TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...is Cheryl Hines, who plays Larry David's wife on Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO), Gilmore Girls' Kelly Bishop, and Scrubs'..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Luv Doc: The Via Dolorosa

When is it acceptable to use the L word?

"...probably feeling like this guy is blowing smoke up your ass is that he hasn't really walked the walk...."

Dec. 15, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Attaboy!

Adequate is an adjective that has never inspired anyone in any way ever

"...successful and well-adjusted, wonderful daughters. However, as in all your letters, there is just this one thing: When I..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Not Coming to a Network Near You

Q&A with ATX panelist & 'NTSF:SD:SUV' star Paul Scheer

"...Paul Scheer: The show is improvised kind of like Curb Your Enthusiasm. So we just have a very solid..."

May 29, 2012 Screens Post by Leah Churner

TV Eye

The presidential debates are coming, and so are the Emmys

"...Kessler, and Daniel Zelman; Mad Men, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," written by Matthew Weiner; Mad Men, "The Wheel,"..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Cable Guy: Paul Scheer

We get in 'League' with Paul Scheer

"...fourth season in the fall. Created by Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm writer/director/producer Jeff Schaffer and wife Jackie Marcus..."

June 1, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Confessions of a Mind on Overdrive

Troy Dillinger has so much to give

"...to start Save Austin Music with an almost religious enthusiasm...."

Feb. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Luv Doc: His Blessing

It's hard to be worthy of someone's daughter

"...I really love my girlfriend and we are thinking..."

April 22, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Both Sides Going for Her

Inside Amy Schumer, there's still plenty of teenage girl, but there's also a highly focused comic

"...reviews. Additionally, Schumer has moonlighted as an actress on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Delocated, Louie, HBO's Girls, and the Steve..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

TV Eye

I could offer the usual list of Halloween fare. Instead, I offer a list of good scary and bad scary things on the small screen.

"...Whether you prefer your Halloween full of peek-a-boo-natured fun or mired in R-rated..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Will MTV's new "Fight for Your Rights" campaign against hate crimes call into question their longstanding promotion of rapper Eminem? Also, seats for sale on Politically Incorrect and fallout from this year's television top 10s.

"...the power of hate, MTV launched its "Fight for Your Rights" campaign. The first of these efforts was Wednesday..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

HBO Gets Intimate

"...you only interested in the sex, let me satisfy your curiosity: There is plenty of sex, particularly in the..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two: Return of the Independents

'SXSW Presents,' season three

"...work. This is not like being forced to eat your spinach (now more than ever)...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Louis Black

TV Eye

Just before I threw out her TV (or at least thought about it), I looked back at television in 2004

"...so funny and off-center, it hurts.Some Reasons to Trash Your TV..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Review: Doctuh Mistuh’s Lizzie: The Musical

America’s most infamous axe murderer gets a riot grrrl makeover

"...Hollingsworth finds laughs in awkward glances and in the Curb Your Enthusiasm panic of “What the F**k Now, Lizzie?!”..."

July 18, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX TV Festival Rides Again With Justified: City Primeval

Outlander, Dawson's Creek added to season 12

"...If that wasn't enough, break out your sporran for World Outlander Day on June 1, with..."

April 3, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What’cha Watchin’?

Laughter is a restorative: Graphic Designer Zeke Barbaro on his favorite stupid shit to watch

"...Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) The new season is as excruciatingly..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Screens Column

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...Or a multi-camera sitcom about horror films, depending on your perspective. Green and Lynch are obsessives about gore movies,..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Amuse-Bouche

A taste of the Austin Film Festival

"...the festival dates circled in big red marker on your day planner. Badges are still available to the conference,..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Few Issues

"...The Wire, Deadwood, The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lost, The Larry Sanders Show, The Office..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

Tenacious Kiwi

"...Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie aren't your typical TV buddies. Think of the brother/pals on CW's..."

June 15, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

TBS tries to be funny

"...Like The Office, Reno 911!, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and other loosely scripted series, 10 Items..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TO: America; FROM: The BBC

Subject: FWD: 'The Office' on DVD

"...Maybe you've heard rumors of the impending message among your erudite, intelligent, and amusing tribe and have braced yourself..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

TV Eye

Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?

"...Larry David will reprise his HBO special Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, this time spinning the special into 10..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

It's Real and It's Spectacular: Seinfeld Stars To Raise Funds for Texas Dems

Any-size donation gets you in the (virtual) door Friday

"...In their first time to reunite since David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm meta-reunion in 2009, the cast members are..."

Oct. 21, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

SXSW Episodic Pilots Find a Home on Vimeo

Watch a selection of the new shows right here

"...from Ben Kawaller, which is described as "a gay Curb Your Enthusiasm with a Girls-esque pathos." There are also..."

April 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy: Talk Show the Game Show

Guy Branum’s brainchild yields real laughs and real conflict

"...provided judging on points, and series producer Wanda Sykes (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wanda Sykes Show) provided artistic commentary..."

March 12, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...Montreal's favorite genre fest last year. Imagine a Croatian Curb Your Enthusiasm, but instead of awkward bourgeois pre-dinner silences,..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Moontower Review: Wanda Sykes

The uproarious Sykes' return to Moontower was, um, double the fun

"...a comedy team and channel their contentious dynamic in Curb Your Enthusiasm to give the greatest gift of all,..."

April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

HBO My

Premium cable network struts its stuff with three premieres this weekend

"...traces of the amoral bleakness of an Entourage or Curb Your Enthusiasm (no surprise, since Judge's co-producer is longtime..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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