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I wish I could go back to college...

Now that's more like it, "Veronica Mars." A good self-contained mystery, a suggestion that the show could do okay once Veronica leaves high school, a

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 30 Mar 2006

Elsewhere around the dial...

... and how badly am I dating myself by referring to a "dial"? I'm at the tail end of the last generation to remember life without cable,

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 29 Mar 2006

21st Century, boy

If there's been a worse night of "American Idol," I can't remember it. This was worse than Broadway night last year, worse than 21st

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 28 Mar 2006

Gas, ex

Not a bad "24," though the is-she-or-isn't-she mystery about Audrey wasn't that compelling, both because the show's done

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 28 Mar 2006

The sounds of Sepinwall

Archived audio of my KNBR interview is up here. My wife says I was great, and she's not at all biased.

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 27 Mar 2006

Ahhh, Brent-ie

I was super-geeked at the prospect of Ricky Gervais both writing and appearing in an episode of "The Simpsons," until I read an article in the newest

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 27 Mar 2006

Wake up and talk

"The Sopranos," week three. I'll be on San Francisco's KNBR 680 AM today at noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific, to talk about last

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 26 Mar 2006

More this and more that

Comments about the last post reminded me of a bunch of other things I watched this week, including: "24": A friend tried to kill my rediscovered buzz for

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 24 Mar 2006

This and that

Sorry for the delay: been slammed at work today, and, frankly, haven't had much enthusiasm for the last few night's worth of series TV. The Gonzaga

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 24 Mar 2006

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

Revenge is a dish best served with cold cuts. Or something like that. And last night I got to see two masterful bits of revenge on my TV screen. Well,

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 23 Mar 2006

Letters, I get letters

Been a helluva day in the ol' snail-mail bag. Our office spam filters are pretty good, and most of the real whack jobs tend to prefer pen and

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 22 Mar 2006

Hot in the 50s

"American Idol" finals week two: a vast improvement over Stevie Wonder Night, though should that be much of a surprise? These decade themes always allow the finalists to

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 21 Mar 2006