UncategorizedWhen It Makes Sense To Keep a Show Past Its PrimeWith the news that ABC may keep Scrubs on for a ninth season , even though Zach Braff and other actors won’t be able to appear in...
UncategorizedWho’s Watching The Kids?Another space-filling intro from an obscure ’70s show (that apparently got shown on TV Land back when TV Land didn’t...
WorldArlen Specter’s defection and the big pictureThe U.S. political system is becoming more and more like . . . ours
CultureSacha Baron Cohen strikes againThe ‘Borat’ lawsuits went nowhere. Expect fresh humiliations with the upcoming ‘Brüno.’
UncategorizedSupreme Court Says the FCC Can Keep On Fining!The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down its ruling in FCC vs. Fox Television Stations , the case that challenged the FCC’s new...
Uncategorized"I’m Too Fast To Let It Catch Me!" -- Swine Flu Warnings From 1976I checked to see if anyone had YouTub’d any clips from the last big swine flu scare, in 1976. Sure enough, there are two...
UncategorizedEt Tu, Family Circus?This is today’s instalment of The Family Circus , and I can’t think of a better illustration of the fact that the recession has...
UncategorizedCallbacks To Early EpisodesLast night’s King of the Hill (yes, I watch it instead of Bob & Doug ) was one of their better recent episodes, a solid and funny...
UncategorizedTV, The Recession and EscapismBill Brioux has an article in the Toronto Star about how the recession is impacting television ; and he has more to say at his...
UncategorizedAnd Then There Were Two Golden GirlsBea Arthur has died at the age of 86 , and the question is not "how many people grew up with her?" but "how many people didn’t...