What have you been watching this week (w/e August 28)?

28 August 2009 Rob Buckley TMINE 3 Comments

Tele: seen much this week or has it all been a bit too rubbish?

This week, I’ve caught the first two eps of the new season of Mad Men – I won’t bother with a full review, only to say it’s better than the second season so far, which is an indicator of how good it is.

Leverage was pretty good this week, with the advent of a mirror-image team of grifters to fight against. Maybe a little less comedic than usual and a little bit more serious at times, but still good viewing. I’m also watching the Wallanders at a snail’s pace, but The African was really very good – clearly they get better as time goes on.

Otherwise, that’s it, since I’ve still got to catch up with 10 Things I Hate About You, Psych and Dark Blue. Oh yes, and I’ve been introducing my mother-in-law to The Wire. She’s loving it.

Don’t forget the new series of The Fixer starts on the 1st September on ITV1.

As always, no spoilers unless you’re going to use the <spoiler> </spoiler> tags, please

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    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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