- 10/10/12 /
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Seitz on Nashville: This Country-Music Dallas Is One of the Fall’s Best New Shows
It’s a pleasure to watch a show that knows what it wants to be and has the chops to pull it off.
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- 10/10/12 /
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Seitz on Chicago Fire: Comfort-Food Urban Drama, Heavy on the Beefcake
Chicago Fire takes itself seriously, but not too seriously, and because it has a good heart, it’s easy to like.
- 9/28/12 /
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Seitz on Made in Jersey: Cynically Designed for Maximum Likability
Did this new CBS show have to seem so calculated, so pandering, so drama-free?
- 9/28/12 /
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Seitz on 666 Park Avenue: A Dark Heart, But a Network Soul
This new ABC horror series plays something like Fantasy Island's sinister cousin.
- 9/27/12 /
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Seitz on Elementary: The Game Is Aflat
This is a slight but watchable show, yet more brain candy from CBS's vending machine.
- 9/27/12 /
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Seitz on Last Resort: A Sub Thriller Executed With Military Precision
Like a professional sailor, this show never makes a big deal of its excellence.
- 9/26/12 /
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Seitz on The Neighbors: What Can I Say? It Made Me Laugh
But I can't explain why, exactly.
- 9/25/12 /
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Seitz on Ben and Kate: Infected With a Case of the Cutes
Fox should have called this show New Guy! (Get it?)
- 9/25/12 /
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Seitz on Vegas: A CBS Crime Procedural Tries for Mad Men Glitz
Its no-fuss directness is appealing. We may come back in future weeks to get our Dennis Quaid fix.
- 9/25/12 /
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Seitz: The Mindy Project Is a Thoughtful Riff on Rom-Com Clichés
The long-awaited show from the former Office writer-star premieres tonight.
- 9/24/12 /
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Seitz on CBS’s Partners: Call It Okay, But Don’t Call It Progress
When an LGBT-friendly show like this can debut and be greeted with a collective shrug, we suppose that's kind of a positive thing?
- 9/17/12 /
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Seitz: The Mob Doctor Is The Mob Doctor’s Most Interesting Element
This new medical-crime drama premieres tonight on Fox.
- 9/17/12 /
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Seitz on Revolution: Bright Pedigree, Dim Prospects
Created by Lost's J.J. Abrams, this new NBC show about a world without electricity needs to turn on its bright lights if it hopes to survive.
- 9/12/12 /
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Seitz: Guys With Kids Is Charming Pro-Bro Propaganda
This new NBC sitcom isn't terribly interested in the kids, which is a good thing.
- 9/11/12 /
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Seitz: Sons of Anarchy Is Quality TV That Makes You Root for the Monsters
The show, which premieres its fifth season tonight, is grindhouse plus art house.
- 9/10/12 /
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Seitz: The New Normal Is Modern Family Lite
The show has a faux-naughtiness, dipping its big toe in taboo, then rinsing it with progressive messages.
- 8/19/12 /
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Seitz on Copper: Ambitious and Tedious
The post-Civil War drama is a well-meaning botch.
- 8/17/12 /
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Seitz: The Over-the-Top Boss Still Makes Real Politics Look Rational
Season One was anything but subtle, and Two doubles down on its Boss-iness.
- 8/10/12 /
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Seitz on NBC’s Animal Practice: More Monkey, Please
The show's star doctor is the umpteenth variation on Hugh Laurie's House.
- 8/9/12 /
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Seitz on Discovery’s Shark Week: Shameless and Irresistible
Has there ever been a more effective merger of science and sensationalism?