‘Enthusiasm’ is curbless in Larry David’s show

Though each season of “Curb” ostensibly has a plot, it’s always only a pretense for the show to explore its big theme, which is pretty much its only theme: Larry David blundering his way around Santa Monica.

By Chris Morris-Lent | Oct 18 10:51 pm ET

Though each season of “Curb” ostensibly has a plot, it’s always only a pretense for the show to explore its big theme, which is pretty much its only theme: Larry David blundering his way around Santa Monica.

Booze, sex, and a dash of stale melodrama on AMC

AMC's period drama "Mad Men" is the same kind of crap that sustains telenovelas and soap operas.

By Christopher Morris-Lent | Sep 15 09:26 pm ET

AMC's period drama "Mad Men" is the same kind of crap that sustains telenovelas and soap operas.