Monthly Archives: June 2012

GRAVITY FALLS Friendly Rating: All ages Safety Rating: Gender stereotyping and some borderline abusive behavior and slapstick humor Quality Rating: Ya-a-a-awner New series premieres tonight at 9 p.m. You get the feeling that Gravity Falls is trying to be edgy and mildly subversive. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

FINAL WITNESS Friendly Rating: Older elementary and up Safety Rating: Bloody violence, creepy voice-overs, probably sexual images in later episodes Quality Rating: More creepy than interesting New series premieres tonight on ABC at 10 p.m. There is something rather voyeuristic about Final Witness. The … Continue reading →

CRAFT WARS Friendly Rating: All ages Safety Rating: The judges can be a little on the mean side Quality Rating: Could be inspiring, but less about the crafts than the trash talk New series premieres tonight at 10 p.m. on TLC. I get … Continue reading →

IVORY WARS Friendly Rating: Older elementary age and up Safety Rating: Several scenes of dead elephants and some blurred human stiffs Quality Rating: Not only important information, it’s a great example of how to do advocacy journalism right Special airs tonight on … Continue reading →

THE SOUL MAN Friendly Rating: Elementary age and older Safety Rating: It’s all about the marital sex, but there’s plenty of it, plus one sexy song Quality Rating: Definitely worth following New series premieres tonight on TVLand at 10 p.m. I remember the … Continue reading →