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Television Archive
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Geek TV Review: American Dad Season 8, Episode 2
Posted on October 12, 2012 | No CommentsIn this, the second episode of the eighth season, American Dad picks up right where it left off in the humor department. The entire Smith family (sans Klaus) goes on vacation, and Jeff, Hailey, and Francine have their own hopes as to what this vacation... -
Geek TV Review: Family Guy Season 11, Episode 2
Posted on October 10, 2012 | No CommentsIn this episode, the second of the season, the Griffins find themselves being chosen to be a Nielsen family. That is, a family that gets to have their television watching habits tracked in the name of the all important ratings war. Predictably, Peter goes a... -
The Fabricate – The Race
Posted on October 9, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s a heated race, and it looks like all eyes are on Ohio as the presidential campaign begins to wind down in these final weeks. Just 27 days until we cast those votes if we haven’t cast them already. The President has taken a huge... -
Geek TV Review: Supernatural Season 8 Premiere
Posted on October 4, 2012 | No CommentsSeason eight of Supernatural debuted last night on the CW. Seeing as that over the past eight years we’ve seen Sam and Dean Winchester separated and reunited over and over again, this premiere was similar to those others. After being dumped in purgatory during last... -
Geek TV Review: American Dad Season 8 Premiere
Posted on October 3, 2012 | No CommentsIn the season premiere of American Dad, Roger opens up bar in the attic of the Smith home. When it fails miserably, he hires Hailey, whom he overhears singing in the shower, to sing in it. The town falls in love with Hailey, and roger’s... -
Geek TV Review: Family Guy Season 11 Premiere
Posted on October 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsWhy would a family eat a human before a dog? Certainly this question raises many more, some ethical, some logical. This is the conundrum that the Griffin family confronts in the season premiere of Family Guy. In an attempt to outdo the family of one... -
Geek TV: Dexter Season 7 Premier
Posted on October 1, 2012 | No CommentsWARNING: Spoilers! Dexter says hello with a fire, a couple of murders and unpleasant foreshadowing. We had to open with some tragedy –always, right?—and some reminders of who was creepy and who was not last season, but over all the 50-something minutes of Dexter put... -
Geekend Review
Posted on September 30, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s Sunday September 30th and time for another Geekend Review. Big week for TV, Dexter, Homeland, Elementary, and ABC’s Once Upon A Time premiered this week. The iPhone continues to have problems with it’s launch. And the new sci fi thriller Looper starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt... -
Geek TV Review – Doctor Who Mid-Season Finale
Posted on September 30, 2012 | No CommentsWell, it’s been a long time coming. Amelia Williams (Pond) and Rory Williams (Pond) who have been the longest running companions since the Who revival have said their goodbyes and opened the door for the next companion. Last night wasn’t just the Ponds final episode... -
Geek TV Review: Revolution Series Premiere
Posted on September 18, 2012 | No CommentsRevolution, NBC’s new post-apocalyptic drama premiered Monday night. 15 years after a mysterious incident has caused all electricity as well as working machinery such as vehicles to shut down, we find a world learning to live without. The government as we know it has fallen... -
Geekend Review
Posted on September 16, 2012 | No CommentsSunday, September 16th, 2012. and these are your top stories. There’s been a lot circling the wagons as fall TV slides into place, the iPhone 5 shakes it up like some sort of outdated instant photograph (that I argue still has a very valid place... -
Top 8 Most Anticipated Returning TV Shows This Fall
Posted on September 14, 2012 | 2 CommentsThis week’s list is in honor of the upcoming fall television season. We will be looking at my top eight returning shows. I’m just going to focus on returning television shows and leave the new original programming for another day, another list. Some of the... -
Geek TV Review- Sons of Anarchy
Posted on September 12, 2012 | No CommentsLast night on 9/11 the first major fall show premiered. Sons of Anarchy has been making us wait with… maybe bated breath, last season was okay. The complications with gangs and cartels and power struggles may be becoming a tad too complex and I have... -
Geek TV Review- Doctor Who season 7 premiere
Posted on September 2, 2012 | 3 CommentsWarning: I’m going to discuss the plot. There are going to be many spoilers. So watch the episode, then read this. If you are anything like me, you have been waiting for tonight for a long time. Steven Moffat and crew left us longing for... -
Eight Most Iconic Doctor Who Characters
Posted on September 1, 2012 | No CommentsIn a few hours Doctor Who will begin one more trip through the time vortex. Or maybe it’s only been one trip and we’re just seeing it from different sides, realities, points in space/time. Any way you slice it, Tardis blue will be spinning across... -
Top 8 Cosplays: Wizard World Chicago 2012
Posted on August 21, 2012 | No CommentsThere were a ton of excellent cosplays this year, I had to narrow it down to only 8, so if you want to see the rest check out our coverage! Here they are the top 8 costumes of WWC 2012! 8) 7) 6)... -
Geek TV Review: Grimm, Season 2
Posted on August 14, 2012 | No CommentsThe new season of Grimm premiered last night, much to my surprise. I thought I had to until September? Or at least until the end of the month, like with every other normal show on television. I won’t complain, I was missing Monroe the wolf... -
Geek Panel With Sam Trammell
Posted on August 11, 2012 | No CommentsI was lucky enough to moderate a panel this year at Wizard World Chicago, below is the audio file of the panel. Listen to it and let me know what I should do for next year. There is audio from the panel itself at the... -
Geeks on Sports: London Olympics 2012 – Cycling – Mountain Bike
Posted on August 10, 2012 | No CommentsEvent Dates: Saturday August 11 – Sunday August 12 Medal Events: 2 Athletes: 80 (50 men / 30 women) Geeks on Sports previewer Tim Blacksmith here today to tell you all about Cycling – Mountain Bike, a sport designed to let anarchists living... -
Geek Out On Star Trek with Ray
Posted on August 7, 2012 | 1 Comment“To boldly go where no one has gone before…” It has been far too long since those words have been uttered through the speakers of a television. With a family crowded around it, waiting in hushed anticipation of what new worlds and which new civilizations...