Breaking Bad - Season 1

I've finally gotten around to catching up with this critically acclaimed show.  The love for Breaking Bad is near universal and most conversations put it up there with Mad Men today and such seminal shows as The Wire, Deadwood, and The Sopranos.  Bryan Cranstan has won himself an Emmy for the first three seasons, and probably will again for the fourth in August.  It had big shoes to fill and in this first season, I don't think it quite lived up to the hype.

Doctor Who - Series 2

Well done, David Tennant, well done.  I enjoyed Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor, after all, he was my introduction to the character and the series, but David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor was a step above.  The Doctor is man of contradictions and Tennant's ability to effortlessly swing from the happy to the sad to the deadly serious and sell each of those completely is marvelous.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Weeks 11 & 12

Community is gone (for now), but 30 Rock is back.  After taking some leave time for Tina Fey's pregnancy, 30 Rock returns to the Thursday night block in this new year for its sixth season.  While I certainly miss Community, it sure is nice to have 30 Rock back.  Due to being away the night the comedy block returned, I'll be, briefly, tackling the first two episodes of 2012 for each of the shows this week.

Top Ten Shows of 2011

Like most things here, this is late.  Most lists of this kind come out at the end of the year, mine, on the other hand, is coming out after the new year has began.  2011 is over, but I'm taking a quick look back at what my favorite programs of that year were.  This is by no means a comprehensive list, I can't watch everything and if I didn't watch it I can't include it.  So no Breaking Bad, even though it tops many critics' lists (I just started though, so I'll catch up eventually), and unfortunately no Mad Men either, which did not air an episode in 2011.  Thankfully, that will be back in the spring.  For now, let's start with number 10...

Terra Nova - 1x12/13 - Occupation/Resistance

So here we are, finally at the end of the season and possibly the series.  It really wasn't a bad show so much as a disappointing show.  There was so much potential in the premise and even in some storylines introduced, but all potential was pretty quickly squandered.  It all came down to this, and once again potential was glossed over.

Terra Nova - 1x11 - Within

The penultimate episode of the the first season (possibly series, it hasn't been picked up).  Next week brings the two hour finale, and I'll finally get to stop watching.  Not that it's been all bad, it's just I definitely would not have kept watching this long if I wasn't writing about it.  I will it admit it was sometimes fun to bust on it, though.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 10

Here we are at the final one of these for the year, and unfortunately the final one of these to include Community for the foreseeable future.  Cheer up, though, it's Christmastime!  We get three yuletide flavored episodes this evening, and 30 Rock will be returning in the new year.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 9

In what seems to be becoming a tradition for me, this post is waaaaaaaay late.  I suppose a new years resolution should be to be better about getting my posts out on time.  We'll see how well that goes.  Here are my (brief due to lateness) thoughts from NBC lineup from a week and a half ago!

Terra Nova - 1x10 - Now You See Me

We're heading into the home stretch of the first season and you can feel that things are brewing.  The mole in Terra Nova is finally revealed and things are getting closer to a two way connection through the portal.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 8

"These episodes aired two week ago!" you may say.  I know, I'm super lazy, what can you do?  Anywho, on to my thoughts on old(ish) episodes!