The lifespan of a comedy troupe is limited, generally peaking then disappearing within a few years as the members go their separate ways. Sure, there are comedic institutions like Saturday Night Live that go on (and on), but revolving cast doors make them different from SCTV or Kids in the Hall, the casts of both of which ...
Read Full StoryWhen its strike-lengthened spring break finally finished last week, Upper East Side soap Gossip Girl returned to prep school amidst a media frenzy over its pop-cultural phenom status — parental ...
Mostly reality TV is a misnomer thrown on any non-scripted program whether it’s a quiz show, a singing competition or an improv exercise like The Hills. But once in a while, a show like Jon & ...
It’s not unusual to see celebrities shed tears over global injustices — Annie Lennox did so just last week during American Idol’s annual anti-poverty telethon. Still, it’s weird watching Red Hot ...
In early ’07, pundit Christopher Hitchens — whom the Washington Post once poetically dubbed “a raffish provocateur” — penned a Vanity Fair essay claiming women aren’t funny. Last month, the magazine rebutted with a ...
As creator of Two and a Half Men, the CSI of sitcomland, one might assume Chuck Lorre has his run of the store, especially with his batting average boosted by newbie geek-com The Big Bang Theory.
If one wants to make a political point, the “what if…?” narrative device can be fantastically effective. Even Marvel Comics used it to wonder what might have been if third-party candidate Captain America defeated ...
If Lost fans got so upset at the shoehorning of the late, not-lamented Nikki and Paulo characters, they are unlikely to appreciate Elliott Maslow, another previously unseen passenger on Oceanic 815 and star of the ...
The fusion of popular culture and presidential politics may have begun way back when — the Rat Pack campaigned for Kennedy, Nixon deadpanned “Sock it to me?” on Laugh In — but this election cycle that blurred line ...
Despite crazy-eyed Scientologist Tom Cruise’s best efforts, psychotherapy ain’t going away anytime soon — especially off your TV set.