TV Crush
May McNamara focuses on TV programming in her column, which is updated at least three times weekly.
Well, THAT's Fun (Moody Blues in Visa Ad)
I’m sitting here watching and tweeting American Idol when this cool Visa ad pops up on my television screen in big, bright psychedelic colors. The music is Moody Blues’ “Tuesday Afternoon.” Fun In fact, Visa recently released another inspiring ad called “Let’s Go.” (That’s Morgan Freeman in the voice over set to Smashing Pumpkins’ ...... Read More
Comments (4)It's 3:00 p.m. and My Comcast Email Just Crashed
Uh, oh. My Comcast email went ka-boom about 30 minutes ago. Suddenly, the Comcast system started asking for my email passwords. But, when I entered the passwords, nothing happened. Apparently, the system no longer recognizes my log in information. So, I hopped over to Comcast webmail, but webmail wasn’t functioning either. Finally, after about 30 minutes of total wait time, a very nice ...... Read More
Comments (0)It's 3:00 p.m. and My Comcast Email Just Crashed
Uh, oh. My Comcast email went ka-boom about 30 minutes ago. Suddenly, the Comcast system started asking for my email passwords. But, when I entered the passwords, nothing happened. Apparently, the system no longer recognizes my log in information. So, I hopped over to Comcast webmail, but webmail isn’t functioning either. Finally, after about 30 minutes of total wait time, a very nice ...... Read More
Comments (0)It's 3:00 p.m. and My Comcast Email Just Crashed
Uh, oh. My Comcast email went ka-boom about 30 minutes ago. Suddenly, the Comcast system started asking for my email passwords. But, when I entered the passwords, nothing happened. Apparently, the system no longer recognizes my log in information. So, I hopped over to Comcast webmail, but webmail isn’t functioning either. Finally, after about 30 minutes of total wait time, a very nice ...... Read More
Comments (0)It's 3:00 p.m. and My Comcast Email Just Crashed
Uh, oh. My Comcast email went ka-boom about 30 minutes ago. Suddenly, the Comcast system started asking for my email passwords. But, when I entered the passwords, nothing happened. Apparently, the system no longer recognizes my log in information. So, I hopped over to Comcast webmail, but webmail isn’t functioning either. Finally, after about 30 minutes of total wait time, a very nice ...... Read More
Comments (0)AMC's 'Breaking Bad' Returns With A Vengeance
This Sunday at 10p, season two of AMC’s Breaking Bad starts off in black and white, for the first time. Ominously, a surreal eyeball and a burned, stuffed teddy bear float lazily in a backyard pool. My husband and I looked at each other and went “Uh. Oh!” We’re not exactly sure where Breaking Bad is headed this season, but it’s immediately apparent that the tens ...... Read More
Comments (3)Did Wikipedia Spoil The Winner of Tonight's America's Best Dance Crew Finale?
uh, oh - this message was left on my blog sometime today. Did Wikipedia spoil the winner of America’s Best Dance Crew, Season Three - which airs tonight? The post, by someone named Dom, says he (she?) spotted a Wikipedia update which declared that Quest crew won the competition. The reason this post seems legit to me: the same thing happened last season. I noticed then that results were p ...... Read More
Comments (9)CNN's Gergen Calls Obama Speech 'Tour de Force'; AnaMarieCox Won't Be Buying Bobby Jindal's ShamWow
Reactions to President Obama’s speech and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s GOP rebuttal poured out onto my Twitter page, fast and furiously, tonight. Some of the tweets are mercilessly funny. You’ve been warned On air and social media, the consensus quickly developed that President Obama’s speech was a resounding success. On air, CNN analyst David Gergen called the s ...... Read More
Comments (2)Those "Evil Plot" Hulu Ads, Now Starring Eliza Dushku
An obvious truth the ad industry never seems to fully grasp: if all ads were this entertaining, viewers wouldn’t fast forward. In fact, they might watch twice. Case in point: the latest in Hulu’s “alien evil plot” series, this time with Eliza Dushku, star of Fox Network’s Dollhouse. In leather! (Enjoy her strut across the set as she hands off a crossbow and str ...... Read More
Comments (0)LA Times Sez: Peter Chernin Leaving Murdoch's News Corp.
Confirming rumors that have been floating around for awhile, the LA Times posted the following a couple of hours ago: “Peter Chernin, the highly regarded president of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and the executive who has paved the way for the global media giant on Wall Street and in Hollywood, is leaving the company, according to people familiar with the situation. No immediate succe ...... Read More
Comments (0)CNBC's Rick Santelli Compares Mortgage Bailout to Cuba
Rick Santelli, CNBC’s colorful on-air editor reporting from the Chicago Board of Trade, mouthed off this morning about the mortgage bailout. At one point he compared the bailout to the Cuban revolution. (And Twitter was all aflutter about it, too.) Said Santelli: “The government is promoting bad behavior….Cuba used to have mansions and a relatively decent economy. They moved ...... Read More
Comments (39)Stephen Colbert & Conan O'Brien: String Dance Off!
In case you missed Conan last night, Stephen Colbert laid down the gauntlet. O’Brien and Colbert are “feuding” after Colbert “stole” the invisible strings O’Brien uses for his “string dance” moves. Yesterday, in a surprise appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Colbert “sneaked” onto the set and the two hosts ba ...... Read More
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