First Impressions: The Odd Couple (CBS)
The Odd Couple is a bad adaptation, and an unfunny, reductive waste of Matthew Perry’s talent.
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: Backstrom (Fox)
Backstrom is another failed pile of white male angst cliches.
First Impressions: Cocked (Prime Video)
Prime Video’s gun manufacturer melodrama is an unfortunate misfire.
First Impressions: Salem Rogers (Prime Video)
Salem Rogers is one of the worst pilots Amazon’s produced to date.
TV Review: Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
HBO’s Olive Kitteridge adaptation is as touching and devastating as anyone could’ve hoped for.
Review: New Girl “Landline”
New Girl bounces back from last week’s misfire with its strongest episode of the season so far.
First Impressions: The Flash (The CW)
The Flash is here – and unsurprisingly, it’s the best new drama of the fall.
Review: New Girl “Micro”
I don’t know what New Girl was trying to be tonight – whatever it was, it wasn’t pleasant.
First Impressions: Stalker (CBS)
CBS’s latest drama is shlocky, misogynistic, and woefully formulaic, an early contender for worst new show of the fall.
Review: New Girl “Julie Berkman’s Older Sister”
Rob Reiner returns to New Girl, which redeems a largely laugh-free episode with a poignant final act.