Posted by Cory Barker on July 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the newest post in 2011′s Surveillance Summer Watch series featuring Cheers and Hill Street Blues. For the next couple of months, I’ll be writing weekly reviews of episodes from each series’ first seasons, with Cheers on Tuesdays and Hill Street Blues on Thursdays. For more information, see this post and for all the SSW pieces, visit this page. I really wish I had … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on July 28, 2011 · 1 Comment
The accused: Entourage, “Adios Amigos” The crime: Representing all that made Entourage pretty bad in its later seasons Television’s failures are supposed to be obvious. From the overhyped non-starters that flop from the very beginning (hello, FlashForward, Lone Star) to the much-discussed clumsy conclusions of series we were convinced had it all planned out (nice to see you … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on July 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the newest post in 2011′s Surveillance Summer Watch series featuring Cheers and Hill Street Blues. For the next couple of months, I’ll be writing weekly reviews of episodes from each series’ first seasons, with Cheerson Tuesdays and Hill Street Blues on Thursdays. For more information, see this post and for all the SSW pieces, visit this page. Sorry for the delay here, … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on July 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Just as I did for #TVFail, I have decided to bash out the Test Pilot schedule through the end of this calendar year. I tend to let these things get ahead of me even though I have it all planned it out in my head. Test Pilot is particularly tricky because I need a guest … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on July 26, 2011 · 3 Comments
Hey everyone! You may have noticed — thankfully a few of you did, based on your tweets to me — that I skipped taking on new #TVFail posts a few times over the last month. I’m here to tell you that its absence is only temporary and entirely based on my hectic summer schedule. I … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on July 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This is the newest post in 2011′s Surveillance Summer Watch series featuring Cheers and Hill Street Blues. For the next couple of months, I’ll be writing weekly reviews of episodes from each series’ first seasons, with Cheerson Tuesdays and Hill Street Blues on Thursdays. For more information, see this post and for all the SSW pieces, visit this page. Although Hill Street Blues is primarily … Read more
Filed under Episode Reviews, Featured, Hill Street Blues, Summer Watch · Tagged with Andrew Renko, Betty Thomas, Bobby Hill, Bruce Weitz, Charles Haid, Cory Barker, Daniel J. Travanti, Fay Furillo, Frank Furillo, Henry Goldblume, Hill Street Blues, Hill Street Blues Season 1, Howard Hunter, J.D. LaRue, James Sikking, Joe Spano, Joyce Davenport, Kiel Martin, Lucy Bates, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Mick Belker, NBC, Neal Washington, Phil Esterhaus, Reviews, Surveillance Summer Watch, Taurean Blacque, The Wire, Veronica Hamel
Posted by Cory Barker on July 20, 2011 · 7 Comments
Test Pilot #19: St. Elsewhere Debut date: October 26, 2982 Series’ legacy: Another jewel in the MTM crown, one of — if not the – most-heralded medical drama of all-time Authorship is a really tricky thing and perhaps no more so than in the world of television. Numerous scholars have discussed the problems with analyzing television … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on July 19, 2011 · 1 Comment
This is the newest post in 2011′s Surveillance Summer Watch series featuring Cheers and Hill Street Blues. For the next couple of months, I’ll be writing weekly reviews of episodes from each series’ first seasons, with Cheerson Tuesdays and Hill Street Blues on Thursdays. For more information, see this post and for all the SSW pieces, visit this page. It very difficult to manage … Read more
Filed under Cheers, Episode Reviews, Featured, Summer Watch · Tagged with Bob Saget, Carla Tortelli, Cheers, Cheers Season 1, Cliff Clavin, Coach, Cory Barker, Danny Tanner, Diane Chambers, Ernie Pantusso, Full House, George Wendt, James Burrows, John Ratzenberger, Modern Family, NBC, Nicholas Colasanto, Norm Peterson, Reviews, Rhea Pearlman, Sam Malone, Shelley Long, Surveillance Summer Watch, Ted Danson
Posted by Cory Barker on July 18, 2011 · 1 Comment
Hey folks! The next few weeks are going to be really hectic for me personally. I’ll be doing various moving projects and trying to finish up with a first draft of my thesis. What this means for TV Surveillance is sort of unclear, but I wanted to post this little note just in case things … Read more
Posted by Cory Barker on July 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
One LAST TIME, this is the review I wrote during FNL‘s DirecTV run. I will be completely honest with you, I’ve avoided reviewing the last handful of episodes of Friday Night Lights because it’s just been too damn hard to let go. From “Fracture” onward, I’ve basically been left in a heaping ball of my … Read more
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