• January 4, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Television

I remember being a kid in the 70s and hearing the all-too-familiar opening credits of the now-classic epic PBS series Upstairs, Downstairs drift up from the basement rec room...

• January 4, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Television

It has been great fun to watch friends and family become obsessed with Downton Abbey. When was the last time we all enjoyed such a guilty pleasure TV show...

• December 14, 2012
• At Home, Drama, Television

I heart the Shout! Factory DVD label. Like Criterion, they are making a name for themselves by putting out carefully thought-out DVD releases of, in their case, TV shows...

• November 23, 2012
• At Home, Drama, Television

The series opens deliciously, with the ironing of the daily newspaper, and the delivering of a telegram. It is 1912, and the breaking news is that a certain unsinkable...

• November 19, 2012
• At Home, Drama, Television

This five-part period drama is based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. The cast includes the likes of Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, Sir Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton,...

• October 5, 2012
• At Home, Comedy, Television

Our favorite boozy broads, fresh from the Olympics, are back for some 20th anniversary specials, showing that things have changed… not so much. First up is “Identity,” where Eddy’s...

• September 26, 2012
• Animation, At Home, Comedy, Television

If you grew up watching Tom and Jerry endlessly trying to kill and/or annoy one another, you have a pretty good idea of what’s in store with Tom and...

• September 26, 2012
• At Home, Drama, Television, War

In a gentleman’s war, one or the more baffling etiquettes is that soldiers are required to offer aid an assistance to the victims that they themselves tried to kill....

• September 26, 2012
• At Home, Drama, Television, War

If you are a fan of John Jakes, old school TV miniseries, Revolution Era America, or TV stars of the ’70s and ’80s, The Kent Chronicles are going to...

• September 24, 2012
• At Home, Drama, Television

One of the biggest surprises of the 2011-2012 season was the debut of the old-school deliciously wicked soap Revenge. Just like the beautiful people of Melrose Place offering a...

• September 23, 2012
• At Home, Documentary, Television

In this BBC series, we meet such critters as Spinosaurus, the largest dinosaur predator ever to have walked the Earth. With his spiny back and strong jaws, Spinosaurus was...

• September 23, 2012
• Adventure, At Home, Drama, Fantasy, Television

The town of Storybrooke, Maine is like any town. People have real jobs, do everyday things, and have pretty boring lives. But a little boy named Henry (Jared Gilmore),...