Today’s guest clacker is Paul William Tenny, a frequent commenter here who runs a website called The Media Pundit, covering movies, TV, and other entertainment subjects. I’m no television historian, but as a keen observer of emerging trends, the thing that piques my interest these days isn’t web-to-television series like Sanctuary or Quarterlife, or the […]

Alright, alright, it’s probably way too early for this post, and it’s most likely an overstatement, but I can’t help thinking that network TV as we know it is in critical condition. With the latest news that NBC is giving up on the ten o’clock hour giving Jay Leno a nightly show at 10 PM, […]

Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello is reporting that Grey’s Anatomy star T.R. Knight has asked to be released from his contract. Network representatives have not yet officially confirmed this news. However, reportedly, the details of George’s departure are being hammered out. I haven’t been able to stomach Grey’s since the beginning of Season two. So, I […]

HBO has become the go-to destination for mini-series about Iraq. On the heels of this summer’s powerful Generation Kill, comes a four episode docudrama on the life and times of everybody’s favorite modern-day murderous dictator: Saddam Hussein. Debuting this past Sunday night, House of Saddam for the most part focuses on family dynamics inside the […]

The comics, they just keep getting bigger. After the recent successes of things like 300 and Iron Man, and with Watchmen set to take over the theaters next spring, it stands to reason that one of the networks might want to take another shot. Sure, we’ve seen it before, with varying degrees of success (Birds […]

We’re back tonight with the Heroes liveblog. The heroes have lost and regained their powers, and this week Claire and Hiro actually get some screen time together when they go back in time to when HRG became her daddy. Meanwhile, Sylar’s back and causing trouble for Peter and the Haitian, while Suresh makes progress on […]

Vampires. You can’t walk down the street these days without stepping on one of them. They’re on television, in books and on the movie screen. Hell, one even moved down the street from me. Which, pardon the pun, sucks because he’s up all night, blasting Yanni tunes from his outside speakers. Hey, some of us living […]