Posted by Cory Barker on March 2, 2012 · 2 Comments
I hope everyone enjoyed the Awake pilot last night (or over the past few weeks, thanks to NBC releasing it online fairly early). If you haven’t read my review, please consider doing that. But amid all the beaming reviews and superlatives for Awake, big questions remain: Is it a series? Can the story be maintained … Read more
Category American Horror Story, Awake, Columns, Featured, HEROES, Modern Family, The Walking Dead, Twin Peaks · Tagged with A Gifted Man, American Horror Story, Awake, Awake Episode 1, Awake Pilot, Awake Series Premiere, Columns, Cory Barker, FlashForward, Heroes, Kyle Killen, Lone Star, Modern Family, NBC, Pilots, The Nine, The Walking Dead, Twin Peaks
Posted by Cory Barker on January 17, 2012 · 2 Comments
I received the book Prime Time, Prime Movers for Christmas and have been plowing through it over the last week or so. As these things go, reading a book about the big individual creative forces in television history has me thinking about contemporary writer/producers. Therefore, today, I debut a new occasional feature where I will discuss … Read more
Category American Horror Story, Featured, Glee, MAD MEN, Showrunner Series · Tagged with AMC, American Horror Story, Betty Draper Francis, Boardwalk Empire, Brad Falchuk, Cory Barker, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Don Draper, Elisabeth Moss, Emma Pillsbury, Episodic stories, Finn Hudson, FX, Glee, Glee Season 1, Glee Season 2, Glee Season 3, Ian Brennan, January Jones, Jayma Mays, Jon Hamm, Lea Michele, LOST, Mad Men, Mad Men Season 4, Masculinity, Matthew Morrison, Matthew Weiner, My Life Would Suck Without You, Nationals, Naya Rivera, New Directions, Peggy Olson, Procedurals, Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry, Regionals, Ryan Murphy, Santana Lopez, Sectionals, Serialization, Showrunner Series, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, Storytelling, Structure, Theme, Treme, Troubletones, We Are Young, Will Schuester
Posted by Cory Barker on December 20, 2011 · 5 Comments
It is that time again folks! The end of the year is upon us and that means it is time to look back on the highs, lows and WTFs in television from the past 12 months. There is a lot to reflect on in regard to television 2011. Charlie Sheen went crazy. Well, crazier. Comedy … Read more
Category American Horror Story, Best of 2011, DEXTER, Entourage, Featured, Modern Family, Terra Nova, The Cape, The Office, The Playboy Club, The TV Surveillance Podcast, TRUE BLOOD, Whitney · Tagged with American Horror Story, Andy Daglas, Cory Barker, Dexter, Entourage, H8R, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Les Chappell, Man Up!, Modern Family, Podcasts, Terra Nova, The Cape, The Office, The Playboy Club, The TV Surveillance Podcast, True Blood, TV Surveillance Best of 2011, Whitney, Worst new shows 2011, Worst new TV shows 2011, Worst TV 2011, Worst TV of 2011
Posted by Cory Barker on October 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In the seventh episode of the TV Surveillance Podcast, Chris Ryan joins host Cory Barker for a lovely, friendly discussion about the pilot episode of American Horror Story. Remember, you can subscribe to the TVS Podcast on iTunes by following this link!
Category American Horror Story, Featured, The TV Surveillance Podcast · Tagged with American Horror Story, American Horror Story Pilot Review, American Horror Story Season 1 Episode 1 Review, American Horror Story Season 1 Reviews, Chris Ryan, Cory Barker, FX, Pilots, Podcast, Reviews, TV Surveillance Podcast
Posted by Cory Barker on October 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
The next couple of weeks are going to be insane. There are so many new series debuting and unfortunately, there is only so much time in the day for me to write about television while balancing my “real” life. You know, the one I spend on Twitter. ANYWAY, I’m going to try to touch on … Read more
Category American Horror Story, Episode Reviews · Tagged with American Horror Story, American Horror Story house, American Horror Story Season 1, American Horror Story Season 1 Episode 1, American Horror Story Season 1 Episode 1 Review, American Horror Story Series Premiere, American Horror Story Series Premiere Review, Ben Harmon, Brad Falchuk, Connie Britton, Constance, Cory Barker, Denis O'Hare, Dylan McDermott, Evan Peters, FX, Haunted House, Horror, Jessica Lange, Larry Harvey, Nip/Tuck, Pilots, Popular, Reviews, Ryan Murphy, Series Premiere, Taissa Farmiga, Tate Langdon, Violet Harmon, Vivien Harmon
