Ten years ago, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire graced the US airwaves. It marked the beginning of an avalanche of reality programming that started from across the Pacific (including Dancing with the Stars, and that beast American Idol). It was a downright phenomenon, capturing the attention of nation. Unfortunately, ABC bashed America over the […]

After being asked if he heard anything Hardison was saying to him, Eliot retorts: “You’re explaining how you’re still a virgin?” in response to the steady stream of geek talk Eliot was just subjected to I’m watching this episode with an extra pair of eyes tonight — did you see Dean Devlin’s tweet? Somewhere, in […]

Due to a combination of lax parental oversight and just being kind of a weird kid, I spent what would now be called my “tween” years in a weird horror phase. From the age of about 9-12, or so, I rented every single Friday the 13th movie, every Alfred Hitchcock movie I could get my […]

I really, really loathe most family sitcoms. I’m on board with the According to Jim haters’ club we’ve got going on CliqueClack (although now that it’s canceled, there goes the fun), and let’s just say that I’ve never even watched an episode of … wait — are there even any family sitcoms on anymore? Regardless…. I […]

Monday night was the premiere of the newest batch of episodes of America’s favorite train wreck, Jon and Kate Plus 8. There were two new episodes, the first of which focused on the much-publicized beach trip that Kate took with her kids a few months ago. It turns out that the Gosselins had been planning […]

Hung is getting more interesting. This week’s episode, “Do It, Monkey,” found Ray doing a little role playing. He was commissioned to play a book editor who picks up a woman changing her tire along the road. On their first encounter, he has sex with her right away, even though that’s not particularly what she […]

(Season 4, Episodes 1-3) After the season finale, I was expecting more of an earth-shattering premiere than what we got. Instead, we have everyone in Agrestic/Majestic pretty much going on with their lives (in FEMA-approved hotel rooms). Well, except for Celia, that is, who has gotten an amazing prison makeover, courtesy of everyone being completely […]