Ding dong. Is it the Avon lady? Is it an eager Girl Scout? If your name is Charlie Crews, you won’t be receiving the perfect shade of lipstick or a box of delicious cookies; you’ll be getting a bullet in the chest.

Overheard on a Fox television show set … “OK everyone, it’s time to call it a wrap for the day and head home to sleep. Now, now, I’ll have none of that complaining! You know if you’re not well rested and performing your best tomorrow, Mr. Reilly won’t leave you something good in your mail […]

Season 1 of FX’s newest ribald comedy – Testees – wrapped its inaugural season last night. If you’re not familiar with this hilarious series, it follows the bizarre antics of lifelong friends Peter and Ron, who both earn livings as professional medical guinea pigs at a testing facility called Testico. What would possess two healthy […]

Today’s guest clacker is Carissa Pavlica, a wanna-be writer, who (for today) gets to be. A self-proclaimed entertainment junkie and couch potato. I don’t trust network television.  There it is; I’ve said it.  The big four should consider themselves lucky I even watch.  I have been let down so many times, the fact I tune […]

Spotlight Show of the Night Million Dollar Password (CBS, 8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central) – I don’t care what it is, but any reason to bring William Shatner back to television is a good thing. The man is always money when he’s on the airwaves. Tonight, he’s one of the celebrity “helpers” on Regis Philbin’s revamp […]

(Season 2, Episode 10 – “Words Apart”) I’m loving Private Practice more and more, mainly because the characters are unique and interesting. And being a Grey’s Anatomy fan, I’ll be happy to see the shows paired up, when Private moves into the timeslot after Grey’s. That said, every episode has me scratching my head about the […]

It’s bad enough that my children are exposed to beer commercials if they happen to watch anything during prime time. Victoria’s Secret ads are mildly amusing with three teenage/pre-teen boys in the room. Everybody wants an iPod: we get it. But the commercials that are driving me the craziest this season are the ones for […]