Sports Night
Aaron Sorkin’s first TV series blew some fresh air into network television, but has since been eclipsed by far greater cable shows. To a certain degree, this story about the…
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
It was supposed to be Aaron Sorkin’s great follow-up to The West Wing, featuring parts of the same cast and crew. A knowing look behind the scenes of a Saturday…
The Practice: Idealism Be Damned
Steve Harris, LisaGay Hamilton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, Marla Sokoloff, Camryn Manheim and Kelli Williams. Photo: ABC In 1997, producer and writer David E. Kelley delivered two…
Six Feet Under: Death Is the Beginning
Freddy Rodríguez, Mathew St. Patrick, Michael C. Hall, Lauren Ambrose, Frances Conroy, Peter Krause, Richard Jenkins, Rachel Griffiths and Jeremy Sisto. Photo: HBO In the beginning of the series finale,…
V
The weekly TV series that followed the first two miniseries showed the evil visitors making a dramatic comeback on Earth, reigniting the war; they were only hiding behind the moon.…
V: The Fourth Reich
Greta Blackburn, Frank Ashmore and Jane Badler. Photo: NBC A major hit in several countries when first shown on TV, this miniseries frightened me to the degree that I could…
M*A*S*H: The 11-Year War
William Christopher, Loretta Swit, Harry Morgan, Gary Burghoff, Alan Alda, David Ogden Stiers, Mike Farrell and Jamie Farr. Photo: CBS One of the best-loved television shows ever, its 1983 finale,…
West Wing: A World Without Bush
Janel Moloney, Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, John Spencer, Martin Sheen, Dulé Hill, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney and Richard Schiff. Photo: NBC I am a political nerd. Everything concerning American politics…
Will & Grace: A Lovably Gay Agenda
Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally. Photo: NBC A part of me wants to talk only about this show as just another one of those fine sitcoms…
The X-Files: Agents and Aliens
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Photo: Fox “The truth is out there”. That was the slogan that ended most episodes’ opening credit sequence and in that lies the reason why…