TV | Greg Nilsen

LOST Still Doing Fine

Feb

2007

I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but yes, I am a Lost viewer. I wasn't until the fall, and hearing so much about it I decided to check into what all the hubbub was about. I got a hold of the first two seasons and managed to go through them in about two ...

Race Scheduling Conflict

Feb

2007

Last night, my wife was busy with homework early in the evening, so we decided to let the DVR pick up the debut of "The Amazing Race: All-Stars" for us at 8pm. A few hours later, we decided to watch it when she was done with her work, and what did we get when we ...

Best Top Gear Ever!

Jan

2007

Well, one of my guilty pleasures is watching fragments of the BBC car show Top Gear on YouTube. Sometimes they're informative, and sometimes they're doing things that are just off-the-wall. Regardless, they're almost always an entertaining watch. In this episode, the guys went "caravaning"…maybe better known in the US as "camping with a camper", and ...

TV's Nielsen Problem

Nov

2006

I'm officially growing sick of "This Week's Top TV Shows" Reports, and the dependence upon which the television industry places upon them (for advertising purposes, which then influences program decision making). While the Nielsen ratings are often taken as de Facto proof, they are, in fact, a very loose approximation of the viewing population. According ...

Get In Gear

Jul

2006

Recently I've caught on to the BBC car show, Top Gear. I wouldn't call myself a car buff, but this is easily the best car show I've ever watched. Along with serious reviews of performance cars, they also have crazy contests and other events such as: Creating and racing "amphibious" cars they each made in ...

OLN: <em>Outdoor</em> Life Network…Right?

Jul

2006

I caught a little bit of the Tour de France on OLN today during my lunch bread, and what do I see but a self-advertisement promoting their 8-ball Billiards finale on Sunday. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember that most people play billiards indoors. Oh well, I can forgive them ...

Futurama Coming Back Indeed

Jun

2006

It won't be for two more year, but this outstanding series is coming back! New Episodes Of Futurama Coming To Comedy Central

Until Next Year, Jack Bauer

May

2006

So, last night I got to catch up on the end of the season of my favorite show on TV, 24. I've been recording it on the DVR so I can watch an intense 40 minutes instead of a commercial ridden hour for each episode. What an ending this past season had, even after the ...

Busy Few Days

May

2006

Boy, it seems like it's been a busy few days. Let's recap, shall we? Work – Work has been crazy the last week as I've been learning our old system in order to add a new client. It's the same reason I spent Saturday working, and it's just drained me a bit. Haven't been too ...

Celebrity Cooking Craptacular

Apr

2006

Welcome to the latest lousy idea from TV execs! This weeks Celebrity Cooking Showdown has started, and after one episode, it has ended for me. With another washed-up actor as host (this time Growing Pains' Alan Thicke, who I also loved in the Not Quite Human movies, but he hasn't done anything significant in years), ...