Archive for October, 2009

Maybe NBC secretly hates writers.

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Ignore the fact that Jay Leno is terribly unfunny, pandering to the lowest common denominator, mocking the less intelligent, going unendingly for the Viagra punchline.  Maybe that’s some people’s taste. Giving the guy 5 nights of PRIME TIME a week? That was perhaps shrewd.   Times are tough.  Jay Leno costs about half for a [...]

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Remaining Fall Premiere Reviews. Still Four Words Each.

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Bored to Death (HBO) Schwartzman quirky, on television. Brothers (FOX) Has everything. Except laughs. The Cleveland Show (FOX) Jeffersons to Peter’s Archie? The Forgotten (ABC) Neither compelling nor believable. Hank (ABC) Laugh track’s taste sucks. Mercy (NBC) Every medical show, redone. The Middle (ABC) Huh. That didn’t suck. Shark Tank (ABC) Crap. Me, watching reality?! [...]

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