Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten Television as an industry is in need of a major overhaul. It's old, dusty, soiling itself, and not keeping up with the technology that changes from day to day. If it were an old, sick animal, or Larry King, it would probably be put...

Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Cable/Satellite, Web, Reality-Free As we all know, and are probably tired of hearing because it makes us so damned depressed, the recession is hitting everyone hard. Businesses are closing left and right, people are losing their jobs, and unemployment rates are hittin...

Filed under: OpEd, 24, House, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory The networks are cold, heartless bastards.They want us to watch their shows in order to grab ratings and ad revenue; yet, they mess around with their schedules so much that it's frustrating. Eventually, it ...

Filed under: OpEd, Talk Show, Reality-Free Governor Blagojevich is nuts. Blame it on his flimsy grasp of reality or his hard-hat like haircut, the current (for how long, who knows) governor of Illinois is not quite there. How do we know this? Well, rather than appearing at his own impeachment trial ...

Filed under: The Simpsons, Reality-Free After I read the press release about The Simpsons 20th year poster contest, one thought came to mind: Fire Prevention Week. If you were raised as a clean-cut boy and/or girl in the America of the last few decades, you'll recall the week in either September or ...

Filed under: OpEd, Festivus, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten Ah, 2009. Come in, come in! Have a seat at my crystal ball. Oh, I know it's cracked, but don't worry -- it's still useful. You are so young, so virile, my little new year. You are also ripe...ripe for me to predict your future. I see plenty in ...

Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, OpEd, Web, Reality-Free Damn the TCA's, screw billboards and to hell with magazine advertising! Slowly, ever so slowly, TV networks are beginning to realize that the Internet is the way to go to promote new and ongoing shows. The ways I ment...

Filed under: Programming, Animation, Children, Reality-Free The following item is for those of you parents out there with young children. Those of you who watch soft-core porn in the morning can disregard this post. Did any of you notice something weird with the Playhouse Disney schedule this mornin...

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, News, Industry, Programming, OpEd, American Idol, The Daily Show, Festivus, Celebrities, Eli Stone, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory Welcome back from your humongous hangover. I just wanted to let you know that you are now in 2009 -- a fresh new y...

Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Video, Music and Variety, Retro Squad, Reality-Free New Year's Eve. A time to celebrate, get poop-faced drunk, reflect on the last year and the new one to follow, and get even more drunk as you see the daunting task ahead. It is, or was, also a time for an annual trad...