television

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Why I Watch Television I Hate

This week is the season finale of  Bunheads, an ABC Family confection set in a fantasy California idyll, about the teachers and students at a dance school. I will watch the episode. And I will watch it as I have watched all the prior episodes: with continuously rolled eyes and a simmering irritation that could result in a remote flying at the TV. Why? I’m hate-watching it. Along with a handful of other shows. Yes, I’m watching numerous television shows that I despise. And I’m not the only one. “Hate-watching” is a thing now; just last night my friend and I bonded over the fact that we’re both hate-watching The Newsroom, too. Another friend is hate-watching True Blood. So this is my question: What the fuck is wrong with us? Continue reading

The Hollywood Caller: Prepping For Television’s Politics Sunday, The VP Games’ Opening Ceremony

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, dynamic duo of money hoarding and rich-shielding insanity have a momentous day and prep for Sunday’s news shows has just begun; Olympian Ryan Lochte wants into your living room after the Olympics are done; Russell Crowe’s facial hair the mark of success; Keira Knightley to scream and maybe fall down; Bill & Ted probably have mortgages; and NBC wants to Game your Throne their way. Continue reading