As I looked through an advertising circular recently, something caught my eye. I didn’t particularly need the item, but knew I had to share the information with the rest of the family. Someone – I don’t remember the store – had a DVD player on sale for $20. I drifted into old man mode and […]
I know what America needs. I don’t mean I can solve our myriad political and social problems. That’s an impossible task for anyone to challenge. But I know what to do so we can all smile again, as long as we forget all those political and social problems. This may sound ambitious, but I know […]
I’m sure everyone has heard the news by now. Due to a knee injury, marketing plans for NBC’s coverage of the upcoming Winter Olympics are up in the air. This knee injury may prevent millions of Americans from watching the Games. Well, that’s the version I gleaned from my online interactions. In reality, American skiing […]
The NBC comedy “Community” returns tonight, against all odds. The wacky sitcom has seemed headed for the graveyard every year, but has enough of a cult following to make it hard for the network to completely cut the cord. I have read that these new episodes are pretty funny. But will we ever really know […]
Americans have very few opportunities these days to band together with one singular purpose. A couple of weeks ago, however, that happened when NBC aired a live production of “The Sound of Music.” Unfortunately, I did not get to take part in this exercise because of a work function I had to attend. I could […]
The real winner in the trio of watchable Tuesday comedies on Fox was the list of guest stars. Between “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “New Girl” and “The Mindy Project,” we had a cavalcade of stars joining the regular cast members.
I tweeted yesterday that I was excited for the premiere of the final season of “How I Met Your Mother” against my better judgment. The show, which I have been with since it premiered, had really started to get on my nerves. I’m not the only one bugged by the constant fakeouts, unnecessary tangents and […]
This is a new and hopefully regular kind of post about what I watched on TV the previous night. There will be spoilers so don’t complain. The new TV season kicked off for me last night when Fox premiered its Tuesday night comedy block. I already had “New Girl” and “The Mindy Project” written in […]
I have a complicated relationship with pop culture. I really enjoy pretty much all forms of entertainment and am fascinated by the people that can do those sorts of things. But I hate the attendant drooling over every single aspect of these people’s lives, especially when people start getting obsessed with bad things that happen […]
This year has challenged my TV geek ways. I have watched shows I like get the axe. The fascination with dancing and singing competitions continue to succeed, something I just don’t get. And I have had to bid farewell to a few of my favorite shows. One of them, “The Office,” bowed out this week. […]