Great news for fans of George R. R. Martin’s Song of Fire and Ice fantasy novel series. HBO had purchased the rights to make the series into a TV show (under the name of the first novel, A Game of Thrones) about a year ago, but all the buzz faded quickly. However, Martin himself announced […]
(Season 2, Episode 8) Well, they promised us death, and… well, we got a death. Kind of… I guess (more on that after the jump). In any case, this was definitely a sweeps-worthy episode. Told in a quasi-Rashomon multiple perspective style, it was definitely different. I’m not sure the story telling technique was used as […]
Last week fellow Clacker Keith posted a list of the biggest fictional douchebags on television. I thought it was fairly complete and accurate. However, as I was reading it, I realized that there is someone else who is headed for this list. If you watched Dirty Sexy Money last week, you must have seen it […]
I’ve talked before about how I’m not a big fan of reality TV. As such, I’ve never been a dedicated follower of The Next Food Network Star, even with my Food Network obsession. If I do watch it, it’s usually in reruns on a lazy Sunday afternoon. More often than not, I watch the winner’s […]
(Season 3, Episode 2) “Believe in the stars… It’s like that doesn’t even mean anything anymore.” – Kenneth If you’ve seen any of the promos for 30 Rock this season, you’ve known that Oprah was going to be guesting (along with Jennifer Aniston and Steve Martin). What we didn’t know is in what capacity, but […]
Previously, I’ve taken a look at the Lost Book Club that ABC has posted at their website. They list all the books that have been featured on the show; some of them have been mentioned in dialogue, some of them have been read by our favorite characters. This week I’m looking at Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt […]
It’s sweeps time, everybody! You know what that means – people are going to break up, people are going to die, and there’s going to be a whole lot of stunt casting. It usually also means we get some great episodes of our favorite shows. There is something distinctly different about this season, however… at […]