Matt’s TV Week in Review
February 19th, 2011
Because social and personal (Happy Valentine’s Day!) obligations kept me away from the TV more than usual this week, I’m going to boil down this week’s wrap-up to my version of a “Hot Topics” list, with a few odds and ends thrown in for fun.
OF IBM AND MEN: Man your buzzer if you really thought either Ken Jennings or Brad Rutter could topple supercomputer Watson on Jeopardy! in that fascinating three-part exhibition stunt. I got more caught up in seeing what Watson didn’t know or how it was misinterpreting clues — including the first Final Jeopardy, which somehow led Watson to…
Other Things From DVDuz.com
- 60 Minutes
- American Idol
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Odd Couple
- The Simpsons dvd box set
- Two and a Half Men complete
- Bill Irwin
- Charlie Sheen
- Madonna
- Anderson Cooper
- Jeopardy!
- Ken Jennings
- The Big Bang Theory full season
- Chuck complete dvd set Lorre
- Brad Rutter
- Lady GaGa
- Glee dvd
- Community
- Justin Bieber
- Mike & Molly
- Grammy Awards
Every year, the Academy of Television Arts and Science hands out hundreds of Emmys in categories that cover every inch of TV minutiae except “Best use of eyebrows by a cable newscaster” and “Best catering.” One major category of meta-TV awesomeness, however, has been unjustly ignored by the Academy: shows within shows.