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Network viewership dropping? Nudity and swearing to the rescue!
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weeds, Reality-Free, Mad Men  Would you like to see more nudity and profanity on network television?
It's no secret that the networks are losing ground to the cable channels when it comes to original scripted programming, especially dramas. Just take a look at the Emmy nominations for Best Drama this year and you see that three of the six nominated are from cable: Mad Men, Damages, and Dexter). And the three that are from the networks are shows that have been...
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Larry David set for more Curb Your Enthusiasm
Filed under: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free  Remember how Curb Your Enthusiasm ended last season, with Larry posed in happy, jolly family pictures with the Blacks? Did it leave you laughing and dying to know what happens next -- or is this the end?
The answer is now known. There's more Curb Your Enthusiasm on deck, because Larry David has said yes to another HBO season.
HBO announced a seventh season of Curb. It will begin airing in early 2009, giving Larry plenty of time to write the 10 episodes planned. HBO's West Coast prez Michael Lombardo characterized Larry as "excited...
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Characters I'm missing right now
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Curb Your Enthusiasm, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, TV Squad Lists, Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, Reality-Free  The writers' strike forced some of my favorite shows into an unexpected, summer-long hiatus and delayed the return of others. I'm grateful that shows like Lost still have new episodes, but the second half of this TV season hasn't felt the same. I especially miss the promising new series that were cut short.
It feels like other shows have been on hiatus forever. Flight of the Conchords was...
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Seinfeld ready for a new sitcom? (updated)
Filed under: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Celebrities  Remember last October when Jerry Seinfeld was all over NBC promoting Bee Movie? Well, maybe there was more going on with Jerry and the Peacock people than just honey-related promos. PageSix.com is reporting today that Jerry Seinfeld is in talks with NBC for a new series.
You have to assume that if there's truth to this, the network is probably bending over backwards to secure a new Seinfeld. Heck, if Jerry wanted to do a series about a forensic scientist who also does comedy on the side, they'd greenlight that, too! Will they call...
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Bat Mitzvah (season finale)
Filed under: OpEd, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Episode Reviews 
(S06E10) "He probably read gerbil magazine and you're f*ckin' on the cover!" - Richard Lewis
Wow. That was all over the place and I loved every second of it. It might actually be the best season finale this show has had yet. Better than the incest survivors group. Better than the happy ending massage. Better than the restaurant that Larry helped open. Better than The Producers. Better than Larry dying and then snapping out of it. Why's that? Because for the entire 40 minute episode, there was only one question on your mind: Did he really stick a gerbil up his ass?
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Therapist
Filed under: OpEd, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Episode Reviews 
(S06E09) "New Larry is keeping the minty breath." - Larry
That was definitely not what I expected from this episode. I was really hoping that Larry and Cheryl would get back together almost immediately and then we were going to get to see Larry "forcing" himself to change in order to please Cheryl. In a way, we sort of did. I loved how whenever he was with Cheryl he was all dressed up. When he wasn't, his usual attire of sneakers and a ratty sweater came back into play. And obviously, his tone and decision making were drastically out of character whenever...
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: The N Word
Filed under: OpEd, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Episode Reviews 
(S06E08) "My penis is an animal." - Larry
I'm really glad I don't have the same issue that Larry does. This whole five second rule is a crazy thing. These days, the handshake has slowly become obsolete as most people now seem to favor some sort of handshake/hug hybrid for a greeting. Picture Larry at a family reunion! He said he had no control! While the estrogen pills were obviously a mistake on the pharmacist's part, maybe Larry should keep them around if he knows he'll be heading into a hug imminent situation. This was definitely one of the better...
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Curb Your Enthusiasm: The TiVo Guy
Filed under: OpEd, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Episode Reviews 
(S06E07) "I'm leaving." - Cheryl
Wow. I don't want to say that was the best episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm ever... but it might have been. I don't recall ever feeling so conflicted, angry, confused, and giddy all at the same time while watching this show but now I know what it's like. The whole season has really been building up to this. Hell, the whole series has. We'd always wondered what it would take for Cheryl to finally call it quits. Now we know. Poor airplane phone reception. Continue reading Curb Your Enthusiasm: The TiVo Guy OpEd, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Episode Reviews 
(S06E06) "I can't pause toast!" - Leon Best episode of the season thus far. Hands down. Plus, and I know people have been harping on me in the comments for constantly bringing this up, but Larry finally dropped the morbid themes. I'm not saying previous episodes this season have been bad because of their tone, but when they're similar to this one it's better. Larry's trademark jovial obscene and sexual humor always makes for the best episodes and this one was chock full of it. Continue reading Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Rat Dog Industry, Programming, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office  No, this isn't some programming move to get rid of reality shows (though I think it's worth exploring). It's actually a strategy in case there's a strike in Hollywood.
And that strike is looking more and more like it might become a reality. It sounds like hyperbole, I know, but the two sides are really far apart, and we're closer to a strike than we've ever been. Writers want more money for DVD sales and other forms of media. At one point they were going to work under their old deal until the end of this season,...
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