Year over year, midseason is becoming more and more my favourite time of the TV calendar. I guess networks figure that fall is the time to hit their biggest audience with new sitcoms or dramas, they save the sci-fi and genre stuff for midseason. That’s exciting for TV geeks like myself who love shows that…
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Downton and The Doctor: Christmas Specials 2013
For a TV fan like myself, the Brits have really given us a wonderful (long-running) tradition in the delivering of special Christmas episodes (aired on Christmas day) to both Doctor Who and Downton Abbey. (If you have been waiting for the North American airing of Downton season 4, I will tread lightly on spoilers, but…
Fall TV 2013 – Returning Drama
Last season’s finales left us with big changes in many drama series, so as we pick those up in this season’s premieres, our favourite characters are probably making some transitions and adjustments. The Vampire Diaries is always good for some plot twists, and the fact that Stefan turned out to be a doppelganger for Silas…
2012 TV Characters: Love and Hate
Characters I Love Topping the list of beloved characters this year is one that I am so enamoured with that I was eager to compose this list just so I could put her on top of it. Anna (Downton Abbey) is the epitome of a woman who loves quietly, deeply and genuinely. Ever since she…
Fall TV 2012: Week One
We’re back for the start of another fall premiere season. First thing I have to say is that I’m not super excited about it. Being a sci-fi, fantasy, genre fan, there’s not a whole lot for me to get excited about this year. There is virtually no sci-fi on TV this fall (the closest we…
Five Reasons to Love Downton Abbey
It all started when I was keeping an eye out for shows to recommend to my friend who was really into the British series Lark Rise to Candleford. There was another much-hyped series from the UK called “Downton Abbey” that I told her to watch. Set in the early 20th century, the show follows the…
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