These posts are about great acting performances sustained across the full run of a television series. Even more than the slightly more famous line that follows it in the pilot episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, “You know what? … Continue reading The Long Haul — Edward Asner in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant
These posts are about great acting performances sustained across the full run of a television series. When Dr. Frasier Crane first bellied up to a certain Boston, below-ground bar, there was no inkling that the character would be a fixture … Continue reading The Long Haul — Kelsey Grammer in Cheers and Frasier
These posts are about great acting performances sustained across the full run of a television series. Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates in Bates Motel (2013 – 2017) In direct opposition to the apparent certainty that it is easy to replicate … Continue reading The Long Haul — Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel
These posts are about great acting performances sustained across the full run of a television series. Rob Delaney as Rob Norris in Catastrophe (2015 – 2019) The television comedy Catastrophe begins with a one-night stand, or at least what seems to be … Continue reading The Long Haul — Rob Delaney in Catastrophe
These posts are about great acting performances sustained across the full run of a television series. Kaley Cuoco as Penny in The Big Bang Theory (2007 – 2019) Before Penny, there was Katie. Well ahead of the time The Big … Continue reading The Long Haul — Kaley Cuoco in The Big Bang Theory
These posts are about great acting performances sustained across the full run of a television series. Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation (2009 – 2015) Sometimes I feel like Parks and Recreation was single-handedly saved by the … Continue reading The Long Haul — Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation
These posts are about great acting performances sustained across the full run of a television series. Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings in The Americans (2013-2018) When The Americans made its debut on FX, a mere five years ago, its premise … Continue reading The Long Haul —Keri Russell in The Americans
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