Stewart rally to ‘restore sanity,’ while Colbert pushes to ‘keep fear alive’

09-17-2010 •

Two dueling Comedy Central rallies planned in Washington have something for everyone.

Shatner Improvs Raw Nerve

09-11-2010 • arclein

"And we used to joke, my kids and I, about how if there wasn't somebody crying at the end of the meal — and not out of rage, but out of something meaningful — it wasn't a good meal." It's with that spirit that Shatner approaches "Raw Nerve,"

Punk’d, Iraqi-Style, at a Checkpoint

09-05-2010 • NY Times

An Iraqi reality television program broadcast during Ramadan has been planting fake bombs in celebrities’ cars, having an Iraqi army checkpoint find them and terrifying the celebrities into thinking that they are headed for maximum security prison.

4chan rigs votes for Zach Anner

6-224-2010 • geekosystem.com/Me in 4chan

"The internet hate machine" as it is known by Foxnews rigged the votes for Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star competition. The denizens of 4chan admittedly did this for "the lulz" and to cause chaos for the mainstream media. Note: The website

Sci-Fi Thriller Series Pioneer One Debuts… For Torrents!

06-21-2010 • Geekosystem, LLC

More than one million people are expected to download the pilot episode of Pioneer One, the new indie sci-fi series by filmmakers Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith which debuted on Bittorent-powered distribution platform VODO last Wednesday, with P2P fi

New Miss USA: Islamic fundamentalism in a bikini?

05-18-2010 • McClatchy News

To win the title of Miss USA, Rima Fakih paraded across a Las Vegas stage in a nearly microscopic bikini. She skirted disaster when she almost tripped in her glittery white evening gown. Finally, she told the judges that health insurance should cove

The Beck Deception

03-11-2010 • granddelusion.wordpress.com via Rense.com

If you are a die-hard Glenn Beck fan (like I was), please keep a very open mind as you read this. Our freedom depends on it.

Happy-Face Totalitarian Commericals

02-10-2010 • The Atlas Society

Atlas Society Advocacy Director Ed Hudgins analyzes the Audi "Green Police" Super Bowl commercial, the Smart Balance celebration of banning foods, and Joseph Kennedy Jr.'s pimping for Venezuelan Marxist thug Hugo Chávez.

Colbert takes on Palin's "hand-o-prompter"

02-09-2010 • Salon.com

Think Stephen Colbert was impressed by Sarah Palin's speech to Tea Party Nation and her, ahem, handy way of remembering her talking points? Think again:

Funniest Commercials of 2009: In a Sea of Lackluster, 2 TV Ad Campaigns Blow Competition Away

12-29-2009 • Ginn

In a sea of bland, lackluster commercials, two ad campaigns, an eccentric, intriguing, adventurous older man and a Scotsman wielding a dipstick won hands down as the funniest commercials of 2009.

Broadcasters' woes could spell trouble for free TV

12-29-2009 • AP

For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer. The business model is unraveling at ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox

Controlling the TV with a wave of the hand

12-23-2009 • AP

Touchscreens are so yesterday. Remote controls? So last century. The future is controlling your devices with a simple wave of the hand. A wiggle of the fingers will change television channels or turn the volume up or down. In videogames, your m

John Stossel's new show premiered last night

12-11-2009 • FOX Business

John Stossel joined FOX Business and FOX News in October 2009. His show, Stossel, airs on the Fox Business Network on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET. The New York Times best-selling author of Give Me A Break and Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity. His "Give

Real Life TV Commercial: OnStar Helps Rescue Sen. Daughter

12-03-2009 • Ginn

Like a real life TV commercial, OnStar helps rescue Sen. Corker's daughter from a carjacking.

Comcast lands NBC in deal that reshapes media

12-03-2009 • Reuters

Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how TV shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home. The deal has been discu

'Censoring' Adam Lambert

11-26-2009 • The Week

ABC Television is under siege after airing—and then "censoring"— Adam Lambert's controversial male-on-male "S&M" performance at the American Music Awards. His decision to simulate oral sex on stage with a male dancer, fumed Lambert: "I don't mean to

Is Jay Leno reading Freedom's Phoenix News?

09-22-2009 • Jay Leno Show

I wonder if Jay is reading Phoenix Freedom's News? About the 4:15 mark Dog Story, 6:05 Insane Killer hmmm.

Family, Famous Friends Attend Ed McMahon Memorial

6/29/09 • eonline

You didn't have to search far to find stars paying tribute to Ed McMahon on Sunday. The memorial service for Tonight Show's second banana, who died last Tuesday, was held at the Church of the Hills at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries in the Hollywood Hills and included more than 200 friends and family members, his wife, Pamela, his five children and his grandchildren among them, Entertainment Tonight reports.

10 year old Holly Steel - I Could Have Danced all Night

04-28-2009 • Youtube (Britain's Got Talent)

10 year old ballerina Holly Steel singing "I could have danced all night," from My Fair Lady on Britain's got Talent. [nice]

U.S. top court upholds TV profanity crackdown

04-28-2009 • Reuters

The Supreme Court upheld a U.S. government crackdown on profanity on television, a policy that subjects broadcasters to fines for airing a single expletive blurted out on a live show. In its first ruling on broadcast indecency standards in more than

Fox anchor: 'This is America! We do not fucking torture'

04-23-2009 • Raw Story

Fox News' Shepard Smith is pissed. Speaking on Fox News' online webcast, The Strategy Room, the Fox anchor responded brashly to the question of whether the United States should use torture in interrogating detainees.

BRITAINS GOT TALENT 2009 SUSAN BOYLE (SINGER) (HQ)

04-15-2009 • Youtube

Well this brings back some memories of another contestant....

Parks & Recreation

04-10-2009 • Hulu

Deputy director of parks and recreation, Leslie Knope makes it her sole mission to take on a city pit and turn it into a beautiful park. [watch it now - the over/under is at 7 episodes]

TV's 'Guiding Light' switching off after 72 years

04-01-2009 • AP

CBS is pulling the plug on the soap opera "Guiding Light" after a 72-year run that predates television, the show a victim of the economy and changed viewing habits. The drama's final episode will air on Sept. 18.

Joss Whedon and the Real Girl

03-30-2009 • The Atlantic Monthly (h/t Wendy McElroy)

In the second episode of Joss Whedon’s new Fox series Dollhouse, an FBI agent who has been obsessively pursuing a human trafficking operation gets a tip from a co-worker. “We got a call,” his colleague says. “Couple of kids found a house in the woods