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What’s Wrong (and Right?) with Power Rangers Samurai?
With Power Rangers Samurai finally returning with new episodes (for better or worse) this weekend, let’s take a look at the series highlights (and plenty of lowlights) so far, and why the season has...
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I Love Lucy – Timeless
It’ll be 60 years ago this week that one of the best, most groundbreaking television series premiered. This year also marks what would be the 100th birthday of one of the single most talented...
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The 10th Kingdom – A True Television Epic
With both ABC and NBC premiering their contemporary takes on the fairy tale this week, it has made me reminisce about NBC’s own such attempt 11 years ago. The 10th Kingdom was the classic definition of...
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Review: NBC’s Ambitious 17th Precinct and Why Grimm Got the Call Instead
NBC had two very intriguing series in development at this time last year; two series with interesting new takes on the crime procedural. But come May, only one was picked up to series. And Ronald D....
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Appreciation: A Long Time Coming for Erich Gonzales
Erich Gonzales won the 2nd season of ABS-CBN’s Star Circle Quest in 2005. She waited and waited for her big break, watching as other, newer “stars” with considerably less talent come and swoop in to...
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I’m Going to Miss American Television!
Will Power Rangers (Super) Samurai ever end? What’ll be the big cliffhanger on Grimm? Will the Winchester Bros (please) get rid of Dick and his Leviannoying betheren? I’m going to have to wait until...
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Appreciation: NBC’s American Dreams – Ahead of Its Time
In 2002, NBC premiered a new series that was ahead of its time. A case can easily be made that American Dreams was a precursor for the critically acclaimed Friday Night Lights (also on the peacock)....
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My Power Rangers Story – How Wild Force Made Me a Fan Again
Watching Hikounin Sentai Akibranger made me think about my own otaku-ness. I’m a 25 year old fan of Power Rangers. Some people would think one would be embarrassed to admit that, but I’m not. Like any...
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How I Got Caught in the Korean Wave – An Appreciation for Lovers in Paris and...
Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, is at a peak these days and only continues growing. Korean music and drama are attracting fans, not only out of Korea or even Asia, but all over the world. Fans from all...
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Clear Eyes, Full Hearts – How Friday Night Lights and Works of Fiction Can...
It’s been over a year now that Coach and Mrs. Taylor walked off the field on NBC’s Friday Night Lights. But for fans, the show continues to live on with fond memories of five seasons (well, maybe...
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It’s Not Always More Fun in the Philippines, Especially When It Comes to...
Lack of ideas. Wanting to Filipino-ize a good story. Just part of buying the rights to air the original. Whatever the reason, both ABS-CBN and GMA have increasingly adapted foreign dramas for Filipino...
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Off to the Philippines (and an Internets-Less Provincial World!)
It’s that time of year again! My family and I are flying to the Philippines. And that means I’m going to not only be internets-less, but I’m going to be missing some big TV in the next month while I’m...
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So What’s the Big Deal About Power Rangers RPM?
You have to be a die-hard Power Rangers fan to know a season called RPM even existed. Even (so-called) fans never heard of it. But for a season that was meant to be Power Rangers‘ last gasp and a...
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My (Awesome!) Year Without Filipino Television
There is no doubt ABS-CBN’s The Filipino Channel has become a major part of the lives of Filipinos around the world. TFC as well as GMA’s Pinoy TV and the newly launched Kapatid TV5, have become ways...
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What Disney Did Right with the Power Rangers
Hindsight is 20/20. That’s why I do Hindsight Reviews. What you thought at first may not be what you think weeks or months later. After two and a half years of the the 2nd Saban Era of Power Rangers,...
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Remembering Maria Flordeluna and a Time When Being a “Kapamilya” Meant...
So, apparently ABS-CBN Interactive, Inc. flagged one of my 25 clips of the great series Maria Flordeluna and now I have a copyright strike. Only that one video, mind you. The other 25 videos are, well,...
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From Wowowee to Wowowillie – The End of an Era on Philippine Television… Again
It’s like déjà vu. Three years after Wowowee was unceremoniously killed on live television by ABS-CBN, here we are again as another Willie Revillame-hosted noontime show is set to go off the air....
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International Versions Prove The Amazing Race Can Still Be Amazing
For the last few seasons, many dedicated fans of The Amazing Race have voiced their concerns and opinions that the show was losing its luster. Casting has been poor, tasks uninspired, Legs horribly...
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Commentary: On Amit Bhaumik’s Power Rangers Samurai – What Could Have Been
^shogun86 on deviantART Back when Power Rangers was on its deathbed, fans were thinking that maybe part of the reason was Disney just didn’t want to go through the trouble of adapting the...
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Why Can’t We Have Amazing Race International All-Stars Instead?
So CBS and Bert & Co. actually mustered up the courage (or more bluntly, had the gall) to call TAR24 The Amazing Race All-Stars. That is absolutely hilarious and very sad at the same time. If you...
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