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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Once again the purists among us who’d like to see baseball played in daylight are (mostly) denied; there are currently only two games scheduled to start before 5:00pm EDT, and both of those are tomorrow. I blame the networks, but I also blame Major League Baseball and its eternal greed.
Who let TBS win the contract to televise both leagues’ division series? Man, I’d prefer ESPN. Here are the broadcast teams. Ernie Johnson (play-by-play), Ron Darling (analyst) and John Smoltz (analyst) Brian Anderson (play-by-play) and Joe Simpson (analyst) Dick Stockton (play-by-play) and Bob Brenly (analyst) Don Orsillo (play-by-play) and Buck Martinez (analyst) San Diego fell …
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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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 …
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
The island continues (maybe it should be capitalized: The Island continues). SPOILERS! SPOILERS! My initial takeaway from the revelation that the Sideways universe was Jack’s dying vision (or hallucination, if you prefer) was “Oh, come ON!” Then I stopped reacting emotionally and started thinking about it. For the entire series the theme has been structured …