The new year came in quietly in our house as I tried to explain to my daughter what a stroke is so she might understand why Dick Clark was on TV talking that way. I don’t know why I chose that channel for the countdown. She had tuned into “F?ED: THE MOVIE” on Nickelodeon while […]
I have to give my friend Dave Lifton (via Liz Chang) the credit for this one. What a way to bring out my M*A*S*H obsession. Growing up, my family watched the show religiously. Even before you could find reruns on dozens of channels, we could catch four or five episodes some days because of syndication. […]
I had hoped to harness all my blind rage yesterday into a post about the news that CBS has paid jackass, blowhard, tough guy ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd to do a TV show based on his life. This is remarkable for two reasons. Number one, his life is unremarkable. Well, unremarkable to the extent […]
We have heard many people talk about Keith Olbermann lately. Many, many people. Too many people. In case you have been hiding under a rock or are smart enough to avoid people talking about Keith Olbermann, here’s the upshot. The MSNBC “journalist” was suspended for a couple of days because he made political contributions without […]
Life has its way of bringing conflict our way. That is pretty much one thing we can always count on whether we like it or not. Take, for example, the new remote control for our cable boxes. I really love new advances in technology. I might not always buy the new gadget or gizmo right […]
This summer treat from CBS is truly one of my guilty pleasures. I have not been a die-hard from the beginning, but have been a big fan for the past four seasons. I don’t obsess over the live feeds, but I do check web sites which give updates that the people who only watch TV […]
The Internet has done some wonderful things for this world. We can instantly find out the answer to any question. We have many different ways to waste time. We can keep in touch with long-lost friends. However, Al Gore’s intricate system of tubes and wires has a downside. By this, I mean the hue and […]
The other day, an item from one of my local TV stations popped up on my Facebook page. Let’s start off by getting a simple fact out of the way – I’m not a big fan of TV news. I have worked in newspapers all my professional life, either on staff or as a freelancer, […]
I feel lost. Completely lost. Not lost with a capital letter at the beginning because I don’t watch that show. But that’s part of the reason I feel so lost. TV season has ended. How will we carry on for the next few months? For some reason, the whole thing snuck up on me. When […]
I had a hankering for some comedy at lunch yesterday and decided to watch an old episode of Newsradio on Hulu. It was the one where Jimmy James faked his attempt at flying around the globe in a hot air balloon. I love that episode because so many of the elements that made the show […]