Feb 24 2017
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Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They…
Sep 19 2014
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After seeing how much fun little sibling The CW is having with its Arrow adventures and hand-me-down Flash costumes…
Jul 8 2013
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The season finale of Defiance may be the first episode of television to indicate a post-Game Of Thrones mentality in…
Apr 17 2013
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It took AMC six years to find a commercial success commensurate to the critical accolades earned by those twin…
Oct 25 2012
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Arrow is already a strong contender for the title of TV’s most ludicrously convoluted backstory. In his five years…
Sep 10 2012
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The New Normal debuts tonight on NBC at 10 p.m. Eastern. It moves to its regular timeslot—9:30 p.m. Eastern—on…
Jan 30 2012
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Some consider the STARZ hit Spartacus a glorified skin-and-sin show. Others might dismiss it as a low-budget…
Oct 4 2011
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There’s money in superheroes. Tights and superpowers are all the rage in Hollywood, thanks to the success of the Batm…
Sep 26 2011
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This fall, we’ve got so many writers who’ve seen these pilots that we thought getting two takes on each show would…
Apr 6 2011
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What makes for a superhero story? If your answer is “a bunch of crazy stuff that happens!” congratulations! You…
Mar 27 2011
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Give this much to No Ordinary Family: the threat of cancellation has helped it realize the kind of show that it…
Mar 22 2011
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The last time No Ordinary Family went into a lengthy hiatus, over most of December, it had almost as much plot and…
Mar 2 2011
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Perhaps No Ordinary Family tried too hard to appeal to the masses at its beginning and didn't actually manage to…
Feb 23 2011
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No Ordinary Family hasn't decided what it wanted to be. It's worked as three different shows. The one that it's been…
Feb 15 2011
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What kind of show No Ordinary Family wants to be has always been somewhat debatable. I've been pretty certain that…
Feb 9 2011
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Jan 19 2011
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Television is an inherently artificial medium. Well, most media are, but television has it worst. The combined…
Jan 12 2011
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Tonight's No Ordinary Family was not promising. It was just a handful of episodes ago that we had the sitcom trope…
Jan 5 2011
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In Which No Ordinary Family Descends Into Self-Parody…
Dec 8 2010
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So this is what it looks like when No Ordinary Family tries. Instead of intentionally spinning its wheels, tonight's…