Tag Archives: Television

Network TV seems to be an endless sluice of ever more base “reality shows” (quotation marks because these shows are just as staged as Touched by an Angel and a whole lot less honest about it) in a race to the bottom of the unlit basement of human nature, many …

The … truth … will … be … revealed … November 22 … on … the SCI FI Channel. The cable channel sent a team of archeologists to Roswell, New Mexico, site of the most enduring UFO controversy, to see what they could see: In an effort to verify once …

Egytian satellite TV channel talks sex and nation’s youth reveal they don’t know their lingam from their yoni. The government disapproves either way: A risque mix of sex and politics has got a ground-breaking Egyptian satellite TV channel into hot water with the government. Dream TV has been asked to …

Phil Donahue is not long for this TV world.

Arab TV network al Jazeera comes under scrutiny once again for its broadcast of the latest bin Laden bile-fest. An update to our coverage can be found here.

Victoria’s Secret “Christmas Dreams and Fantasies” fashion show was interrupted by a PETA protest: Activists for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals rushed the stage as Gisele Bundchen strutted down the runway in a beaded bra and panties, thigh-high black stockings and red strappy heels. The four female protesters, …

December 6 is the deadline to let the FCC know how you feel about even more restrictions on what you can do with digital content, specifically your ability to make copies of digital-broadcast television programs. Please see this report by CDT, Consumers Union, and Public Knowledge outlining consumer questions posed …

Now, in addition to frogman, professional wrestler, politician, sports announcer, and guy with an outrageously annoying Minnesota accent, the current governor of the Gopher State – or whatever its damn nickname is – Jesse Ventura is negotiating to be a talk show host: Jesse Ventura is in talks with MSNBC …

Speaking of crushingly awful reality shows, (all of them) USA Today has the scoop on the hoops contestants must leap through just to get on each pitiful mess: Name. Address. Age. Education. Sexual fantasy. What kind of application asks for such an intimate detail? One that gets the winning hopeful …

We are still in the middle of getting moved in to our new house, and getting organized, set up, settled in, and whatnot. I spent much of last night putting together a “home entertainment center,” which means slapping together a bunch of fake wood and hoping it doesn’t collapse under …