Doctor Who, Sherlock, Game Of Thrones and more... As nominated by Den Of Geek writers, here are our favourite TV episodes of 2014
Whatever else it's brought with it, 2014 has been an exemplary year for television. There's so much good stuff around that keeping on top of it has become a job of work. How many of us have started silently dreading hearing enthused recommendations from pals about new series? Who else has developed a nervous tick whenever they hear the words "Have you been watching...". There's simply Too. Much. TV.
Too much, however, is better than not enough. Too much enables debate, and better than that, it enables the ultimate geek pursuit: list-making. A fortnight ago, we asked our writers to nominate their favourite television episodes of the year and have been busily collating their votes and happily clicking Excel buttons ever since.
Here are the results: Den Of Geek...
Whatever else it's brought with it, 2014 has been an exemplary year for television. There's so much good stuff around that keeping on top of it has become a job of work. How many of us have started silently dreading hearing enthused recommendations from pals about new series? Who else has developed a nervous tick whenever they hear the words "Have you been watching...". There's simply Too. Much. TV.
Too much, however, is better than not enough. Too much enables debate, and better than that, it enables the ultimate geek pursuit: list-making. A fortnight ago, we asked our writers to nominate their favourite television episodes of the year and have been busily collating their votes and happily clicking Excel buttons ever since.
Here are the results: Den Of Geek...
- 12/18/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Writers Guild of America announced the TV nominees for the 2015 WGA Awards on Thursday (December 4) morning and several new shows broke into the fields in a big way. And, of course, there were a number of big WGA Award nomination head-scratchers. Specifically, where the heck was FX's "Fargo"? The answer is below. Making perhaps the biggest splash was "Transparent," which earned three nominations and, since "Orange Is The New Black" earned two nods and "House of Cards" pick up one, that meant that Amazon Prime and Netflix are, at least for one award-giving organization, on equal footing as creators of original programming. The Jill Soloway-created "Transparent" is nominated for New Series, where it will go against "The Affair," "The Knick," "Silicon Valley" and "True Detective." "Transparent" and "Silicon Valley" are also up for Comedy Series, going against "Louie," "Veep" and "Orange Is The New Black." Lest you panic...
- 12/5/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
It’s a good day to be a television fan. No matter what you’re watching, the WGA has you covered, honoring an eclectic round-up of small-screen entertainment for its annual awards ceremony. Thursday morning, Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio, and promotional writing during 2014. Winners will be honored at the 2015 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 14, 2015, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City. No one show dominated the WGA’s various categories. "Game of Thrones" and "Mad Men" nabbed nominations for individual episode nods and Drama Series, while "True Detective" squeezed into the latter category along with a mention in New Series. Amazon Prime’s "Transparent" is the heavy-hitter in the comedy category, earning spots in the Comedy Series, New Series, and Episodic Comedy categories. Check out...
- 12/4/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences released this year's Emmy ballots on Monday. This means we now know who submitted themselves for consideration and who didn't, which actors mistakenly consider themselves leads when they aren't (The Rob Lowe Award), which actors exploit loopholes to submit themselves as supporting actors on shows named after them (The Amy Schumer Award), and which shows have submitted themselves in categories where they arguably don't belong. (Dan and I discussed this problem at length on this week's Firewall & Iceberg Show.) And now that the ballots are out, it's time for our annual two-pronged experiment, in which Dan tries to predict the likeliest nominees in each major category, while I pretend that I'm an actually TV Academy member and pick the six nominees that would make me the happiest. (You can find links to all of last year's entries at the bottom of the final piece in the series.
- 6/11/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
In its Emmy campaign box that was recently shipped to TV academy members, AMC made a special point of putting special emphasis on its defending champ for Best Drama Series. It gave Emmy voters the last eight episodes of the 16-episode final season of "Breaking Bad." That's a lot. Typically, networks send voters two or three episodes – five or six at most. -Break- Here are the programs on the 10 DVDs included in the AMC Fyc box: "Breaking Bad" –"Blood Money" (509), "Buried" (510), "Confessions" (511), "Rabid Dog" (512), "To'Hajiilee" (513), "Ozymandias" (514), "Granite State" (515), "Felina" (516) "Mad Man" – "Time Zones" (701), "A Day's Work" (702), "Field Trip" (703) "Turn" – "Pilot" (101), "Who By Fire" (102), "Of Cabbages and Kin..."'...
