AltWeeklies Wire
Fall TV Is Sort of Winningnew

Ashton Kutcher plays opposite the guy who was in an '80s coming-of-age movie with Molly Ringwald.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
08-31-2011 |
TV
Long Live Saturday Night Livenew

Saturday Night Live wins, end of the world loses.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
06-01-2011 |
TV
Katie Couric Moves Onnew
Without her, how will we know what's going on?
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
05-04-2011 |
TV
Sports Show For People Who Don't Care About Sportsnew

. . . but love Norm MacDonald.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
04-27-2011 |
TV
RuPaul's Race to Drag America Downnew

RuPaul forces contestants to "lip-sync for your life" to crappy club songs--it's quite the grueling display of artificial effort.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
03-30-2011 |
TV
Late Night with Charles Barkleynew

Whether or not you care about sports, Charles Barkley, a glorious caricature of himself, is the most unpredictably watchable person on television. He consistently turns TNT's Inside the NBA into an effusive spectacle of misplaced malice and misunderstood malapropisms.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
02-01-2011 |
TV
Tags: Charles Barkley, Inside the NBA
American I Don'tnew

Steven Tyler betrays rock 'n' roll, self, everything sacred.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
01-19-2011 |
TV
Tags: American Idol
Cancel The Simpsons?new

Is it too late to teach an old dog new tricks?
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
01-05-2011 |
TV
Running Wilde-ly Unfunnynew

How can a show that stars Will Arnett and David Cross be so unfunny?
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
12-27-2010 |
TV
The Eventnew

Uneventful but kind of creepy.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
12-16-2010 |
TV
Tags: The Event
Sarah Palin's Alaskanew

She's just a fish-beatin', bear-tauntin', freedom-lovin' mountain gal.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
12-13-2010 |
TV
New Conan Great, Audience Not So Muchnew

When Conan O'Brien returned to television in November, he reminded his audience that he's about 42 times funnier than Jay Leno.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
12-01-2010 |
TV
Tags: Conan O'Brien, Team Coco
Glory Dazenew

Televisions newest nod to the '80s.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
11-29-2010 |
TV
Tags: Glory Daze
Losing CTRL: What If Life Had an Undo Key?new

No one is more aware of the need to diversify than those laid off during the "economic crisis" (read: recession) or those working in media.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
11-09-2010 |
TV
A Couch Potato's Guide to Novembernew

Your TV guide for November sweeps.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-03-2010 |
TV
Tags: TeeVee