Whoosh! What is that sound? Why I believe it is the sound of the wind rushing over the wings of hungry pop culture vultures descending with unseemly haste to feast upon the corpses of now dead TV programs that just a few months before were bright eyed and bushy Continue Reading
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Chevy Chase lets slip the bonds of “Community”
Are we shocked that Chevy Chase is leaving Community? No, and I am reasonably sure no one really is. In news first reported by Deadline, and swiftly carried by everyone else, it was announced that Chevy Chase, who was known to be unhappy about his role as bigoted Pierce Continue Reading
Merry Christmas Dr Who!
Too early for Christmas you say? Not when you’re Dr Who, time is no object, and you have a new companion to introduce to the world. Although given what the Doctor will be confronting in this year’s Christmas special, The Snowmen, the trailer for which was revealed during the Continue Reading
“The Big Bang Theory” flashmob away!
I often wonder what it must be like filming a TV show day after day, week after week for quite long hours at a time. It is all glamor and champagne or is it, like pretty much everything in life, even those things we’re passionate about and love, a Continue Reading
“Miranda” and Tom Ellis sitting in a tree …
I am a HUGE fan of Miranda Hart. I adore her quirky quintessentially British sense of humour that fuels the very funny sitcom that make sensible use of her first name, cannot wait to read her new book Is It Just Me? (which alas I must order from overseas Continue Reading
Review: “America in Primetime”
I am always a little bit wary of documentary series that purport to present a cohesive, meaningful narrative via talking heads only (save for the occasional cut away to a newspaper or magazine article, or some form of archival footage). It’s not that I lack faith in the ability Continue Reading
A movie made of rubber bands and jello: Macgyver is headed to the big screen
I know it’s beginning to look like I am hopelessly mired in a day long bout of incurable TV nostalgia, but I couldn’t pass up noting that Macgyver, who could build a nuclear power station out of a cheese grater and a gopher’s discarded front teeth, is on his Continue Reading
C’mon get (to) happy (hour) … “Partridge Family” meets “Cougar Town”
Get happy? Why thank you I will. News that The Partridge Family‘s Shirley Jones is to join Cougar Town in a guest role in the upcoming fourth season starting in January 2013 has sent a shiver of delight through this 70s TV fanboy. While I appreciate that the character Continue Reading
Big Bird comforts victims of superstorm Sandy
Having successfully vanquished his greatest foe to date, Mitt Romney (his reference to Big Bird when discussing reducing funding to PBS in one of the Presidential debates spawned an internet meme that took on a life of its own), Big Bird is now turning his attention to matters a Continue Reading
“Cougar Town”: two months till wine o’clock!
It’s been far too long between drinks for everyone’s favourite cul-de-sac crew from Florida but we’re now only two months away from season 4 of Cougar Town and fresh new episodes with the all lunacy, dysfunction and wine drinking anyone could want! Produced by Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Spin City) Continue Reading