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T Dog’s Think Tank: Four-for-one special
Jenny McCarthy as a Sun-Times columnist. Whoa boy. It’s a four-for-one-special in this edition of T Dog’s Think Tank – thoughts on four subjects in one post. What a deal! - Is Fox’s incompetence at its...
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The T Dog Media TV Hall of Shame
When in doubt, bring out the animal act: Animal Practice – an unfunny waste of a sitcom with lame jokes, terrible character development, and predictable plots, is one of the biggest flops of 2012. Oh,...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: Seth MacFarlane, The Oscars, and you
MacFarlane panned at Oscars, but he wasn’t the problem with the show A few months ago on Twitter, yours truly said Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane wasn’t a good fit as host for the 85th Annual...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: Won’t someone please think of the children?
A major blunder took place Saturday involving a local TV station – and for once it wasn’t in Chicago. And it wasn’t even a network-owned one. Nope, it took place at San Diego’s CBS affiliate, KFMB. The...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: Internet trolls aren’t Boston strong
Leave it to wingnuts, trolls, and the FCC Chairman to ruin a feelgood moment. The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park Saturday afternoon against the Kansas City Royals after deadly...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: “You Got Shteirized”
The Wicked Witch Of The East. On Sunday, New York Times reviewer Rachel Shteir reviewed three Chicago based books. But the reviews were less about the books in question and more about Chicago itself....
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T Dog’s Think Tank: Blackhawks slipping back to old ways
An update to Friday’s story regarding Susannah Collins: As speculated, Collins’ firing was indeed ordered by Blackhawks’ owner Rocky Wirtz who, according to Robert Channick of the Chicago Tribune...
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Is “Katie” on the ropes?
Could Katie get knocked out of the daytime talk show ring before the end of her second season? Another report has surfaced over the increasingly iffy future of Katie Couric’s daytime talk show, which...
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Believe me, this is the shortest Think Tank ever. In fact, I’m not even including a photo, which for once, would actually increase web hits. But here’s a quick word (or two) about Steve and Garry,...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: Chicago slammed by overrated “Daily Show” and Jon Stewart
The “most hated person in Chicago” designation is like our weather; if you wait a few minutes – it’ll change. A few days ago it was Garry Meier for not thanking Steve Dahl in his acceptance speech at...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: “Family Guy” viewers become December fools
Well, look who’s back… - Seth MacFarlane teaches fans a lesson – but it’s not the one you think - A test of fan loyalty - Jumping With The Sharks Yours truly was in the process of writing a Think...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: Blow it out your bullhorn
Using the Sue Sylvester method, Kenya Moore speaks to Porsha Williams: “Turn up your hearing aid, Grandma!” (Editor’s Note: This piece contains strong language. Reader discretion is advised.) If you...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: “Heroes” returns. Oh God, why?
I guess you can’t keep a bad show down – or off the air long. Just when you think the idiots who run broadcast network television couldn’t get any stupider, here comes this piece of news: NBC aired a...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: The media fails us on Ferguson
KSDK caught this image of the Ferguson, Mo. police dept. throwing tear gas at another TV crew. (KSDK.com) What can you say about the coverage of the Ferguson, Mo. disturbances from the broadcast...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: When radio personalities attack
Bruce Wolf and Colton Cumbie: separated at birth? The recent confrontation between WLS-AM host Bruce Wolf and African-American traffic reporter Kelli Walker just goes to show you what a complete...
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Think Tank Daily: Oprah closes Harpo Studios in Chicago
Harpo Studios Near West Side studio. (Photo Credit: Alan Brunettin/WTTW) Editor’s Note: This is an experiment yours truly is trying out for the next few weeks or so… in order to put more material on...
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Think Tank Daily: “CSI: Cyberjunk”
CSI: Cyber proves overextending a franchise isn’t a good idea Wednesday night saw the underwhelming premiere of CSI: Cyber, and it goes to show you even in a so-called “Golden Age Of Drama”, how...
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Think Tank Daily: The Sun-Times throws in the towel
Yes, it will be. For the Sun-Times. Might as well write your obituary for the Chicago Sun-Times as the people running the paper have all but given up. As of Wednesday, the beleaguered newspaper decided...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: Radio fails to embrace “Empire”
“Empire” stars Bryshere Gray (left) and Jussie Smollett – who play brothers on the show, have music from the show hitting the charts – in real life. (Chuck Hodes/FOX) Is radio missing the hottest trend...
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T Dog’s Think Tank: What’s in a name?
Chicago went from Chairman Of The Board to Chairman Of The Bums. Spike Lee can call his movie whatever he wants – but its the content that matters Chicagoans whine about the “Chiraq” name, turning...
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