Sep 22 2011SaveTV ReviewsThe Hour9/22/11A-TV ReviewsThe Hour9/22/11The Hour: “Episode Six”Emily Todd VanDerWerff27SaveThe first season finale of The Hour is so close to being a great episode of television that the little flaws niggle…
Sep 14 2011SaveTV ReviewsThe Hour9/14/11BTV ReviewsThe Hour9/14/11The Hour: “Episode Five”Emily Todd VanDerWerff15SaveEarly on in tonight’s episode of The Hour, I abruptly realized I had little to no idea how the titular program was…
Sep 7 2011SaveTV ReviewsThe Hour9/7/11A-TV ReviewsThe Hour9/7/11The Hour: “Episode Four”Emily Todd VanDerWerff25SaveOne thing I’ve always liked about Mad Men (and, yes, I know the aims of Mad Men and The Hour are completely…
Aug 31 2011SaveTV ReviewsThe Hour8/31/11A-TV ReviewsThe Hour8/31/11The Hour: "Episode Three"Emily Todd VanDerWerff33SaveThe English country house tale is one of those endlessly renewable genres. For whatever reason, stories of lots of…
Aug 24 2011SaveTV ReviewsThe Hour8/24/11A-TV ReviewsThe Hour8/24/11The Hour: “Episode Two”Emily Todd VanDerWerff45SaveRight around the last third of this episode of The Hour, I settled in and just started enjoying myself. I know that…
Aug 17 2011SaveTV ReviewsThe Hour8/17/11B+TV ReviewsThe Hour8/17/11The Hour: “Pilot”Emily Todd VanDerWerff14SaveI’m glad The Hour creator and writer Abi Morgan listed Broadcast News, the great 1987 James L. Brooks film, as a…