To commemorate the 500th episode of The Simpsons airing on February 19th, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment held The Simpsons Marathon Challenge in the heart of Hollywood at the Hollywood and Highland complex. 100 die hard Simpsons fans were put to the test to attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records feat of over 86 hours […]
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Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 7): The Simpsons Marathon Challenge
February 10th, 2012 
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Part Two of Can Any Show Survive Jumping the Shark?
January 21st, 2012 Geoffrey Geib Friday Night Lights had two small weaknesses throughout the course of its five-year run. The first was a tendency to devolve into melodrama and the other was its somewhat understandable yet pathological need to end nearly every episode with an improbable last minute victory for the good guys.
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Can Any Show Survive Jumping the Shark?
January 15th, 2012 Geoffrey Geib Jumping the shark is the ultimate death knell for any television show, the surefire, single-phrase description that lets everyone know the expiration date on the milk carton has come and gone. For those few who don’t instantly recognize the phrase, it was born decades ago from Happy Days when Fonzie was on waterskis and literally […]
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I See Dead People
October 31st, 2011 Geoffrey Geib I promise this is not about baseball. For those who have zero interest in sports, please bear with me for four sentences. Middle relief pitchers are undervalued. There is this absurd belief that the ninth inning is somehow more important than the sixth, when in reality the question of whether to use your best pitcher […]
GLEE Season 3 Update with Actor Josh Sussman
October 28th, 2011 Beyond the Marquee After a month-long break leading up to sweeps, Glee is back! New Directions is well on their way to regionals, and two political races are heating up: Sue for Congress and Kurt, Brittany, and Rachel for class president. Viewers can’t wait to see what other twists will be sent their way this season. But is […]
