OPINION TV Bites The 2016-2017 Eighteenth Annual TV BiteMes by Neena Louise A note to this year’s BiteMes: For 17 years, I’ve restricted the annual BiteMes to broadcast network TV only (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox), believing there were some that did not have cable nor streaming capabilities. This is no longer the case. Not only […]
Times Have Changed – TV Bites
April 13, 2017 by
OPINION TV Bites Oh, How Times have Changed! by Neena Louise Back in August 2003, I was one of 50 million people that was plunged into darkness during a massive power failure in the northeast (see TV Bites column here). I didn’t have a cellphone, iPod nor laptop at the time, and the only […]
18th Annual Oskerbites
February 27, 2017 by
OPINION TV Bites 18th Annual Oskerbites by Neena Louise Worst Dressed Female Sofia Boutella Extremely tough choice this year with so many women wearing parachutes (Kirsten Dunst, Ava DuVernay, Leslie Mann, Janelle Moáe), but Boutella takes it for doing her best Beauty and the Beast feather duster impression. Worst Dressed Male Ryan Gosling […]
(Not) The TV Holiday Listings 2016
December 13, 2016 by
by Neena Louise 6:00 a.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas Donald Trump is elected President of the United States. The end of the world commences. 6:01 a.m. Catch a Christmas Star Santa has a few too many and accidentally launches his sleigh into outer space. He sees a pretty glittery thing and goes […]
TV Bites – The 2016 Summer Olympic Games
August 26, 2016 by
Buh-Bye NBC! by Neena Louise This won’t be my usual “NBC vs. CBC: Who Did it Better?” Olympics column. For one thing, it’s just no longer a question: of course CBC did a better job; they always do. For another thing, for the first time since NBC began broadcasting the Summer Olympic games in 1988, […]
Seventeenth Annual TV BiteMes
June 21, 2016 by
The 2015-2016 Seventeenth Annual TV BiteMes by Neena Louise Worst Actress Stana Katic, “Kate Beckett”, Castle Katic takes the crown back from Jennifer Coolidge for the first time in 4 seasons, primarily because I didn’t watch 2 Broke Girls at all this season. I only watched 2 episodes of Castle, but couldn’t take any more […]
TV Bites – Bored Now
April 19, 2016 by
by Neena Louise The network broadcast TV season is nearing its end, and all I can think is: “bored, now”. So many previously not-to-be-missed shows have become shows that I no longer care if I miss or not. I’m spending a lot more time on Netflix or recording series or watching them online the day […]
17th Annual Oskerbites – TVBites
March 1, 2016 by
Neena is back with her take on the Academy Awards. You might not agree, but she never holds back even being maybe the only person in the world who wasn’t gaga over Gaga. A must read for the TV or Oscars fans. – Ed. OPINION TV Bites 17th Annual Oskerbites by Neena Louise Worst Dressed Female Jenny […]
(Not The Holiday) TV Listings 2015
December 9, 2015 by
OPINION TV Bites [Not the] TV Holiday Listings 2015 by Neena Louise 6:00 a.m. 12 Days of Christmas Eve Horror tale of a family that’s stuck in a time warp, experiencing Christmas Eve over and over and over… 7:30 a.m. The Christmas Card A family receives a glitter-laden Christmas card from long-lost relatives. […]
The Sixteenth Annual TV BiteMe’s
July 6, 2015 by
The 2014-2015 Sixteenth Annual TV BiteMes by Neena Louise Worst Actress Jennifer Coolidge, “Sophie Kachinsky”, 2 Broke Girls Four years running, now. Make it stop! Best Actress Taraji P. Henderson, “Cookie Lyon”, Empire Empire is pure soap, but virtually impossible not to watch, primarily because of Henderson’s delicious turn as “Cookie”. Her acting skills were […]