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  Stephenie Meyer, have you been talking to J.J. Abrams?

  09.18.08 | Permalink | 22 Comments

  (Breaking Dawn and Fringe SPOILER ALERT) Dear Stephenie, Did you catch the second episode of the new (almost-as-good-as Alias, probably-like-X-Files) show on Fox, Fringe? I know you’re sad, sad, sad right now about the internet-leaking of Midnight Sun, and probably you have better things to do than watch House and Fringe on Tuesday nights. Like [...]

• american idol, motherhood, potty-training, tv shows

  American Idol Girls

  03.05.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I want you to know that I think reality shows are completely trashy and of no redeeming value. And the worst is when I start watching a show and then can’t. turn. it. off. Have you seen any of that Moment of Truth show? It really is bad. But, since I’m in the baring-my-soul mood, [...]

• tv shows

  A Good Day’s Steele

  02.23.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Before there was Moonlighting and Scarecrow and Mrs. King, there was Remington Steele. When the show was pitched, Pierce Brosnan’s character was supposed to be a figurehead in the show as well as in the detective agency, but fiction mimicked TV plotting, and Remington Steele became a major character and a major headache for Laura [...]