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What Would Ryan Lochte Do: The Lovable Tank
Last week, Vulture posted a list of cable shows that totally tanked in the 2012-13 TV season, judging by both their critical reception and their ratings. Considering I’ve never heard of most of them,...
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Honey Boo Boo Is Not the Problem
Did you watch the premiere of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo season 2? It was pretty awesome. There was wrastlin’ and a brief cell phone ban and a lot of margarine. Oh, and a LOT of farts. Are you surprised?...
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Honey Boo Boo’s Over, Now I Cry
Please don’t remind me that it’s over. I’ve barely stopped welling up every time I think of that little dog walking down the aisle in a trashy pink dress, so please don’t remind me. My delicate,...
View ArticleTV That Scares Me
I’m not talking about American Horror Story, or anything with vampires or headless horsemen or anything supernatural. I’m talking about TV that makes me look at the real world I live in with fear. Not...
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Fox Signs On For Series About Mountain Climbing Weirdos
Fox has signed on to air an “event series” (such a cheesy term, can we please change that?) about a group of people who set out to climb Mount Everest, and then some bad sh-t happens. Something about...
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Counter-Intuitive (Last Minute) Gift Idea For TV Lovers
They’re called books. Sure, they don’t feature Alec Skarsgard’s abs or entertain you in quite the way Honey Boo Boo does, but these books should please the TV lover in your life. Maybe even enough that...
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Watch This: “Welcome to Myrtle Manor”
Have you ever considered living in a trailer park? When I was 14 and saw Trailer Park Boys for the first time on Showcase, I was sorely tempted. It looked fun, but in an unglamorous, rough-and-tumble,...
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Harry Shearer’s ‘What’s With Honey Poo Poo?’ is a Charmless Turd
(This post was originally published September 25, 2013.) I don’t really like to sh-t on things. In general, I’d much rather be positive than negative, especially when it comes to TV. But sometimes...
View ArticleRussia Loses Its Voice on TV, I Give Thanks For VH1
News broke last week that Dozhd, Russia’s only TV outlet for non-Putin-controlled news and entertainment, is pretty much a dead man walking. It’s basically broke, and broke folks can’t produce or air...
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“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”: The Best of Season 3
A third season of Honey Boo Boo has come and gone, gleefully flitting through our lives trailing a stream of farts and happiness. When this season’s final special aired last night, it meant it was...
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