UncategorizedWhy Variety?This is a question that was brought to my attention by a Todd VanDerWerff tweet : doesn’t the networks’ obsession with reviving...
UncategorizedTerrible TitlesI never thought "The Good Wife" was such a bad title. It wasn’t like "Cougar Town," where you have to stop and ask yourself what...
UncategorizedAMC, Money, and OwnershipI linked to this in my earlier Breaking Bad post, but here’s yesterday’s Los Angeles Times story about the hardball negotiations...
UncategorizedMost Heavily Rhymed TV Theme?Speaking of Captain America... I never realized this before, but the theme song for the Captain America ’60s cartoon may be one of...
UncategorizedA Non-Violent EpisodeI wonder how the almost complete lack of violent action (or even the threat of violent action) in the most recent Breaking Bad...
UncategorizedKing of the Hill Revisited: "The Arrowhead" and "Hilloween"Season 2, Episode 3: "The Arrowhead" Written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger There’s a term, "filler episode," that is sometimes...
UncategorizedThe World’s New Theme SongOne of the ways the internet has changed the life of the pop-culture trivia searcher is that it used to take years to identify a...
MoviesDon’t you dare smurf at the Smurfs The highly bankable little blue characters star in their own movie
UncategorizedCanCon ContinuedHere’s the CBC’s report on the latest rulings by the CRTC on Canadian Content . My very brief attempt at a summary, with the...