August 8th, 2005
The Making of Madden 2006 Every year they make this, every year I watch it, and it's always pretty much the same. I don't remember exactly when motion capture became run-of-the-mill technology... August 7th, 2005
Happy birthday, David Duchovny! Miracle I'm totally geeked about the upcoming return of the NHL, especially with the Blackhawks having signed a clutch of good players (Martin Lapointe,... August 6th, 2005
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Gloriously stupid. Hooray for Leslie Nielsen in his prime. People forget that before Airplane! Nielsen was actually a respected dramatic... August 5th, 2005
Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Welcome to the Hellmouth" / "The Harvest" Pilots seldom make for great TV (the "Angel" pilot is particularly awful, not to mention the laughable "Encounter at... August 4th, 2005
Stella "Meeting Girls" She: "I like pain." He: "I like cookies." This show has been schizophrenic from the getgo but this episode was ridiculous. It went from moments that had me gasping... August 3rd, 2005
Firefly "The Train Job" Even more overtly western-influenced than the (nominal) "Firefly" pilot, "Serenity," "The Train Job" is bittersweet to watch now. I adore westerns, and obviously I... August 2nd, 2005
Radio Free Roscoe "Sports Ray-dio" I'm still digging on this show (Canadian vocal tics simply never fail to send me into hysterics), but they need to get away from making every episode... August 1st, 2005
Radio Free Roscoe "Call of the Cougar" Is there a rule somewhere that says every show with a high school or college setting has to do a mascot episode? Just in the past month I remember... July 31st, 2005
The Simpsons "Lisa's Wedding" While the flashback episodes tend to be instant classics, "Simpsons" flash- forward episodes have a much dicier history. This is the first and easily the... July 30th, 2005
The Sports List "MLB Defensive Plays" Well, yes, I have seen the Jeter flip play ("Slide, Jeremy, slide!") a million times. But I haven't seen it with commentary by Warren G, Kid 'n' Play,... July 29th, 2005
The Sports List "Athletes Who Retired Too Soon" Interesting category. I didn't realize Björn Borg and Bobby Orr were so young when they called it quits. They had Barry Sanders ranked third... July 28th, 2005
The X-Files "Provenance" / "Providence" Hey, it's another mythology two-parter, with callbacks to a seventh-season two-parter ("The Sixth Extinction 1 & 2") as well as a season 8 one... July 27th, 2005
Gilmore Girls "Sadie, Sadie..." Average dramas make you connect with one or two favored characters. Superior ones find a way to have you sympathize with everyone. The Season 2 premiere of... July 26th, 2005
Radio Free Roscoe "Clark Kent" This show hits its stride pretty quickly. One quibble I do have is with something they glossed over quickly in the pilot that could be made more clear. I... July 25th, 2005
Sealab 2021 "Shrabster" The last(?) season of "Sealab" jumps the shark pretty hard. It's difficult to overplot a ten-minute show, but these episodes manage it. "Shrabster" tries to inject... July 24th, 2005
Deadwood "Childish Things" "Don't the decapitated deserve recreation, Chief, as much if not more so than those of us not yet dismembered?" While Season One was full of action, Season Two... July 23rd, 2005
"Pardon the Interruption" With the poker fad fading and hockey not returning to its airwaves, ESPN is going to be on the lookout for new programming pretty soon. I'd like to pitch them a... July 22nd, 2005
Gilmore Girls "The Breakup Part 2" I'm just starting to get into this show. It compares unfavorably to "Everwood," or at least the terrific first season that I have on DVD. It doesn't do... July 21st, 2005
Aqua Teen Hunger Force "The Meat Zone" Not the best ATHF episode by a long shot. The semi-parody episodes are never as good as the simply free-form insane ones. I sort of enjoy Meatwad... July 20th, 2005
The X-Files "Small Potatoes" I think they could do an entire two-disc set of episodes where somebody or something impersonates Mulder and Scully figures it out when the imposter tries to...