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TV Club : Sports Night “What Kind Of Day Has It Been?”

The first season comes to an end with plenty of tears and one big ninth-inning rally.

August 29, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Breaking Bad “Say My Name”

Walt ponders how many parts of the Heisenberg operation are replaceable, and comes up with a number that is greater than zero.

August 26, 2012 | 11:30pm -
TV Club : Firefly “War Stories”

Wash springs into action—or gallumphs, more like—in and extra-violent episode.

August 24, 2012 | 12:00pm -
TV Roundtable Better Off Ted’s last hurrah trades tickets for laughs

The brilliant, perceptive, and short-lived Better Off Ted never won any ratings competitions.

August 23, 2012 | 1:00pm -
TV Club : Sports Night “Ten Wickets”/“Napoleon’s Battle Plan”

A guy in New Zealand gets all 10 rickets, and Gordon tells a funny story about a shirt, as the season heads for its tea interval.

August 22, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Breaking Bad “Buyout”

Will the truth set Walter free? Not if he can help it.

August 19, 2012 | 10:00pm -
TV Club : Firefly “Ariel”

Space heists in space hospitals! And one big betrayal! All in the thrilling Firefly episode “Ariel.”

August 17, 2012 | 12:00pm -
TV Roundtable A new form of reality TV emerges from the sands of Laguna Beach

A show really about nothing?

August 16, 2012 | 1:00pm -
TV Club : Sports Night “Eli’s Coming”/“Ordnance Tactics”

As if a bomb scare, Steve Sisko, and J.J. the network slimeball weren’t enough, Eli’s a-comin’ and the cards say: A broken heart.

August 15, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Breaking Bad “Dead Freight”

Outlaws become legends with daring heists. But heaven help anyone who gets in the way.

August 12, 2012 | 10:00pm -
TV Roundtable Gilmore Girls’ silly little dance contest has some serious repercussions

We begin our look at how TV handles competition by dancing ’til we drop with the Stars Hollow gang.

August 9, 2012 | 12:30pm -
TV Club : Breaking Bad “Fifty-One”

Walt must decrease, and Heisenberg must increase, as the first shots are fired in the War of the Whites.

August 5, 2012 | 10:00pm -
TV Club : Firefly “Out Of Gas”

Boy meets ship in “Out Of Gas,” an all-time great Firefly.

August 3, 2012 | 12:00pm -
TV Club : Sports Night “How Are Things In Glocca Morra?”/“The Sword Of Orion”

Jeremy can’t know enough about a missing boat, Dan doesn’t want to know anything about an exhibition game, and Gordon, believe it or not, sinks to new lows.

August 1, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : The 2012 Summer Olympics July 30, 2012

U.S. male gymnasts fail to follow the script, but primetime gets buoyed by Missy Franklin and hometown mania.

July 30, 2012 | 11:10pm -
TV Club : Breaking Bad “Hazard Pay”

Starring Walter White as the coward Robert Ford, and Mike Ehrmantraut as Victor.

July 29, 2012 | 10:00pm -
TV Club : Firefly “Jaynestown”

The hero of Firefly; the episode they call "Jaynestown."

July 27, 2012 | 12:00pm -
TV Roundtable Friday Night Lights', "I Think We Should Have Sex"

The TV Roundtable team takes on a sensitive installment of Friday Night Lights.

July 26, 2012 | 1:00pm -
TV Club : Sports Night “Dana And The Deep Blue Sea”/“Sally”

In which one can tell a lot about a man by whose shirt he wears.

July 25, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Breaking Bad “Madrigal”

Walt keeps his friends close, but hasn’t yet mastered Gus’ trick of keeping his enemies closer.

July 22, 2012 | 10:00pm -
TV Club : Firefly “Our Mrs. Reynolds”

Christina Hendricks first got TV viewers’ attention in this week’s classic Firefly episode.

July 20, 2012 | 12:00pm -
TV Roundtable The Big Valley, “Lost Treasure”

A ’60s-era TV Western examines identity and family on a 19th-century California ranch.

July 19, 2012 | 1:00pm -
TV Club : Sports Night “Small Town”/“Rebecca”

Double dates, passes in elevators, and the enduring controversy of Aaron Sorkin's attitude toward women.

July 18, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Breaking Bad “Live Free Or Die”

If Breaking Bad were a Torchwood or Doctor Who-style series of miniseries, the subtitle for season four would be “Powerlessness.” For endless agonizing weeks, we watched Walter White lashing out impotently at his jai...

July 15, 2012 | 9:00pm -
TV Roundtable The Wonder Years—“Nemesis”

When Becky Slater came between Kevin Arnold and “Miss Priss.”

July 12, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : So You Think You Can Dance “Top 20 Perform”

America, it's way too many dancers to keep track of, so which four are you most indifferent toward?

July 11, 2012 | 9:10pm -
TV Club : Sports Night “The Six Southern Gentlemen Of Tennessee”/“Smoky”

Isaac defines a Southern gentleman, Casey fends off Satan's handmaiden, and Sports Night shouts out to those behind the scenes.

July 11, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Firefly “Safe”

A cattle deal gone wrong leaves Simon and River stranded on a redneck planet in Firefly.

June 29, 2012 | 12:00pm -
TV Roundtable The Cosby Show—“The Infantry Has Landed (And They’ve Fallen Off The Roof)”

This ahead-of-its-time season-seven episode dealt with menstruation and womanhood without taking the very-special-episode route.

June 28, 2012 | 2:00pm -
TV Club : Sports Night “The Quality Of Mercy At 29K”/“Shoe Money Tonight”

Waiting for the gods to clear the way to Everest's summit, and passing time with the sport of kings (poker).

June 27, 2012 | 2:00pm -

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