Three different shows last night - Law & Order, Supernanny and Wife Swap - one common theme: three men in tears.

L&O - defendant trying to protect son, raging against the injustice of Yuppies taking over his block

Supernanny - single dad having a hard time with two sons

Wife Swap - magician called out on fantasy life by tough wedding planner

Obvious question here: Who's the best crying-on-TV man ever?

 

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A group of Royse City High School students recently visited Anaheim, Calif., for a broadcasting competition. Not only did the students win a national award, they also got to appear on the "JayWalking" segment of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The show is set to air later this week, so be sure to check out our area TV stars! (more)

Anybody watch Mythbusters last night? They made a lead balloon, and it worked. Oh yeah, the other guys on the show set off 200 pounds of TNT under water. That was awesome too.

But, after Mythbusters, they've got this new show on that really sucks. It's called Crash Lab or something like that. It's Mythbusters for the ignorant. Their science is awful, the hosts are awful, the ideas are awful...awful.  They don't work out equations or include any kind of real science. They just smash stuff and make it seem like that's why everyone watches Mythbusters anyway, which is totally untrue. 

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Now that most shows have run out of script material (except for the upcoming episodes of LOST!) and the writers’ strike has mostly killed my joy, I’ve found myself actually flipping through channels. Last night I almost tried to watch American Idol, almost. After a minute or so, I couldn’t take it anymore and had to switch the channel.

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I made a big mistake last night. I watched the History Channel.

To start, I watched a special on the “end of the world.” Did you know that it ends 2012? Well if you didn’t, start marking your calendars with a big red X on December 12, 2012.

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Former neighborsgo employee Angela Raile gave it a shot on American Idol's Dallas County stop last week. Blogger LauraKB brought it to everyone's attention that Angela once worked for neighborsgo. Angela did a spirited number that didn't impress Simon, Paula and Randy. Her performance remains alive on YouTube posts. And on Fox News video, where showbiz talking head Shepard Smith interviews Idol castoffs the day after their appearances. She and her model-husband Chad chatted up a storm, mainly about the experience.

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I'm a bubba. My tastes are simple. I likes me funny movies. So, it was some anticipation that I was awaiting Dumb and Dumber on WGN last night. I recorded it for a little family time with my 9-year-old. I figured that, if it's on WGN, it should be edited for age-appropriate viewing. And that's great. (more)

I've had an odd fascination with the advertising game of the 1960s. It all seemed so glamorous. In your black suit and thin tie, you take the commuter train into Madison Avenue, come up with snappy ad slogans, chain smoke, sip a martini, and come home to a happy housewife in a beehive 'do.

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Texas high school football purists complain about Friday Night Lights' inaccuracies and creative license. That's OK. I've cut FNL some slack in the past. You have to have some creative license, especially when you're balancing a show with a touch of Dawson's Creek and Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine. 

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It’s that time of year again when that American Idol wave is about to come crashing into our television sets. Seeing as how there isn’t anything new on TV lately, I have a feeling there will be even more viewers this year. 

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