Author: B-Side

MTV’s latest incarnation of Punk’d may have found an unlikely patsy: itself.

Looks like the world of 24 is getting an extreme makeover. Not only did Nina, Chappelle, and Sherry Palmer get dead this season, it looks like several other characters will be bidding adieu (although not necessarily dying).

Turns out that Anna had a layover in Oklahoma on her way back to Pittsburgh. The former OC-er is presently featured in pop trio Hanson’s latest video. While the older, post-pubescent teen idols croon about “Penny & Me” – or something like that – our favorite Tahiti sailor cries in a bathtub while reading a [...]

CBS announced this week that Amazing Race 6 will launch this fall on Saturdays at 10:00 PM. Now we won’t have to wait a full year to see the next installment, but I do hope the general lackluster TV viewership on Satudays won’t kill the series…

Apparently third string quarterback Jesse Palmer chose similarly named Jessica to be his girlfriend on The Bachelor. Doesn’t she realize he’s on the verge of being cut by the Giants? Probably not. And doesn’t Jesse realize that in this age of Bennifer mish-mashes, Jesseca just isn’t that fun. I suppose there’s Jessicasse. Eh… And on [...]

This week on The Real World, our favorite seven strangers returned to the breezy confines of their San Diego retreat and attempted to expunge memories of the Greek drama that nearly derailed the entire group. This was achieved by drinking. A lot.

Oh what a sad day for fans of 24. Actually, what a sad season. After the heartbreaking but inevitable death of Nina midway through this terrible day, we were left with only one femme fatale: the venerable Sherry Palmer. But alas, her tangental storyline wound up being just as deadly as her terrorist-for-hire counterpart’s. And [...]

For a brief moment tonight, MTV had us believe that our dear friends on the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno might be leaving us. After all, tonight’s episode was hyped as the “Inferno finale” throughout a tedious one hour clip show that prefaced the main event. Turned out that tonight was only the last [...]

Every once in a while, the good people at MTV decide to yank The Real World from the schedule for a week so they can dupe us into doing something silly – like watching Gideon Yago interview John Kerry or watching P. Diddy fire a bunch of kids from Da Band. Usually, I get pretty [...]

It’s been an interesting year for Survivor. We started off with possibly one of the very best installments ever with Survivor: Pearl Islands, and ended with the fairly humdrum Survivor: All Stars. This year brought us all sorts of colorful characters – Rupert, Lil, Johnny Fairplay, Burton – and reinvented some people from the past [...]

Well, “Survivor: All-Stars” came back last night for a little denoument action with an enjoyable “American Idol” twist. No, Ethan didn’t flat-iron his hair, but we, the loyal audience, got to vote on which “All-Star” should win a million dollars. Unfortunately, I did not fulfill my civic duty, and therefore Kathy Vavrick O’Brien and Shii-Ann [...]

Entertainment Weekly has a fun cover story (“Why We Love It! Hate It!”) about reality television this week. Be sure to pick it up and take a look if it interests you. Or, if you have a password, you can read the article online at EW.com.

The OC swept into our living rooms last summer like a breath of fresh Newport Beach air – and left us two weeks ago like the smog over The 5 Freeway. Like the eponymous county, the show was at once beautiful, charming, and colorful — but also left us with a mediocre aftertaste.

Well, in an example of expert timing, we’ve launched this site just as many of our favorite shows are ending their seasons. It’s not too late to comment though. The following are my grades for various shows – some of which are still airing new episodes. Expanded commentary on certain shows’ seasons will follow in [...]

It’s been a while in the making, but TVgasm is finally here. Now the world can share the love and joy of snarky banter about our favorite TV shows. I know that there are a lot of blogs and TV fanpages out there, and that’s all well and good. But we’re hoping to carve a [...]