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Blog Post Archive
TV: Newswire: TLC to continue expressing its sincere admiration for Honey Boo Boo with "Watch 'N Sniff" cards
Continuing a relationship built on a respect for its subjects’ boldly idiosyncratic personalities, and certainly not on the gleeful exploitation of a human freak show, TLC has announced it will premiere the new season of Here Comes Honey...Show More Summary
TV: Newswire: New Walking Dead credit cards to enliven shopping by reminding you the world could end at any moment
Finally realizing that nothing spurs consumer spending like a sense of apocalyptic dread, VISA has partnered with Robert Kirkman to create a series of prepaid debit cards emblazoned with images from The Walking Dead. Now you can give...Show More Summary
TV: Great Job, Internet!: Arrested Development becomes the fighting video game it was always meant to be with Bluthfighter
The guy who brought the world the Lego: Breaking Bad parody has delivered another pop culture infused video game parody video that the world will probably never get to actually play. This time, YouTuber Brian K. Anderson turned his attention...Show More Summary
TV: Gilmore Girls: “Like Mother, Like Daughter”/“The Ins And Outs Of Inns”
“Like Mother, Like Daughter” (season two, episode seven; originally aired 11/13/2001) This is a patently ridiculous episode of Gilmore Girls, so silly that its lame plot twist is pretty much immediately acknowledged as lame by its characters and quickly swept under the rug. Show More Summary
TV: What's On Tonight?: TV’s slowed down, but Hannibal just keeps trucking along
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, June 13. All times are Eastern. TOP PICK Hannibal (NBC, 10 p.m.): It’s during weeks like this—when summer TV feels like summer TV again—that we’re grateful for NBC’s decision to debut...Show More Summary
TV: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: “Blaze Of Glory”/“Empok Nor”
“Blaze Of Glory” (season 5, episode 23; originally aired 5/12/1997) In which Eddington goes down in a—wait for it... (Available on Netflix and Amazon.) Did Eddington have to die? From a story perspective, I’d say no, not really; while...Show More Summary
TV: MasterChef: “Top 16 Compete”/“Top 15 Compete”
Things start out like any normal episode of MasterChef, with the cooks gathered at Centennial Square in Pasadena, to prepare an outdoor steak lunch for 101 firefighters, a term that the judges use so interchangeably with “heroes” that...Show More Summary
TV: Newswire: Sex And The City creator developing show set in the slightly more self-absorbed world of toddlers
Decades after creating Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, and Sex And The City, producer Darren Star has found his latest project about self-absorbed people for whom every small setback is a melodramatic crisis in The Honest Toddler. Show More Summary
TV: Don’t Trust The B---- In Apartment 23: “Ocupado...”/“Original Bitch...”
What a sweet way to end the show—friendship, Charo and double Luther on roller skates. Even though they’re probably not intended as such, I thought these two episode worked really well as a pair. You’ve got some common elements, like...Show More Summary
TV: Great Job, Internet!: Game Of Thrones' Hodor is a DJ, he is what he Hodors
Despite his limited vocabulary on Game Of Thrones, Hodor contains Hodors—or rather, the actor who plays him does. According to his website, the multifaceted Kristian Nairn is also a dedicated World Of Warcraft player (you can check out his characters here) who sometimes pals around with and threatens to crush Kelly Clarkson. Show More Summary
TV: Sports Night: “Kafelnikov”/“Shane”
“Kafelnikov” (season two, episode five; originally aired 11/2/1999)/“SHane” (season two, episode six; originally aired 12/7/1999) (Available on Hulu and Amazon.) Season two wastes no time before throwing curveballs at every member of the Sports Night ensemble. Show More Summary
TV: Newswire: Lauren Graham to adapt her novel into a TV show with the help of Ellen DeGeneres
After surprising everyone by writing a novel that not only was popular, but well, kind of good, Lauren Graham is moving on to writing for the small screen as well. Deadline reports that Graham has signed a deal with Warner Bros. to adapt her bestselling book Someday, Someday, Maybe into a television series. Show More Summary
TV: Great Job, Internet!: The Seinfeld theme slowed down by 1,200 percent is horrifying
Seinfeld mashup artist Gorge Catanda took a rather simple but novel approach while tinkering with the bass synthesized theme song composed by Jonathan Wolff. He slowed down the speed to a crawl, producing a sound that certainly wouldn't...Show More Summary
TV: Freaks And Geeks: “Tricks And Treats”
“Tricks And Treats” (season 1, episode 3; originally aired 10/30/1999) In which it’s Halloween (Available on Netflix.) Over the weekend, I had the chance to screen the pilot of My So-Called Life again. If you haven’t seen it for whatever...Show More Summary
TV: Great Job, Internet!: Bob Odenkirk teases fall Mr. Show tour with David Cross and Brian Posehn, possible reunion show in two years
Bob Odenkirk recently stopped by Paul F. Tompkins’ interview web series Speakeasy to have a few drinks and plug his new book Hollywood Said No!, a collection of orphaned scripts written with David Cross and Brian Posehn. But in addition to promoting that book, he and Tompkins went in-depth on the history of Mr. Show More Summary
TV: TV Roundtable: When an unemployed ice-cream-truck driver whammied Press Your Luck
Welcome to the TV Roundtable, where some of TV Club’s writers tackle episodes that deal with a central theme. The next two installments focus on episodes featuring “interlopers.” Press Your Luck, “Michael Larson” (originally aired 6/8...Show More Summary
TV: Newswire: IFC renews Portlandia for two more seasons
Thanks to the sustainable garden that is environmentally conscious hipster tropes, Portlandia will go on for at least two more seasons, the network announced today, keeping it on the cleaner air that everyone could have if they just biked more through early 2015. Show More Summary
TV: Arrested Development: “A New Start”/“Double Crossers”
Noel Murray: We’re a week away from “Colony Collapse,” the season four Arrested Development episode that many consider one of the best of the new batch, but figuratively speaking, this week’s AD pair is as disordered as… well, I think you get where I’m going here. Show More Summary
TV: Pretty Little Liars: "'A' Is For A-l-i-v-e-"
Well, we’re back to Rosewood after an agonizing hiatus, and already, I’m back to knowing absolutely nothing about what is going on. Alison is alive... or not. Toby’s mom is dead... or not... or institutionalized... or being held captive by A/Red Coat/Alison. Show More Summary
TV: So You Think You Can Dance: “Vegas Callbacks”
Welcome to Vegas, dancers. Some of you may not make it out with your lives, if the dramatic promos and Cat’s overblown narration are to be believed. Every year, there’s some kind of injury that the producers blow way out of proportion...Show More Summary