Just as it's unfair to review a taco stand for not being a four-star restaurant, I also have to be mindful that not every drama on TV is trying to be "The Wire."

In the end, all critics should be guided by this one principle: Is this piece of work [TV show, movie, play, concert, album, restaurant] succeeding at what it set out to do?

I'm not much a TV reporter, as in someone who covers the daily machinations of the television industry, though I certainly follow it and weave it into my reviews and essays about the medium.

My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.

As far as my personal nostalgia zone goes, I find I watch more of AntennaTV than anything else.

Never forget that I am paid for my troubles!

Whenever people ask me if it's okay to stop watching "The Leftovers," I always say OF COURSE IT IS.