Not gonna lie; since college ended, TV has become a huge part of my life. And thanks to the brilliant minds behind TiVo, I don’t even have to suffer through those annoying commercial breaks anymore. (Though I do love the new Mac commercials and find myself stopping to watch ‘em).

And according to some dude in Chicago, that is making me fatter!

Recent studies have shown that people tend to eat more when they are watching TV shows that they like. Because their minds are focused on the entertainment from the TV they do not focus on the food they are ingesting or the feelings of fullness being sent by the brain.

Which all means that I don’t pay attention to the amount of Cheetos I am shoving in my face during an episode of The Simple Life because I am paying far too much attention to Nicole Richie’s rib cage peeking through her skin. And it doesn’t matter that my Cheetos are baked, damnit! I am eating way more than I want/need/would eat if I was not watching TV or watching something far less entertaining…like the last season of The O.C. Read More »

Why is it that during the school year when I have no time there is so much good TV? So much so, that I find myself having to pick between shows that are on at the same time (obviously I DVR the other to watch after- it’s not like I actually have work to do or anything…). Yet in the summer when I have more time than I know what to do with, I am stuck with reruns and bad reality shows?

I have spent the past two weeks pondering the meaning of life (still no answer, but I’ll keep you posted) and trying to find something productive to do (yet somehow, I always end up on Facebook). But ultimately, I seem to always find myself parked on the couch night after night wasting away while watching these awful, absolutely abominable reality shows (I mean really, The Next Best Thing? America’s Got Talent? C’mon now. Sharon Osborne, I liked you when The Osborne’s first aired on MTV. But since then, well, you’ve been trying too hard to stretch your fifteen minutes of fame).

Sadly I continue to watch, all the while, wondering why I’m watching – because they are just sooo awful.

Well thank goodness for ABC! Wednesday just made my weeks a whole lot better. I finally have something to look forward to (wow, do I sound pathetic or what).

If you aren’t watching Traveler yet, start now. First, it’s an hour of great eye candy. Remember Ryan Atwood’s creepy, yet super sexy brother Trey from The OC? Well Logan Marshall Green is back. And this time around he is still sexy but a lot more likeable. Read More »

We’ve talked about this before. My rabid hate for most things on MTV. That channel is full of wastes of space. And apparently, knife lovers.

There is one show, however, that I will watch anytime, anywhere. One show that, whenever anyone switches it on at the gym, temps me to burst out laughing in front of rows and rows of sweating, ill-humored people. What show is it?

Rob and Big. The strange, hysterical, heartwarming “odd couple” of reality TV. Rob Dyrdek is a professional skateboarder who’s made a killing working with companies like DC Shoes and Red Bull. Big Black (known to his family as Christopher Boykin) is his 6’6, 375 pound bodyguard. Big doesn’t really act like a bodyguard, and Rob doesn’t really ever work, but the activities they do participate in are hilarious. The first episode of the second season has the two buying a “mini horse” for their lonely bulldog, and then hauling the thing back to Hollywood in the back of their car.

If that sort of thing doesn’t make you laugh, check your pulse. You might be dead.

Rob and Big is on all the time on the repeat hungry channel, but new episodes air Tuesdays at 10:30 PM ET/ST.

I usually watch TV at really odd hours, like 6 a.m. or 2 a.m., so I mostly end up watching Emeril Live (it’s always on!) or QVC.

I attempt to watch regularly scheduled popular programming, but besides a three-week flirtation with Grey’s Anatomy last semester, I really don’t have the stamina to keep up with a show.

So it might surprise you that I was totally psyched to find out that The Bachelor was back for a seventh season last Monday.

The Bachelor is the perfect show: illustrious, dumb, catty, ridiculous = completely entertaining. I’ve been hooked since season 1. In past seasons, I grew a bit dismayed because the bachelors in question were subpar. Things got weird. Read More »

OMG. I know I am a little slow on the uptake, but due to a giganto exam I had to spend Monday night in the library instead of on my couch with Lauren, Heidi and Whitney. Thankfully, my good friend TiVO was there in my time of need and I finally got to watch the drama unfold on this week’s episode of The Hills.

And it was AMAZING – especially without having to sit through MTV’s 3.5 minute commercial breaks.

Let me just begin with the biggest and most awesome part of the whole show: Whitney’s modeling experience. I bet you think I am going to talk about her plummet down the stairs, but you are wrong. Mostly because I tend to fall all the time, so I really feel for the girl. No, the part that really made me weak in the knees/warm all over was the part where Ms. Intern-NYC looked all pissy when she wasn’t the hottest girl on the stage (which, mind you, is not hard considering how weird looking she is). It is not like I hate the girl, I just think she should be working as a school librarian/planting flowers instead of working for Teen Vogue. Read More »