Synopses & Reviews
Shut Up, TV!
In Television Without Pity, the founders of the popular TV-recap Web site TelevisionWithoutPity.com pay snarky tribute to 752 of the shows, characters, actors, clichés, plot devices, memorable moments, and catchphrases that make watching TV such a guilty pleasure.
Topics include:
• America’s Next Top Model
• Bad Sitcoms Starring Good Comedians
• Celebrity Poker Showdown
• Clichéd Portrayals of Senior Citizens
• “Denise Huxtable”
• Intrusive Neighbors
• Iron Chef
• Lifetime movies
• MasterCard “Priceless” Campaign
• MTV
• Musical Montages
• The People’s Court
• “Sha la la la!”
• Sitcom Reunion Movies
• Saved by the Bell
• Talking CGI Animals and Babies in Commercials
• TV Weddings
• “Urkel”
• and so much more!
Synopsis
Calling all
Dawson's Creek fans!
Television Without Pity features irreverent entries about the shows, characters, actors, clichés, plot devices, memorable moments, and catch phrases that make watching TV such a guilty pleasure. From weekend-long
Real World marathons to the
People's Choice Awards, from favorite characters (Brenda Walsh, Seth Cohen) to the most unfunny recurring skits on
Saturday Night Live, this is a celebration of television unlike any other.
Written by the creators of televisionwithoutpity.com (hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "the industry standard" for obsessive TV fanatics), this snarktastic volume features 100 illustrations and an encyclopedic two-column design. It's great fun for nostalgic browsing and guaranteed to prompt more laughter than a whole season of Seinfeld.
About the Author
Tara Ariano (screen name “Wing Chun”) and Sarah D. Bunting (screen name “Sars”) are the founders of TelevisionWithoutPity.com. Tara is the coauthor of Hey! It’s That Guy! (Quirk, 2005), and more of Sarah’s work can be seen at TomatoNation.com.