Why do fans of ‘Twin Peaks’ need to crap all over ‘Happy Town,’ just because it kinda-sorta reminds them of their beloved show, but isn’t as good? Can’t we just enjoy it on its own and leave ‘Twin Peaks’ out of this?

At some point last summer, on ABC’s slate of new series pickups, a show called Happy Town was listed. There wasn’t a whole lot to go on at the time, and screeners weren’t made available … or, at least, not to many. From what little was seen at the time, Happy Town looked a lot [...]

I think NBC really missed out on an opportunity here. They had a chance to tell the story of Robinson Crusoe in this thirteen-episode series. From the beginning, it was billed as a thirteen-episode limited series. So I thought we might get a thirteen-part exploration of the Daniel Defoe novel. Instead, we seem to have [...]