The Test Card Gallery
http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/testcard/index.html
The BBC and ITV have over the years used a number of tuning signals, test cards and captions either for engineering purposes, or just to fill time in the days before breakfast and daytime TV. This page shows some of them, and some of the captions used in days past.
Doctor When
https://orbitaloperations.beehiiv.com/p/doctor-when?utm_source=orbitaloperations.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=doctor-when
DOCTOR WHO is gone. STAR TREK has reached the end of its cycle. The STARGATE reboot was cancelled. The new STAR WARS film did not do well, and I believe they only have one more film in the pipeline. The MCU is not in a great place and the shape of its future will balance on the two new AVENGERS films. SUPERMAN’s takings were soft and SUPERGIRL is tracking at less than half of SUPERMAN’s opening.
And the two biggest films of the last month were made for less than a million each by directors in their twenties.
One or two swallows don’t make a summer, but right now it looks like old science fiction inflected IP is reaching a hiatus point.
The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-banal-horror-of-jimmy-fallon
This machinery of niceness reaches points of fracture, but only occasionally. The most infamous was back in September 2016, when Fallon hosted Donald Trump. He sat with the then-candidate, not to interrogate or even lampoon him, but to perform a brief, cozy skit culminating in Fallon mussing Trump’s hair. The moment was not just a lapse in judgment; it was the ultimate, logical end point of the show’s ideological structure.
seven mary three come back – WIL WHEATON dot NET
https://wilwheaton.net/2026/02/seven-mary-three-come-back/
But this is really what I wanted to tell you: I had a rough childhood, with a lot of abuse an exploitation. I was sad and scared most of the time. But whenever you were on my TV, I was happy and I was safe. I loved CHiPs so much. You were the adults I wished I’d had in my life. You guys protected people, you stood up to bullies, and the whole cast felt like a group of people who were always there for each other. I desperately wanted that in my life, and watching CHiPs got me as close to it as I could get. So I really just want to say thank you for your work and for the joyful memories you gave me.
Post by @did:plc:krowynl7cikgfdjemlv6dh4i — Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:krowynl7cikgfdjemlv6dh4i/post/3m6ytn4qmyc2r?ref_src=embed&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fnerdist.com%252Farticle%252Fhbo-max-mad-men-4k-remaster-crew-members-visible%252F
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
Hacking a weird TV censoring device - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EWIh2D1NQ
This video details the meticulous process of reverse-engineering a TV Guardian, a device designed to censor offensive language. The creator analyzes the circuit board, identifying key components and their functions. Data extraction from the ROM chip is achieved using an Arduino and careful manipulation of SPI signals.
replicate/cursedsit.com: The one where we delve in. https://cursedsit.com
https://github.com/replicate/cursedsit.com/tree/main
In an era of boundless content, cursedsit.com does not resist consumption; it accelerates it. It loops forever, not to entertain, but to expose the rhythm of our own passive viewing—the trance of comfort, the ache of endlessness. Each generated frame gestures toward human creativity while simultaneously erasing it, offering an uncanny parody of meaning. It is both satire and shrine: a monument to the algorithmic sublime and to the banality it mass-produces.
Building The DVD Logo Screensaver With LEGO | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/08/building-the-dvd-logo-screensaver-with-lego/
There’s something extremely calming and pleasing about watching a screensaver that merely bounces some kind of image around, with the DVD logo screensaver of a DVD player being a good example. The logical conclusion is thus that it would be great to replicate this screensaver in Lego, because it’d be fun and easy. That’s where [Grant Davis]’s life got flipped upside-down, as this turned out to be anything but an easy task in his chosen medium.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Is an Escalation in Every Way - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspension-late-night/684250/
Of course, mocking the sitting president has long been a cornerstone of pretty much any late-night program throughout the medium’s history. Trump has been the butt of countless jokes over the years. What’s happened to Kimmel is an escalation in every way, a chilling precedent that could have further consequences if it isn’t swiftly undone. How Kimmel himself reacts to the situation will be important—he’s a major celebrity, a multi-time emcee of the Academy Awards who’s been hosting TV shows since the 1990s. There’s a chance network television could become even more reticent to broadcast anything remotely provocative, which in turn could also inspire blowback from their audiences.
