Television Archives

11 December 2006MNF Fiasco*
Is this worse than the Dennis Miller era? You bet. Is ESPN going to do anything about it? Don't count on it. Will I continue to watch Monday Night Football? Most likely... The trio of announcers that ESPN has calling...
21 November 2006The Flight of the Penguins
I love Nature. I think it's one of the best and most worthwhile shows on television and continues to be a shining example of the reasons why we need to keep supporting public broadcasting. Their latest effort, Penguins of...
21 November 2006HDTV
I finally broke down and bought an HDTV. I bought a Samsung. I bought it because I got such a good deal, I couldn't pass it up. I've been debating about whether to spend the money to buy a new...
30 March 2005Rules Change. The Game Remains the Same.
I've completely given up on the Americanized version of The Office. I tried to watch it again last night, and I couldn't get through but a few minutes. They got they painful part right. I was cringing the whole time....
24 March 2005The Office
At 9:30 tonight NBC is premiering The Office, a remake of a BBC series of the same name. I'm skeptical that it's going to be any good. I'd go as far as to say it's probably going to suck. I'm...
04 March 2005Alone in the Wilderness
I channel surfing last night and I came across this show on KTEH (one of three PBS stations here in the Bay Area) that was showing something called Alone in the Wilderness. I watched for a few seconds as Dick...
25 February 2005I'm Saved
My lost TV remote never did show up (I'm convinced the cats have conspired to hide it away) so I buckled and bought a universal remote. It came in the mail yesterday, and now I will never again have to...
27 January 2005The Genius of Evan
An old friend of mine from elementary school, Evan Arnold, has been making appearances on The West Wing, which is pretty cool. Evan has been a struggling actor for years. He did some commercials when he was younger. I went...
03 January 2005The West Wing
I love The West Wing. The reasons I love The West Wing is that the writing is so smart, the acting is so sharp and the cast preforms well as an ensemble. The show also deals with a myriad of...
21 September 2004Extreme Oil
Did you happen to catch the PBS documentary Extreme Oil? The 3 part piece investigates the extreme lengths the oil industry has to go find ever more elusive sources of petroleum. It's frightening. If ever you wanted politicians to take...
19 August 2004Olympics in Hi-Def
Has anyone out there caught any of the coverage on HDTV that NBC keeps pumping? I wonder if it has been any good. I don't even know how many people have Hi-Def TVs. I suspect the numbers are tiny which...
06 July 2004WSOP 2004: Anyone Can Win
I don't really think poker is a sport, but that's not going to stop me from being glued to the TV tonight when ESPN debuts the 2004 World Series of Poker with back-to-back episodes starting at 6pm PST. I watch...
16 June 2004Fahrenheit 9/11 Flap
I just witnessed something that was as absurd piece of television as I have ever seen. Crossfire on CNN just had a show where the topic of debate was Michael Moore's new documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11. This movie has been the...
23 April 2004Iron Chef America. Yes!
If you're not already watching, stop what you're doing and turn on the Food Network. Flay, Puck, Sakai, Morimoto and Batali. You will not be disappointed. I guarantee it. Go watch. Stop reading. I mean it...
28 December 2003Anyone Can Win
I recently have been watching the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel and the World Series of Poker on ESPN, and I have an admission to make. I never would have expected it, but I am totally enraptured watching...
22 December 2003Can You Use That in a Sentence Please?
I just saw the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee on ESPN2 and I was struck by a couple of things that I thought I needed to share with y'all. One is that there is probably not a single contestant among...
18 May 2003Surf Girls
If want to see a slice of Samoan life, look no further than MTV. Surf Girls, now showing on MTV every Monday 10:30pm eastern features hot surf babes (wouldn't want to see that?) traveling the South Pacific (that's where I...
20 April 2003Christ Dyed Eggs For Your Sins
It never fails. Easter rolls around and I think about one of my favorite Simpon's episodes. This is setup: The Simpsons doze off during the Rev. Lovejoy's sermon and dream they are Bible characters. The sign on the chruch this...
16 April 2003Iron Chef
Last night was a great night. I went to a friend's house and made sushi and sashimi. We then devoured our creations as we got pleasantly inebriated, first with gin & cranberry and then on wine, and watched 3 or...