Monthly Archives: March 2012

Back and Forth: Mad Men Roundtable, “A Little Kiss” (with Cory Barker and Andy Daglas)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Les Chappell

The wait is over. After 17 months, a cloud of almost Stalinist secrecy and a period where at least two similar shows trying to capitalize on its absence flamed out fast, AMC’s flagship drama Mad Men has returned to the … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Television Collision Aftershock #1 (with Phoebe Raven)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Les Chappell

Over at CC2K, my friend Phoebe Raven has relaunched the podcast accompanying her regular Television Collision column, now under the heading “Television Collision: Aftershock,” and she asked me to come in as a special guest for the inaugural installment. Given … Continue reading →

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Back and Forth: On Game of Thrones, Season Two and Spoiler Culture (with Andrew Daar)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Les Chappell

(Editor’s note: having had a lot of fun with the conversation I had with Cory Barker a while back on Parks and Recreation, I’m introducing the new recurring feature “Back and Forth,” in which I and one of my many … Continue reading →

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Justifying: Season 3, Part 1

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Les Chappell

One of the interesting things about watching a television show is the fact that, by virtue of it being an ongoing story with multiple installments, there’s rarely one moment that you can point to where it crosses the threshold from … Continue reading →

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Pilot Review: Awake

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Les Chappell

For almost a year now, those of us who lurk in the wings of the television criticism world have been teased with rumors and details about an NBC drama called Awake. Introduced at the upfront presentation in the summer of … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Back and Forth: Mad Men Roundtable, “A Little Kiss” (with Cory Barker and Andy Daglas)

Podcast: Television Collision Aftershock #1 (with Phoebe Raven)

Back and Forth: On Game of Thrones, Season Two and Spoiler Culture (with Andrew Daar)

Justifying: Season 3, Part 1

Pilot Review: Awake

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