but, you are aware that there's an invention called Television

[nonotyet]

It was linked on Defamer, therefore it is TOTALLY TRUE SHUT UP.

[jebreject]

That letter is a notice from NBC’s human resources department that says, “If your services are needed, we will contact you.”

Further proof that Human Resources departments are the great satan.

[dieblucasdie]

Tonight Show is coming back with guest hosts, most if not all of those people will be rehired next week.

I mean, Leno's still a prick; he should just pay his staff the way Letterman and Conan are doing.  He still might do that; they don't have a comment from him in that article.

But don't read Variety; I can't stress that enough.  They completely fabricated a story about "Days of Lives" writers scabbing, complete with made-up quotes.

Also a story about UK writers being brought over for use on other soaps, which turned out to be totally false.

Seriously, they're in the studios' pocket don't listen to them.

Also Gawker media will print anything that makes someone look bad, true or not.  They are toolbags to a man and you should not read their shit.

[slow west vultures]

man, that guy that riggins was moving in with looked like the scuzziest guy ever, so him having a meth lab is like the least surprising thing ever.  that scene was still really weird though. 

[Andrew_TSKS]

I've been watching How I Met Your Mother because it passes the time, and I have in that time that was being passed developed a major jones for Cobie Smulders. It may have something to do with her name, or it may have to do with the fact that she is extremely attractive.

that show is pretty great. we've discussed the robin sparkles episode on here before--it's brilliant. also, robin herself is adorable, so i am in agreement with your jones.

i can't make myself call her cobie, though. that name annoys me. she's robin.

[dieblucasdie]

robin was in PORN

 wait for it...

OGRAPHY

[lastclearchance]

Also Gawker media will print anything that makes someone look bad, true or not.  They are toolbags to a man and you should not read their shit.

not all the sites.

[justification murked because i am paranoid]

[Andrew_TSKS]

robin was in PORN

 wait for it...

OGRAPHY

i have to post this now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJAsgIIfNM

EDIT: good lord i forgot how funny that video is.

[hannah]

Also Gawker media will print anything that makes someone look bad, true or not.  They are toolbags to a man and you should not read their shit.

not all the sites.

[justification murked because i am paranoid]

unmurk unmurk

[lastclearchance]

unmurk unmurk

well the part i feel comfortable saying is that yeah a lot of them are toolbags and some of them are even moe and blakeley but there's a sliding scale and as long as you're aware of the tendency towards toolbag-ness and keep it in mind there is some good stuff to read within gawker media.

p.s. i don't like the word toolbag but i'm going with the preset terms of discussion

[jordanmichael]

Carson Daly deserves reperations.

[lastclearchance]

For those of you planning on copping The Wire Season 4 on DVD on Tuesday: check the commentary track for episode 11, featuring the actors who play the four kids and Prop Joe.

Of note: during a Carcetti scene, the kids refer to Reg E. Cathey as Dirty Dee.

[Andrew_TSKS]

a lot of them are toolbags

i have read the first page of that article and already feel inclined to hit a random gawker staffer in the face with a hammer. i guess we'll see how much more annoyed i am by the end of the article.

thanks for linking it, though. i now have another target towards which to direct my ire at the pathetic current state of discourse amongst my peers.

[elpollodiablo]

Good god I hate Gawker so much.

[nonotyet]

man, that guy that riggins was moving in with looked like the scuzziest guy ever, so him having a meth lab is like the least surprising thing ever.  that scene was still really weird though. 

if by "weird" you mean AWESOME
I am really over the inappropriately age-differenced relationships or threats theretowards, though
also: "He's had that look since he was born."

[diesel_powered]

You know, all this strike bullshit could easily be solved if everyone would just realize that there's only one show worth watching.... Twin Peaks.

[dieblucasdie]

 

[slow west vultures]

man, that guy that riggins was moving in with looked like the scuzziest guy ever, so him having a meth lab is like the least surprising thing ever.  that scene was still really weird though. 

if by "weird" you mean AWESOME
I am really over the inappropriately age-differenced relationships or threats theretowards, though
also: "He's had that look since he was born."

well, by weird i meant really creepy - but carried out in a way that i definitely felt a sense of 'uggghh'.  i have a feeling they're not going to follow up on that subplot though, since it apparently inspired him to go back to football instantaneously.  hmm, i think they should have explored the riggins the football player - on meth! - storyline.  okay maybe not.  but that guy with the meth lab totally looks like har mar superstar.  