Jimmy Kimmel Live pulled after FCC threat over Charlie Kirk joke | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/780471/disney-abc-jimmy-kimmel-live-charlie-kirk
Disney and ABC have pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off air “indefinitely” after FCC chairman Brendan Carr threatened to pull the broadcast licenses of any station that aired his show over comments Kimmel made about the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk.
HulkOutList
https://www.kennethjohnson.us/hulkoutlist/
Kenny writes..."While directing on JAG I was privileged to work with a brilliant Assistant Director named Kevin Koster. He has an amazing memory. He's able to tell you instantly all the details of every single JAG episode. -- Kevin's also a serious Hulk fan, and he gifted me with this list of EVERY reason that Dr. David Banner was driven to Hulk out. It makes very funny reading. Two of my personal faves have always been #20 & #47.
Jerrold Cable TV Boxes - The Retroist
https://www.retroist.com/p/jerrold-cable-tv-boxes
How a Simple Cable Box and an Innovative Company Shaped Our TV Experience and Revolutionized an Industry
5 Years Later, The Most Ambitious Superhero Show Ever Has Never Been Surpassed
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/legion-finale-5-year-anniversary
Highlight:A TV show retconning its entire story in its final moments would seem, on paper, like a creatively frustrating move for viewers — one that runs the risk of invalidating the emotions they'd felt watching its previous episodes. And yet Legion's finale does not elicit frustration or disappointment. Instead, there is something — like David suggests — both mad and graceful about how the show wraps up its story because it chooses to earnestly argue that anyone can change, grow, and improve.
"This is the end. The beginning. The end." Five years ago, the most experimental, radical, and underrated superhero show in TV history saved its boldest swerve for its finale.
The buttons on Zenith’s original ‘clicker’ TV remote were a mechanical marvel - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/23810061/zenith-space-command-remote-control-button-of-the-month
The Zenith Space Command, one of the first wireless television remotes ever to exist, is a monument to a time before we took the remote for granted. It also just so happened to contain one of the most influential and intriguing buttons in history.
Matchstick Brings Firefox OS to Your HDTV: Be the First to get a Developer Stick ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/09/matchstick-brings-firefox-os-to-your-hdtv-be-the-first-to-get-a-developer-stick/
The first HDMI streaming stick powered by Firefox OS has arrived. It’s called Matchstick and we’re looking for your help to create apps for this new device.
Matchstick Brings Firefox OS to Your HDTV: Be the First to get a Developer Stick ✩ Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/09/matchstick-brings-firefox-os-to-your-hdtv-be-the-first-to-get-a-developer-stick
The first HDMI streaming stick powered by Firefox OS has arrived. It’s called Matchstick and we’re looking for your help to create apps for this new device.
Main/Growing the Beard - Television Tropes & Idioms
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrowingTheBeard
The opposite of Jumping the Shark, Growing the Beard is the definitive moment when a television series begins to become noticeably better in quality.
NextDraft: Adolescence in the Age of Pay-Per-Minute Porn
http://nextdraft.com/2010/09/08/adolescence-in-the-age-of-pay-per-minute-porn/
The four-finger method worked for seven days. And during that unforgettable week, my neighborhood shut down. Nerf footballs sat untouched on driveway blacktops, tumbleweed rolled across emptied bike paths, dust gathered on Intellivision gaming consoles, zero progress was made on bar mitzvah haftorah portions.
NextDraft: Adolescence in the Age of Pay-Per-Minute Porn
http://nextdraft.com/2010/09/08/adolescence-in-the-age-of-pay-per-minute-porn
The four-finger method worked for seven days. And during that unforgettable week, my neighborhood shut down. Nerf footballs sat untouched on driveway blacktops, tumbleweed rolled across emptied bike paths, dust gathered on Intellivision gaming consoles, zero progress was made on bar mitzvah haftorah portions.
The New Anime Series You Absolutely Need to Be Watching
http://io9.com/the-new-anime-series-you-absolutely-need-to-be-watching-472686117
soundcloud.com
https://soundcloud.com/lmorchard/a-mistake-is-when-you-knock-up
Snipped from a clip of some "scared straight" show shown on The Soup
NBCUniversal, Hearst Corp. Close Deal to Rebrand G4 as Esquire Channel - The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbcuniversal-hearst-corp-close-deal-399481
In its bid for the largely untapped metrosexual viewership, NBCUniversal is set to rebrand G4 channel as the Esquire channel.
