William M. Hartnett

Brilliant. Bit naughty, though.

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Watching Jack Bauer tenderly look after the mentally challenged brother of the guy selling Dmitri Gridenko information on the nuclear power plant was … weird.
That is all.

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… when Battlestar Galactica returns for season four. What’s up with this frakking 10-month break, anyway? In the meantime, be sure to check out this recent Salon interview with Ronald D. Moore, and enjoy this classic commercial for the least fun toy ever made:

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>Can she keep it together? (St. Pete Times)
I’ve watched Dancing with the Stars only a few times, but I’ll have to check in more often now that Heather Mills McCartney and her prosthetic leg are competing. This prompts the august St. Petersburg Times to ask the natural question: Will her artificial limb fly off?

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>Skunk Ape (WFLX-Fox 29)
My local Fox affiliate marches bravely into the Everglades in search of the obviously mythical Skunk Ape and, in a tragic turn, loses every shred of its dignity while making its way back through the unforgiving sawgrass. Sadly, the station has no video of the story. Not on their web site, anyway. [...]

Am I crazy, or did the tease for next week’s episode of 24 show Jack breaking into the Russian consulate? Haven’t we seen this bit somewhere before? Coming next season: More shit you’ve already seen.

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>For Fox’s Rivals, ‘American Idol’ Remains a ‘Schoolyard Bully’ (NYT)
Believe me when I say that I am far from being a TV snob. As evidence, consider my honest, slack-jawed conviction that Hell’s Kitchen was appointment television. Given such appalling viewing habits, how is it that I’ve never watched more than five minutes of America Idol, [...]

>Volkswagen Withdraws Commercial That Involved Suicide (NYT)
Can’t let this one pass without a quip, delivered in the style of an afternoon easy listening radio station DJ: “Just read a story about a Volkswagen commercial making light of suicide. You know what makes me want to do myself in? MY Volkswagen. Now here’s Phil Collins [...]

>NBC Yanks “Studio 60″ off Schedule Early
(Via Lost Remote)
Looks like it’s Sports Night for Studio 60, a show that I watch but am largely indifferent about. Unless Matt and Harriet stumble across the Battlestar Pegasus while walking and talking around that dank warren underneath the studio, blah. Lesson: Good writing is better writing when punctuated [...]