Resurrected: Season 5 brings new life to ‘The Walking Dead’
The Walking Dead is a show that works best when the characters are on the move, and there is a clear objective. So far, season five has given us both.
Laughs tracked: Fall TV sitcom roundup
With the fall television season well underway, it’s time to pick some of this year’s winners and losers. Here are my quick-hit reviews of five of this fall’s new sitcoms.
Family fugue: The music of ‘Bob’s Burgers’
Part of what makes Bob’s Burgers such a great show is its ability to deliver funny, clever, and surprisingly good original music nearly every week. From silly riffs about Linda’s search for Harry Truman or Gene’s fear of snakes, to full-blown musical numbers like Gene’s ode to Thomas Edison “Electric Love.”
All right! — ‘Bob’s Burgers’ is still a treat
The animated sitcom has long inhabited a categorical limbo with American television audiences. Many will easily dismiss all cartoons as inherently childish. Such viewers are seemingly unable to suspend their disbelief that animation can be for grownups, too.
Identity crisis: Can ‘Gotham’ fly without Batman?
Two episodes in, and it’s still unclear exactly what Fox’s Gotham wants to be. A Batman prequel? A police procedural set in a comic book universe? A gritty character drama? Ultimately, it’s all those things, without doing any one of them particularly well.
The Plaid Crew 