I think the most depressing thing on American television – and more so than the predictably and necessarily awful horror of stations like Fox News – are late night talk shows. While I’m too...
https://botherer.org/2014/12/30/a-celebration-of-the-late-late-show-with-craig-ferguson/
Derren Brown’s The Events comes to an end, and without the much-predicted redaction of his stupid and ignorance-promoting claims in previous episodes. There’s thoughts on the series over all ...
https://botherer.org/2009/10/04/very-many-words-on-the-end-of-derren-brown/
Okay, it’s time. Enough new shows for a rundown. First up, sitcoms: Community – NBC I didn’t know what to expect from this. I love Joel McHale on The Soup, but he does seem to struggle with...
https://botherer.org/2009/10/03/new-television-season-sitcoms/
A number of people suggested to me after the disgraceful embarrassment of Derren Brown’s lottery Event that this may be part of his building up to something. That he may have gone in this direc...
https://botherer.org/2009/09/18/too-many-words-on-derren-brown-crippling-the-nation/
I know, I know, I witter on about Derren Brown far too much. And I’m going to repeat myself here. But I feel as though I’m circling around the plughole into which I’ll finally plop down wit...
https://botherer.org/2009/09/12/far-too-many-words-on-derren-brown-the-lottery/
I’ve recently seen a few episodes of a BBC quiz show called Eggheads. Not being a watcher of daytime TV, it’s a programme that’s passed me by for the six years it’s been on air. But via t...
Channel 4’s Inside Nature’s Giants has been almost brilliant, constantly held back by presenter Mark Evans’ determination to present it to confused children. The programme, in which some of...
There’s a splendid new comedy on ABC at the moment that a grand total of no one is talking about. It’s called Better Off Ted, which is possibly the worst sitcom name of all time, but it’s t...
https://botherer.org/2009/05/02/television-better-off-ted-vs-the-internet/
Picking apart what went so horribly wrong with the recent attempt to revive Red Dwarf is probably something that should begin twelve years ago with the start of series seven. When Rob Grant left ...
https://botherer.org/2009/04/14/television-red-dwarf-back-to-a-dearth-of-ideas/
You really should watch Kings. Here’s the simple reason: the recently reborn Ian McShane as a conflicted King, ruling over a modern nation, Gilboa, a place bearing many similarities with modern...