HDMI-CEC - MythTV Official Wiki
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/HDMI-CEC
HDMI-CEC is a device control protocol that runs over HDMI cables.
It allows rudimentary control over HDMI-CEC aware devices - these devices oftern have vendor-specific names for the protocol, such as AnyNet+ for Samsung devices.
Pulse-Eight. Control your TV from XBMC, or vice versa! USB - CEC Adapter
http://www.pulse-eight.com/store/products/104-usb-hdmi-cec-adapter.aspx
All modern TVs support HDMI-CEC a technology that allows devices to talk with each other over the HDMI cable, using this feature this adapter will send and receive remote key presses to XBMC or MythTV or Windows Media Centre or any other app that supports libCEC on your PC
There's going to be an Inspector Spacetime web series!
http://io9.com/5886382/theres-going-to-be-an-inspector-spacetime-web-series
Word out of the Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention is that there is going to be a web series of Community's Who-parody show Inspector Spacetime. It sounds like it won't be Donald Glover and Danny Pudi in the starring roles, however. Travis Richey, who plays the Inspector on the show within a show will be producing six episodes. [bessyboo via Charlie Jane]
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 47 year old television signals bouncing back to Earth
http://www.rimmell.com/bbc/news.htm
A BBC team have been working closely with Dr Venn's team to help recover the signals. BBC Television historian Peter Wells, explained "We now know these are original broadcasts. So far we have recovered about 7 weeks of old television signals from space. Every day in our lab is like traveling back in time. And speaking of which we have just started the digital recovery of signals that contain lost Doctor Who episodes.
How to Rediscover the Obscure TV Shows and Movies that Made Your Childhood Weird
http://io9.com/5863935/how-to-rediscover-the-obscure-tv-shows-and-movies-that-made-your-childhood-weird
It's usually pretty easy to track down most big Hollywood releases and major TV shows on DVD, or on Netflix. But what about those works that aren't popular enough for mass production, such as old TV movies, pilots that never made it to air, or lost films that only a die-hard film fan could appr...
Plan to Revive Two ABC Soap Operas Collapses - NYTimes.com
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/plan-collapses-for-reviving-all-my-children-and-one-life-to-live
After four months of negotiations with actors, producers and unions, the company, Prospect Park, said Wednesday that it had suspended its efforts because of financial challenges. In a statement, it said that contractual demands from the unions “coupled with the program’s inherent economic challenges” led to the decision.
'Pete & Pete' Reunion: Cast, Creative Crew Reunite In Los Angeles
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/pete-and-pete-reunion-cast_n_1107314.html
There's a reason why a certain generation looks back on "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" with a vast fondness and nostalgia that reaches almost mythic proportions: the show was all about looking back on childhood with a vast fondness and nostalgia in mythic proportions.
For the first time since the show ended in 1996, the cast and creative crew behind the early Nickelodeon cult hit reunited for a panel to look back on their now iconic work. Both Petes -- older TV brother Mike Maronna and the younger, stranger TV brother Danny Tamberelli -- were in attendance on Saturday at LA's Cinefamily, as were creators Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi and a host of other cast members.
Michele Bachmann’s Entrance On Jimmy Fallon? The Fishbone Song ‘Lyin’ Ass Bitch’ | Mediaite
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/michele-bachmanns-entrance-music-on-jimmy-fallon-was-lyin-ass-bitch-song
Earlier this morning, our own Nando Di Fino critiqued Michele Bachmann’s appearance on last night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon by saying that that the first half of her segment, when she discussed her family life and Thanksgiving, was much better than her second, where she attempted to make “stale, rehearsed political humor.” However, it now seems that her spot on the show was tainted from the very beginning thanks to a sly commentary from Fallon’s house band, The Roots. In case anyone watching the show was curious why Bachmann’s entrance music appeared to be a rocking ska song, the song’s title, “Lyin’ Ass Bitch,” might explain things.
Netflix, Fox ready to resurrect Arrested Development as a streaming exclusive in 2013 - Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/18/netflix-fox-ready-to-resurrect-arrested-development-as-a-stream
The Bluth family has been off TV since Arrested Development was cancelled by Fox back in 2006, but after protracted rumors and a reported bidding war the show is ready to return as a Netflix-exclusive series. New episodes should be available in the first half of 2013 and represent another serious push into original content after Netflix signed up House of Cards, which will debut next year. The details are in the press release after the break, including interesting quotes from Fox execs celebrating this "new business model" allowing them to bring back another show, after Family Guy and Futurama made similar trips back from the dead with great success. After a summer of cancellations and PR gaffes, this should bring back goodwill at least from fans of this show, and likely heat up the campaigns to save other gone-too-soon TV shows. So what's next to get the Flatliners treatment? Firefly? Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles? Dollhouse? Community (six seasons and a movie!)?
