Tag Archives: Television

New documentary on the big smelly guy on Discovery in January: For decades, a small but loyal legion of Bigfoot hunters has spent countless weekends prowling forests in nearly every state, piling up evidence such as alleged footprints and hair samples that now has a handful of animal experts willing …

The production players are the same: Fox, Simon Fuller’s 19 Entertainment, the Idol format; but this time I may actually have some interest in actually seeing the performers, who already have some cultural heft to throw around: Fox Broadcasting Co. and Simon Fuller’s 19 Entertainment are working on a variation …

Isn’t this the kind of thing the War on Terror is supposed to be fighting? Didn’t they learn anything from the Who Wants to Marry a Whore fiasco? Reaching deeper into the pits of despair, and back in time to the feudal era, Fox has come up with a new …

Norah Jones and Chris Isaak this weekend on PBS: AUSTIN CITY LIMITS presents two artists who mix aspects of several genres of American roots music to form their own original sound. Chris Isaak’s exciting rock ‘n’ roll has been winning fans for decades and sultry songstress Norah Jones’ jazzy pop …

Personal friend-o-Warren Brian Linse reminds us that tonight is Warren Zevon night on David Letterman, in fact the show is devoted to him. You can see a preview clip from the show here. Highlight: Dave – “Do you now know something I don’t know?” Warren – “I know how much …

Yup, another 24 review . . .

Surprise link found between the NBA and 60 year-old, short, white Englishmen: The Rolling Stones are featured in the latest NBA television ad as part of the basketball organization’s “Love It Live” campaign. The 30-second spot debuted on cable’s TNT during Tuesday’s (October 29) opening night doubleheader matching the Philadelphia …

If you didn’t know better, you might think TV was all about imitation: Add supermodel to the list of dream jobs reality television is promising its viewers. UPN has given an eight-episode midseason order to an hourlong reality series tentatively titled “Supermodel,” with Tyra Banks serving as an executive producer …

There is so much going on with the Osbournes you could write a blog just about them (let me know if there is one). The first family of metal will be back on MTV in November, daughter Kelly has a new CD coming out, and now Sharon has announced that …

New cable network to build the commercials into the shows to thwart ad-skipping technology: a new cable network has elevated the practice beyond the occasional, building such anti-ad-zapping efforts directly into its business model. The entire schedule of the new network, Fine Living, has been specifically set up to incorporate …