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Brothers and Sisters: “Bad News”
May 3, 2007 – 1:31 AM | No Comment

Say It Ain’t So, Joe
Kitty refrains from telling Steve what I probably would have, that a presidential race is a sweet feather in the old résumé cap but perhaps not the place to look for …

Brothers and Sisters: “Sexual Politics”
April 25, 2007 – 9:11 PM | No Comment

We had a rerun this week, but it needed recapping, and now it’s done.

Chad says his girlfriend is out of town and he doesn’t “have a curfew,” as if that is the point or anything …

Brothers and Sisters recap
April 20, 2007 – 8:39 AM | 8 Comments

“Kevin accepts that as the truth, although he still wants nothing to do with the blind date on the merits (‘I don’t like your friends’), but it’s obvious from outer space that she’s lying, which …

Daily round-up
April 19, 2007 – 8:21 AM | 8 Comments

Lots of meetings/running around/hucking my laptop hither and yon today, so I may not have time to update properly. Just in case, a few goodies to hold you…
My recaplet of the AI results show (and …

My latest recap
April 12, 2007 – 8:51 AM | 3 Comments

From Brothers & Sisters 118: Three Parties:
“She’s trying to ask you for a date, dicksmack. A little respect for the moment? Oh, I forgot. Your milkshake brings all the girls to the yard. And I …

Plan B
January 9, 2006 – 11:04 AM | No Comment

I don’t run a weekly TV series, much less a weekly TV series whose fantasy/horror premise requires a good deal of stunt work and special effects, which spun off from another series whose canon is …

Cirque Du Shut Up
May 9, 2005 – 10:06 AM | No Comment

People: It is a bad mood of historic proportions over here. If a normal bad mood is…I don’t know, a votive candle, then the current bad mood is the Hindenburg. And it’s not even a …

Ronco Dependent
April 18, 2005 – 10:03 AM | 2 Comments

I recently got cable hooked up in my home office, which is both a huge productivity drain and completely awesome, as I can now watch unlimited Cops reruns and classic Family Feuds while I work …

Grieco Is Burning
April 11, 2005 – 10:02 AM | No Comment

How often do you end up talking about Richard Grieco three times in the space of a week? Not that often — fortunately — but please, dear readers, allow me to give you a short …

Freedom Of [Bleep]
November 15, 2004 – 9:26 AM | No Comment

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – The Federal Communications Commission has confirmed it received complaints about the uncensored broadcast of Oscar-winning war movie “Saving Private Ryan” on ABC-affiliated stations last week.An FCC official said several complaints …