The Real Housewives of New York
Full disclosure: the move from Tubular to Foolish Watcher took place after I had come back from a two-week trip but before the time suck that is the Summer Olympics happened and one of a few things that didn’t quite get packed up were the two episodes of The Real Housewives of New York that I missed while I was lying on a beach, drinking silly cocktails, trying to forget that Sonja Morgan’s vaginoplasty ever happened. Because there are only two more new episodes before an endless round of reunion screaming commences, I decided to just summarize the two episodes I happened to miss, and recap the most recent episode.
Please forgive, and I promise that if someone texts me pictures of your fiance making out with a former Playmate, I will forward them to you directly instead of just talking about it on camera for all the world to hear. Continue reading “‘The Real Housewives of New York’ smell like grapefruit”
So we all agree that week two of the Olympics is never as good as week one, right? It definitely seems like NBC thinks so. That’s why it’s such a hodgepodge of coverage. Continue reading “The Rio Olympics: The ‘N’ In NBC Is Not For Nostradamus”
DAY 10: NO MARY CARILLO.
Continue reading “The Rio Olympics: In which I call bullshit on some bullshit”
Continue reading “Why are you messing with us, Ryan Murphy? What’s your deal?”
Bachelor in Paradise
August 8, 2016
Bachelor in Paradise ended its first episode with a big cliffhanger: would “Hurricane Chad” just take his lunch meats and go, or would he attack the robe-wearing, mimosa-drinking Chris Harrison on his way out? DRAMA!
Continue reading “‘Bachelor in Paradise’: Single white dummies”
Much like Usain Bolt’s 100m sprint, tonight’s primetime Olympic coverage got off to a rough start, but came to a satisfying end.
Continue reading “The Rio Olympics Uneven bars, Uneven Programming Decisions”
Last night was the final night of swimming and — far more importantly, at least according to NBC — MICHAEL PHELPS’ LAST EVENT EVER, MAYBE HIS LAST TIME TO EVEN BE IN A POOL, UNLESS IT ISN’T AND WE CAN CONVINCE HIM TO GO TO TOKYO IN FOUR YEARS, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, MICHAEL PHELPS, PLEASE, GOD, PLEASE DON’T LEAVE US.
Continue reading “The Rio Olympics: They’re going the distance, they’re going for speed”
It the best of the times, it was the most boring of times. Last night’s Olympic coverage was a mixed bag, at best. There were a few thrilling moments in the pool, but then, good God, did we spend a lot of time watching track and field HEATS. Not even semifinals! Semi-semi finals. Do you even care about that? Will you even remember? Even the athletes looked bored!