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Switch Hitter: Shark Tank

Ah, reality TV, that niche of the television industry most rife with pedestals and pitfalls.  For every Masterchef there’s a Bachelor, for every Amazing Race there’s a Long Island Medium, for every Big Brother 14 there’s a Big Brother 15.  Shark Tank, Mark Cuban’s foray into the medium, borrows much of the schlock from the…

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Homeland S3E12 Review, “Marine One”

So, those of us who have stuck it out know by now that season 3 crashed and burned.  There was the laughably bad back and forth between Mrs. and Dana Brody, which only ended up serving as filler for the first 5 episodes.  There was the slightest glimpse of character development for Quinn and F.…

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Joel’s Daily 12/13/13

12/04-Chelsea Lately-E! -This is another show that I hate-watch to get celebrity news and gossip.  But every once in a while, there’s a comedian on the panel that I like. -Like Matt Braunger! -A study reveals that marraiges that last the longest are ones in which both partners are heavy drinkers.  haha, what? -There’s an…

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Joel’s Daily-12/12/13

12/12-Jeopardy-ABC -Told you guys.  I watch a lot of game shows.  I’m a sucker for people winning stuff.  I think I could win this shit with a quick buzzer thumb. -TV Bars & Saloons?  At least challenge me here, Trebek.  Swept that one. -I usually slay at the wordplay categories and quotation ones, too -Thank…

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Homeland S3E11 Review, “Big Man in Tehran”

So, Homeland has actively begun to anger me. Yes, this week’s episode was a nice follow up to last week’s episode for the percentage of the audience that enjoys Bruckheimer films, American cheese, and the smell of a locker room.  There’s something to be said for each of those things, I suppose, who am I…

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Joel’s Daily: 12/8/13

12/08-Saturday Night Live “Paul Rudd; One Direction”-NBC -How much do I love Paul Rudd?  I dunno, the maximum amount? -Uh oh, off to a poor start with a Kristen Wiig cameo as the awful baby handed girl from the Lawrence Welk sketches -Complete with Fred Armisen cameo.  Well, fuck.  With Rudd there, Ferrell and the…

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Switch Hitter: Derek

Channel 4’s Derek, a Netflix exclusive.  Can Netflix really claim exclusivity to a show that already has a channel attached to it’s name?  Anyhow, Derek is a Ricky Gervais vehicle shot similarly to his original Office mockumentary style.  It takes place in a nursing home wherein Gervais plays the title character Derek, a simple minded,…

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Some Like It Watched: CSI

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is on its 14th season.  It’s been on since the fucking nineties.  Clearly it’s doing something right.  It’s also spawned off two successful sister series in Miami and New York, but the OG Vegas version is the last man standing.  I’ve seen a few episodes of the program and much like…