Ted Cox
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'10 Items or Less' rings up too much improvJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Improvisational comedy is great in a club, where the actors feed off the audience and come up with jokes on the spot. The thing is, it's not so great in more of a sitcom...
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Laughable Golden Globes telecast reveals annual awards as usual shamJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - NBC did what it could to prop up the strike-crippled Golden Globes Sunday, but in the end it was more obvious than ever that the Globes are Hollywood's "dirty little sec...
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BCS, NFL Network down, outdoor hockey upJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Things were busy over the holidays while I was taking some time off. So to catch up, I'm just going to shake my notebook upside down and see what falls out. The Bowl Cha...
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A future hero gets a sexy new protector in 'Terminator'Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - A teen hero-to-be gets a sexy new protector in Fox's 'Sarah Connor Chronicles' Summer Glau, Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey are out to stop Skynet again in "Terminator: T...
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Late-night 'scabs' could lead to healing in writers' strikeJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - As a former Writers Guild of America union man myself, ordinarily I'd be critical of the decision Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel made to cross picket lines in ...
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Writers' strike lead to cancellation of Golden GlobesJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The Golden Globe Awards ceremony was canceled Monday when NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association couldn't reach an agreement on how to deal with the writers' st...
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'Cashmere Mafia' a comfy if decadent fitJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - In general, I don't believe in guilty pleasures. According to Your Friendly Neighborhood TV Critic's Code, if you like something, you should be able to justify it. Yet I...
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The best, 'Wire' to wireJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Forget the Hollywood writers' strike, at least for the moment. The major broadcast and cable networks have been stockpiling product, and January sees a flourish of new a...
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The best of 2007 televisionDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Television obeys its own calendar. Technically, the TV season begins in September with the return to school as families settle into new routines, then ends in the spring...
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The year in YouTube: The good, the bad and the hilariousDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - A virus is sweeping the world. The question is, is it benign, something we'll all soon adapt to, or virulent, poisoning the popular culture? I'm referring to what the en...