We had cable in our dorms when I was a freshman in 1995, but the number of channels offered paled in comparison to what I had at home. I think we had about 20 or so channels—CNN, MTV, ESPN (not ESPN 2), Nickelodeon, TBS, USA, and the like. I do remember that VH1 and Comedy Central (which didn't have much beyond…

This summer…Channing Tatum has to survive…The Goofy Lot

Wait…Dwayne Johnson is going to star in a film that's not a sequel to a film he wasn't in?

Eh…even that's not that impressive. Shrek was a much bigger deal than Monsters Inc. in 2001, no Pixar movie was released in 2002 (though Spirited Away did beat Lilo & Stitch), no Pixar movie was released in 2005, and Happy Feet beat Cars.

Yeah, this year's list does look rather dire. If Coco is even halfway decent, it should easily win.

I would argue that, even with its flaws, The Polar Express is a much better film than Shark Tale, and that either The Simpsons Movie or Meet the Robinsons should have been nominated in 2007 over Surf's Up. But yeah, the Animation branch has done a very good job of nominating innovative animation from the world over,…

Would anyone be truly shocked if Ryan Murphy did cast two cartoon characters in one of his otherwise live-action series?

I really can't believe that a fairly wholesome family sitcom from the 80s actually had a character named "Boner"…and that he was Kirk Cameron's best friend! Was he so sheltered he didn't know what a boner was?

Is there a conversation? I thought the definitive answer to that was Jamie Lee Curtis.

As I recall from a show that I haven't seen an episode of in at least 25 years, the little brother in that family was obsessed with horror movies. I'm sure, at some point, they must have done some Elm Street-specific references.

While much of the late run of the show is fairly bad, I thought it made a nice recovery during its final season. Bringing in Laura Linney as the last of Frasier's many, many, many, many, many, many, many love interests certainly helped.

The Good Place is excellent, granted, but Becker? There's a reason Becker has largely been forgotten while Cheers is still fondly remembered.

My brother's name is Mathews. Not Matthew. Mathews.

I've always said I wanted to give my kids Biblical name. My daughter will be Jezebel Dorcas.

A genre that also includes The Bucket List and Red. All of which have one thing in common…

(Do not) See also Victory, Mr. Destiny, On Deadly Ground, Bewitched, Sleuth 2007…

Don't forget Maggie Smith. And Meryl's British accent is impeccable enough that she gets a pass.

Just in time for Comrade President and Ivanka and Jared, who I'm sure likes to watch, to head up to spend the summer in [fill in any place on earth that's not where Melania is].

"You don't understand…there is no physical treasure! Lincoln's treasure is the healing of our great nation, for we are truly indivisible!

It's kind of amazing that this upstart network managed to get a sitcom starring Oscar-refuser George C. Scott in its first season on the air. It's also amazing that they added Madeline Kahn for Season 2. It's even more amazing that Fox cancelled it after two years.