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Sometimes, It’s Best To Just Give Up 1

Mar

27

2008

I finally gave up on a couple shows I’d watched every episode of earlier this year, Prison Break and Desperate Housewives. While in DH‘s case I hear I may have given up right before the show creatively resurrected itself, this spoilery item indicates I checked out of Prison Break at the right time. Because seriously? ...

Fun With Unfortunate Advertising

Jan

16

2008

“Cashmere Mafia on ABC….Brought to you by Valtrex!” No better marquee sponsor for a thinly disguised remake of Sex and the City than a herpes medication. That single line by the announcer made me laugh a lot harder than anything on the actual show.

A Very Belated Answer

Jan

2

2008

Laz posed a question in the comments a few days ago, which I thought I might want to actually answer before it becomes irrelevant: So tell us — Letterman circumventing the process and sorta crossing the line. Is that a good thing for the striking workers as a whole because it sets a possible precedent ...

Now This, I Might Have Kept Watching 1

Nov

16

2007

From G4’s Attack of the Show, a Bionic Woman parody far more entertaining than the actual show: The Subaru bit just killed me. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to drive to work…in my Subaru. Hat tip: After Ellen.

Who Wants To Feed A Starving TV Industry Employee?

Oct

29

2007

This is looking increasingly likely to become a reality show starting Friday. At least the mediator the Feds are sending in is a black belt in aikido, and can kick the shit out of the moron negotiators if they have another fight over chairs. Looks like me and Chaplin are going to be fighting over ...

Question for the Producers of Viva Laughlin

Oct

18

2007

If you’re going to have a show where all the actors are singing popular songs, wouldn’t it be best to get license to versions of the songs where they’re not being drowned out by the original singers? I mean, I’d have loved to hear Hugh Jackman, a legitimately great singer, sing Sympathy For The Devil. ...

The Best New Show on Television

Oct

17

2007

Almost a month into the season, I can now declare an official winner: Pushing Daisies. I’d absolutely loved the first two episodes, with their bizarre hyper-techincolor acid trip set design, extremely strong acting, and cute (but without crossing the fine line into too cute) stories. I was worried, however, because both episodes were directed by ...

Oh, Bionic Woman… 1

Oct

10

2007

What a waste. The pilot was way better than I’d heard it would be, particularly the excellent fight scenes, and I thought this could turn into a good show. But what false optimism it gave me has quickly been dissolved by the second and third episodes. I’ve come to agree with the critics: Michelle Ryan ...

Not Dead 2

Oct

4

2007

Just damn busy. Work’s been a bit nuts, and working out 5 days a week is just about killing me. On the upside, I did get a free ticket to the Dave Matthews Band concert on Tuesday at the Hollywood Bowl through work. The show was awesome (guest apperances by some spectacular banjo player whose ...

Pilot Roundup, Part 2

Sep

29

2007

Here’s another quick set of impressions of the stuff I watched this week. I’ll post scattered quickies of some of the late-premiering stuff, but this is the last big roundup. This week’s bias alerts come from the fact that I work for these folks, so reviews for anything in our timeslot (9/8 central, Tuesdays) or ...