UncategorizedWhy MacGyver, Book III commented last week that MacGyver has unexpectedly become a major pop-culture icon; this week, legendary producer/huckster Dino...
UncategorizedBad News For Advocates of Longer EpisodesFox’s experiment with "remote-free TV" -- a fancy DVR-era name for returning to the old practice of having longer episodes and...
UncategorizedLeave CNBC AloooooooneI was a little underwhelmed by the Stewart/Cramer showdown, but even I can enjoy the fun of Washington Post columnist Richard...
Uncategorized"You Have No Idea How to Play Bridge, Do You?"Tonight’s How I Met Your Mother was the kind of episode I like, after a batch of episodes that have had entertaining moments but...
UncategorizedDavid Chase Goes MetaDavid Chase hasn’t been doing much since The Sopranos ended (he was supposed to go into writing and directing movies, but it’s...
UncategorizedRe-Tools Rip-Roaringly RevisitedThe AV Club has an article after my own heart: "’The Clown Show has been put on hiatus for retooling’: 20 cases of mutant TV." 20...
UncategorizedWeekend Flop Viewing: OPEN ALL NIGHTThis show had a very, very, very short run on ABC; I’ve posted the title song before (which is sort of famous even though the show...
UncategorizedCrazy Liz Lemon vs. Semi-Sane Liz LemonCarrying this over from a not-online discussion I was having: Liz Lemon on 30 Rock is a character whose level of sanity varies...
UncategorizedFor Anyone Who Ever Wished Real Life Was a MusicalVia Mark Evanier , this 2007 clip of members of the Boston University Stage Troupe doing the opening number from The Music Man on...
UncategorizedCramer On The Daily Show: Too Boring To LiveblogHotly-anticipated interviews by Jon Stewart can’t help but be anti-climactic