NBC is redeeming itself with fantastic Winter Olympic coverage
At least Tom Shales seems to think so, anyway. He writes: "The poor old network with all the bruises and bandages from months and months of battering is enjoying a fine, high-flying triumph with its HD telecasts of the Winter Olympics from Vancouver. It's the greatest show on snow. And the television version has been so satisfying — visually, emotionally, aesthetically — that, for the moment, the national pall imposed by the recession, and by the generally shabby state of public affairs, seems to have lifted." PLUS: Night 4 of Olympics gets big ratings.
NBC's Olympic coverage has been horrible
"Hate's not too strong a word," says Spencer Hall. "I hate watching sports on NBC anyway, but watching Dick Ebersol broadcast the games from 1988 has been doubly infuriating because a.) this only comes around every four years, and b.) because NBC, a purveyor of crapheap products anyway, has doubled up on ineptitude and put on a clinic in how NOT to cover sports in the 21st century by making the Games inaccessible, tape-delayed, and produced on a budget of at least three dollars a broadcast minute."
How is 58-year-old Bob Costas continue to look so young?
"Is it a facelift, laser treatment, Botox, filler? All of the above?"
AMC puts Cheri Oteri on the Web
Check out her new Web comedy "Life Coach," which also stars Mark Linn-Baker from "Perfect Strangers."
Christina Hendricks: Questions about my body leave a bad taste in my mouth
"It kind of hurt my feelings at first," says the "Mad Men" star, who poses in a corset on the cover of this week's NY Mag. "Anytime someone talks about your figure constantly, you get nervous, you get really self-conscious. I was working my butt off on the show, and then all anyone was talking about was my body!"
Academy Awards: "SYTYCD" in, best original song artists out?
Oscar producer Adam Shankman is mulling bringing some of his "So You Think You Can Dance" dancers on stage to perform during this year's ceremony.
