Entries Categorized as 'television'

Nov. 19, 2009 - The Fox network’s new show “Glee” is about the lives of students - largely misfits - who join their public high school’s glee club. The show’s site describes it succinctly: “A new comedy for the aspiring underdog in all of us.”
Although it ranks 42 by Nielsen overall, Glee was last night’s […]

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I hate to admit that even though I’ve seen just a small handful of episodes previously, Monday night’s “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” premiere is queued up in my DVR, waiting for a rainy Sunday afternoon.  Anyone who has been remotely alive and awake in the past few weeks has heard something about TLC’s new […]

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 It’s a tough world out there…today one of my colleagues overheard someone on the street say:
“Kris Allen won American Idol and Shawn Johnson won Dancing with the Stars…what is this world coming to?”
That’s a great question!  What seems even more startling is that ratings for the show are actually going down.  How can this be?
All joking […]

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While I’m not an avid Oprah watcher, I’m lucky enough to get an update almost daily from my roommate.  “You’ll never guess what Oprah did/said/wore today” is a common statement in my household, but I was shocked when I came home on Tuesday to her about her national Kentucky Fried Chicken grilled chicken meal giveaway.  […]

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As I sit here scanning the day’s headlines, an IM pops up from a former colleague…“Well, I’m overwhelmed with social media,” she says. 
Personally, I’m overwhelmed with news about social media this week. 
While it isn’t exactly news, yesterday’s Tyra Banks show was almost completely dedicated to Facebook.  Tyra and her audience came up with the “dos […]

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