The Wire is a show so good that it transcends the usual bullshit discussion of ‘Best show of the decade’ or ‘Best show ever.’ Even trying to put modern well receieved gritty dramas like The Shield or Two and a Half Men up in competition would lead to the slaughter of everyone you hold dear. … Continue reading
Hey look, it’s a THUD update! Remember these? I’m sitting at the Four Seasons Hotel, waiting for my one on one with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost for the Hot Fuzz DVD, and suddenly saw this bit of news: Jew Review is reporting that Harold Perrineau will be back for the next season of Lost. … Continue reading
Spoilers ahoy for the last episode of The Sopranos. When the last shot of the final episode of The Sopranos, Made in America, suddenly went to black, I thought my cable or my TiVo had just shit the bed. I sat in disbelief for a number of moments as the screen stayed black, and then … Continue reading
It’s as we suspected – and frankly, kind of hoped – there are only 22 episodes of Battlestar Galactica left. The show, which barely got renewed for a fourth season as it is, will make that hard-fought year its last, and the producers promise to ‘go out with a bang.’ "This show was always meant … Continue reading
One of the stories we’ve covered for THUD is the ongoing controversy with Ken Burns’ The War – the upcoming PBS documentary series about World War II that neglected to highlight the achievements of Latinos or Native Americans. The Hispanic community, from Congressmen on down, responded by urging Burns and PBS to reconsider re-editing the … Continue reading
Last night’s episode of Lost threw down the gauntlet for all of American television, daring other shows to shake up their status quo in as major and exciting way as they did. But coming a couple of days after the finale of Heroes – a finale that even the show’s zombified fans must see as … Continue reading
One of the most frustrating things about Heroes is that it’s full of actors who should be on a much better show. That includes Adrian Pasdar, who plays Nathan Petrelli, Cristine Rose, who plays his mother, and Malcolm McDowell, who plays Mr. Lindermann. Both Pasdar and McDowell are well known to genre fans – Pasdar … Continue reading
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of CBS’s schedule here! Read our coverage of The CW’s schedule here! You know, FOX has pretty much got it made right now. They can have a really crappy first half of the season where many of their … Continue reading
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of CBS’s schedule here! This season, the CW formally became the red-headed stepchild of former half-networks the WB and UPN. In the merge, more WB programs made the leap than did UPN shows, and many of them, like … Continue reading
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! And now, CBS! Of all the networks, CBS is the one I watch the least – I have no patience for yet another CSI spin-off or self-contained police procedural about serial killers and hot district attorneys. I probably would have liked … Continue reading