Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free Trust Me is one of those shows that will probably not make it -- the ratings have been careening -- but I'm still watching it. I'm not sure why. It's not a great show, but I do like Tom Cavanagh and Eric McCormack. They're good tog...

Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free Note to Rob Lowe: Stop looking so damn healthy. Signed: The powers that be at ABC. Seriously, Brothers & Sisters' star Rob Lowe has been ordered to stop tanning. Apparently, the actor just looks too good -- bronze and healthy and full of that Kennedy-style ...

Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free I've been pretty hard on NBC of late, like calling for Jeff Zucker's head when NBC announced it will present Jay Leno every weeknight in prime time next fall, but I think I'm going to have to tip my cap to the network for how ER is coming to an end. Not only have t...

Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free The New Adventures of Old Christine is one of my favorite sitcoms and last night's episode included what I saw as a tribute to TV icons Lucille Ball and Mary Tyler Moore, as well as Seinfeld . Yes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus had a true Elaine moment that ...

Filed under: Super Bowl, Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free (S02E12) "The cell is mightier than the sword, or the very large knife." -- Chuck There were some funny bits in this episode of Chuck. There were also some good bits of plot development. Still, for what was being promoted as a spotlight s...

Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities I love British chef Gordon Ramsay. I love watching him on TV, whether it's his Fox shows -- Hell's Kitchen or Kitchen Nightmares -- or the ones that have turned up on BBC America like Ramsay's Boiling Point and the most recent show, The F Word. The F stands fo...

Filed under: Celebrities, Ratings, Awards, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free Do you remember what film won the Oscar for Best Picture last year? (No Country for Old Men). What about Best Actor and Actress? (Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard). If you didn't remember, don't feel bad. You're probably li...

Filed under: News, Celebrities, Reality-Free When is an exclusive not an exclusive? No, it's not a riddle. The answer is simple -- when everybody has the very same story or image or film. ABC had acquired the exclusive broadcast of President Barack Obama's first dance with Michelle at the Neighborho...

Filed under: CSI, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S09E10) "It feels like Grissom's last big game. I want to win it for him." -- Nick to Catherine If you're a fan of closure, if you like solutions and results and answers, here was the episode for you. Grissom's exit gave the writers and producers of C...

Filed under: CSI, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free It's the end of an era on CSI . The Las Vegas Crime Lab is losing the head man. Gil Grissom is packing up his office and leaving Las Vegas. The night shift supervisor, the most influential scientist on the staff, Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom will be a char...