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outrage
Proud Reputations of L.A, Television, Fox Destroyed by Harlot
Body-displaying sex symbol Jillian Barberie Reynolds still has a job as a, heh, "weather and lifestyle anchor" on Fox TV in L.A., while actual journalists are getting laid off. How long will we allow sexy ladies to defile our televisions? More » -
Billy Mays
Dead Man Sells Adhesives
Billy Mays is dead, but his ghost will return to haunt your television until you order roll after roll of Mighty Tape, to quiet the bearded demon. It's what he would have wanted. More » -
useless technology
Fox News Can't Quite Get Its Head Around CNN's Wall of Wonder
Remember the election? The dancing of the numbers across John King's magic screen on CNN, as states rose and fell and changed colors before your eyes? Viewers liked that, apparently. Fox is just now figuring that out. More » -
The new hippies
'She Decided She Would Be Funemployed, And Started a Blog'
That whole "Funemployment" thing was clearly a fake trend composed of nothing. Which makes it perfect television! CBS sent its last working journalist to track down these young, wealthy, aimless Funemployed layabouts. Here are their dumb stories. -
Media Crack
Rupert Murdoch Declares Culture War
In your woebegone Wednesday media column: the WSJ takes on the NYT's culture section in a total death match, TV networks not upset they lost $23 in ad money covering MJ, more Hobo New York Times coverage, and newspapers burn. More » -
talking heads
'A Human Instrument Has Gone Extinct'
Ha! Our poor video team slaved away all day pulling clips from the Michael Jackson memorial service and put a funny exclamation point on it all with a couple of compilation videos featuring television commentators' desperate search for words. More » -
a loss for words
There Is No Way to Describe How Much the Michael Jackson Memorial Matters
Yes, the Michael Jackson memorial — going on now! — is being watched everywhere right now. But the only question if you happened to have been on TV filling time was "How big is this?" More » -
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pic of the night
They Never Can Say Goodbye
Television reporters set up shop outside the Jackson family home in Encino. Los Angeles is going to spontaneously combust today. Mark my words. (AP/Jason Redmond) -
web video
Are TV Networks Screwing Themselves By Putting Their Shows Online?
The Times' Brian Stelter notes today that thanks to television networks placing shows on the internet, more people are watching video on the web for longer periods of time, leading to an explosion of original content created outside of Hollywood. More » -
Media Crack
Honduran President Just Sitting Around Hoping a Reporter Will Visit
In your Friday-like Thursday media column: Howard Kurtz types many words for no good reason, Rupert Murdoch denies wanting to own the NYT, the WaPo can't stop distancing itself from that sellout email, and journalism is practiced in Honduras. More » -
vigilantes
Wait, Did Geraldo Just Ask the Fox News Audience to Kill a Child Molester?
Last night on Fox News, Geraldo Rivera took a hit out on David Earls, a convicted child-rapist whose atrociously low sentence Bill O'Reilly has been demagoguing. More » -
television
The Death of Television Draws Ever Nearer
The Supreme Court just effectively doubled the number of Americans who have access to ad-skipping DVR technology. TV is in trouble. More » -
first impressions
Hung and Nurse Jackie: Shows We'll Warily Watch
So who watched Hung last night? HBO's latest installment in its string of series depicting lives lived on the fringes of America is about a well-endowed gym teacher who becomes a gigolo to earn some extra cash. It was... good? More » -
Media Crack
Still a Few More Years Before the Total Collapse of the NYT
In your sad Monday media column: the New York Times will limp along a little longer, Iran locks up journalists while they're engrossed in Twitter, Tim Rutten is predictable, and the television industry loses a couple billion, no biggie. More » -
journalismism
Anchorman Sequel, Real Life Version
Wisconsin is home of the media crazy. A TV anchorwoman in La Crosse traced those harassing emails she was getting—they're coming from inside her co-anchor's house! More » -
Media Crack
Successful Writer Feels Not So Successful
In your perennial Tuesday media column: It still sucks to be a writer, sucks if you bought a newspaper, sucks to make stock picks, sucks to produce news on television, and somebody got a new job! More » -
celebrity science
Handicapping the Jon and Kate Announcement Thing
What is today, America? Lo, it's the day when Jon and Kate Gosselin make their big announcement on the reality show they have, with their kids, on the TV. This could save gossip magazines! We rank the possibilities, below. More » -
new york times
Bill Keller's Grand Media Tour
You simply cannot turn on your television these days without seeing New York Times editor Bill Keller expounding on something, or explaining something, or being made fun of. He is ubiquitous! More » -
Media Crack
Bill Keller Will Go Wherever He Wants, Suckas
In your waterlogged Thursday media column: Bill Keller defends his Iran trip, Jon Stewart is cruelly eviscerated, the Weather Channel wants big ratings so it can then fail like other TV networks, and the internet reigns supreme. More » -
television
You Will Probably Watch Bored to Death
The trailer for HBO's Bored to Death, a show created by Jonathan Ames starring Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis about a Brooklyn writer living out his dream to be a character in a Raymond Chandler novel, is now online. [HBO.com] More » -
Media Crack
Greta Van Susteren Talking Out the Side of Her Neck
In your plastic Wednesday media column: Greta Van Susteren explains why she's a better friend to "poor African Americans" than Barack Obama is, along with newspaper news, TV news, and New York Post blowjob news. More » -
wrong
Times Was Pretty Sure That Daily Show Thing Went Well
When the Daily Show sent Jason Jones to viciously mock the defenseless New York Times last week, the universal reaction was: Ouch. Except within the New York Times! They thought they did great. More » -
feuds
Letterman Mocks Pathetic Protest Calling for His Firing
Tens of imbecilic wingnuts turned out yesterday outside of Letterman's midtown studio to express faux outrage over his "perverted" jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughters, which in turn provoked Dave to spend almost an entire segment mocking them. More » -
what
Okay, 'It's Hammertime'
If you haven't already watched this video (ad, really) of a mob of golden-panted dancers flooding into a clothing store, unannounced, and performing the Hammer dance to "U Can't Touch This," what exactly are you doing on the internet? -
Media Crack
Will Your Children Know the Magic of Television?
