And now, I am caught up on Merlin. Sunday night, NBC broadcast two episodes. However, I had no idea that they were showing two episodes. I just assumed that Merlin was on in its regular slot at 8 o’clock, and so I settled in to watch “The Labyrinth of Gedref.” Then, I found out laterContinue reading “On Catching Up on Merlin”
Category Archives: Television
On the Pernicious Evils of the FCC
Fuck the FCC. Fuck the cell phone companies. A year ago, I went out and dutifully bought a digital converter box for my television. Analog signals were going away, because the cell phone companies wanted the analog spectrum for who the fuck knows what reason. I set up the digital converter box, and I hadContinue reading “On the Pernicious Evils of the FCC”
On the 2006 BBC Dracula
The Sophia Myles film festival continues! In 2006 Myles appeared as Lucy Westenra in a new BBC adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with a cast that included Marc Warren as the sanguinary count, Rafe Spall as Jonathan Harker, and David Suchet as Van Helsing. Oh my god, what a piece of shite! What the hellContinue reading “On the 2006 BBC Dracula”
On Nathan Fillion’s New Series
I watched the premiere of Castle on ABC last night. It’s a series starring Firefly‘s Nathan Fillion as a best-selling mystery novelist. When some bodies turn up in New York City, killed using the methods he wrote about in some of his earlier novels, the NYPD turns to him as a consultant. It was goofy.Continue reading “On Nathan Fillion’s New Series”
On the Second Season of The Tudors
Arriving today from Amazon, the second season of The Tudors. I bought the first season about a year ago on a blind buy. It looked like the kind of thing I’d like, and it turned out to be the kind of thing I do like. Oh, any resemblence between The Tudors and the reign ofContinue reading “On the Second Season of The Tudors”
On Watching Father Ted
Last night, I worked on Christmas cards. I needed some background noise. So I put in Father Ted. Here’s the set-up for people who haven’t heard of it. Father Ted was a mid-90s Irish sitcom about three Catholic priests who ministered to a small island off the coast of Ireland, Craggy Isle. The episodes revolvedContinue reading “On Watching Father Ted”
On Watching Old Television
Like millions of Americans, come February I’m going to need a digital converter box to watch television when the analog signals go silent. Last spring I submitted a request for a coupon for the box, and on Memorial Day I went out to Best Buy and bought one, hooked it up, and entered the digitalContinue reading “On Watching Old Television”
On Wondering What to Watch
My choices are three. The Cubs/Dodgers game. Starts at 9:37 EDT. The Biden/Palin debate. Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West. Obviously, I want to watch the first. Though I really wish TBS would find some real announcers. Dick Stockton and his band of idiots were annoying as piss last night. On the other hand,Continue reading “On Wondering What to Watch”
On the Return of House
House is back. Oh, how I’ve missed it. 🙂 I read in this morning’s paper that Hugh Laurie is signed with the series through the 2010-2011 season. So, two more years, through the seventh season. And now that House is back… I thought the episode was… okay. There’s no reason, that I can discern, forContinue reading “On the Return of House”
On Freema Agyeman’s New Role
Freema Agyeman, better known to Doctor Who fans as Martha Jones, has been cast in Law & Order: London as one of the prosecutors. My interest in this show has just increased a dozen-fold. 🙂