UncategorizedNBC 10 p.m. Programs Of the PastAs NBC prepares to Leno-ize the 10 p.m. slot starting next fall , I thought I’d remind myself of some of the NBC shows that have...
UncategorizedIt’s The Jay Leno Fun Time Weeknight Variety Talk Music Super-Terrific Happy Hour!See, I should have waited to comment on Jeff Zucker’s cryptic pronouncement about cutting down the number of hours NBC...
UncategorizedBetter Her Than Caroline KennedyFran Drescher has volunteered to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate . She already has experience speaking out against explicit...
UncategorizedMAD MEN = SEX AND THE CITY?I don’t just mean that they’re both Emmy-winning, critically-acclaimed, somewhat heartless cable shows with attractive casts and...
UncategorizedNBC Threatens To Broadcast Fewer Hours, Throwing Hard-Working Hours Onto the StreetJeff Zucker, who is never wrong about anything (after all, he greenlit such blockbuster hits as Good Morning Miami ), says that...
UncategorizedThe Last (I Promise) Round of Comparisons of Canadian Politics to JEMI won’t make a habit of this, I swear, but the parallels do go on and on. How can you possibly deny the appropriateness of these...
CultureWhy we still care who shot J.R.‘Dallas,’ at 30, is now a classic, all because of a villain who never stops being interesting
UncategorizedWeekend Flop TV: LOVE ON A ROOFTOPAs I said earlier, of all the shows created by Canada’s Bernard Slade (The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family, Bridget Loves Bernie...
UncategorizedTwo Kinds of Meta-StoriesSpeaking of last night’s 30 Rock , the B story, while lame (and there are few things lamer than a weak B story attached to a...
Uncategorized"I Want To Go To There!"I just want to say that last night’s 30 Rock offered my favourite new catchphrase in many moons (and several suns): when offered...