Ebersol Back at NBC Sports, Advising
Dick Ebersol’s separation from NBC didn’t last long. After having been unable to come to terms last spring with the new owners of NBC, Comcast, Ebersol left after 22 years…
Tuesday TV: Chili Peppers Return, Big Women Flaunt It
There may be a lot of pent up demand to hear the new album from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Los Angeles group that hasn’t put out a new…
Nancy Grace, Ricki Lake will ‘Dance with Stars’
Television’s most consistent connection with surrealism may be the semi-annual casting of “Dancing with the Stars.” Once more its producers has put on a tabloid-ready group of stars to love…
‘Honeyboy’ Edwards: Last of the Original Bluesmen Dies
One of the last links with the blues greats of the early 20th century died early Monday morning. David “Honeyboy” Edwards died in his sleep in Chicago. He was 96.…
Record Number of Viewers for MTV VMAs
Reports called it one of the worst MTV Video Music Awards ever. So kids loved it. The 2011 event drew 12.4 million viewers, making it the biggest audience ever for…
Monday TV: Three More from MTV, Further ‘Basketball Wives’
MTV uses its platform of the Video Music Awards (which get worse every year) to launch new shows. So tonight comes three of them. First the network attempts to catch…
How George Remembered It
The world got a rare opportunity ten years ago to glimpse the face of a world leader the instant he learned his world had changed. When chief of staff Andrew…
After Irene
Now that the hurricane is over and most people who had hunkered down with the rest of the Eastern Seaboard suffered little more than lawns littered with ripped down leaves,…
Sunday TV: MTV Video Music Awards, ‘Apocalypse’
Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Adele, right, are all slated to perform in another MTV Music Video Awards (MTV, 9 p.m.), an event where women will likely dominate – on stage…
Dr. Who vs. Hitler
If you’re wanting an endorsement for tonight’s season premiere of “Doctor Who,” there’s always this from Matt Smith, who currently plays the time traveling doctor, who returns tonight with the…