- 6/1/2014
- Gold Derby
Review James Hunt 29 Apr 2014 - 06:44
Don Draper gets what he wants. Doesn't he? Maybe he doesn't know any more. Here's James's review of the latest episode...
This review contains spoilers.
7.3 Field Trip
Over the years, we've seen many sides of Don Draper. We've seen Don the Creative Genius, Don the Adulterer, Don the Parent and Don the Mentor. But not once have we seen Don Draper looking like he did in this episode. Like Don the Awkward Party Guest.
Indeed, it's increasingly clear that being cut loose from Sc&P affected Don more than even he realised. His job was, quite literally, his identity. Without it, he's adrift. Invited mid-meeting to cheat on Megan, Don barely countenances the idea. Instead, with an offer from Sc&P's rivals in his hand, he realises what it is he really wants, and goes to see his "other" mistress to see if she'll take him back.
Don Draper gets what he wants. Doesn't he? Maybe he doesn't know any more. Here's James's review of the latest episode...
This review contains spoilers.
7.3 Field Trip
Over the years, we've seen many sides of Don Draper. We've seen Don the Creative Genius, Don the Adulterer, Don the Parent and Don the Mentor. But not once have we seen Don Draper looking like he did in this episode. Like Don the Awkward Party Guest.
Indeed, it's increasingly clear that being cut loose from Sc&P affected Don more than even he realised. His job was, quite literally, his identity. Without it, he's adrift. Invited mid-meeting to cheat on Megan, Don barely countenances the idea. Instead, with an offer from Sc&P's rivals in his hand, he realises what it is he really wants, and goes to see his "other" mistress to see if she'll take him back.
- 4/29/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Review James Hunt 23 Apr 2014 - 07:01
Nothing much happened this week - or did it? As usual, Mad Men is slowly putting the pieces in place for whatever happens next...
This review contains spoilers.
7.2 A Day's Work
Season 6 of Mad Men ended with a rare moment of catharsis between father and daughter, as emotionally cleansing as it was bruising. Sally looking at Don, finally seeing him for who he is, as Judy Collins' recording of Both Sides, Now faded in over the scene. It promised to be a watershed moment in their failing relationship. Like a smoker making the same new year's resolution to quit, it promised that from now on, things would be different.
Of course, in true Mad Men fashion episode 1 left us with no idea whether that was the case, with Don's kids barely warranting a mention. It's with some surprise, then, that episode 2 brings that plot to the fore.
Nothing much happened this week - or did it? As usual, Mad Men is slowly putting the pieces in place for whatever happens next...
This review contains spoilers.
7.2 A Day's Work
Season 6 of Mad Men ended with a rare moment of catharsis between father and daughter, as emotionally cleansing as it was bruising. Sally looking at Don, finally seeing him for who he is, as Judy Collins' recording of Both Sides, Now faded in over the scene. It promised to be a watershed moment in their failing relationship. Like a smoker making the same new year's resolution to quit, it promised that from now on, things would be different.
Of course, in true Mad Men fashion episode 1 left us with no idea whether that was the case, with Don's kids barely warranting a mention. It's with some surprise, then, that episode 2 brings that plot to the fore.
- 4/23/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
This past Sunday's Mad Men was unusual. Most episodes of the show cover a few days, at least; some cover several weeks in the characters' lives. But "A Day's Work" takes place almost all on one day: Valentine's Day. And while we've seen a few Christmases over the years, this is only the second Valentine's the show has explicitly addressed. The first was in season two's premiere, "For Those Who Think Young." And man, oh man, does that episode ever feel like a long time ago. Looking at "Work" and "Young" side by side, we can see what's essential to the characters and what has and hasn't changed.Mad Men is, very broadly speaking, about mortality and the futile human fight to outrun the ever-nearer clutches of death. Same goes for these two episodes. In "Young," set in 1962, Don gets a physical, and his doctor warns him about his high...
