Bunheads: The Kind of Terrible I Love

Bunheads-Cast-Dancers-3This picture is deceptive. I don’t know why they put Sutton Foster in that stupid shirt.

Oh Bunheads, why do I love you so? Is it because, despite being an ABCFamily show, there is plentiful adult beverage consumption? Is it the super-quick pitter-patter of clever words? Is it Sutton Foster and her deeply ironic, non-diva, non-bubbly, but wonderfully, quixotically funny character? Continue reading

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Catfish: Terrible and Tasty

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Soooo…. In your profile you are white, and weigh 100 lbs? And you think the guy you met online is who he says he is? Okkkkaaaaayyy…. 

Catfish, I assume, refers to bottom dwellers, so obviously it is the perfect name for an MTV show about people who meet (romantically?) online and then attempt to meet in real life. The dynamic is that at least one of the people is faking who they are. Apparently the ‘host’ Yaniv “Nev” Schulman made a documentary film about his own failed? deceptive? fraudulent? online relationship and has now turned the concept into a series.

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The Vampire Diaries: Too Terrible to Die

So pretty. So very, very pretty.

The first time I watched The Vampire Diaries, I was like “what is this crap?” There were teenagers and vampires literally reading ALOUD from their diaries.

Her: Dear Diary, I met him today, he is so amazing! Too bad my parents just died and I am filled with angst.

Him: Dear Diary, she smells so good, I want to eat her, I love her. Too bad I have so many secrets.

Oh, sweet bebe jesus it was awful. All I could think was “is it Twilight? Is it My So Called Life? WTF is it?”

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Guys With Kids: Terrible News

We’ve come so far from this moment of extreme stupidity

I am sorry to say that Guys with Kids has jumped the Terrible Television shark and become, dare I say it, not Terrible. In fact, my husband spent a significant portion of last night’s episode laughing his proverbial, but very real, ass off. And, don’t tell him I said this, but he wasn’t wrong. It was funny.

So RIP, Guys with Kids Parental Fail, and long live Guys with Kids Not A Terrible Show. I’m off to drown my sorrows in an un-oaked chardonnay. Perhaps the acidity will burn away the bitter taste in my mouth.

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Survivor: How Do You Not Know That’s Blair?

As three of you may know, I watch Survivor religiously. Like, every episode of every season. And, as a [mumble mumble]-year-old woman, I’ve also seen every episode of every season of The Facts of Life. So when Blair Warner Lisa Whelchel hurled herself onto the beach of Survivor Philippines, I let out a bit of a squee. But you know who didn’t care? Everyone else on the beach. And I don’t get it. Continue reading

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Project Runway Season 10: Loser’s Loungewear

Spoiler alert! Fabio Costa lost Project Runway Season 10. The good-natured runner-up who sent a collection of salt water taffy down the runway has vowed to continue designing and hopes to one day have his own line of hair scrunchies. Some guy named Dmitry won the whole shebang with a collection of separates that I’m pretty sure I saw in the window of Zara’s two years ago. And with that, we conclude yet another forgettable season. Sigh. 

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The Walking Dead Season Three Premiere: Get Busy Living, Or Get Busy Undying

Yay! It’s finally here! After months and months of zombie-free television, The Walking Dead is back with a new season of rotting flesh and gnawing teeth. And the show wastes no time giving us our sweet, sweet zombie fix. The season opens with Ranger Rick, Asian Kid, Black Guy, and Redneck searching a house and killing zombies. Carl is in the house with them which is weird because Rule Number One of The Walking Dead is that Carl is never in the house. Continue reading

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Real Housewives of New York: She Paid Good Money For That Face

When the Real Housewives of Insert City Here gather for a reunion show, a knock-down-drag-out two-episode cage match is inevitable. There are winners, and there are losers. (Spoiler alert! The viewers are the losers.) And then, there is Ramona Singer’s face.

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Breaking Amish: Like Breaking Bad, Only With Much Less Meth

Have you seen Breaking Amish? It’s on TLC, which is short for The Loony Corral. Five young Amish people are plunked down in the middle of Manhattan and must learn how to sort of fend for themselves. I say “sort of” because it appears that they have been given hotel rooms (one for the boys and one for the girls so that no naughty bits cross paths) and some spending money. Continue reading

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Revolution Recap: Why Am I Still Watching This Dreck?

That’s a very, very good question. I don’t know. Maybe because I’m an idiot, but not a quitter. Or maybe I just care about the hundreds tens of readers who are waiting with baited breath for their next recap. But whatever the reason, here I am and here it is, another truly terrible episode of Revolution. Continue reading

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