Bros! The Hangover 3 Trailer is Finally Here!
Bros! Dust off your dicks and go pick up Spinach from the emergency room in Chopstick’s mom’s Benz! Unstrap your 40 hands and cancel the charity slave auction, because the Hangover 3 has a trailer! You...
View ArticleCBS Had 12 Of The 25 Highest-Rated TV Shows Of The 2012-2013 Season
We tend to focus most of our attention on cable dramas like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and Justified, as well as under-watched, perpetually-on-the-bubble comedies like Community, Parks &...
View ArticleBon Jovi Walked A Fan Down The Aisle At The Graceland Wedding Chapel In Vegas
Bon Jovi superfan Branka Delic really wanted Jon Bon Jovi to walk her down the aisle. So she created a website: BonJoviPleaseWalkMeDownTheAisle.com. Now here’s the crazy part: it worked! Reports...
View ArticleThese ‘No Whales Or Hippos’ Texts From A Vegas Club Promoter To A...
Shutterstock The below text exchange between a Las Vegas club promoter and a bachelorette party planner will shock zero people, but that doesn’t mean you won’t want to give them a read because the real...
View ArticleKSK Kontent Klearinghouse: Very Early 2014 Win Totals
[via] Cantor Gaming put out its expected win totals for the 2014 NFL season, which just might be subject to change, given that it’s being released prior to the draft and even the start of free agency....
View ArticleIn Which We Travel To Vegas To Learn More About The ‘Point Break’ Remake
Uproxx/DarielFigueroa As the plane’s engines rumbled my inner ears and as the American mid-West patchwork swept beneath us, I tried to think about which character from the original Point Break film I...
View ArticleMeet The Irish Dad Who Accidentally Filmed A Vacation-Long Selfie In Las Vegas
We all make mistakes. We’re all guilty of a lapse in critical thought every now and then. With that being the case when someone close to us slips up we should let it go. Act as if it never happened....
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘Vegas’ slumps on Friday, while rising ‘Happy Endings’ helps ABC...
CBS Fast National ratings for Friday, April 5, 2013. “Vegas” is the latest new drama to struggle in CBS’ otherwise strong Friday night, though the network still won overall, while ABC led among young...
View ArticleTV Ratings: CBS and ABC lead Friday as ‘Vegas,’‘Happy Endings’ droop
The CW Fast National ratings for Friday, April 12, 2013. “Happy Endings” and “Vegas” were among several shows taking big Friday drops, but ABC and CBS still split the night among young viewers, with...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘Undercover Boss’ drives CBS on Friday as ‘Happy Endings’ drops ABC
CBS Fast National ratings for Friday, April 26, 2013. While “Shark Tank” was Friday’s top show among young viewers, “Undercover Boss” and “Blue Bloods” both took their hours and helped CBS win the...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘Happy Endings’ finale rises, while ‘Shark Tank,’‘Blue Bloods’...
ABC Fast National ratings for Friday, May 3, 2013. In normal Friday form, “Blue Bloods” carried CBS to an easy overall win, while “Shark Tank” led ABC to victory among young viewers. The season finale...
View ArticleCBS cancels ‘Vegas,’‘Golden Boy’ and ‘CSI: NY’
CBS Soon after picking up six new shows for the 2013-2014 season, CBS began the predictable business of clearing out deadwood to make room for the fresh saplings. On Friday (May 10) afternoon, CBS...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘Shark Tank’ leads ABC Friday split, while ‘Rock Center’ tops...
ABC Fast National ratings for Friday, May 10, 2013. As usual, “Shark Tank” was Friday’s top program and led ABC to victory among young viewers, but overall “Blue Bloods” kept CBS on top, even if the...
View ArticleA candid Q&A with Ken Jordan of The Crystal Method on new album and EDM scene
Erik Madsen Before electronic music had dozens of chart-topping producers and an entire genre to its name, which we today call EDM, in the mid-90s, a few U.S. acts such as Moby and the Crystal Method...
View ArticleThe Joy Of Doing Vegas Like A Rock Star, Even If Only For A Weekend
Shutterstock/UPROXX If we’re to be honest with each other, there are two things you need to know: The first is that I’m a scrub. I’m a guy with a taste for the finer things in life — stacks on deck,...
View ArticleWeigh in on Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis in CBS’‘Vegas’ teaser
Lorey Sebastian/CBS Dennis Quaid is a cowboy sheriff who fights crime by riding a horse through 1960s Las Vegas. Do you really need to know anything more about the new CBS drama “Vegas”? Personally,...
