Pandora's Longbox

Mrs. Speculator and I try to follow one simple rule when evaluating new TV shows—we give the show four episodes to sell us and then discuss ...

Earlier, I posted my short review of the wonderful series, Prophets of Science Fiction , broadcasting on Science Chanel ( http://perrynomasi...

I probably should have brought this to readers' attention before now, but the third episode of this series on the Science Channel convin...

(there's going to be spoilers in here; proceed at your own risk) Not too long ago, I wrote a little about a novel by Hideki Murakami en...

In 1987, ABC announced that it would show a drama series based on Max Headroom, the suddenly ubiquitous spokesicon for Coca-Cola products. M...

Last week marked the last episode of a TV show that attempted to bring some high speculative fiction ideas to television with mixed success....

The structure of the Fox science fiction series Dollhouse makes it very easy to end up with a "mission of the week" format. Joss ...

When last we encountered the Torchwood show, Mrs. Speculator and I were not very optimistic about our seeing it down the line ( http://perry...

SyFy gave away some of their intent by showing National Treasure before the pilot of the new show. It feels like it wants to be quirky yet ...

Mrs. Speculator recently suggested that I review this show, new to the Cartoon Network this season. I realized I haven't written much ab...

…or why the Speculator household will not be watching season three. Last July, Mrs. Speculator and I stumbled into a panel for Torchwood at...

I probably should have been talking about this television program before now, but I've gotten into a mode of thinking about what I am re...

Everybody geeks about something. Last week, the Sci Fi Channel aired an original mini-series about which I had been reading for a little whi...