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So I saw Survivor last night

Some short reactions:

One thing I initially liked was that the racial segregation aspect did seem to make Aitutaki, Manuhiki and Pukapuka a little less guarded and more open than usual. (Meanwhile, I thought the scenes with Rarotonga felt like pretty much any other Survivor premiere.) I thought there was a few things said that people [...]

Friday Tidbits

ABC sends some “Ugly Betties” to Fashion Week to promote their upcoming fashion industry comedy.

Are the designers of Ugly Betty promotional invoking a hit romantic comedy? Seems apt.

CBS drops the 99 cent price on its Video on Demand offerings on Comcast, offering CSI, Survivor, NCIS, NUMB3RS and Jericho episodes for free (but with ads). I [...]

Five Returing Shows That I’m Anticipating

Ah, fall TV can be a bit of a feast until the struggling shows go away before November sweeps and the November sweeps becomes the holiday season. There’s plenty of intersting new shows coming up, but also some shows that have been away a little too long.

5. Boston Legal

I know most people are burnt out [...]

Why it’s necessary to be cynical about watching the news

Jon Stewart, media critic:

(Found via TV Newser.)
I guess it’s a variant on the “Some people say…” thing, isn’t it?

Project Runway vs the Shark

Boy, I can sure re-purpose a title, can’t I?
Did Project Runway jump the shark last night? That’s what Reality Blurred’s Andy Dehnart concludes:
So, Project Runway has officially jumped the shark by becoming everything that it used to not be… I’m overreacting here, as the show remains among the best reality shows, but in truth, what [...]

Framing the numbers

Something I’ve been wondering for a while — considering the multiple efforts networks are making to get people to watch the new fall programs before they hit the airwaves, there’s a good chance that the premiere audience won’t truly indicate how many people are interested in a show with viewers skipping the pilot episode that [...]

TiVo develops

It sounds like TiVo will be overcoming my biggest problem with the brand-name DVR when the Series 3 TiVo will be able to record HDTV programs. Unfortunately, the price is way out of my budget at $800, though the Variety article speculates that the high price shows that TiVo sees its future lying in licensing [...]

Hey, it’s big news to me

Normally, I’m just as underwhelmed by superhero comic publishers’ hype as Dorian, but here’s a story that grabbed me — the first meeting of the daytime soap opera and the superhero comic… even better, the soap opera is a Procter & Gamble one (I always did like the P&G soaps best) and the first soap [...]

The BrillaintButCancelled.com Fall TV Deathwatch

Of course, I have a few nits to pick about the game I’ve been waiting for:

While it’s interesting to look at the shifting odds (presumably based on how people are voting) it’s also annoying that people aren’t getting the way the game works. Right now voting is to pick a show expected to be cancelled [...]

Well, finally…

An interesting Project Runway rumor/spoiler. I’m happy to hear that one of my two favorites will be showing at fasion week, though I suspect we’re talking decoy line. (via)