THUD, or Television Happenings Under Development as it's known to geniuses, is CHUD.com's signature television column. The column offers insight, news, and snark aplenty on the tube known to its friends and family as "Boob".
Hey look, it’s a THUD update! Remember these? I’m sitting at the Four Seasons Hotel, waiting for my one on one with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost for the Hot Fuzz DVD, and suddenly saw this bit of news: Jew Review is reporting that Harold Perrineau will be back… Continue reading →
Spoilers ahoy for the last episode of The Sopranos. When the last shot of the final episode of The Sopranos, Made in America, suddenly went to black, I thought my cable or my TiVo had just shit the bed. I sat in disbelief for a number of moments as the screen… Continue reading →
It’s as we suspected – and frankly, kind of hoped – there are only 22 episodes of Battlestar Galactica left. The show, which barely got renewed for a fourth season as it is, will make that hard-fought year its last, and the producers promise to ‘go out with a… Continue reading →
One of the stories we’ve covered for THUD is the ongoing controversy with Ken Burns’ The War – the upcoming PBS documentary series about World War II that neglected to highlight the achievements of Latinos or Native Americans. The Hispanic community, from… Continue reading →
Last night’s episode of Lost threw down the gauntlet for all of American television, daring other shows to shake up their status quo in as major and exciting way as they did. But coming a couple of days after the finale of Heroes – a finale that even the… Continue reading →
One of the most frustrating things about Heroes is that it’s full of actors who should be on a much better show. That includes Adrian Pasdar, who plays Nathan Petrelli, Cristine Rose, who plays his mother, and Malcolm McDowell, who plays Mr. Lindermann. Both… Continue reading →
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of CBS’s schedule here! Read our coverage of The CW's schedule here! You know, FOX has pretty much got it made right now. They can have a really crappy first… Continue reading →
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of CBS’s schedule here! This season, the CW formally became the red-headed stepchild of former half-networks the WB and UPN. In the merge, more WB programs… Continue reading →
Read our coverage of NBC’s schedule here! Read our coverage of ABC’s schedule here! And now, CBS! Of all the networks, CBS is the one I watch the least – I have no patience for yet another CSI spin-off or self-contained police procedural about serial killers… Continue reading →
Sports fans have Draft Day. I have the upfronts, the yearly event held in New York where the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and the CW – announce their fall schedules in hopes of attracting some of those killer advertising dollars. That… Continue reading →
Sports fans have Draft Day. I have the upfronts, the yearly event held in New York where the five major broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and the CW – announce their fall schedules in hopes of attracting some of those killer advertising dollars. That… Continue reading →
Since I’ve been writing this column, I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a weekly feature called “The Dumbest Person In Television” where I single out a character, actor, personality, or behind-the-scenes talent who has done something incredibly stupid and/or… Continue reading →