View ArticleWhich of CBS's Four New Shows Is the Worst? It's Elementary, My Dear
CBS, which is the top-rated network among all viewers for the reasons that I explained yesterday, is introducing only four new shows to their geriatric slate of procedurals: One bad comedy, and one...
View ArticleFrom ‘Arrow’ to ‘Vegas’– 10 New Shows We’re Looking Forward To After Upfronts
Last week, during the four-day upfronts frenzy, the five broadcast networks unveiled more than 30 new shows which will premiere during the 2012-13 television season. In order to make those shows stand...
View ArticleDVR Gridlock 2012-13: Tuesday Nights
FOX [This week, I’m going to be glancing, night-by-night, at how the primetime schedules have changed after the network announcements at upfronts. I’ll be looking at how the various changes will impact...
View ArticleFrom ‘Survivor’ to ‘Elementary,’ CBS sets Fall 2012 premiere dates
CBS The official start of the 2012-2013 season is Monday, September 24 and darned if that isn’t when CBS is beginning its fall rollout, with a launch schedule focused almost entirely around the...
View ArticleTake Me To The Pilots ’12: CBS’‘Vegas’
CBS [In case you’ve Forgotten, and as I will continue to mention each and every one of these posts that I do: This is *not* a review. Pilots change. Sometimes a lot. Often for the better. Sometimes for...
View Article15 Breakout Stars of Fall TV 2012
This fall, viewers will welcome a slew of small-screen favorites back into the primetime fold. Matthew Perry, Connie Britton, Michael Chiklis, Giancarlo Esposito, Reba, Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman,...
View ArticleThe good, the bad and the meh of fall 2012’s new TV dramas
ABC I couldn’t just weigh in on the new fall TV half-hours, of course. For the record, these aren’t reviews — those would be more in-depth and, honestly, would require more than the first episode to...
View ArticleFrom ‘Park Avenue’ to ‘Vegas’– The Best and Worst New TV Shows of Fall 2012
Normally I do separate “Best” and “Worst” galleries for the various new fall TV shows, but this year I just squished 15 notable shows together into a single gallery. “Why?” you might ask. First off, I...
View ArticleFall TV 2012: The best, the worst and a lot in between
ABC It’s that time again, folks: fall TV is here. Well, arguably, fall TV has been here since the summer, when NBC aired the pilots of “Go On” and “Animal Practice” during the Olympics. And it’s...
View Article‘Vegas’ star Michael Chiklis on playing a ’60s wiseguy
CBS CBS’ upcoming drama “Vegas” (it debuts Tuesday at 10 p.m.) is notable for a few reasons. One, it’s the first regular TV job for Dennis Quaid, who plays legendary real-life Las Vegas sheriff Ralph...
View ArticleFirewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 150: Emmys, ‘Vegas,’‘The Mindy Project’&...
The TV season is here! The TV season is here! Of course, new shows have been debuting for a couple of weeks now, but there’s still plenty to talk about in the first of this week’s two Firewall &...
View ArticleListen: Firewall & Iceberg Podcast No. 150
Happy Monday, Boys & Girls! It’s time for the first of two installments of The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast this week. Today, we spend a long time debriefing from Sunday’s Emmy Awards telecast,...
View ArticleReview: CBS’‘Vegas’ pits cowboys against gangsters
CBS With many new TV shows, there is what I want it to be, and there is what it actually is. Sometimes, what it is turns out to be good enough on its own; at other times, the gap between expectations...
View ArticleHitFix Interview: Carrie-Anne Moss talks ‘Vegas’ and life post-‘Matrix’
CBS Fans of “The Matrix” trilogy surely remember Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity, a perpetually black-clad ass-kicker. But after that? Sure, she popped up in “Chocolat” and “Memento,” but largely seemed...
View ArticleWhat’s On Tonight: ‘The Mindy Project’ And A Zillion Other Premieres
The Mindy Project (Fox) – Series premiere. This show, created by and starring The Office alum Mindy Kaling, is getting pretty good reviews. I like Mindy Kaling, and the premiere briefly features Ed...
View ArticleSeries premiere review: ‘Vegas’–‘Pilot’
CBS I posted my review of CBS’ “Vegas” this morning. Now it’s your turn. For those who tuned in tonight, what did you think? Were you happy to see Dennis Quaid on the small screen? To have Michael...
View ArticleThe Network Ratings Winners And Losers From The First Week Of The New Season
It’s premiere week, and while several new shows have yet to premiere, going back to Thursday night’s sitcoms over on NBC (which performed desultory), we have a week’s worth of data to look at. We also...
