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5 Hours A Day —Today I handed in a rather large assignment. Which means that as soon as it was in the professor’s hands, I got in my bed with my computer and watched several hours of very mindless TV....
View ArticleEmmys for the rest of us
5 Hours A Day —“Nothing is better; nothing is best.” — Bob Dylan, undermining the very foundation of awards shows. And yet still they give him Grammys. Today, some airing of grievances, and a proposal...
View ArticleIs eight enough?
5 Hours A Day —“It’s not TV? It’s TV. What do they think people are watching? You watch it on TV, don’t you? You don’t go to the movies to see it.” Ten years have passed since fake Larry David’s...
View Article“Last Man Standing”: “Bored to Death”
5 Hours A Day —Titles are vital. Two premieres this week offered a telling contrast in TV comedy. Both opted for hour-long double premiere events and misleading titles. But while Monday’s...
View ArticleOne to watch
5 Hours A Day — Edit: “Bored to Death” has been cancelled since this was written. Do not attempt to watch “Bored to Death.” Earlier this week I reviewed a show I didn’t like, so I thought today would...
View ArticleVeep’s intro is terrible
5 Hours A Day —If you haven’t already, get a load of the awful title sequence to Veep, the new HBO show: I don’t know which is more disgusting: the figurative vomit from whoever is responsible for...
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