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• To Fox’s House Producers: Limp Not The Problem The short write up on Fox’s House in the Fall TV Preview issue of Entertainment Weekly reports the producers are asking what happens if House doesn’t have his limp anymore. That’s easy. There’s no show. Poof. I said this a year ago on the subject: “House is a great character because of the contrast of this most
• Tina Fey Had the Best Job in New York TiVo grabbed the premiere of 30 Rock for us. Comparing it against Studio 60 is like comparing the past 15 years of Saturday Night Live against anything funny. Tin Fey’s work on Weekend Update was a small glimmer of hope in Lorne Michael’s otherwise deserted, stale series. Like the paper the next morning, the only thing
• RocketBoom Ads Not Worth $15,000 I wasn’t surprised to hear RocketBoom is pursuing a sponsor (via eBay even), nor was I surprised they want to keep full creative control (they should). I was surprised that the high bid (as of this writing) of $15,099.99 hadn’t passed their hidden reserve. Now, I know you need 10x that for a decent music video,
• Wanted: Recommendations on 32″ LCD HDTV We’re moving into a new house this weekend and we’re pondering an upgrade to a wall-mountable, LCD, HDTV, 16:9, something reasonable like 32″, and somewhere south of $1500. If possible, I’d like something with an HD-tuner already built-in. Any thoughts? Here’s what I’ve found thus far that looks promising: Hyundai ImageQuest Q321 Samsung LNS3241D Sharp LC-32D7U AQUOS Vizio L32 Jen and
• The All Commercial Television Channel is Nearly Here  A decade ago, I had this vision of a television channel - MTV for commercials. Above is the logo I drew up for it. Commercials would be presented in a structured way - by theme, brand history, actor, etc. In other words, the ads themselves would be the program. Fast-forward to today, and I think we’re