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".
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Tonight is the series premiere of the new sketch comedy show, The Whitest Kids U Know. The show, which is produced by Jim Biederman, aka one of the guys behind The Kids in the Hall, is pretty goddamn hilarious. I’ve had a chance to see the first episode,… Continue reading
TUBE OF D You remember David Duchovny, don’t you? He’s the guy who, for about thirty minutes there in the nineties when The X-Files was huge, made it okay to be a conspiracy theorist. After a series of cable cameos, independent films, and gigs guest hosting… Continue reading
A new sketch comedy show is premiering on Fuse on March 20 – The Whitest Kids U Know. I happen to know some of these guys, and can tell you from first-hand experience that they’re funny as hell. The boys won Best Sketch Group at the Aspen Comedy Festival in… Continue reading
Good news came today for acclaimed NBC sitcom 30 Rock, which was planning to go on break for more than a month to make room for the “seriously?” sitcom Andy Barker, P.I. Now, Zap2It is reporting that new episodes of 30 Rock will return on April 5th and will… Continue reading
This article has major spoilers for Heroes. For the last couple of weeks I have been toying with an editorial called “Heroes Is the Most Compellingly Bad Show on Television.” The basic concept was to explain why I tune in to Heroes (or, more accurately, why I… Continue reading
When NBC announced their fall slate, I took sides. I made my decision in advance. Looking back I’m not sure what I based that decision on – was it really the comparative level of experience of each show’s creator, or was it some deeper, uglier thing I don’t… Continue reading
Note: This editorial contains massive spoilers for the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so if you’re just now discovering the show on DVD, read at your own peril. It’s hard for me to write about the tenth anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer –… Continue reading
Inside the Actors Studio purists (note: there is not actually such a thing) have criticized host James Lipton for featuring more and more stand-up comedians on his show in recent years. I disagree – 95 percent of stand-up comedy is acting, it is performance,… Continue reading
The Grey’s Anatomy spin-off centered on Kate Walsh’s neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery is shaping up with the addition of two television vets – Paul Adelstein and Tim Daly. Daly, best known for Wings and not being able to catch a break with a successful… Continue reading
Casino is one of my favorite Martin Scorsese movies, and one of the reasons is because of the behind-the-scenes look into Vegas, baby, Vegas that the Academy Award winner gives us. Now, Scorsese is re-teaming with his Departed star Mark Wahlberg to give… Continue reading
Zach Braff, who made his generation’s version of The Graduate (read: an okay movie that will become beloved because of the people who love it), has re-upped his contract to star as Dr. John “J.D.” Dorian on the NBC comedy Scrubs, reports CNN.com. Braff will… Continue reading
Sports Illustrated reports that two-time Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning will celebrate his thirty-first birthday by hosting Saturday Night Live. Manning will be the fourth quarterback, the seventh football player, and the twenty-fifth sports figure in SNL’s… Continue reading
