As Netflix pushes into the world of original programming, it's easy to see why the streaming video giant picked up certain series. "House of Cards" had a two-time Oscar winner as its star, David Fincher as...
A quick review of last night's "How I Met Your Mother" coming up just as soon as my life turns into an angsty, existential Italian black-and-white movie...
Let's look for silver linings in this ...
Sundance just concluded its airing of "Top of the Lake," which I reviewed back in March. Now that it's all over, I have some spoiler-iffic thoughts on how everything resolved, coming up just as soon as the...
Greetings, Boys & Girls. It's Monday, but as those watching coverage of the deadly blasts in Boston know, it's not a happy one. My/our thoughts go out to all of my friends and family in Boston, but really to the...
In what we believe is our longest Firewall & Iceberg Podcast episode ever, Dan and I got busy with a mix of premieres (Syfy's "Defiance," Netflix's "Hemlock Grove"), looks back (las...
When I wrote last week about the improbable problem of too much good TV, several of you noted that the problem is compounded by just how much of it gets concentrated on Sunday nights between 9 and 11. That's the ni...
A review of tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I have your wig ready, ma'am...
Early in "The Collaborators," Don explains to Ken that they're going to have to go along with Raymond...
A review of tonight's "Game of Thrones" coming up just as soon as I have a mill instead of my enemy's head on a spike...
"Let them have what they want? What does it matter?" -Jaime
As it t...
A quick review of last night's "Doctor Who" coming up just as soon as I sing "Hungry Like the Wolf"...
I've found Mark Gatiss' "Doctor Who" episodes a mixed bag in the past, but Ste...
For most of her TV career, Edie Falco has benefited from continuity. Tom Fontana was the boss on “Oz” the entire time she was there. David Chase ran “The Sopranos” from first minute to last. An...
