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June 2015

June 11, 2015

Why Should You Watch Reality TV?

Because it's not all Duggars and Kardashians. There's a lot of really good stuff out...

June 10, 2015

TV Goes Trans

Many minority groups complain -- and often rightfully so -- that they are underrepresented on...

June 09, 2015

‘Marvel’s Daredevil’ Finds Its Punisher

Jon Bernthal of TNT's "Mob City" and AMC's "The Walking Dead" has joined season two...

June 09, 2015

ABC Pulls Biblical Drama ‘Of Kings and Prophets’ From Fall Schedule

As far as we know, the anti-Catholic sitcom "The Real O'Neals" is still in ABC's...

June 05, 2015

Voting for TV Awards: An Exercise in Managing Disappointment

For the record, I have belonged to the Television Critics Association for almost two decades....

June 04, 2015

Megyn Kelly, the Duggars and the Media Meat Grinder

Since the teenage molestation incidents concerning the now 27-year-old son of the Duggar family, featured...

June 03, 2015

Jim Gaffigan Has a Job for You (on June 3, 8 and 9)

Late Tuesday night on Twitter, comedian Jim Gaffigan issued a directive: You bastards better watch...

June 02, 2015

‘SYTYCD’: Paula Abdul on the Soul of a Dancer

Earlier this year, I headed to the Orpheus Theater to attend the Los Angeles auditions...

June 01, 2015

‘So You Think You Can Dance’: Did Nathan Make It?

Honestly, I don't know. But the Fox dance-competition show "So You Think You Can Dance"...

May 2015

May 31, 2015

‘American Genius’ Steve Wozniak, Mac, Myth, ‘Silicon Valley’

Last week, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak called in from Sydney, Australia -- where he's now...

May 31, 2015

‘American Genius’: Steve Wozniak on Jobs vs. Gates, & Skynet

Is it possible that we have the Internet of Things -- connected devices, appliances, etc.,...

May 31, 2015

‘Beyond A.D.’: Millennial Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. on Kim, Kanye and Witness

I've now been to several tapings of "Beyond A.D.," the Web companion series to NBC's...

May 28, 2015

Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan: The Real Catholics

Whether coincidence, conspiracy, kismet, synchronicity or divine intervention, the trailer for ABC's midseason comedy "The...

May 28, 2015

Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan: The Real Catholics (Part 2)

... Jeannie Gaffigan (cont'd -- click here for part one): The main thing is, we...

May 25, 2015

Can Chris Pratt Save Robert Downey Jr. (and Us All)?

Two wrongs don't make a right -- unless they generate Web traffic or feed some...

May 24, 2015

‘Beyond A.D.’: Michelle Williams Debates Dating an Apostle

It probably happened. Human nature being what it is, somewhere along the way in the...

May 23, 2015

The Duggars and the High Price of Reality

Why do TV reality-show families tend to have problems? First, they're families. Families have problems....

May 22, 2015

Will Kurt Sutter Go Medieval on the Church in ‘The Bastard Executioner’?

Today, FX Network announced it has ordered a 10-episode first season for "The Bastard Executioner,"...

May 21, 2015

‘Texas Rising’ — The Men & Women Who Birthed a Republic

The conversation continues about the 5-part, 10-hour History Channel miniseries "Texas Rising," premiering Memorial Day,...

May 21, 2015

‘Texas Rising’ Boasts ‘Men Who Are Not Afraid to Be Men’ (Part 1)

Come Memorial Day, it looks like the cowboys are back. Premiering Monday, May 25, History's...

May 21, 2015

Twin Friars Do TV in Search of ‘Icons’

I've been talking a lot in this blog about how Catholics should seize the opportunity...

May 20, 2015

Kris Polaha on Being an ‘Open Christian Actor’

In the feature film "Where Hope Grows," currently in theaters, Kris Polaha plays Calvin Campbell,...

May 19, 2015

What ‘The Flash’ Finale Taught Me About the Gospel of John (SPOILERS)

THERE ARE MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD. DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SEASON-ONE FINALE...

May 19, 2015

Fox Has Sympathy for the (DC) Devil in ‘Lucifer’ (Video)

In a series picked up to air on Fox in 2016, the devil's in Los Angeles (not...

May 18, 2015

Lessons on Blessings from ‘Idol’s’ Clark Beckham and a Seahawk

You can't win them all, and if anyone knows that right now, it's Clark Beckham...

May 13, 2015

The Sky’s the Limit for the Creative Potential of Video

With the announcement of shows like ABC's midseason comedy "The Real O'Neals," which uses a stereotyped...

May 13, 2015

‘American Idol’ Finale: Will Clark Beckham Be the ‘Champion’? (Video)

Until this year, I'd never even seen a whole episode of "American Idol," but I...

May 12, 2015

ABC Skewers Catholics in ‘The Real O’Neals’ UPDATED

UPDATE 2: The trailer is also on YouTube, and now we're back in business! UPDATE:...

May 11, 2015

Kirsten Powers on ‘The Silencing’ of Free Speech

The very ideology that championed freedom of expression in the '60s and led the charge...

May 09, 2015

‘A.D.’ Star Chipo Chung Thinks Mary Magdalene Was ‘Robust’

Like classical theater and many other Bible adaptations, we're not to pay too much attention...

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