Archives - Becky Rosenberg
Cowboy roams the 21st cenutry in FX's 'Justified'
Two cowboys circle one another. A gun rests silently in each man's holster. The brim of each man's hat shadows his face. A tumbleweed blows by. The tension mounts. And finally a shot echoes into the air as one man falls to the ground.Now this may not be exactly how Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens […]
A week in the life of a television writer
Run. The word echoed around me from all directions. It was a big bright red neon flashing sign blocking all paths forward. That's the word my cousin Lynne, a writer for the television business, dreamed of the night before her script was sent into the twilight zone of television. Run.I arrived in Los Angeles, Ca. […]
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Families come together in 'Parenthood' Pilot
Several times throughout the year, my family gets together for the holidays to enjoy the craziness that large family get-togethers seem to bring. There is 'drama" among the adults, tantrums from the children, and my sister and I always get stuck between the kids and adults not quite sure which end of the spectrum we […]
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an irritating TV show
As a television addict that prides herself on watching only quality shows, I think it's time to admit that not everything I watch is up to the high standard that I hold most shows to.This became quite apparent after watching what I believe was an hour of the worst television I have ever sat through. […]
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Ambition of 'Caprica' fails to reel in large audience
I've never been anti-sci-fi. I was never gung ho about the space ships. I'm not a Trekki, and I don't watch 'Star Wars" on repeat. I'm just your average science fiction fan who likes 'Back to the Future" and 'Blade Runner" just as much as the next person.Sometime in the years of my youth, when […]
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"Life Unexpected" adds an edge to the CW lineup
Television has an innate nature to repeat itself. In the past five years or so, shows have sprung out of the seeds planted by older, successful shows of the same genre. Case in point: 'Flash Forward" has been trying to monopolize, with some minor success, on the fan base that 'Lost" generated through its mythology-oriented […]
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?Lost? premiere balances mythology and characters
BEWARE OF SPOILERS. If you haven't yet watched the season six premiere of 'Lost" (which you really should), do not continue. You've been warned.Flashbacks. Check. Flash forwards. That's right. Time travel. No, I'm not kidding. And just when you thought that Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the masterminds behind 'Lost," had showed you all the […]
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Chuck" ends its hiatus with a return to greatness
After nearly seven months that included torment, harassment of NBC and subway sandwich eating followed by excruciating anticipation, on Sunday Jan. 10th, Chuck, Sarah, Casey and the citizens of BuyMoria returned to the airwaves with an awesome bang. Many people were concerned that with the upgraded intersect 2.0, which gave Chuck new kung fu powers, […]
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Best arts of the decade: Television
One decade ago I was 10 years old. If you had asked me what my favorite television show was, I would have probably told you 'Full House' or 'Boy Meets World' or even 'Seventh Heaven.' I was too young to understand the brilliance of shows like 'The Wire' or 'The Sopranos.' Now this does not […]
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"Greek" is more than just a guilty pleasure
Guilty pleasure television is as available on a daily basis as the blue handicapped buttons are accessible on the River Campus. In other words, very, very available. They are the shows that play in repeat on the Soap network. It's the reality series that have taken over the world with their mind-draining super powers. Even […]
