Site Essays
Why I Write
Goodbye AOL
And Now, A Few Words About TV Critics
Advice To Graduates
Goodbye Facebook (No, Seriously!)
Beautiful Women Will Make You Buy Expensive Cologne
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Esquire
Who Should Replace Jimmy Fallon?
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USA Today
Pop Candy (guest blogger)
Five Great Songs About Tea
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Salon
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New York’s Vulture.com
Sitcom Smackdown: Murphy Brown vs. NewsRadio
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Paleofuture
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TV Squad/AOL TV
Interview: Bradley Whitford
Interview: Mad Men’s Rich Sommer
Interview: Robert Vaughn
Journal of a Couch Potato: Do I Want My MTV Again?
The Trouble with Spoilers & Other Lessons Learned From 6 Years at TV Squad
Journal of a Couch Potato: A Day with Disney Junior
Spoilers, the Web, and the Way Things Used To Be
Best and Worst Infomercials on TV Right Now
Journal of a Couch Potato: A Day with The Oprah Winfrey Network
The Five Worst Food Network Shows
Are You Excited About the Wild, Wild West Remake?
The Best of The Andy Griffith Show (and a Few Worsts)
Rubicon is not Boring (and Neither is Mad Men)
In Defense Of: Craig Kilborn
Six “Bad” Sitcoms That Are Actually Good
How to Win at Nine Price is Right Games
An Open Letter to TV Land about The TV Land Awards
Almost Everyone in Those Verizon Commercials is a Jerk
Three Reasons Why Lost is the Greatest TV Show You’ll Never Watch on DVD
An Open Letter to the People Who Hate Ronald McDonald
Dear Oprah: I’d Like to be on the Cover of O Too
I Demand an Apology from Stephen Colbert
In the Anthony Bourdain vs. Sandra Lee Battle, I Side With Lee
New TV Land Promo Will Make You Sad, Angry, and Maybe a Little Sick
The 2009 Super Bowl Commercials: The Worst
The 2010 Super Bowl Commercials: The Worst
Best and Worst: 2005
Best and Worst: 2006
Best and Worst: 2007
Best and Worst: 2008
Best and Worst: 2009
Random TV Thoughts
More Random TV Thoughts
And More Random TV Thoughts
And Yet More Random TV Thoughts
Fanesia Moments: Part One
Fanesia Moments: Part Two
Fanesia Moments: Part Three
Fanesia Moments Part Four
Election Night 2008: Part One
Election Night 2008: Part Two
Election Night 2008: Part Three
Election Night 2008: Final Thoughts
Brought To You By… (column about commercials)
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CliqueClack TV
Thank You, Andy Rooney
Hey Brian Williams, What’s Your Facebook Address?
2 Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men, and Six Random Thoughts About Television
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CliqueClack Food
In Defense of Paula Deen
I xoxoxo My OXO, But…
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Playboy’s The Smoking Jacket
7 Weirdest Christmas TV Episodes and Specials
5 TV Shows That Started Great, Went Bad, and Then Were Great Again
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Professor Barnhardt’s Journal
Interview: Bruce Campbell (2003 and 2008)
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The Boston Herald
Interview: Martin Short
Interview: Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla
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McSweeney’s
Match The Product With The Label Instructions/Warning
Retail Store Compilation CDs (Six Real, Two Made Up)
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The Black Table
Help Wanted Ads (scroll down)
The New “Improved” TV Guide (scroll down)
Mouse (scroll down)
Shaw’s “Signature” Pepperoni Pizza (scroll down)
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Ironminds
Everything I Need To Know About Life I Learned From Watching Ed
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SHORT FICTION
Wife
Pillsbury Doughboy Hurt In Freak Bake-Off Accident
Martha Stewart, I Love You
