Tag: television
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Local television news will show a lot, but tell you little about a tornado
Do ever feel like you know less about what’s happening in your community after watching television for a few minutes. That happened to me when I was watching the local news stations, WWLP, WGGB, and CBS3, about the tornado that ripped through Western Massachusetts. It’s often true, we do know less, or at least no…
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Imagine a late night talk show with an audience of one [video]
The other day Craig Ferguson, who hosts the Late Late Show on CBS, did his show without an audience (video below). Interesting. As he pointed out, he wasn’t the first late night host to do a show without an audience. I was glad to hear his history of late night television pretty much end with…
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Jay Leno’s blind spot – the most surprising revelation of the Oprah interview [video]
Jay Leno has a large blind spot when it comes to dealing with humans, which Oprah revealed during her interview with the milquetoast
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Television Tough Guys — No Friends!
This is pretty funny: nobody is here to make friends!
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Tony Soprano’s last glance
Sunday night was the last time we’re going to see Tony Soprano (probably), and I want to make a brief defense of David Chase and company for how they decided to end the program. I’ve read and heard all the people who are upset at the way Chase ended The Sopranos, and that reaction has…