30 Rock: “Season 4″
The pages go on strike on 30 Rock’s fourth season premiere. Photo courtesy of NBC.
Fresh off its third straight comedy series win at the Emmys, 30 Rock kicked off its fourth season by standing inches from the economy and staring it in the face. It was a strange way to start the season, but it [...]
Community: “Social Psychology”
In this episode:
This week, most of the group is seen outside the classroom. Jeff is afraid he and Shirley’s long walk to the other side of campus will be filled with terribly awkward silences. But he is surprised to find himself bonding with his maliciously nosy study buddy (not that the group ever [...]
Community: “Introduction to Film”
Finally, NBC has given 30 Rock and The Office fans a chance to stick around for the rest of Thursday’s “Comedy Night Done Right.” The studio’s new sitcom, Community, is the first successful addition to the Thursday lineup since the departure of Scrubs.
The show stars Joel McHale from The Soup as Jeff Winger, [...]
Heroes: “Ink”
After the first two episodes of this season, I’m actually fairly optimistic about this show’s chances of redeeming itself, despite some persistently hammy writing. Many of the most flamboyant elements of the show have been removed for the time being, such as the ever-persistent Company and some of the more ambitious time-travel story arcs (I’ve [...]
The Office: “The Meeting”
There’s no fun in the office when Michael really screws up. Michael sabotaging Jim’s hope for a managerial position (which he gets in the end) made for a dour episode. The plot forwarding was necessary, and a promotion for Jim is long overdue, but it left the episode lacking for jokes.
That left the funny up [...]
Heroes: “Orientation / Jump, Push, Fall”
The verdict is out on the season primere of Heroes: provides as much hope as a speech by President Obama, though not as sensational
Youtube goes hi-res
Steven Chen, co-founder of Youtube, announced on Wednesday that high quality video streams are in the works. Why did this announcement take so long? Well, higher quality videos may force users to wait a period of time as videos buffer, changing the instantaneousness of the experience completely. Chen noted that a low-bitrate video stream is [...]
