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AMC Joining The Confederate Apologist Cause

11:14 am EST December 17th, 2010 | History | 55 Comments

AMC has a new series where a confederate soldier will be the hero, fighting union soldiers.

Apparently the series isn’t concerned with the morality of the confederacy, which sought to keep black people as slaves in order to assist commerce in the south. Sick.

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Americans Love American History

11:13 am EST April 27th, 2010 | History | 1 Comment

As a junkie for American history, I was part of this crowd

History on Sunday night delivered some monumental ratings, as the opening salvo of the network’s 12-hour, six-part special America: The Story of Us drew 5.67 million viewers.

Leading off with a special introduction recorded by President Barack Obama, the first two-hour installment of America takes viewers back to the nation’s earliest hours, when the unrelenting will of the Jamestown settlers is tested by starvation, disease and the incumbent Powhatans. The episode closes as the country gains its independence from Great Britain.

America averaged 2.59 million viewers 18-49 and 2.68 million adults 25-54, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings. It now stands as the most-watched special in the network’s history.

It was a bit jarring to have people like Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani tippping in their two cents about history, but the special was still good. Looking forward to the rest (though they have about 4 hours left to do 220 years worth of history – too much time spend on the Revolution).

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Comedy Central Capitulates To Radical Islam

3:33 pm EST April 22nd, 2010 | Religion | 47 Comments

Ridiculous.

Muhammad appeared on Wednesday night’s episode of the cartoon with his body obscured by a black box, since Muslims consider a physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous. Last week, the character was believed to be disguised in a bear costume. When that same costume was removed this week, Santa Claus appeared.

The bear costume had angered the New York-based group Revolution Muslim, which posted a message on its website saying that producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone had insulted their prophet.

No religion is above ridicule. None.

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Conan O’Brien Going To TBS

2:04 pm EST April 12th, 2010 | TV | 6 Comments

Well, that’s odd.

In a move it’s safe to say no one saw coming, Conan O’Brien has found a new home on basic cable, signing a deal to host a one-hour late-night talk show on TBS.

O’Brien’s as-yet untitled 11 p.m. show will bow on the Turner network in November, shifting Lopez Tonight to the midnight time slot.

In a statement released Monday afternoon, TBS indicated that it had begun talking with O’Brien just last week, after George Lopez personally lobbied the former Tonight Show host to join TBS’ late-night lineup.

‘In three months I’ve gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theaters, and now I’m headed to basic cable,’ O’Brien cracked. ‘My plan is working perfectly.’

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House Beats DTV Delay

3:34 pm EST January 28th, 2009 | News | 7 Comments

Good.

Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans on Wednesday defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting to June 12 — leaving the current Feb. 17 deadline intact for now.

The 258-168 vote failed to clear the two-thirds threshold needed for passage. It’s a victory for the GOP members, who warn that postponing the transition would confuse consumers.

See, I can agree with Republicans sometimes.

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Delaying The DTV Transition Is Stupid

5:10 am EST January 27th, 2009 | News | 26 Comments

Here, you can add this as the first thing I disagree with the Obama administration on. We have had this deadline for years now. The amount of people who are going to be affected is miniscule – most of the country is on cable or satellite. Of those affected, they go and get the box and the tv machine works again. Let’s quit wasting time with analog and just do it.

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