Archive for February, 2008

“Kitchen Nightmares” Is Ruining My Meals

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Gordon Ramsay is keeping me from dining out. That’s because when it premiered last fall, I made the mistake of watching “Kitchen Nightmares,” and now I can barely eat in public.
For those of you who may not know, “Kitchen Nightmares” is a reality show imported from England where master chef and pugnacious big mouth Gordon [...]

Online Valentines, With Love From ABC

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Can’t find that special card for your Valentine? Click over to ABC.com where you can choose from an assortment of Valentine’s Day cards from some of your favorite ABC-TV show characters. If your Valentine likes “Ugly Betty,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” or “Lost,” you can make their day by sending them a special online message [...]

Hooray! The Strike Is Over

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Last night the membership of the Writer’s Guild of America officially voted to end their three month long strike. Woo hoo!
The Oscars can go on as scheduled—though I can’t stand Jon Stewart and I don’t think he’s the least bit funny—and I can finally get back to my regular TV viewing schedule.
When many [...]

TV Secretary: A Career Whose Time Has Come

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

My good friend Kay says she needs a TV Secretary. That is, someone who calls and reminds her when a show she likes is on. Lately I’ve been filling that role.
“Project Runway’s” about to walk down the catwalk? Gotta call Kay. “Make Me A Supermodel,” is about to strut its stuff? [...]

“Lost” Snap Recap: “Confirmed Dead” (2/7/08)

Monday, February 11th, 2008

We got some answers on “Lost” last week. We found out that someone—Dharma?—went to great lengths to pretend that no one survived the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. Right down to planting a wrecked plane on the ocean floor complete with bodies. We found out there was supposed to be a different [...]

My Life With Ryan

Friday, February 8th, 2008

During this long, hard writers strike, I’ve been wearing out my TV remote buttons, surfing channels for quality entertainment.  Or at the very least, quality, cheesy entertainment.  Kind of taking myself out of my TV viewing comfort zone. That’s how I ended up watching MTV’s “Life Of Ryan.”
Ryan is Ryan Scheckler, a [...]

The Lipstick Mafia

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

The latest “Sex & The City” ripoff, “Lipstick Jungle” premieres tonight on NBC. It stars a glammed up Kim Raver, recently of “24″ and “The Nine,” the Mabelline version of Brooke Shields, and Lindsay Price, an actress I know nothing about. NBC’s website describes the show this way:
“Movie Exec Wendy Healy, Editor-in-Chief Nico [...]

New Online TV Series At Television Without Pity

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Television Without Pity the TV recap website that put the “s” in snarky, is breaking into the online video business. According to Multichannel News:

TelevisionWithoutPity.com, Bravo’s web site for TV junkies, will introduce video content and an original online series to its line-up of satirical commentary recaps and reviews, officials said Monday.
TelevisionWithoutPity.com will also [...]

Super Tuesday Online Videos

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Just in time for the presidential primaries on Super Tuesday, I want to introduce you to some super online videos.
First, let’s start with a couple of funny ones. On YouTube, there’s the return of the Obama Girl, except now she’s Super Obama Girl, a superhero out to make the world safe for Obama.
Or “Political [...]

“Lost” Snap Recap: “The Beginning Of The End”

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Last week was the premiere of “Lost” and every Monday I’m going to have a “Lost” Snap Recap. Here’s the first.
This was a Hurley-centric episode. Yay, for Hurley. We didn’t see enough of him last season. Anyway, the show starts off with a classic “Breaking News” police car chase through LA. [...]