I'm happy to see writer Richard Kramer—a Herskovitz/Zwick regular on thirtysomething and Once and Again, is listed as a producer and so, I assume, is on the writing team. Not only is he responsible for the groundbreaking gay storyline on thirtysomething (two men in bed together!) but can also be a very funny writer,…

In the past—at least the past couple of seasons—their relationship has endlessly been that either Scarlett or Gunner realizes that the other actually still loves them, they get back together, fight, one of them (usually Gunner) cheats with the just introduced female character, they break up but for some reason have to…

Completely agreed. Nashville's relationship fights/dialogue in the past have gone in circles and never delved into any issues so I was glad that they finally seem to be addressing the real issues and it feels organic. The fact that the reviewer didn't feel this way at all baffles me (and makes me think she was was…

She used to love Nashville and I agree with her that it became a mess. But this review seems to read like she hates thirtysomething (which I am not sure she even watched and hated or just heard from people who disliked it and decided she did too) and then decided that would mean she'd hate their take on Nashville.…

Then why did you hate their material here so much? It was obvious the writers wanted their endless, repetitive storyline to finally progress. They finally addressed why the relationship was never working and now can move on to (hopefully) new types of stories for the couple. That seemed obvious by Scarlett finally…

I will say, whether one thinks it works or not, a lot of the Rayna/Deacon dialogue was reminiscent of Lily and Sam on O and A

Wow. I feel like I'll get clobbered for saying this, but I completely disagree with this review (except that it was a little too one note heavy but the show has been that way for years, and at least now there was some humour and sparkle to the dialogue).

And it never even got a third season DVD release! I am a huge Herskovitz/Zwick fan (I even found stuff to like in their web mess, quarterlife though that was rough). Once and Again had a nice tie in with thirtysomething by featuring boss from hell Miles Dentrall.

Though more of a (lame) hour long family drama, I always thought, Eight is Enough used to have a laugh track—for at least some of its seasons. I can't think of another hour long show that does.

You mean in the English marketplace, I hope? Cuz otherwise, umm…

ALso, while they have been extremely slow to do so, their commitment to finally release the classic manga by Moto Hagio (perhaps one of the most awarded manga-kas ever in Japan but, due to the manga marketplace here, a woman no one had any interest in) is a huge point in their favour for me. (It was instigated by an…

Yeah that kinda shocked me… I mean it wasn't as easy as saying they enter through a wardrobe, but the lamp post seemed like a dead give away to me…

I understand that he tried to remedy this by having more female characters in the 1990s (?) book of short side stories to Watership he did (but I've not read).

An indie film that cost 130 million?

It's my fave show—flaws and all—of the past five years, but… I have a hard time committing to the fact that anyone who dislikes it just doesn't understand it. I think Lord of the Rings (to choose something off the top of my head) is probably a great series, but it's simply not for me (I've tried—books and…

It really is. I didn't have the trouble getting into it from the get go that so many seem to have—but a good chunk of the people I've recommended it to just can barely get past the opening credits—so I've given up trying.

Odd—I remember as a fan being anxious about it being renewed as well. I'll buy that it was renewed earlier than the announcement, but it didn't seem to get the same "renewed before it even starts" thing most Netflix shows do. I assumed that was because it was expensive and time consuming to film (they certainly took…

I love the book (but prefer Plague Dogs) but one thing that struck me about re-reading it… Yes, it's somewhat based on his own war experiences, but considering it started as stories he would tell his daughters—there isn't really any great representation of female bunnies…

Some good picks and some I disagree on—no shock. But I think it should be pointed out that contrary to what is said in the article, And this takes nothing away from his delightful performance in Good Place, but Ted Dansen has played an extremely, stylistically similar role on a tv comedy before—on HBO's Bored to…

The good soaps—and I realize that that's a subjective idea—mixed the over the top, sensational aspects with the personal drama, like sensation novels did.