Author: B-Side

Oh man. Nothing ever goes right for Jack Bauer. Just when everything seemed like it was wrapping up all nice and tidy, some terrorist just had to come in and ruin everything. Why can’t terrorists just leave well enough alone? I mean, a President already died this season. Isn’t that enough? Apparently not. Yes, Jack [...]

This week on Dancing with the Stars, teams had to either perform the fox trot or the much more intriguing paso doble — a dance that always calls for italics, no matter what the situation. As usual, we had our share of memorable moments. Kind of. Well, let’s see. Lisa Rinna put her hair back [...]

I know this Real World/Road Rules Challenge post is a little late, but honestly, I needed a few days to recover from the earth-shattering scandal that was CaraGate. Or maybe SuzieGate. Or CaSuzieGate. Or KazooGate. You see? How can I be expected to write about this controversial episode if I can’t even name it?? Alas, [...]

Crossing paths with celebrities is fairly commonplace in Los Angeles, but every once in a while, I encounter a personality so compelling and powerful that I am moved to bust out my camera phone and take action. Such an event happened Wednesday afternoon. I was driving north on Highland Avenue, just past Hollywood Boulevard, when [...]

It was another week of rollicking good fun on Dancing with the Stars. The aspiring dancers had to either tango or jive their way into our hearts, easier said than done for some of them. As usual, Tom Bergeron was up to his randy old ways, and Samantha Harris continued to dazzle all with her [...]

Every year, it seems like some alarmist article pops up, noting the ratings decay of one of America’s most beloved institutions, The Miss America Pageant. Back in the day, this parade of evening gowns, swimwear, and vacuousness used to be a big deal, but now, well, no one seems to care. I personally hadn’t seen [...]

Night two of American Idol auditions took us to Denver, CO for more shenanigans, and I have to say, it was significantly more entertaining than Tuesday’s premiere. Don’t get me wrong. The two hour event was pretty damn fun, and my heart still pines for the tantastic Siren call of a thrush I call Crystal [...]

So there’s this great little show on TV. I don’t know if you’ve heard about it, but I’m hoping to really get the word out about it. Real simple premise: people from around the country sing for judges and try to be a pop superstar. It’s called American Idol. Okay, okay. No need to be [...]

So over the past week, I have received so many emails and comments about this Ashley Parker Angel show, There And Back, that I decided to finally bite the bullet and check out what all the fuss was about. I watched two episodes, and I think it’s official: this is one of the very worst [...]

I have terrible news. For the first time all season, there was no yelling, drunkenness, or combination of both on tonight’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge. Yes, it was the rare “All Sober, All Normal” episode, and not even the presence of a rickshaw could jar these reality superstars into a shouting match. That’s not to [...]

Ah yes. 24 is back. Well, it was back on Sunday, but it continued to be back last night as the most exciting show on television delivered us two more stunning hours of suspense. Minute for minute, a double dose of 24 is probably more intense and suspenseful than any action flick from last summer. [...]

Click on JB to play. We’ve all seen it happen before: a live news anchor introduces a segment only to be plagued by dead-air and the realization that technical difficulties are abounding. But there was something extra special and awkward about James Brown suffering live on Fox yesterday. I don’t know if it was the [...]

With The OC and Smallville returning to the airwaves this past Thursday, J-Unit has been a bit inundated; so for the time being, I’m on Dancing with the Stars duty. And what a glamorous duty to be on! I almost feel like I should put on a tux before I write anymore (either that or [...]

It’s been about two months since Laguna Beach wrapped up its second season, and I know all the fans are hungry for any spare morsel that might come their way. Well, you’re in luck. Simon & Schuster and MTV Books have sent us a few copies of the odds-on favorite for the 2006 Nobel Prize [...]

Every week, I start out my Gauntlet 2 recaps in more or less the same fashion. I remark at how unbelievable it is that these career reality stars seem to explode every episode for no real reason. There was Jo and her litigious battle against the island of Trinidad and Tobago; there was Aneesa and [...]

I don’t often watch Celebrity Fit Club, but after seeing the commercials for this week’s episode, I had to check out the much-ballyhooed Jeff Conaway meltdown. It did not disappoint. For those of you needing a little context, here’s the situation. Basically, he was high. That’s all you need, right?

Ever wonder what would happen if one of our favorite Food Network chefs created something they actually didn’t like? Well, we were lucky enough to witness such an event when Giada De Laurentiis of Everyday Italian attempted to make some sort of sorbet. She claimed on the air that her facial expressions of disgust and [...]

Another week, another nonsensical blowup by a muscle-clad pretty-boy on The Gauntlet 2. Yes, I thought nothing could top Danny’s flame out last week when his odyssey atop a human pyramid led to his eventual defeat, but ‘roid rages know no bounds, and Mark Long was happy to carry the torch that his young cast-mate [...]

It’s January, which means nomination season has opened up for the 2006 Bloggies. Yes, I know — you’ve been waiting all year also. Well, in our never ending quest for praise and accolades, we’d like to politely encourage (READ: aggressively pressure) you to fill out a ballot and nominate us in all applicable categories. Your [...]

December on TVgasm meant season finales, and we had lots of them. Matt lost a shitload of weight to win The Biggest Loser 2, Nicole took home the title of America’s Next Top Model, Danni beat out a Jersey-tastic Stephenie on Survivor: Guatemala, The Linzes arrived first on The Amazing Race: Family Edition, Diddy picked [...]

