, 2007 3:44 PM
Future Tabloid Headlines Featuring The Hills Stars Heidi And Spencer - What headlines should you be looking out for if you like to follow these particular odious jerks?