What can I say, I think I’m right about a lot of things but it’s not too often that I have written proof.
As a self-proclaimed expert on reality television, I would like to point out that I was completely right about the end of this season’s Bachelorette, based solely on one episode.
In “A Girl’s Take on the Bachelorette,” I specifically highlighted standout cutie Chris L., who seemed like the most normal person ever to appear on reality TV. I only picked out two potential winners in my article – Chris and Roberto. And what do you know, they were the final two.
Not everyone has the time to sift through every TV preview, but I work for the government. If you find yourself wondering what good shows will be on this fall, but don’t want to bother doing the legwork, you have come to the right place.
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Better With You (ABC) – Wednesday 8:30pm – Premieres Sept. 22
The pitch: Featuring three couples – one dating for nine years, one engaged after seven weeks and one unhappily married for multiple decades. Starring the mom from That 70s Show. My take: Canned laughter and predictable comedy. If you like Big Bang Theory, tune in folks. Competition: Survivor, Lie to Me and Undercovers.
First of all, I’m not going to make the case that this show should be taken seriously. If you consider this a hard-hitting drama, we would not be friends. But if you watch it as a comedy/cheese-fest, I’ll think it’s well worth your time. C’mon, what else is there to watch this summer?
Aaron’s argument is that The Bachelor is about a bunch of girls looking for true love, while The Bachelorette is just a bunch of dudes trying to get laid.
A few months ago, my wife begged me to watch The Bachelor with her. It seemed like a good opportunity for her to relive her student university life…..crack a bottle of wine, judge some ladies, etc. I initially dreaded the idea but once I went online to check out the cast I quickly changed my mind.
Aside from the weekly two hour episode format, we got into it pretty easily. I honestly believed that over half the women thought it was a perfect forum to meet a dream guy and were somehow able to forget about the dorky Bachelor boinking them all at the same time. There is an innocence about them that is both entertaining and intriguing. The drama is good, the ladies are smokin’ and the wife bonus points are well worth it. Plus it was easy to justify to other men, on account of the multiple gorgeous women.
Apologies if I’m late to the party here, but I finally saw the new Dos Equis commercials last night. Not surprisingly, I enjoyed them all. While the new spots bring nothing new to the table, why mess with a good thing? Over the past four years, “The Most Interesting Man in the World” campaign has probably single-handedly stopped the PVR-less citizens of the world from beating themselves to death with their remote controls. These new ads are everything Canadian commercials — and this blog — are not. Clever, funny and ridiculous without ever seeming stupid. Well done.
Jon Stewart used a gospel choir to tell Fox news to “Go Fuck Yourself” on Tuesday. The video below sums up Stewart’s feud with Fox News commentator Bernard Goldberg pretty well, but leaves out the part where Goldberg committed the ultimate sin, calling The Daily Show host “a safe Jay Leno with a much smaller audience.”
“A safe Jay Leno.” Wow. Stewart wasn’t going to take that lying down. Before bringing out the gospel choir, Stewart responded, “If you think I’m Leno with an f-bomb, you know less about comedy than you do about politics.”
A couple of minutes ago I was scanning ESPN.com when I noticed the article “What fans hate the most” by ESPN ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer, otherwise known as the man who fired Norm MacDonald from Saturday Night Live.
As pathetic as it is, I remember Norm’s firing like it was yesterday. January 7th, 1998. I was 17-years-old, and not surprisingly to all who read this blog, still a good six or seven months away from losing my virginity, thereby freeing me up to watch Norm on Letterman.
By signing a new five-year deal with the basic-cable channel TBS, Conan O’Brien is essentially admitting he can’t beat Leno and Letterman. Which is good, because he can’t.
Simply put, young people don’t watch late night talk shows anymore. Letterman, and especially Leno, are buoyed by older viewers who grew up watching The Tonight Show. To defeat them in the ratings Conan would need to double his young viewership. Which is, of course, impossible in the age of digital television and the Internet.
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