Filed under: American Idol, Host, News and Gossip I've been vocal about how I'm a fan of the awkwardly adorable Anoop Desai on this season's American Idol, so I was psyched when Simon told a stunned Anoop that even though he didn't make it into the Top 12 as a Wild Card pick, he made it into the Top...

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Host, Predictions and Trends, News and Gossip For this edition of American Idol , the crew traveled to New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of my favorite things about the auditions is seeing the expressions on the judges' fa...

Filed under: Programming, OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Contestants, Host, News and Gossip, TV Squad Ten Is this season of American Idol everything you dreamed it would be? Or are you thinking it's the same-old-same-old we've all seen before? I fall into both camps, so decided to put together my list...

Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Host The first 20 seconds of this show have already freaked me out. Ryan and Simon are in the back of a limo and they're just flirting. They're smiling and giggling, and it feels like I'm looking in on a first date. Moving on...

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances American Idol went to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, to find the best of the best in The Bluegrass State. Let's see if I've got the pronunciation correct: Loo-a-vulle. Is that it? You Southerners chime in here....

According to Larry King, it's a Black president now... and "a lesbian" later.Ryan Seacrest called Larry King yesterday to get his opinion on crowning a Black president, when King blurted out: "In 10 years we'll have a what, a lesbian."A lesbian... Permalink...

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 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: Industry, Programming, Ratings, Reality-Free This should comes as no surprise to anybody: Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest was the most-watched TV special on New Year's Eve. The ABC special beat out Carson Daly on NBC. Dick Clark has been doing these specials since...

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...