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Aug 13, 2019

On SYTYCD, we finally get to exercise our voting powers after this week's episode! We're choosing based on short-person solidarity and people we feel sorry for because of how they were judged and/or costumed.

On The West Wing, we don't just feel sorry for the way the writers treated the character of Toby in "Mr. Frost."...


Aug 6, 2019

Just like last weekSo You Think You Can Dance brought us another perplexing round of cuts as the top 5 guys were named: Bailey, Benjamin, Eddie, Ezra, and Gino. Goodbye, tapper we've never seen before (Aleksandr)! Goodbye, professional DWTS troupe member (Vlad)!

Instead of a West Wing episode, we got our dose of Alan...


Jul 30, 2019

On SYTYCD, there was 55 minutes of dancing, and 5 minutes of "huh?" as the top 10 girls were reduced to the top 5: Anna, Madison, Mariah, Sophie, and Stephanie.

On The West Wing, the message we took from "Message of the Week" (season 7) was, not surprisingly, that we're not cut out for politics.

Next week, we'll see the...


Jul 23, 2019

On our entertainment-themed Round 2 this week: It was part 2 of the So You Think You Can Dance Academy, and a bunch of dancers thought wrong and were sent packing.  

Over on The West Wing, Santos hits the campaign trail hard in "The Mommy Problem," a not-your-father's-West-Wing type of episode.

Next week, SYTYCD will...


Jul 16, 2019

On this week's entertainment-themed Round 2: 79 of the most wonderful dancers in the world arrive at the So You Think You Can Dance Academy, and many of them are quickly shooed out the door.

Over on The West Wing, candidate Matt Santos is trying to get in the door (of The White House) and seems to be wondering if he...