View ArticleWhat’s On Tonight: Sports Documentaries, Biker Gangs, And Liam Neeson
Broke (ESPN) – ESPN’s excellent 30 for 30 series returns tonight with Broke, a look at athletes blowing through millions of dollars and ending up bankrupt, directed by Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys,...
View ArticleTV Ratings: CBS’‘NCIS’ dominance continues on Tuesday as everybody droops
CBS Fast National ratings for Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The networks are going to have to look hard to find reasons for optimism after a Tuesday night that saw across-the-board drops for basically...
View ArticleWhat’s On Tonight: Dr. Horrible, Rappers, And Motorcycle Gangs
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (The CW) – Tonight at 9, the CW will air all three installments of the web series created by Joss Whedon — starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘Voice,’‘NCIS’ lead Tuesday, as The CW’s ‘Dr. Horrible’ hits a...
The CW Fast National ratings for Tuesday, October 9, 2012. After last week’s clip show, “The Voice” made a strong return to Tuesday and boosted NBC’s full lineup to a narrow win among young viewers....
View ArticleCancellation Watch: Ranking All The New Network Shows By Their Nielsen Ratings
It’s been another lousy start for the networks this fall, as their new shows are not only underperforming across the board, they’re getting whipped by cable competition. In the 18-49 demo, for...
View ArticleCBS gives full seasons to ‘Vegas,’‘Elementary’
CBS CBS has given full-season orders to the most watched and second most watched new dramas of the fall. The network announced on Tuesday (October 23) that both “Elementary” and “Vegas” have received...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘Parenthood’ topples ‘Vegas’ to help NBC split Tuesday
NBC Fast National ratings for Tuesday, October 23, 2012. “Parenthood” topped “Vegas” among young viewers on Tuesday to help NBC take the night in the key demographic, but it was still a CBS rout...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘The Voice,’‘NCIS’ lead a Sandy-impacted Tuesday
CBS Fast National ratings for Tuesday, October 30, 2012. While CBS swept Tuesday primetime overall, from “NCIS” to “Vegas,” NBC’s “The Voice” led a nightly sweep among young viewers. Although slightly...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘Parenthood,’‘Voice’ let NBC split Tuesday with ‘NCIS’-driven CBS
NBC Fast National ratings for Tuesday, November 13, 2012. “Parenthood” topped “Vegas” among young viewers to help NBC score a narrow Tuesday win in the advertiser-friendly demographic, but nothing...
View Article10 Stories you might have missed: Bryan Singer says no to leather in ‘X-Men’...
In this week’s installment of 10 Stories you might have missed: Bryan Singer says no to leather in “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” Also: Chris Hemsworth circles the starry drama “Candy Store,” the...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘NCIS,’‘Dancing with the Stars’ finale help CBS, ABC split Tuesday
ABC Fast National ratings for Tuesday, November 27, 2012. “Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars” wrapped up a low-rated season with barely enough juice to help ABC win Tuesday night among young viewers,...
View ArticleTV Ratings: Season high ‘NCIS’ helps CBS crush Tuesday rivals
CBS Fast National ratings for January 15, 2013. “NCIS” hit a season high in viewers and, in fact, delivered its second largest audience ever, pacing a comfortable Tuesday romp for CBS in all key...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘NCIS’ dominates Tuesday, while ‘New Girl’ leads comedy logjam
CBS Fast National ratings for Tuesday, January 29, 2013. “NCIS” delivered its second biggest audience of the season and helped CBS crush its Tuesday rivals, easily outdrawing the other four networks...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘Smash’ return flops, while ‘NCIS’ leads CBS on Tuesday
NBC Fast National ratings for Tuesday, February 5, 2013. The season premiere of NBC’s “Smash” failed dramatically without its former cushy lead-in from “The Voice,” while “NCIS” and “NCIS: Los Angeles”...
View ArticleTV Ratings: ‘NCIS’ dominates Tuesday as ‘Smash’ dips and ‘Cult’ stumbles
Will Hart/NBC Fast National ratings for Tuesday, February 19, 2013. With “NCIS” leading the way, CBS swept each hour of Tuesday primetime and won the night easily overall and in a close rase with ABC...
View ArticleCBS ships ‘Vegas’ to Fridays, keeps ‘Golden Boy’ on Tuesdays
CBS In what is presumably a sign of confidence for one freshman drama and less confidence in another, CBS is swapping time slots for “Vegas” and “Golden Boy.” “Golden Boy,” which has done so-so numbers...
View ArticleHow To Have A Religious Experience In Las Vegas
Tony Tran Photography Here’s what I expect when I spend a weekend in Vegas: Several nights of debauchery (some of those buffets stay open late, yo), a visit to the spa, at least an hour spent trying...
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