Follow on Twitter
Subscribe by RSS
In January, the Priceline Negotiator was pushed off a cliff…literally. William Shatner’s character was, we thought, killed off in an effort to re-brand Priceline. But now, after an 8 month absence from the small screen, the Negotiator...
Sad news to report: Davy Jones, the lead singer of The Monkees, died this morning after suffering a heart attack in Indiantown, Fla., his representative confirmed to ABC News. He was 66. I’m not one to mourn the loss of every celebrity,...
Every news outlet on the planet is all a Twitter and a buzz today over reports that the popular Comedy Central program The Colbert Report abruptly shut down production yesterday (Wednesday) and today for unknown reasons. Comedy Central won’t...
For a generation of television viewers William Shatner isn’t Captain James T. Kirk, he’s the Priceline Negotiator. Come Monday that too will come to an end. Check out this story on the sudden demise of Shatner’s “iconic”...
His eponymous show commands a million eyeballs a night, his exploratory committee announcement amplified the news to millions more, but Can Colbert’s Message Penetrate? First things first. What is his message? It seems Colbert, the comedian...
Courtesy of TV Newser: MSNBC continues to build out its weekend lineup with programs led by left-leaning commentators. The latest addition is a program hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry, a professor at Tulane University and a regular on the channel....
NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice returns February 12. Today, Donald Trump announced the cast of characters. From the Associated Press: Mob boss widow Victoria Gotti, singer Clay Aiken and IndyCar champ Michael Andretti are on tap for the...
Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s best-seller, Game Change, is coming to the small screen this March courtesy of HBO. Ed Harris as John McCain, Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin and Woody Harrelson as…Steve Schmidt? What do you...
Note: This column appeared in The Times (of Northwest Indiana) on January 7, 2010. Lately, my dad has been fond of telling friends about a habit I had as a young child. Supposedly I loved commercials. I was obsessed with them. There was no...
