Each episode of The X-Files begins with a promise: “The truth is out there.” It’s been almost 25 years since FBI Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) started investigating global conspiracies, extraterrestrial life, and unknown beasts lurking in the shadows. But many truths remain undiscovered, twinkling in the distance like dying […]
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Remembering 2017: Detroiters Was the Funniest Show on TV This Year
[This was the funniest show of the year, and you probably didn’t watch it. This article originally appeared on Blogtown on March 23, 2017, during the run of Detroiters‘ first season. Get all caught up by the time season two kicks off in 2018.] On Monday, it was announced that Detroiters has been renewed for […]
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My Top Ten TV Show Must-Watches of 2017!
Big Little Lies Courtesy HBO As everyone’s favorite food critic, you may have noticed I have opinions. And while 2017 continued to be a grinding hellfire crawl through a spike-filled tunnel whose end we cannot see, TV was a great respite. It gave us diverse leads and voices, gorgeous scenery, and so many lacquered layers […]
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Remembering 2017: I Talked to David Duchovny and He Was Very Charming
JEFF DREW [In February I was granted permission to speak with David Duchovny on the phone. Those were the best 14 minutes of my year, hands down.—CD] Also expand your mind with David Duchovny Through the Ages, an authoritative timeline of David Duchovny through the ages. Long ago in New England, a young man entrenched […]
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Remembering 2017: Behind the Scenes with OPB’s Oregon Field Guide
Oregon Public Broadcasting / Ian McCluskey [Here’s something from earlier in the year, in case you missed it—and if you didn’t miss it, read it again!] Peak TV be damned. The most exciting and inspiring show on television has been quietly trucking along for close to three decades, without succumbing to the whims and fashions […]
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Date Set for the Return of Roseanne
A TV reboot that will (hopefully) be funny, smart, and, relevant.
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Between the Death of Net Neutrality and Disney Buying Fox, Today’s a Great Day for Our Soulless Corporate Overlords
David Soanes Photography / Getty Images This morning the Federal Communications Commission voted, along party lines, to kill net neutrality—the rules that have, until now, ensured an internet in which service providers were forbidden from giving preferential treatment to certain sites and services. While telecom companies are vowing that consumers won’t get screwed over by […]
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Jeffery Tambor Says He’s Not Quitting Transparent After All
Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman in Transparent Transparent/Amazon Contrary to previous reports, the New York Times is now reporting that Jeffrey Tambor, star of the hit Amazon show Transparent, has not, in fact, stepped down from his leading role as Maura Pfefferman, nor does he have any plans to. Tambor was recently accused of sexual […]
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John Oliver and Dustin Hoffman Get Into Groping Allegations at Wag the Dog Screening
The audience was “visibly uncomfortable.”
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Review Roundup: The Punisher on Netflix
Netflix Tonight marks the debut of the latest Marvel joint to make the jump to Netflix, The Punisher, starring Jon Bernthal as a vengeance-filled dude that loves him some punishin’! To be fair, I never enjoyed the Punisher comics, because it always played into that macho narrative about it taking yet another white dude to […]
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In the Field with Oregon Field Guide
A recent shoot at Willamette Falls. Ian McCluskey/Oregon Field Guide Peak TV be damned. The most exciting and inspiring show on television has been quietly trucking along for close to three decades, without succumbing to the whims and fashions of shifting TV trends. And it’s made right here in Oregon. Now in its 29th season, […]
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Oregon Field Guide’s True Stories of Science and Adventure
In the Field with the TV Show That’s Saving Oregon
In the field with Oregon Field Guide, the TV show that’s saving Oregon.