Category Archives: TV
Peggy & Betty & Joan, Oh My!: Rolling Stone does another TV cover
Rolling Stone follows up the True Blood cover with a celebration of Mad Men, calling it “the best show on TV.” I’ve always thought so, but after this week’s episode—Don’s “lost weekend”, Peggy’s assertiveness, when-Roger-met-Don, Pete’s Cosgrove-inspired meltdown—it’s feeling more … Continue reading
Filed under General Fabulousness, TV
The SCOTT TOPICS™ Mailbag: Why TV is Good (for me, at least)
“Why do you watch so much TV? And how? I’d think you’d wanna read books more than watch TV!” ~ H.J., Trenton I love books. I wouldn’t be a grad student now if I didn’t. But I watch TV too, … Continue reading
TV Round-up: Big Brother, True Blood, Mad Men
All this love. All this pain. All my TV shows, or at least a bunch of them, have these characters suffering the slings and arrows of love affairs dying or being broken up or just coming to sad, centuries-old ends. … Continue reading
Filed under Rants, True Blood, TV
Threesome From Hell?: Rolling Stone’s True(ly) Blood(y) Cover…
Later today I’m posting a TV piece, mainly about True Blood, Big Brother and Mad Men. But I just had to post this cover shot from the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine. What do you make of it? You … Continue reading
Filed under sex, True Blood, TV
A Little Help For My Friend: Make HEATHER JOHNSTON the next Food Network Superstar!
Okay foodies, supporters of black women’s professional (and culinary) dreams, and all-around SPB peeps, I need your help. An old friend Heather Johnston is a Finalist in the Food Network/YouTube Challenge with her Video for Arancini, a delectable fried risotto … Continue reading
Reasons to be Cheerful Summer 2010
Every few months here at SCOTT TOPICS™ I like to assess my level of happiness. Of course, that can be a sorta futile exercise at times, considering a) the general state of the world and b) how busy I make … Continue reading
Filed under books, music, PhD, Reasons to be Cheerful, TV, Uncategorized
On True Blood: Long Live the King
I never ever thought I’d ever say this again, after pretty much writing off the show after one of the confusing and awful Maryanne-as-slave master episodes last season, but: I’m starting to really enjoy True Blood. It’s not that it’s … Continue reading
Filed under Race, True Blood, TV
Links and Hijinks: Ellen, Anne Rice, Dexter, Potboilers and More…
Quit claims: This week two famous women quit famously new positions: Ellen Degeneres gave up her American Idol post (to make way, apparently, for Jenifer Lopez to step in)…and vampirific author Anne Rice has decided that Christianity—for a host of … Continue reading
Straight Eye (Network) For the Gays
So let me get this straight: CBS has asked (told? demanded?) the production teams and writing staffs of three of its shows—two that already exist and one upcoming this season—to add gay characters to the storylines. This after the Gay … Continue reading
Links and Hijinks: Mad Men “origins”, “new” James Baldwin, True Blood’s Lafayette, & More Mel…
{Just a few tidbits til tomorrow…} Mad Mad Mad Mad (Men) World: Next Sunday’s the day we find out what’s up with Don Draper and the gang on Mad Men…I certainly cannot wait to see what’s up a year after … Continue reading
