Sepinwall is back from Disney World, which must mean it's time for the triumphant return of The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast.
Lots to talk about this week, but we start with a long discussion of the Oscar...
Looking at the overall growth for the 2013 Academy Awards telecast on ABC, one might quibble with host Seth MacFarlane's potential impact, but figures for this year's Oscars suggest a particularly big bump among MacFa...
Fast National ratings for Sunday, February 24, 2013.
The combination of a blockbuster slate of Best Picture nominees -- relatively speaking -- plus buzzed-about host Seth MacFarlane appears to have given a ra...
When the Academy signed Seth MacFarlane on as host, they were aiming to use the "Family Guy" creator's brand of provocation as an asset. Instead, his "edge" couldn't cut through many of the sleepil...
You'll have to tell me, fellow "Amazing Race" fans: Was Sunday (February 24) night's episode really, really lame and anti-climactic or did it only feel lame to this recapper who had to watch the episode afte...
It's a wonderful night for Oscar! Oscar, Oscar! Who will win!
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It was rumored last week, but now it's official: "Beasts of the Southern Wild" star Quvenzhané Wallis has signed on to star Sony's heavily revised update of "Annie."
The new version...
Fast National ratings for Friday, February 22, 2013.
After two weeks of terrible ratings from "The Job," CBS' Friday lineup got a tiny boost from the return of "Undercover Boss," though AB...
Allie Pohevitz's elimination from "Survivor: Caramoan" can be explained using simple math:
If you're in an alliance of four in a tribe of 10, you shouldn't assume that the lone guy who everybody hat...
Fast National ratings for Thursday, February 21, 2013.
A two-hour "American Idol" installment pushed FOX to the top of the Thursday heap among young viewers, while "The Big Bang Theory" and "Person of Interest" he...
