CliqueClack TV
TV SHOWS COLUMNS FEATURES CHATS QUESTIONS

News, episode reviews and commentary for ABC's Modern Family

Latest episode clacks for this show:

Modern Family masters the mix-ups

“That’s hardly porn, it was a topless woman on a tractor. You know what they call that in Europe? A cereal commercial.” – Phil Modern Family has already proven that they do so many comedy classics well, like pratfalls and other physical comedy, one-liners, situational jokes and more. Tonight they so masterfully demonstrated the comedic […]

by Debbie McDuffee

Ratings Clack – Heroes “performing very strongly”

At least, that’s the delusion that Angela Bromstad (President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios) seems to be operating under. Asked about the show at NBC’s TCA presentation, Bromstad said, “”It’s been performing very strongly in its 8 p.m. time slot.” I would argue that finishing in fourth place every week, and losing to […]

by Brett Love

Quotation Marks – Mammograms, the Matrix, and the Metric System

Well, cats and kittens, it’s been quite a few weeks since your last installment of Quotation Marks. I could blame the turkey, mistletoe, and other seasonal excuses, but the truth is, there wasn’t much on TV to quote. This first week back marks a collection of quotes dating back to the last time we were […]

by Ivey West

Does Modern Family need a Maris?

“You’re quite the bullfight artist yourself.” – Jay to Manny’s dad I love it when a show comes back from its mini-winter hiatus just as strong as when it left. Looking forward to tonight’s episode of Modern Family was the right thing to do, because everything about this episode was funny. I think what they’ve […]

by Debbie McDuffee

The twelve (or so) days of Christmas, CliqueClack style

We all wanted to do something festive for the 2009 holiday season, but we didn’t want to do the same thing as we did last year. No, this holiday season we give you our own rendition of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, in our own not-really-twelve and not-at-all-sing-songy way. Enjoy and happy holidays! On the […]

by Keith McDuffee

Golden Globe nominations, CliqueClack style – Best Comedy/Musical

The 67th Annual Golden Globes nominations were announced this past week, and as is usual for a bunch of talkative bloggers like ourselves, we’ve got our own take on who we think should take the award for each category … that is, from those who were nominated. If there’s time before the awards date (January […]

by Keith McDuffee

CliqueClack’s mid-season report card: the networks

Believe it or not, we have reached the mid-point in the 2009-10 television season. Unlike the past few years, this season may turn out to be one of the most successful. Thanks in part to some new and old comedies. After years of shunning comedy scripts for proceurals and serialized dramas, the networks have filled their schedules with some laughs rather than sobs.

by Richard Keller
Powered By OneLink