Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd Got a press release from Bravo the other day that says they've not only given the green light for a third season of Shear Genius, they also have a new reality show coming up titled Double Exposure. I'm not even going to tell you what world the show...

It’s reunion time, my lovelies, which means that last night I hunkered down with my wine and my 2001 laptop (Goddamn Geek Squad) to watch the nimrods of Season 5 one last time. It was made slightly better by the fact that I was wearing this: my AWESOME birthday present from mysterygirl! I’m tota...

Bravo     We're out of the reasonably-expect-to-avoid-spoilers zone on last week's Top Chef, but the rest of the post appears after the jump anyway:  I watched Top Chef a day late last week, but immediately had the same reaction as apparently much of the rest of the world did when Hosea was named...

I didn't blog this season of Top Chef because it mostly bored me. I loved Fabio. He cracked me up. I hated Hosea. I didn't watch the finale live, and was good about avoiding my TV blogs today to avoid being spoiled. But I went on People.com and there it was - the winner. Eff. And it was Hosea. EFF! ...

Filed under: Television/Film Well, Top Chef Season Five has come to an end, although the conclusion feels far from satisfying to me. Watching the episode last night, I was practically screaming at Carla, begging her not to surrender to Casey's influence (why on earth would she sous vide something wh...

newVideoPlayer("/Hoseas_Wind.flv", 506, 423,""); Bom dia a todos. Eu sou Joshua David Stein. The world's worst hour of television aired yesterday. It was called Top Chef and it's an hour I wish never happened. Now let's relive it. Season Five of Bravo's Top Chef was never an easy season. Like a coli...

Fucking Fucking Fuck. Mankletooth Bastard has won Top Chef is Sullied. Yeah, I know. It’s hyperbole. And generally hyperbole makes me want to set myself on fire. But I really feel—I really do feel, my loves—that a Hosea win has completely blackened the good name of Top Chef. This is not like H...

Top Chef's fifth season is over, and Stefan Richter did not win the $100,000 prize. That seems to be the headline, because Stefan was ridiculously strong all season and seemed like the inevitable winner. Based upon the season's arc--Stefan's consistency, Carla's ascension--the actual winner, Hosea R...

Yes, culinary sports fans, we have reached the end of the long, tiring journey that is Top Chef 5. Someone pointed out towards the first episode back in October or November (I'm not keeping track anymore) that only once has the person who won the first challenge not gone on to win for the season (th...

Mardi Gras is over in New Orleans, but that doesn't mean we can't keep partying on the streets of cyberspace. Is everyone ready for our season-ending live blog blowout? Laissez le blog en direct rouler!* (*Google Translate agrees with me that this is French for "let the live blog roll." If we're bot...