'The Munsters' Could Return, but as an Hourlong Drama - NYTimes.com
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/the-munsters-could-return-but-as-an-hourlong-drama
NBC has ordered a pilot of a new version of the 1960s sitcom “The Munsters,” reconceived as an hourlong drama, specifically, the network said Wednesday night, a “visually spectacular one-hour drama.”
NBC Rebooting “The Munsters” — Slice of SciFi
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2011/11/17/nbc-rebooting-the-munsters
NBC is desperate for a hit. And with vampires and werewolves being all the rage these days, they’re looking back to a staple of syndication, The Munsters.
NBCs mid-season schedule benches Community, kills Prime Suspect, brings back 30 Rock - HitFix.com
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/nbcs-mid-season-schedule-benches-community-kills-prime-suspect-brings-back-30-rock
"Community" is a mess ratings-wise, but it's one of NBC's few shows that still draws largely unabashed love from critics (and from its shrinking but passionate group of fans). Pulling it off the schedule temporarily given the ratings is understandable; pulling it off the schedule while leaving "Whitney" on is not. Either show is going to do the same pathetic numbers on Wednesdays at 8 - away from its "Office" cocoon, "Whitney" could easily do worse than "Community" would - and one move at least buys continued goodwill from the press and viewers, whereas there's no one outside the immediate families of Whitney Cummings and Chris D'Elia who will be happy that show continues to air, week after week.
Britta'd it | MetaFilter
http://www.metafilter.com/109464/Brittad-it
NBC's Community is being put on hiatus. Twitter is pissed.
Boxee Box may integrate live TV via USB dongle, push the definition of 'awesome' to a new level -- Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/boxee-box-may-integrate-live-tv-via-usb-dongle-push-the-definit
Talking the Monster to Death - Television Tropes & Idioms
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TalkingTheMonsterToDeath
The hero has cornered the vicious monster. It's taken out everyone who has confronted it thus far, and the hero seems like no exception.
That's when the hero, rather than drawing a sword, pulls out his cue cards. He begins a speech about the good things in life, the wonders of good, how Humans Are Special and the monster should respect that, yadda yadda, could someone hit the mute button please?
And it works. This hideous monster surrenders, lets itself die, chooses to Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence, disappears in a Puff of Logic, or what-have-you.
Conan O'Brien officiates first same-sex marriage on a late night TV show - Boing Boing
http://boingboing.net/2011/11/04/conan-obrien-officiates-first-same-sex-marriage-on-a-late-night-tv-show.html
Conan O'Brien officiated the first same-sex marriage on a late-night TV show last night. It was the wedding of "CONAN" costume designer Scott Cronick and his partner David Gorshein. Bravo's Andy Cohen walked Scott down the aisle on stage at the Beacon Theater. "The wedding was performed while...
Watch Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, Moby, and Stephen Merritt sing Rocky Horror
http://io9.com/5855635/watch-neil-gaiman-amanda-palmer-moby-and-stephen-merritt-sing-rocky-horror
Wow, it's all our favorite people singing our favorite song. While on Craig Ferguson's show, this amazing quartet made up of our favorite author, a Dresden Doll, part of The Magnetic Fields, and Moby sang "Science Fiction Double Feature" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Try not to pass out.
“I finally cracked it” – Marco.org
http://www.marco.org/2011/10/23/the-apple-tv-set
If all they do is make a really nice TV set like everyone else’s, it’ll probably be as interesting as the Airport Extreme: a nice product in its category, but not exciting or scaring the crap out of anyone.
But if they’ve managed to pull off something more interesting, I’d hate to be in the TV business when it’s released.
