Reviews by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanThe concept of twins impersonating one another, so very popular in soap operas, has been around for a long, long time, as far back as the classics it seems, and this season it returns to prime time TV on two new shows: The Lying Game (ABC Fam, Mondays at 8/7c) and Ringer (CW57, Tuesdays 9/8c).I started watching The Lying Game some weeks back and got hooked. It's a light fantasy [...]

Created and written by Abi Morgan Reviewed by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban In the desert landscape of end of summer TV, The Hour, a six hours miniseries running on BBC America Wednesdays at 10 PM, is a rarely good find. The Hour takes place in 1956 London and follows two journalists friends, Freddie Lyon (Ben Whishaw) and Bel Rowley (Romola Garai) who, fighting the stiff suits that ran the BBC at the time, try to [...]

by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanWomen have come a long way on television since those first sitcoms where they were cast as perfectly dressed housewives who wore pearls while doing the dishes and high heels when preparing lunches. Now, housewives are, as one of the most highly successful shows of the last years reminds us in its title, not perfect but desperate.I loved Desperate Housewives when it first aired, and I still enjoy it now, most [...]

by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanIf there were a show on TV where I would like to live, it would be Bones (Fox Network, 2005-to present Thursdays at 9 PM/8PM central).And it is not only, as you may be thinking, because David Boreanaz (formerly Angel in Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is one of the main leads. Rather, it's because it portrays strong female characters.The world depicted in Bones is a world where women are allowed to [...]