Andy Dehnart: Survivor, TAR, and more
Andy Dehnart, who writes about reality TV shows on his site, Reality Blurred, was back on my show to talk about recent developments on "Survivor," "The Amazing Race," and "The Bachelorette." He discussed how Jeff Probst is inserting himself into "Survivor" more and...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
In a lengthy discussion about David Letterman, TV critic Tom Shales was asked what he thinks Letterman will do after his "Late Show" comes to an end this May: I think he’ll be afraid of looking like television exposure is some sort of necessity or compulsion, that...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
Gabriel Sherman has an expose on the problems that have plagued NBC News for the last few years, including some information about Brian Williams I had not heard before: The Nightly News crisis exposed deep-rooted anger among many NBC journalists, who felt frustrated...
James Bond Slow Rolls
This is a clip from "Poker Night In America," which airs Mondays on the CBS Sports Network, produced by Todd Anderson and my friend Nolan Dalla. The half-hour show is centered around a big-bucks no-limit hold'em cash game ($25/50 blinds and a minimum buy-in of $5,000)...
Leonard Nimoy
I was sad to hear of the death Friday of Leonard Nimoy, and not just for his years of playing Spock on television and through eight movies (and it's Mister Spock, not Doctor Spock -- the latter was not a fictional Vulcan, but a real-life pediatrician who...
Thirteen Down
I just finished binge-watching season 3 of "House Of Cards" on Netflix -- 7 episodes yesterday, 6 today. The show is not great, but still good enought that it kept me glued to the TV. My only big complaint is about the subplot involving one character leftover from the...
Picture Of The Day
After students at a high school basketball game in Texas held up signs saying "White Power," WFAA-TV sportscaster Dale Hansen -- who a year ago went viral with his defense of Michael Sam playing in the NFL -- gave this perfect editorial, in which he harked back...
Daily Speculation
Jason Jones announced this week that he's leaving "The Daily Show" to do a sitcom for TBS. That's good news for my wife, who can't stand Jones because most of his segments are essentially dick jokes. In fact, we're both bothered by the fact that Jon Stewart still...