The 8 Strangest TV Shows Ideas Ever Made
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-strangest-tv-shows-ideas-ever-made
Thanks to the Web, Homes Without Cable Will Triple by 2016
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/home_without_cable_subscriptions_increase.php
Comcast testing pay-per-package, still afraid of a-la-carte
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/07/comcast-testing-pay-per-package-still-afraid-of-a-la-carte
(ethosophical) The Journey of Magnitude [Community] A Tribute to The King of Pop Pop! - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QkRznlJiek
NBC Cancels The Playboy Club [Television]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/LEJZYpNL2jU/nbc-cancels-the-playboy-club
Samsung Warns of 3-D TV Health Concerns - ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/samsung-warns-tv-health-concerns/story?id=10395409
""We do not recommend watching 3-D if you are in bad physical condition, need sleep or have been drinking alcohol," it says, adding that consumers should not place 3-D TVs near open stairwells, cables or other objects that could injure disoriented viewers. "
A Return To 'Twin Peaks' | Airlock Alpha
http://airlockalpha.com/feature/7312/a-return-to-twin-peaks.html
"After all, like the Black Lodge's dancing dwarf said, that gum is coming back in style."
Twin Peaks: How Laura Palmer's death marked the rebirth of TV drama | Feature | Television & radio | The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/21/twin-peaks-twenty-years-on
"Twin Peaks was a sensation from the moment it first aired… and still, 20 years later, the influence of David Lynch's groundbreaking series can be felt in TV drama, from The Sopranos through to Lost. Here we relive its surreal appeal and ask six veterans of the show for their memories"
MacFarlane special loses Microsoft - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010418.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
"For most of the special, however, MacFarlane and Borstein made typical "Family Guy"-style jokes, including riffs on deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest.
Such material was apparently a bit much for Microsoft."
1980s TV Theme Songs; wav files. Brought to you by Triplets and Us
http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/tv_theme_wav.htm
Home Page - Television Tropes & Idioms
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
"This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. We dip into the cauldron of story, whistle up a hearty spoonful and splosh it in front of you to devour to your heart's content. "
TiVo Elbows Into Living Rooms With Recording Patent (Update1) - Bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a2d0e1TXcCuc
Good for them, I
Backup Brain
http://www.backupbrain.com/2009_05_31_archive.html#a005218
Hulu - Labs: Hulu Desktop
http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop
"Hulu Desktop is a lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer. It features a sleek new look that's optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to navigate Hulu's entire library with just six buttons. For users without remotes, the application is keyboard and mouse-enabled. Hulu Desktop is a downloadable application and will work on PCs and Macs. It will initially launch as a beta product during which we plan to gather and incorporate user feedback to improve the service."
Boxee, Used to View Web on TV, Generates Buzz - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/technology/internet/17video.html?_r=2&emc=rss&partner=rss
Retro Television Network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_Television_Network
"The Retro Television Network (RTN) is a system of television stations primarily airing classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1980s, such as Leave it to Beaver, Kojak, McHale's Navy, Adam-12, Emergency!, and The Rockford Files.The network is specifically designed to air on a digital subchannel for a local broadcast station, allowing channels an easy way to expand their programming options. With the 2009 switch to digital television drawing closer, RTN has added many affiliates in 2007 and 2008."
WARNING !!! TED MOSBY IS A JERK
http://tedmosbyisajerk.com
Sources: Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Canceled - E! Online
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b69940_sources_daisies_eli_dsm_canceled.html
Damn. The crappy new Knight Rider continues on, yet shows like Pushing Daisies and Wonderfalls get cancelled. ""I think the writers’ strike did it," Chenoweth (Daisies' Olive Snook) tells us tonight of the cancellation. "I think that the ratings for all the shows are poor this year, and it’s not what the networks were hoping for. I’m not sure why ABC decided to ax our show. I know they don’t own us, so I know that probably has something to do with it, but who knows?""
Pushing Daisies: Six Ways Pushing Daisies Made Your Inner Nerd Cry Tears of Geeky Joy
http://io9.com/5089795/six-ways-pushing-daisies-made-your-inner-nerd-cry-tears-of-geeky-joy
"Nerds are renowned the world over for our extensive knowledge of possibly useless trivia, our obsessive devotion to our favorite books and films, and our resulting difficulties communicating with non-nerds. Thanks to modern internet culture, however, these days everyone is a nerd. And nowhere is that more evident than in these great moments from troubled urban fantasy show Pushing Daisies — where our hero is a Jedi wannabee slash zombie rights activist, and our Japanese-speaking heroine reads everything in sight."
