Category Archives: hype
A Banquet of Banality…
Just in case you were under the quite understandable impression that “Reality” shows couldn’t get any dumber or their creators more desperate, our friends at The Food Network would like to prove you wrong. The formerly respectable channel has decided … Continue reading
Who’s the real fraud?
The Chinese government is taking a lot of flack recently over the Olympic opening ceremony. It was discovered that the young girl who sang at the event, Lin Miaoke, was actually lip-synching to the voice of another girl, Yang Peiyi, … Continue reading
Bravo is not the word I’d use…
Clearly as short of ideas as most of its current slate is of viewers, Bravo is now trying to persuade the few brave souls who still watch Project Runway to throw ‘viewing parties.’ The idea is that fans of the … Continue reading
The Reality is….Horrific!
In news that hits rather too close to home for my taste, and which may also be a harbinger of oncoming doom for the US market, the news is coming in that the British commercial broadcast network, ITV, might be … Continue reading
I Think I’ll Move into a Cave…
Enjoy your Thursday, folks – For those of us who find sports less than irresistibly transfixing, this is the last day of freedom we’ll see for two weeks. NBC’s coverage of the Olympics begins tomorrow and will continue at levels … Continue reading
Is This Really That Important ?
Well, could you sleep last night? In what has to rank among the most over-rated, over-hyped and utterly meaningless events in all of human history, People magazine have posted their oh-so precious pics of the new Brangelina product online. …I’m … Continue reading
Shake, Rattle and…Roll ‘em!
Tuesday’s earthquake only lasted about 15 seconds – and I must confess to being somewhat dismayed that none of its Earth shuffling influence made it up here — but it apparently caused some major discomfort in parts further south… The … Continue reading
WGA, Day Two – Already it’s a Sequel !
It seems the Writers strike is already bearing some fruit. First, the Producers are getting worried [That's good.] Second, some of the most mediocre examples of the television medium will vanish, or fade to re-runs as their scripts disappear. ‘Desperate … Continue reading
Don’t Laugh at Laughlin
The season has barely started, yet the blood-letting is well under way. Yesterday, CBS canceled the Hugh Jackman-helmed quasi-musical, “Viva Laughlin,”. Billed as ‘an offbeat song-and-dance drama’ it achieved such jaw-droppingly bad ratings, CBS pulled the plug after just two … Continue reading
Twinkle, Twinkle….Faded Star….
Hard on the Cuban heels of that Sequin-encrusted festival of mind-crushing banality commonly referred to as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ comes news that ‘The Donald’ is at it again. There is to be another ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’ I’ll give you a … Continue reading
