AltWeeklies Wire
God Bless Adult Swim for 'Fat Guy Stuck in Internet'new
Not only does Cartoon Network's late-night roundup of adult-appealing shows give us endless hours of moronic entertainment, it also provides employment for dozens of men and women whose mothers drank way too much during pregnancy. How else to explain Adult Swim's newest Sunday night offering, Fat Guy Stuck in Internet?
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
06-24-2008 |
TV
'Black Gold' Turns Derrick Crews into Reality TV Starsnew
The language is filthy and so are the men; for television, this seems about as real as reality programming can get. In fact, you get the feeling most of these dudes would rather be anywhere else than in front of a camera -- preferably up to their armpits in grime, grit and oil.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
06-24-2008 |
TV
'The Middleman' Saves the World from Comic-Book Bad Guysnew
The Middleman is the most delightful pop-culture product since Juno.
USA’s New Procedural Marshals Little Excitementnew
Procedural fans looking for something new this summer probably won’t mind Sight’s mediocrity, and it does at least make an effort to shed some light on an area of police work that’s underrepresented in TV and movies—and generally depicted from the criminal’s perspective if it’s showcased at all. The more these similar shows fill the cable airwaves, though, the harder each one will have to work to distinguish itself. And in that respect, In Plain Sight clearly falls short.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
06-05-2008 |
TV
'Swingtown' is Both Timid and Titillatingnew
With the sexual revolution in full swing, so to speak, the show's adventurous suburbanites explore such racy activities as group sex and partner-swapping, while their teenage kids do some experimenting of their own.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
06-05-2008 |
TV
We Don't Get 'Lost,' But We Won't Stop Watchingnew
The evolving, labyrinthine layers of "Lost's" plot that is Lost have finally, in season four, made theorizing as futile a practice as sending Lindsay Lohan to rehab or voting in Florida.
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
06-04-2008 |
TV
Disney Channel Fits Colleyville's Demi Lovato For A Glass Slippernew
She's now lined up to be the next Hannah Montana.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
06-03-2008 |
TV
An Open Letter to Gordon Ramsaynew
I tried, Chef, I really did, and on numerous occasions -- but I just cannot sit through an entire episode of Hell's Kitchen. Invariably, after or during one of your obscene and belittling rants, I tell you to shut the fuck up, consciously using one of your favorite expletives.
Spanish-Language TV: Perverse and Profoundnew
La Cosa Nostra claims a half-million mostly young and middle-age viewers. It can be incomprehensible, reprehensible, raunchy, wacky, and, at times, insightful. There are sketches about old folks having sex, racial jokes, glimpses of bestiality, digs at religion, and -- let's not forget -- a stripper and a pole.
Miami New Times |
Janine Zeitlin |
06-02-2008 |
TV
Millions of Americans Remain Confused and Misinformed About Coming Digital-TV Transitionnew
On February 17, 2009, the United States launches an ambitious digital-TV transition, requiring all full-power broadcast stations to scrap their analog transmissions in favor of digital-only signals. Yet surveys indicate that the American populace is thoroughly confused about the change.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
05-21-2008 |
TV
10 Years of Nothing
It's been a decade since the last new episode of Seinfeld. Yet we're still watching.
Behind the Scenes of 'Saturday Night Live' with Comedy Writer Bryan Tuckernew
The unseen workings of SNL are controlled chaos, the result of painstaking detail and hours of writing and rewriting. For Tucker, the funny white kid from the Virginia suburbs with a knack for riffing on hip-hop culture, it's the pinnacle.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
04-30-2008 |
TV
'The Big 4-0' Isn't Quite 'My Super Sweet 16' for the Middle-Agednew
Perhaps there's more distasteful wallowing to come, but at least in its first episode, 4-0 is wholesome and bland.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
04-18-2008 |
TV
Assy McGee is the Butt of the Jokenew
Clambake Animation has created one of the more unique characters ever to waddle across a television screen -- a walking, talking pair of heinie cheeks named Assy McGee.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-10-2008 |
TV
'Battlestar Galactica' Goes for the Godnew
As the series gears up for its conclusion, it's becoming more contemplative, agonizing over how there can be faith without tests of that faith, and thus how real prophets can exist without fake ones -- how humans, tortured beasts that we are, can have certainty in anything without uncertainty about most everything else.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
04-09-2008 |
TV