[slow west vultures]

last night they were showing a Tonight Show rerun with David Hasselhoff as the musical guest.  i really think nbc is just trying to make the public cry uncle.  "We've got a whole vault of horrific programming from the not so distant past. We'll never run out of material, so what do we have to worry about.  its you people that will have to ask the writers to surrender."

[nonotyet]

Right, the scene was really well done, and it took me a couple minutes to actually realize what was going on, because I am not terribly quick. His instantaneous need to get back on the team made sense and I loved the speech that he made, but part of me wanted him to have to work a little harder, still, just because seeing him flail without the team was compelling to me.

[Greg Nog]

My lurker-friend hadn't seen any 30 Rock, so we just watched the first six episodes.  I'd seen them before, but man oh man they hold up well.

[dieblucasdie]

yo ellaguru:

So the writers' strike has reduced me to watching Canadian television (kidding! [kind of]).  Will I be greatly impoverished if I start Da Vinci's Inquest at Season 2?  Care to give/link to a quick synopsis of S1?

[ellaguru]

yo ellaguru:

So the writers' strike has reduced me to watching Canadian television (kidding! [kind of]).  Will I be greatly impoverished if I start Da Vinci's Inquest at Season 2?  Care to give/link to a quick synopsis of S1?

You'll be fine. The episodes are mostly standalone until early season three, after that it becomes one long story.  Also, at that point it starts to become awesome. The first couple of seasons are good, but they are our little Canadian attempt to make an American cop show, basically. But early in season three they decide to stop trying to ape the Americans and start making a show that is pretty different, so the last four seasons (five, really, it changes names for the last year, but it's the same show) are great. The early ones are good, too, but not amazing.

I don't think you need too much of a recap, because they fairly standalone. DaVinci's the coroner. He's an alcoholic. He used to be a cop. He deals with the Homicide cops, mostly a young whippersnapper named Leary and his old (and scared that he's about to be forced into retirement, and everybody's out to get his job). Not all the deaths are murders, of course, but some are, so there cops and coroners.

13 - episode seasons.

Have fun. It gets better and better as it goes along.

Also, give Intelligence a try. It's available by Torrent, and we're about 3/4 of the way through season two now. And, if you can find it The Newsroom was really really good. Sort of The Office meets Larry Sanders.

[nonotyet]

HAY NEW YORK

I am sorry that I keep coming across these things the day they are happening, and this says "Advanced Reservations Sold Out" but there is a standby line, but Stephen Colbert is doing the on-strike live performance thing and it is tonight.

[dieblucasdie]

yo ellaguru:

So the writers' strike has reduced me to watching Canadian television (kidding! [kind of]).  Will I be greatly impoverished if I start Da Vinci's Inquest at Season 2?  Care to give/link to a quick synopsis of S1?

You'll be fine. The episodes are mostly standalone until early season three, after that it becomes one long story.  Also, at that point it starts to become awesome. The first couple of seasons are good, but they are our little Canadian attempt to make an American cop show, basically. But early in season three they decide to stop trying to ape the Americans and start making a show that is pretty different, so the last four seasons (five, really, it changes names for the last year, but it's the same show) are great. The early ones are good, too, but not amazing.

I don't think you need too much of a recap, because they fairly standalone. DaVinci's the coroner. He's an alcoholic. He used to be a cop. He deals with the Homicide cops, mostly a young whippersnapper named Leary and his old (and scared that he's about to be forced into retirement, and everybody's out to get his job). Not all the deaths are murders, of course, but some are, so there cops and coroners.

13 - episode seasons.

Have fun. It gets better and better as it goes along.

Also, give Intelligence a try. It's available by Torrent, and we're about 3/4 of the way through season two now. And, if you can find it The Newsroom was really really good. Sort of The Office meets Larry Sanders.

Ah, that's good then.  I was just worried about jumping into the middle of an ongoing plot.  Gracias!