TweetSCANDAL: Is it your new nighttime soap addiction? I know there are still a ton of GREY’S fans out there and even though last night’s ratings were low overall, SCANDAL had good retention airing after GREY’S. Now that the pilot has aired, I’ll admit that I found Kerry Washington’s performance in the pilot really obnoxious….
Author Archives: Diane Gordon
THE SURF REPORT: JUSTIFIED is a must–4/3/12
TweetSHAMELESS SEASON FINALE: What a season finale! Incredible in many ways but I think my favorite thing was that so many of the key moments had no dialogue; I point to Jeremy Alan White’s performance as Lip, a guy with so much potential and he refuses to stay in school to develop it. It was…
THE SURF REPORT: Women rule on MAD MEN and THE GOOD WIFE–3/27/12
TweetSo much to talk about after the girl power festival that was Sunday night TV. Let’s jump right in. MAD MEN SEASON PREMIERE: The supersize season opener was titled “A Little Kiss” – a reference to Megan’s performance of “Zou Bisou Bisou”?? We’re in the mid-1960s – 1965 or 1966 and the civil rights movement…
THE SURF REPORT: FRINGE returns tonight, MAD MEN returns Sunday 3/25
TweetSMASH: In a good news/bad news turn of events, NBC renewed SMASH for a second season but showrunner/EP Theresa Rebeck will not run the show the second season. I’m very curious to know who will replace her as showrunner. I don’t know the behind-the-scenes story but I’m still of the mind that the silly love…
THE SURF REPORT: BENT premieres & some thoughts about TV’s strong women–3/21/12
TweetTHE GOOD WIFE: Power, politics and usury (how people use one another); those are the topics rolling over in my mind during this season of the show. I especially enjoy watching the women in this show as they function in a boy’s club profession like the law and navigate their way through cases and courtrooms….
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The Surf Report Editor-In-Chief Diane Gordon with the cast of USA Network's "Royal Pains." Left to right: Jill Flint, Mark Feuerstein, Gordon, Reshma Shetty and Paulo Costanzo. -
