Okay, we’re in the times which bring about a bad reputation for the entire reality television genre. I’ll admit it. The reality genre has its losers as well as its winners. The genre definitely has some mind-rotting shows aboard the hot tamale train. And they tend to show up between the spring and summer seasons, […]

Yes, the boys over at USA earned the headline this week. There just really wasn’t that much to talk about where the networks were concerned. For example, CBS was the most watched network on three different nights, with a combination of repeats and one episode of Million Dollar Password.  It was much more interesting seeing […]

(Season 1, Episodes 1-3) 1×01 “Pilot” “When you fight, you have to be careful not to break the little bones in your hand on someone’s face.” – Michael It’s lines like this that make me think I’m going to like this series. I’m not sure why, but I kind of expected the first season of […]

Man, television has been sparse since Memorial Day. How sparse? I’ve found myself watching I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! … on more than one occasion. Yes, yes, I hate myself. Let’s move on. Anyway, this week we have some Speidi antics, television vs. having friends, relationships, and virgin diaries. As always, feel […]

Welcome to part two of my four-part retrospective of Sesame Street on the occasion of it hitting the big 4-0. If you missed it, be sure to also check out part one. I think, and you may disagree with me on this, that the absolute best part of Sesame Street are the songs. Yeah, the […]

This week’s column is all about new shows. Well, kind of. The Tonight Show certainly isn’t new, but Conan O’Brien hosting it sure is. I take a look at that, examine jungle morality with Frangela, and decide if The Listener is worth watching. Conan’s first day on the job I’ve been super-excited about the prospect […]

The cool thing to do, these days, is dump on Heroes. I’m not saying that the show doesn’t deserve it (because I’m not stupid), but it’s almost funny the kind of hatred that has developed for this show since, well, the first season finale. Despite the meteoric fall, I seem to have been one of […]