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The Middle – Hat Day is my new favorite holiday

Let me paint you a picture: it’s morning, and Frankie Heck has just finished fighting with Axl about a report for school that he has due next week, and discussing Majorette tryouts with Sue. She glances over at the breakfast table, and what does she see? Brick, in a light summer hat with flowers on […]

by Aryeh S.

The new television season is looking good (on paper, at least)

With early pickups of Glee, new dramas on CBS and the ABC Wednesday comedy lineup, the 2010-11 television season is looking good. At least on paper.

by Richard Keller

Ratings Clack – Idol returns, and Jethro doesn’t care

FOX has been waiting all season to drop the big hammer, and the time has finally come. Idol returned last week, and the ripple effect of adding over 20 million viewers to Tuesday and Wednesday was felt by a number of shows, but not all of them. Despite Idol adding some 24 million viewers to […]

by Brett Love

Quotation Marks – Parties, pregnancy sex, and body pillows

The story of the week couldn’t help but creep into this week’s Quotation Marks. Yes, Conan just got paid 30 million to just walk away. It’s about as opposite from, “I hate to watch you go, but love to watch you leave,” as you possibly could get, eh? The Tonight Show “Hello, my name is […]

by Ivey West

The Middle – Brick sure gets my vote for school historian

Hell, Brick would get my vote for whatever he chose to run for. Internalize that, Sue, and embrace reality … Brick is awesome and no poster, or speech, is going to change how you stack up against his dominance. Except for maybe Brick’s handmade campaign poster, which was probably the greatest poster in the history […]

by Aryeh S.

Ratings Clack – Heroes “performing very strongly”

At least, that’s the delusion that Angela Bromstad (President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios) seems to be operating under. Asked about the show at NBC’s TCA presentation, Bromstad said, “”It’s been performing very strongly in its 8 p.m. time slot.” I would argue that finishing in fourth place every week, and losing to […]

by Brett Love

Quotation Marks – Mammograms, the Matrix, and the Metric System

Well, cats and kittens, it’s been quite a few weeks since your last installment of Quotation Marks. I could blame the turkey, mistletoe, and other seasonal excuses, but the truth is, there wasn’t much on TV to quote. This first week back marks a collection of quotes dating back to the last time we were […]

by Ivey West
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