TV DeathRay Archive

October 14, 2010

‘30 Rock’ Review: ‘Live’ and Kicking

Filed under: featured,Recaps,Recaps — Tags: , , — Mike Moody @ 10:59 pm

Tonight’s live episode of 30 Rock (Eastern) was a fast-paced and funny ride, and the story fit pretty well within the context of the entire series. It was definitely different – the cinematic look was gone and the energy level was cranked way up to 11 (“like a Mexican soap opera”) – but it still felt like 30 Rock.

Remember last season when people were dogging the show and sites like Slate were publishing articles about a 30 Rock/Tina Fey backlash? I never got that. And I’m sure the same group of critics/bloggos/Interweb culturistas are gonna dog this ep too. Whatever. I had a blast watching the live broadcast — it was like getting caught up in a campy but brilliant stage show.

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September 21, 2010

DVD and Blu-ray Weekly: ‘Community,’ ‘Bored to Death,’ ‘Human Target’ and More

Filed under: Features — Tags: , , , , , , , , , — Riley Stevens @ 3:43 pm

It’s Tuesday! Time to eyeball the week’s notable new DVD and Blu-ray releases.

  • Community: The Complete First Season (DVD) – The funniest and most inventive comedy to premiere last fall promises to be even better this season. Catch up with season one’s insane paintball warfare, obsessive pottery sculpting, and chicken finger-stealing action. You won’t regret it.
  • Bored to Death: The Complete First Season (DVD and Blu-ray) The Internet lied and told me this came out last week. It didn’t. But it’s out now, so check it out if you like watching Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson acting like idiots and smoking a ton of pot (How could you not?).
  • Modern Family: The Complete First Season (DVD and Blu-ray) – Season one of Modern Family won me over with a string of laugh-out-loud funny episodes and its lovable, huggable Diet Arrested Development vibe.
  • Human Target: The Complete First Season – (DVD and Blu-ray) This geeky action show should have been awful, but it turned out to be pretty awesome. Mark Valley leads a cast that includes TV vet Chi McBride and a scene-stealing Jackie Earle Haley as creepy/cuddly killer Guerrero.
  • 30 Rock: Season Four (DVD) – 30 Rock is still one of the best and smartest shows on TV. Season four finds Liz Lemmon dealing with talk show stardom, meeting a sick and twisted James Franco and finding the man of her dreams, Matt Damon.
  • How I Met Your Mother: Season Five (DVD) – I’m told that the mother still hasn’t shown up, and that Ted continues his spiral down the dark pit of douche-baggery. So, yeah, this one’s your call.
  • Being Human: Season Two (DVD and Blu-ray) A mopey ghost, a troubled vampire and a nerdy werewolf living in the same house? What could possibly go wrong? Answer: Everything!

August 31, 2010

Morning Blast: ‘Dexter,’ ‘Fringe,’ ‘Supernatural,’ ‘Glee,’ and more

Filed under: News — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — TVDR Staff @ 2:10 pm

- Long live the Dark Passenger! Michael C. Hall says that Showtime is likely to renew Dexter for a sixth season. “I don’t have the sense that there is any sense that this [is] the end of the story as we’re telling it,” he said. “I think signs point to us doing a sixth season, but it’s not official.” Plus, we get some new info on Julia Stiles’ new character. [E!]

- Eddie Izzard is heading back to TV. The UK comedian/actor/former Disco Boy has joined the cast of Showtime’s United States of Tara. [Deadline]

- Allison Brie says she and the cast of Community are “begging for a musical episode.” Looks like there’s more Glee bashing to be done at Greendale. [E!]

- Connie Britton on the Friday Night Lights finale: “You’re going to cry your eyes out for three straight episodes at the end [of the series].” [E!]

- Faran Tahir, who played the captain of the USS Kelvin in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek and a baddie in Iron Man, guest stars on tonight’s Warehouse 13. [KSite TV]

- True Blood‘s Stephen Moyer as Doctor Doom? He knows nothing about it … maybe. [MTV]

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