Gentle Giant Killing on ‘Idol’
Elimination came a day early on “American Idol” this week as the show announced it was cutting finalist Jermaine Jones, who judges kept calling “the gentle giant,’ for not disclosing…
‘Luck’ Ends After Horse Death
Here’s yet another David Milch series on HBO that won’t have an ending. Milch, who was the mastermind behind “Deadwood” and “John from Cincinnati” was pretty excited about his horsetrack…
Wednesday TV: New Job for Jeff Lewis, ‘South Park’ Returns
Jeff Lewis seemed to have a secure career as another high maintenance Bravo host who abused his staff and clients on “Flipping Out,’ until the housing market collapsed and flipping…
Tuesday TV: Straight to Home Shopping ‘Fashion Star’
Commercialism in network reality shows is already rampant, but the new “Fashion Star” (NBC, 9:30 p.m.) nudges it almost to the home shopping network level. Each week two designers go…
Bizarre End for ‘Bachelor’
They tipped their hat at exactly what would happen on the season end of “The Bachelor” with their typical hyperbole: “The most controversial finale of ‘The Bachelor’ in history!” Well…
‘The Amazing Infomercial’
Part of the reason I stopped watching the local news at 11 o’clock (other than their warped idea of what’s important information), was that I couldn’t stomach so many car…
Monday TV: ‘Bachelor’ Finally Chooses
The weird season of “The Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m.) ends with the usual two hour blitz – two hours of hemming and hawing until floppy-haired Ben Flajnik decides between Lindzi…
Here’s Stevie
VH1 is being pretty quiet in launching its new one-woman sketch comedy show, “Stevie TV.” The first episode debuted last Sunday with little or no promotion; I only happened to…
Sunday TV: ‘Shahs of Sunset’ More Iran Bashing
If sanctions and idle war threats don’t work against Iran, maybe a sleazy reality show will. The new “Shahs of Sunset” (Bravo, 10 p.m.) purports to show a subculture of…
‘SNL’ Loses Its Political Punch
How bad have things suddently got on “Saturday Night Live”? Well, give them a time of plentiful political mishaps and an endless primary season to mock, they’ll just mess it…