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Reviews - NewsRadio
We have reached the penultimate installment of this set of recaps, considerations, analyses, and celebrations. I’m…
The premise of this entire NewsRadio TV Club Classic endeavor is to figure out why this unassuming little sitcom…
“Assistant” (season 5 episode 15, original airdate 2/16/99)
Portrait of a television show in its twilight season. Wondering what legacy it will leave. Resentful of passing…
“Stinkbutt” (season 5 episode 11, original airdate 1/5/99)
Okay, now I’m starting to see it. There is something sad…
"Boston" (season 5 episode 9, original airdate 12/9/98)
“The Lam” (season 5 episode 7, original airdate 11/11/98)
I have a theory about trilogies: The second installment is…
“Flowers for Matthew” (season 5, episode 5; originally aired 10/28/98)
In which Matthew gets smart.
Workplace…
“Lucky Burger” (season 5, episode 3; originally aired 10/14/98)
So we’ve come to the beginning of the end. In between seasons four and five, Phil Hartman was killed. Tragedy and…
So what is funny?
It’s the question we’ve been asking ever since this reconsideration of NewsRadio began three years…
There’s nothing inherently wrong with Walt — at least with Walt as an idea. He’s just The New Guy, and The New Guy…
A sitcom, like any other cultural institution, is a set of conventions. We sit in front of the TV with certain…
It’s time to talk about Matthew. And that means it’s time to talk about Andy Dick. I’ve known this day would come…
This week’s pair of episodes wraps up a lengthy story arc and returns to stand-alone episodes. Out in the real world…
In nearly all sitcoms set in the workplace, the characters’ actual work tends to fade into the background as the…
When Andrea Planbee made Lisa the news director, she also rearranged the "situation" part of this situation comedy.…
Conventions sometimes frustrate me to the point of physical distress. I'm not opposed to conventionality, not in…
If you like Dave Foley reacting to things, have I got two episodes for you. While both "French Diplomacy" and "Pure…