Pushing Daisies: Why Pushing Daisies Is The Best TV Show You're Not Watching
http://io9.com/5072618/why-pushing-daisies-is-the-best-tv-show-youre-not-watching
All of you bastards out there need to start watching this show. "I wish that headline wasn't true, but the ratings back me up; not enough people are watching ABC's Pushing Daisies. Bryan Fuller's secretly twisted yet romantic detective show may bring the dead back to life on a regular basis, but it also goes out of its way to prove Isaac Newton and Stan Lee right every week as well. Hilarious, more cynical than you might expect and with the best ensemble cast on television right now, we're giving you four reasons why it's time to put your preconceptions aside and get onboard the Pie Wagon before it's too late."
A thought on 10 foot browser interfaces - RussellBeattie.com
http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/a-thought-on-10-foot-browser-interfaces
"you know how more and more sites out there are adopting a m.* mobile version, tailored for smaller screens? Why don't the video sites out there start adopting tv.* versions of their interfaces, tailored to people using the site from their couch?"
Whiz Kids (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(TV_series)
"The show was about the adventures of a group of teenagers who worked as amateur computer experts and detectives. The series was inspired by the movie WarGames."
The Price is Right, loser horns
http://www.wavcentral.com/sounds/televis/price_is_right/tpirhorns.mp3
The Prisoner: The Prisoner May Be The One Scifi Show Worth Remaking
http://io9.com/5015708/the-prisoner-may-be-the-one-scifi-show-worth-remaking
"Yay, finally a new scifi remake that deserves some attention. It's a simple idea that can easily be translated and updated without butchering the plot or ideas of the original. "
Shadow Unit
http://www.shadowunit.org/origin.html
"The show I was imagining had never aired. But why couldn't I write episodes for it? Why couldn't I write fan fiction for a show that didn't exist?"
NetFlix: First Netflix Streaming Box Review, $100 and Unlimited Downloads!
http://gizmodo.com/389698/first-netflix-streaming-box-review-100-and-unlimited-downloads
"First of all, the box is 99 bucks, ... Any Netflix disc mailing plan over $9 gets you unlimited streaming of almost 10,000 titles."
Carson Beckett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Beckett
"Mallozzi said that he regretted killing off Dr. Beckett after he saw the fans' reactions, and thought up a way to bring him back."
We Now Conclude Our Broadcast Day | Dirty World News
http://www.dirtyworldnews.com/2007/12/we_now_conclude_our_broadcast_day.php
"I've been having a blast digging through the dozens of videos on YouTube depicting TV sign-off messages throughout the years, back before most stations broadcasted on a 24-hour programming schedule."
YouTube - Street Hawk: Intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCItnKrXvMM
"intro of "Street Hawk" tv-show"
TiVo drops word of updated TiVo with full two-way functionality - Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/29/tivo-drops-word-of-updated-tivo-with-full-two-way-functionality
"it'd give you access to cable video-on-demand, and other two-way services that have been previously off-limits to TiVo users"
YouTube - Twitter in CSI
http://youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=YT5yCnEr8kQ
"Twitter in CSI (S08EP07)"
Video: Prince Of Persia Butchered In "Life" - GayGamer.net
http://gaygamer.net/2007/11/video_prince_of_persia_butcher.html
"Now, here's the funny part: in order to access the Excel files containing all the records of drug-trafficking and cash locations, it seems that players have to reach "level 10""
Japan's Reality-TV Gamer Just Keeps Playing and Playing and Playing...
http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/magazine/15-11/pl_games
"the Japanese reality show Game Center CX. The concept is that Arino must defeat the most difficult videogames ever made."
James Hibberd - Joss Whedon Returns to Fox With New Series 'Dollhouse' - TVWeek - Blogs
http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/james-hibberd/2007/10/joss_whedon_returns_to_fox_wit.php
"Joss Whedon, the creator of acclaimed cult favorites “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel” and “Firefly,” is returning to Fox and reuniting with “Buffy” regular Eliza Dushku for a new action-drama called “Dollhouse.”"
Funny or Die Videos - Weng Weng Rap - by rroom
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2620
"Only 2 foot '9 inches tall, Weng Weng fights crime in the Phillippines as Agent 00. "
James Hibberd - 'Babylon Fields'—CBS’ Buried Zombie Necrophilia Pilot Unearthed - TVWeek - Blogs
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."
