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Posted Apr 14th 2009 12:01PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Video, Reality-Free

As a TV Squad contributor who, admittedly, could be considered a "niche viewer" (in that I watch few shows, but never miss an episode), I was naturally hesitant to check out
Roommates on
ABC Family. A friend guaranteed me that the show was not only as bad as one might expect, but that it was so utterly, bafflingly wretched that investing thirty minutes in it turned out way more entertaining than I'd expected, and not just in the so-bad-it's-funny way, either.
Roommates is
so atrocious, its production should be considered a criminal offense, considering that, even as a basic cable program, hundreds of thousands of dollars (at the very
least) have surely been invested in the show. And that's money that could have easily gone toward refugees or food banks or, say, into the budget of
ABC Family's other critically lauded programming like
Greek or
Secret Life of The American Teenager.
Continue reading Yep, Roommates is atrocious - VIDEO
Posted Feb 9th 2009 9:11AM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Watercooler Talk, Dancing With The Stars, TV Squad Lists, Casting

Well, it's official. Yesterday, ABC
announced their new line-up for the eighth season (!) of
Dancing With The Stars. And, as usual, the names chosen range from weird to ... even weirder (really, David Alan Grier?). Not that we necessarily disagree with the producers' choices, but we'd like to take a moment to suggest seven potential choices of people we believe to be fully primed for a spot on the dance floor.
Listen up,
DWTS producers. Season nine is just around the corner, and
Alan Alda is probably waiting by the phone. (...In our wildest dreams, that is.)
Continue reading Seven people we'd like to see on Dancing With The Stars - VIDEO