http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/ Michele Greppi believes half the fun of TV is talking about it -- whether it's whining about the lame-ass finale for the once-beloved "Veronica Mars" or gushing about the kick-ass coda of "The Shield,' which lacked only one last face-to-face at which Mackey could have -- deservedly -- gone postal on Shane. Enter OMGreppi, which will focus on things that were said or seen on TV in the previous 24 hours or so that had Ms. Greppi exclaiming or muttering "omigawd!" at her 24/7 television set. en Copyright 2009 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:16:36 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss CNBC's Erin Burnett profiled News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch during the second half-hour of NBC's "Today" show Tuesday, but she neglected to note the interesting and growing conflict between News Corp. and the NBC Universal family, which includes CNBC. The http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/08/after_todays_murdoch_profile_a.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/08/after_todays_murdoch_profile_a.php Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:16:36 -0800 OMG, HBO, which has drummed into our heads for years that it’s not TV, it’s HBO, can pick the most disconcerting times to prove that it is just as crassly ratings-hungry as the TV from which it seeks to distinguish http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/08/rip_dear_john_from_cincinnati.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/08/rip_dear_john_from_cincinnati.php Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:32:47 -0800 OMG, watching “Big Brother 8” suddenly is like watching the preamble to a multiple-car crash on a never-ending loop that plays in slow motion so we can all study (repeatedly) some pretty obvious life lessons and play drinking games. First http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/08/big_bad_brother_habits.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/08/big_bad_brother_habits.php Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:30:36 -0800 Omigawd, “Big Brother 8” has all but taken over OMGreppi’s life – or whatever she can claim to have as a life – with the addition of three hours per night (that’s 21 hours per week) of loosely directed feed http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/07/big_brother_takes_over.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/07/big_brother_takes_over.php Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:41:11 -0800 Fair or unfair, the “CBS Evening News” anchor seems to be in a no-win situation. Talking about it, at length, and authorizing her pals to talk about it on her behalf, doesn’t help, as a long article, headlined “Alas, Poor http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/07/katie_couric_cant_win.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/07/katie_couric_cant_win.php Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:28:29 -0800 Ohmygawd, OMGreppi can hardly wait until 8 tonight for the season premiere of “Big Brother 8.” It is the guiltiest of guilty pleasures. The reality-show gift that keeps on giving. One show. Three nights on CBS. Thursday, Sunday and Tuesday. http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/07/in_the_big_brother_hood.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/07/in_the_big_brother_hood.php Big Brother Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:51:42 -0800 Bob Schieffer’s New York musical debut with Honky Tonk Confidential Wednesday night was a big bold-faced blast that benefited the Walter Reed Society and made a good case for buying the group’s fourth album, “Road Kill Stew and Other News,” http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/rio_bravo_bob_schieffer.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/rio_bravo_bob_schieffer.php Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:31:46 -0800 What do Paris Hilton and Jimmy Kimmel’s appendix have in common? They both inspired some very-funny-turned-very-unappetizing comedy bits Tuesday night, on the host’s first night back on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” after an emergency appendectomy. Mr. Kimmel’s style is to take http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/when_kimmels_comedy_really_isn.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/when_kimmels_comedy_really_isn.php Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:35:10 -0800 OMGreppi was, she is sad to say, awake at 4 a.m. (Eastern) when the breaking news alert from ABC News set off the buzzer on her BlackBerry: “AFTER 23 DAYS IN AN L.A. COUNTY JAIL PARIS HILTON WAS RELEASED.” Less http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/say_what.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/say_what.php Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:43:47 -0800 OMGreppi has better things to do this Wednesday night than feel her skin crawl for the hour that Paris Hilton is scheduled to appear on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” As a long-time FOB—Fan Of Bob Schieffer—OMGreppi will be in the http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/bob_schieffer_yes_paris_hilton.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/bob_schieffer_yes_paris_hilton.php Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:16:01 -0800 According to the New York Post today, NBC Universal is forking over as much as $1 million to secure the first post-jail interview with lighter-than-air-head Paris Hilton, to be conducted by Meredith Vieira on “Today” next week. A “Today” representative http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/lets_not_and_say_we_did.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/lets_not_and_say_we_did.php Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:13:01 -0800 On “The View” this morning, Gayle King, sometimes known as Oprah Winfrey’s BFF, hit an annoying nail smack on the head during a “hot topic” about “The Age of Love,” the NBC summer series that pits “cougars” against “kittens” for http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/clueless_cougars_and_kittens.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/clueless_cougars_and_kittens.php Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:47:17 -0800 For a good cry, call Michael Gelman. There’s no one better at plucking heart strings you didn’t even know you had than Mr. Gelman, the can-do-more-with-less executive producer of “Live With Regis and Kelly.” He snuck up on OMGreppi this http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/claudia_cohen_and_the_heart_of.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/claudia_cohen_and_the_heart_of.php Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:08:56 -0800 Despite last-minute attempts to drum up anticipation of a reunion of “The View” and Rosie O’Donnell, the former co-host did not make an appearance at the 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony Friday. Is anyone surprised that Ms. O’Donnell had http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/a_noshow_frenemmy.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/omg/2007/06/a_noshow_frenemmy.php Daytime Emmys Emmys Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:21:06 -0800