By Frank on August 16, 2010
As hot and humid summer days give way to slightly less hot and humid days (for which I am grateful that some geek came up with the invention of air conditioning), my thoughts turn to the return of fall TV. Now with the advent of streaming video int he past couple years, watching tv seems [...]
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By Frank on June 8, 2010
If you haven’t watched Glee, you’ll probably be confuzzled about this entry but hey – positive writing covers both general and specific subjects. You’d better watch the series if you haven’t! So Fox’s Glee comes to a season’s end tonight, and with another set of storylines from the back 9 episodes coming to a close, [...]
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By Frank on April 9, 2010
Come Tuesday, there’s going to be more than one kind of glee coming back into my life. When you’re an eternal optimist like me, that’s pretty hard, you know? But yes – I’m referring to the fact that my own personal enjoyment is going to be raised when one of my favorite TV shows of [...]
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By Frank on March 1, 2010
So today my good friend and fellow Gleek Kristen sends me an uplifting link on a dreary Monday – the news that the cast of Glee is going on tour very briefly to hit four cities – with right here in Chicago being among the lucky places. Am I excited to see one of my [...]
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By Frank on December 14, 2009
The holiday season is upon us, and with it, the requisite holiday stress. Still, there’s nothing like a good song and a feelgood moment to warm the heart, however briefly. And there’s no other show that does that quite as well right now as Glee. Even if you’ve never seen the show, this ending to [...]
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By Frank on December 10, 2009
Last night was the mid-season finale of Glee, Fox’s neato high school dark comedy hit of the fall. Usually, when it comes to these things, some finales fall a little flat, others leave on too much of a cliffhanger or too little of a suspenseful note, but Glee managed to deliver in spades, ending their [...]
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By Frank on December 5, 2009
I suppose it’s only appropriate that I post from my BlackBerry when Fox hit Glee is going to be hitting the road next week in their season finale. The motley crew of cool kids and misfits will take to the stage in sectionals to try and prove their worth. The mark of a good show [...]
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By Frank on November 14, 2009
This week’s episode of Glee on Fox was a great one for Gleeks like me, for a variety of reasons, notwithstanding the dueling vocals of Chris Colfer and Lea Michele’s rendition of Wicked‘s “Defying Gravity”. The main reason, however, was a sense of an uncomfortable feeling that stemmed from seeing characters who were not considered [...]
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By Frank on October 22, 2009
Fox seems to be bringing the noise lately with shows that break the norm. Sci-fi series Fringe and Dollhouse are garnering attention with their respective takes on the supernatural and dystopian, mind-range titles like Lie to Me and Mental delve into human psychology and powerhouses like House M.D. continue to deliver in their character-based formulae. [...]
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