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Google Salutes Star Trek

OK, this is not technically Washington-related, except that I grew up watching Star Trek on WRC-TV Washington then WTTG-TV Washington then WDCA-TV Washington. Google’s Doodle for the day (Sept. 7) is a tribute to the original Star Trek Paramount TV series . The elaborate graphic includes an “away mission” to an unamed planet where crew members can defeat an alien... More

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Dead Man Running

A zombie (as in “A. Zombie”) joined the campaign trail last week as a candidate for president. The move is an effort by AMC to put a faux political spotlight on its ongoing campaign publicizing the carriage impasse with Dish, which resulted in the AMC networks’ programming exiting the satellite operator’s lineup, which programming includes AMC’s The... More

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The Golden Girls

I probably just missed it while streaming the medal ceremony in women’s shooting, but I have not seen the big-headline story about how, in sport after sport, the U.S. women are coming through big time at this Olympics compared to the men. Or as one former gymnast put it. Title 9 delivers. I know, Michael Phelps has been the big media story at these games, and understandably so. And... More

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There'll Always Be an Olympics

Comcast/NBCU and the British Embassy got together Friday to welcome the Olympic Games with a cocktail party at the Ambassador’s residence for the ambassador and a few hundred of his closest friends spread out over the residence ballroom, dining room, drawing room and gardens.The event included a green-screen station where partygoers could play at being Olympic champions against a London... More

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'Hugh' and Cry

I did a search for House in the list of Emmy nominees announced Thursday morning and found Showtime’s House of Lies and ABC’s Desperate Housewives , but no House and no Hugh Laurie. There was a “Hugh” nominated for best actor, but it was Hugh Bonneville of Downton Abbey . Nothing against any of the nominees who did get the nods, or, for that matter,... More