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Dads: Much Offense Taken

by Ethan Alter September 18, 2013 6:00 am
Dads: Much Offense Taken

Much ink has already been spilled about the way the Fox sitcom Dads has pissed off Asian-American groups with its "jokes" about sexy Asian schoolgirls and Chinese businessmen with strange sexual peccadilloes. Based on the jaw-droppingly unfunny pilot, though, there are plenty of other demographics that can and should be offended by this fall's worst new comedy series, co-created by Seth MacFarlane during, we're assuming, whatever downtime he had while directing his sophomore feature film, A Million Ways to Die in the West. (The show's laziness and general absence of humor certainly suggests that his attention was elsewhere.) Here are the various lobbying groups Fox should expect to hear from any minute now.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: This Crime Comedy Does Pay Off

by Angel Cohn September 18, 2013 6:00 am
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: This Crime Comedy Does Pay Off

To be honest, during upfront week, I saw the teaser for this show and immediately jumped to the conclusion that it would be terrible. Like the crowd at the recent James Franco roast, I presumed that we would all be counting the minutes until this cop sitcom would be put out of its misery. And, to be fair, I had reason to doubt it. Andy Samberg is a lot to take even in small doses (much less as the lead of series) and a truly funny show about a detective is rare. But despite the star and silly concept, this sitcom is by far the single funniest new show this fall, delivering 22 tightly scripted minutes of straight-up comedy.

Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

by Ethan Alter September 16, 2013 11:24 am
Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

Um, so yeah… some stuff went down on Breaking Bad's third-to-last episode, "Ozymandias." Pretty major stuff. Pardon us while we pick our jaws up off the floor, slow our pulses down and then just single out a mere eight highlights from this lungbuster of an episode.

Derek: A Sufficiently Depressing Comedy — A Comed-epressing, If You Will

After watching the first episode of Ricky Gervais' latest series Derek -- which makes its U.S. debut today on Netflix after having originally aired on the U.K.'s Channel 4 -- you'll be overwhelmed with a lot of feelings. Among others, you'll feel rather depressed, mildly uplifted and conflicted as to whether Gervais just pulled off his most sincere, stripped-down show yet, or a just a very emotionally manipulative one. (I happen to think there's a little bit of both going on here).

Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

by Ethan Alter September 9, 2013 11:17 am
Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

Don't worry -- unlike last night's episode of Breaking Bad, "To'hajiilee," we won't be stopping our 8 for 8 highlights reel in mid-sen

The Roast of James Franco: Grading the Roasters

by Ethan Alter September 3, 2013 12:42 pm
The Roast of James Franco: Grading the Roasters

Comedy Central netted a big fish for its annual celebrity roast when they got James Franco interested in being mocked and ridiculed by his famous friends -- like Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill -- on national television. But the night itself turned out to be a mixed bag, with some of the roasters killing it and others seeming to hold themselves back, not wanting to piss off their pal. Here's our roaster report card from a B-level Roast of an A-list star.

Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

by Ethan Alter September 2, 2013 1:44 pm
Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

There's certainly one way Jesse Pinkman ain’t like Old Yeller… he's not going down without a fight. Here are our picks for the best 8 moments from Breaking Bad's fifth-to-last episode, "Rabid Dog."

Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

by Ethan Alter August 26, 2013 11:43 am
Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

Thanks to the third episode in Breaking Bad's final season, we now know never to ask Walter White to videotape a special greeting for birthdays, holidays and/or Bar Mitzvahs. We highlight that standout moment -- and seven more -- from "Confessions."

Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

by Ethan Alter August 19, 2013 11:20 am
Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 for 8

Walt's carefully constructed, meth-funded house of cards/dominos/feathers continued to fall on last night's Breaking Bad. Here are our picks for the eight most memorable things about the seventh of the final eight episodes, "Buried."

Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 For 8

by Ethan Alter August 12, 2013 11:02 am
Breaking Bad: Our Weekly 8 For 8

As usual, last night's return of Breaking Bad brought much comfort and joy to everyone not named Walter White and/or Jesse Pinkman. But the experience of watching the season premiere was accompanied by more than a little sadness amongst those of us at home, seeing as how after the next eight episodes, we'll be bidding farewell to Walt, Jesse, Skyler, Hank and Saul (well… maybe not Saul) for good. Depressing though that thought may be, we're going to try and stay on the bright side by spending the next eight episodes picking our eight favorite things about each episode. To kick things off, here's our "8 for 8" for "Blood Money."

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