Sure, 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation suck up all the critics’ ink and The Office (somehow, still) gets the most viewers. But the youngest show on the lineup, Up All Night, has distinguished itself too this season, if only as a program worthy of joining the most beloved comedies on the air. It had Read More
Hall Pass is garbage waiting for the dump truck. The latest assault on public decency from the pathetic oeuvre of the Farrelly brothers is the same old swill, wrapped in odor-resistant disposable trash bags. What, you expected more? You thought they swallowed elegance pills? Any Farrelly brothers flick (the word “film” does not apply) that Read More
This morning, entering day five of the conservative teeth-gnashing directed at ABC News and its upcoming series of newscasts from inside the Obama White House, The Washington Times published an article reporting that ABC employees gave 80 times more money to Mr. Obama in Read More
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards air Sunday night on ABC. In preparation, we thought it would be fun to give you a little help on your office pool. Welcome to Day 3 of our Emmy preview!
We’ve already handicapped the supporting races. Now it’s time to look at the lead actresses.
Best Actress, Read More
MONDAY
Monday’s future just got a little bit bleaker. Dancing With the Stars (ABC)—whose finale last Tuesday earned the network its best ratings on that night in over seven years—cha-cha-cha-ed out of our lives. CBS canceled their December 10th debates, as the Democratic nominees balked, fearing the bad publicity of a Read More
Christina Applegate’s Samantha Who? (9:30 PM, ABC) debuts tonight, sandwiched in between Dancing With the Stars and The Bachelor. She plays a woman who wakes from an eight-day coma with retrograde amnesia only to slowly come to the realization that she was a total bitch. Perhaps a little amnesia is necessary on the part of Read More
Howell Raines.
Former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines–who was forced out of paper after the Jayson Blair debacle–is now getting out of the West Village, too (and, as far as we can tell, out of New York City entirely).
Mr. Raines recently sold his West 11th Street townhouse for $3.5 Read More
When it comes to Tony time, I’m all in favor. I think anyone who works in the theater should be showered with awards and love and money all the time. For one thing, why would I wish them anything less than I wish for myself? For another, the lives of theater folk are so very Read More
