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Tonight is the final episode of Inside the NFL
There are probably two reactions to that headline:
1. No big deal, I didn’t really watch that show besides.
2. There’s a show called Inside the NFL?
Actually, there’s a third reaction possible, when you realize that the show has been on for 31 years! I had no concept the show was …
Doritos: ‘Mouse Trap”
This was a decent commercial too. We produce out opera music from Carmen, and a man in a suit with slicked back hair is using Doritos to set a mouse trap. He sets his trap, and soon after sits back in a comfy armchair. He is sitting in the chair, listening to the music and he starts stuffing his f…
Chris Berman takes his crew to effin’ TV school - VIDEO
This video has been floating around the blogosphere for a few days — thanks to Deadspin, who always seems to be able to dig up fun clips like that — but I wanted to put it up here, for those who missed it (or those who find it so funny that they want to see it by and by again):
The clip is an o…
More Gladiators coming to TV that fall - VIDEO
Do you like American Gladiators? How about a version that has kids competing instead of adults?
That was a concept of Gladiators 2000, a spinoff of the original version of American Gladiators. It aired for a couple of years in the mid-1990s (which is odd, considering it had “2000″ in the ti…
FOX to have a Super Sunday, in more ways than one
FOX is hoping you like a little politics with your football coverage.
On Super Bowl Sunday (that’s that Sunday), FOX News anchor Shep Smith will host a two hour political show on FOX from 10am to midday. The show will not only have news about the election (Super Tuesday is next week), but they’ll…
The amazing habitable Olympic highlight reel - VIDEO
Over in Japan, they have some wild game/reality shows. Some of them are just outrageously crazy (really, how many times can we see Japanese guys whacked in the groin or weird food being eaten?), but sometimes you see something so cool, so intelligent, that it just makes you shake your head.
This …
Everyone gets to watch Patriots try for history after all
The move by the NFL to exclusively air that weekend’s game amoung the New England Patriots and New York Giants on their own NFL network, which reaches only 40% of US households, was met with much criticism and frustration. With a win that weekend, the Patriots would become the first team to go undef…
CBS to open a restaurant … with the Patriots?
I haven’t Googled it, but I’m just going to assume that that is the first moment a major TV network has opened a restaurant with a major sports franchise.
CBS and The New England Patriots (that’s football for those readers who don’t watch sports) have announced that they are joining together to o…
WWE Raw celebrates 15 years with renewal
Monday, WWE Raw will be celebrating 15 years with a special three-hour episode. On the eve of that celebration comes word, Reuters tells us that the wrestling program’s contract has been extended another two years, guaranteeing more chair smashing, smack talking through 2010. The overall deal incl…
Tom Petty to play Super Bowl halftime show - VIDEO
Veteran rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been chosen as the musical act for the Super Bowl game. The game will be played in Glendale, AZ on February 3 and will air on FOX.
Wow, what a choice. I think that the halftime show is plus going to be sponsored by Brylcream. They must be tryi…
WWE not happy with CNN
Well there are two words you don’t see in the same sentence that often, “CNN and “WWE.”
Last week, CNN aired a special investigative special about pro wrestling titled Death Grip. At one point during the show, wrestling star John Cena is interviewed. The WWE claims the interview was edited, and n…
Giveaway Monday: The Boston Red Sox: 2007 World Series Collector’s Edition
Yes, we’ve got yet another giveaway nowadays. that one borders on the TV/sports line that we normally don’t cross, but I think the readers won’t intellect. that giveaway is for three copies of The Boston Red Sox: 2007 World Series Collector’s Edition DVD, which is available on November 13. In fact, …
Just in day for Halloween: it’s Larry Kingula!
This has got to be one of the great celebrity moments.
I don’t really know what to say about that screen shot. It’s from NBC’s Football Night In America the other night, and since I don’t watch the show I’m not certain what the context is. Was Larry King a guest on the show, or did they just tak…
Dennis Miller gets a new show on some channel called Versus
When Dennis Miller took by doing the color commentary on Monday Night Football several years back, fans of the show either loved him completely or hated him completely. You either really dug his arcane references and humor or you sighed a lot and wondered why he was in the booth (for the record, I…
