Monthly Archives: September 2010

THE FLINTSTONES 50th ANNIVERSARY Friendly Rating: All ages. Safety Rating: Gender stereotyping, missing minorities and lots of slapstick comedy. Quality Rating: Yabba dabba do. Boomerang will present the very first Flintstones episode tonight at 8:30 p.m., with two special episodes … Continue reading →

LAW & ORDER LOS ANGELES Friendly Rating: Older teens. Safety Rating: Some violence and blood. Quality Rating: Solid performance, but nothing spectacular. Series premieres tonight at 8 p.m. I think the only reason I had any liking for this latest … Continue reading →

NO ORDINARY FAMILY Friendly Rating: All ages. Safety Rating: Some mild language issues and sex talk. Quality Rating: Pretty good, but not great. Series premieres tonight at 8 p.m. The Powells are a busy, normal family, rapidly growing apart as … Continue reading →

It’s a busy week for causes.  Today is also Family Day: A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children – an event sponsored by CASA, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.  The website is www.casafamilyday.org. … Continue reading →

Yeah, yeah, I’m a TV blog.  Well, a media blog and books count as media. I’m a big fan of Banned Books Week.  The impulse to remove books from libraries and challenge school reading lists is usually about protecting children … Continue reading →