July 2008

Season two begins tonight on AMC. The first season ended in late 1960, the second season picks up in early 1962. The clothes are still sharp, the tension is still pervasive. There are new issues and ideas in the world, and the series deals with them — and its many characters — with great skill. [...]

I have been having some technical difficulties that have kept me from posting, but the hours have hardly been empty. In between helping my mother go through some things, I finally caught up on a bit of TV reading: Barbara Walters' autobiography, "Audition."
At close to 600 pages, it's a long read and at times an [...]

He'll take over June 1, with Jimmy Fallon taking over "Late Night" just before that. Release today:
Conan O'Brien, the dominant late-night host at 12:35 a.m. (ET) for the past 14 seasons, will succeed Jay Leno as host of the preeminent series on late-night television, NBC's "The Tonight Show," in June of 2009. Beginning in [...]

Big night for "Mad Men." For one account of the evening itself, go to Sepinwall's blog. Full anouncement after the jump …

My "Mamma Mia!" review is here.
My "Dark Knight" review is linked in a post below. It's looking more and more like a gigantic hit.
For my DVD column, I watched a movie called "Picture This" with Ashley Tisdale of "High School Musical" fame. It includes Tisdale singing "Shadows of the Night." Let's revisit Pat Benatar, shall [...]

My review of "The Dark Knight" is now available online here.

Some notes about the mark I gave it, after the jump. One possible spoiler.

The prime-time nominations can be found here. After the jump, I have posted the number of noms for indivdual shows, and the "supplemental" information — details about nominees' Emmy history.
Based on a glance, I am very pleased with the attention paid to "Mad Men" and "Pushing Daisies." I thought "John Adams," the top [...]

Over the course of the day, I have tried unsuccessfully to access the first act of "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," which went online today. I even did so in between watching the Fox All-Star Tribute To Yankee Stadium, Yankee Legends, Yankee Starters, Yankee Fans, Yankee Franks and, time permitting, "The Clang of the Yankee Reaper" [...]