They had a good syndication deal with WGN America. However, Elementary's syndicated ratings were such a disaster that WGN notoriously lost millions and millions on the deal, reportedly icing their relationship with CBS. (Why anyone thought the show would be a ratings hit in syndication considering its struggling first…

Cerusee, I find your posts here offensive to those with mental illness. You call her caretakers "abusive" with zero evidence. There already have been people without a financial incentive who has looked at Britney's conversatorship over and over again - they're called judges. And unlike Internet strangers (or the Times…

I don't think most AVClubbers hatewatch the show either. The S3 AV Club episodes were mostly terrible on several fronts, like that the reviewer missed crucial parts of the episodes, seemed ignorant of who's involved in the show, used them as a forum to grind personal axes, etc. and she got pretty big backlash in the…

Why is it "sad" that Murder, She Wrote, a well done procedural, does mysteries better than Sherlock, which is NOT a procedural? That's like saying, "The X-Files does atmospheric horror stories about paranormal events better than The West Wing, and that is sad."

I agree.

It's almost as if a vocal segment of AVClubbers pride themselves on being contrarian about even critically acclaimed works once they become popular with a mainstream audience, and instead feel the only validity should be bestowed upon things with a niche audience, like low-rated sitcoms set in community colleges…

Sherlock is not remotely a "hatewatch" show. S3 made it the #1 rated show of 2014 in Britain, and the highest rated drama series in the country since 2001. S3 in the U.S. netted 13.5 million total viewers for PBS.

Make fun if you will, but Susan Lucci's 1999 Emmy win is one of the greatest awards show moments in history.

This is an interesting casting choice, so it's a shame that I don't have much confidence in either the director (who before this has been only a producer, of middling films at that) or the production team (including Brett Ratner).

I think McCartney has as many demons as anyone else, but he's maybe the only rock star who also a huge streak of the old showbiz tradition in his soul. He talks a lot about actively aspiring to be a craftsman and about wanting to please an audience and make people happy, which is the kiss of death for many people in…

YES. Run Devil Run is an unheralded gem. I guess because it's a covers album, it never gets much attention, but it's one of my favorites. "Lonesome Town" is maybe the best McCartney vocal performance ever. I remember a critic at the time saying that Paul "sings that song as if his heart is peeling," and it's true.…

While I can't find much to disagree with in Todd's review, I liked season one better than season two. I think S2 felt too much like spinning in its wheels in a lot of places. While some of the stories worked (Rosa's, Morello's, Poussey's) some felt try-hard (Soso, the ex-nun). And it seems to me that the series has a…

I assumed that Chaz with his wife when Pearl and the sheriff were killed. Since his wife believes that he's a murderous cheater who ruined their son's life, she seems unlikely to do any favors and confirm his alibi.

Also interesting: Elementary is staying put. The show has been softer than CBS would like, but it still does well, and it should perk up a bit without Scandal in the timeslot.

Otherwise known as Scottish.

And yet once again, critics ignore Elementary's major problem: female characters. There's been absolutely outcry over the fact that in turning Watson into a woman, she was stripped of her war service, a criucial compenent to any Watson (and one which, unlike Handlen's claim, is a huge facet of John Watson's character…

God bless you, jlk7e. You said it much better and nicer than I have because honestly this issue annoys me so fucking much. I get that Moffat is showrunner of Doctor Who and that means he has a big bullseye on his back, but to shove aside the person who doesn't have the high profile gig but is (by the accounts of…

Because in her review, Genevieve mentioned Moffat 15 times as the sole creative decision-maker and ignored everyone else, including people like the writer and director, who actually made the decisions she finds so much fault with. It begs the question as to whether she really found fault creatively with those things,…

Yes. Because I've actually heard them speak about their jobs and I also know the difference between a producer and a writer. Vertue has said her input into her husband's scripts consist of 1) making sure he has them in on time, and 2) going over them to tell him which things he wants are feasible within the show's…

Of course he's familiar with what goes on. But the point still stands that Mark Gatiss is the showrunner. He's the one on set every day making the creative decisions, which is what a showrunner does. Sue Vertue is on set every day of filming making the production decisions. Moffat is not joking when he says he hardly…