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. […]
Cutting the Cord – 6 Months Later – TVBites
April 27, 2015 by
OPINION TV Bites Cutting the Cord: Six Months Later by Neena Louise Back in October 2014, I’d finally had enough of my thug-ridden cable provider and canceled it (see Cutting the Cord). Six months later, I’m not regretting a minute of it. I’ve had to make some modifications since I first cut the cord, […]
Not the Holiday Listings – TV Bites
December 15, 2014 by
OPINION TV Bites [Not the] TV Holiday Listings 2014 by Neena Louise 6:00 a.m. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Rudolph rides again, guiding Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve with his very shiny nose. An alarmed citizen calls the CDC, insistingRudiolph’s red nose is a symptom of the Ebola virus. Santa, his reindeer and all the […]
TV Bites: Cutting the Cord
October 24, 2014 by
OPINION TV Bites Cutting the Cord by Neena Louise I’ve done it. I’ve cut the cord and canceled my cable service. Me! A bonafide, admitted TV addict who has had cable my entire adult life. I can hardly believe it myself. Why in the world would I do such a thing? In no small […]
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games – NBC: Off the Podium for Good – TVBites
February 26, 2014 by
OPINION TV Bites The 2014 Winter Olympic Games NBC: Off the Podium for Good by Neena Louise Another Winter Olympics has come and gone and, as always, NBC sucked big time. Worst coverage ever, in fact. They’ve never had much live coverage, but this time the only thing they covered live was the gold […]
TV Bites – [Not the] TV Holiday Listings 2013
December 10, 2013 by
OPINION TV Bites [Not the] TV Holiday Listings 2013 by Neena Louise 6:00 a.m. Christmas Crash When the Obamacare website crashes for the 3,287,937th time on Christmas Eve, fed-up Americans flock north to Canada to take advantage of their publicly-funded, accessible, life-long universal health care coverage. 7:30 a.m. Polar Express Having had enough […]
The 2012-2013 Fourteenth Annual TV BiteMes
July 2, 2013 by
OPINION TV Bites The 2012-2013 Fourteenth Annual TV BiteMes by Neena Louise Worst Actress Jennifer Coolidge, “Sophie Kachinsky”, 2 Broke Girls Coolidge – whom I actually like very much from her previous roles – is not doing herself any favors by playing the over-sexed, poorly-accented “Sophie”. Didn’t help that the audience would hoot and […]
A&E: Depressing TV: TV Bites
March 3, 2013 by
by Neena Louise I know I’m dating myself, but I remember back in 1984 when A&E first made its appearance on the airwaves. At that time, 1000+ channel choices, time-shifting, on-demand and DVRs did not exist and A&E was an intriguing novelty in the sparsely-populated world of specialty channels. I enjoyed it a great deal […]
14th Annual Oskerbites
February 25, 2013 by
by Neena Louise Neena gives us her take on the Oscars with her annual look at the broadcast winners and losers. Worst Dressed Zoe Saldana How many different features can you get on one dress? Floral appliqué? Check. Belt? Check. Bow? Check. Add the ugly grey-striped cut-out train and Saldana looked as though someone […]
The 2011-2012 Thirteenth Annual TV BiteMes
June 19, 2012 by
by Neena Louise Worst Actress Jennifer Coolidge, “Sophie Kachinsky”, 2 Broke Girls I really like Coolidge from her previous roles, but her portrayal of “Sophie”, with a spectacularly bad allegedly Polish accent and over-the-top sexaholic thing, made me cringe. Best Actress Kathy Bates, “Harriet Korn”, Harry’s Law Bates’ smart, funny and sarcastic portrayal of “Harry” was really […]