Wednesday, August 03, 2011
What I Need To Catch Up On, Part I: Spring/Summer TV
Back from my traditional Massachusetts summer vacation, and no, I haven't entirely quit blogging yet. Anyone still reading this??Lots to catch up on. We begin with what we've been watching on the rectangular talking picture box:
- Newsweek calls Breaking Bad (AMC) the "finest hour on TV." I cannot argue. Enough said.
- True Blood (HBO) isn't quite as thrilling as it was the first few seasons, but it's still terrific summer brain/eye candy.
- United States of Tara (Showtime) was cancelled after its most recent third season. I dug the show, but I think they did just about all they could do with it. Though I may have enjoyed the last season the most, thanks to Eddie Izzard's season-long guest arc.
- It's clearly time for Entourage to wrap it up -- which they are. But this final season's tone so far has been a return to the good old days -- a vast improvement over last season's Sasha Grey-induced gloom and doom.
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) is awesome as always. May the genius continue to spring forth from the brain of Larry David.
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl from BBC/Showtime called it quits after the season that just ended. Loved the final season, but (like Tara and Entourage), they'd done all they could do.
- The Franchise (Showtime) follows the San Francisco Giants through the 2011 season. A Hard Knocks-style show featuring Brian Wilson? Yeah, I'm clearly loving it.
- And last but not least, on vacation we watched last year's first season of The Big C (Showtime). Excellent. Watching Season 2 as it airs this summer. Laura Linney is remarkable.
More to come. And I'm actually not lying this time.
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