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Stephen Colbert Celebrates Black History Month... with "Laser Klan"

I'm not exactly sure how they did it, but somehow The Colbert Report successfully celebrated Black History Month by producing a cartoon called "Laser Klan"—in which President Obama is forced to ask...

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The Only Thing I Care About on the Internet This Morning

I didn't watch Hollywood's Prom last night, so I have no idea what happened! Did Wolf of Wall Street and Inside Llewyn Davis and Frances Ha and The Act of Killing win everything? If not, I don't care!...

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The Jimmy Fallon Elementary School Band Performs "Let It Go"—with Idina Menzel!

For those of you who are embarrassed by your love for the Oscar-winning song from Frozen, "Let it Go", just BE COOL. Nonchalantly get up, close your office door, turn your screen away from everyone,...

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True Detective: Okay, Blogtown... Whodunnit??

For those who regularly read I Love Television™, you'll know I've been singing the praises of HBO's True Detective for some time now:The show revolves around two Louisiana detectives (Motherfreaking...

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Airplane vs. Volcano (Trailer): ON WHOM DO YOU WAGER?!?

The Asylum—those makers of hilarious, lo-fi, and INSANE action movies for the Syfy channel (Remember Sharknado? Hmmmm?)—has a new film out which is apparently and inexplicably going straight to On...

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First Marijuana Commercial Debuts on Networks; Hope They Get Better From Here

I suppose this is a big deal... of sorts? What follows is the first ever commercial about selling marijuana to be broadcast on a major network. The spot for MarijuanaDoctors.com debuted this week on...

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The New Trailer for Lindsay Lohan's Reality Show

Lindsay—the new Lindsay Lohan reality show that was unasked for, but commissioned by Oprah Winfrey anyway—debuts this Sunday on OWN at 10 pm. And if this trailer is any indication? OHHHHHH BOY! Get...

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Joel McHale, Jim Rash, and the Perfect True Detective Parody

Host of The Soup, Joel McHale teams up with his buddy Jim Rash from Community to produce what very well may be the best True Detective parody the internet has to offer. Why? Because McHale and Rash...

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1, 2, 3, 4... I Declare a Lindsay Lohan Water War!

Lindsay Lohan dropped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote the trainwreck her new Oprah-produced reality show that debuts this Sunday night on OWN, and Jimmy challenges her to a "Water...

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Recreates "David After Dentist"; NAILS IT

For Jimmy Kimmel's after-Oscar special (where he enlisted fancy pants movie stars to adapt famous internet memes into the style of blockbuster movies), the dreamboat-y Joseph Gordon-Levitt went the...

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Martin Freeman in New Fargo Teaser!

I hadn't really thought all that much about the upcoming TV adaptation of Joel and Ethan Coen's Fargo (debuting April 15 on FX)—that is, until I saw this new teaser starring Martin "Hobbit Watson"...

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Something to Keep in Mind for Sunday Night

It might not be perfect—as people far smarter than I have noted, it sure would be great if even one of show's female characters was a quarter as well-written as its male leads—but True Detective is...

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True Detective, Yes, Yes... But! Cosmos Debuts Tonight!

Tonight is the season finale of True Detective (HBO, 9 pm), so naturally you'll be watching that—and perhaps playing US News'True Detective Bingo?—but don't forget about the other must-watch show this...

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Nic Pizzolato Talks the True Detective Finale!

So the True Detective finale last night was so popular it actually crashed the HBO GO system—but the service is now back to normal. So if you haven't watch it yet, GET ON IT, because we have a lot to...

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New Steven Soderbergh/Clive Owen Cinemax Project, Ahoy!

YAH, YAH, YAH... enough True Detective! It's time for a new celebrity vanity cable project to get obsessed with... and could it be... The Knick? Starring Clive Owen with every one of the 10 episodes...

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Interviewing 101 (AKA Handing Piers Morgan His Ass 101)

Chelsea Handler visited the waning days of Piers Morgan Live, and had no qualms carving him up with her razor-sharp wit. In this clip, Chelsea bestows upon Piers her very pointed advice for being not...

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Billy on the Street on The Tonight Show

My love grows ever stronger for the Fuse show Billy on the Street (starring the heeeeeelarious Billy Eichner, and returning tonight for a new season at 11 pm)! But for those who have been carelessly...

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Watch Hometown Hero Ian Karmel on Conan

For a guy who admitted he had butterflies before going on—read more of his pre-show confessions (and see his Mercury T-shirt) here—hometown hero/comedian Ian Karmel made Portland proud on his first...

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SXSW Attendees Actually Don't Know What They're Talking About

You've suspected it for a long time—and now the proof is finally here. SXSW attendees don't know what the fuck they're talking about, and are willing to lie to cover it up. In Jimmy Kimmel's latest...

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The Gorgeous Horror of Hannibal

Buried beneath the accolades of True Detective, NBC's Hannibal does not get the appreciation it deserves. (Primarily because NBC knows it has a gorgeous, cable-style adult drama on its hands, is scared...

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