Just think about it … in about two months we’ll be mocking the talentless in the American Idol auditions. There’s certain to be a diamond or two in the rough, but I’m sure we’ll have plenty of targets for ridicule. Right now most of the media attention hoopla is on this season’s Dancing With the […]

(Season 5, Episode 11 – “Play’n With Fire”) Why is it that, even with a movie called Smoke Jumpers, I knew right away what “fire” meant in this episode’s title, before the episode started? It’s amazing that the goings-on in this episode would lead to the boys basically putting their tails between their legs and […]

(Season 3, Episode 8 – “The Damage A Man Can Do”) The student becomes the teacher. We’ve been seeing, for several episodes now, Miguel prodding Dexter for more information into his dark ways. And all along the way, Harry is that angel (or devil) on Dexter’s shoulder, the former teacher seeing his student grow up […]

“I don’t know what that means.” – Shane tries to figure out how to rob a safe on The Shield Unlike most dramas, The Shield doesn’t really give you a whole lot of relief from the tension. Watching an episode is kind of like being punched over and over again. So after seven seasons, it […]

5:00p/4:00 Central Hey, The CW’s 4Real is M.I.A. tonight. Get it? Because they feature hip-hop artist M.I.A. heading to Liberia to meet the woman who founded a youth organization trying to bring some hope and happiness to the embattled children of the region. 7:00p/6:00 Central While CBS is bringing you President-Elect Obama’s first interview since […]

(Season 34, Episode 8) I will admit that my hopes were high this week.  Paul Rudd is a funny dude, and I was hoping that SNL would come through with some great political lampooning. Boy was I disappointed. I don’t know if I was just in the wrong frame of mind to watch SNL, but […]

(Week of Nov. 15, 2008) “There’s a big learning curve to this whole ghost thing.” – Jim, Ghost Whisperer “If it’s creepy to use the Internet, military satellites, and robot aircraft to find a house full of gorgeous young models so that I can drop in on them unexpectedly, then fine, I’m creepy.” – Howard, […]