Jill Mader

You can follow Jill at her blog, couchtimewithjill.com, or on Twitter @jillemader Jill has been an avid fan of TV since the age of two, when she was so obsessed with Zoobilee Zoo that her mother lied and told her it had been canceled. Despite that setback, she grew up to be a television aficionado and pop culture addict.

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Revenge Episodes 2-21 & 2-22 Season Finale Review – “I’m Amanda Clarke”

Well, I’ve got to hand it to Revenge. In a thrilling two-hour season finale, they delivered basically everything I’ve wanted to see from the show and corrected a lot of the flaws I felt the season had. If you haven’t seen the episode (or, for many, the bulk of this season), spoiler »»

Mad Men Episode 6-6 Review – Power Plays

Don and Sylvia Normally I love Mad Men. This season, so far, has been really great. But Sunday night’s episode was not my jam. The office politics, yes. I loved the drama, confusion and struggles for power that came with the merge. But Don’s escapades with Sylvia felt forced and out of »»

Survivor: Caramoan – Finale Review

OK guys, if you haven’t seen the finale of Survivor: Caramoan yet, move on – I won’t be responsibly for spoiling it! It was a fun episode that capped off a pretty solid season. Things started off a little slow, with too much focus on crazy antics from Shamar and Brandon. But the st »»

The Voice 2013 – Team Shakira and Team Blake Performance Round Review

I’ve caught up on the rest of The Voice from this week, and I thought it was pretty good. Click through for some thoughts on the performances and results. Team Shakira Garrett Gardner – “Imagine” I like Garrett. I think he could go far in this competition, he’s got »»

Comedy Corner: Community, The Office, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, The Mindy Project, Modern Family – Week 28 Reviews

This week: How I Met Your Mother New Girl The Mindy Project Modern Family The Big Bang Theory Community The Office How I Met Your Mother – “Something Old” I’ve had it. Had it! I hated this episode so, so much. HIMYM has ruined their show. They’ve made me »»

Game of Thrones Episode 3-6 Review – It’s The Climb

This was a fantastic episode for fans of Jon Snow and Ygritte. I like them too, but darn, I still find Jon Snow incredibly bland. Considering they’re supposed to be the heartthrobs of the show, it’s surprising that I find Jon and Robb so dull. For me, this episode was a little on the bor »»

The Amazing Race Episode 22-11 (Season Finale) Review – Sliding Into Home Plate

The two-hour season finale of The Amazing Race kicked off with the teams heading to Belfast. Of the four remaining teams, I was vaguely rooting for the roller derby moms and assumed the hockey bros would win. If you’ve seen the episode, click through for a quick recap! Waiter! The country »»

The Voice 2013 - Knockout Round #2 Review – Knock ‘Em Dead

Time for the second part of the knockout rounds! Monday night’s episode was so good, I was looking forward to this one. Savannah Berry (“As Long As You Love Me”) vs. Justin Rivers (“It’s The Climb”) It was a battle of tween singers, with Savannah singing a cou »»

The Voice 2013 - Knock Out Round Review - It’s a Hard Knock Life

Hey, Voice fans! It’s been a while. I always find the early rounds of these singing shows difficult to blog about, with so many contestants. I watched the battle rounds and enjoyed it a lot – is it just me, or were there more match-ups this season where there was no clear winner? Click t »»

Game of Thrones Episode 3-5 Review – The Marriage Plot

As much as I love an episode that opens with Arya Stark, I spent the beginning of this episode of GoT itching to get to Daenerys. I mean, after that ending last week, who wouldn’t be? Arya and the Brotherhood Without Banners Arya accused The Hound of murder – he killed her little fri »»

American Idol 2013 – Fantastic Four Performance and Results Episode Review

Did you guys catch American Idol this week? With four fantastic singers left in the race, any of the women would make a deserving winner. Click through for a quick recap of the performances. Amber Holcomb – “The Power of Love” This song was Amber’s choice, and while it w »»

Survivor: Caramoan Episode 11 Review - Going Once, Going Twice…

The Survivor auction In a particularly good season of Survivor, this week’s episode was another solid offering. As the players went to vote, I still wasn’t sure exactly what everyone would do – and that’s a good thing. Click through for my thoughts on what went down. Whew »»

Game of Thrones Episode 3-4 Review – You Can’t Die, You Need To Live, To Take Revenge

I still hate Jaime Lannister. Remember the time he pushed a kid off a roof? He’s evil. But his friendship with Brienne brought out some feelings of sympathy, particularly last week’s episode. This week took things further, and their conversation around the campfire was a really nice scen »»

Comedy Corner: Community, How I Met Your Mother, Parks and Recreation – Week 25 Reviews

This week: How I Met Your Mother Community Parks and Recreation How I Met Your Mother – “Romeward Bound” Sometimes I think I should stop reviewing HIMYM, since I’m just bitter-ending this show until it wraps up anyway. I didn’t love any of the storylines in this episode. I’m s »»

