Category: television
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Bye bye, cable
If you’re not sitting down, you should be. Because what I’m about to tell you is going to rock you to the very foundations of what you believe to be true about me. Beau and I are turning off our cable TV. Why? Because it’s spendy and mostly crap. How many Sundays have I watched…
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Confidential from MTV
Found in a trash can at MTV in NYC: The Hills spin-off ideas (rejected) Speidi SenseSpencer Pratt and Heidi Montag host a John Edwards: Crossing Over-style spirit encounter show, trying to reconnect celebrity guests with the beloved departed pets (except fish). The Patridge FamilyAudrina Patridge marries (now ex-)boyfriend Ryan Cabrera and they embark on a…
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Beau’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer exit interview
You may have heard that Beau recently completed the Herculean task of watching every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with me. It was kind of an agreed-upon prerequisite for living with me. I’m very proud of him for not only sticking it out, but also finding much to love about the show. Beau and…
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Organizational Change & Development in Tabatha’s Salon Takeover
Bravo has been running a lot of this show lately, and since I’ve been laid up (or, more accurately, laid out, like a cadaver) with a wrenched back, I’ve watched a bunch of episodes. And I’m kind of hooked. I was initially sort of reproachful about the show’s premise–über-wench Tabatha Coffey (formerly of the first…
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Dear Diary
Okay, I admit it. The Vampire Diaries is the best new show this fall. (That I’ve watched. I need to get in touch with Modern Family and Cougar Town, though.) How do I love The Vampire Diaries? Let me start by saying I did not want to love it. I did not need to watch…
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The Hills Are Alive. But Just Barely.
I can’t believe I haven’t yet had time to talk to you about the return of The Hills. I’m sure you’ve been concerned about what’s happening on the show now that Lauren Conrad has gone off to pick trash up off the beach, write YA novels, and design clothes for Kohl’s. I have been too.…
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