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Work of Art Recap

I stopped blogging about Work of Art because it was starting to irritate me, but now that the show is down to the final three, I’m intrigued again. Left are Abdi, Miles, and Peregrine—two hipsters in desperate need of a brush and Abdi, dear Abdi; bright, funny, and genuine, Abdi. Read More | Comment »

2:21PM Thu. Aug. 5, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Los Premios 2010 Around the Bend

Los Premios, you ask?

Hosted by local Univision affiliate KAKW, Los Premios Texas is the music awards show that originates in Austin, but is transmitted to Univision carriers across the nation, making Premios Texas the only nationally televised awards show to originate from Austin. Read More | Comment »

12:27PM Wed. Jul. 28, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Go Austin!

Austin is among the five cities nominated as a Do Something City in VH1's 2010 Do Something Awards:
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1:22PM Fri. Jul. 16, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Work of Art Recap

I've been out of it due to knee surgery but I did tune into the last episode of Work of Art on Bravo. Ok, what I really want to know is: how can a reality show bent on exposing the world to fine art, be so boring and conventional? Read More | 3 Comments »

7:45PM Mon. Jul. 12, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts...

Well, we’re not going to say “can’t lose” because we don’t want to jinx this thing, but kudos to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for finally – finally! – showing Friday Night Lights some love. Read More | Comment »

4:49PM Fri. Jul. 9, 2010, Kimberley Jones

Still in the Game

In news that will make Wire-heads explode like, um, rockets over Fort McHenry, the Austin Film Festival just announced that it will bestow its Outstanding Television Writer award on the one and only, his honor David Simon, at this year's festival. Read More | Comment »

3:01PM Wed. Jun. 30, 2010, Cindy Widner

Work of Art Recap

Will you take a look at this mess? This is all that artist Judith could muster on the last episode of Work of Art on Bravo. Yeah. I’m watching it. Dissecting it. Loving and hating it. Read More | Comment »

4:09PM Thu. Jun. 24, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Local to Be the Next Oprah?

Austinite Zach Anner wants to be the next daytime talk show star and by all indications, he has a serious shot.

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11:55AM Tue. Jun. 15, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Texas Baseball Flashes Sideways

On the television series Lost, the final season used a unique storytelling device. As a devoted Lost nerd, I will try to be as minimally dorky as possible while I explain this device so that all of you who didn’t watch the greatest drama on network television ever can follow along. A Lost history lesson and Texas baseball commentary (I promise) after the jump … Read More | Comment »

6:14PM Tue. Jun. 8, 2010, Will Eidam

Cena Nation

In pro wrestling, they call it pop. That's when the audience goes wild for a wrestler, and when the capacity crowd at the Frank Erwin Center popped for John Cena during Monday's WWE show, they were cheering for one of the most popular mass entertainers alive today. Read More | Comment »

1:34PM Wed. Jun. 2, 2010, Richard Whittaker

WWE Versus Kutcher

Almost exactly a year after the last time it came through Austin, World Wrestling Entertainment is back and it's bringing Ashton Kutcher with it. Really. Read More | Comment »

11:35PM Sun. May. 30, 2010, Richard Whittaker

Blood Lust

Days before its new season premiere, HBO offers a taste of what’s coming with a free public event: the True Blood Ultimate Fan Experience. Read More | Comment »

4:34PM Thu. May. 27, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Attack of the TV Production in Texas

Just a few short weeks after Belinda Acosta's Chronicle cover story on Friday Night Lights wondered if Austin could become a sustainable center for television production, all signs point to yes. Okay, one sign. Read More | Comment »

3:21PM Fri. May. 14, 2010, Kimberley Jones

Isaac on Line 2: It Could Be You

Bravo's strident answer to its lost "Project Runway" may not be the best showcase for co-host Isaac Mizrahi's otherwise Unzipped eye-rolling, but "The Fashion Show" still offers plenty to sink your teeth into on a school night. Read More | Comment »

1:37AM Tue. May. 4, 2010, Anne Harris

'FNL' Star Drops Some Education

Saying that tears will be shed during a Friday Night Lights episode is like saying you’ll likely sweat in Austin this summer (meaning: derr). But boy did we drip some XL salties during the Collette women’s heart to heart in Season 3 ep A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall. That was the work of professionals – and now Mama Collette is sharing that professional wisdom. Read More | Comment »

11:39AM Fri. Apr. 23, 2010, Kimberley Jones

TV-Related Panels at SXSWi

It’s just as well "The Future of Your Digital Living Room" panel was canceled. Frankly, all the TV-related panels I’ve sat in on have been enormously annoying, if not downright depressing. Read More | Comment »

4:43PM Wed. Mar. 17, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Austinites Clean up in Shark Tank

Maybe you've never seen the ABC reality series Shark Tank where fledgling entrepreneurs hope to get some much needed cash support from a panel of loaded investors. Read More | Comment »

12:11PM Mon. Jan. 18, 2010, Belinda Acosta

Who's on Mars

Call it the home field advantage: British fans of, yes, the beloved British sci fi series Doctor Who will have a 24-hour head start on the sendoff to Tenth Doctor David Tennant, The End of Time, which airs on BBC America on Dec. 26. Read More | Comment »

12:24PM Fri. Dec. 18, 2009, Kimberley Jones

This Season's Funniest New Show, 'The League'

I'll start by saying I haven't seen Glee and Modern Family, but it's safe to say this year's funniest new show is FX Networks' The League. Laugh-out-loud politically incorrect humor that pushes the bar of what's acceptable even in the murky waters of cable TV. Read More | Comment »

3:30PM Thu. Dec. 3, 2009, Mark Fagan

News Corp. fans take on the evils of Sesame Street
 

Fox Versus Grouch

Pity poor Fox News. Not only are those poor, defenseless wretches being bullied by those nasty White House socialists, but now Sesame Street is ganging up on them. Read More | Comment »

3:32PM Tue. Nov. 10, 2009, Richard Whittaker

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