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Posted Sep 5th 2006 1:06PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Talent, Things I Hate About TV, Syndicated, Celebrities
The infotainment shows (The Insider, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, etc) are all moronic. Studies have shown that you actually lose brain cells when you watch them. That's no secret. But do they have to be so outrageously moronic?
I'm watching a repeat of yesterday's The Insider this morning, and they kept teasing an upcoming story about "Doctor McDreamy." They must have said the name at least five times, before the damn story even ran, later in the show.
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Posted Dec 21st 2005 9:00PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, News, Talent, OpEd, American Idol

Aren't there any other hosts out there? Ryan Seacrest is this close to inking a deal to co-host
E! News
nightly with Giuliana DePandi for the next three years. You know Ryan, right? He's on the radio every morning from 4 am
to 10 am in Los Angeles. Or, maybe you've seen him as the host of American Idol. It's on at least three times a week!
Oh, and you'll be spending
New
Year's Eve with the guy, won't you? Sheesh. If he's also going to be anchoring a nightly newscast, I have to wonder
whether Ryan Seacrest is actually human. Maybe "Seacrest Out" is his way of powering down after each
performance? Seacrest's deal with E! also includes red carpet hosting and developing new programming with his
production company, cleverly dubbed Ryan Seacrest Productions.
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