Tubewad - Television New Knight Rider for NBC with Bourne's Liman directing
http://www.tubewad.com/new-i-knight-rider-i-for-nbc-with-i-bourne-i-s-liman-directing-2146-p.html
"The article states that the goal is to make the show a "Transformers-inspired reworking" of the role that The Hoff made famous."
SF Signal: Can The Sci Fi Channel Be Saved?
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/005639.html
"SF fans should be flocking to the Sci Fi Channel. But they aren't. And it's not the fans' fault."
NBC Recharges 'American Gladiators' - Redo of '90s syndicated show on midseason track - Zap2it
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcremakesamericangladiators,0,2727798.story?track=rss
""American Gladiators" is returning to television, bringing all its spandex-clad glory not to syndication but to network primetime."
E! - Kristin's Blog - Exclusive! Veronica Canceled -
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/blog/index.jsp?uuid=6bcc5753-bc66-41f4-8283-131667132231
"With actual tears in my eyes, I must tell you that I’ve heard from several solid sources that the CW has decided not to bring Veronica Mars back for a fourth season."
Saved by the Bell - Jessie-1.wav (audio/x-wav Object)
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/8782/Jessie-1.wav
"I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'M SO SCARED!"
By Ken Levine: How FRASIER came to be
http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-frasier-came-to-be.html
"Hello, everybody from beautiful Los Angeles, California. Peter Casey here, co-creator of FRASIER."
Deep Jive Interests ? Yahoo’s Blog Takes Its Blogging Lumps, Like a Real Blog Should
http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/12/03/yahoos-blog-takes-its-blogging-lumps-like-a-real-blog-should
"by allowing full comments, and better yet, responding to some of them, you gain a valuable sense of integrity and, as loathe as I am to type these words, “street cred” "
Wired News: Masi Oka: Coder, Actor, Hero
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,71984-0.html?tw=rss.index
Both a programmer for ILM and a star of the series Heroes
The Buffy and Angel Trivia Guide // Bored now
http://www.restlessbtvs.com/trivia/bored-now
"Willow’s vampire self from an alternate universe used “Bored now” as her favourite phrase in Doppelg‽ngland. Willow repeats this line in Villains. "
This is your ass on drugs. By Seth Stevenson - Slate Magazine
http://slate.com/id/2150334
"The new case against pot? It makes you lazy."
DragonConTV (DCTV)
http://www.dragoncontv.com
"Dragon*ConTV videos spoof everything from Star Wars & Star Trek to obscure sci-fi." And they have a video podcast feed.
And the Buffy goes to... BSG
http://salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/26/buffy/index.html
GateWorld - Cooper: SG-1 will go on
http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/08/cooper_isg-1i_will_go_on.shtml
"Don't count Stargate SG-1 out just yet. Though SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running series (story), the show's producers are hard at work looking for a new outlet for the story to continue"
SCI FI Wire | SG-1 Ends Run; Atlantis Back
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=37607
"SCI FI Channel confirmed that it will not renew its record-breaking original series Stargate SG-1 for another season"
Wired News: TechTV Reborn as 'UndoTV'
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71595-0.html?tw=rss.index
"We're undoing TechTV's untimely and unwarranted demise"
Dog Bones: I Am Moving To Japan
http://dogbonesbackyard.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-am-moving-to-japan.html
"Here is a tongue twister, say it correctly or get hit in the nuts. Like peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches and Snakes On A Plane, you know exactly what you're getting and if you don't like it then that is your problem."
Brad Choate: Pulling the cable plug
http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2006/07/20/pulling-the-cable-plug
"today we’re without cable again, but not because we can’t afford it."
YouTube - Wierd Al Interviews Eminem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJnVQ-uBxIM
"From Wierd Al's TV show a few years back. Pretty funny."
"Otherworld" (1985)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0088587
"Thrown into another dimension, a family must keep ahead of a tyrannical state's hunters while searching for a way home."
The Self-Destruction of Cartoon Network at Forever Geek
http://forevergeek.com/cartoons/the_selfdestruction_of_cartoon_network.php
"In only five years the network has disintegrated into everything that made MTV a laughing stock among music fans."
Unbundling US channels will change the face of TV | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/25/us_tv_unbundling_push
"US Presidential hopeful John McCain is pushing the idea of la carte pricing to the US Senate."
