Secret Santa-related stories
Posted Nov 24th 2009 2:31PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Lie to Me
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S02E08)
"You believe in Santa Claus?" - Lightman
Ho Ho Ho... you're going to Afghanistan. Not exactly a Christmas present to be happy about. Having said that, Cal must surely be happy about what he accomplished in last night's episode of
Lie to Me.
Sent to a US Marines outpost in the middle of the desert near Kabul, Cal was tasked with uncovering the truth about a deep-cover US operative who got left for dead and had to join to Taliban to survive. Cal was able to get plenty of info from his subject about two missing Marines but we ended up learning far more about Dr. Lightman as a result of his methods.
Continue reading Review: Lie to Me - Secret Santa
Posted Dec 28th 2008 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon all night.
- TruTV has a Cops marathon all night.
- CMTV has a Mama's Family marathon all night.
- At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then a new Million Dollar Password.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Chargers/Broncos game.
- At 8, History Channel has Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler.
- At 8:15, ESPN has the Independence Bowl.
- At 9, Nickelodeon has a new Nick News.
- At 10, Lifetime Movie Network has Secret Santa.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
- At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Drinky Crow Show.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Feb 22nd 2008 11:04AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, OpEd, 24, CSI, Daytime, Cable/Satellite, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Psych, Project Runway, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, TiVo, Damages, Lipstick Jungle
Is it really a big surprise that television advertising isn't as effective as it used to be? As TV watchers -- okay, we're uber-watchers -- we know that with DVRs and TiVos we're zooming through ads, or we're channel surfing in between segments of our favorite shows, or renting/buying content in formats that allow us to avoid commercials altogether. Now, according to the Association of National Advertisers and Forrester Research's TV & Technology Survey,
we learn that six out of 10 marketers believe that TV advertising has become less effective in the past two years. And it's getting worse.
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