First Impressions: How To Be A Gentleman (CBS)
How to Be a Gentleman is a lazy, tired pile of cliches and unfunny jokes.
Author: Randy Dankievitch
Randy is the founder of Processed Media and The Mid-Season Replacements Podcast, and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved TV critic. He's written about TV and culture across the internet since 2010, and also writes a monthly column for UpPortland Magazine.
First Impressions: Charlie’s Angels (ABC)
Charlie’s Angels is a grating, nonsensically serious remake full of bad performances and worse ideas.
First Impressions: Pan Am (ABC)
Pan Am’s impeccable aesthetics and underutilized performers make for an odd mix.
Homeland Season 1, Episode 1 Review – “Pilot”
Homeland’s intriguing pilot is a mix of stock techniques and strong lead performances.
First Impressions: Terra Nova (FOX)
FOX’s expensive, high-profile dinosaur series is the weakest, most impotent new series of the fall.
Boardwalk Empire Season 2, Episode 1 Review – “21”
Boardwalk Empire returns with a strong season premiere.
First Impressions: Free Agents (NBC)
Free Agents might be onto something, if it can realize its promise as a rom-com dramedy.
2 Broke Girls Season 1, Episode 1 Review – “Pilot”
2 Broke Girls is a tired rehashing of many jokes and concepts from other, better series.
New Girl Season 1, Episode 1 Review – “Pilot”
New GIrl’s pilot is a too much quirk and not enough comedy.
TV Review: Boardwalk Empire (Season 1)
Boardwalk Empire is another stellar HBO period drama, although its violence and cynicism is a bit thinner than hoped.