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Archive for the 'Television' Category

The Best Two Minutes Of Television Drama You’ll Ever See

by @ Friday, March 5th, 2010. Filed under Television

I’ve recently been making my way through a recap of what remains, notwithstanding political bias issues, one of my favorite television dramas of all time — The West Wing.
And I came upon an episode from the first season titled In Excelsis Deo.
I will leave to either your memory of the episode or this Wikipedia entry [...]

For All Your Snowmageddon Needs

by @ Tuesday, February 9th, 2010. Filed under Television, The Simpsons, Virginia, Washington DC, Weather

Super Bowl XLIV: The Biggest Television Audience Ever

by @ Monday, February 8th, 2010. Filed under Sports, Television

Not only did the New Orleans Saints win their first Super Bowl last night, they apparently also helped break a record that many thought would stand forever:
NEW YORK – The New Orleans Saints’ victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of “M-A-S-H” to [...]

The Cylons Were Created By Man. They Evolved. They Rebelled. There Are Many Copies…..

by @ Saturday, November 21st, 2009. Filed under Battlestar Galactica, Humor, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Proof of the alien conspiracy found on Sarah Palin’s Facebook page.

Eric Cartman Does Glenn Beck

by @ Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Filed under Glenn Beck, Humor, Politics, South Park, Television

Better than Beck does, actually:

Caprica Season One Coming January 22nd

by @ Friday, November 13th, 2009. Filed under Battlestar Galactica, Television

Gee what metaphor do you think they’re going for here ?

Fox Cancels Dollhouse

by @ Thursday, November 12th, 2009. Filed under Television

Given the ratings they’ve gotten this season it does not come as a surprise, but still this sucks:
The fall television season is winding down, which means that broadcast networks are beginning to clear out shows that have failed to attract audiences this year and scheduling some that they hope will do better.
Fox notified Joss Whedon, [...]

Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street

by @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Television

If you grew up in the 1970s, this one will sound familiar:

How DVRs Saved Television

by @ Monday, November 2nd, 2009. Filed under Technology, Television, TiVo

It took a long enough time, but it seems that television executives are figuring out that time-delay recording devices like TiVo are the best thing they ever happened to television:
In what may seem a media business version of the Stockholm syndrome, television network executives have fallen in love with a former tormentor: the digital video [...]

The President We Love To Hate Is Returning To 24

by @ Monday, November 2nd, 2009. Filed under 24, Television

Yep, Charles Logan is coming back:
It’s official: 24’s upcoming eighth season is going to be craaaazy (the bat-you-know-what kind).
Gregory Itzin is returning to 24 as lunatic ex-prez Charlies Logan for a multi-episode arc. Logan will resurface towards the end of Day 8 when Cherry Jones’ President Taylor reluctantly enlists her disgraced predecessor to assist with [...]

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