Wake Up Your DVR–LIFE Returns Tonight

I love my DVR. It keeps me out of enormous amounts of trouble and organizes me better than any calendar ever has, but for some reason it hates Life. No matter how many times I try to teach it to love Life, it skips over the adventures of Charlie Crews and Co. pretty regularly. I [...]

LOST or LIEs? New Seasons Start Tonight

Fox premieres a brand new, shiny show tonight, Lie to Me. You may have heard of it. If you’ve been watching House, American Idol, or NFL football , you have absolutely heard of it. You didn’t have a choice. And don’t try to lie about it, because the protagonist, played by the pretty terrific Tim [...]

The Ten Best Television Moments of 2008

I’m one of those grouches who generally doesn’t love New Year’s Eve, spending the evening grousing in a corner about another year slipping away into the ether. In a lot of ways, however, 2008 has been great enough to kick me out of that rut. This year, we saw whales in two different oceans and camped with [...]

LIFE Makes AFI’s Top Ten of 2008

NBC’s Life received its first ever awards attention Sunday when the American Film Institute announced its top 10 TV programs of the year. The other television honorees (which include series, telepics and minis) are Breaking Bad, In Treatment, John Adams, Lost, Mad Men, The Office, Recount, The Shield, and The Wire.
Conspicuously missing from the list [...]

THE WIRE, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Recognized by WGA

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East today announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2008 season. Obviously, we only care about television. And we’re excited, because finally someone has given The Wire and Friday Night Lights their due. And [...]

ABC Announces Premiere Date for Fifth Season of LOST

The long-awaited fifth season of Lost will premiere on ABC Wednesday, Jan. 21, with a special two-hour episode preceded by a clip show.
The series will shift from last season’s Thursday time slot to its original Wednesdays at 9 p.m. slot this season. ABC has approved 17 episodes for season five, one hour more than the [...]

Squee! It’s…

Squee! It’s W. Earl Brown on The Mentalist and Paula Malcomson on Law and Order: Honey Barbecue (Special Victims’ Unit) tonight! Since we’ve mentioned Al Swearengen around here this week, it’s only right that Deadwood’s lovable, violent Swearengen sidekick show up as well. You’ve also seen Brown on Psych, Angel, CSIs both Original Flavor and [...]

Emmys with a Side of Bacon

Susannah and I have been kicking back at the Emmys for a good long time now. We’ve wept. We’ve wailed. We’ve gnashed our teeth. Personally, I’ve worn sackcloth and ashes, but that’s just my general fashion aesthetic.
Part of the issue is that we can’t put our finger on what the problem is–something’s wrong (really, Academy–Entourage? [...]

Bacon Bits: GOSSIP GIRL, PUSHING DAISIES and More

- Can’t wait for the Gossip Girl premiere? The CW has posted the first five minutes on YouTube.
- ABC is sexing up Dirty Sexy Money and dumbing down Pushing Daisies. And NBC is upping the romance quotient on Chuck. This right here, this is how good television shows jump the shark.
- Speaking of jumping the [...]

Bacon Bits: DR. HORRIBLE, LOST and more

- Can’t wait for Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog to go live? Dark Horse has posted a companion comic online, following the adventures of Captain Hammer, Dr. Horrible’s superhero arch nemesis.
- Reruns of Lost will air on Sci Fi Channel starting Sept. 15. Speaking of, watch out Oprah, ABC has launched a Lost Book Club.
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