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2010 Emmy Nominations!
I’ve been vacationing in Cleveland for the past week, so the only news on Thursday that anyone seemed to care about was fucking LeBron James and whether or not he would crush the spirits
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: Touchdown! “Friday Night Lights” season 4
One of television’s finest series returns to NBC tonight, as the network begins airing the 4th season of Friday Night Lights. The 13 episodes that make up this season already aired last fall on
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: Coco Goes to Cable
Like the rest of the entertainment industry, my jaw hit the floor at the news that Conan O’Brien would be taking his late night talk show to TBS and not the Fox network, as
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: “Scrubs”
This past Thursday NBC unceremoniously said goodbye to the medical sitcom Scrubs after seven seasons. The series, which introduced Zach Braff to most of the world (before he moped his way through Garden State),
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: “Brothers & Sisters” (ABC)
Brothers & Sisters, ABC’s latest hit family drama (Sundays at 10 pm), came back to the airwaves last night, and for some of us, it was a welcome return of quality television. It is
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: TV Returns!
Beginning this week, the major television networks will begin rolling out new episodes of regular series that have been on extended hiatus since the writers strike began last winter. TV fans can rejoice because
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
In honor of the Three Strike Rule’s move to Mondays, I want to highlight the best series airing on Monday nights. No, I’m not talking about Heroes, which pretty much blew for the duration
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: “Reaper” (CW)
Hey everybody! It’s Easter Sunday! What better day to talk about the devil, huh? In Martin Scorsese’s controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ, the devil appears before Jesus in the guise of a
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: “Ax Men” (The History Channel)
I consider myself a guy. I dig football, action movies, Aerosmith and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. You know, guy things. So when I heard that The History Channel was premiering a new non-fiction
Read More »The Three Strike Rule: “Quarterlife” (NBC) — what happened?
Quarterlife, a show I praised back in January, premiered on NBC this past Tuesday. It was anything but a success for the network or the show’s producers; in fact, NBC experienced its worst ratings
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