The Real Keith Number

Perhaps, like me, you have long loved Keith Olbermann from afar. If you’re really like me, you still have his last Big Show (the Sunday night edition of SportsCenter, with Dan Patrick) on videotape, if only because they were the model for Aaron Sorkin’s underappreciated Sports Night. (Or perhaps to preserve gems such as “Dick [...]

Squee! It’s…

Squee! It’s…well, it’s new episodes of a good show, actually, with a held-back Christmas episode of House popping up. More importantly, however: squee! It’s Janel Moloney! The likelihood of Sorkin-withdrawal is high tonight, as Moloney appeared both on Sports Night (”It’s called gunmetal. Gray has more ivory in it.” ;) and on The West Wing, where [...]

Diary of a Completist

Wandering through the living room and observing me grumbling at the TiVo while making sure a Season Pass was set for tomorrow’s season premiere of Torchwood (”Grumblegrumble why doesn’t someone just stab Owen in the face grumblegrumble if you’re such a super sekrit organization, why do you race around in a giant flashing SUV with [...]

12 Days of Bacon: Day Eleven

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my Bacon gave to meeeee…

12 Days of Bacon: Day One

On the first day of Christmas, my Bacon gave to meeeeee…

Tryptophan Television

As the denizens of TV Bacon gather together to ask the Lord’s bles…er, to make pumpkin pie and pumpkin muffins and pumpkin pancakes and other assorted holiday foods, we celebrate TV-wise with guest blogger Lisa’s list of the best Thanksgiving television. Enjoy it while celebrating with someone you love, or use the episodes to escape [...]

Monday Newsapalooza

Stephen Colbert’s presidential bid nipped in the bud by South Carolina Democrats. (NY Times)
Masterpiece Theatre to air adaptations of all six Jane Austen novels in January. (Hollywood Reporter)
Aaron Sorkin returns to Broadway with “The Farnsworth Invention.” (NY Times)
Weeds renewed for a fourth season. (Hollywood Reporter)