By Land Locked: In the early '90s, I engaged the services of a full-service broker to help me solve the (enviable) problem of having too much cash sitting idly in checking and savings accounts. This marked the real beginning of my investing education, and I owe much of my success to the lessons I learned under Ebenezer "Ebie" Grier's tutelage. Show More Summary
11 Madison is either a very good restaurant or the absolute best restaurant in New York City. It depends on whom you ask. But don't ask me: I've only had a drink at 11 Madison, and that drink was a Long Island Iced Tea. It came in a highball with four perfect cubes of ice and a wedge of lemon. Show More Summary
The 2012-2013 TV season ended on Wednesday and here comes the new shows. With the exception of season winner CBS, who ran repeats last night, everyone had a premiere on Thursday. Having said that, CBS’s The Big Bang Theory (2.2/6) was the highest rated and most watched show of the night with 8.84 million viewers. Show More Summary
Off-season entries see relatively soft starts, though Fox's layoff-themed "Does Someone Have to Go?" manages to win its hour. read more
Fast National ratings for Thursday, May 23, 2013
FOX was number 1 in adults 18-49 while CBS was on top with Total Viewers.
Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS The Big Bang Theory (R) 8.84 2.2/8 FOX Hell’s Kitchen 5.48 2.1/7 ABC Wipeout 4.12 1.2/4 NBC Save Me 3.21 0.7/3 CW The Vampire Diaries 860,000 0.3/1 8:30PM CBS Two and a Half Men (R) 7.62 1.8/6 NBC Save Me 3.00 0.7/2 9PM CBS Person of Interest (R)Read More
There's an inherent risk in naming your show something that critics and viewers can turn into a joke, but Anne Heche's new NBC comedy "Save Me" went ahead and did it anyway.
I sat down to talk with Anne Heche about her new comedy, Save Me -- what looks to be a very funny, brave and timely series that puts God on primetime in a way that we have never seen him/her before.
"Save Me" on NBC at 8:00pm ET. Series premiere. NBC knows that what you've really been wondering the last 15 years is "How's Anne Heche doing?" The answer is that she's doing well enough to have a pilot on NBC...
Those who happen upon NBC tonight during primetime expecting reruns, since the usual comedies that air on Thursday night have all wrapped up for the season, may be surprised to find new comedy Save Me's series premiere. Starring Anne...Show More Summary
Save Me (NBC, 8 p.m.) — Series premiere. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. No.
Does Someone Have To Go? (Fox, 9 p.m.) — Series premiere. The answer: yes, to whomever gave the OK to this reality show, about company employees deciding who gets fired and who won’t have their life ruined on television.
Showville (AMC, 9 p.m.) — Series premiere.
[Content Note: Choking death.]WHUT. Below, the trailer for NBC's new zany comedy Save Me, starring Anne Heche as an irredeemable (OR IS SHE?!) party girl, who becomes a messenger of God after choking on a piece of food and then being resurrected. Show More Summary
I sat down to talk with Anne Heche about her new comedy, Save Me -- what looks to be a very funny, brave and timely series that puts God on primetime in a way that we have never seen him/her before.
Despite the fact that all I want in life is a daemon familiar and a wand and a sarcastic dappled mare who really gets me and violet eyes and a tower, in actuality I'm forever harping on the fact that magic isn't real. There are no magic Spanx that will turn you into Cindy Crawford. Show More Summary
Save Me debuts tonight on NBC at 8 p.m. Eastern. Reviewing Save Me is like admitting the whole game of reviewing TV pilots is a sham. It’s all rigged, because it’s supposed to be possible to draw conclusions about what will happen to a show based on only one episode, a task that’s well-nigh impossible, particularly for comedies. Show More Summary
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Among the many scenes from Moore, Oklahoma there were two statements that provided learning moments for me. One of the teachers who risked her life to save young students seemed apologetic that she had prayed during the most intense moments of the tornado. She followed by saying, "I did something teachers are not supposed to do. I prayed. I prayed out loud."
My brain hurts -- so let's just let the cool co-founder (an ex-Jane magazine intern!) talk.
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It's going to be a long off-season, especially where network TV is concerned, if the offerings don't soon improve from the dregs on display on this inauspicious opening night. Think of it as an excuse to catch up on repeats — or to dive...Show More Summary