TV Reviews11/4/13Nov 4 2013SaveTV Reviews11/4/13BTV ReviewsHello Ladies: "Long Beach"Margaret Eby78Stuart Pritchard isn’t just bad at talking to women. As this week’s Hello Ladies proves, Stuart Pritchard is…
TV Reviews8/12/13Aug 12 2013SaveTV Reviews8/12/13TV ReviewsFood Network Star — “America Picks A Star”Margaret Eby59As with the end of every season of Food Network Star, tonight’s finale forces us to contemplate many of life’s key…
TV Reviews1/10/13Jan 10 2013SaveTV Reviews1/10/13BTV ReviewsTop Chef: “The Battle Before The War”Margaret Eby245Restaurant Wars is one of the classic challenges on Top Chef: It winnows out the real challengers from the hapless…
TV Reviews12/26/12Dec 26 2012SaveTV Reviews12/26/12BTV ReviewsTop Chef: “Jalapeno Business”Margaret Eby412Every season of Top Chef needs a villain, and in Seattle, it has to be smug Stefan. Or wait, is it over-exuberant…
TV Reviews12/21/12Dec 21 2012SaveTV Reviews12/21/12TV ReviewsThe League: “A Krampus Carol” / “The Curse of Shiva”Margaret Eby264The season four finale of The League included more vocabulary lessons than an episode of Sesame Street. MLA? That’s…
TV Reviews12/14/12Dec 14 2012SaveTV Reviews12/14/12TV ReviewsThe League: “Our Dinner With Andre” / “12.12.12”Margaret Eby152Christmas is nigh, which means that The League season is drawing to a close. This week was another double-header.…
TV Reviews12/7/12Dec 7 2012SaveTV Reviews12/7/12TV ReviewsThe League: “Anchor Baby” / “Bro-lo El Cordero”Margaret Eby204Taco as therapist, Andre as impotent masturbator, and Ruxin singing a little ditty to his macaroni: “Anchor Baby”…
TV Reviews11/29/12Nov 29 2012SaveTV Reviews11/29/12B-TV ReviewsThe League: “The Vapora Sport”Margaret Eby106The League can do as good a send-up on the perils of political correctness as any of the rest of them, but tonight’s…
TV Reviews11/22/12Nov 22 2012SaveTV Reviews11/22/12B+TV ReviewsTop Chef: “Tom vs. Emeril: Turkeypocalypse”Margaret Eby166If there’s one thing that Top Chef: Seattle can teach us about Thanksgiving dinner, it’s this: Just use a whole lot…
TV Reviews11/16/12Nov 16 2012SaveTV Reviews11/16/12C+TV ReviewsAmerica's Next Top Model: “The Girl Who Becomes America’s Next Top Model”Margaret Eby66Any dedicated America’s Next Top Model watcher can tell you: The finale is not about the models. You may have…
TV Reviews11/15/12Nov 15 2012SaveTV Reviews11/15/12B-TV ReviewsThe League: “The Tailgate”Margaret Eby148It’s a testament to just how good this season of The League has been so far that this episode—a completely fine…
TV Reviews11/15/12Nov 15 2012SaveTV Reviews11/15/12CTV ReviewsUp All Night: “Thanksgiving”Margaret Eby104Up All Night has had a sad, slow death this season. From the promising show with an overwhelmingly likeable cast…
TV Reviews11/8/12Nov 8 2012SaveTV Reviews11/8/12BTV ReviewsThe League: “Judge MacArthur”Margaret Eby98A bad case of lice, a punch thrown at a star quarterback, and an ice sculpture at the morgue: The League keeps…
TV Reviews11/6/12Nov 6 2012SaveTV Reviews11/6/12B+TV ReviewsThe Inbetweeners (U.S.): “The Dance”Margaret Eby38We’ve come to the end of the first season of our scrappy U.S. remake of The Inbetweeners, and it’s easier to assess…
TV Reviews11/1/12Nov 1 2012SaveTV Reviews11/1/12B+TV ReviewsThe League: “The Breastalyzer”Margaret Eby250Thank God that Rafi’s back. If there’s anyone who can bring the filth, it’s him. And he certainly managed to in “The…
TV Reviews10/22/12Oct 22 2012SaveTV Reviews10/22/12B-TV ReviewsThe Inbetweeners: “Reading Gives You Wings”Margaret Eby14Things settled down a bit on this week’s Inbetweeners but the show still hasn’t quite found its groove yet. It…
TV Reviews10/18/12Oct 18 2012SaveTV Reviews10/18/12ATV ReviewsThe League: “The Hoodie”Margaret Eby162The League is on a hot streak, and “The Hoodie,” the best episode of the show since somewhere in season two,…
TV Reviews10/18/12Oct 18 2012SaveTV Reviews10/18/12B-TV ReviewsUp All Night: “Another Saturday Night”Margaret Eby66One of the throughlines on Up All Night is that the Brinkleys are a couple that is trying to hold on to its cool.…
TV Reviews10/18/12Oct 18 2012SaveTV Reviews10/18/12CTV ReviewsAnimal Practice: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Coleman?”Margaret Eby74In sitcoms, the overbearing mother figure has a lot of uses. There are blustering men who become dribbling cowards…
TV Reviews10/15/12Oct 15 2012SaveTV Reviews10/15/12C+TV ReviewsThe Inbetweeners (U.S.): “Fire!”Margaret Eby40“Fire!” was an exquisitely bizarre episode of The Inbetweeners. Was it a misstep along the way of a relatively solid…