A few weeks ago, Sara Silverman released a scandalous video on her boyfriend’s late night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live. The video made Silverman’s graphic relationship with Matt Damon public. She’s fucking Matt Damon. Jimmy was stunned and, I’m sure, crushed by the news.

I’m guessing that after weeks of crying and drinking, Jimmy pulled himself together enough to get even. (Read more…)

The Showtime series Dexter has made the clumsy descent to CBS and public television. I think it’s good and bad: It’s good because now everyone in America can see how great of a show Dexter is. It’s bad because now everyone in America won’t feel pressed to pick up Dexter on dvd to see it in all of its unedited glory.

The acting by Michael C. Hall as Dexter is really great and the rest of the characters hold their own, especially Jennifer Carpenter as his sister, Deb. The writing is good, the idea behind the show is awesome. I think it’s one of the best shows on television at the moment. I’m hoping this remains the case after CBS gets done pleasing all the censors and sponsors.

I watched the premiere last night, and it wasn’t that bad; I don’t think much was lost in translation. I did notice a couple of rough profanity substitutes. I’m not saying that “mother lover” is never used in anger, but I don’t hear it that much on the street. I’m concerned about further editing as the show progresses. Does CBS have a good track record with shows featuring serial killers, heavy gore, tasteful nudity, and realistic profanity?

Dexter airs Sunday nights at 10:00pm eastern on CBS.

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I watch The Biggest Loser on Tuesday nights whenever there isn’t a new episode of House on. Actually, that’s a lie; I watch the second half of The Biggest Loser on Monday nights; House is only an hour long and an episode of House that I’ve already seen is almost always better than watching people run on treadmills and chew Extra gum for two hours.

But The Biggest Loser does have its charms. Being a show about overweight people exercising, there’s always some crazy twist or ….plot? ..development to keep the audience interested. The other week they stuck chocolates in front of the contestants’ faces to see if they would eat any. I’m waiting for the episode where the producers drop the contestants in the desert and make them choose between dying from exposure and indulging their craving for banana splits.

Ridiculous entertainment aside, the best part about The Biggest Loser is the fat community that exists at the workout/torture/mind game camp. When else has anyone on that show been in a group entirely comprised of obese to morbidly obese people? Before, if one of the contestants was sitting at the public library and screamed “I WANT A CHEESE STEAK,” all the other people at the library would shake their heads, maybe even suggest the person find a treadmill and a bowl of lettuce, stat. But at Biggest Loser Penitentiary if someone screams, “I WANT A KEG OF BEEFARONI”, someone else jumps up and screams, “I WANT TWO KEGS OF BEEFARONI.”

I think this fat fellowship, even in the fucked up fat person eat fat person world of The Biggest Loser, is one of the best ways to lose weight. It must be nice to be accepted for who you are instead of having people slide a protective arm around their food when you walk into the room.

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