Well do you ? My score is below. Yeah, I’m kinda proud.

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Book’em Danno and beam them up ! CBS.com is now showing the following, you ready .. .. 3 seasons of the original Star Trek, 2 seasons of The Twilight Zone, 1 season of MacGyver, 1 season of Hawaii Five-0, and 1 season of Melrose Place.

A pretty nice offering of classic TV for the cost of nothing. If you’re into watching these, check out www.hulu.com for more episodes of your favorite TV shows.

The offerings on hulu.com consists of newer shows such as Monk, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Scrubs, etc.
I can’t comment on hulu.com as I haven’t watched any episodes hosted by them. It is on the list of things to do.

Enjoy !

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(Via CBS.)

The Iron Chef is one of my personal favorite TV shows. I enjoy watching the Food Network’s version of the show almost as much as I enjoyed watching the Japanese version. So this article caught my attention.

Robert Sietsema, of the Village Voice, attended a taping of the show without the Food Network’s prior knowledge, he spills the beans on the show in the article. He points out, that the sous-chefs do all the scurrying, and that they [sous-chefs] remake the dishes for judging which happens two hours after the fact.
He also points out that the chefs know the “secret ingredient” before the show.

I remember reading an article about the Japanese version of the show that stated that the chefs knew of the possible three ingredients, but not the actual one that would be used during the taping. So it doesn’t surprise me that the chefs on the American version know the ingredient before hand.

Actually none of this is a surprise, and that it won’t stop me from enjoying the show.

Links to the article below.

You be the judge.

Iron Chef “Bogus” Says Voice Critic Who Saw It Live: About a year ago, Village Voice restaurant critic Robert Sietsema attended a taping of Iron Chef America at the Food Network’s Chelsea studios. Thanks to a friend’s invite, the Food Network had no idea he was watching and waiting to blow the cover off the whole phony operation once the episode finally aired. Now Sietsema is here to report that the series is ‘more bogus than even I had imagined.’

How bogus is it? Well, for starters, what’s edited to look like ‘extreme urgency’ on TV, with chefs hustling to finish up to five dishes in under an hour, is in reality just ‘drones going about their appointed tasks with well-tested recipes.’ Sietsema confirms the chefs aren’t actually sweating it because they know what the ‘secret ingredient’ is going to be in advance and are thus able to plan out what they’re going to cook.

(Via Gothamist.)

Here’s a nice rundown of the new season of American Idol’s Top 24.

If I did vote, which I don’t, I’d spend my quarter on Brooke White. Unless of course she starts to annoy me, then I’ll have to find another favorite. Until then, it’s Brooke.

Haterade’s American Idol Pre-Season Primer - 2/19/08: ”
He’s Baaaaaaack. Haterade returns with his guide to your Top 24, featuring your potential Idols, their romps in media ho stardom, and what he thinks their chances are. And he even has a rant for you. All of these goodies inside…

Continue reading Haterade’s American Idol Pre-Season Primer - 2/19/08…

(Via YesButNoButYes.)

Toshiba bails on HD-DVD, which means Blu-Ray reigns supreme in the current format war of High Definition DVD.
Sony’s lost the format battle with BetaMax, and even MiniDisc, but they’ve come out on top with Blu-Ray.

How many times can I buy the same movie, or album ?

BetaMax, VHS, DVD - Vinyl, CD, MP3. When does the madness stop ? That’s technology, always something better coming down the line.

The Format War Is Over, HD-DVD Surrenders! [Format War]: “A Toshiba insider claims that the company will abandon its HD-DVD format, yielding the next-generation DVD format war to Sony’s competing Blu-ray technology. So now that it’s over you should run out…

(Via Consumerist.)