Maybe Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni Can Help the TOP GEAR Crew

Because they’re headed to Botswana tonight, and you know they’re going to need a mechanic.
Teasers show the boys racing across the Makgadikgadi Pans (previously the site of the most exciting Amazing Race climax ever) and trying to ford rivers (”Thunderbird One to the rescue!”). They will apparently also be joined by African Stig. It’s hard [...]

PUSHING DAISIES, MAD MEN Take DGA Honors

Mad Men director Alan Taylor beat out double nominees from The Sopranos and Lost, winning the DGA award for outstanding directorial achievement in a dramatic series. The guild prizes were handed out at non-televised ceremony Saturday night.
Variety reports that the guild’s swift contract resolution with the AMPTP was a running theme throughout the evening, which [...]

2007 PGA Television Nominees

The Producers Guild of America unveiled its television production award nominations on Tuesday. The winners will be announced on Saturday, Feb. 2, at–you guessed it–the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
A complete list of television nominees is behind the cut…

2008: The Year of Casual Sexism?

New Year’s Eve always depresses me, as I feel compelled to look back over the lost year that was and contemplate everything I didn’t accomplish (it probably doesn’t help that I’m doing this while slouching on the sofa in my pajamas instead of partying with the glitterati). On the other hand, the next day cheers [...]

THE AMAZING RACE: Counting 1, Casual Bigotry 0

Some recent seasons of The Amazing Race have been criticized for silly tasks, spoonfed directions, and general lack of good race planning (and justifiably, too–Hong Kong=kung fu stunts? Really? That’s all you can come up with?). This season, however, has seen interesting and culturally appropriate tasks, twisty navigation, and the kind of course that rewards [...]

THE AMAZING RACE: The Cat’s in the (Muddy) Cradle

Horrors! The lesbian ministers, despite exhibiting the terribly reasonable position that God probably doesn’t care if they win a million dollars on a reality show, have gone the way of all flesh. The way of all slow flesh. They were not quick.
Perhaps more awful yet is the pair that gets to stay. My beloved father/daughter [...]

THE AMAZING RACE: An Ass for an Ass

The season premiere of The Amazing Race 12 included a daughter expressing gratitude for being able to spend what little remaining time she has left with her 59-year-old father, a couple claiming that dealing with a reluctant pack animal was the worst experience they’d ever had (what? They’ve never dealt with gay minotaurs?), a [...]

THE AMAZING RACE: The World Is Waiting for You

While I feel a little guilty admitting this the weekend of the WGA strike, I have a soft spot for reality shows where the contestants actually have to use talent, skill, brains, or gumption to produce something (Project Runway is a good example). I have an especially soft spot for The Amazing Race, because while [...]