Read This Oral History of Cheers
Maybe you're a fan of the longrunning sitcom Cheers—maybe you weren't. But those who were should definitely check out this fascinating (and lengthy) oral history of the show that's spotlighted today...
View ArticleCoffee with Kramer
While I think Jerry Seinfeld's web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee"—in which Jerry picks up comedians, takes them to coffee, and talks about the craft of making people laugh—is a bit precious...
View ArticleNinja Turtles Too Cool to Say "Cowabunga" Anymore, I Guess
As mentioned in I Love Television™ (and Erik mentioned last week), Nickelodeon has brought back the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—but now they're represented in the ever-popular CGI style, and no...
View ArticleStephen Colbert or Stephen Colbert?
This weekend I somehow drunkenly stumbled into Oprah's Next Chapter on the OWN network, which under normal circumstances is deeply, and intrusively annoying. HOWEVER! This time Stephen Colbert was the...
View ArticleNew The Walking Dead Webisode!
TWO WEEKS! The season premiere of The Walking Dead is only two weeks away, and like last season, AMC is wetting our whistle with a mini-series of new webisodes. Once again created by the show's...
View ArticleS.H.I.E.L.D. Character Spoilers!
As splooged about earlier, King Geek Joss Whedon has been given the greenlight to create a new series called S.H.I.E.L.D. based on the squeeeee-worthy Marvel Comic that starred Nick Fury. Now TV Line...
View ArticleNicki Minaj Sets Mariah on Fi-yah!
As I mentioned in Good Morning, News, TMZ has acquired some blurry, but still funny video of Nicki Minaj GOING THE FUCK OFF on co-judge Mariah Carey, the American Idol staff, and... the universe, I...
View ArticleNew American Horror Story Trailer: Here's That Eyelid Retractor You Ordered!
Though I was hoping for a touch more from this machine gun-edited new trailer for American Horror Story (season premiere October 17 on FX!), there's still much to be said for the inclusion of "eyelid...
View ArticleMitt Can't Kill Big Bird
One of the high blood-pressure takeaways from Tuesday night's presidential debate—other than Obama's belly flop—was Mitt Romney's assertion that he would stop subsidies to PBS, even though he "loves"...
View ArticleDanny DeVito & Rhea Perlman—SPLITSVILLE
After 30 years of marriage (!!) Danny DeVito (Taxi, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Rhea Perlman (Cheers) are divorcing, according to TMZ. Courtesy Flynet Pictures You're welcome for ruining...
View ArticleMore (and Better) American Horror Story Scenes!
Last week Ryan Murphy and the FX gang released a very teasery teaser for American Horror Story (returning Oct 17) that was... well, NOT ENOUGH. However, here's a much meatier taste that includes Adam...
View ArticleLook Ma, I'm on the TeeVee: Thursday's Oregon Art Beat
I spent yesterday afternoon down at Portland Sewing, filming a segment for their preview coverage of Portland fashion week/FASHIONxt, with host Ifanyi Bell and Joshua Buck, designer for Chicago Harper...
View ArticleWow! NBC Has Soooooooooooooooooo Much Faith in Community!
So first, NBC shitcans Community showrunner Dan Harmon, but promises to bring the show back with new writers because they have sooooooooooo much faith in Community. And then they somewhat fulfill...
View ArticleA Whole Bunch of Walking Dead Events
THE WALKING DEAD Nobody told me The Golden Girls was back on the air! Ka-ZING! The Walking Dead might be an awful TV show*, but you, my fellow nerds, still like it**, so this will be of interest:...
View ArticleRequired Viewing, Blogging, Tweeting...
Today's must-read post comes with today's must-watch, must-forward, must-blog, must-tweet, must-Facebook video: Time for a history lesson and a strategy session all in one, everyone. This week marks...
View ArticleNo More Louie Until... 2014?!?
Louis C.K. announced today that you won't be seeing any more seasons of Louie (on FX) until at least 2014. WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY??? From Variety: "The last three seasons have been this surge of fun...
View ArticleMister Romney's Neighborhood
Not sure how he does it, but Jimmy Fallon has a knack for making the most unoriginal jokes work. Here he is in a clip from last night's show called, "Mister Romney's Neighborhood" in which the...
View ArticleFirst Five Minutes of American Horror Story
American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy is doing us a solid by releasing the first five minutes of the season premiere (coming at you Oct 17 on FX) on the show's Facebook page. OH, YOU TEASE....
View ArticleYouth Pastor Watch
Andrew Rannells—star of The New Normal on NBC and the Tony-nominated star of the Book of Mormon on Broadway—dropped by the "Savage Lovecast" this week to give dating advice to a gay boy who just got...
View ArticleAmputees! Here's Your Big Chance to be in Game of Thrones!
[Apparently Wm. Steven Humphrey woke up this morning in his circular bed, stretched languidly on his leopard-print sheets, and DECIDED TO SPOIL GAME OF THRONES FOR EVERYONE. I'm putting this post...
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