Okay, get this — FOX has decided that there are just too many commercials on television. Or, so they sort of, almost, kind of say. At their Upfront presentation they announced that they would launch two series this year with… Read More ›
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CBS Delivers Its 2008 Fall Schedule
CBS is one of those networks whose moves I always find interesting. They’ve got a pretty strong lineup these days (even if I watch very little of it), and seem to “tweak” things every season, moving a few shows around,… Read More ›
The CW Delivers Its Fall 2008 Lineup
Oh The CW, whatever are we going to do with you. Your teen identity seems not to attract terribly many viewers (though I’m sure there’s some way to rejigger the numbers to prove me wrong) and you’ve been unable to… Read More ›
ABC Is Upfront About the 2008 Schedule
There’s an old adage that states “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” ABC’s programming honchos have certainly taken that notion to heart in debuting their brand-spanking new schedule, which, while new as a whole, has very few new programs… Read More ›
Nova Takes "A Walk to Beautiful"
It is a sad, unfortunate, truth that just because a documentary deals with an important topic it doesn't mean the documentary is particularly well constructed or presented in a terribly interesting way. A good example of this is the newest… Read More ›
The Classic Caballeros Come to DVD
At times education cloaked in entertainment and at other moments entertainment cloaked in education, the recently released double feature of Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros in a single collection entitled The Classic Caballeros Collection are wonderfully fun films. Both… Read More ›
NBC and Scrubs Show how not to air a Finale
As happy as I was yesterday, with television, today I am disappointed (and so it usually goes). Last night I watched the Scrubs finale, and not only did either my cable company (Comcast) or NBC affiliate (KNTV, which is owned… Read More ›
Watching More TV Than you can Shake a Stick at
I have often told you that I love television. It's a fact. I do. And I love you, my dear readers. So, as you may know, last week I was away, I was out of town, I was … without… Read More ›
Corey, Nuke LaLoosh, and Hell’s Kitchen
There are times when I watch a television show and after it ends I just sit there in amazement and wonder. And not in a good way. Look at last night’s Hell’s Kitchen. I understand, and have said before (and… Read More ›
Sarah Chalke, HIMYM, and Scrubs
Last night Sarah Chalke guest starred again on How I Met Your Mother, and it got me thinking, what if Scrubs wasn't going to be picked up by ABC for the fall? As this season began, Scrubs was, for all… Read More ›
If Wishes Were Horses Bloodline Would be Factual
There is a proverb that begins, “If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.” More or less, it is saying that wishes and reality are different things; just because someone wishes something to be true doesn't make it so. It… Read More ›
Earl and Lost Leave Me Moderately Perplexed
Sometimes I don't understand television, I well and truly don't. Last night on My Name is Earl, Earl's “living in a sitcom in his subconscious while in a coma” continued. The show has been using this as a way of… Read More ›
Robin Hood’s New Season Hits the Bullseye
The legend of Robin Hood is one of those things that gets recycled over, and over, and over again in our culture. The notion of taking from the rich and giving to the poor is one that most of us… Read More ›
Alan Shore Takes on the Supreme Court
Every week I sit down to watch Boston Legal (well, every week there is a new episode, anyway). Sometimes I love the soapbox they choose to stand on, and other times I'm miffed by it. Sometimes I think the extraneous… Read More ›
"Sandcastles in the Sand" Leaves me Wanting to go to Back to the Mall
Sometimes it's the little things, the bits and pieces, that matter most. Everything in an episode of a show can be working perfectly, and then there's a snag. There's something, some little thing, that throws the show off kilter. That… Read More ›
Nova Searches for the "Car of the Future"
This week, in its latest episode, Nova opts to deal with its serious subject in a somewhat more humorous manner. In a cross-promotional effort, Nova has Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the hosts of NPR's Car Talk off searching for the… Read More ›
NBC Scrubs and Polishes up Thursday Night
I'd like to, just for a minute, thank NBC. Last night's comedy lineup was… funny. I didn't laugh out loud a lot, but I did once or twice, and I certainly felt a little jubilant watching the shows. Maybe it… Read More ›
Why Can’t All Wars be Like Charlie Wilson’s War?
One of the many war-related films to fall by the wayside last fall, Charlie Wilson's War hits the DVD shelves next week and, if the world is remotely fair, will garner more notice now than it did in the theaters…. Read More ›
Last Restaurant Standing Gets Truthy
For weeks I have been troubled by something on Last Restaurant Standing, only I had very little idea what it could be. I knew that something was off, horribly, horribly off, but I couldn't quite figure it out. Well my… Read More ›
HIMYM Makes me go "Hmmmm…"
Sadly, at least in part, my televisual malaise continued last night. The How I Met Your Mother episode we were treated to fell distinctly flat. It should have been a good episode, it could have been a good episode, but,… Read More ›
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