What a difference a DVD makes.

I’ve slowly been making my way through my Office Season 5 DVD set, having watched all the deleted scenes, the blooper reel and two of the commentaries so far. But it was the “100 episodes, 100 moments” montage, eight and a half minutes of highlights from the show’s every episode, [...]

Chuck doesn’t return to the NBC airwaves for another seven months, but Remote Access readers apparently look forward to its return far more than the nearer premiers of The Office or Lost.

That’s pretty unbelievable, when you think about it.

OK, the vote totals are pretty low. Still, as unscientific (read: meaningless) as it is, it’s still [...]

I swore I wasn’t going to, but my willpower weakened as the summer drew on.

So this morning, as I found myself pushing a wonky-wheeled cart through the Mount Kisco Target where I was  picking up a few things, I gave in to inevitability.

I bought The Office Season 5 DVD set.

As I rambled on about the [...]

I have to admit, I don’t love The Office anymore.

I really, really, really, really like it, but the obsession I once had for the show has waned in recent seasons. There’s still so much that’s great about it, and it’s probably the most consistently good show on television. It’s clearly the best sitcom on the [...]

Even if Chuck isn’t back yet, the coolest fan campaign I’ve ever seen is.

We Heart Chuck, the fan effort that last May tied support for Chuck’s renewal to donations to the American Heart Association, has rebooted. After raising more than $17,000 in 17 days from loyal fans, the show was given its delayed renewal, and [...]

I don’t watch a lot of Larry King. To be honest, I can’t remember ever sitting through a full interview of his.

He has interesting guests, but I find King himself pretty tough to take.

That said, I plan to check out his show tonight at 9 p.m. on CNN.

LoHud.com is reporting that King will have Daniel [...]

Summer’s over, and school is back in session.

Well, not school so much as TV blogging, which I took an unexpected hiatus from doing about a month ago. But things seem to be settling down and I’m ready to get back into a rhythm of watching, recapping and generally rambling about the shows I like watching [...]

The Fox network’s decision to opt not to air President Obama’s health care press conference Wednesday night paid off big time, for Fox, anyway.

More people tuned in to hear Obama’s pitch for a health care overhaul, but he had a 10-channel advantage. In all, 24.7 million people caught the press conference. But as any network [...]

I don’t even want to offer a comment on this except to say that I’m not surprised.

More Remote Access readers than not felt the coverage of Michael Jackson’s death and funeral was overkill or at least a bit over the top. A sizeable minority felt it was well warranted for such an American icon.

It’s a [...]

Some avid Chuck fans might complain that Chuck and Sarah faced too many relationship obstacles for too long.

Not me, though. I always felt like the writers justified the distance between them, even if they have tantalized us with a few uncomfortable near misses. I never felt like they resorted to cheap plot devices to keep [...]

I really care about Chuck and feel for what he’s going through in these early days of Life With the Intersect.

That shouldn’t be a surprising realization at this point, but it’s the kind of thing that crosses my mind as I watch episodes like “Chuck Versus the Alma Mater.”

All of us have moments or periods [...]

I didn’t plan to let the most recent Readers Poll go on for so long.

The question, “What summer show are you REALLY looking forward to most?” doesn’t really apply now that the summer season is well under way. But the jockeying back and forth for the top spot made me think it was worth leaving [...]

I’m really enjoying and appreciating Season 1 of Chuck much more than I expected I would.

I used to consider it a fun ride, a half-season of cool action-comedy that didn’t quite have the depth of character development that the second season would bring. I’m deciding I was off-base in that assessment. After last night’s viewing [...]

I know this is supposed to be a recap, but I have to start with the part that struck me the most. And it’s not a scene that has much to do with the main plot of “Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp,” but rather a secondary storyline that has more to do with establishing the [...]

A crazy week kept me from sharing my thoughts on this week’s Weeds until now, which is too bad. It was probably the best episode in a while.

I didn’t think I’d take to an entire season of Nancy looking over her shoulder all the time, but the fear and tension mixed with the occasional aloofness [...]

The Jay Leno Show premieres Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. ET. Other shows will air too, but none of them will devour fully one-third of NBC’s prime time schedule (though Sunday football comes close) and none of them feature a star who retired from a prestigious gig only to resurface months later and steal the [...]

It’s lame that it’s two days late, but this recap of “Chuck Versus the Wookie” is inspired by my being reminded what an awesome episode this was.

You had surprisingly little Casey for all the funny moments he had, and you had Morgan daring to aspire to a woman light years out of his league. You [...]

This needs no intro.

I Chuck, therefore it’s Monday.

That was a stab at being philosophical. Deep, huh? It’s full of truth too, because tonight we take a gander back at “Chuck Versus the Wookie,” an excellently titled episode that for some reason makes me chuckle (no pun intended) just thinking about.

It’s been more than a month since I last [...]

Anyone who cares has probably seen Artie Lange’s first, last and only stint on Joe Buck’s new show.

And anyone who saw it has asked themself a crucial question: How’d Joe Buck get his own show?

Then, after they pondered that for a while, they likely wondered what Lange’s problem was. I mean, he was a complete [...]