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The Top Chef Finale Is Coming Up

admin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:28:14 +0000

Interested in quality reality television for a change? Top Chef picks up and coming chefs against each other in cooking competitions. They have unique and interesting challenges that really separate the quality chefs from the not so high quality ones. They’re down to four contestants left and the show is on tonight. Tune in to see what happens.

Cold Case Files On A&E

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:21:59 +0000

Here is a look at one of the best investigative shows on television. It’s called Cold Case Files and is on the A&E channel. The show looks at investigators who reopen old cases that have previously gone unsolved. The solving of these “cold cases” usually involves using some modern technology like DNA evidence that didn’t exist back when the case was originally being investigated. A very cool look at how modern day technology can put the bad guys behind bars. Its also very nice to see the closure that the victims’ families get when these cases are now solved.

Football Fans Love The NFL Draft

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:03:11 +0000

an be had watching and following the NFL Draft. The draft is where the NFL teams sit around and select players from the college ranks that will play for them next season. Its fun to both watch where players go to and see who your favorite team picks. It can be exhilarating or disappointing, all depending on how you think your team did with its selections.

The first day of the draft (this coming Saturday) is the most fun to watch as it usually has more trading action and more well known players involved. Get your friends together and barbecue while its happening. Setup a second television and play some playstation or XBox while its going on, it’d be particularly fitting to play some Madden Football.

This is the big boy version of sitting on the playground and taking terms choosing teams. Except this time, the people you select will get paid millions of dollars. There are few things more American than the NFL Draft. Tune in this year and watch it.

Sexually Active Teens: Watch John & Kate Plus Eight

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:40:46 +0000

There is a reality TV show on cable TV that should be required watching for all teenagers, John & Kate Plus Eight. The show follows Dad John and Mom Kate around as they deal with the good, the bad, and the ugly that is involved in raising eight children. This family first had twins born into it, and then a couple of years later six babies at once showed up. This of course had nothing to do with teen or unwanted pregnancy, but could be used to show how much work parenting is. Besides all that, it is a really good TV show.

Against My Better Judgement: The Best Trashy Reality Shows On TV

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:33:09 +0000

I know, I know… they’re pure garbage.
But, sometimes they’re great for some mindless TV fun.

Here they are, the best trashy reality shows on TV (weird how VH1 dominates this category):

Rock Of Love (Bret Michaels)
Watch a houseful of questionable women compete for a rocker on the downside of his career.

Flavor Of Love (Flavor Flav)
Same premise as above, it’s just awful.

Showbiz Moms
Watching these moms is absolutely horrible. Someone call Child Protective Services.

I Love New York
You can take the girl out of the tramp, but you can’t take the tramp out of the girl.

There you go, enjoy

Remembering The Early 1980s Two-Hour Saturday Night Powerhouse

admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:15:26 +0000

Those that grew up in the early 1980s know that if you stayed home on a Saturday night, your life centered around two television shows. The Love Boat, followed by Fantasy Island. Looking back on this time one would now think “how on Earth did America fall for this mind numbing programming?” Before you think that too fast, what will public opinion say 25 years from now about Survivor, Rock of Love, The Girls Next Door, Big Brother, Flavor of Love, and The Moment of Truth?

The Love Boat and Fantasy Island used the same formula to provide an hour’s worth of entertainment. They would write and interweave 3 stories that would all resolve near the end of the ship’s voyage or the stay on the island. The other trait they used to lure viewers was that while there were regular characters on each series (Captain Stubing, Doc, Gopher, Mr. Rourke, Tatoo, etc), the storylines were acted out by guest stars who usually had a popular TV series on during this same season or were big name actors from years before. This automatically did two things, it pulled in viewers that were already fans of these stars and also led to people tuning in to see who was going to be on this week’s show.

The Love Boat’s stories usually centered around some aspect of love, whether it was falling in love, rekindling love, or showing that love was still there. Fantasy Island, being the show that aired later in the night, would from time to time tackle darker issues in a more mysterious way… sometimes intimating that unknown powers were at work on the island itself.

The Love Boat season one was just released on DVD. Grab the confetti, widen your lapels, and get on board.