Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 3: “The Girl Next Door” Written by Andrew Dabb & Daniel Loflin Directed by Jensen Ackles Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Sam used to date Kaylee, Bobby does research, and Dean is Dean, for better and worse. After a couple weeks of arc, …
Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 2: “Hello, Cruel World” Written by Ben Edlund Directed by Guy Bee Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Jimmy goes for a swim, Lucy plays with Sam, and Doctor Sexy, MD strikes Last week’s Supernatural episode functioned more as the season six finale than …
Supernatural Review, Season 7, Episode 1: “Meet the New Boss” Written by Sera Gamble Directed by Phil Sgriccia Airs Fridays at 9pm (ET) on the CW This week, on Supernatural: Cas does some stained glass work, as well as some smiting, Dean shows once again that he’s not the brightest bulb, Sam has a fun …
Over the years, serialized television has become increasingly more prominent. Condensed-time and arc-based series are the dramatic norm, on cable at least, with the most culturally significant and critically acclaimed series falling into this category. With television viewership dwindling, niche shows are increasingly sustainable, making cult, new-viewer-unfriendly programming less of a risk for struggling networks. …
I’m a nerd. I like data. Spreadsheets are fun and I have a nearly Marshall Eriksen-level affinity for charts. When I decided to look into high school-based television series for my next article, my first stop was Wikipedia and its page on high school television series (This is why I’m not an actual researcher). Initially, …
One of the great things about the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror are that they allow writers to break the rules. If a topic is taboo or controversial, put it on a distant planet and it’ll usually get past the censors. If a character needs to confront their issues over a friend’s death, …
It’s hard to believe, but starting in 1947 (Howdy Doody), with very few exceptions, there has been at least one Western on TV every season. In 1984, the genre took the year off (probably due to Little House fatigue), and there was some downtime after Deadwood ended and before Justified premiered (2007-2009), but other …