Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free, The Mentalist Here we are in the middle of the March sweeps period (March this year instead of February, because we were supposed to switch to digital TV on February 17 and Nielsen was worried that would screw up the numbers) and The Mentalist is a repea...

Whistle while you work, daydream while you sweep – doesn’t sound like your typical Saturday morning chore routine? While we can’t promise Prince Charming will save you from your domestic duties, we can add a little whimsy to your workload with a different sort of introduction. Hard working bea...

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...

We conclude Feburary Sweeps with a countdown of our top 20 SciFi shows! Plus, site news, this week's Bonehead Of the Week, and our final Oscar Predictions!TC will be LIVE tonight in the Popcorn N Roses Connection chat room during the oscars, and he will be updating the winners on the website and via...

We continue our February Sweeps look at TV with our Top 20 TV Couples, in honor of Valentine's Day! Plus, this week's news, the Bonehead Of The Week, a Valentine's Day review including the annual Bugs Bunny Festival at Cambridge MA's Brattle Theater and one of TC's 2008 Resolution movies, a review o...

I had a doctor appointment this morning, and from here on out have one once a week now (it's getting closer!) For medical reasons, I am being induced March 25th, but my doctor wants to "get my cervix ready" before then, in hopes to avoid induction, starting at next week's appointment. So I...

This week, we continue our month long look at television with a look at the growth of cable television!We'll discuss the beginnings of cable TV, how satellite TV got launched, some of the early cable networks, and how it's evolved from the 1950s into the 21st century! Plus - PNR Networks news, a bra...

  Baby Ava has arrived! She came on January 28th, 8 days early. She was 6 pound 3 ounces.  Here is the story. On the 27th, the doctor stripped my membranes (without actually asking). That night, I started to get immense back pain, but I thought it was just the normal pain I'd bee...

This week, we begin a month long look at the small screen with our top 20 TV comedies! Plus, this week's Bonehead Of The Week, tons of PNR Networks news, the lates celebrity news in Cinema Subjects, and your email!ODDZ AND ENDS...THE BRAND NEW POPCORN N ROSES...Is on the air! Well, more specifically...

Sensory Sweep, accused of not paying its 200 workers since at least October, has entered into a consent agreement with the federal Department of Labor under which current and former employees will be repaid. The agreement is in a consent injunction ordered by a federal judge on Thursday. It grew out...