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At the End of the Day: Ke$ha vs. Brent Bozell, Jay Leno vs. Hulk Hogan, and Maureen Dowd vs. Sitcoms
In a battle between two of the more loathsome forces in American life, Ke$ha is feuding with the Parents Television Council, for reasons way too disgusting to go into (Billboard) The best final lines from sitcoms; I’m partial to “sorry, we’re closed.” (Slate) The five strangest celebrity cameos in pro wrestling (Cracked) Maureen Dowd takes more »
Ricky Gervais’ “Derek” Is Netflix’s Newest (Sort Of) Exclusive Show
With less than four days to go until the highly anticipated and long overdue Arrested Development return, I’m fairly certain most of you don’t want to hear about Netflix unless it has something to do with the Bluths. But like it or not, the on-demand streaming media provider’s life will continue even after Arrested Development’s more »
Arrested Development’s Return: 12:01 a.m. on May 26
We’ve known for awhile now that the long-awaited new season of Arrested Development would debut on Netflix on May 26, but now we know for sure what time: 12:01 a.m., Pacific time, on Sunday, May 26. That’s according to a Netflix executive who gave an exclusive interview to Warming Glow. For those of you in more »
Target Launching Ticket, a Video On-Demand Service
Target is now beta-testing a new video-on-demand service known as Target Ticket, which will compete with Netflix and other similar services. According to the Target Ticket website, the service will offer new releases, classic movies and next-day TV. Features will include 15 percent off retail prices through the end of July, as well as parental more »
At the End of the Day: President Bulworth, Expanded Stefon, and Saying Goodbye to ‘Smash’
President Obama apparently wishes he could “go Bulworth,” though apparently without the awkward rapping (New York Times) Since the Stefon character has never even sustained a sketch, you’d think it wouldn’t ever be part of a movie, and Bill Hader confirms that in an interview (GQ) The Office finale had about 50 people in the more »
Right Wing Pundit Throws Rude Theater Patron’s Cell Phone, Demands to be Hailed as Hero
Late Wednesday night, National Review writer/conservative talking head Kevin Williamson posted a ridiculously self-congratulatory item about an unpleasant experience he’d just had at a live theater performance. Apparently, if his narrative of the events is to be believed, he was seated at close quarters next to some fellow theater goers, whom he oh-so-charmingly describes as “ “two parties more »
At the End of the Day: Meeting the Mother, Anti-Pittsburgh Bias and Gay Shows
Yes, How I Met Your Mother‘s entire ninth season will take place around the wedding weekend. Just when we were getting our hopes up… (Deadline) How Cristina Milioti was chosen (Entertainment Weekly) Lindy West takes on sexism and comedy (Jezebel) In the worst idea of all time, a movie theater owner had “armed” men dressed more »
First Trailer for ‘Arrested Development’ Season 4 Is Here, Only 12 Days To Go
The final countdown for the highly anticipated fourth (and likely, but hopefully not) last season of “Arrested Development” starts now. The entire Bluth clan is back for the thing’s trailer, which runs for about a minute and a half, or enough to last you an hour or so of repeated replays. I for one watched more »
At the End of the Day: Donna Martin Plus 20, Disgraced Amandas, and Girls Who Hate Game of Thrones
Billy Joel turned 64 this week (Tablet) Do women hate Game of Thrones? (The Frisky) Remember the ’80s band OMD? Apparently they were more influential than we remember (New York Times magazine) Yes, the “Donna Martin Graduates” episode of Beverly Hills 90210 is 20 years old (Vulture) 20 overused movie shots that should be retired more »
At the End of the Day: Explaining Elmo, Spock vs. Spock and the Coming of A la Carte Cable
Why kids are obsessed with Elmo (Slate) The TV news aggregator TVTattle is back, as part of Hitfix (TV Tattle) It’s Spock vs. Spock in Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto’s Audi commercial (YouTube) The five best songs about Jerusalem (Heeb Magazine) The last original show on the Fox network, Cops, has been cancelled but has more »


























