[Just as a warning, this and all future rewinds, Mad Men or not, will contain spoilers throughout for not only this episode, but others as well.]
Lucky for this show the Cold War arose just in time for the season finale. It’s almost like…almost like it was planned. When facing times of peril one might want to rid their life of secrets to have peace of mind when nearing their death. Or something like that. That’s totally what’s going on. Father Gill says so.
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Party Down was officially canceled today, because apparently you need viewers to stay on the air. Really Starz? Two hundred airings of Year Zero is going to do that much better in the ratings? The answer to my question is no absolutely not. And don’t get me started on Gravity.
At the very least, “Constance Carmell Wedding” was a really good series finale which gave most of the characters a bit open-ended but otherwise satisfying ending.
R.I.P. Party Down.
So England: what’s up with them? They’re a lot like the United States, with them speaking English, their children being overweight and losing in the World Cup and all. The only difference seems to be that there’s a ton more fog, warm beer and cool accents. That and they take more offense to jokes about their soccer team. So sorry about that.
Anyway, they also know how to do television, with the standard being six episodes of a series (season). If you’re good and you get ratings, you come back with another series if the showrunner chooses to*. “Quality over quantity” is on the British television family crest, the perfect example of this being the original and superior The Office which aired in Britain with two series of six episodes each. The IT Crowd is another good example, enjoying a very high quality batting average with only having three six episode seasons. The show is about the weird dudes and dudettes at the I.T. department at your work place. Roy is an Irish techie who is normal/lazy considering his job, Moss is very weird and Jen is their boss who isn’t a techie but seems to be about as graceful as a stereotypical one. At its finest the show is the perfect blend of wit and sillyness. Last Friday I was pleasantly surprised to find that the fourth season premiere ran. And now I’m going to write about what happened, because that’s what we always do here and change scares me.
*Two notable showrunners that decided to end their funny shows after two seasons: Ricky Gervais and Simon Pegg
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A lot of comedians are funny on the stand-up stage but terrible by the time they try their hand in television. To be fair, not all of them retain creative control when they get their own show. But also to be fair, they should try harder to get it. Louis C.K. took advantage of his status as one of the funniest comedians going right now by getting his own show on FX where he writes, directs and edits every single episode. And because he is a veteran of television writing and making humorously quirky short films, C.K. deserves it. Even better, C.K decided to use those obscure short film smarts in his new show. Read more…
I’m a little late in writing this because I don’t want the party to end, you know? In some ways this has been an almost perfect show that only the “cool kids” know about, making it perfect. It’s totally the “Love Buzz” Sub Pop singles club 7″ b/w “Big Cheese” of television. But much like all great beautiful things, it’s time on Earth is ephemeral; “Constance Carmell Wedding” is the series’ 20th and possibly last episode. Read more…
Spoiler alert: Mad Men season four will involve telephones and looking out a window.
15-year-olds can now audition for American Idol, get off my lawn.
True Blood was renewed by HBO for a fourth season. “Some people like it for some reason,” said HBO in a press release. Read more…
Futurama was canceled, pronounced dead in 2003. Five years later, the show reappeared with four direct-to-DVD movies whose good sales led to Thursday night’s return to television. How was it? Who cares it was brand new Futurama! No seriously how was it? It was alright. Let’s talk about it below the fold. Read more…
[Just as a warning, this and all future rewinds, Mad Men or not, will contain spoilers throughout for not only this episode, but others as well.]
A lot of changes are happening, most are turns you wouldn’t expect. Don is still not home and Peggy is finally taking some action in her life instead of waiting for the pieces to fall where they may. And Joan, well. You’ll see.
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For some reason Breaking Bad was not renewed for a fourth season until the day of the season finale.
They’re re-releasing the first three seasons of Boy Meets World on DVD, but still wont budge on the seasons after that. Why? Because the world is an unfair place.
The first official image of season 4 of Mad Men is this thing. Roger looks annoyed! Sorry for the spoiler. Read more…
Cole Landry has it all: he’s got the Johnny American handsomeness going, he’s a projected early first round selection in the NFL draft, and he’s the boyfriend of a very caring man. Unfortunately that last part is for some reason frowned upon by professional football, so when Landry doesn’t get drafted fourth like he is supposed to, shit starts to go down. Read more…