Happy New Year....

...and happy new TV...soon.

We are almost back to our regularly scheduled programming - just one week away. During the spring we will be saying goodbye to 'Dirty/Sexy/Money' and hello to 'Scrubs', 'Lost', '24', and 'Dollhouse' -- as well as more 'Fringe' and more 'Life on Mars'. Color me excited for 2009 winter/spring programming. I assume we'll also see the return of 'Rules of Engagement' on CBS because everyone needs their David Spade and Patrick Warburton fix. We will also get the NFL Playoffs, the college basketball season, and the beginning of a new baseball season. I suppose the NBA is still playing too, I must have forgotten about it.

So its shaping up to be a fun year for TV and Op-Ed TV...see you soon.

Worst Blog Post Ever

There is nothing on TV right now. Not a thing. Oh there is football and basketball and porn, but I am not a blogger of these fine kinds of entertainment. If I was, I could probably do 10,000 words on yesterday's NFL action - but that is better left to Peter King. And really, does anyone blog about porn? I'd Google it, but the amount of computer viruses I might get wouldn't be worth it.

Total aside...someday I'd like a printout from Google of everything I've ever Googled. I hope the cops don't do this when they are investigating your murder.

"What do they know about Henderson?"

"Well, he was a huge Dolphins fan, was interested in stamp collecting, and had some sort of fascination with Miley Cirus + nude photos"

Sorry folks, that's all I got.

HIMYM Correction

It's been bothering me for 3 days now....in the recent episode of 'HIMYM', at the Minnesota Vikings bar in New York City, they continually refer to the Vikings upset loss to the Falcons in the 1999 NFC Championship game. But you know what? It may have taken place in January of 1999, but it was the 1998 NFC Championship game -- that is how the NFL, and anybody who follows football, refers to the postseason -- its the year when the season itself took place.

This glaring and outlandish Minnesota-based mistake now replaces Brandon Walsh's mispronunication of 'Wayzata, MN' from season 1 of the original 90210. For the record, he said they were from 'Why-zay-ta'. I understand though, it was the early years of the FOX network and they probably couldn't afford long distance to ask anybody.

MTV New 2009 Programming

The last thing I watched regularly on MTV was probably 'Remote Control'. I also enjoyed videos. From what my people tell me, with the cancellation of TRL, even those are gone now too. Here is their new schedule for 2009, perhaps you'll find something you might like. I did. Check out the synopsis for 'College Life' -- this one is right up my alley, hits close to home, and will either make me happy to be in my 30's, or yearning for the State Street Days of yesteryear...probably the latter.

The College Humor Show: An inside look at the lives of the twentysomethings who created CollegeHumor.com. The "characters infuse their workplace with a chaotic frat-house attitude." Sounds like: Animal House meets the Silicon Valley tech boom.

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory: The pro skater from Rob & Big takes us into the "25,000 square foot industrial-complex-turned-funhouse" that houses his skateboard business, a concrete plaza (for skating, of course) and more. Sounds like: Life of Ryan, the working years.

College Life: Students at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, film themselves during freshman year. Expect tears, skin and — we'll go out on a limb here — emotional confrontations with pop songs playing in the background. Sounds like: The Hills with some education.

How's Your News?: South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker produce this documentary-style series in which reporters with disabilities do interviews with celebrities and regular people alike, at sites from red carpets to SXSW. Sounds like: A great idea.

Daddy's Girls: Angela and Vanessa Simmons leave Run's House to pursue their dreams in L.A., which include setting up a fashion line and acting. Diddy and Rev. Run produce. Sounds Like: Run's House in The Hills.

The Girls of Hedsor Hall (working title): Based on the UK's Ladette to Lady, Donald Trump's Hall ships 12 hard-partying American girls off to England to become proper ladies and compete for $100,000. Sounds like: My Fair Lady meets Charm School.

MTV's Untitled Performing Arts Show: Nick Lachey is goes behind the camera to executive produce a show that follows aspiring stars at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts. Sounds like: Fame

THANKS TO TVGUIDE.COM FOR THE SYNOPSIS AND COMMENTS.

HIMYM: Hello Vikings Bar...

Did not see that coming...An entire episode sub-plot dedicated to a Vikings bar in NYC, where any mention of the 1999 NFC Championship game gets a collective 'damn' throughout the bar. And everyone in a jersey or 'Helga braids'? Too funny. Lauren didn't laugh quite as much as I did, but for any real Vikings fan out there, this episode was very cathartic.

Also worth mentioning? 'The Big Bang Theory' has been hilarious this season. Monday night's episode is worth watching on CBS.com when you have 22 minutes...it is totally worth it and very, very funny. Really, trust me. Watch during lunch break or something.

SNL Sinks

So I haven't seen it yet, but if you haven't heard, SNL went after New York's governor for, you know, being blind. HEEE--LARRY---OUS. You see, the governor was hoping whomever he nominated for the senate seat could be impaired as well, maybe have a 'gamey arm' or something.

I am all for handicap humor when its appropriate. And of course, that level of appropriateness is different for each person. But somehow making fun of blind people for being blind is truly uninspired. Oh look, he doesn't know what camera to look into! Frickin' genius.

No one makes fun of Seth Meyers and his writing crew for being retarded do they?

Pelican Larry's (Naples, FL)

I am sitting at 'Pelican Larry's Raw Bar and Grill' watching some professional football. Besides the wings, peel-and-eat shrimp, and fresh grouper, every table has its own 26" HDTV against the wall. And each TV has a printed channel guide for which game is on which channel.
I assume that Pelican Larry's is not heaven, but I would like to think that heaven is a little bit like Larry's.