Archives - Becky Rosenberg
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Hidden plot lines reveal the genius of ‘Community’
Writers Dan Harmon (creator of the show) and Hilary Winston, along with Director Anthony Russo, managed to weave in a hidden plot line into last weeks episode of "Community." Read More
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An extraordinary family takes over ABC on Tuesdays
Meet the Powells. This picture-perfect family seems to have lost their footing, shaking their family to the core. Nothing brings a family together like a good plane crash in a florescent lake of superpowers. Read More
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What is NBC's 'The Event'?
NBC’s highly promoted fall addition, “The Event,” aired on Monday to high ratings. Read More
The most evil network in all of television
Exactly four years ago, and I mean exactly four years ago on Sept. 16, 2006, I embarked on what has become a four year grudge against the network that destroyed one of my all time favorite television shows. Read More
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The CT ‘Inception’ Smackdown
The consensus about this summer’s movies is that they were all sad affairs, with two glorious exceptions: The impossible-to-resist “Toy Story 3” and Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending psychological thriller “Inception.” But Willie Clark, the devoted Editor-in-Chief of the Campus Times, happened to be in the minority of people who thought “Inception” was a flat-out disappointment. This […]
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Catching up on summer television, new and old
As a self-proclaimed television addict, summer serves as my detox period with an eight week sleep away camp as the rehab center. I spent two months in which I was unable to watch even a minute of sitcom laughter, unresolved sexual tension or dramatic stress played out on the small screen in my living room. […]
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Spirit of New Orleans found amongst the rubble in 'Treme'
Let's just get this out of the way first. HBO's newest show 'Treme" is pronounced, 'truh-may," not 'trem." Much of the conversation I had leading up to this well-advertised and highly praised television show focused solely around how the hell to articulate the title.After watching the pilot of 'Treme," it is immediately clear that this […]
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Fringe' benefits from John Noble's performance
Since the premiere of 'Fringe" in the fall of 2008, John Noble broke out as the man to watch on the show. His interpretation of a man so haunted by his past he was driven to insanity was captivating. Noble immediately won the attention of the audience. Even more so, the father-son relationship between Noble's […]
A full courseload of … extracurriculars?
When I arrived back on campus this semester after winter break, I knew that I was going to be busy. I was serving on three different executive boards for three separate organizations in positions that I knew were time-eaters. 'I'll be fine," I kept telling myself. "The busier I am the better I will do." […]
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Jack Bauer's eighth all-nighter will be his last
After eight excruciatingly long days, it seems that Jack Bauer can finally retire. Mondays on Fox will no longer be marked by the whispers and yells of Bauer, nor will they consist of speculation as to who is the mole in the office. On Friday, March 26, Fox announced that after eight successful seasons, the […]
