Sport,Television

The List | 5 Reasons Why it’s Worth Staying Up Late for the Super Bowl

The List | 5 Reasons Why it’s Worth Staying Up Late for the Super Bowl

Every year, you say you’ll see it through to the end. Every year, you start drifting off on the first extended warble of Star Spangled Banner. But, trust us, for those willing to dig a little deeper this Sunday there are rewards to be had. Here are five: [Read more...]

Television

TV on Trial | The Fabulous Baker Brothers

TV on Trial | The Fabulous Baker Brothers

As a nation, we’re in love with cooking. Or at least we’re in love with watching cooking. There’s no statistics to prove that there’s people actually making Heston Blumenthal’s recipes at home, but there’s an audience for it. So why do TV programmers still think we need a kerr-azzy gimmick to be pulled into a show? That’s the issue we had with the Fabulous Baker Brothers, which started last week on Channel 4.

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Television

TV Pick | Despicable Dick and Righteous Richard

TV Pick | Despicable Dick and Righteous Richard

If you’re stuck for something worthwhile to watch on Monday then you should put a reminder on for BBC4 documentary Despicable Dick and Righteous Richard. 

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Television,Women we love

TV on Trial | New Girl

TV on Trial | New Girl

If you’re one of the many facing a Friday night in due to alcohol abstinence or January financial ruin, you might have half an eye on the TV listings. Well, scoring 10 million viewers on its US debut, the Zooey Deschanel vehicle, New Girl, starts up tonight on Channel 4.  [Read more...]

Television

Christmas want list – The poor man’s Entourage

Christmas want list – The poor man’s Entourage

Looking for a Christmas box-set to get stuck into? Missing Entourage and looking for something – anything – to fill the void? Look no further than under-the-radar HBO drama How to Make it in America. [Read more...]

Culture,Sport,Television

Something for the Weekend – Carl Froch vs Andre Ward

Something for the Weekend – Carl Froch vs Andre Ward

If you’re stuck for something to do at 3am on Sunday morning, you’ll do worse than watching Carl Froch fight Andre Ward in the final of the Super Six. Given its rather poor promotion and relegation to obscure pay per view networks, you’d be forgiven if you don’t know what the Super Six is. Let us explain. [Read more...]

Culture,DVD,Television

Pedeconferencing, True Blood style

Pedeconferencing, True Blood style

Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing is often credited with introducing us to the “pedeconference”, in which characters talk through key plot points while walking through corridors, across lawns, etc. Alan Ball’s True Blood has gone one better in the clip above, with vampires Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) engaging in hyper-speed combat while having a chat about their love lives. For more about — and of — the lovely Deborah Ann, see our interview with her in the June issue of Esquire. True Blood: Season 3 is out on DVD on 23 May

Comedy,Television

Princess Leia mouths off

Click to playPrincess Leia mouths off

“Don’t you hate it when celebrities just – blah blah blah – talk about themselves? Who asked, right?” So says Carrie Fisher at one point in her one-woman show, throughout which she, er, talks about herself loads. [Read more...]