Rick McGinnis writes about music, movies, books and television, but not opera. He walked 47 miles of barbed wire and has a cobra snake for a necktie.
February 04, 2009 12:00
February 03, 2009 - Giving the people what they want offers profits business wants
February 02, 2009 - Now that's what I call outdated
January 30, 2009 - Super Bowl still the big ticket
January 29, 2009 - Oprah's cycle of binge and purge
January 28, 2009 - The youth demographic is no longer the prize
January 26, 2009 - Fox drops Ab Fab into Los Angeles
January 23, 2009 - The Dark Knight inexplicably shunned by Academy
January 22, 2009 - Arrested Development film 'more hypothetical than people think'
January 21, 2009 - TV losing its grip on major events
January 20, 2009 - Lost in the plot
January 19, 2009 - The case for a season cap on television
January 16, 2009 - Battlestar Galactica's swan song
January 15, 2009 - Get it on, bang a gong
January 14, 2009 - Ray Romano's return part of emerging TV schedule
January 12, 2009 - Will the "age of Obama" really neuter 24?
January 12, 2009 - Underdog breaks Guiness record at Global's '24' publicity stunt
January 09, 2009 - The argument for a fourth American Idol judge
January 07, 2009 - Lesson not learned: Industry blinded by fancy tech
January 05, 2009 - The monster that came down from The Hills
January 02, 2009 - New Year's wishes for the boob tube
December 30, 2008 - Even plucky Fox is feeling the hurt for next season
December 29, 2008 - Giving kudos to the most male TV show ever made
December 24, 2008 - Pimps, rehab and cocaine all part of packed network schedules
December 18, 2008 - Television's perfect boys' night in
December 18, 2008 - Canadian Idol judge Zack Werner on show's hiatus: 'It's the worst possible message'
December 17, 2008 - CTV to put Canadian Idol into hibernation
December 16, 2008 - Plenty of helpful advice for the network TV patient
December 15, 2008 - Hugh Jackman's Oscar hosting gig shuffles the deck
December 12, 2008 - Reaching out for metaphors that just aren't there