FOX Set To Take Trainwreck Television To New Lows With ‘Celebrity Swan’


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FOX, the network you may remember from such fine upstanding reality television shows as Temptation Island, Joe Millionaire, The Simple Life, Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire, Married By America, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, Mr. Personality and The Littlest Groom, has decided to renew and reboot 2004′s The Swan . This time, with…celebrities! Celebrity Swan! Because of course. And also bleeeeccccchhhh. More »

Dress Like Your Television: Mindy From ‘The Mindy Project’


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Once upon a time I admitted to the world that I sometimes on occasion park my behind in front of my television and watch Whitney. I KNOW. It was not a proud moment. I realize that I will never live this down. Now, to be fair, I do not think that Whitney is particularly all that [...]

New Fall TV Show(down): Who Gets Canceled First?


Fall 2012 new television show The Mob Doctor

It’s inevitable. Each fall, I get excited about all of the new shows—dramas (often medical), comedies, thrillers, shows that try to be the new LOST (which may or may not contain actors who actually were on LOST)—get somewhat emotionally invested no matter how awful it may or may not be and then — BAM! — [...]

Shows I’m Just Now Discovering That Make My Life Tolerable


Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

I’m always the last to know about things. I was the last person to hear about the shooting in Colorado (which made me question the way news spreads in this hick town I’m in); I was the last person to figure out that the Wendy’s shut down and I couldn’t get my Baja salad fix [...]

A Rare Ray Of TV Light: Fox Picks Up Mindy Kaling’s Sitcom


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You might not believe this, because I didn’t at first: in a moment of stunning clarity, the television industry has rewarded an incredibly funny writer and actor by giving her the opportunity to air her very own show. This is rare. Believe me. After developing a concept for a half-hour comedy with NBC, Mindy Kaling [...]