The year is 2002. The world has just changed dramatically in the last couple of months. An attack has occurred on US soil the winds of war sweep throughout the world. Television is not immune from the real world, and a race that takes place throughout it certainly isn’t exempt. After narrowly avoiding cancellation amidst…
The premise was as simple as it was radical: “11 two-person teams, bound by friendship, love, or family, will race around the world.” In a time before smart-phones and digital cameras, and at the dawn of the internet, CBS had the wild idea to greenlight The Amazing Race – a globetrotting free-for-all for $1,000,000 –…
Having tapped out of Survivor after Season 41, dissatisfied with the continued budget cuts and the increased twists in the Jeff Probst-produced seasons in the so-called “New Era,” I was roped back in by the longer episodes of Survivor 45. Thoroughly whelmed by the experience, I had no intention of watching Survivor 46 this Spring….
When it comes to entertainment, perhaps the word “phenomenon” is overused. Yet it’s not a stretch to say that exactly what CBS’ Survivor was in the early 2000’s. An odd blend of Gilligan’s Island, Lord of the Flies, and chess all blended into a game, the USA and beyond fell in love to record ratings….
Play the music: I thought it would be fun to sail back to Westeros a couple of years after the ~controversial~ ending of one of the most hyped television shows of all time and take a look at the best and most memorable the Seven Kingdoms and beyond had to offer us by ranking the…