Survivor: Caramoan Episode 10 Review – Tooth and Nailed

Wow, what an episode! There was lots of drama, strategy and ups on downs this week on Survivor – basically, everything you could ask for. Cochran summed it up best when, upon showing his vote, he said this is why he still “freakin’ loves Survivor after thirteen years.” When t »»

How I Met Your Mother Episode 8-24 Review (Season Finale) – Facing Facts

Well, we have a face! The face of The Mother! After a long and painful season, it didn’t feel like enough. I have a lot of feelings about the How I Met Your Mother season finale. If you’ve been following my Funny Friday posts, you probably know that I haven’t loved this season. I& »»

Game of Thrones Episode 3-7 Review – Bear With Them

Usually I find Game of Thrones very slow to start, only getting really exciting in the last couple episodes. But this season, I’ve been much more invested in a few of the storylines – particularly Daeny’s newfound power and Sansa’s future. So I quite liked this week’s e »»

American Idol 2013 – Final Three Performance and Results Episode Review – Holy. Crap.

OK guys. I tried to review American Idol last week, but WordPress ate my post. Basically, I said that this was the strongest top four that Idol has maybe ever seen, and all of the women were deserving of a win. It actually makes me angry that the show has suffered through several seasons of mediocre »»

Survivor: Caramoan Episode 13 Review – Likability is a Liability

Wow! Another great episode down, and one more to go. I can’t wait for Sunday night! I have some pretty strong feelings about who from the final five I’d like to see win, and some complaints about tonight’s episode. So if you’ve seen it, click through. OK, one complaint. »»

The Voice 2013 – Team Usher and Team Adam Performance Round Review

Team Adam had the best group performance with “Shake It Out” We’re live! This stage of The Voice always feels like it goes so fast. This week, singers from Team Usher and Team Adam performed. I thought it was a pretty strong night overall, and if you’ve seen it click throug »»

Mad Men Episode 6-5 Review – I vs. We

I couldn’t watch Mad Men on Sunday night like I normally do, and spent most of the day avoiding spoilers. (I was successful on that front, save for knowing that at some point, Pete Campbell would fall down a set of stairs.) I’m glad, because the episode was very good and I wouldn’t »»

Comedy Corner: Community, The Office, The Big Bang Theory, Parks and Recreation, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, The Mindy Project, Modern Family– Week 27 Reviews

This week: How I Met Your Mother New Girl The Mindy Project Modern Family Community The Big Bang Theory Parks and Recreation The Office How I Met Your Mother – “The Bro Mitzvah” There are a lot of good sitcoms to write about this week and I haven’t liked HIMYM »»

Survivor: Caramoan Episode 12 Review – Double Down

Two Immunity Challenges, two Tribal Councils, and two players eliminated. We’re in the home stretch of this season of Survivor, and it’s been a good run. I like a lot of the players that are left, and I think the Favorites that remain are people who’ve improved their strategies s »»

Mad Men Episode 6-4 Review – It’s a shameful, shameful day

I’ve read a few reviews of last night’s Mad Men online now, and I’d say they are mixed by skew positive. Me? I loved this episode. Everyone agrees that this Big Sad 60s Event episode was much better than the other Big Sad 60s Event episode, which was when JFK died. To remain “ »»

The Amazing Race Episode 22-10 Review - Great Scot!

This week on The Amazing Race, the teams headed to Scotland and I was reminded that, really, South Arfica’s infamous vuvuzelas aren’t all that bad – because bagpipes are SO MUCH WORSE. The Roadblock in Scotland required one team member to complete a bagpipe performance, and man, wa »»

Comedy Corner: Community, The Office, The Big Bang Theory, Parks and Recreation – Week 26 Reviews

It was a slow week for sitcoms, wasn’t it? Click through for some quick, thoughts on The Big Bang Theory, Community, Parks and Recreation and The Office. The Big Bang Theory – “The Closure Alternative” I’ve liked Kate Micucci on TBBT, and I generally like episodes t »»

Mad Men Episode 6-3 Review – A Tale of Four Secretaries

Sunday nights are the best. Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was one of my all-time favorites and Mad Men delivered another fantastic episode as well. I didn’t love the season premiere, but I adore this show and the past two episodes are great examples of why. Just fantastic writi »»

The Amazing Race Episode 22-9 Review – The Haunting

The challenges this week on The Amazing Race were some of the best they’ve been, but I still struggle with not really liking any of the teams. Am I really supposed to care that the blond country singers are in love with the hunky hockey brothers? I am not surprised, that’s for sure. They »»

American Idol 2013 – Top Five Performance and Results Episode Review – All The Singin’ Ladies

For the first time ever, American Idol has a top five of women, and they’re making a big deal out of it. That means pretending that a) This wasn’t basically orchestrated by judges and producers from the get-go b) That the reason we have an all-female top five is because America has offic »»

Mad Men Episode 6-2 Review – Let’s Make a Deal

Pete Campbell Last week’s season premiere of Mad Men left many viewers (including my mom) cold. We were asked to feel invested in brand new characters without any context, there was barely any acknowledgment of storylines from the previous season, and we barely saw some of the main characters. »»

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