Most Unintentionally Educational Series: Whether the show is shamelessly throwing out tips on how to pass a mandatory office drug test, or illustrating how one might go about saving a little money by scoring free household supplies, SHAMELESS deserves serious points for not just entertaining us on a week-in-and-week-out basis, but teaching us a few [...]

Favorite TV Town: Move over Stars Hollow, because Thursday’s hilarious and surprisingly poignant instalment of PARKS AND RECREATION that saw dozens of Pawnee denizens spend the better part of twenty-two minutes arguing over whether or not the Twilight series “encapsulated” their fare town not had us not only wishing we could visit, but that our [...]

If you thought the first half of Navid Shirazi’s senior year was eventful — you know, the one that saw him turn his father into the authorities while juggling his feeling for both Adriana and Silver — you ain’t seen nothing yet. Or at least that was the distinct impression we were left with following [...]

Good News: After almost three seasons of adding virtually nothing to the show, Deb Wilson (Lori Loughlin), one of the remaining vestiges from what will surely go down in history as television’s most poorly conceived nuclei is exiting 90210 at the end of the season alongside Mr. Matthews (Ryan Eggold). Bad News: Annie (Shenae Grimes) [...]

Despite assurances that entitling an episode “Firefly” for FRINGE’s first foray onto Friday nights starting on January 21, 2011 is mere happenstance, we can’t help but wonder why the brilliant brains behind FRINGE would even go so far as to dare tempt fate? After-all, is not naming an episode after a critically lauded FOX series [...]

If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, VAMPIRE DIARIES’ executive producers Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson will be thrilled to discover that 90210 has just added a Jennie Garth doppelganger to the cast! Or at least that was our initial reaction upon getting a first look at Abbie Cobb (JONAS, STARSTRUCK), who according [...]

SMALLVILLE From ridiculous season finales that featured 12 minute music montages leaving virtually every single character’s life hanging in the balance, to our intense dislike of Lana Lang, the past few seasons of SMALLVILLE have been anything but super. Luckily for the CW — our kryptonite is the likes of special guest stars Laura Vandervoort [...]

Let this be a lesson to all you current and future television showrunners out there. Last night’s instalment of THE EVENT should be looked upon as the perfect example of how not to cleverly construct an episodic cliffhanger. Which is to say, if the “jaw-dropping” final scene that you’ve been spending three episodes building up [...]

By: Shari Weiss If we’re talkin’ earthquakes, dream sequences and shopping trips on the Champs-Élysées, it can mean only one thing: It’s time to look at the highs and lows that unfolded on this week’s 90210, GOSSIP GIRL & ONE TREE HILL. ONE TREE HILL “Asleep at Heaven’s Gate” Highlight: In the season 7 finale, [...]