NBC’s “Guys With Kids” is Terrible
Staying ever vigilant in my attempts to monitor “guy-oriented” pop culture, I thought I would watch the Pilot episode for NBC’s new sitcom, “Guys With Kids.” Within the first minute of the show, I knew I was going to hate it. Yet, I continued on throughout the entire episode, just for the sake of writing...
ABC’s “Man Up” Continues the Trend of Male-Oriented Pilots
The 2011 pilot season offers a third option for male viewers. Along the same lines as “Last Man Standing,” and “How to be a Gentleman,” ABC produced a show about three man-children who have various problems: one can’t get over an old love, one can’t find a way to teach his son how to become...
Pilot Season Continues: ABC’s “Last Man Standing”
For whatever reason, network television channels are churning out multiple new television shows premised on manliness (or lack thereof). Today I had a chance to watch the television veteran Tim Allen star in his new show, “Last Man Standing.” In short, the premise is a man’s man who lives with his wife and three daughters....
How to (Not) Be a Gentleman
Now, usually I don’t give a lot of credence to pop culture’s definitions of what it means to be a gentleman. However, when a show comes on called “How to be a Gentleman” I sort of need to watch that. Regretfully, I followed through… almost. I made it to about 20 minutes in, and I had...
