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HDTV Listings for October 1, 2009

What we're watching tonight: ABC (720p) has 'Flash Forward' at 8 p.m., 'Grey's Anatomy' at 9 p.m. and the season premiere of 'Private Practice' at 10:01 p.m. NBC (1080i) brings 'Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday' at 8 p.m., 'Parks ... Read more →

Pee-wee Herman Returns and Starts Pee-Tweeting 2 months ago on Switched

The "re-imagined, re-invented, and nuttier than ever" stage version of 'Pee-wee's Playhouse,' which originally debuted in 1981, will premiere November 8th in Los Angeles. To hype the upcoming play, which will feature a cast of original human ...

HDTV Listings for September 22, 2009 2 months ago on Switched

What we're watching tonight: CBS (1080i) has the season premiere of 'NCIS 'at 8 p.m. plus series premieres of 'NCIS: LA' at 9 p.m. and 'The Good Wife' at 10 p.m. ABC (720p) has 'Dancing with the Stars' at 8 p.m. and the series premiere of ...

CBS News Launches New '@KatieCouric' Web Show 2 months ago on Switched

TV producers and news outlets have been working hard to figure out how best to leverage this whole social networking thing. So far, most efforts have been rather disappointing. Rick Sanchez kick-started CNN's addiction to Twitter and Facebook, before ...

HDTV Listings for September 21, 2009 2 months ago on Switched

What we're watching tonight: ABC (720p) has the season premieres of 'Dancing with the Stars' at 8 p.m. and 'Castle' at 10:01 p.m. NBC (1080i) brings the season premiere of 'Heroes' at 8 p.m. Fox (720p) drops in the season premiere of ...

Oprah and Dr. Phil Not Exactly Tweeting the Truth 2 months ago on Switched

When Oprah posted her first tweet back in April, traffic to Twitter increased by an incredible 43-percent. Even though the daytime diva's activity has steadily declined like that of so many others, she, or someone paid by her, continues to tweet, ...

Kim Wayans Writes Children's Books, Reads Amazon Kindle 2 months ago on Switched

It's hard to forget Kim Wayans's hilarious impersonations of everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Whitney Houston and Tracy Chapman, and her original characters like Bonita Butrell and Reesie Mayweather. With those characters, Wayans became one of the ...

PGA Golfer Carries Bag With HD LCD Screen on the Side 2 months ago on Switched

Somewhere up in heaven, Rodney Dangerfield is shedding a tear over Michael Allen's golf bag (pictured above). While the PGA golfer's bag doesn't have exactly the same 'character' as Dangerfield's did in 'Caddyshack,' it's definitely a start in that ...

'Star Trek' Creator's Vintage Mac Computer Up for Auction 2 months ago on Switched

Beginning October 8th, the Profiles in History auction house will be offering a one-of-a-kind item with which one lucky 'Star Trek' fanatic can wholly demonstrate his unconditional love for the show's iconic creator Gene Roddenberry. The item is an ...

HDTV Listings for September 17, 2009 2 months ago on Switched

What we're watching tonight: Fox (720p) queues up the season premieres of 'Bones' at 8 p.m. and 'Fringe' at 9 p.m. CBS (1080i) has the season premiere of 'Survivor' at 8 p.m. NBC (1080i) brings 'Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday' ...

HDTV Listings for September 16, 2009 2 months ago on Switched

What we're watching tonight: NBC (1080i) has the season finale of 'America's Got Talent 'at 8 p.m. TLC (1080i) brings 'Restorer Guy' at 7 p.m. and 'Stager Invasion' at 7:30 p.m., season finale of 'Truth Be Told' at 9 p.m. and 'Toddlers & ...

Universal Remote Looks Like 'Harry Potter' Wand 2 months ago on Switched

Role-playing geeks and Renaissance-faire nerds are often equipped with a variety of fantastical weapons and costumes. Rarely, though, do their dork devices have any modern application. To make a formerly mythical armament a modern reality, the ...

Blu-ray Releases This Week 2 months ago on Switched

These weekly posts are starting to make us sound like a broken record. In fact we really don't know what else there's to say about another week of solid catalogs and TV shows for Blu-ray. By our count we have about another five weeks of this before ...

HDTV Listings for September 14, 2009 2 months ago on Switched

What we're watching tonight: ESPN (720p) brings a Monday Night Football doubleheader with Bills/Patriots at 7 p.m. and Chargers/Raiders at 10:15 p.m. NBC (1080i) airs 'America's Got Talent' at 8 p.m. ABC Family (720p) brings the season ...

Lil Mama, Kanye Set the Internet Abuzz With VMA Antics 2 months ago on Switched

The MTV Video Music Awards (or, VMAs) haven't really been terribly interesting or exciting over the last decade or so. But last night, thanks to a couple of crazed celebrities with no sense of boundaries, and an Internet thirsty for a new meme, the ...

Newest 'Two and a Half Men' Regular Uses Un-Hollywood PC and Pre 2 months ago on Switched

Unless you're a big fan of 'Two and a Half Men,' you probably haven't heard of Jennifer Taylor (pictured). But if you're one of the millions of viewers who watch the hit Monday night sitcom on CBS, or on countless local stations in syndication, ...

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