NBC Loves The West Wing Actors
Have you noticed how much NBC loves actors from their hit 7 year drama The West Wing? I've noticed it in recent years as they have been popping up all over the NBC-owned USA Network since TWW went off...
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It's Not TV, It's Cable
Starting with new television shows airing on HBO several years ago, we've seen a giant shift of new programming moving to non-traditional paid channels. There was a time where over-the-air networks do...
Zack Morris Visits Jimmy Fallon
Mark Paul Gosselaar went on Late Night With Jimmy Fallonlast night to promote the season premier of his TNT drama Raising the Bar, only he didn't exactly go as himself. He went as his most famous char...
America Loves Gangsters
America loves Gottis, America loves bodies Pacino counting C-Notes for shooting up club lobbies While Eddie Nash controls bankrolls in Wonderland Tony Soprano hits channels and holds down On-Demand -C...
The Future of Television
It really is an interesting time for television. The traditional way we watch TV has changed over the years. We started out with over the air programming to cable and satellite programing, and now we...
KMOV and Charter Communications
There is a battle going on in St. Louis between the local CBS affiliate, KMOV, and a cable television provider Charter Communications. Normally, wherever there is Charter-bashing I am there. This time...
Local TV Affiliates
One thing I hate about my local CBS affiliate, KMOV, is that about once a month they replace normal prime time programming with their own programming. I can understand doing this during the summer whe...
Total Geekery: Saved by the Bell Comic Book
I'm going to geek out hardcore right now. I just found out that there was a Saved by the Bell comic book published in the 1990's. There weren't many published in the series, but enough to make this SB...
Premium for Free?
Looking at the cable bill last night made me think about the premium movie channels. It's no secret that HBO is hurting for viewers right now. No more Sex and the City and The Sopranos created a void...
More Reasons Why Charter Sucks
I've written before about my experiences with Charter. It hasn't gotten any better. Recently we were having problems with our Charter Cable. We called and were able to get an appointment for someone t...
The Magic is Lost
When I was growing up there seemed to be magic specials on TV all the time. I would say every couple months there would be some sort of magic show on television. Sometimes it was a solo performer, suc...
Primeval
A few days ago I downloaded the first episode of the BBC TV show Primeval for free on iTunes. It's a sci-fi show about a rip in time and space where dinosaurs, giant insects, and whatever else comes t...
The Tori Paradox
Everyone knows what a Saved by the Bell geek I am. If you didn't know that then did you really know me? I mean, come on. As much as I love the show there are a few things that bug me. The biggest thin...
The George Lopez Show
Lately I've been unable to sleep. I find myself watching old sitcoms late at night to try and lull me to sleep. It usually starts with Home Improvement and then I either listen to music or find someth...
TBS: Very Annoying
There are a few shows I watch on TBS. I missed an episode of one of them. Luckily, at TBS.com you can watch episodes for free. Or not. I go there to catch up on a missed episode and guess what. We're...
Special Guest Stars
Do you ever watch television and in the credits you see Special Guest Star and then the person's name? Then after all they list all of the special guest stars they list the people that are Guest Starr...
Santos and Obama
I've been noticing a lot of similarities between Congressman Matt Santos from TV's The West Wing and Senator Barack Obama and have been wanting to write about it. The similarities between the two cand...
Wii Wishes
Yesterday I read an article on how to turn the Nintendo Wii into a media center. Now, remember, this isn't a real media center. The Wii has no hard drive, it doesn't play DVDs. This was essentially a...
The World Can be Saved (by the Bell)
The world is a large and frightening place filled with many bad things: Global warming, terrorism, racism, health issues, drugs, poverty, etc. You should not be afraid though. I can help you. The answ...
Just sit right back and hear a tale
Do you ever sit back and laugh (and cry) at some of the dumb antics the Bush Administration engages in? Does it seem too crazy to be true, like you're almost watching a TV show? Well, Peter Norvig ask...