Who is Jon Fairbanks?

I love TV. I watch TV, I review TV, I criticize TV and I want to work in TV. GO Team Venture!


Four Episodes In: Pretty Little Liars

Now usually I won’t break my code of watching four episodes, but I can not stomach watching another episodes of the train wreck Pretty Little Liars. I got three episodes in and could watch the fourth episode but knowing how I’ve reacted to everything so far it will only make me hate everything... 

Four Episodes In: The Good Guys

FOX has a new great show, and that’s The Good Guys. Starring Bradley Whitford (Josh on The West Wing) and Colin Hanks (The lead in Orange County) as a buddy cop duo. Whitford is the drunken slob of a partner, and Hanks is the budding by the book detective. It’s a very funny show which puts... 

End Season Roundtable: Justified Season 1

Justified is an incredibly satisfying show. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s on FX, and it stars Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens, a U.S. Marshall. This is coming a little late as I just got home from London and I’ve been doing absolutely nothing. Nothing took precedence. But if... 

End Season Roundtable: The Office Season 6

If you’re still watching The Office you’ll continue to watch it from here on out, that’s probably a given. This season had some fun moments but in terms of all the seasons so far it was one of the weakest. The show started off slow, and then began to build into it’s own entity,... 

End Season Roundtable: Parenthood Season 1

Parenthood is the kind of show which will last for a long while. Based on the 1989 movie of the same name, Parenthood is about a large family who have to deal with random problems. There are a couple of good reasons why I not only started watching this show but have continued to watch it. The strength... 

End Season Roundtable: Survivor Season 20

Don’t think I’m only going to be doing the usual suspects here, I’ve got a little reality/game show tv for you this time around. I only started watching survivor in it’s 18th season. I wasn’t really into that season but decided to give it one more try with season 19 and... 

End Season Roundtable: 30 Rock Season 4

It’s strange to see something which was so good fall so flat. This season has easily been the worst season of the show. It hasn’t been truly bad but comparatively to seasons past it’s pretty bad. It’s dipping down and hopefully when it comes back for it’s fifth season it... 

End Season Roundtable: The Middle Season 1

Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn star in this incredibly average comedy about a middle class family living in Indiana. It’s all about the struggles of being a mother and living in a family of social outcasts. After two episodes the show was quickly picked up for a second season. The show is a very... 

Complete Series: FlashForward

I would be doing an End Season Roundtable however FlashForward has officially been canceled in it’s first season. Apparently they were not ready for it as the last episode of the series had a lot of cliff hangers like a season finale would. So let’s talk about the series as a whole, because... 

Four Episodes In: Luther

Hey, remember Idris Elba? The man who played Stringer Bell on The Wire? Well he’s back in his own show on BBC. It’s a psychological crime drama about inspector John Luther.  

End Season Roundtable: Modern Family Season 1

Modern Family is one of ABCs big comedies this season. It comes to you from the minds of Christopher Lloyd (No not that one), the one who brought to us such shows at Wings and Frasier and Steven Levitan who brought us Just Shoot Me! comes together for one of the best comedies of the season.  

Complete Series: 24 with Top Season Countdown

24 has officially come to an end. At least is has in television form and as it’s been on the air for a long time we’ve had some good and bad times with our friend Jack Bauer. So to look back at all of the seasons I’m going to do a countdown of what I felt to be the greatest moments... 

Four Episodes In: Gravity

Gravity is a really interesting show which started airing on Starz. It’s about a group of suicide survivors and what they do together as they contemplate going on with life. It has a comic feel to it but also a dark feel considering everyone you care about all want to or have wanted to kill themselves.  

End Season Roundtable: House Season 6

House season six may have actually been my favorite season of the show House. I know that is weird to hear but this may in fact have been the best season of the show. One thing this show has done well is in the changing of the characters. If the show still had the original three staying as the original... 

End Season Roundtable: Cougar Town Season 1

Now I know what you’re thinking, you’re saying, “Jon, that show is called Cougar Town, of course I didn’t watch it,” and to that I have to say, Did you know that this show has easily some of the best comic timing on television? Did you know this show has no laugh track?... 

End Season Roundtable: Community Season 1

Are you watching Community? Good… Wait, some of you just said no… Go, watch it now! This is by far and away the best comedy of the season. Let me back that up with a good foundation.  

4 Episodes In: Romantically Challenged

One feature I’ve been planning on doing for a couple months is an idea I like to call 4 Episodes In. Basically I have an amazing tolerance for television, I can watch just about anything, with that being said, what I’m going to do is when a new television show comes out I will watch it for... 

End Season Roundtable: Castle Season 2

Castle is a fun show. Murder She Wrote for our generation, about a mystery writer going around with the police to solve mysteries and write books. It definitely follows a formulaic path as most shows like it do, but it still has a sense of witticism and charm.  

End Season Roundtable: V Season One

12 episodes have come and gone and we now have the first season of the new V series in the books. I had never seen the old series, but hope to someday soon. Being a LOST fan I was excited to see Juliet do something new, and the girl that played Supergirl in Smallville was coming into the show as well,... 

End Season Roundtable: Smallville Season Nine

As the season comes to a close I take a look back at the season we just experienced. Since I watch a lot of TV I can even tell you about seasons you didn’t watch in case you want to check it out when it’s out on dvd. For those not still watching this show it’s still not that great....