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Drama

C.S.I.: Sara Smiles

Posted by ButtonKnows If I were Warrick Brown, man, I would be getting nervous. Reeeeal nervous. Because I am guessing about 15 episodes of C.S.I. from now something really inventively crappy is going to happen to him. He’s due. See, at the end of Season 5, toward the denouement of a twisty storyline almost as inventive as this past season’s miniature killer, Grissom’s team wound up with their Nick in a box. (“Step one: Build a plexiglass box. Twooo… put your cop in that bah-ha-hox. Three: Make them open the box.” You can take ‘er from here … and yeah, […]

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Reality TV

The Hills: I Just Really Don’t Want to Throw Up.

Posted by ButtonKnows Here’s a hint: If you’re a cast member on The Hills and you get invited to a party? Like, at the apartment of another cast member of The Hills? And you don’t already live with them? Go clubbing instead. Because otherwise, something weird is going to happen to you. Guaranteed. Like, you’re going to part ways with your girlfriend. Or boyfriend. Or roommate. Or Spencer. Or you’re going to find out that your current or former girlfriend or boyfriend or roommate or Spencer is doing something with a member of the opposite sex that you aren’t going […]

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Reality TV

Kitchen Nightmares Is My Dream Come True

Posted by ButtonKnows I am wed to a former waiter-then-chef-then-bar-manager-then-restaurant GM. This equates with several things in my world. 1) I never have to cook. Ever. 2) I never have to grocery shop. Ever. 2.5) I never clean up either, so, ladies, if you didn’t want to slug me by the end of points 1 and 2, I bet I got you there. Anyhoo… 3) My house is filled with magazines with names like BeverageWorld, Bartender, and Restaurant Business. And 4) TV food dudes like Anthony Bourdain, Alton Brown, Andrew Zimmern and Gordon Ramsay are the kings of our entertainment […]

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Reality TV

The Hills Have Exes

Posted by ButtonKnows I’m going to make a little prediction here. Perhaps I’ll be wrong, which is fine — the opposite outcome has made for perfectly good TV all season long and will continue to do so. But I am feeling just bold enough about my theory to throw it out there and see what happens. (Providing that what happens has nothing to do with Spencer Pratt calling me out on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show or something nasty like that … which secretly I would love, Spence, so game on, little feller.) Here’s my prediction: I think Lauren and Heidi […]

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Food TV

“Good Eats” Guru Alton Brown Talks About His Heat Thing

If you’re a fan of Good Eats, Food Network’s cooking show meets science experiment meets improvisational comedy hour, you’ve probably been wondering about the background of its host, Alton Brown. Beloved elementary science teacher, maybe? Standup comic? Chef/owner of some quirky little bistro? Actually, he was the guy trying to convince you to buy diapers and steel-belted radials. “I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials,” Brown admits. “I kept thinking, ‘Somebody has to make a food show that is actually educational and entertaining at the same time … a show that got down […]