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[28 Jun 2011 by Rachel Arbeit | View Comments]
Same-Sex Marriage Passes in New York, Take That California!

New Yorkers opposed to the state’s stride in civil rights respond grumbling, “that’s gay!” 

[8 Feb 2011 by Mike Rosolio | View Comments]
The Chicago Code Decoded

“If you can’t love Chicago, you can’t love anything.”

Midseason replacements are hit or miss. That’s actually a staggering exaggeration. Midseason replacement are usually tire fires, mea culpas from one exec to another trying to save everyone’s job for the fall. It should be known that for every Wanda At Large, there may be a Simpsons out there.

It’s unclear if The Chicago Code is going to be on for twenty years and viewers are going to wonder why the baby is still teething, but in the words of Donald Trump, …

[2 Feb 2011 by Mike Rosolio | View Comments]
Two Sides To Every Cape

Regardless of which sagely Greek put it there, the aphorism “Know Thyself” is carved proudly in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. It’s unclear what’s written at the Temple of Apollo at Austin or at Temple of Apollo A&M, but it’s probably something along the same lines. It is good advice for anyone who loses sight of their own abilities and hangups and even better advice for a television producer, for a lack of self awareness is the ultimate downfall of a bad series.
Such is the case with NBC’s The …

[13 Oct 2010 by Rachel Arbeit | View Comments]

Dear ESPN,
Your flagship program has an incredible flaw. This defect has already existed for far too long, it’s time to resolve the dilemma.

[8 Jul 2010 by andybeckerman | View Comments]

With the recent cancellation of Party Down, just days after the second season finale aired, Mark and Andy thought they’d sit down and do a post mortem on the series as a whole. Then they shit-talk Smallville.

[4 Apr 2010 by Bryan O'Rourke | Comments Off]

Live on Spike TV from Charlotte, NC – these are the most noteworthy fights from the UFC’s Ultimate Fight Night 21.
NOTEWORTHY FIGHTS FROM UFN 21:
Preliminary Fights:

Mario Miranda vs. Gerald Harris - Winner: Harris, TKO
 
Season 7 TUF fighter Gerald Harris may have made his return to the Octagon through some quality wins on smaller promotions and a prank call to Dana White, but this guy is no joke! Gerald always seems to start slow in his fights, but has a powerful jab, solid wrestling, and a strong killer instinct. Two UFC fights, two TKO …

[4 Apr 2010 by Thane Economou | View Comments]
Holy Christ! The Top Five Jesus Performances

In honor of Easter, National Lampoon proudly presents the Top 5 Greatest Jesuses (… Jesuss? Jesi?) in movies and television.
5. Christian Bale in Mary, Mother of Jesus

Jesus is usually shown as a calm, gentle man. But the growling intensity of Christian Bale turned Christ into a raging, brooding Lord and Savior. This 1999 TV Film includes a touching scene from Bale after Peter has denied Jesus three times: “I’m going to f–king kick your f–king ass! Seriously man, you and me, we’re f–king done professionally man. F–king ass.”
4. Willem …

[31 Mar 2010 by NatLamp Staff | View Comments]
Heder Out of Comedy Central

Jon Heder was set to star in a very heavy hitter comedy backed by production forced by Gary Sanchez Productions; Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s company but backed out last minute yesterday, possibly heading to the new spot of comedy tv development, IFC? Have you seen how many comedies they have cooking right now? Jesus, its a lot.
Was it the 100-episode commitment? Representatives for Jon Heder, the “Napoleon Dynamite” star, said he had left a new Comedy Central series that was about to go into production, one that sported a pedigree of prominent …

[24 Mar 2010 by Evan J. Kessler | View Comments]
The CW To Join The Mile-High Club

We thought we had reached the depths of the reality TV idea pool when camera crews gave us the option of following around a guy who was really good at making cakes or watching Tom Delay dance on national TV.  Nonetheless producers have continued to dig deeper into the well of narrative stimulation that should in no way, shape or form prove interesting to the viewing public. This time out The CW has taken to the friendly skies to show us what happens when people stop being polite and start …