We should have seen this coming.
The “Rally To Restore Sanity,” which Jon Stewart announced on Thursday night’s Daily Show, is the next logical step in Stewart’s seriously humorous attack on extremism — not political extremism, but READ FULL STORY »
Archive: September 2010 (21-30 of 37)
Sep 17
2010
11:48 AM ET
Sep 16
2010
11:47 PM ET
Jon Stewart announces 'Rally To Restore Sanity' in Washington, D.C., for Oct. 30
Jon Stewart announced a “Rally To Restore Sanity” on Thursday night’s The Daily Show. He also called it, with a certain hopefulness, “A Million Moderate March.” Attempting to gather what he called the “70-to-80 percent” of Americans who aren’t extremists on the right or the left, Stewart invited viewers to come to Washington’s National Mall “on 10/30/10″ to embody common sense under the banner “Take It Down A Notch For America.”
Knowing that appealing to folks who are reasonable and usually “have s— to do,” unlike most protesters, Stewart said he’d READ FULL STORY »
Sep 15
2010
07:23 AM ET
'Parenthood' season premiere review: 'I hear you and I see you'
Parenthood got off to a fine second season on Tuesday night, even if the distinct implication that Lauren Graham might eventually make out with William Baldwin triggered a silent scream in my head. In a snappy premiere written by Jason Katims, almost everyone got ample screen-time while contributing to the overall shape of the series. (Note to Alan Ball: Look at how a good network show can juggle multi-sub-plots before writing the next installment of True Blood, please.)
The show forged a nice new link between READ FULL STORY »
Sep 13
2010
09:38 AM ET
'Mad Men' review: Don takes a dip
The advantage of Mad Men as a period piece is that it forces us to consider the way people thought and behaved a generation ago; we can’t go into the show assuming that if some copywriter comes up with a good idea, the boss will exclaim, “Awesome!” and there’ll be high-fives all around. (Aside from the fact that the culture hadn’t yet degenerated into jock democracy, everyone’s cigarettes and highball glasses would smash together.) The disadvantage of Mad Men as a period piece is that every time someone does something that seems odd or unexpected, viewers are tempted to say, “Oh, well, I guess that’s just how they would have reacted in those days.”
If we’re learning one thing about Mad Men in this apparently nonstop superlative season, it’s that READ FULL STORY »
Sep 11
2010
11:23 AM ET
See the new hosts and how Roger Ebert will deliver his reviews on 'At the Movies'
The announcement that Roger Ebert is reviving At The Movies comes as welcome news to anyone who likes the idea of media criticism on TV. Ebert, working with his co-producer and wife Chaz Ebert, has created what looks like a promising format. The main critics moving their thumbs up and down will be NPR movie critic and master of the slicing sound-bite Elvis Mitchell and The Associated Press’ film critic Christy Lamire.
Ebert, who lost his lower jaw to cancer, will weigh in with reviews and recommendations as well. He’ll do it through a combination of READ FULL STORY »
Sep 10
2010
09:42 PM ET
'Stand Up To Cancer' review: How to raise funds with vigor, intelligence, and humor
Stand Up To Cancer was a model for the way television can be used to raise funds for a cause. The hour was filled with celebrities both soliciting donations for cancer research as well as performing. Interwoven throughout were taped pieces featuring doctors, scientists, and cancer patients that provided a lot of information about the states of research for many different forms of cancer.
Cameras panned across phone banks at which a slew of READ FULL STORY »
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