TV/New media
Episode Review: Demanding episode quota bloats 'The Walking Dead'
- AMC
BY ALEC STERN
This week’s chapter, “Arrow on the Doorpost,” was no exception to the trend, delivering an episode that would have been avoided had the show not needed to fill its bloated episode quota.
Notebook: A tech-lover's strategy to staying ahead of obsolesence
BY STEVEN TWEEDIE
For those wanting to chase the future, at least there’s a strategy to avoid being penniless and outdated, and it only requires a bit of time and research. And some obsession. That always helps.
Nothing new cooking on Travel Channel's 'Feed the Beast'
- Travel
BY KELLY ETZ
You’ve probably assumed, while microwaving that third grilled cheese at 4 a.m., that there has to be something better in the world of late-night eatin’. Travel Channel to the rescue with “Feed the Beast.”
Notebook: Dear 'Idol,' why can't a woman win?
- FOX
BY GIBSON JOHNS
This season of “Idol” has been a pleasure to watch so far — you’ve reinvented yourself with captivating new judges, a new format and a renewed sense of self. So, kick off this new era with a kind of winner you’ve gotten away from: a girl.
Notebook: Too many deaths plague 'Dead'
- AMC
BY ALEC STERN
The series has already strayed far enough from the original comics that saving some of these characters may have been the right move. Whether you loved Lori or you hated Lori, at least you felt something.
Satirical 'Burning Love' stumbles into stereotypical reality TV territory
- YAHOO!Screen
BY JULIAN AIDAN
Less funny than annoying and sad, “Burning Love” ironically beats the dead horse that is reality television in what is hopefully the last bastion for innovation in the genre.
'The Ben Show' an uninspired, immature borefest
- Comedy Central
BY EMILY BODDEN
While Hoffman boasts some impressive credentials, he doesn’t deliver. The potential is there, but it’s just too deeply buried beneath bad jokes and poor taste to expose itself.
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