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“Top 10” lists are all the rage these days, and I’m a fan of them. I read them all, and some of them are much like my own. The holiday season is upon us and this is my favorite time of the year. There’s nothing I like more during this season, than to curl up on my couch in my …
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To Each and Everyone
I have been woefully derelict at posting here these last few weeks, and for that I apologize. Work has been in the way of all my TV watching (as evidenced by the fact that I’m only now watching last week’s Fringe, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving tomorrow, I’ll share what I’m thankful for in the TV world. Even after …
Read More »Missing Fall Back Home and Giving Thanks
Growing up on the East Coast, I experienced “the good, the bad and the ugly” of the ever-changing weather patterns. In springtime, my little hometown of Apollo (Pennsylvania) was much like a caterpillar escaping from its cocoon, turning into a beautiful butterfly after a long spell of the winter doldrums (i.e., the “bad”). Then nearly as soon as spring arrived, …
Read More »Giving Thanks in TV Land
It’s the beginning of Thanksgiving week, a time when it’s considered cool and hip to show your gratitude. In the spirit of the season, here is a list of things that I, a person who watches too much TV, am thankful for. My DVR: how did I call myself a TV watcher before I had a DVR? The freedom to …
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This is the time of year when we remember all the things we are, and have been, thankful for throughout the year. I love this time of year, because I always have so much to be thankful for. I hope you won’t mind indulging me for a little while as I pull my Thankful List out of my head and …
Read More »So Many Activities, So Little Time (and Money)
My weekly blogs for the last couple of weeks have been about the events, activities or movies I have attended or seen over those weeks; and this week’s blog isn’t much different. Living in Los Angeles affords the residents many special opportunities to participate in a wide variety of events like conventions, free movie screenings and Paley Center panels (just …
Read More »The Flashback: Show Don’t Tell (Plus, Costume Fun!)
Warning: possible spoilers ahead! There’s no shortage of twists, turns, major reveals on our shows, and this season the flashback emerged as a favorite way to show us those big secrets. It also gives the cast and creative team a chance to mix things up with new sets, costumes, and even actors. The Vampire Diaries: In “Lost Girls” Stefan agrees …
Read More »The Vampire Diaries Answers Questions and Creates More, Just Don’t Tell Me!
I had no idea what I was going to write about until I watched tonight’s episode of The Vampire Diaries, History Repeating. Here’s the CW synopsis: Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) gets a break from the mysterious new history teacher, Alaric Saltzman (guest star Matt Davis, ‘Legally Blonde’) and introduces Alaric to Jenna (Sara Canning). Bonnie (Katerina Graham) is having terrifying …
Read More »Movie Screening(s) Here I Come
This past Saturday I had the chance to see the indie hit and potential Oscar contender movie An Education with some friends. This movie is a coming-of-age story set in 1960’s England centered around Jenny Miller (Carey Mulligan, Pride and Prejudice), a very bright 16-year-old girl attending secondary school, trying to get admittance to Oxford University. NOTE: Spoilers ahead. Jenny …
Read More »DVR: TV Network’s New Best Friend?
A recent Nielsen report on DVR viewing habits, discussed in this New York Times article, shows that 46 percent of the coveted 18-49 demographic still sits through ads when watching shows on DVR. Wait, what? Wasn’t DVR supposed to kill network television because viewers could skip the ads? That was the cry from the networks when DVR usage really took …
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