Posted in American Idol on Feb 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
Vote For The Worst brings us their Top 5 American Idol myths, and gives us a look at how the audition process really works.
The auditions take place over one or two days and everyone gets to see Simon, Paula, and Randy.
We see a truthful depiction of each audition.
The bad singers are not encouraged by the [...]
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Posted in The Apprentice on Feb 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
The Apprentice hits the malls to sign up Hispanics for e-mail spam. It sounds worse when you put it that way. Read it all.
Episode links:
Jacob’s recap
TV Guide review
Download the episode with BitTorrent
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Posted in Static on Feb 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
One of the cool things about blogging going mainstream is that people with other jobs, people who aren’t just reporters or technology folks, are getting into blogging, and it opens up whole new insights into how their particular craft works. Like TV bloggers. Sure, there are tons and tons and tons of blogs by [...]
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Posted in The Amazing Race on Feb 21st, 2007 No Comments »
I want to give a big thanks to commenter Jess, over at The Computer Vet Weblog, for pointing this out to me. All throughout the history of The Amazing Race, it’s been kind of an open secret that the eliminated teams are taken to a resort location, somewhere in the world, where they have to [...]
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Posted in The Amazing Race on Feb 21st, 2007 1 Comment »
The All-Star season kicks off, but not so much with a bang. More like with a pop. Or that sound you get when you let the air out of a balloon. Read it all.
Episode links:
Miss Alli’s recaplet
TV Guide review
TV Squad review
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Posted in American Idol on Feb 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Jacob at Television Without Pity is on fire this week with his American Idol recaps. And with this passage in particular, explaining why Simon has to be “mean”:
The fact is that if you, an Idol hopeful, have no business being there, he has no business making you feel like you do. That’s counterproductive for you [...]
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Posted in Static on Feb 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Bob Sassone at TV Squad: Will tonight be the end of Studio 60?
Of course there were things wrong with the show. There are things wrong with every show. But it’s ridiculous to dissect every single aspect of every single episode of a show. What’s the point? You take it as a whole, realize that there [...]
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Posted in The Amazing Race on Feb 18th, 2007 No Comments »
The new season of The Amazing Race kicked off Sunday night. And while it didn’t have quite the bang of some previous premieres, it was still exciting enough just because it’s All Stars! Eleven former teams have come back for a second shot at the big prize, and they’re ready to bring it this time. [...]
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Posted in The Amazing Race on Feb 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Okay folks, The Amazing Race is back on the air, and this time they’ve brought some old friends along with them. Yes, it’s the All-Star edition, featuring racers from previous seasons going head-to-head. And once again, I’m posting BitTorrent links to each of the episodes.
As always, check out Miss Alli’s awesome recaps at Television Without [...]
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Posted in The Apprentice on Feb 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Both project managers walk around like they’re lobotomized this week, but only one ends up getting fired. Plus, after four episodes of being a nobody, Surya all of a sudden just won’t shut up.
Episode links:
Jacob’s recap
TV Guide review
Download the episode with BitTorrent
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