Posted Jul 5th 2009 6:02PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Obituaries, British TV
I was a recent convert to watching
BBC comedies on
PBS. Although I love all the comedies that PBS offers, I was awed by the show
Are You Being Served? The show went places with double entendres and physical comedy that you would never see in American television.
I found out that Mollie Sugden, who plays the infamous Mrs. Slocombe,
died on the first of July at the age of 86.
Continue reading Remembering Mollie Sugden
Posted Jul 5th 2009 4:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Bravo has a Law and Order: CI marathon all night.- At 7:30, ABC has a new Just For Laughs.
- At 8, NBC has a new Merlin.
- FOX repeats the Michael Jackson episode of The Simpsons at 8.
- There's a new Hannah Montana on Disney at 8, then new episodes of Sonny with a Chance and Jonas.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9, followed by a new Expedition Africa.
- Food Network has a new Next Food Network Star at 9, then a new Iron Chef America.
- G4 has a new Web Soup at 9.
- At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
- At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Squidbillies.
- At 1AM, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Jul 5th 2009 2:05PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on DVD, OpEd, Reality-Free, Jane After Dark
After a brief break to watch
season four of Weeds last week,
Jane After Dark is back with
The Wire. I'm half-way into season three, and while there are definitely parts of this show that put me to sleep (ducking and running for cover), it's still a brilliant drama. My teenage son popped in for part of an episode, decided it was too "real," and promptly lost interest.
To help me organize my thoughts, let's take a look at a few characters:
Stringer Bell. I'm really digging Idris Elba dressed up in his fancy suit, running the real estate company, working with government officials, and holding drug meetings using Robert's Rules of Order. It's fascinating that there's this whole hierarchy within the gangs that most of them respect and follow.
Continue reading Jane After Dark: The Wire, season 3 - Stringer wears a suit, Omar gets rash
Posted Jul 5th 2009 9:38AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, OpEd, Children, Reality-Free
For my daughter's twelfth birthday, she decided to have four of her friends sleep over, and it turned out to be the same night that
The Secret Life of the American Teenager season two was premiering. OK, she actually sort of planned it that way. All but one of her friends is allowed to watch the show, and she managed to talk her mom into it "just this once." I totally respect that. I write a family movie column and have kids of my own, so I'm fairly in tune with what is and isn't appropriate for various age groups.
I watched a few episodes of
Secret Life last season, and while the subject matter isn't geared for little kids, it seemed OK for kids twelve and older. But this season, it seems like the show has really kicked the sex talk up several notches. Yes, I know it's a show about a teenager who gets pregnant and is forced to deal with the consequences. I'm ok with that. It shows kids that there
are consequences, and that sex shouldn't be taken lightly.
Continue reading The Secret Life of the American Teenager: appropriate for 12-year-olds?
Posted Jul 4th 2009 6:02PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
As a special
Sketch Comedy Saturday treat, I will forgo the lengthy, typed-out, text version of me humming the
Kids In The Hall theme song and get right down to business. This is one of those shows that are now considered classic sketch comedy (and Canadian comedy), so I feel silly for even having to profile them, but I am constantly surprised by the number of people whose eyes glaze over when I ask them if they've ever heard of the Kids. So ... Have you heard of the Kids?
Continue reading Sketch Comedy Saturday: The Kids In The Hall
Posted Jul 4th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Discovery's Deadliest Catch marathon continues all night.- USA's James Bond movie marathon continues.
- Sci-Fi's Twilight Zone continues all weekend.
- Military Channel has a marathon of The Revolutionary War.
- At 7, ESPN Classic has the 2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
- At 8, NBC has a new Kings, then Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular.
- PBS has A Capitol Fourth at 8.
- Cartoon Network has a new BrainRush at 8, followed by a new Destroy Build Destroy.
- At 9, CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show.
- At 10, ABC has a new Eli Stone.
- CBS has the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at 10.
- At 10:15, TCM has 1776.
- At 12:30AM, Cartoon Network has a new Bleach.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Jul 4th 2009 3:10PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series, Burn Notice
There are a lot of really horrible things that have put America on the map: Jerry Springer, our ability to infuse anything edible with cheese, the fact that we're probably working on infusing something inedible with cheese.
Guns, however, shouldn't be one of them. The Second Amendment stands as one of many great testaments to the idea of freedom that our forefathers envisioned for their people. They felt a government should trust their people with great responsibility if they truly believed in the concept of freedom and democracy.
Sure, if they came to the present and saw that we primarily use that responsibility for hunting moose from helicopters and negotiating with the Domino's guy they might take it right back, but the idea is what's important.
So to celebrate one of America's latest of many birthday to come because fireworks are technically illegal in my neck of the woods, here are your TV's seven greatest guns.
Continue reading Seven greatest hand cannons in TV history
Next Page >
Seven greatest hand cannons in TV history
TV Squad previews NBC's new shows (part 1)
TV 101: How ESPN controls the world and what the other networks can learn from it
