Archives for December 2010
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Questions with MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE Star Scott Bakula
MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE is so unique in the sense that there are so few shows revolving around the personal lives and problems of men in their 40’s or women in their 40’s, are you surprised by the success of the show?
Scott Bakula: To be quite honest with you, I don’t think this show would have made it on the air if Ray hadn’t been attached to it. I think this is driven completely by the presence of Ray Romano and his return to television. In terms of the landscape of today’s television, writers would pitch a story about three men and the network would be asking, “Do they fight crime together when they’re not at dinner talking?” or “Do they own a strip club?” But happily, because Ray and the network’s desire to be in business with him, he was able to let the show be, let the show breathe and the network has been fantastic with allowing the show to be human. So we’re just lucky, nothing against guys my own age and guys in their 40’s but I think the concept in television is that we are not that interesting unless we are doing you know solving crimes or driving fast cars or flying Starships as I have done.
Blogger Beat Down: HITFIX Wants to Kill DEXTER? Say it Ain’t So!
The subject of this week’s ‘Blogger Beat Down’ is… HitFix’s Alan Sepinwall, one of the country’s most prolific and popular TV critics whose reaction to today’s fantastic news that Showtime has officially renewed DEXTER for a sixth season was a little along the lines of… Why?
TV Ratings: Sunday December 5, 2010
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | NBC | Football Night in America | 15.18 | 5.0/13 |
CBS | Amazing Race 17 | 11.15 | 3.0/8 | |
FOX | The Simpsons | 9.56 | 4.2/11 | |
ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 7.83 | 2.1/5 | |
8:30PM | NBC | Sunday Night Football | 20.38 | 7.2/17 |
FOX | Cleveland Show | 7.05 | 3.2/8 | |
9PM | NBC | Sunday Night Football | 20.05 | 7.2/17 |
ABC | Desperate Housewives | 11.20 | 3.5/8 | |
CBS | Undercover Boss | 9.82 | 2.6/6 | |
FOX | Cleveland Show | 5.97 | 2.8/7 | |
9:30PM | FOX | American Dad! | 5.27 | 2.5/6 |
10PM | NBC | Sunday Night Football | 19.27 | 7.3/18 |
CBS | CSI: Miami | 10.86 | 2.6/6 | |
ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 8.08 | 2.4/6 |
One [SUPERNATURAL] Fandom to Rule Them All
Bad News for fans of CASTLE, BONES, CHUCK, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, and SMALLVILLE: The results are. And despite your best efforts to rally your respective fandoms, SUPERNATURAL’s Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles will be gracing the cover of TV Guide Magazine’s first ever fandom-generated feature hitting newsstands* this Thursday.
* Wikipedia defines “newsstand” as a business that sells newspapers, magazines**, snacks and often items of local interest.
** Before the internet, a “magazine,” was a way in which news was disseminated. For more information on the virtually lost art form that we affectionally refer to as “print” click here.
Morning Static: GLEE, THE WALKING DEAD, GAME OF THRONES & More!
• The WOW Factor! Watch the cast of GLEE perform on THE X FACTOR (above)
• First Look: Inside HBO’s highly-anticipated GAME OF THRONES.
• In case you missed last night’s infomercial for the Facebook redesign, you can watch the 60 MINUTES’ interview with Mark Zuckerberg here.
• Spoiler Alert! Robert Kirkman talks about THE WALKING DEAD finale and what’s next for the series.
• Your Daily Darren Criss Update: Katy Perry joins GLEE’s breakout star at this weekend’s Trevor Project Annual Benefit.
• Because we sure as hell won’t pass up an opportunity to give JACK & BOBBY a shout-out, EW’s Ken Tucker shares his 10 One-Season TV Wonders.
Watch, PVR, Pass: Sunday December 5, 2010
Your Ultimate Guide to the Best of the Web: Informational
The Internet is full of information, and Internet videos are no different. Web series can teach you about any subject under the sun, and a lot are really entertaining too. Here are just some of the great informational series the Web has to offer.
TED TALKS
TED Talks is a set of conferences giving the greatest minds in the world a chance to present their ideas. Topics range from biology, to human rights, to the arts, to why we all ought to eat more insects. In 2006 these groundbreaking talks started being offered on the Internet.
THIS WEEK IN TECH
Technology expert Leo Laporte brings you the latest innovations in technology, mostly focusing on consumer products and Internet. Each episode features a panel of expert guests, which have in the past included Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and STAR TREK actor LeVar Burton.
Your Favorite TV Quotes of the Week
Your TV Tech Fix: 5 Great Holiday Gifts for TV Addicts
The Holidays are here again! That, of course means it’s time to buckle down and think hard about what great gifts we want to give to our closest friends and family. If you have a TV addict on your shopping list (and no, I’m not talking about Daniel, the actual TV addict) you could go the easy route and pick up a TV series or two on DVD, but there are a wide variety of tech gifts that can make enjoying TV easier, and even bring new forms of entertainment to their lives.
Here are some great tech gifts the TV lover in your life would love:
Sony BDP-S370 Internet Connected Blu-Ray Player – $99
Is your TV lover still stuck in DVD land? 2010 is the year to finally make the upgrade to Blu-Ray, where TV on disc is in pristine HD quality. Sony’s BDP-S370 isn’t the most expensive Blu-Ray player out there to begin with, but this thing is selling for a crazy $99 all throughout the holiday season. Add the fact that it also includes Instant Watch support for Netflix AND DLNA support for network media, means that this $100 player has all your TV entertainment mediums covered.