Filed under: Video, Web, Reality-Free I’ve always had that theory that even the worst songs in the world can sound better whether you play them on an acoustic guitar. You can take the most insipid sitcom theme song or the most bombastic heavy metal tune, and when you play the song on an acoustic...

Filed under: Late Night, Video, Commercials, Talk Show, Reality-Free Isn’t it funny how the best parts of Jay Leno’s show are the parts that he has absolutely nothing to do with? Where the personalities of Letterman and Kimmel and O’Brien are all by their shows, shows that they manufacture...

Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities Well, ain’t that a kick in the head? The Real Wives of New York has one less wife on the roster, so it seems. Luann deLesseps has been dumped. The Countess deLesseps — as she prefers to be called - and her rarely seen Count of a hubby, Alex, have...

Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, CBS has a new NCIS, thereupon new episodes of The Mentalist and Without a Trace. FOX has a new American Idol at 8, followed by the series premiere of The Osbournes: Reloaded. NBC has a new, two-hour...

Filed under: OpEd, House, Reality-Free Writing an episode of a show as literally seen through another character’s eyes, a point of view episode, seems like an obvious stunt. That is, unless you can pull it off as brilliantly as House did final night. The episode unfolded mainly through the POV...

Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Video, Reality-Free For those us Battlestar Galactica nerdz, we’re still feeling frakked up, teary-eyed and sniveling following the series’ recent exit stage right. Ron Moore laid the show to rest with dignity and deserved pride, which is why our posting...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Video, Reality-Free So that Thursday at 9pm, the series finale of ER airs on NBC. I think that even former fans who drifted absent from the show when Anthony Edwards was killed off, or when Noah Wyle left, or when they just didn’t enjoy the show anymore considering...

Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, Programming A few years ago, it looked like The Real World was on its final legs, didn’t it? It seemed like public had other reality shows to watch, and it wouldn’t have shocked anyone whether MTV got rid of it considering it had been on since the...

Filed under: Video, How I Met Your Mother, Celebrities, Reality-Free Who says TV can’t change people’s lives? How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan and husband Alexis Denisof, who met on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, welcomed a baby girl into the world final week. Satyana Denisof...

Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Friday Night Lights, Reality-Free The news that we’ve been expecting “any day now,” has finally come. Friday Night Lights has officially been renewed for two more seasons. NBC has decided to continue the financial model that they used that season and...

Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Friday Night Lights, Reality-Free The news that we’ve been expecting “any day now,” has finally come. Friday Night Lights has officially been renewed for two more seasons. NBC has decided to continue the financial model that they used that season and...

Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Friday Night Lights, Reality-Free The news that we’ve been expecting “any day now,” has finally come. Friday Night Lights has officially been renewed for two more seasons. NBC has decided to continue the financial model that they used that season and...

Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Video, Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-Free Fans of Joss Whedon’s Angel were hit with some sad news that week. Andy Hallett, who played Lorne on the WB show, died of heart failure Sunday night. Hallet passed absent at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Hospital...

Filed under: House, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S05E19) Before we jump into an excellent episode, can someone please tell me what happened in the final minute of that episode, right after House stepped into the elevator and his vision began to get all blurry? It looks like Fox ran House a minute or...

Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Casting, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series Arguably the twelfth film in the franchise (or the moment film in the rebooted franchise), Paramount and J.J. Abrams are showing a lot of faith by already hiring the writers for the Star Trek “sequel”. These...

Filed under: House, Casting, Reality-Free I adore Carl Reiner. There. I said it. What are you going to do about it? No, seriously, whether there’s another actor/writer/director/producer in show trade who’s made me laugh more than Mr. Reiner, I can’t think of him/her right now. He’s...

Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free (S02E18) It’s duration for Chuck to assert some authority. It’s date to go by General Beckman’s head and turn to the Commander in Chief. “Dear Mr. President: You probably don’t know me, but let me start by saying I love...

Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl (S02E20) “It’s your birthday; it’s whatever you want.” - Lily to Jenny Episode 20, we’re nearing the end of the season. Only five episodes left, which includes the episode that will be flashback heavy to set the...

Filed under: OpEd, How I Met Your Mother, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S04E19) As a steadfast HIMYM watcher, the fan in me always struggles with the TV critic in me. The critic wants the show to go back to the continuing storyline goodness of the show’s early seasons. But the fan in me doesn’t...