/tags/cbs/ Recent bookmarks tagged #cbs Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:53 +0000 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2011/11/28/111128crte_television_nussbaum?currentPage=all The problem is that “Whitney” is a terrible show, though in ways that resonate with our culture’s debates about women and humor. Like so many comedians on TV, Cummings plays an off-brand version of herself, an acerbic photographer with a live-in boyfriend. She resists pressure to marry; she and her dude bicker over household habits; they party with friends at a local night club. But, while Cummings is lacerating and deadpan, her fictional avatar reminds me less of Roseanne, or even of Silverman, than of someone much older: Lucille Ball.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #cbs #comedy #entertainment #nbc #television #whitneycummings</p> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:24:26 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:19830 cbs comedy entertainment nbc television whitneycummings http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/james-hibberd/2007/10/babylon_fieldscbss_buried_zomb.php "The show explores the emotional and societal ramification of loved ones coming back from the dead. You know, like in “Pet Sematary.” But by the end of the episode, the zombie thriller is crossed with a crime procedural."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #cbs #entertainment #tv #zombies</p> Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:08:07 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:9794 cbs entertainment tv zombies http://blog.last.fm/2007/05/30/lastfm-acquired-by-cbs "Today, Last.fm was acquired by CBS, a company who had the first commercial radio station in the US, ran a record label (CBS Records), and amongst other things are responsible for several respected TV series (CBS on Wikipedia)."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #acquisitions #cbs #lastfm #social #web20</p> Thu, 31 May 2007 14:57:18 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:9140 acquisitions cbs lastfm social web20