Category Archives: TV, Film and Radio

Lewis Black ranted about it during the Emmy ceremony, but few TV executives seemed to have heeded the sage comedian’s words. Black delivered a funny, yet obvious, monologue about the annoying -WATCH THIS SHOW!!!!!- banners and bugs that clutter up … Continue reading →

Now that the premiere of “Chuck” has aired, I can discuss what I view to be two big pitfalls in the series. Chicago Tribune critic Maureen Ryan mentioned them in her review of the show, but I’ll summarize. First, won’t … Continue reading →

The Nielsens are probably best known for the TV ratings the organization releases every week. The trouble is the ratings are less useful in this era where people watch shows from hundreds of channels on DVRs. Nielsen is also facing … Continue reading →

With the fall TV season is in full swing, my free time is going to be totally sucked dry as I try to keep my TiVo’s hard drive from filling up. One thing I’ve noticed is that geeks are going … Continue reading →

From Ryan: This was originally published on my personal blog, but is here now for your reading and digestive pleasure. I don’t know why I did it, but I watched what seemed to be all 82 hours of this year’s … Continue reading →

The Buzz has entered the blogosphere and is ready to serve. We sit here ready slam our keyboards with cool, compelling arts observations, thoughts and other minutae for public consumption. These profound passages – relating to both the local and … Continue reading →