UncategorizedCatchphrases Rarely Last Long, Or, Did They Do That?The end of the regular season means the beginning of "summer filler specials" season, and NBC kicks it off tomorrow with a special...
UncategorizedAll Television Is Local?My main thought on the "Save Local TV" campaign is this: it’s making me nostalgic for the time when the endlessly-repeated...
UncategorizedSomalia Is A "Libertarian Paradise"Via alicublog , this video explains that if you’re looking for a vacation getaway that hasn’t been spoiled by socialistic concepts...
UncategorizedTelevision CartographyThis has been around for a while, but the sitcom map is a useful guide to where TV comedies take place and which areas of the...
UncategorizedWeekend Viewing: HEAD OF THE CLASSThe show I was thinking of writing about appears to have been banished from YouTube (that happens), so here’s something else I...
UncategorizedThe Most Important Issue Of Our Time: Drew Carey’s HairJaime Weinman on Drew Carey’s messy new look. It’s weird.
UncategorizedTV On DVD: Interview With Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Creator of DESIGNING WOMENThe first season of Designing Women is coming out on DVD next Tuesday . To promote the DVD release, the show’s creator, Linda...
UncategorizedThe End of the Regular TV SeasonI think 30 Rock ’s last big meta-joke, about the fact that a "year" on TV ends when the season does ("What are you talking about?...
CultureRon Howard makes boring moviesThe former child star has done interesting work, but get him behind a camera . . .
CultureHappy Birthday’s sad money grabAll those restaurant waiters singing the iconic tune? Legally, they could owe $20,000.