In your variegated Wednesday media column: Television's death foretold, the magazine industry's resurgence predicted, the Boston Globe's hope springs eternal, and something for tattoo enthusiasts to read. More » -
feuds
David Letterman Apologizes to Sarah Palin Again
Reports have surfaced that David Letterman offered yet another apology to Sarah Palin at this afternoon's taping of his show set to air later tonight. He couldn't have made a bigger mistake.
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monsters
Kate Gosselin Refuses to Water Her Children
If you've ever wondered what kind of mother Kate Gosselin is behind the scenes, wonder no more. Access Hollywood released this clip today of footage caught just prior to an interview with Kate and her kids, and it's kinda troubling. More » -
today next week
NeNe and Hoda Kotb to Go At It Next Week
A different Real Housewife will co-host the fourth hour of the Today Show every day next week. Kathie Lee is on vacation, so the producers figured they needed new screeching weirdos. Bethenny we're happy about. Tamra? Not so much. [B&C] -
scandals
TV Lady Who Reports on Nude Celeb Pics Outraged at Her Own Nude Celeb Pics
Daisy Ballmajo is the co-host of Paparazzi TV Sensacional on Mega TV—sort of a Spanish-language version of TMZ. The type of show that loves leaked photos of nude celebrities! Now Daisy's own nude photos have leaked. She's upset! More » -
television
David Letterman's Time Has Finally Come
David Letterman, who has been quietly doing his second-place late night joker show over on CBS like forever, is all of a sudden beating the Tonight Show in the ratings. Calling Sarah Palin a slut really pays off! More » -
death ride
Update: NYPD Is Investigating Fox Newser Accused of a Cyclist Hit-and-Run
The New York Police Department confirms that it is investigating the alleged death ride that a Fox News staffer took a cyclist on in Central Park last week. More » -
death ride
Exclusive: Fox Newser Accused of Dragging Cyclist Through Central Park
In typical Fox News fashion, when we asked a Fox News writer how a Central Park cyclist ended up being dragged on the hood of his SUV for four blocks, he blamed the victim, calling the biker a "vigilante." More » -
professionals
Nobody At Fox Business Has Any Idea What's Happening, At All
When Fox Business News anchors "throw" a story to a "correspondent," that correspondent may know something, or may just sit there looking flummoxed and terrified. This may happen several times in a row! They do not know anything, these people. -
men
Chick Runs Dude Network
Spike TV, as you men know, is the cable network of choice for testicle-bearers. From MANswers to The Ultimate Fighter to Deadliest Warrior, only Spike TV caters directly to testosterone-based idiot viewers. But dude—a chick's picking their shows?!? More » -
from the archives
The Spy Magazine 'Bunny Burgers' Pilot (And Two More Pranks!)
Spy Magazine staged an elaborate prank 15 years ago as a TV show pilot; it didn't work out. But the prank is finally on YouTube. Click to see the rise and fall of Bunny Burgers. UPDATE: Two more pranks below! More » -
politics
L.A. Mayor's Screwing Another Reporter, Which Is A-OK
Hot TV reporter-screwing L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is screwing another TV reporter! In the most literal sense. But not in the figurative sense, because her news station is just fine with the mayor-screwing thing! L.A.'s ridiculous in all ways: More » -
moguls
Mark Cuban's High Definition Dreams Crushed By Time Warner
Mark Cuban concedes his HDNet has been permanently kicked off Time Warner Cable Systems nationwide. It's a rough time for the mouthy internet entrepreneur. More » -
anticipation
Conan's Opening Monologue Jokes Leaked
Are you excited about Conan's Tonight Show debut tonight? We are! We've got big bowl of tortilla chips already out and we're about to whip up some homemade queso dip! Jealous? Regardless, here's something to whet your appetite—-a few of Conan's opening jokes have been sent to us! More »












































