I’ve watched three episodes of This Is Us on NBC.
The pilot was so good, it could have been a stand-alone movie. The second episode matched it. And tonight’s made me realize I wasn’t keeping score any more —
I’m all in.
So, I am sorry I’m just now mentioning it. I’ve been distracted by really excellent TV.
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I was very excited to watch the new comedy Telenovela on NBC.
Instead I am watching the goings on in the Mt. Sinai Urgent Treatment Center waiting room.
Bored patients like me. Street traffic. And a Will Smith movie on TV.
Oh well. Telenovela looked funny. Would have made my ribs hurt to laugh that much.
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Tagged bored, comedy, Health, laughter, Movies, Mt Sinai Urgent Treatment Center, NBC, New York City, patients, ribs, Telenovela, Television, waiting room
Matt Lauer just told me that I need to sit down with my kids and show them how to use the Information Superhighway…so one day they can navigate the road on their own.
The more you know…
Did you know NBC has been producing those cheesy PSAs for 25 years?
I think they are some of the more cringe-worthy moments in television writing history, and I only have to watch them. The poor celebrities have to try and sell the stuff. But the network keeps cranking it out to meet their public service commitment to the local community.
Now, I’m not saying the ideas behind the messages aren’t good. But there has to be a more creative way to do it. Music videos. Demonstrations. Puppets. You name it.
I think the celebrity spokespersons and the audiences would appreciate it (and actually listen to the darn things for a change).
Someone has to know that.
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Tagged advertising, anniversary, celebrities, commentary, creativity, cringe-worthy, entertainment, Humor, information superhighway, kids, knowledge is power, life, Matt Lauer, NBC, PSA, public service announcement, Television, television history, The more you know, writing
My post is late tonight.
I did put in a long work day. And I’ve been chipping away at that pile of Christmas cards. But the real reason?
The Sing-Off on NBC.
I never intended to watch. But a friend told me one of the a cappella groups was from my alma mater, the University of Kentucky. So I turned in Monday night to see the ‘acoUstiKats’ perform.
Instant addiction.
They were even better tonight, although they had to participate in — and win — the evening’s sing-off to survive to compete again.
I see another national championship in our future!
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Tagged a cappella, acoUstiKats, alma mater, balladeer, BBN, Big Blue Nation, college, entertainment, Humor, life, Music, national championship, NBC, Television, The Sing-Off, TV, University of Kentucky
TV insiders have NBC’s Sean Saves the World on the not-long-for-this-world list. I’ve watched the series to date, and I tend to agree.
It’s not like the show is short on talent. Sean Hayes. Linda Lavin. The ever whackadoodle Thomas Lennon.
Unfortunately, the writing is not at the same standard. It seems familiar and dated…and the look on Sean’s face says he knows it.
That’s too bad…especially for the supporting cast members, who are so strong and deserve to be on television.
I especially hope that Echo Kellum [left] finds a sitcom worthy of his talents.
He was so funny on the short-lived Ben and Kate on FOX, and now adds his unique comedic timing to Sean’s office.
Give this guy a good show, fates…and keep him around!
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Tagged Ben and Kate sitcom, bubble list, celebrities, comedy, Echo Kellum, entertainment, FOX, Humor, life, Linda Lavin, NBC, Sean Hayes, Sean Saves the World, sitcom, supporting cast, Television, Thomas Lennon, tv series
This is not the first rainy Saturday afternoon that I have spent with a golf tournament on television.
But it is the first time in memory that I’ve watched two golf tourneys.
At the same time.
The PGA Tour is at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas; the Senior PGA Championship is being held in St. Louis, and CBS and NBC are providing coverage head-to-head.
It’s cool. I can monitor both…
As long as they don’t synchronize their commercial breaks.
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Tagged CBS, Colonial Country Club, commercial break, entertainment, Fort Worth Texas, golf, golf coverage, golf tournament, golf tourney, Humor, life, NBC, PGA Tour, rainy afternoon, Saturday, Senior PGA Championship, Sports, St. Louis, Television, TV
I have thoroughly enjoyed our guessing game.
Have you?
For those of you just joining us, I posted this picture in yesterday’s Egg and asked for guesses as to the building’s identity.
The entries have shown range and creativity — everything from a pig to a museum, a ship to a stomach ulcer.
So close, and yet so far.
Actually, the photo depicts one of the shooting arenas at the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London.
Now, before you say, “No fair! I would have never seen that,” the shooting events at the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were held here. So you might have spied it on NBC’s Olympics coverage.
And if you did, you would no doubt remember. I mean, how cool is that?
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Tagged architecture, contest entry, design, guessing game, history, Humor, London, NBC, Olympics, Olympics coverage, Paralympis, Royal Artillery Barracks, Sports, Summer Olympics, Travel
Life can get kinda stress-y.
Which is why, when you get a gift — like this scene from last week’s Parks and Recreation — you should watch it again and again.
I love you, Ben and Leslie.
And now back to my regularly scheduled stress…from that bitch Sandy.
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Tagged Ben and Leslie, comedy, entertainment, gifts, Humor, Hurricane Sandy, Leslie Knope, life, love, NBC, Parks and Recreation tv show, Relationships, stress, Television, the little things, TV, weather
Whadda I have to do
I love the sitcom About a Boy on NBC.
And last night they used the Violent Femmes’ ‘Prove to You’ as the soundtrack for a montage of Marcus and his crush.
Any sitcom that uses the Femmes deserves an automatic renewal.
I’m pretty sure that’s a rule of broadcasting.
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