Television
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XI
So I just subscribed to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime, HBO Now, CBS All Access, and Sling TV, and it’s only going to cost me $4,000 a month more than my cable bill! Score! Hey, you do what ya gotta do when you love the TV. Speaking of, here’s my biannual rundown of the new […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition X
“TV is my friend,” sings Colleen Green, “and it has been with me every day from an early age.” I have initiated legal action against Ms. Green for obviously plagiarizing my life. While I wait for my briefs to be be filed (hey now!), here is my biannual rundown of the new or new-to-me shows […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition IX
Well, I did it: I “cut the cord.” I was pruning my azaleas and I accidentally snipped the cable cord right in two. So I immediately duct-taped it back together because I loves loves loves my cable TV. And here are the shows that I’ve been watching recently! LOVED Too Many Cooks (Adult Swim) OK, […]
Jack’s 2014 Fall TV Preview
“Jack, it’s mid-September already, where’s your famous, annual, eagerly-anticipated fall TV preview post?” said absolutely no one. Well, haters, I wrote it anyway. Just like in 2012 and 2013, I have not seen any of these shows. (And if history is any indication, I never will see the great majority of them either.) I am […]
Where Future Seasons of ‘Community’ Will Air
In a surprise move, it was announced that the television sitcom Community will return for a sixth season, on Yahoo, after five years on NBC. Embracing this era of non-traditional content delivery, the show’s producers have also revealed broadcast plans for future seasons of the program. • Season seven: broadcast in the reflection on the […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition VIII
It’s summer! The perfect time of year to sit at home in a darkened room hypnotized by the television. But before you paint the windows black and settle into the Barcalounger, check out my bi-annual list of the shows I’ve been watching. LOVED Friday Night Lights (DVD/Netflix) No, you didn’t accidentally click on a link […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition VII
As much as the media wanted to focus on the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination, you could tell they were clearly distracted. You could almost read it on the face of each reporting-live-from-Dallas correspondent: “What has Jack Silbert been watching?” Fear not, friends, it is time for another bi-annual installment. If this doesn’t quite […]
Jack’s 2013 Fall TV Preview
Oh sure, it’s easy to write a fall TV preview when you’ve been sent DVD screeners and top-secret URLs and download codes. It’s another matter altogether when all you have to go on is the TV Guide Fall Preview 2013. But for the second year in a row, that’s what I’m going to do for […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition VI
So maybe, just maybe, I’ve been watching a little more TV these days. What have I been watching? The shows listed below, dummy! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say that, I’ve been under a lot of pressure, what with my DVR at 97% and all. I watch other shows too, and probably mentioned them […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition V
One of the insult-to-injury aspects of Superstorm Sandy was that I knew my DVR wasn’t recording anything while the power was out. Via Hulu and on-demand, I’ve been able to catch up on just about all my shows, but it became that much more obvious when I was struggling through a show that I don’t […]
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