The end of spring semester means a few glorious things: spring weather (and the boys running shirtless that comes with it), porch cocktails and, duh, the end of school. But it also means a few not so glorious things: review sessions, study sessions, cram sessions, and the end of our favorite prime time TV shows.

Yes, quality TV is coming to an end and so-bad-it’s-sometimes-good summer programming is coming our way. So let’s have a moment of silence for our guilty pleasures, then mark our calendars and set our DVRs for their big ‘see ya later’ episodes: Read More »

While flipping through the channels last night during primetime, I discovered the real reason why our favorite shows go off the air during the summer: to make way for the sh*tshow that is summer television, which leaves us begging for The Office and House come September.

It’s the perfect advertising strategy: cut off the supply of good shows, and the viewers will demand that the season premiere of Grey’s Anatomy be moved up several weeks. But it’s absolute torture for the rest of us.

That is not to say all summer TV is bad. True Blood and Mad Men are perhaps two of the greatest shows on television, period, despite the fact that they premiere during the summer. But take a look the other night’s TV listings, and you’ll want to cringe along with me: America’s Got Talent, Big Brother, More To Love? Nothing even halfway decent to watch! Read More »