Lots of nice New Jersey folks are reading Sex and the City and Us over the summer in Burlington County, and I’ll be stopping by the Pemberton Community Library to talk about it and sign books over cupcakes at mocktails at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10.
“The Lars Affair” marks a transition point for The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The first episode of the fourth season introduces the legendary Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens, the Happy Homemaker (who is also a happy homewrecker and a proto-Martha Stewart boss...
“The Contest” is Peak Seinfeld. It’s flawless. It’s the rare time when all four characters share one overarching storyline (though each is on his or her own unique journey through it, as ever). This has everything a classic Seinfeld has:...
The writers and producers of Seinfeld knew they’d reached a turning point in the show when they made “The Junior Mint,” the 20th episode of season 4. They’d gone from a show no one watched to a show everyone watched in earlier seasons; with...
I’m blogging the best episodes of the shows I’ve written books about—The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Seinfeld—since they’re both available in their entirety for streaming on Hulu. Seinfeld is a surprisingly slow starter that doesn’t hit its...
Now that you can watch all of The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Hulu, I’ll occasionally be sharing some of my favorites here, in case you want to skip around to some of the highlights or want a prompt for a rewatch. If you do watch on Hulu, you’re likely to...
