BBC Series Primeval
I picked up Season One at the library today. We’ll see how it goes.
Archive of posts filed under the Television category.
Off the air
I just got the four-disk boxed set of Firefly from the library. I know what I’ll be watching the next two or three nights. I also added a Random Quote thing to the right sidebar for fun. If it slows up page loading, please advise.
2012-2013 Football Bowls Sked
Here you are, ladies and gents (probably mostly gents): your Bowl Schedule, starting on December 15. Here are the BCS and other January Bowls (All times Eastern): TaxSlayer.com Gator Mississippi State vs. Northwestern Jacksonville, Fla. Everbank Field Jan. 1 Noon ESPN2 Heart of Dallas Purdue vs. Oklahoma State Dallas Cotton Bowl Jan. 1 Noon ESPNU …
“Lost” lives!
Let me take you now, dear reader, to a time when the world was younger and we were not so jaded. In other words, about five years ago. You remember the TV show “Lost,” don’t you? The one that captivated and annoyed a lot of us for about five years in the mid 2000s? Well, …
A plea for common-sense marketing
Dear Major League Baseball, In order to build audience with younger fans, wouldn’t it make sense to at least have World Series games on the weekends be played in the daylight? Last night’s game started at 7:00pm Central Time and ended four hours later just after 11:00pm local time. How many kids, particularly on the …
Network TV and the prevalence of ads
I saw the last Harry Potter film in the theater last week, and Friday night I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on DVD. Then, coincidentally, last night Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was on ABC, so I watched that after dinner. That movie has a run time of …
Couch potatoes, rejoice!
Here is a list of all the upcoming football bowl games leading up to the BCS “National Championship Game” on January 10, 2011. It includes dates, kickoff times, and TV channels. Caveat: You must conclude your Christmas shopping before tuning in to any of these: New Mexico Bowl BYU vs. UTEP December 18 2:00 pm …
Never again will I waste my time on this
Originally posted at my Facebook page: Okay, CBS, you’re officially on notice about your Pops telecast; I won’t bother watching again. You opened the show with a one-minute picture of the cannon being fired for the 1812 Overture, then went to some seemingly-drunk MC who introduced Toby Keith, who sang two songs. Then you showed …
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What’s the bloody point?
Locally, the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular is an institution seen on WBZ-TV Channel 4 from 8:00PM to 11:00PM. But not nationally. Oh no. CBS, in its infinite desire to show us what we want, is giving us something called “I Get That a Lot,” which is described as follows: I Get That A lot features …
Lost Reactions
Major media reactions to the finale of “Lost”: David Bianculli of Fresh Air NPR’s Monkey See blog WaPo’s Celebritology blog NYT’s Television column