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6 Show Ideas to Put the Nail in NBC’s Coffin

NBC seems determined to ruin itself as a television network. They’ve scourged their comedy lineup, they rejected a show by the hilarious comedian John Mulaney and, to top it off, they decided to renew Celebrity Apprentice because why should anyone …

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25 Better Things to Watch Than An SNL Rerun

posted 04/29/2013
by Ian Fortey

I’ve come to the conclusion that people watch Saturday Night Live out of habit. It’s been on TV since 1923 and it’s just always there and, honestly, nothing else new is on at 11:30 on a Saturday so people watch it in the hopes that it will be a fun…

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The Campaign to make me an Iron Chef Judge

posted 02/11/2013
by Ian Fortey

Hey Iron Chef producers, what’s up? My name is Ian Fortey and I am the managing editor here at Holy Taco. I also edit content for Break.com and was once a columnist on Cracked.com. I’m so famous on the internet that total strangers have sent me h…

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Fall 2012 in Terrible Television

posted 09/10/2012
by Ian Fortey

Every fall TV networks throw steaming piles of poo at a wall in the hopes that one is just sticky enough to not fall off and roll away into obscurity. This very rarely works out well, but one or two shows on each network inevitably make it through …

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How to Get a Reality Show on TLC

posted 06/26/2012
by Ian Fortey

So you’ve decided to leap into the stream of human effluence that is TLC and exploit yourself or loved ones for money and something akin to notoriety. Maybe infamy. Good for you, sorta. Despite all signs to the contrary, getting a show on TLC is …

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Pitching 5 New Shows to TLC

posted 04/05/2012
by Ian Fortey

If you know anything about me it’s that I start a lot of articles with this joke. But you may also know I have a fascination with TLC, the one-time Learning Channel. Like KFC when they dropped “chicken” from the name and started using possum meat …

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How to End the Simpsons

posted 01/24/2012
by Ian Fortey

So, you’ve decided to end the longest running, funniest show in the history of television that has, according to many, suffered a severe slide in quality over the past few (dozen) years. Good for you! But you can’t end a television icon on a whim,…

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Midseason TV Schedules from the Year 2022

posted 01/13/2012
by Ian Fortey

Welcome to January and a whole stunning crop of terrible new shows on TV. You’d think with all the shit that premiers in September you’d seen every turd TV had to offer, but you’d be wrong. Case in point – Rob Schneider ha…

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You’re Doing it Wrong: Surviving the Walking Dead

posted 10/17/2011
by Ian Fortey

Last night was the premiere of season 2 of AMC’s the Walking Dead. You may be surprised to learn that people died in this episode, much as they died in every episode of the show so far, and every issue of the graphic novel which is sort of the bas…

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Fred Durst’s New Sitcom

posted 10/14/2011
by Jim Tews

Well, thanks again to our connections in Hollywood, we’re able to show you the opening scene of the half-hour comedy pilot that CBS is producing with former Limp-Bizkit frontman, Fred Durst… FADE IN:INT. FRED’S BEDROOM – LA…

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Why Was Kate Walsh Roasting Charlie Sheen?

posted 09/20/2011
by Jim Tews

Why Was Kate Walsh Roasting Charlie Sheen?

We hope that you were all as bored and depraved as we are. If you are, then you definitely watched The Roast of Charlie Sheen on Comedy Central last night. The dais was full of really funny people, and convicted criminals that we now find funny. On…

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6 Show Ideas to Put the Nail in NBC’s Coffin

25 Better Things to Watch Than An SNL Rerun

The Campaign to make me an Iron Chef Judge

Fall 2012 in Terrible Television

How to Get a Reality Show on TLC

Pitching 5 New Shows to TLC

How to End the Simpsons

Midseason TV Schedules from the Year 2022

You’re Doing it Wrong: Surviving the Walking Dead

Fred Durst’s New Sitcom

Why Was Kate Walsh Roasting Charlie Sheen?

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