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Watch the Season Premiere of Portlandia Online, If You Want (I Don't)
The second season premiere of Portlandia is now up and online on IFC, and you can watch it here. I have fulfilled my contractual duty of informing you whenever any new Portlandia clips or information...
View ArticleLast Night's Celebrity Wife Swap: Busey vs. Haggard!
In case you missed it, last night marked a milestone in television history: nutbag actor Gary Busey and disgraced meth-head/male prostitute patronizer Rev. Ted Haggard participated in ABC's Celebrity...
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Sherlock Returns to PBS this May!
Though those goddamn Limeys in England have already seen the first episode of season two of the wholly fantastic Sherlock, I figure we can call it even—after all, we did steal their country. HOWEVER!...
View ArticleToday in Portlandia: Links! Links!
And so we crawl ever deeper into our own surprisingly roomy navel. (Someone make a Portlandia sketch about grudging alt-weekly coverage of Portlandia, please. Alternately, the several agonized "I want...
View ArticleBlind Spot Pilot Performs on Letterman
Blind Pilot appeared on Late Show with David Letterman on Friday night, and if you missed it, you can catch it here. There's a bumper included at the beginning of this clip, in which Dave gets Blind...
View ArticleEastbound & Down Season Three Trailer!
While I doubt that Eastbound & Down (starring Danny McBride as ex-baseball megastar Kenny Powers) will ever touch the dizzying heights of hilarity reached in season one, I'm certain I'll still...
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TV News Designed to Make Joneser "SQUEEEE!"
I rarely if ever construct blog posts based on a specific commenter's likes or dislikes—HOWEVER! Here is some news that seems specifically designed to make commenter and Blogtown's Thursday night TV...
View ArticleMad Men Definitely Most Likely Returning March 25th
UPDATED: This post, including the poll, contains SPOILERS. Apologies to oregonic and anyone else living in 2008. AMC declined to confirm this, but if Jon Hamm says it, it must be true. Hamm dropped...
View ArticleAnother PDX Designer on a Reality Show?!?
You bet your Jimmy Choo's. Find out more on MOD. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleDavid Cross Has Some Thoughts About Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
David Cross has discussed his participation in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies before, and he probably will again, but my favorite part about this particular Conan clip—in which he calls working on...
View ArticlePortlandia to Guest Star on The Simpsons
UGGGGGHHHHNNNNNHHHHHH!!!! (Sigh.) Here's the story from TV Line: [The Simpsons] has tapped Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein — the stars of IFC’s Portland-influenced comedy series — to lend their...
View ArticleStephen Colbert "Is Doing it!!" (Running for President of South Carolina,...
As mentioned yesterday, Stephen Colbert has been seriously considering launching an exploratory committee to run for president in South Carolina, and as Denis mentioned in GMN... he's "DOING IT!!!"...
View ArticleRecaps for Poor People: Yay! 30 Rock is Back! Parks and Rec is Good!...
Hi everybody, and welcome back to my recap area! I hope you all had a nice hiatus (a.k.a. “Christmas”). I spent the holidays in the sunny Caribbean, but honestly, most of the time I just stared at the...
View ArticleWhy Does Sweden Get All the Good Sex Robot Shows?!?
Guys! If forced to choose, would you rather watch a new episode of Parks and Recreation, or an untested sex robot drama from Sweden? I THOUGHT SO. And actually? This Swedish sex robot show looks...
View ArticleRecaps For the Mildly Interested: Grimm is Back!
Hi, guys! In addition to TV that is actually good, Grimm is back. I don't care if you didn't miss it- you get a recap anyway. Last night’s episode was pretty straightforward, with "straightforward"...
View ArticleA Somewhat Kinder, Somewhat Gentler, Still Hilarious Ricky Gervais at the...
Here's his opening monologue, the best bit of which involves the lack of men who have seen Jodie Foster's Beaver. "This doesn't mean it's not good!" says Gervais. Foster approves. Enjoy! [ Subscribe...
View ArticleI Have a Joke
Here's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a 1968 broadcast of either Mike Douglas' show or The Tonight Show (there's some disagreement). Either way, delightful and fascinating to see. [ Subscribe to the...
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How Long Can You Watch Drunk Ron Swanson Dance?
Try it and see! (I watched for 82 seconds... but it could've been longer. I wanted to write this post.) By the way, did anybody watch J.J. Abrams' Alcatraz last night? WOTTA PIECE OF SHIT!! [...
View ArticleLife Needs More Inappropriate "Wooooooo!"s
Nobody has ever done inappropriate "Wooooooo!"s like the live studio audience for Saved by the Bell did inappropriate "Wooooooo!"s. (I wonder if that studio audience is still around? I'd love to hire...
View ArticleOUCH!! Which New TV Show is the Worst?
The CW is trying out some new shows this fall—and I can't decide which is the WORST. Because to me, they are all uniformly terrible. From Deadline TV: The CW went heavily after pre-sold titles in its...
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