February 16, 2004
Nice guys finish last

So, I'm flipping channels and I come across NBC's "Fear Factor," or as I like to call it: "Gross-out morons on parade." Apparently today's episode is the couples' challenge. The contest appears to be for the female half of the couple to spend one minute in a box with a bunch of tarantulas crawling all […]

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December 15, 2003
Wisdom from the original Battlestar Galactica

Those of you who aren't science-fiction fans bear with me. As I was watching the 3-hour pilot episode of the old '70s space opera "Battlestar Galactica," a speech made by Admiral Adama, played by the late Lorne Greene, struck me as being particularly relevant today as we face this threat from radical Islamists. After announcing […]

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December 9, 2003
The new "Battlestar Galactica"

I recorded the first half of the miniseries earlier tonight. The second half airs today. I watched the "Lowdown" infomercial the Sci-Fi channel has been airing about the new series for the past couple of weeks, and I'm skeptical about the entire project. The original "Apollo," actor Richard Hatch is quoted in the Associated Press […]

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November 6, 2003
The Reagans

The CBS miniseries "The Reagans" has been nixed apparently after an outcry from Republicans, the right end of the blogosphere and talk radio. CBS denies outside pressure resulted in the decision to move the series to the premium cable channel Showtime -- where it will find far fewer potential viewers, and doesn't depend on ad […]

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November 4, 2003
Average Joe

I confess. I watched that ABC "news" special and recorded NBC's "Average Joe." I'm sorry, but I just couldn't stop myself from taking some perverse interest/joy in watching a drop-jaw-gorgeous beautiful woman dream of 16 prince charmings and instead get stuck with 16 "average" guys. The truth is, most of these guys aren't really "average" […]

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September 13, 2003
Cult of celebrity

Fox News Watch's Eric Burns takes aim at celebrity worship in his latest column, especially the kind committed by James Lipton and his "Inside the Actor's Studio." Burns is correct in his assessment of Lipton: If he had been alive in the Middle Ages, he would have earned his living by licking the boots of […]

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July 8, 2003
For Love or Money

I usually don't watch so-called reality shows, the reason being that no one acts "real" when they've got a camera crew following them around or some host asking them to do ridiculous things. But, since my work shift changed to Tues. through Sat. (not really good for the social life of a single man) I've […]

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April 14, 2003
April 1865

Just got done watching the documentary on the History Channel. It was well done and informative. If you missed it, I'm not sure when they'll re-run it, but it's definitely worth 2 hours of your time.

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November 9, 2002
College football's amateur broadcasts

The major networks usually do a passably good job. ESPN and Fox Sports can be hit-or-miss. But the third-level sports networks can really stink it up. I just got done watching the decidedly ugly football game that was San Diego State vs. New Mexico. If the play on the field wasn't bad enough, the broadcast […]

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October 1, 2002
What's the point?

I was just flipping channels, and saw on TNN that they are apparently showing the movie "Showgirls." So I'm wondering if it's a 1/2-hour show, after they've edited it for television.

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