Category: TV
I Want To Go To There
I have to give my friend Dave Lifton (via Liz Chang) the credit for this one. What a way to bring out my M*A*S*H obsession. Growing up, my family watched the show religiously. Even before you could find reruns on…
TV Goes 1-for-2
I had hoped to harness all my blind rage yesterday into a post about the news that CBS has paid jackass, blowhard, tough guy ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd to do a TV show based on his life. This is…
Olbermann’s Schtick is Old
We have heard many people talk about Keith Olbermann lately. Many, many people. Too many people. In case you have been hiding under a rock or are smart enough to avoid people talking about Keith Olbermann, here’s the upshot. The…
Tuning In
Life has its way of bringing conflict our way. That is pretty much one thing we can always count on whether we like it or not. Take, for example, the new remote control for our cable boxes. I really love…
Defending Big Brother 12
This summer treat from CBS is truly one of my guilty pleasures. I have not been a die-hard from the beginning, but have been a big fan for the past four seasons. I don’t obsess over the live feeds, but…
Party Down and Out
The Internet has done some wonderful things for this world. We can instantly find out the answer to any question. We have many different ways to waste time. We can keep in touch with long-lost friends. However, Al Gore’s intricate…
Spell It Out
The other day, an item from one of my local TV stations popped up on my Facebook page. Let’s start off by getting a simple fact out of the way – I’m not a big fan of TV news. I…
My Kingdom for Reruns
I feel lost. Completely lost. Not lost with a capital letter at the beginning because I don’t watch that show. But that’s part of the reason I feel so lost. TV season has ended. How will we carry on for…
Separated at Birth?
I had a hankering for some comedy at lunch yesterday and decided to watch an old episode of Newsradio on Hulu. It was the one where Jimmy James faked his attempt at flying around the globe in a hot air…
#$!&@* the Heck?
NBC announced its new fall schedule over the weekend. The good news is that we are in the post-Jay Leno experiment era. The bad news is that the people who run the network still have the critical thinking skills of…