West 116th Street: Why You Too Should Cancel Cable
http://www.columbia.edu/~ip71/w116/2006/03/why-you-too-should-cancel-cable.html
"The benefits of such a change will be tremendous. We will become smarter, more informed, and less prone to commercial manipulation."
"The Office" Working Overtime - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060318/en_tv_eo/18596
"NBC has announced that 10 mini-episodes of The Office will premiere this summer not on the mothership network but only on NBC.com."
Split Reflections
http://www.jessandtess.com/2006/02/a_little_sedate.html#comments
Erm, it's a blog by a split personality character on ABC's One Life to Live. With comments.
NPR : Mitch Hurwitz, Creator of 'Arrested Development'
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4987832
"Mitch Hurwitz is the creator and executive producer of the TV series Arrested Development."
Jon’s Thoughts On Everything » RSS + Bittorrent + Xbmc == Bliss
http://jonsthoughtsoneverything.com/2005/02/28/rss-bittorrent-xbmc-bliss
"I wanted to take a second and explain exactly how I’m using RSS and Bittorrent to download the television shows I watch, otherwise known as broadcatching."
Dancing with the Stars - Negatendo.Net
http://www.negatendo.net/blosxom.cgi/me/michelle_watching_dancing_with_the_stars.writeback#writeback
"How would you like that, honey? Shoving quarters up your ass and making you dance?"
kafsemo.org: 2006-01-23: Larry Sanders and Dr. Katz (SPARQL and Mivvi)
http://www.kafsemo.org/2006/01/23.html
Use RDF and Sparql to find which actors were in what episodes of each of two shows.
Epeus' epigone - Kevin Marks weblog - Live TV is dead, and we're noticing the smell
http://epeus.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_epeus_archive.html#113657665445571085
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=34141
"SCI FI Channel announced Jan. 12 that it will air the first season of the BBC's hit SF series Doctor Who, starting in March."
Podtropolis - The iPod Tracker
http://www.podtropolis.com
Seems like a lot of work for something that'll probably just get squashed. But maybe it's a good view of the future?
mmeiser blog: An open invite to David Cross and the Arrested Development Crew
http://mmeiser.com/blog/2005/11/open-invite-to-david-cross-and.html
"...David Cross hits the nail on the head in this clip which seems to be a tailor made reponse to Fox who yesterday pulled the plug on the critically acclaimed show"
The Clicker: Television Physics and the $1.99 price point - Engadget - www.engadget.com
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000250065426
"Is it possible that the economics of television assume a passive audience that’s willing to watch ANYTHING as long as they don’t need to move?"
Boing Boing: TiVo breaks devices, then charges you $150 if you don't like the new deal
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/24/tivo_breaks_devices_.html
"it's a funny kind of contract that is renegotiated at the whim of one side, who can unilaterally change the deal whenever he feels like it, and which you can't get out of if you decide that the new deal isn't one that you like"
max s. gerber: mr. wizard
http://www.msgphoto.com/notables2/mrwizard.html
"my time with mr. wizard was brief, but still. . ."
TeeVee Archive - Mars Rising
http://www.teevee.org/archive/2005/05/13/index.html
"Slayer similarities or not, Veronica Mars is one hell of a show."
MAKE: Blog: Photos from the EFF's "Build-In"!
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/02/photos_from_the.html
"...using the open source MythTV from the KnoppMyth Linux distribution and the pcHDTV HD-3000 HD card, which will only be legal to buy up until July of 2005." That reminds me...
Sci Fi Wire -- Le Guin Blasts SCI FI's Earthsea
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-12/17/11.00.books=
SciFi's response goes something like this: "Whatever, Le Guin. 13 million suckers watched our ads, so who cares?"
Retro TV themes
http://www.vandegrift.net/evert/retro.html
Wow. There are a lot on here that I never heard of. And I'm frightened by how many I know by heart.
Punk Rocker Rotten on Reality TV Show
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/britain_johnny_rotten
"As Johnny Rotten once snarled, 'Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'"
FAMILY GUY creator confirms TV return of Stewie and family
http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?action=page&aff_id=0&cat_id=270355&obj_id=40626&this_cat=Television&type_id=
90% Crud: Daniel, Daniel, Daniel
http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/linkage/daniel_daniel_daniel.php
Daniel is excited about our consumer culture!
How to Keep the TV Off: Suggestions from TV-free families
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2003/11/15/56839.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news