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I like watching the Glenn Slingerland Situation.  What’s not to like?  Way-cool music, hipster humor, hot chicks in black skirts and sunglasses… The show is a great Sunday evening diversion on WNYA MyNetwork 4, and I also enjoy the rebroadcasts on Sunday morning.  For those who haven’t watched the show, it’s a half-hour hipster program…

I tell you, some people can get really creative on YouTube. Background. Rod Serling, creator of the Twilight Zone, was involved in a script rewrite of a 1968 film based on Pierre Boulle’s book “Monkey Planet.” Eventually the film, “Planet of the Apes,” became a major hit and spawned a film franchise with four sequels,…

The soap opera has been part of broadcast history, going back all the way to the days of radio serials. Soap operas, so named because the shows were sponsored by household products companies, developed loyal audiences who tuned in every day to follow the latest adventures of Mary Noble, Backstage Wife – or Barnabas Collins,…

Sometimes the FOX network puts a show on TV and it just stinks up the channel.  Sometimes the shows get fewer viewers than an Albany City School District board meeting.  For every “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader” or “Don’t Forget the Lyrics,” there have been some “which moron green-lighted this program” fare, including:…

While I’m not going to completely classify myself as a “Gleek”, I do love me some Glee.  The new season is just around the corner, and there are supposed to be upcoming episodes featuring music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show (swank!), as well as a Britney Spears episode (we’ll see how that one turns…

You think Simon Cowell was harsh? You think Gordon Ramsay is cruel? Try going on stage and performing the latest pop song – only to watch as one of the judges grabs a big body-length mallet, and swings it at a huge Chinese gong – and with that, you’re off the show.  Thanks for playing,…