In the 2009 pilot of Eastbound & Down , as John Rocker–style pitcher Kenny Powers geared up to substitute-teach gym at an elementary school in his hometown of Shelby, North Carolina — after getting kicked out of the baseball majors for launching more

As 'Eastbound and Down' prepares to air what may well be its final episode, we look at this season's remarkable redemption of Kenny Powers, a surprise considering where the show began. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/review-eastbound-dow more

“We think of Kenny Powers as sort of a weird southern James Bond," Danny McBride explained in February, and Kenny's certainly been emanating a 007-ish ennui in these last few episodes. Even as Bond bangs Septuptopussy on top of a pile of diamonds in a Ser more

This episode is about as sentimental as it gets — which, to be honest, is a welcome respite after the last few pitch-black weeks of Shane's death, Stevie's infidelity, and Dochenko's general assholery/Slavicness. Tonight just saw lots of good family feeli more

You guys know how  Friday Night Lights  is sort of about football but mostly about Kyle Chander's laugh lines?  Eastbound & Down  is sort of about America's greatest pastime (baseball) but mostly about America's even greatest-er pa more

This week we gain a more sophisticated understanding of death, infidelity, mysticism, fatherhood, Pearl Jam and how twins work. We are also reminded that, of these concepts, the only one Kenny Powers understands is Pearl Jam, and only sort of. So yeah, more

After last week's Ashley Schaeffer geisha-themed red-herring plotline — which restored Kenny and Stevie's friendship — we find Kenny Powers and his Myrtle associates self-medicating in a variety of ways in order to deal with their own cultural irrelevance more

After a lackluster season premiere that ended with April taking off and leaving baby Toby with Kenny Powers: Deadbeat Mullet, threatening to steer season three in a horrifyingly  Jersey Girl –ish direction, tonight we return in spades to our regular more