Changing Channels

I’ll admit it … I was rooting for the Texas Rangers to win their first World Series title. The great stories of superstar Josh Hamilton and manager Ron Washington and a team that had still not won a title after falling to the Giants in 2010. Unfortunately for the Rangers, the Cardinals proved to be…

I told the bosses at BN when I was approved for this gig … writing TV features, that is … that I would find inspiring things to write about. Well, today won’t be one of those days. That’s because tonight Beavis and Butt-head return to the air on MTV after a 14 year hiatus. As…

You may have noticed the headline to this feature is very similar to the other day when I asked “When Will Lindsay Lohan Learn?” Michael Lohan, Lindsay’s dad, “deserves” his own stories after getting arrested again Thursday after allegedly contacting his girlfriend Kate Major not long after allegedly bruising her up. The reason I write about…

I am a big fan of TV news magazine shows like Dateline, 20-20 and I still watch parts of 60 Minutes after all these years. I am glad NBC is giving a go to another program of that ilk in Rock Center. At least I think I am. I understand the show is probably a…

It’s hard to believe it’s been a while since the drama Lost went off the air. I am noticing some of the actors popping up in new, or “newish”, shows though. The new edition of Hawaii Five O boasts a pair of ex-‘Lost’ actors in Daniel Dae Kim and Terry O’Quinn, with the latter joining the cast…

My oldest brother is not going to be happy with me for this, as he doesn’t suffer fools or celebrity chefs lightly, but I enjoy watching Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares on FOX. Augie, Sacramento’s first-ever four-star chef a few years back at Harlow’s Restaurant on J. St, isn’t much for aggrandizement or arrogance in the…

It’s funny, or not, that the team that took a season of Hard Knocks on HBO can’t even seem to take soft hits anymore. At least it would have been nice if the team had won its long-suffering fan base a championship before getting so sensitive and so protective. I am referring to New York…

It finally may be time for Bryant Gumbel to go. The long-time broadcaster, at one time with NBC’s Today Show and most recently of HBO’s Real Sports, has made hateful and disturbing comments before but he may have hit a new low on the latter program Tuesday. Gumbel may be clearly in the players’ corner…

She was a super-cute kid actress who turned into a beautiful woman … unfortunately not on the inside. Lindsay Lohan was taken from an L.A. courtroom in handcuffs Wednesday and had bail set at $100,000 after  her probation was revoked due to drunk driving and jewelry theft convictions. Lohan has reportedly been working in Europe…

First of all, I’ll just come clean on something … I am VERY jealous of Chris Berman. The ESPN “personality” broadcasts the top sports for top dollars and then makes EVEN more money appearing in ads. He can even get away with doing ads for a weight loss product, Slim-Fast if I recall the name…

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