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The week of Memphis (and why do the “jock” type white males always win early? Whyyyyyyyy?) proved to be more watchable than expected, although that was mainly because the end result wasn’t terrible. Who won? Memphis targeting David and Nicole A. wasn’t initially terrible–and while Nicole A. didn’t suffer an epic meltdown about it, her […]
Any fan of Big Brother has come to love the phrase “expect the unexpected,” so perhaps a relatively quiet first week of Big Brother season 22, or the second edition of Big Brother All Stars, isn’t terrible. In fact, maybe the biggest surprise of all is that CBS managed to successfully launch the show in […]
We’ve known for quite some time that what often makes the best reality TV is our fascination with watching ordinary people deal with (somewhat) extraordinary situations. That’s the formula that works well for shows like Survivor or Amazing Race, where ordinary folks get stranded on an island or have to travel the world and compete […]
As Americans head into an election year where, sadly, there are already efforts to disenfranchise some voters, we should stop and remember the heroes of the women’s suffrage movement. If you ask most Americans who those might be, they might recall figures like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. After all, they helped “launch” […]
There’s a moment in the second night of Grant where an exhausted Robert E. Lee and fellow Confederate leaders are debating what Ulysses S. Grant will do after a few days of fighting to a stalemate in The Battle of The Wilderness in Virginia. The other commanders tell Lee that Grant will retreat. “Tell me […]
It’s hard for us to imagine, but most students in America haven’t seen a U.S. spacecraft carry astronauts into space. It’s been more than nine years since the last space shuttle mission, so anybody not in high school is likely too young to remember watching a space mission “live.” Add to the fact that, for […]
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert once said in a film review of ET: The Extra-Terrestrial that “This film made my heart glad.” And I couldn’t help but think of that review when I watched the season premiere of this season of The Challenge. I was still thinking of that when I watched episodes two and […]
There is a gripping moment in the first episode of PBS Masterpiece’s World on Fire where a young Polish soldier who joined the army to defend Danzig grabs a rifle and asks, “Can we hold them off until the British arrive?” The commanding officer gives him a quizzical, almost knowing look and simply shrugs. Everything […]
One day you’re in, and the next day you’re out. Heidi Klum is back (sans that phrase) being all “judgy” (pardon my pun) and Tim Gunn is back in a supporting role (the puns just continue, don’t they) in Amazon Prime’s new fashion reality show Making the Cut, a 10-episode series that drops two episodes […]
There is a haunting Ray Bradbury story from 1950 set in 2026—haunting only because it’s yet another one that seemed so far-fetched that seemingly has become true—about a technologically advanced house that lived on well past its owners. In “There Will Come Soft Rains,” the main character of the story is the house. It’s run […]