Archives: tv
- 30 Rock
NBC’s 30 Rock will be on in the fall Starring Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Rachel Dratch, & Alec Baldwin. It could be the funniest thing on NBC next year, (sorry Scrubs), if not for this horrible promotional copy: Welcome to the set of The Girly Show, a fictional television show that serves as the backdrop to Tina Fey�s new workplace comedy. Liz Lemon (Fey) is The Girly Show�s head writer and is being pushed to the edge of reason by the show�s two stars and a demanding network honcho. In order for Liz to keep her job, and her sanity,... - Letterman's Politics
I still love Dave… he stood up to Bill O’Reilly on his program this week, (video here). There were two main points of contention… first, O’Reilly’s imagined “War on Christmas”, and then his calous attacks on Cindy Sheehan. Dave wasn’t as thoughtful or inteligent-sounding as he can be on political topics, but I love the way he sums up O’Reilly: Letterman: �I�m not smart enough to debate you point to point on this, but I have the feeling, I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap.” (emphasis added) Indeed. Oh, and get your Tshirts.... - Mr. Sulu is gay?
George Takei Declares His Homosexuality… lest you think this is merely a publicity stunt to generate buzz for the play he is currently starring in, there is also this: The current social and political climate also motivated Takei’s disclosure, he said. “The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay,” he said. “The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young.” Full-speed ahead, Captain.... - The Poisoning of BitTorrent
O’Reilly Radar is reporting that HBO is “poisoning” BitTorrent downloads of their hour-long drama Rome: HBO is now obstructing the downloads offered by other people. BitTorrent downloads are peer-to-peer, but the peers are introduced to each other by a tracker (“you’re looking for Rome Season 1 Episode 2, talk to 127.0.0.1”). HBO runs peers that tell the tracker they have all the chunks of the show, but then send garbage data when a downloader requests a chunk. The downloading client can detect that it’s garbage and will try another peer for the chunk, but the end result is that it... - Everybody Hates Chris
Somehow our TiVO missed the first episode, but thankfully Google is hosting it for us: Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates The Pilot UPN | 21 min 2 sec - Sep 23, 2005 Inspired by his childhood experiences, comedian Chris Rock narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York, during the early 1980’s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused into a predominantly white middle school two hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris (Tyler James Williams) struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line... - Poor Man's TiVo: BitTorrent & RSS
I know a lot of you cats have TiVo, but I thought I’d share my favorite method of downloading our favorite TV shows, sans TiVo… BitTorrent is awesome, as everyone knows… but, I hate having to continuously scan the tracker sites for the shows I want, and then, I hate waiting for them to download. Wouldn’t it be great if you could tell your BitTorrent client what shows you want, and it would download them automatically? Why, yes. That is the point of my post. By using the java client Azureus, in combination with its RSS plugin, you can. I’ve... - Queer Eye Whores Out
I probably shouldn't admit to this in public, but Presley & I are watching the season premiere of "Queer Eye":http://www.bravotv.com/Queer_Eye_for_the_Straight_Guy/#, and I can't help but wondering, "when did _Queer Eye_ totally whore out?". Product placements and the like were always a part of this show... but fucking "JCPenney":http://www.jcpenney.com/? I defy anyone to find a queer who shops at _JCPenney_. Ready.... go! The whole reason us _metrosexuals_ watch this damn show is because of the higher-end, New York product placements... the nice furniture stores, etc. But, I don't need to see some cheap shit on my tv. I can go to... - Paul is Hosting?
Someone tell me why Paul Shaffer is hosting Letterman tonight? You'd think they were taping this thing out of somebody's basement. I'm sure there was some kind of explanation at the top of the show... but I missed it. Did he do a monologue? UPDATE: It appears as if Dave had to run to the hospital-- for the birth of his first child.... - Dave Jr.
I am shocked. Anna points out that David Letterman is going to be a father. I know it seems as if his cultural relevance has completely vanished in the past 7-8 years, but he is the guy who transformed Late Night TV. You look at The Daily Show, Conan, Rosie, and even The Man Show, and it's impossible to imagine them existing without Dave, (never-mind that only Conan and Jon Stewart have even approached Dave's brilliance). And if the announcement isn't reason enough to tune in tonight, Simon & Garfunkel are performing.... - Bruce on Dave... Also, Regis and John McEnroe
I turned on David Letterman wednesday night, and guess who is emergency guest-hosting? Bruce Willis. The truly sad thing is that the producers made him talk to Dan Rather about his recent interview with Saddam Hussein. Mr. "Die Hard" hardly smiled on camera, mumbled incoherent questions, stared at the desk, and ... wait, I'm talking about the Jimmy Kimmel Show. bq. "It's always been my dream to do the _Bruce Willis_ show..." - _comic Brian Kiley_ How disappointed was this comic? You wait all your life to perform for David Letterman, and Hudson Hawk is there to greet you. At... - Curb your Anger
I've been enjoying Larry David's show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, lately... I hated it's improvised format in the beginning, but it seems to me that a) the actors are getting more comfortable, b) Larry is such a prick and i love it, or c) i just got used to it. Speaking of being a prick, Mena of Moveable Type tells an amusing story about Ben (co-creator, husband), and calling a preist a "prick". Time to manage that anger, turn the frown upside down, yada yada. I need some of that positive vibe-- I'm such a drag latetly.... - Remember the Real World New
Remember the Real World New Orleans? I don't either. I think I remember Melissa, the stripping alcoholic though. she was fun.... - Tanya Harding vs. Amy Fisher
If you're broke, you can always pitch a ridiculous tv show idea to the Fox Network. Celebrity Boxing, Who wants to Marry a Millionaire?, When Animals Attack, Pleasure Island, Ally McBeal. I can't believe there is a market for this crap.... - Watching Ellie on my tv
Take Seinfeld, add the visual style of 24, and you get Watching Ellie. That damn clock in the bottom corner of the screen is pointless-- it just makes me nervous as Ellie bumbles her was through her day. scratch that-- through her 22 minutes. The writing isn't so bad, and the characters are all good (with the exception of the blonde english boyfriend)... I especially liked her building super, played by Peter Stormare (one of the nihilists from the Big Lebowski). So, what's with the real-time stuff? Are we so neurotic a culture that we find this kind of thing... - saw the flickerstick video on
saw the flickerstick video on VH1 (produced as part of their bands on the run prize).... - there is a great animation
there is a great animation for the quiz show 'You Don't Know Jack" on its ABC website. (PEEWEE!)... - Oscars
I can't say that the Oscars were all that bad... Steve Martin's putdowns were sharp, witty and delivered with such class-- i'm glad to see that that over-caffeinated dog Billy Crystal didn't decide to do it this year. Next year.... Conan? Chris Rock? Regis?... - VMA VMA VMA VMA. is
VMA VMA VMA VMA. is there a reason to watch? we were teased, but it turns out that 2 of the wayans are hosting....
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