Category Archives: TV

CBS Releases Hawaii Five-O Preview with Grace Park, Daniel Dae Kim

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Ernie

As previously blogged about by Linda this past February, everyone previously bummed out about Jin [POSSIBLE SPOILERS DELETED FOR THOSE WHO WATCH LOST ON TIVO, BUT SERIOUSLY DIDN’T THAT SUCK FOR THE BOTH OF THEM WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE] on … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, TV | 7 Comments

Miss USA Breaks Through Another Racial Barrier

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Edward

Say what you will about the Miss USA pageants, but when I learned today that the winner of the beauty pageant competition was Rima Fakih (who won Miss Michigan on September 19th, 2009), I whooped at my computer screen and … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations, TV | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

POP 88 #42 – The House of Suh

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Xxxtine

While there were a lot of really fascinating documentaries shown at this year’s Hot Docs World Documentary Festival in Toronto this past week, one of the more stand out ones was “The House of Suh”. Directed by Iris Shim, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, POP 88, Reviews, TV | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Asian American Commercial Watch: General Mills

Posted on May 13, 2010 by John

Here’s a General Mills cereal commercial with a bunch of cute kids, including an Asian American boy swimmer. I’m glad they didn’t make him wear the martial arts outfit, since we don’t all know Karate, Kung Fu or Tae Kwon … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, TV | Leave a comment

Global Talk Show: East vs. West Perspectives

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Xxxtine

Most people who follow my antics from POP 88 would know I LOVE watching Global Talk Show, an informal round table of “foreigners” living and working in Korea. Since my last post about this show, it has gone through a … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Observations, POP 88, TV | 3 Comments

An 8Asians Interview with Glee’s Harry Shum Jr

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Dino-Ray

Before Harry Shum Jr. was poppin’ and lockin’ on the pop culture phenomenon known as Glee, he was — well — dancing. Before his stint as Mike Chang on the show, he appeared in iPod commercials as well as dance-centric … Continue reading →

Posted in 8Questions, Entertainment, TV | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

John Cho Talks FlashForward & Star Trek 2

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Moye

I don’t care what you say. Life is supremely unfair when the one week I’m out of the office, John Cho comes in for a special visit on Attack of the Show. I don’t know if this is the universe’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Entertainment, Movies, TV | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Casting Application for Auditions of the “Asian ‘Jersey Shore'” asks about Drinking & Fighting

Posted on April 19, 2010 by jozjozjoz

As more details about the Tyrese-backed Asian-American Jersey Shore come to light, I for one, can’t wait to see where this train wreck is going to crash. The details on this project (currently known as “Untitled K-Town Project”) are currently … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Southern California, TV, WTF | 6 Comments

The Colbert Report: President Obama & Bow-gate with China

Posted on April 19, 2010 by John

Back in November, I blogged about the controversy over President Obama bowing to the Japanese Emperor while visiting Japan. This past week President Obama invited world leaders on a nuclear summit and apparently bowed a little while shaking the hands … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Current Events, Entertainment, Politics, TV | 1 Comment

SNL’s The Masters: “If Asians and Indians Can Compete with Black People, it’s Not a Sport”

Posted on April 15, 2010 by John

After blogging about Seth Meyer’s comments on the Asian American version of The Jersey Shore and posting it on Facebook, a friend of mine pointed me to another “slight” to Asian Americans in a skit about The Masters on Saturday … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Discrimination, Entertainment, Observations, TV | 5 Comments

‘Glee’ is Looking for a Filipina Maid

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Dino-Ray

(Clockwise from top left) Deedee Magno, Joyo Velarde, Jocelyn Enriquez, Pinay and Lea Salonga It’s just a couple of days before the season premiere of Glee (on April 13th to be exact) and I, like millions of others, am more … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music, TV | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

SNL Weekend Update’s Take on the Asian American Version of The Jersey Shore

Posted on April 11, 2010 by John

The last time I blogged about Saturday Night Live, I made a comment regarding their portrayal of Asian American men; this past weekend, SNL’s Weekend Update briefly mentioned that producers were in the process of casting for an Asian American … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Observations, TV | 7 Comments