Monthly Archives: November 2011

The Ballad of Herman Cain: The Night I Drove Old Dixie Home

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 30, 2011

Herman Cain is my name and I served up some pizza plain ‘Til so many calories came, I tore up my bio again In the winter of 95, those who served the hungry, made me their guy I lobbied Congress and I met some gals It was a time I remember oh so well The [...]

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Wednesday TV: Concerts for Grammys and Tree

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 30, 2011

Two concert shows tonight herald upcoming events. Once Grammy nominations were just announced; now they’ve made a big deal for the fourth year running with “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music Biggest Night” (CBS, 10 p.m.). Performers include Jason Aldean and Ludacris, pictured right, as well as Lady Gaga, Rihanna, the Band [...]

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Hating for All

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 30, 2011

You don’t have to have a teenage daughter to hate the new Fox sitcom “I Hate My Teenage Daughter.” Or, as co-creator Sherry Bilsing Graham put it, “I don’t think you have to have a teenage daughter to relate to the problems that the show addresses and the situations that they find themselves in.” Adds star [...]

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Donald Faison’s Step to ‘The Exes’

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 30, 2011

Not so long ago, he was part of the long-running “Scrubs.” So it’s a little surprising that Donald Faison has ended up on the roster of the nostalgia-based cable network that is packed with stars from the 80s or before. He’s featured in “The Exes” with Kristen Johnston (“Third Rock from the Sun”) and Wayne [...]

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The Victoria’s Secret Underwear Show

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 30, 2011

“The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” is as much a tradition of the holiday season as “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” that preceded it by a couple of hours. But it’s more in the tradition of those lingerie shows for horndog shoppers than anything vaguely Christmasey. It would play like a big glossy hour long commercial [...]

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Remembering Patrice O’Neal

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 29, 2011

Patrice O’Neal, who died Tuesday at 41, the result of a stroke he suffered last month, was an uncompromising comic who challenged audiences and didn’t mind not being the most popular standup as a result. “To be a working comedian is a privilege,” he told me last year, when he was chosen to open a [...]

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Tuesday TV: Supernanny, American Style

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 29, 2011

It makes no sense, in the current economy, to farm out TV nanny jobs to the Brits. Hence the new series “America’s Supernanny” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) features a no-nonsense lady from Virginia, Deborah Tillman. In her first assignment, she encounters one of those out of control families where the littlest boy hits and spits everyone, [...]

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Pentatonix Wins ‘Sing-Off’

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 29, 2011

Texas based quintet Pentatonix beat an army of colligates from Dartmouth to take the third season of “The Sing Off” Monday night. The group Urban Method came in third. As winners, Pentatonix had to beat the biggest field in the show’s history – 16 acts – on the longest season “The Sing Off” ever had. [...]

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Monday TV: Finales for ‘Sing Off,’ ‘Bored to Death’

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 28, 2011

For the third and least-watched season of “The Sing Off” (NBC, 8 p.m.) – it had a lot of competition – the finalists are the Dartmouth Aires, Pentatonix and Urban Method. One will win a $200,000 prize and a recording contract. The question is whether an acappella group could possibly be a hit. Of more [...]

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Sunday TV: Soul Train Awards, Chaz’ Journey

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 27, 2011

Cedric the Entertainer hosts the 40th anniversary 2011 Soul Train Awards (BET, 9 p.m.), where Gladys Knight, right, and Earth, Wind and Fire will be honored with Legend Awards. Among the performers slated are Jill Scott, Keith Sweat, Robin Thicke, Melanie Fiona,  Joe, Miguel, Kenny Latimore, Mindless Behavior, Anthony Hamilton, Common, Cee-Lo Green, Lalah Hathaway, [...]

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