Written by Erin From the crappy catering to the big reveal, below is Erin’s first-person account of taping her episode of the TLC show Trading Spaces. Cast of Characters (in order of appearance) Erin: Diary author and flirtatious helper #1…

Dead Lesbian Cliché? In spring 2002, the Internet was all aflutter with the rumor that Amber Benson’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer character, Tara Maclay, was to be killed off on the series. Now, for those of you who don’t follow…

As an avid consumer of media (books, movies, TV shows) I’ve had many favorite pairings or ‘ships, but I never really understood the concept of One True Pairing (OTP) until I met these two: Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Colonel John…

FOX’s new crime drama, The Inside was created by Tim Minear, the man the Weekly Standard calls “one of the five best minds in television,” and Howard Gordon (24) who is likely one of the unnamed other four. The show…

Hollywood loves an awards show. You know it, I know it, they know it. So, to honor one of my favorite shows that is rapidly becoming the most maddening show on TV that I might actually stop watching (and people,…

Before Clark Kent came down with a meteor shower on Smallville, Max Evans and company crashed into the New Mexico desert on Roswell. Both shows garnered high enough ratings in the first year to be labeled a Break Out Hit…

I was not a fan of The X-Files from the beginning. Hell, I wasn’t even a fan during the peak years, when Gillian was winning Emmys and Golden Globes and things. The mister and I starting watching toward the very…

The hit television series Lost is a bit like a bag of Hershey’s miniatures — there’s a little something for everyone. At least in terms of boys. Whether you’re into big and funny or blond and broody, Lost has an…

Is she dead or isn’t she? After a long summer, Buffy jumps ship and finds new life on the UPN. But is her resurrection a triumph or a disaster? The admittedly jaded gurlies (sans Michelle, who was off galavanting in…

In the wake of an act of domestic terrorism, the crew of the Earth starship Enterprise launches an investigation and discovers that the xenophobic terrorists may have received aid from alien agents on Earth. Who were the aliens and what…

Here’s the deal: we each picked our favorite ten episodes/moments/storylines/characters/what-have-you over the seven seasons Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been on the air. We combined our lists, noted the overlaps, briefly contemplated a complex, mathematically-weighted scoring system designed to determine…

Written by Michelle, Amy Agent Vaughn. Inappropriate agent extraordinaire. Buyer of Christmas presents. Refuser of hockey. And wielder of one mean furrow. Ah, the furrow. A mystery any avid watcher of Alias must learn to decipher. One might sit episode…

I’m sure this will shock no one, but Amy and Michelle have a new addiction. A new, bad, cheesy addiction. Okay, fine, not bad. But we’ll leave in cheesy. Michelle thinks Amy will agree with her on that one. She…

We love Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We do. It’s one of the best shows on TV. But lately, it’s done nothing but frustrate us. We feel it’s turning into nothing more than a show filled with one-trick ponies – from…

With the future of Parks and Recreation still hanging in the balance (NBC has yet to announce if it’s been renewed for a fifth season – and it’s kind of killing us), it’s apt that “Win, Lose or Draw” works…

If the word “suck” didn’t exist, Dawson’s Creek would have created it. And I can say this because I’ve watched from the beginning. Every single, excruciating, soulmate-overdosing second. I’ve watched. I’ve taped. I’ve written fanfiction. I can say this, you…

I was a latecomer to the American Idol frenzy. A die-hard reality television hater, I held out for the entire first season, even when everyone around me was gossiping about it over the water cooler. The more people loved it,…

*this was written before the viewing of “Tabula Rasa.” At times, I appreciate that the entire cast and crew of Buffy are willing to do things that are daring and different. At other times, I wish that they would just…

A week and a half away from the election I, at long last, managed to get myself to a political fundraiser. This wasn’t your typical pay-for-your-high-priced-ticket-to-schmooze-with-the-local-bigwigs-over-Chardonnay-and-stuffed-mushrooms affair. Nope, this was a national event, featuring a menu of pizza and frosting…

Mark: Honestly, Leslie, it’s going to be a long uphill battle. You are going to be super-annoyed with all the people who want you to fail. There is a sea of red tape, endless road blocks. So, yeah, I don’t…

A recent conversation between myself and my husband: Me: I daresay the Smallville season finale was better than the Angel finale, the X-Files series finale and Episode II. Brad: Sadly, it’s true. I’m actually not sad at all that the…

Written by Amanda, Kathy Adams Like Chris Carter, we had a larger plan, and it was this: Watch the last four episodes of the X-Files, review them together each Monday in AIM, slap a catchy title on it (“Four for…

Sometime back in the fall of 2011, Downton Abbey happened. I don’t mean that the show premiered; it actually premiered in the US in the fall of 2010. But sometime back in October or November, what were little whispers about…

The Buffy season six finale was, to put it bluntly, two of the worst hours in the history of the series. It was the culmination of a season more terrible than The One With The Initiative, and even worse than…

In the trailer for HBO’s Girls, Lena Dunham’s character, Hannah, tells her parents that she thinks that she might be the voice of her generation and then qualifies it with, “Or at least of a generation.” Similar expectations are being…

I’ve been led to believe that my “Sassy Woman of the 21st Century” card was revoked the day I decided not to watch the pilot – or any subsequent episode – of Sex and the City. In my defense, I…

            This moment was one of the most emotional for me in last nights Parks and Recreation episode, “Leslie and Ben.” April (Aubrey Plaza) and Tom (Aziz Ansari) have presented Leslie (Amy Poehler) and Ben…

I am so over apologizing for the fact that I enjoy entertainment that my peers think I’m too old for. It just takes too much energy to pretend that I’m loitering in the young adult section of the book store…

How did we feel about Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the very end? In a word: Underwhelmed. Melynee: And in a surprising turn of events, I was pleasantly surprised by the End o’Buffy. One of the best side-effects (aside from…

Written by Melynee, Amanda My life got real busy all of a sudden, and I started working on my notes for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer recaps, and I realized that, um, a frickin’ lot of stuff has happened on…