Reviewer discretion: The Best TV of 2014
It’s that time of year. That magical time when we look back on a year of television and pass judgment one last time. What did we love? What did we hate? What did we want to set on fire?
Jeers in review: The worst comedy on TV in 2014
A look back on all the ways TV let us down this year.
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.
The Plaid Crew 