It has been a year since I wrote a piece called “I Won’t Watch Bill Maher Again.” The tipping point was Maher’s continued anti-vaccination stance, which is dangerous. But a year later, I decided to give Maher another chance on Friday night, hoping to see some clever comments about the presidential election season and hoping […]
The green coffee bean extract that he promoted on his TV show as a “useful tool for weight loss” suffered another setback last week when the authors of the study who made the original claims about it retracted their paper. The company that sold the extract has been fined $3.5 million by the FTC, whose […]
Major kudos to John Oliver for this piece on his HBO “Last Week Tonight” show about Dr. Oz, the weight-loss scams he promotes, and the government’s lack of interest in regulating the dangerous dietary supplement industry (despite a lack of evidence that most of these products work). Although I have pounded on Dr. Oz on […]
On Sunday, I wrote, “Shame on Sen. Claire McCaskill for asking Dr. Oz to testify about health scams. He promotes them regularly!” I also linked to a piece by science blogger Orac who offered some background on Oz’s claims. But I’m happy to report that when Oz appeared before McCaskill’s Senate hearing yesterday, she and […]
Looking for some snarky commentary about the election you won’t find anywhere else? Here you go. Trigger warning: includes the phrase “steaming turd” in reference to a certain unqualified candidate.
Quickies on Quentin Tarantino’s novelization of “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” the Surfside condo building collapse, the death of Donald Rumsfeld, and a new movie record I hit this week.
My thoughts on Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ stint as guest host of “Jeopardy!” this week, and whether he’d ever be considered for the job permanently.
Some of the late-night talk/comedy TV shows have begun to allow audiences back into the studio, but several of them would be better off not making that move. Here’s why.
Several people have asked my opinion of Katie Couric’s stint as guest host of “Jeopardy!” Here’s my response, including why she won’t get the job permanently.
Three quick items… I completely agree with Joe Adalian, TV reporter and Vulture editor, who tweeted: “That Andy Lack had no use for Ronan Farrow but spent tens of millions on Megyn Kelly is an indictment of both Lack’s judgement and the generally misplaced priorities of cable news.” He’s referring to Lack, the head of […]