John Adams

    When HBO first announced their new mini series John Adams, I was skeptical. I had heard good things about David McCullough’s book on which the series is based, but it seemed a stretch to turn it into a television event. 
    So when it premiered several weeks ago, I could be found doing other things [...]

New(s) Blog!

So I decided that coverage of the news should be separate from coverage of other TV. As such, I have created an additional blog, Mediacrity, found at fixthenews.wordpress.com. This will act as a media watchdog type of site for those that actually care about news.

The Beginning of the End

This Friday, one of the best shows on TV begins its final season in a galaxy far, far away. No, you haven’t missed a Star Wars TV show; I’m talking about Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi’s money maker that has spent the last three seasons searching for Earth. 
 In case you have forgotten how season 3 ended, the 40k+ humans [...]

Aaaaand We’re Back!

Hey all, its been a while. Since I last posted, spring break came and went, and my laptop…well, just went. It has gone AWOL courtesy of an unknown thief, so the blog has taken a bit of a hit. But fear not! We will persevere!    
And what a night to reemerge from the exaflood. Tonight in [...]

An SNLection

The dust has mostly settled, and Hillary Clinton looks to be the big winner in the March 4 primaries. She captured the two prize states of Ohio and Texas, as well as Rhode Island, where her political rival Barack Obama outspent her 5 to 1. So who does the former First Lady thank for [...]

Tucker Up

It’s not that he’s not a nice guy per se. Tucker Carlson, the famous bow-tied pundit who’s made a living inspiring heated debate, was pulled from the airwaves by MSNBC on Monday. Sort of.

“Tucker,” the daily talk show hosted by Carlson that failed to bring in viewers, was pulled by the cable news network in [...]

A Second Opinion

Well, the show ended in much the same way it began. When The Wire premiered five years ago, it was hailed as an excellent police drama. What followed was a growing tally of dead bodies, corruption after corruption that plagued the Baltimore P.D and The Sun (the local newspaper), and gripping story lines that had [...]

Say Goodbye to the Wire

I write this as the series finale of the Wire is wrapping up, with all the loose ends being slowly tied up. So far, I’m impressed. It’s going out with quite a bang, literally in some cases. I’m not expecting some screen-to-black Sopranos send off, but I hope for a good last scene.
If you missed [...]

Ratings Boost for Cable News

This was, by all accounts, a good week for cable news channels. The New York Times reports that MSNBC’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama last Thursday attracted the largest cable audience of the week, and the channel’s largest ever, with nearly 8 million viewers. And they took the second spot too with their analysis of [...]

Hillary Hits the Airwaves

Hillary Clinton had a big night on Tuesday, winning Ohio and making Texas a close race that as of early Wednesday morning was too close to call. So how does she celebrate? Why with the entire country, of course!
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann reported that Hillary would be making appearances on six Wednesday morning talk shows, from [...]