November was the biggest month ever for TVgasm, much thanks to Mischa Barton and her pesky little nipple. We were the first to report that Fox had actually let a barely discernible nip-slip into prime-time. The story exploded on the internet, especially after it became the top entertainment headline on Yahoo’s main page for an [...]

October was a relatively tame month for TVgasm, but we did have our share of highlights. Sci-fi junkies had to temporarily bid adieu to Battlestar Galactica as its second, much-buzzed-about season came to a close, leaving more questions than a Cylon in a… um… okay, I haven’t jumped on the bandwagon just yet. Feel free [...]

Here’s something fresh! Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry has announced that the scene-stealing Bree Van De Kamp will be turning into an alcoholic. Ah yes. No better way to address the season two detractors than by serving up the most clichéd and maudlin plot thread out there. Here’s the thing. No one actually enjoys the [...]

September 2005 brought in not only a new television season, but a spiffy new TVgasm cast. With sg-dub and copygodd becoming official writers over the summer, the fall brought us Kat and the always controversial EdHill. Sadly, we also had to say goodbye to Madeyoulaugh, who wrote a deeply moving farewell letter on September 9th, [...]

August began with the auspicious launch of Current TV, which was sort of like the divine love child of Al Gore and the local A/V club. Perhaps more entertaining was the kickoff of Giada Watch 2005, which detailed with the growing head size of hottie chef Giada De Laurentiis. And speaking of chefs, duplicitous culinary [...]

July was momentous for one thing and one thing only: Big Brother 6. C’mon, you knew that was coming. After hyping the show with our viewer-submitted countdown, we chaotically live-blogged the premiere, an undertaking that took more than four hours (kind of stretches the definition of “live-blog” when the show is only sixty minutes). The [...]

With the regular season over, June is normally a lazy period for television. Luckily, we still had Tom Cruise poking around. First he got squirted by water, and then he appeared on The Today Show where he verbally scuffled with Matt Lauer. We, of course, have the transcript and video. June also saw the launch [...]

May was one of the biggest months ever for TVgasm, and not just because we turned one year old. It kicked off with Rosie O’Donnell’s role of a lifetime in the now legendary Riding the Bus With My Sister. We live-blogged this wretched (and by “wretched,” I mean AMAZING) movie, but words simply could not [...]

This just in! TVgasm has obtained an exclusive look at the new 24 spin-off series. The show centers on the ongoing perils of Kim Bauer as she struggles to leave the world of CTU behind her. Oh Kim, you know better than that. How many beards must your father grow before you realize that you [...]

April started off with a shocking turn of events after Reality Blurred outed TVgasm staffers, moving us to reveal our true selves for all the world to see. The month also brought a stellar follow-up to Spring Break Shark Attack in the form of a certain crop-munching epic we like to call Locusts. In true [...]

March was another great month for television. Not only did the wonderful Amazing Race 7 premiere, but The Apprentice aired an instant-classic episode featuring a “krunky” Tana hangin’ with Lil’ John and Lil’ Kim, among others. Plus, The Real World/Road Rules Challenge had its best season in a few years with The Inferno 2, featuring [...]

Here’s what I like about The Gaunlet 2, or actually the entire Real World/Road Rules Challenge franchise: no matter how silly or boring the challenge — and they’re almost always silly and boring — there’s always one or two drama queens around to spice things up. Case in point: Aneesa. Surely sensing a banshee vacuum [...]

February kicked off with the biggest television event of the year: the Superbowl, which was tamer than ever thanks to Nipplegate 2004. But at least all those middle aged guys could get their jollies over Paul McCartney’s halftime spectacular (which featured the audience raising cards to create a French flag. You see, it’s red, white, [...]

Sometimes a little Julie Chen can go along way. We’re still about seven months out from the next season of Big Brother, but thanks to TVgasm reader Jash, we’ve got another dose of that goofy Chenbot — this time modeling some sweet-ass shades on The Early Show. It always seems like Julie Chen does something [...]

With the end of 2005 looming, we thought we’d take a look back at the following year of TVgasm, starting with January. The month started off with a bang — or a butt, really — as Randy Moss fake-mooned Green Bay Packer fans, causing Fox commentator Joe Buck to balk, “That is a disgusting act [...]

We here at TVgasm are proud to announce that sometime contributor and full-time punster Youcantmakeitup will be joking it up on VH1′s So Jewtastic, premiering this morning at 11 AM EST (with an encore at 9 PM EST). We don’t know how much of her we’ll actually see, but if those producers know what they’re [...]

Don’t you just love a good water cooler moment? That feeling you get knowing that what you just saw on television is what people will be arguing and discussing at work all day long? Well, that’s how I felt watching last night’s Apprentice finale, which featured not necessarily a surprise twist, but a surprise something [...]

Here’s something I didn’t expect: The Amazing Race: Family Edition waited all season long to pull out it best episode of all. Tuesday night’s season finale was the sort of show we’ve come to expect from The Amazing Race: exciting, intense, emotional, funny. Maybe the amped up stakes involved me more, but I tend to [...]

Once upon a time, a little blog called TVgasm surfaced on the internet as a way for a few guys to entertain their friends with snarky recaps. 19 months later, the site has blossomed into a veritable juggernaut of international splendor and intrigue — a community where people all around the world gather to make [...]