Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience Podcast… In this episode of The Writer Experience, Court and Harry are joined by Carl Wray, a writer on HBO’s upcoming Watchmen TV series, whose previous credits include Westworld, Mad Men and The Leftovers. Listen to the episode here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Watchmen […]
The 4 Most Repulsive TV Protagonists Ever
Samuel Brace on the four most repulsive TV protagonists ever… TV anti-heroes are fairly common in the present age. Main characters that test our affection or that are downright despicable have replaced the redoubtable and noble heroes of yesteryear. The majority of such characters have at least some redeeming qualities for us to pin our […]
Critical Thinking: Reviewing Content in the Digital Age
Anghus Houvouras on reviewing content in the digital age… I was in a discussion with a friend regarding Rick and Morty; a show I love more than just about any piece of produced content in the 21st century. My friend gave the show a go but decided that he, and I quote, ‘just didn’t get […]
Mad Men’s Jessica Pare joins Jim Caviezel in CBS Navy SEAL drama
Jessica Pare, best known for her role as Megan Draper in the later seasons of Mad Men, has been cast as a series regular in an untitled drama pilot about the Navy SEALs for CBS according to Deadline. The series also stars Person of Interest‘s Jim Caviezel and has been brought to the network by Justified executive producers […]
AMC’s Decline Isn’t Complicated, It’s Just Bad TV
Samuel Brace on the decline of AMC… I am old enough to remember when AMC, back in the day — that day being five minutes ago — were at the top of the TV ladder. There was a time when they unequivocally ruled the roost, when all competition bowed before them. After Mad Men‘s debut […]
Complacency: The Killer of TV’s Golden Age
Samuel Brace on the death of TV’s Golden Age… It’s all over. Television’s golden age is, it seems, gone. It’s done. Some will argue that it was never here at all, but those people are mostly ardent film fans who could never face that for a while, for a very short time, TV was better than […]
And the winners of the 73rd Golden Globes are…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association never ceases to surprise and go against the grain. Only a select few categories in film lined up with the predictions of professional analysts, while all of television was completely out of left field. That’s not to say anything here isn’t well deserved. Except for The Martian anyway, which was […]
Best TV Drama Emmy – What Should Be Nominated vs What Will Be Nominated
Samuel Brace on the Best TV Drama Emmy, what should be nominated, and what will be nominated… With voting ending for those with ballots last Friday and the Emmy nominations announcement coming in the middle of next month, I’ve been thinking about all the great TV dramas of the past year. There has been many […]
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 9 Review – ‘New Business’
Martin Burgoyne reviews the ninth episode of Mad Men season 7… ‘New business’ is the very apt title for this latest episode of Mad Men. Whereas the previous episode was trying very hard to cover all bases on the goings on at Madison Avenue, this episode seems to focus primarily on three main storylines… Firstly we have Don and his […]
AMC sets dates for final Mad Men episodes
AMC has announced that the final episodes of the much loved and critically acclaimed Mad Men will begin airing from April 5th in the US. Creator Matt Weiner, who was tight-lipped as ever, appeared at a Television Critics Association panel of cast members over the weekend, said only that “each of the last seven episodes […]
