20 Years Later, These Are The Issues Mrs. Doubtfire Will Make Us Think About...
I've never dressed up like a woman. I've never read Stuart Little. I've never liked soccer. I've never driven a Mercedes. I've never watched The Dick Van Dyke Show. I've never eaten poached salmon. My...
View Article5 Frigging Delicious Thanksgiving Foods That Zooey Deschanel Probably Hates
While many American holidays include a celebration full of family, food and libations, only one holiday is solely celebrated by gorging oneself with gravy, turkey, cranberry sauce (slid straight from...
View Article'The Good Wife' Recap: Alicia Florrick vs. Anonymous Commenters In...
Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 5, Episode 9 of CBS' "The Good Wife," titled "Whack-a-Mole." And just like that, "The Good Wife" took on Reddit -- sorry, Scabbit -- and the mess...
View Article'Homeland' Recap Season 3, Episode 9: Brody And Carrie Reunite, But Not For Long
Spoiler Alert: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 3, Episode 9 of Showtime's "Homeland," titled "One Last Time." For much of the first two seasons of "Homeland," it was reasonably clear that...
View ArticleHow Accurate Is 'Downton Abbey'?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the chief pleasure for a British audience watching a historical drama serial lies in gleefully pouncing upon its errors and inaccuracies. The most...
View ArticleA 40-Year Thanksgiving Feast, Peanuts-Style
Back in 1963, when I was honored to produce a documentary on cartoonist Charles Schulz, I couldn't have imagined that half a century later I'd be marking another milestone. This Thanksgiving night,...
View Article'The Walking Dead' Recap: In 'Dead Weight,' The Governor Sets His Sights On...
Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 4, Episode 7 of AMC's "The Walking Dead," titled "Dead Weight." For the last two episodes, The Governor's (or Brian's) storyline has been in...
View Article'How I Met Your Mother' Season 9, Episode 11 Recap: 'Bedtime Stories'
Spoiler Alert: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 9, Episode 11 of CBS' "How I Met Your Mother," titled "Bedtime Stories." When show creator Craig Thomas announced that an entire episode of...
View Article'The Voice' Top 6 Revealed: Season 5 Episode 20 Recap (VIDEO)
Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 5, Episode 19-20 of NBC's "The Voice," titled "The Final 10 Compete" Don't matter where your alliances lie, your heart had to skip a beat when you saw...
View ArticleReality TV Workers Have Little to Be Thankful for
For better or worse, television has become as much a part of Thanksgiving in the United States as turkey-induced food comas and survival training for Black Friday. Coverage of the Macy's parade,...
View ArticleWhy Thanksgiving Is Never As Good As It Was on Friends
It's that time of year, friends. A time to give thanks, gobble 'til you wobble and celebrate with friends and family. For you, Thanksgiving might be synonymous with epic eating, festive frenzies and...
View Article'Dancing With The Stars': Did The Show Suffer This Season?
The words I have been hoping for since the third week of September were uttered by Tom Bergeron Tuesday night when he handed over the coveted Mirror Ball to Amber Riley and Derek Hough: our new...
View ArticleA Pratfall Too Far
Mike & Molly started with promise, settled into comfortable, and descended into being nearly unwatchable by making Molly, once a dedicated fourth grade teacher, into a careening mess. The retooled...
View ArticleDrac is Back
From Hammer to The Hunger, Twilight to True Blood, when it comes to screen memes, vampires really do seem to be the gift that keeps on giving. But I'll confess that when I heard that Sky Living were...
View ArticleCasting Our Perfectly Awful Thanksgiving Dinner
For some, breaking bread with people you actively try and avoid 364 days of the year is what Thanksgiving is all about. Between alcoholic uncles, racist grandparents, and that vegan cousin who just...
View ArticleWatch: Stories You Won't Believe From Some of the World's Dirtiest Jobs
Are people who do physically demanding, not-afraid-to-get-dirty jobs like farming, mining and sheep castration (yes, you read that right) the happiest people on earth? So says Mike Rowe, host of the...
View ArticleA Generation of Hope, But Not Yet a Generation Free
As a photographer, I have traveled to some of the most exotic and beautiful places in the world. One of my most memorable and inspirational trips did not include any designer clothes or fashion models...
View ArticleAlmost Human Recap, Episode 3, 'Are You Receiving?'
Are we receiving? Unfortunately, yes. In the latest episode of Almost Human, the bad guys take hostages, the good guys defeat them, and Minka Kelly smirks through the whole thing. That's it. That's...
View Article'Homeland' Recap, Season 3, Episode 10: See Brody Run
Spoiler Alert: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 3, Episode 10 of Showtime's "Homeland," titled "Good Night." According to showrunner Alex Gansa, "Good Night" was meant to serve as a...
View ArticleMy Unusual Solution to Our Trillion Dollar Student Debt Problem
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. Back in 2008, one of the big shots at Discovery asked me if I would care to attend a three-day conference in Monterey, Calif. called the...
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