http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/By Aaron Barnhart, TV critic for the Kansas City Star.enThu, 16 Jul 2009 17:26:57 PDTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/television,,tv,,reality,,reality,tv,,drama,,sitcoms,,kansas,city,,criticTV & Filmaaron@tvbarn.comAaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comAaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comnotelevision,,tv,,reality,,reality,tv,,drama,,sitcoms,,kansas,city,,criticTelevision critic Aaron Barnhart is tuned in to the big TV stories of the day, both as a guest on radio stations nationwide and as interviewer. You never know what you'll hear next!Television critic Aaron Barnhart is tuned in to the big TV stories of the day, both as a guest on radio stations nationwide and as interviewer. You never know what you'll hear next!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/K0FobjQBMR8/batting-stance-guy.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:26:57 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157210210d970bThis guy who had a hilarious appearance on Letterman will now start popping up in Royals broadcasts to help viewers forget about the game the Royals are playing that night. And not just here: "FSN and Batting Stance Guy recently...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/batting-stance-guy.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/ZDOtzMvpmRY/comiccon-2009-tell-me-where-to-go.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:24:54 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115711aa585970cI'm going to Comic-Con again this month, and I could use your help. When I first went in 1999, there was but a single television tangent to what was then still mainly considered the largest comic book show on the...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/comiccon-2009-tell-me-where-to-go.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/C9DwtEPSAL0/sbux-bwtv.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:28 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115711a5e9d970cNow there's some creative loafing! Thanks to the alert reader who snapped this at the Country Club Plaza Sbux.http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/sbux-bwtv.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/a06HmsyjB54/sicko-on-the-movie-channel-tonight.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:09:48 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e20115711886e8970cMichael Moore's damning documentary about the healthcare system in America, "Sicko," is airing on subscription cable tonight. You gotta have The Movie Channel to see it. TMC is one of the oldest movie channels out there (I believe it started...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/sicko-on-the-movie-channel-tonight.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/kRpl1Pc9pBc/want-to-see-the-dr-oz-show-do-you-live-on-the-east-coast.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:59:51 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157119cd1e970cFall's starting early in the magical land of syndicated TV, where the latest Oprah spinoff, "The Dr. Oz Show," begins taping Monday at New York's 30 Rock ... in Conan's old studio, 6A. Below, info on how to get ticketed....http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/want-to-see-the-dr-oz-show-do-you-live-on-the-east-coast.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/TF76Jj9WpK4/emmy2009noms.htmlPodcastsTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:25:28 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157118a407970cWow. I know Emmy voters are conservative. I know many of them don't even watch much televsion. But oh my word, how stale and predictable were this year's Emmy nominations?? Click on the audio and you will hear an edited...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/emmy2009noms.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/Fzz6nYwiLhI/robot-chicken-skating-tour-coming-to-kc-aug-6.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:44:38 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157112cd46970cOnly in Adult Swimland could a juvenile activity be transformed into legitimate adult silliness. Kansas City is one of just nine venues chosen for the Robot Chicken Roller Skating Tour ... although one suspects this is a dubious honor as...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/robot-chicken-skating-tour-coming-to-kc-aug-6.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/RnPtlEnCpIg/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame-and-pull-me-away-from-the-nonstop-sotomayor-coverage.htmlPodcastsTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:17:07 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011572003c1f970bChip Franklin and I spent more time reviewing tonight's Home Run Derby than we did today's Supreme Court hearings. This podcast was broadcast on KOGO radio in San Diego earlier today. d/lhttp://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/take-me-out-to-the-ballgame-and-pull-me-away-from-the-nonstop-sotomayor-coverage.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/OEWP7niXNNc/jonas3d.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:54:12 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011571feb264970bIf you were foolish enough to ditch your 3-D glasses after this year's Super Bowl stunt, you can pick up another pair down at the Time Warner Cable Store that makes the bus station seem like Shangri-La. PR follows...here's the...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/jonas3d.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/d2DgC7tfl3U/spurlockt.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:22:05 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e201157109b481970cFollowing in the tradition of Barbara Kopple and RJ Cutler, who found that making documentaries about celebrities is a good way to fund your more serious work, the director of "Where In the World Is Osama Bin Laden?" has been...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/spurlockt.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/H16qF0DYoyI/darkblue.htmlBarnhartaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:27:00 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011570e707d0970cLadies, presenting the star of the action-packed new TNT series “Dark Blue”... Dylan McDermott! No? That did not stop traffic? That did not launch a thousand TiVos among my readership? Well, perhaps that is the reason why the former star...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/darkblue.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/2gnSOf3eySs/audio-kogo.htmlPodcastsTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:17:28 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011571eb1f39970bAnd other news from Michael Jackson Media Circus week 2 as Chip Franklin and I anticipated the funeral at the Staples Center. We were on KOGO Radio. d/lhttp://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/audio-kogo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/QA4TyV3iC60/lifetime.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:27:12 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011570f194d3970cThe shocker in this press release is how many episodes have already been produced of one of the more forgettable "hit" comedies on CBS (or any network). The show is a half-season order away from 100 episodes, which is the...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/lifetime.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/mSUaUilujqk/fed-chairman-bernanke-coming-to-kc-for-pbs-town-hall.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:15:49 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011571df9942970bJim Lehrer is going to preside over a nationally broadcast town hall meeting with Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke July 26 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Excerpts from the meeting will air over three nights on the...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/fed-chairman-bernanke-coming-to-kc-for-pbs-town-hall.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/PWMX2lmrQqY/we-werent-looking-to-leave-dollhouse.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:38:54 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011570e782f4970cLast time I talked with Sarah Fain and Liz Craft, their first season at "Dollhouse" had come to an end and Fox -- the entity that actually has them under contract -- asked them to please go across the lot...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/we-werent-looking-to-leave-dollhouse.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/8ydBu0AoLa4/syfys-homage-to-apples-time-machine.htmlTV Barnaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:29:40 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011570e76e9b970cYesterday was Name Change Day for the SciFi Channel, which became SyFy. And to catch the eye of media buyers and critics throughout the land, the channel sent out press kits in this familiar-looking white package. The label on the...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/syfys-homage-to-apples-time-machine.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/-PNdu_VQYK0/dsm.htmlBarnhartaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:42:41 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011571dbd38b970bThis is burnoff season, network television's version of the remainder sale. TV series produced at great expense and initially rolled out with million-dollar fanfare, are quietly placed on the prime-time schedule's version of the display table in the back, where...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/dsm.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TvBarn/~3/5DgLKG6d2_0/pilots.htmlBarnhartaaron@tvbarn.com (Aaron Barnhart/TVBarn.com)Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:25:52 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b1b869e2011570e52da7970cThe nation's television critics have spent a generation -- or two, if you count the DVD and VCR as separate epochs -- watching the pilots, those first episodes of the shows that executives at the major networks have convinced themselves...http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2009/07/pilots.htmlAaron Barnhart/TVBarn.comnonadult