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Let’s face facts, Oprah Winfrey is watched by millions. Many find her inspirational, as well as entertaining. People turn to her for advice on books worth reading, causes worth supporting, and politicians worth electing. So, why do I find her so irritating? If I’m honest with myself, I don’t trust people who amass legions of [...]

“Californication”
Season 2 premieres Sept. 28th on Showtime
Avast there, mateys. There be spoilers here. Properly warned ye be, says I.

When last we left Hank Moody and his band of Californicators, Karen, Hank, and their daughter Becca sped away from the scene of Karen and Bill’s wedding. Hank’s agent seemed well on his way to reuniting with [...]

Richard Rothstein has a wonderul, frequently NSFW gay blog called “Proceed At Your Own Risk.” .
He’s got an incredible post up today on HBO’s “True Blood”. [He's writing a book, so the blog is a login affair -- userid: PAYOR, password: PASSWORD.]
He’s got some great questions about what puzzles many, infuriates others, and can [...]

Previously on Shannen Doherty:
Shannen was missing in action. One can only hope she was getting a job on a better show, like “According to Jim.”
Tonight on Shannen Doherty:
The school’s drama teacher had to take a leave of absence, so Lucille Bluth volunteered to take over the school’s big musical pageant. The big haired girl is [...]

HARK THE HERALD HERØES, STEPHEN SINGS! IT’S AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL HOLIDAY SPECIAL WITH STEPHEN COLBERT AND FRIENDS WHEN “A COLBERT CHRISTMAS: THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL!”
ONE-HOUR SPECIAL DEBUTS ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 AT 10:00 P.M. ET/PT
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Musical Performances By Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith,
John Legend, Willie Nelson And Jon Stewart
“A Colbert Christmas: The [...]

Now when I saw her make her many appearances with Dave, I had the feeling that Bonnie Hunt might make a good talk show host.  But there are the painful memories of the last time a gifted comic actress who got her legs in Chicago was given a daytime talk show–Megan Mullally’s deer-in-headlights look giving her hack bosses [...]

“The O’Reilly Factor”
Day Four
Thursday’s “Factor” was canceled for the non-partisan (or was it bi-partisan) lovefest at Ground Zero, so my week of O’Reilly viewing was truncated by a day. Forgive the lateness in posting my take on Friday’s installment, but I was… well… attempting to have a life.
O’Reilly introduced his show by discussing what he [...]

“Spaceballs: The Animated Series”
Premieres Sept. 21st on G4
Avast there, mateys. There be spoilers here. Properly warned ye be, says I.
Back in September of ‘06, the word came down from the TV gods that a cartoon (call it an “animated series” if you absolutely must) was in the works based on the Mel Brooks film [...]