What's Alan Watching? (Page 143)

Summer Burn-Off Theatre in winter: To Love & Die

If you've been reading me in The Star-Ledger long enough, you may know of my deep affection for Summer Burn-Off Theatre, that increasingly rare practice wherein networks run

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 30 Dec 2008

Sepinwall on TV: Best (episodes) of the rest

Today's column, as promised on Friday, is my look at some of the best episodes from shows that overall weren't strong enough to make the Top

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 29 Dec 2008

Sepinwall on TV: Top TV shows of 2008

Today's column features my annual top 10 list -- which, as always, has me cheating with a tie at one spot near the end. The list: * "The

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 26 Dec 2008

Merry Chrismukkah to all

Happy holidays everybody, no matter what you celebrate. I'll be off the grid for a couple of days and back on Friday with the Top 10 column.

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 24 Dec 2008

Leverage, "The Miracle Job": Don't blink

After all the grousing in today's thread about how there's no new programming on TV during Christmas week, I should probably be grateful there's

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 23 Dec 2008

Welcome to *^&@ Deadwood and The Wire on DVD!

Mo Ryan's comment in the previous entry about Amazon selling "The Wire: The Complete Series" for $89.99 (64% off the retail price) was a good

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 23 Dec 2008

Things to watch on TV when it's dead?

Chris Littman at The Sporting News got to the bottom of why so many "Chuck" villains are being named after '80s pro athletes. I feel much better

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 23 Dec 2008

His site is his site!

Dan Fienberg, referred to around these parts alternately as "my buddy Fienberg," "my evil twin Fienberg," "my bastard son Fienberg," "Mini-Me," etc.

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 22 Dec 2008

Skins series 2 in review

If you're a fan of "Skins," you probably noticed the lack of posts after the second season premiere. What happened was, I got several episodes behind,

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 21 Dec 2008

Sepinwall on TV: It's Festivus again -- and boy, are we disappointed

Today's column is the annual Festivus list, where I air all the grievances I have against the members of my TV friends and family who disappointed me in

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 21 Dec 2008

Pushing Daisies, "The Norwegians": Skubbe Do, where are you?

Spoilers for Wednesday night's "Pushing Daisies" -- which may or may not be the last episode to ever air on ABC -- coming up just as

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 19 Dec 2008

From the NY Times: Extinction-Level Television Event

In an odd turn of events, I find myself with a byline in today's New York Times Opinion section, with an op-ed about about NBC's Jay

By Alan Sepinwall

/ 19 Dec 2008