Should Arrested Development Be Invited Back for a Fifth Season?
Flavorwire's Alison Herman doesn't think so....Popular appeal and unfulfilled creative potential are both completely valid reasons for reviving a TV show from the dead. And for these reasons, at the...
View ArticleHere are Those Emmy Nominations for You to Get Infuriated At
I know it kept you up all night in suspense, but it's here now... the 2013 EMMY NOMINATIONS! Fine, fine, let's all calm down, because now it's time to start bitchin'! The most obvious bitches include:...
View ArticleHey Portland City Commissioners! WHERE'S YOUR TV COMMERCIAL??
Dear Portland City Commissioners:Just a quick note to let you know that the city council of Whitehorse (just the largest city in northern Canada, so don't get it twisted) is making you guys look like...
View ArticleHere's the Archer/Star Trek Mashup You Haven't Been Dreaming Of, But are Very...
What do you get when you cross the hilarious Archer with the unintentionally hilarious Star Trek animated series from the '70s? Something that should exist every day of our lives.Starcher Trek! from...
View ArticleTrailer for Carl Sagan's Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos
The best thing that television has yet produced aired on PBS in 1980. Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is, still, a remarkable thing to watch—ambitious, humane, and fascinating, it covers life,...
View ArticleVeronica Mars Comic-Con Trailer!
Here's what all your Veronica Mars fans have been waiting for... the first trailer for the Kickstarted movie which debuted at Comic-Con, jam-packed with behind-the-scenes footage AND actual scenes from...
View ArticleWatch Me Make Grover Norquist and Connie Mack Throw Up (Almost)
I was on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night. I'm the one in the pink shirt.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleRIP Dennis Farina: A Crime Story Appreciation
Former Chicago cop turned actor Dennis Farina has passed away due to a blood clot on his lung. He was 69. While remembered most recently from his stint on Law & Order, and as Nick's dad on New...
View ArticleLouis C.K. on The Daily Show
You love watching everything Louis C.K. does, so check out yet another funny interview, this time on The Daily Show in which he discusses the new Woody Allen movie Blue Jasmine (which he doesn't know...
View ArticleAubrey Plaza Describes Masturbation; America is Intrigued, Wants to Hear More
Aubrey Plaza of Parks and Recreation AND the new film The To-Do List (which we review in this week's Mercury) describes what sounds like a very interesting scene from the film in which she masturbates....
View ArticleAubrey Plaza in a Spoof Daria Movie Trailer that Should Actually Exist But...
Obviously Aubrey Plaza was born to play Daria—the classic late '90s MTV cartoon about a high school girl with the flattest affect of all time—and obviously there should be a Daria movie. And yet? We...
View ArticleCheck Out This Trailer for CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story
Maybe I'm getting myself too worked up over this, but this trailer for CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story set to debut in October on VH1 looks awwwwwwwesome. The actresses look a lot like Chilli, T-Boz, and...
View ArticleSharknado: Coming to a Movie Theater Near You!
Of all the possible occurring natural disasters, America loves a Sharknado best. And today Regal Theaters announced you can see the Syfy produced, Twitter beloved and absolutely hilariously terrible TV...
View Article"Better Call Saul!" The Saul's Best Advice Supercut
Breaking Bad returns on Sunday, August 11 at 9 pm on AMC (wooooooooo-hooooooo) and in the meantime? You've still got problems. And when people have problems, who do they call? Breaking Bad's hilarious...
View ArticleToday in SAM ELLIOTT—SQUEEEEEEE!!!
"Yeaaaah, Parks and Recreation is ohh-kay... but I'm not sure if I'll watch it this season or not."SHUT YOUR CORN HOLE! You absolutely WILL be watching Parks and Recreation this season if for this...
View ArticleUnder the Dome 2: Still Under the Dome!
After bringing in hefty numbers this summer, CBS is planning on renewing their hit Under the Dome for a second season. As for those who are wondering if an extension of the show would strain...
View ArticleOkay, This New Breaking Bad Trailer Freaked the Crap Into My Pants
Check out this verrrrry heavy and portentous trailer for the upcoming final season of Breaking Bad, in which Bryan Cranston reads "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley. (Hey! How did an old-timey poet...
View ArticleMedia Conglomerate Would Rather Throw Money Away Than Make a Movie Starring a...
Looks like Time Warner is preparing their next big superhero for a TV series and an upcoming movie franchise. And it's...The Flash?I really like The Flash. I think he's a character whose powers are...
View ArticleBrian Williams Feels the Vibration (C'mon! C'mon! FEEL It! FEEL It!)
In this clip from Jimmy Fallon, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams raps "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. I don't have too much more to say about that other than, "YES PLEASE...
View ArticleHeroes of Cosplay Trailer!
Syfy's new reality show Heroes of Cosplaydebuts on August 13, and here's the first extended trailer. WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? Because a) you love obsessive people, because you're obsessive people, b) the...
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