Network TV has been dying for years, but in the 2008-2009 which ends this coming month, it finally croaked.  If some of you don’t care, well, no crap.  Did you check out Better Off Ted the other night?  Yeah, me either.

It didn’t used to be like this — networks rolling out dozens of new shows each year only to cancel them four episodes into their runs.  In 1953 — yep, I’m going way back — an episode of I Love Lucy aired that played on 71% of all television sets in the United States.  Just yesterday I heard that ABC is considering renewing Scrubs for a ninth season.  The percentage of television sets tuning into Scrubs in its eighth season?  3.5. (more…)

Men and Women tend to disagree on several things. Seat up verse seat down. SportsCenter verse Chelsea Lately. “Stop and ask for directions” verse “keep driving, we will get there when we get there.”

Some things never change but I have compiled a list of television shows that your girl probably watches that you might actually enjoy. “But what makes you an expert in television shows?” you might ask. Well, I did my research. I asked around town and interviewed women on their likes and dislikes. And then I sat down on my couch and watched the shows myself. And here’s what my research has yielded. (more…)

Oh, how Katherine Heigl has grown up.

From B-list boob-bouncer in Side Effect (see video after the jump if you consider yourself straight) to COED Magazine interviewee to full-fledged TV star on Grey’s Anatomy and beyond, she’s become wildly successful through the years without a “scandal” to bolster her popularity.

Her most recent career success was landing the cover of January 2008’s Vanity Fair Magazine, where she looks gorgeous as usual. Katherine Heigl, I tip my hat to thee.

Check out a “Then and Now” look at Heigl’s career after the jump.

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The Emmys, not unlike the Grammys, usually have a healthy helping of smug involved – and that’s why it was nice to see a looser, more improvised feel at this year’s show.

The Sopranos, as expected, swept the major categories in drama, winning Best Series, Writing and Directing. Along with those wins, The Sopranos secured a spot in history as the only drama in the past 30 years to win Best Series in its final season.

As for dramatic acting: James Spader won Best Actor in a Dramatic Series (with his dry, sly, nonchalant wit in tow, natch) and the always-overdramatic Sally Field ranted about moms and war and stuff during her acceptance speech for winning Best Actress. Terry O’ Quinn scored gold for Supporting Actor in Lost and Katherine Heigl won Best Actress for her role on Grey’s Anatomy.
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