When did Friday night stop being a television destination? Did the 2000s usher in a generation of youngsters who no longer stayed in to watch their favorite shows on the first night of the weekend? Everyone seems to forget that there’s Saturday night too, plenty of time to go out and get loaded. And for […]

Today’s Guest Clacker is Meredith O’Brien, a pop culture columnist who also blogs about TV and movies at Notes from the Asylum. I didn’t expect to laugh this much during Big Love’s premiere. I think the laughter was a defense mechanism, a response to the parade of craziness which appeared in one scene after another. […]

The blogs are all atwitter. NBC is finally owning up to the Leno Experiment’s failure. Sure, they can blame the affiliates all they want to. I guess it’s pretty damn unreasonable to want, you know, competitive ratings at 10 and 11. The nerve of those guys, eh? I’m not a late night guy, so I’m […]

Some are saying that last night’s episode of Men of a Certain Age was a welcome lighter side to the show. But I didn’t see it as anything other than a continuation of the same, a perfect combination of middle-age angst, brotherhood, and Ray Romano awkwardness. Yes, last night’s episode was awesome, but that’s nothing new […]

Make It or Break It definitely toned down the emotional drama in its second week back, while still managing to keep its serious stories at the forefront. In addition, bringing Marty Walsh (Erik Palladino) back to the Rock as the new National team coach stirred up some of last season’s issues (Kaylie’s parents, Lauren’s dad, […]

“Everyone in our building thinks we’re gay.” – Wilson “We’re grown men over the age of 30 who moved in together. We’re two tigers away from an act in Vegas.” – House Oh, House, how I missed you. I didn’t realize how much until I just experienced the life-changing hour of your mid-season premiere. OK, […]

Man, it feels like the new season of Chuck just started yesterday! Three hours of Chuck in two days is a lot. What’s even better is that yesterday’s Sunday night airing of Chuck earned the best ratings the show has seen since the 3-D episode that aired the day after the Super Bowl. With NBC […]