- 4/22/2014
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
Review: How Women and Don Dominate 'A Day's Work' With Surprising Results In a Slow-Moving 'Mad Men'
"Is this a joke? Just tell me now because I don't want to have to fire you later." Peggy was on edge for most of Sunday's night episode of "Mad Men," illustrating "A Day's Work" was much less about business than personal quibbles and long-running disputes. For Peggy's part, the episode illustrated her hang ups with Ted, a relationship that's affected her more than she led on in the finale of season six or even the premiere episode of season seven. We saw her break down into tears last week, but it felt more like an exhausted surrender than a pointed admittance of loneliness or heartbreak. Now, on Valentine's Day, Peggy's mistaken assumption that the dozen red roses waiting "for her" on her secretary's desk indicated a willingness for the California-livin' Ted to rekindle a romance was as embarrassing for her as watching her request a new secretary was for the audience.
- 4/21/2014
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
The path to the Iron Throne is a treacherous one, but at least on Sunday night TV, the late, unlamented Joffrey Baratheon already has a villainous successor. Mad Men's Lou Avery (played by Allan Havey) may be taking up space in Don Draper's corner office, but he's come nowhere near filling his shoes. In the Season Seven premiere, "Time Zones," Lou revealed himself to be a smug, complacent hack whose dismissive treatment of Peggy and Dawn reeked of casual sexism and racism. (Anyone who thought Dawn was happier with her new,...
- 4/21/2014
- Rollingstone.com
A review of tonight's "Mad Men" coming up just as soon as I'm interrogated by the Hooterville telephone operator... "Our fortunes are in other people's hands." -Bonnie We open "A Day's Work" on a scene representing anything but: Don Draper, his alarm clock set to buzz at 7:30 as if he still had an office to go to and responsibilities to fulfill, snoozing all the way until 12:34 in the afternoon, then idly watching TV, browsing through magazine ads, even marking his liquor bottle to keep track of his drinking. He's trying to keep up appearances even within the sad confines of that apartment, but he can't even stand being suited up as master of the universe Don Draper for more than a few minutes with Dawn before he has to undo his tie and start shedding the costume. The characters who still have active jobs do no better when...
- 4/21/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Take another look @ footage and synopsis from the next episode of AMC's "Mad Men", titled "A Day's Work", written by Jonathan Igla, Matthew Weiner and directed by Michael Uppendahl, airing April 20, 2014:
"...'Peggy' receives a bouquet of flowers at the office.
"'Pete' navigates the politics of new business.
"'Joan' is put in an impossibly awkward situation..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Mad Men: A Day's Work"....
"...'Peggy' receives a bouquet of flowers at the office.
"'Pete' navigates the politics of new business.
"'Joan' is put in an impossibly awkward situation..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Mad Men: A Day's Work"....
- 4/20/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek footage and synopsis from the next episode of AMC's "Mad Men", titled "A Day's Work", written by Jonathan Igla, Matthew Weiner and directed by Michael Uppendahl, airing April 20, 2014:
"...'Peggy' receives a bouquet of flowers at the office.
"'Pete' navigates the politics of new business.
"'Joan' is put in an impossibly awkward situation..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Mad Men: A Day's Work"....
"...'Peggy' receives a bouquet of flowers at the office.
"'Pete' navigates the politics of new business.
"'Joan' is put in an impossibly awkward situation..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Mad Men: A Day's Work"....
- 4/14/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Thirty-two students from 20 colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 35th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Winning filmmakers will participate in a week of industry-related activities, culminating in the awards ceremony on June 7.
The winners, to be chosen by Academy members, will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with accompanying cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively, in each of four categories.
The finalists in the alternative category are: "Circles of Confusion," Phoebe Tooke, San Francisco State University; "Come Wander With Me," Phillip Van, New York University; "Comfort Zone," Mandi Lin, California College of the Arts; "A Convolution of Imagined Histories," Thomas Micah Stansell, Georgia State University; "Doxology," Michael Langan, Rhode Island School of Design; "Fish," Hyun Jeen Lee, The School of Visual Arts, New York; and "Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant," Shih-Ting Hung, USC.
In the animation category,...
The winners, to be chosen by Academy members, will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with accompanying cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively, in each of four categories.
The finalists in the alternative category are: "Circles of Confusion," Phoebe Tooke, San Francisco State University; "Come Wander With Me," Phillip Van, New York University; "Comfort Zone," Mandi Lin, California College of the Arts; "A Convolution of Imagined Histories," Thomas Micah Stansell, Georgia State University; "Doxology," Michael Langan, Rhode Island School of Design; "Fish," Hyun Jeen Lee, The School of Visual Arts, New York; and "Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant," Shih-Ting Hung, USC.
In the animation category,...
- 8/26/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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