House of Lies [Showtime, Sundays, 10/9C] paints a picture of management consultants that’s so rude, shrewd and, more than occasionally lewd that one suspects that there’s more than a little truth to their depiction.
Tag: Showtime
United States of Tara: Season Three – Left Hanging, But on a Hopeful Note!
Showtime canceled United States of Tara – the series about the dysfunctional family with the matriarch who suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder – after seeing its third season ratings plummet. This is a shame because the series was far better than the inexplicably more popular Nurse Jackie. Thus, all though it doesn’t get a proper […]
DVD: Cancer Isn’t Funny But The Big C Is!
Showtime’s relentlessly peculiar comedy The Big C is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. Centered around the character of Cathy Jamison, it is the story of how a woman diagnosed with terminal cancer [stage four melanoma] only learns how to live once she learns she’s dying.
DVD: United States of Tara: The Second Season – Things Get Weirder!
United States of Tara made quite a splash for Showtime when it premiered. It was [and is] the first television series to be built around a character who suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder [formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder]. While the Diablo Cody-created series is quirky fun in its original weekly format, the storytelling […]
Trailer: Shameless – An Unapologetic, Unconventional New Series From Showtime!
Just when you thought that Showtime couldn’t get any odder, along comes Shameless – probably the most unexpected place you’ll ever find William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum – premiering on January 9, 2011.
TELEVISION: Oscar®-Nominee Gabourey Sidibe Joins Showtime Series The Big C!
Gabourey Sidibe, Academy Award® Best Actress nominee for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, is joining the cast of Showtime’s upcoming half-hour series The Big C in a recurring role. The Big C stars multiple-award winner Laura Linney as a repressed wife and mother named Cathy who begins to reclaim her life after […]
TVonDVD: The Tudors: The Complete Third Season: Uncut Edition – Historical Fact; Devious Politics; Colorful Soap Opera!
One of Showtime’s most twisted programs is The Tudors, a historical soap opera that features even more twists and turns than a season of Dexter. That these twists and turns are, by and large, a matter of historical fact, dos not make them any less surprising [unless, of course, you’re an English History major]. The […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: Deadly Daddy Dexter’s Toughest Challenge Yet!
Television’s favorite monster, Dexter [Showtime, Sundays, 9/8C], us back and even though he’s got a new and nasty serial killer to deal with, his biggest, most ominous challenge just may be fatherhood! Season opens with, among other things, Dexter’s [Michael C. Hall] sleep deprivation causing him to screw up in court; misplace the body of […]
DVD REVIEW: The Hunger: The Complete First Season – Edgy Fun – But The Twilight Zone It’s Not!
One of the [if not the] first original series aired on Showtime, The Hunger was created by Jeff Fazio [who seems to have only done The Hunger and the first half of the mini-series Atomic Train] and executive produced by Sir Ridley Scott and his brother Tony [who directed the pilot]. It was an adult anthology […]
TELEVISION: Nurse Jackie Works a Double!
Nurse Jackie [Showtime, Mondays, 10:30/9:30C] has only just premiered and already the series, which stars Edie Falco, has been renewed for a second season! The darkly humorous series, which is centered around Falco’s “strong-willed and brilliant — but very flawed — emergency room nurse in a complicated New York City hospital,” has garnered almost universal […]
TELEVISION: Nurse Jackie Guarantees Your Recommended Daily Dose of Intelligence!
Showtime’s new series, Nurse Jackie [Mondays, 10:30/9:30C], may be even darker in tone, and more grimly hilarious than Weeds, the show it follows on the network’s Monday night summer schedule. Jackie Peyton [Edie Falco] is a dedicated nurse who is not afraid to tear a strip off a young intern who thinks too highly of […]