Filed under: OpEd, The Shield, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S07E05) “Putting Pezuela absent is a down payment on me being able to habitable with myself.” - Vic Vic Mackey expressing regret? Wha?!? whether that isn’t a sign of the end, I don’t know what is. right me whether I’m...

Filed under: OpEd, House, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S05E03) “You know, folks hate folks who have theories about citizens…” Ah, House, the more you change, the more you stay the same. Whether it be a new boss, a possible fling with Cameron, a new husband for your ex-wife, a cure...

Filed under: OpEd, Survivor I’ve been a Survivor fan since the first season of the show. Now, that was back before widespread broadband Web connections and the official show website mainly had the bios, recaps and some photos. But now it has composition there, particularly videos, which catches...

Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Reality-Free Stephen Colbert is my hero. And now it’s like he’s a superhero — or a good friend of a superhero, and isn’t that shut adequate? The L.A. Times reports that Colbert joins Spider-Man in an upcoming story arc in the Amazing Spider-man....

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, Programming, Reality-Free Here’s something I didn’t know: it’s cheaper to film in England and Africa than it is to film in Hollywood. NBC has announced that their new midseason drama The Philanthropist (a real pain to spell, by the way) won’t...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, The Closer, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free After the success of The Closer, you can’t blame TNT for going with a proven formula. The cable network is shut to greenlighting two police drama pilots, a project from Jerry Bruckheimer about young undercover...

Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, ABC has a new Opportunity Knocks, soon after a new Dancing with the Stars and the special Half The Size. CBS has a new NCIS, followed by new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace. NBC has a new Biggest Loser at 8, followed by...

Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free I read Bill O’Reilly’s new book, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, by the weekend. The title comes from something a nun called him when he was a kid. Besides finding out how much of a great guy he is (I found that out from O’Reilly, not from friends...

Filed under: Industry, Reality-Free Since when is David Gordon Green a comedic director? I mean, certain the guy did Pineapple Express — and it was funny, but have you ever caught any of his preceding movies, like All the Real Girls, Undertow or Snow Angels? All of them have their merit (my personal...

Filed under: Desperate Housewives, ER, House, Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Prison Break, The Office, TV Squad Lists, Casting, Reality-Free The genius that was Amy Ryan’s Holly beatboxing on The Office final week got me thinking about other cast additions that have made shows better. The first that...

Filed under: Late Night, Video, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free The big question, whether Jay Leno does indeed go by to ABC when his contract is up with NBC, is what will happen to Jimmy Kimmel? His show has been increasing in ratings and the late night talk show with the most buzz right now, and...

Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Life, Reality-Free (S02E01) Ten months. That’s how enlarged its been since we’ve seen a fresh episode of Life. After the final episode aired in November there was nary a word about the show, save for reports of its renewal and a bit about casting changes....

Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl (S02E05) “I would like to experience the world of Chuck Bass.” - Dan Once again that week, we were treated to a rocking episode of Gossip Girl, which included the usual backstabbing but additionally Jenny lying, Dan getting arrested...

Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free (S02E01) “Welcome to Thuderdome!” - Morgan Grimes I’m curious whether there is anyone who watched that season premiere and found the opening recap helpful at all. Are we to believe that there are citizens who watching the premiere who...

Filed under: Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S03E02) Mama Petrelli is going to be trouble that season, isn’t she? I wonder how much of the flak the show is taking now is considering they’ve had to restructure their overall plan due to the strike final year. We already know they’d...

Filed under: Interviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free Chi McBride made a name for himself playing incredibly serious, commanding, dramatic roles, which is probably why citizens love him so much as Emerson Cod, the cynic with perfect comedic timing on ABC’s Pushing Daisies. When Pushing Daisies...

Filed under: How I Met Your Mother, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S04E02) “This burger is so good I want to sew my ass shut.” I don’t tend to open my reviews with a quote, but that one from Barney was too good to disregard. Might as well give it the Best Barneyism of the week, but...

Filed under: Episode Reviews, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free (S02E04) This story focused more on the individual members of the Connor team, particularly Cameron. I was glad about that for two reasons. First, more Summer Glau. moment, I think the flash forwards invent for very good, interesting...

Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, next a new Boston Legal. CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, followed by new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Worst Week, and CSI: Miami. FOX has new episodes of Sarah Connor...