“Smash”: Horrible Ratings For The Premiere
Very, very poor numbers for the Smash reboot.
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The 60 Most Ridiculous Moments In The First Season Of "Smash"
We know why Smash’s first season was such a train wreck, but how did that play out for those of us tuning in? Presented in chronological order, let us count the ways.
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"Do No Harm’s" Shockingly Low Ratings
Whoa. Terrible numbers for the premiere of NBC’s Jekyll-and-Hyde drama.
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How “Smash” Became TV’s Biggest Train Wreck
Smash was supposed to be the show that saved NBC — but people laughed at it instead. How did it all go so wrong?
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This Banana Dipped In Nutella Looks Exactly Like Ron Swanson
Seriously, it’s uncanny!
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"Community" Celebrates Their Return With A Musical Mash-Up
NBC is finally releasing the new season from limbo in February. Until then, feel free to have this song stuck in your head.
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Dot Com From "30 Rock" Is The Smartest Character On TV
But nobody understands him. Poor guy.
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NBC’s Ratings Collapse Without “The Voice”
The comedies that seemed like hits for NBC have turned out not to be — and soon, CBS will move into first place. Plus other network developments!
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"30 Rock" Answers The Question "Why Didn’t Jack And Liz Hook Up?"
Kind of. In the world of television, when two characters of the opposite gender have an antagonistic relationship, obviously they’re going to sleep together. Except these two.
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NBC Boss Defends Donald Trump
Robert Greenblatt says of Trump’s incendiary politics, “It comes with the Donald Trump territory.”
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David Axelrod Shaves His Mustache On Live Television
Obama’s top advisor made good on a promise to remove his 40-year-old mustache on the set of MSNBC’s Morning Joe after a bet with host Joe Scarborough and a donation from Donald Trump helped raise over $1,000,000 to cure epilepsy.
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WTF Is Going On With Network TV?
It’s December, and most of your favorite shows won’t return until January. Let’s talk about them behind their backs! Time for the winners, losers, and weird facts of the season.
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NBC’s Brian Williams Slams Donald Trump’s Election Night Tweets
“Donald Trump, who has driven well past the last exit to relevance and peered into something closer to irresponsible here, is tweeting tonight.”
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Sandy Forces Media And Politicians To Talk About Climate Change
Chuck Todd said what few reporters, and fewer pols, have acknowledged: “It’s called climate change, folks.” “When the surge of water comes straight at the media capital of our home planet, it may really make a difference,” says Bill McKibben.
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"Munsters" Reboot Finally Gets A Promo
Did they seriously just use the “start up” sound to revive Frankenstein’s monster? Yes, yes they did.
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11 Things We Learned From A New Study Of LGBT Characters On Television
GLAAD identifies the best and worst of the record-breaking 2012-2013 season.
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Kris Kardashian Fills Moment Of Silence On ‘Today’
On the split screen: CBS and ABC went with the moment of silence this morning. “The Today Show dedicated a considerable amount of time to September 11th coverage this morning,” says NBC.
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NBC Website Reported That Neil Young Died
They quickly corrected the error, but screenshots are forever. (via shortformblog.com)
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25 Advertisements By Dr. Seuss Before He Was Dr. Seuss
Before he was Dr. Seuss, Theodore Geisel was a succesful advertisement illustrator. The library at UC San Diego has an incredible collection of his pre-Dr. Seuss work.
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Did NBC Just Air A Racist Commercial?
After Gabby Douglas won the gold and Bob Costas spoke about how amazing this was for the first African-American to win the women’s all-around gymnastics title, NBC aired a commercial of a Monkey doing gymnastics which has caused quite a stir. Racist, or just bad timing? Tons of people on Twitter seemed to think it was more on the racist side.
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It Finally Happened
This makes all of the NBC drama (kind of) worth it.
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"Today Show" Promo Spoils The Tape Delayed Race NBC Was About To Show
Last night, in the commercial break immediately before NBC was going to show the tape delayed broadcast of Missy Franklin’s 100m gold medal-winning backstroke, they ran this promo for the Today show.
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Freedom Of Speech Doesn’t Exist On Twitter (Or Any Social Network)
A prominent journalist had his Twitter account suspended for tweeting the email address of an NBC executive. This shouldn’t shock you.
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RIP Tape Delay
While NBC is streaming most of the Olympics this year, they opted, strangely, for tape-delayed opening ceremonies. But did they tell their social media team, who is live-tweeting it?
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Aaron Sorkin’s “Newsroom” Would Get Clobbered By The “Today” Show
The main character’s struggle to balance the fluff with news that actually matters is one I experienced throughout my career in television news.
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George H. W. Bush: "I’m A Sock Man"
On the occasion of his 88th birthday, the 41st President tells his granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager that he isn’t much of a Justin Bieber fan. “Bieb — is he a sock man?”
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The “Community” Cast Reacts To Dan Harmon’s Firing
Folks, welcome to the darkest timeline.
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All The Times Abed Has Said "Cool" On Community
It’s Cool. I watched every single episode of “Community” in search of “Cool”, the resulting supercut is pretty cool. It should get you in the mood for the season finale tonight. Cool. Cool. Cool.
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27 Reasons Why NBC’s “Best Friends Forever” Should Not Be Cancelled
Save BFF! This show, only in its 4th episode, was taken off the air indefinitely and is now in purgatory between cancellation, and — fingers crossed — reinstatement on the air.
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Three Reporters Who Will Cover Newt Gingrich Until The Body Is Cold
The former speaker has dropped out, but his three network embeds are still here. A picture on Facebook features Gingrich posing with the three of them. Is this goodbye?
