It takes a lot to get ‘em right

The movers were supposed to be here between 9am and noon. In anticipation, I woke at 5am and finished up the last minute packing — the pillows I was sleeping on, the TiVo — and waited. And waited and waited  [more...]

I knew that Commander in Chief would be a failure once I saw how much ABC was promoting it. But I wasn’t aware of how truly bad it would be until I saw the pilot. Where The West Wing is a social studies  [more...]

I watch an awful lot of television – I admit it – but I often find so much of it annoying. Not just the ubiquitous logo bugs on the screen or the intrusive scrolling promos and truncated credits, but the  [more...]