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I Watched (Nearly) Every Post Super Bowl Show V: The 2010’s and 2020’s!
I Watched (Nearly) Every Post Super Bowl Show V: The 2010’s and 2020’s!

This week, let’s close out this series, and this football season, by looking back at the post-Super Bowl shows from the 2010’s and 2020’s! It’s been a slow, steady decline, with insincere episodes of “Undercover Boss” and “The Voice”, all leading to current slop like “The Masked Singer” and “The Floor”. On the other hand, a rival platform may have presented a path forward…

I Watched (Nearly) Every Post Super Bowl Show IV: The 2000’s!
I Watched (Nearly) Every Post Super Bowl Show IV: The 2000’s!

Today, we work our way through the post Super Bowl programs of the 2000’s, a surprisingly strong eleven show lineup! From “The Practice” to “The Office”, with legendary episodes of “Alias” and “House” in between, this one is a real murderer’s row! But the biggest surprise of all for me was that I watched an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” and…really liked it??? Read along for more!

I Watched (Nearly) Every Post Super Bowl Show Part III: The 1990’s!
I Watched (Nearly) Every Post Super Bowl Show Part III: The 1990’s!

Today, we review the Super Bowl lead-out programs of the 1990’s! A lot heavy hitters in this decade. “The X-Files”! “The Simpsons”! “Homicide: Life on the Street”! “Family Guy”! And, of course, a “Friends” episode that changed the post-Super Bowl game entirely.

I Watched (Nearly) Every Post-Super Bowl Show Part II: The 1980s!
I Watched (Nearly) Every Post-Super Bowl Show Part II: The 1980s!

Today, our chronological look through the history of the Super Bowl lead-out program continues with the 1980’s! Sandwiched between a legendary Bette Davis interview on 60 Minutes and one of the finest pilots ever made is…mostly mediocrity. “Macgruder and Loud”? “The Last Precinct”? A Dean Devlin and Wendy Crewson journalism drama? All this and more awaits you!

I Watched (Nearly) Every Post-Super Bowl Show Part I: The 60’s and 70’s
I Watched (Nearly) Every Post-Super Bowl Show Part I: The 60’s and 70’s

This week, a new series is launched, this time a chronological look at the Super Bowl lead-out program. Yes, the time slot after the biggest football game of the year has been the home of many things: famous pilots, major celebrity cameos, horrible pilots, and major flops. But in the 60’s and 70’s, it was mostly home to whatever was going to be on TV at that time anyway. Lassie! The Wonderful World of Disney! Perry Mason (the new one)! All of this and more explored in today’s first installment.

Somewhere in my Memory: CHRISTMAS CARTOON CLASSICS!
Somewhere in my Memory: CHRISTMAS CARTOON CLASSICS!

This week, a quick Christmas bonus breaking down a series of cartoons (most of them by one or both of the Fleischers) that brought back a wave of memories for me. They’re sad! They’re creative! They’re deeply weird! It’s “Christmas Cartoon Classics!” Merry Christmas!

I Had To Go Back: Time to Break Down LOST Season Five!
I Had To Go Back: Time to Break Down LOST Season Five!

This week, it’s time to jump into the loopy narrative of LOST Season Five! Jacob is revealed! Sawyer is redeemed! Locke is at the center of the most depressing episode ever! All this and more in this full breakdown.

Hydra Island Bonus: Saturday Night LOST!
Hydra Island Bonus: Saturday Night LOST!

This weekend, enjoy another LOST-related bonus article detailing Matthew Fox’s hosting stint on SNL. Let’s go back to 2006, when Michael Richards and O.J. were in the news, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers were anchoring Weekend Update and Matthew Fox was considered the sexiest guy around. But was it funny?

Ryan Ritter Ryan Ritter

MY FAIR LADY seems to have unfairly shaped Audrey Hepburn’s reputation as a musical performer, while FUNNY FACE has been relegated mostly to GAP ad material. Let’s fix that.

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