Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US) After a flurry of activity in the Big Brother 10 house, we’re in the doldrums right now. Another Head of Household comp, new nominations, another capability of Veto comp — we’re really talking a flurry, right? But nowadays is Sunday and it will be...

Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free Hallmark Channel has a Murder, She Wrote marathon all night. At 7, USA has more of the U.S. Open. G4 has a new Hurl! at 7. At 8, CBS has a new Big Brother. TV Land has the series finale of M*A*S*H at 8. Also at 8: Cartoon Network has a new...

Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl Gossip Girl here, ready to bring you the latest news from the Upper East Side and The Hamptons. Want to know whether S and D are back together? What poor deeds C is up to? Who are B’s new enemies? Want to memorize whether J got herself...

Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free Bad news, Flight of the Conchords fans. It looks like the upcoming season of their HBO show will be the end. The boys, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, have confirmed that they’ve been having trouble making the moment season, struggling...

Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US) Well, we thought that Thursday night’s Big Brother 10 episode was a whirlwind of activity. Since the habitable double eviction show, there has been another Head of Household competition and nominations as well as a veto comp. It’s sufficient to invent a...

Filed under: OpEd, Video, Early Looks, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl Hello Upper Eastsiders and friends! Get ready for another year of backstabbing, fights, evil plans, some more backstabbing, friendships put to the pop quiz, lies, breakups, hooking ups, seduction, sex, some more backstabbing and, of course,...

Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 7, USA has coverage of The U.S. Open. At 8, ABC has College Football, Alabama vs. Clemson. Disney has a new Disney Channel Games 2008 at 8, soon after a new Cory in the House. TCM has Woman of the Year at 8, followed by The African Queen. At...

Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free “The Heart of Hopeness”: Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech the other night, to a stadium full of insanely excited Democrats. John Oliver filed a report habitable from the site of Obama’s speech. Man,...

Filed under: Sports, Celebrities, Reality-Free If you watch ESPN’s daily round table sport talk show, Around the Horn, you know that Jay Mariotti is a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. Or I should say, he was a columnist. Right after the Beijing Olympics, Mariotti returned to the show and all...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S01E12) “Do you think we closed Pandora’s box?” — Tom to Trina, after Janet’s birthday partyYou knew that was going to be an episode fraught with revelations when the strains of Carly Simon singing “No...

Filed under: Animation, Children, Retro Squad, Reality-Free, Saturday Morning Seventeen. That is the number of premieres that aired during the 1973-74 Saturday schedule. It marked the largest number of premieres since original fare began to be offered during the 1965-66 season. It plus marked an official...

Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free Labor Day marks the end of summer (yeah, don’t tell me summer ends later in September, whether it’s Labor Day and the kids are back in school, summer is over), and you could spend the weekend at the beach, having a barbecue, or doing something athletic...

Filed under: Interviews, Dexter, Reality-Free Dexter’s got it all: murder, mystery, mayhem, even romance and humor. My excitement barometer has started to rise, what with the hype surrounding the new season, premiering on September 28 on Showtime. Man, I wish the creators of Dexter could package...

Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US) I’m certain that Michelle was even more angry than usual when she saw Ollie immediately following her in final night’s Big Brother 10 double eviction show. Meanwhile, Dan the man with a plan, relaxes in the yard of the house. But is he really all that relaxed?...

Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free Here’s who’s on the late night talk shows tonight. Charlie Rose: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Robert A. Caro, and Joseph A. Califano The Late Show with David Letterman: Amy Sedaris, Kim Kardashian, and Brian Regan Jay Leno:...

Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 7, USA has more coverage of The U.S. Open. At 8, The CW has a new Smackdown! PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, followed by new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal. TCM has On The Waterfront at 8. At 9, NBC has a new Dateline. Discovery...

Filed under: News, Programming, Ratings, Reality-Free The reviews from the political talking heads — right and left — have been mostly positive. The visuals were spectacular and riveting. History was made at Mile High Stadium in Denver final night when Senator Barack Obama accepted the nomination...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Reality-Free August has been a slow month for these “Best XXXX of All-Time” and “Worst XXXX Sitcoms of the Decade” lists, but here’s an interesting one: the 20 best seasons of the final 20 years. It’s...

Filed under: The Simpsons, Reality-Free The Simpsons is about to go some place it has never gone before: Homer Simpson’s colon. According to The New York Post, Homer is going to undergo a colonoscopy that season. Actually, it’s not going to be part of the long-running FOX show, it’s...