My wife sits the kids down this morning to have a serious talk:
Mom: “As you know, there’s a lot of stuff going on this week: grandma and grandpa are in town, momma started a new job this week…”
Daughter: “…the NBC situation…”
OK, that’s it, no more talk about corporate entertainment before bedtime.
Entries Tagged as 'TV'
This Madness Is Affecting Us All
January 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · TV, The Funny
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Provide an Efficient Market for Pay TV
January 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Politics, TV
I’ve been following the News Corp vs. Time Warner Cable standoff over retransmission pricing, not because it affects us (we are longtime DirecTV satellite subscribers) but because it calls out how inefficient the market for pay TV is. The basis of the conflict is that News Corp (the content provider) is trying to shake down [...]
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The Best Theme Song in Television
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · TV, The Funny
…belongs to the genius Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
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Star Trek Remastered “The Cage” Premieres in May
April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · TV, Things What Look Good
This the original Shatner-free pilot for Star Trek. Most Trek aficionados know this in its hacked-up two-parter form as “The Menagerie.” Here’s the trailer:
Looking forward to seeing this as a warm-up to the new Star Trek movie coming out next month (we’ve already purchased our tickets for the first showing).
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What’s That Smell? Dinner!
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments · TV, The Funny
This is without question one of the funniest fake commercials in the history of SNL.
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Sci Fi Channel changing name, logo
March 16th, 2009 · 10 Comments · TV
Link: Sci Fi Channel changing name, logo
After 16 years, Sci Fi Channel is changing its name … unless you say it aloud. NBC Universal-owned cable network will become SyFy starting in June. The phonics-friendly moniker is part of a network-wide rebranding campaign that has been in the works for more than a year. It’s an [...]
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Conan O’Brien Sidekick Joins “Tonight Show”
February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · TV, The Funny
Great news, the very funny Andy Richter will rejoin Conan O’Brien when he takes over the Tonight Show in June. We watched the last episode of Conan’s “Late Night” last Friday and it was hilarious.
O’Brien said in a statement that Richter is “one of the funniest people I know” and that the two have remained [...]
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Steve Martin: The Great Flydini
December 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · TV, The Funny
Here’s a great old clip of Steve Martin doing a very unusual magic act.
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Breaking up with Sony
September 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · School of Customer Service, TV
We just picked up our first HDTV for our rumpus room (a really sweet Samsung LCD) and an Apple TV to go along with it. Love the new TV. Love the Apple TV. But I’m not enamored with the Playstation 3 we’ve had basically gathering dust for a year. The idea was to use it [...]
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What’s In It For Doogie Howser?
July 21st, 2008 · 53 Comments · Film, Movies, TV, Web/Tech
Writer/director Joss Whedon released a fun little project that he worked up during the actor’s writers’ strike. “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” is a terrific story that I watched several times, shared with the wife and kid, etc. As I watched it for the second time, I got to thinking about the business behind this, since [...]
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