At the risk of sounding like the biggest cliche of a Westminster journalist ever, this question reminds me of a quote from the West Wing, where President Bartlet says social security (aka pensions and benefits) is the "third rail of American politics. Touch ...
Watched all of Boston Legal and need more? This list of TV shows and movies like Boston Legal not only offer all the same good stuff you love but they're ...
Thus far, there have been no talks of any reunions. Several cast and crewmembers went on to work on Sorkin’s short-lived seriesStudio 60 on the Sunset Stripand the show contained several indirect references toWest Wing. The season one finales of both shows (like Sorkin’sSports Nightbefor...
Like today’s reality shows, the Nelsons played themselves and ad-libbed a certain amount, but there were still scripts that shaped each episode and you always suspected that when the cameras stopped rolling there was a side to this TV family that you never saw. I mean, name two siblings ...
Part of the genius ofCurb Your Enthusiasmis that it's impossible to tell where the real Larry David ends and the fictional David begins. After all, this is a man who used to go out on stage for stand-up shows, peer at the audience and then walk off if he didn't like the look of...
no one outside the main characters recognizes “POTUS” as an acronym for “President of the United States”, something that is far more familiar to the general public nowadays, in the wake of constant internet and TV news coverage, as well as shows like Scandal, 24 and, The West Wing....
butThe West Wingremained one of the most intelligent shows on television throughout its run and a comforting image of what a more benevolent White House could look like. In good news for UK viewers, the entire run is now available on All4 – see the link below. Finding yourself obsessed ...
I always WANT to like the movies and shows I see in the trailers, but as with some things in life, sometimes I am disappointed, and I can’t do anything about that but try to reclaim my time. I am not one of those Type A personalities that needs to finish something I started thoug...
Recent additions like Downton Abbey feature a large cast of seniors while classics like Matlock were filmed well into the actors' early seventies. In short, there's a decent list of shows about older people—and you can find the best of them here. It's not all retirement v...
I dipped in and out of it later but never really got back into it but my memory of the show was the same as generally accepted wisdom that it is one of the great shows. So, I was a little surprised then to find that the first season was actually a very simplistic show that never...