Hello all, and welcome to this edition of Channel Chaser! Now I don’t know about all of you, but when a new TV series is announced, I instantly make it my business to find out everything I can about it before it actually comes on. Maybe this is spoiling things a little for myself, but it’s just sort of compulsive. [Read more…]
Hello again, and welcome back to Channel Chaser! Last week I talked about how so many TV shows out there right now seem to be tied to visions of the apocalypse, or the end of the world. So for my review today, I felt it was only fitting that I address one of my favorite shows, and one that I [Read more…]
Welcome to another edition of Channel Chaser! Today I’d like to start things off with a question. Is it just me, or are the premises of new TV shows looking bleaker and bleaker every time I see a new trailer? Let’s consider some of the latest new dramas and currently popular offerings available, for starters. Among many others, we see [Read more…]
I’d like to start this article off with a momentary diversion from television into movie-land, as well as a bit of personal confession. Does anyone else remember a movie from a few years ago called Get Smart? It’s okay; I don’t really remember it, either. When I heard that this rather weak and forgettable movie was based on the plot [Read more…]
It’s an unfortunate fact that not every television program is built to last. But while some shows deserve have their plugs pulled due to inferior content and poor writing, many other vastly superior programs are cancelled through no fault of their own, and despite their maintaining a massive cult following. Presented here, for your consideration, are five cult shows that [Read more…]
Welcome to another edition of Channel Chaser! Today I’m planning on marking down another first for this column: my first time talking about an animated show. Cartoons, both those meant for kids as well as some aimed at more mature audiences, have been growing in popularity for a long time–just look at cult classics like Family Guy, South Park, and [Read more…]
Welcome to this week’s edition of Channel Chaser! Continuing from where we left off two weeks ago, I’d like to again pick up the topic of DC Comics and its recent strides in the television business. With shows like Arrow already in production and more solid-looking series like The Flash, Gotham, and Constantine to come, DC is so far doing [Read more…]
Welcome to another edition of Channel Chaser! I’m going to take a detour from my usual fare of sci-fi and fantasy-based TV shows today to take you on a trip down memory lane…well, maybe for some of you. Most of you probably weren’t born yet. In any case, I’d like to talk about an old-school sitcom, and one of my [Read more…]
Welcome back to Channel Chaser! I don’t want to sound like a broken record because I feel like I’ve been talking a lot about TV shows based on comics recently, but there’s a few new shows out there that have me really excited. More than that, I’d like to make a rather controversial case about DC, one of the flagship [Read more…]
Welcome to another installment of Channel Chaser! Seeing as there’s been a lot of buzz in recent years surrounding TV and movie expansions of the Marvel and DC Comics universes, I thought it was high time I talk about one such show: the CW’s latest comic book spinoff, Arrow. Arrow is the story of Oliver Queen, a wealthy playboy who [Read more…]