Terra Nova - 1x01 & 1x02 - Genesis (parts 1 & 2)

Not the best of the new shows this year, not the worst.  Certainly the one with the most hype and the most spectacle.  This project was suppose to premier last spring (a la Glee), but it kept being pushed back more and more due to special effects problems and reshoots.  The critics did not even get a finished pilot until a few weeks ago.  Now it is out for the whole world to see, and amateurs like me can pick it over, like I am about to do right now.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 1

Community and Parks and Recreation are two of my favorite comedies on the air.  The Office I still quite enjoy from time to time.  Since they happen to be on back to back to back, I figured I'd do a weekly post on my thoughts for all three.  Overall, no standouts in their premieres, but no duds either.

2011 New Shows - Drama

The second part of my look at some of the new shows premiering this fall.  In case you haven't already figured it out, this one is about the dramas.  Once again, onward.

2011 New Shows - Comedy

The fall season has officially begun!  I'm offering up my thoughts on some of the new comedies this season.  I'm afraid the offerings have been slim so far.  There is some promise, and one show I really like (hint: it's the picture).  Anyway, onward!

Emmy 2011 - Predictions

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards are tonight so I'm offering up who I think should win and who I think will actually win in the major categories.  Though an avid watcher, I've never tried predicting before, so I'll probably get many wrong.

Summer Finales

There were basically only three shows I was watching this Summer.  Looking back, I maybe should have gotten through more catchup stuff, but hey, it was a busy summer.  Anyway, the three shows were Louie, Wilfred, and Futurama.

Emmy 2011 - Dream vs Reality

Before the Emmy nominations were announced, I gave my thoughts on what I would have liked to have been nominated in my wonderful dream world.  Now the nominations have been announced and I've had time to think them over.  Let's see how shattered my dreams were this year and I'll give a few thoughts on the real nominations.

Emmy 2011 - Dream Ballot

Tomorrow morning the nominations will be announced for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards.  Presented below are the nominations I would have picked if I actually had a say in these things.  Closer to the actual awards show I'll do another post on who I think should win from the actual nominations.  Those actual nominations will, of course, be wildly different then what you are about to read.  The Academy and I rarely see eye to eye.  I put "dream" in the title for a reason.

Doctor Who - Series 1

In case you didn't already know, I'm a nerd.  I know, the majority of my posts have been about a fantasy show, but that's on HBO, sometimes that gives nerdy things a pass.  In any case, somehow in all my nerdiness, I've never seen Doctor Who.  So instead of watching the more critically lauded series that I need to catch up on this summer, such as Breaking Bad and Curb Your Enthusiasm, I instead delved into the world of British science fiction.  Since there was no way I have the time to watch the hundreds of episodes from the first eight Doctors, I decided to start with the 2005 revival and the introduction of Chistopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor.

Game of Thrones - 1x10 - Fire and Blood

So we come to the end of the first season of Game of Thrones, and what a good season it has been.  The first few episodes were slow moving. but did a wonderful job of setting up this new world.  Any slowness of the beginning has completely vanished in the back end of this season.  Things did, however, slow down ever so slightly in this last episode.