Quickie TV Reviews

This is the time in the TV year when you never know what to expect.  Your regular shows might be showing re-runs already or they might be on a short hiatus, due to return in a few weeks.  At any rate, it’s a good time to stick your toe in the water and try some [...]

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Celebrity Apprentice: The Good, The Bad, and the Busey!

When I heard about who was in the cast of this season’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” I wasn’t overly excited.  There were a few people I was sort of interested in, like Dionne Warwick and David Cassidy, but I didn’t really hold out too much hope that it would be a good great season.  Boy, was I [...]

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Free TV…and More!

I’ve never felt the need for cable TV, a fact which I think some of my friends find a bit odd, since I often buy entire seasons of certain cable shows on DVD.  But, when you weigh the cost of a DVD set against the outrageous monthly rates for cable, which go on forever, I’m [...]

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Life After “American Idol”

Being somewhat of a reality show junkie, I had watched “American Idol” every season from its beginning in 2002.  Twice and sometimes three times a week, there I was, watching the auditions or whatever they dished up, like a happy zombie. But when Simon Cowell announced last year that he was leaving the show, I [...]

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TV – Kisses And Misses

Lately I realized that I haven’t done any TV updates in a while and intend to remedy that right now.  Two shows, especially, compel me to comment. First off, I remember last Fall urging all of you who weren’t already fans of Fringe to give it a try.  I really hope you did because this [...]

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Old Shows, New Shows – Updates

The summer’s winding down and I just received my Fall Preview issue of the TV Guide.  As a matter of fact, the new season for some returning shows is starting this week.  After watching preview clips and reading about the new shows, there are actually only a few which have piqued my interest.  But, first, [...]

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Summer TV – My View

Well, it happens every year.  All of the dramas and comedies we’ve been watching all winter have their big finales and then we’re stuck with either reruns or summer replacement shows. Actually, judging from the previews, I was sort of interested in several of the new shows.  One I looked forward to particularly was “Scoundrels, [...]

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Farewell To The Fishers

Around Christmastime I wrote about finding Season One of the HBO series “Six Feet Under” in a bargain bin at Blockbuster.  One season was all it took to get me hooked, and I immediately bid for and won the complete series on eBay.  I regarded watching it as a treat and reserved it for Sunday [...]

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Goodbye, Dixie…

From 1986 to 1993, there was wonderful show on television called “Designing Women.”  It was about an interior design firm, Sugarbaker Designs, and the four women and one man who ran it.  Two of the women were sisters, Suzanne Sugarbaker, played by Delta Burke and Julia Sugarbaker played by Dixie Carter.  While Suzanne, a former [...]

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Updates And Stuff…

Those of you who are regular readers of this blog are aware that I acquired a new neighbor this summer and was surprised when he told me that he had a twenty-three year old son who lived there with him.  I was surprised because over a couple of months, I had never seen any evidence [...]

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