Spoilers for the "American Idol" eliminations -- and the not-as-nauseating-as-feared new twist -- coming right up... So, short version: Jasmine Murray and Jorge Nunez go home. Megan has to stand on stage with Jasmine, and Anoop has to stand with Jorge, even though DialIdol said Noop Dogg was safe(*)...

Spoilers for last night's "Reaper" coming up just as soon as I get a Bluetooth... The CW sent out two episodes for review: the season premiere, and next week's "The Sweet Science." Yet "Dirty Sexy Mongol" was by far the most entertaining of the three. Weird how that works sometimes. This one was a v...

Spoilers for tonight's "American Idol" coming up just as soon as I keep my wife a secret to avoid alienating the 'tween demographic... Before we get into the song-by-song breakdown, a few general thoughts: 1. This was an incredibly long show. I'm not sure I've ever felt more exhausted by the end of ...

Spoilers for tonight's "How I Met Your Mother" coming up just as soon as I alert the sommelier... Wow. I've been enjoying "HIMYM" for the most part this year, but an episode like "Sorry, Bro" -- both the funniest and most uniquely "HIMYM" episode dating back to at least "The Naked Man," if not to la...

Spoilers for tonight's "Chuck" coming up just as soon as I draw up a Sepinuptial... "Just so you know, I am going to get this thing out of my head one day. I will. And when I do, I'm going to live the life that I want with the girl that I love. Because I'm not going to let this thing rob me of that....

Spoilers for "United States of Tara" coming up just as soon as I fix my general lack of glee... "It's driving me freaking nuts. It's like I know too much but I don't know enough. I just want to fix it." -Max"You're funny." -Charmaine"What?" -Max"That you think you can fix it." -Charmaine Why would a...

Spoilers for the excellent latest episode of "Saturday Night Live" coming up just as soon as I once and for all abandon my dreams of a Hawaiian vacation... Dwayne Johnson is, in many ways, the ideal "SNL" host. He combines the game-for-anything attitude that most pro athlete hosts bring to the show ...

Went to see "Watchmen" yesterday afternoon, and while I'm no longer quite as gung-ho for the film as I was when I saw the first 18 minutes at Comic-Con, I'm glad I saw it. More specific thoughts (complete with some spoilers) coming up just as soon as I go to the men's room... A few casting issues (w...

Spoilers for last night's "Battlestar Galactica" coming up just as soon as I imagine that my bran muffin is a cupcake... "I've had it up to here with destiny, prophecy, with God or the gods. Look where it's left us: The ass end of nowhere, nearly half our people are gone, Earth a worthless cinder an...

Brief spoilers for tonight's "Dollhouse" coming up just as soon as I get comped for two bottles of champagne... We're now at the point I reach with shows where I got to see a bunch of episodes in advance: it's been so long since I watched this particular episode, and my overall impressions of the sh...