And some of New Year’s Eve day. And most of New Year’s day. Portlandia on IFC: 6pm Monday through 5:30pm on Tuesday. Do yourself a favor and catch the 10:30pm episode, “Spyke and Irys want an unconventional wedding; Toni and Candace (the feminist bookstore owners seen here) have a book signing.” (Marathon schedule.) The new …
[youtube]2r3Oi467P24[/youtube] A big thanks to loyal Dose reader Heywood Jablome for tipping us off to this segment from Jimmy Kimmel Live exposing a recent pranking of our local NBC 10 news team. Coming as it did right between Sandy and the election, it kind of got lost in the shuffle. Also, we immediately had qualms …
Julianne Moore’s uncanny portrayal of Sarah Palin is just one reason to check out “Game Change” on HBO this Saturday. Writer Danny Strong and director Jay Roach were the genius team behind “Recount” the retelling of the 2000 election fiasco that is almost unbearably painful to watch. You keep hoping it will end differently. Further …
Only minutes after the airing of last Wednesday’s “City Hell” episode of Ghost Hunters, featuring Providence City Hall, the self-styled The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) — plumbers from Warwick — were getting the South Park treatment. Coincidence? I don’t think so. The ghost of Mayor Thomas Doyle must have some serious mojo. In the episode …
The Syfy “Ghost Hunters” (a couple of local plumbers actually) suspect that the ghost of long-dead Mayor Thomas A. Doyle may still be taking the occasional whazz in a fifth floor bathroom in Providence City Hall. Even if true, it is sooooo the least of our problems. I need to go on record with the …
While supplies last! To celebrate the 5th anniversary of Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream ice cream, participating Ben & Jerry’s shops will have a free single scoop give-away from 5pm to 8pm, on Tuesday, Valentine’s Day. And the Meeting Street shop is participating! I know cuz I checked. A new AmeriCone Dream SuperPAC Pack 2012 Collectable …
ProJo editorial favorite, nationally syndicated columnist, and perennial voice of reason Froma Harrop popped up on The Daily Show Thursday night. John Oliver was ostensibly interviewing Harrop — president of the National Conference of Editorial Writers (NCEW) — to discuss the NCEW Restoring Civility Project. Oliver’s true purpose was to expose the irony of her …
Friday, 10pm, IFC: At this point Portlandia is in danger of over-exposure and the inevitable backlash from people who have to to be the first to hate something. But if the sneak preview — “Wanna come to my DJ Night?” — is any indication, hating on this show is going to be hard. (Armisen and …
I’ve made a resolution to watch more television in 2012. I said the same thing last year but this time I really mean it. Why not begin with The Twilight Zone marathon on the Syfy Channel, starting Saturday morning at 9am, running through New Year’s Eve and all through Sunday, New Year’s Day, and into …
“Dial it down a notch!” Also, the Son of God is tired of always having to show up in the fourth quarter. In a sketch last night on Saturday Night Live Jesus visits the Broncos’ locker room and suggests to Tebow (the perfect Taran Killam) that if anything he should be thanking his kicker . …
The topic for this Wednesday’s installment of Action Speaks! at AS220 is the 1973 PBS show ‘An American Family’ often cited as television’s first reality show. Pat and Bill Loud were living in affluent Santa Barbara, California with their five teenagers when they agreed to let cameras document their lives for seven months. This was …
More good television on tap: “George Harrison: Living in the Material World” directed by Martin Scorsese, tonight and tomorrow night on HBO. Real nice write-up by Rick Massimo in the ProJo. So who will we hear from? There are no conspicuous absences from the copious list of Harrison’s friends, family and associates gathered for Scorsese’s …
If you are a fan of Nova, the History Channel or the Discovery Channel then you have seen the work of local documentary producer Gary Glassman and his production company Providence Pictures. Having collaborated with these broadcasters to explore the Parthenon, the Sphinx, the Pharaohs and Troy, Providence Pictures has also produced features on more …
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Smarter for one thing. East Providence native and Lincoln School alum, Meredith Vieira, ended her Today Show tour of duty this morning. She will now be replaced by the pathologically compassionate and tedious Ann Curry who tries to find something nice to say about everyone. Vieira tended to rise above the idiotic chitchat that passes …
Is it really the case that the dollar benefit of saying that you’re in Philly (as opposed to PVD) outweighs the cost of making PVD look like Philly? From the mostly awful Body of Proof:
Okay it’s time to watch another TV show where we all try to see what’s behind the actors the whole time. Hey, that’s my nail salon! It’s where the school used to be! Finally, a crime drama about forensic medicine. Crews from the new ABC show — starring Dana Delany as a flawed but brilliant …
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