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…
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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: 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….
THE SURF REPORT: A few minutes with SOUTHLAND’s Michael Cudlitz, ROYAL PAINS winter finale–2/22/12
TweetJUSTIFIED: The line I can’t get outta my head today: Raylan’s “I don’t care about shitkicker on shitkicker crime.” And I’m really loving how Ava is the new crime queen to Boyd’s king; they’re a southern power couple and it took me awhile to understand the beauty of it. Still fascinated by Quarles (Neal McDonough)…
THE SURF REPORT: Grammy thoughts, Westminster Dog Show starts tonight–2/13/12
TweetApologies for the sporadic Surf Reports; I’m trying to read pilots, cover events and keep up on TV which, in addition to my day job, is cutting into blogging time. Thanks for your patience. THE GRAMMYS: A bloated show at three and a half hours (groan) but there were artists I wanted to see so…
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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. -
