And rounding out the day, NBC has announced its midseason schedule. On Feb. 1, there will be an hourlong edition of The Office, preceded by a large football game. There will be a two-hour Celebrity Apprentice, which presumably will occasionally air “supersized” four-hour episodes and a special 24-hour-long live finale. The Untitled Amy Poehler Project [...]

I had promised to post CBS’s midseason announcement earlier. I was delayed, however, by having spent Two. Damn. Hours. on the phone / on hold with TiVo and Time Warner Cable regarding my still-not-functioning TiVo and HD-cable box. (I know you don’t want to know any more about my TiVo troubles. I know it’s boring. [...]

Tonight Sundance debuts Elvis Costello’s interview series, Spectacle. (Actually, the somewhat ungainly Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…) I reviewed it briefly in the print Time thus:  It’s not just the glasses–Elvis Costello really is that smart. On this Sundance Channel Q&A series, the singer, showman and wit talks pop-music history with Elton John, jazz with Bill [...]

Apropos ABC’s remake of Cupid, joethefinancier writes: On one hand, I’m glad that Cupid is getting a second chance, on the other hand, I’m almost positive that this version is going to be the Knightrider remake all over again. Bobby Cannavale is NO Jeremy Piven, and I will have to reserve my opinion on Sarah [...]

We might as well declare today Midseason Day, what with the announcements from ABC, CBS (which I’ll post shortly) and, here, The CW, which is bringing back Reaper in March and debuting reality series 13—Fear Is Real, in which “13 people compete to ‘stay alive’ while facing their deepest fears in an all-out elimination competition [...]

Last night, my replacement TiVo box / cable box / lifeline to the outside world arrived. This morning I commenced setting it up, a process that has so far involved several calls to TiVo tech support, being instructed by one tech support guy to undo all the steps I was instructed to take by the [...]