Never forget that I am paid for my troubles!

I do get lots of links to advance screeners, which helps, but there's no way I could do my job without the full-on cable subscription.

My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.

I love commercials. I love to hate commercials, too. I talk back to them.

The fastest way to bring financial ruin upon yourself is to go for a drive in the United States without proof of insurance and current license and registration.

Just as it's unfair to review a taco stand for not being a four-star restaurant, I also have to be mindful that not every drama on TV is trying to be "The Wire."

I'm not much a TV reporter, as in someone who covers the daily machinations of the television industry, though I certainly follow it and weave it into my reviews and essays about the medium.