The Loquacious Limey

[The Limey] – I’m not the man’s biggest fan and I’ve never seen the show, but the way Spencer Pratt disappeared from MTV”s tiresome ‘reality’ slapstick ‘The Hills’ is too much to stand.
The story, first floated by People said the 26-year old actor was leaving because he’d found “a new passion and new purpose to [...]

Today may be a very dark day in this history of this nation’s TV. The New York Times is reporting that nine months of coercing, cajoling and infeasible cash have persuaded General Electric to let Comcast buy NBC.
This potential downside of this deal is not far short of a nightmare – The people so underfunded [...]

Why all the ‘recycling’ stories are always from Fox is a very strange query – but here’s yet another: The suits in charge of ruining running Fox TV are now preparing a TV-reworking of the High School-angst movie, Heathers.
First released in March of 1989 by Columbia Pictures the ‘crime-drama-romance,’ to quote its PR, gave Christian [...]

With the digital switch-over now three weeks behind us, people are beginning to enjoy their new hardware. But the real problem with television is still easy to see — the equipment is too often the best thing to watch.
A modern LCD set, matched with one of the gamut of choices in tv stands is more [...]

Now slowly rebuilding his life after losing Natasha in March, Liam Neeson is  in final discussions with Fox to join their upcoming remake of 80’s kitsch icon, ‘The A-Team.’
The 6′4” Irishman, who turned 57 last Sunday, will play Colonel John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, assuming the role first brought to life by the late George Peppard, while [...]

In news that may do his recuperative powers no good at all, sources say Patrick Swayze’s A&E drama, The Beast, will not be returning for a new season.
Insiders report the cop drama – which tells the story of a Chicago-based FBI agent with his own badge and agenda – has been canceled after only thirteen [...]

Those on whom the blame can rightly be placed for that abhorrent virus known as ‘Reality’ TV are apparently deeply concerned.
“ANTM”s Tyra Banks, “Survivor’s” Mark Burnett, “Millionaire’s” Michael Davies, and many others held a lavish lunch for themselves at the Beverly Hills Hilton today, and desperately tried to define why their self-serving passion for relentless [...]

In news that’s a positive joy to report, it seems PBS has decided to show the rest of TV how it should be done. This glorious channel, currently celebrating its fortieth year, has decided to join Hulu and YouTube and offer its content online.
Their new video hub allows both regular viewers and those not currently [...]

In news that should inspire a national sigh of relief that might almost invoke a Tsunami, a State Judge has spared us all serious pain and banned ex-Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich from pursuing his next grab at fame on NBC’s new reality import, “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.”
US District Judge [and the [...]

In a related continuance of last week’s ABC story, the number of subscribers ‘cutting the cord’ by canceling their cable or satellite service to watch TV online is now such a threat to their mountainous profits, the industry is due to debate it at the National Cable Show conference that bows tomorrow in Washington state.
In [...]