Category Archives: TV

Poreotix Wins America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5

Posted on April 9, 2010 by phil

The six member crew of Can Nguyen (19), Lawrence “Law” Devera (21), Andrew “Chad” Mayate (20), Justin “Jet Li” Valles (20), Charles Nguyen (20), and Matt “Dumbo” Nguyen (20) were matched up against the remaining Canadian dance crew, BluePrint, which … Continue reading →

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Louise, The Fly Girl Who Could

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Sanjay

After stumbling through some Tivo suggestions, I found this new show on The CW called Fly Girls. Hot flight attendants living under one roof! Sweet!  Asian chick in the picture — double sweet! It was an interesting show, with the … Continue reading →

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Star in an Asian American Jersey Shore

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Linda

I am one of the millions of Americans who has seen each and every sorry episode of Jersey Shore. I was horrified at some of the antics of Snooki, The Situation and friends, yet I couldn’t tear my eyeballs away. … Continue reading →

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PBS: American Masters – I. M. Pei: Building China Modern

Posted on April 1, 2010 by John

Yesterday, I. M. Pei was profiled as he returned to China in order to design a modern museum to house the antiquities of Suzhou — where he grew up — in an episode of PBS’s series, American Masters. There are … Continue reading →

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ESPN: Dark History – Santa Anita Park’s Japanese Internment Days

Posted on March 30, 2010 by John

The other day, I was flipping the channels to watch some NCAA March Madness highlights when I caught the tail end of this story on ESPN about Santa Anita Park, a horse racetrack in Arcadia, California. For six months, Santa … Continue reading →

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George Takei’s New Sharp Commercial: Funny or Offensive?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Linda

I normally ignore 99% of electronics ads on TV, not only because I have no use for most of its products, but I can’t afford them and most of the technology goes right over my head. It’s hard to ignore … Continue reading →

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Comedian Joe Wong at the Annual Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner

Posted on March 22, 2010 by John

This past week, Comedian Joe Wong, whom I’ve blogged about before and met, performed at the Annual Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner. Originally, President Obama was supposed to attend, but Vice-President Joe Biden was there instead. Joe had a lot … Continue reading →

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Joe & Heidi Wang Eliminated from The Amazing Race

Posted on March 19, 2010 by John

In the most recent episode of The Amazing Race, husband and wife team, Joe and Heidi Wang were eliminated after being “U-turned” by the police detective duo Louie and Michael, who felt that the couple were a strong team that … Continue reading →

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14 Years Ago Today: Bert is Evil

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Ernie

It’s pretty difficult to believe if you’re an Internet junkie veteran like I am, but fourteen years ago my friend Dino Ignatio created a little website called Bert is Evil. While the original website has long been taken down, internet … Continue reading →

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The Pacific: the Crossroad Between Generation Gaps and Political Correctness

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Kevin

A couple of years ago, I was introduced to Band of Brothers, the hugely successful HBO miniseries about the 101st Airborne and their accomplishments in the European theater in World War II, and was instantly hooked.  The miniseries focused more … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: All American Mom, Daughter & Boyfriend in Target Ad

Posted on March 13, 2010 by John

While watching The Amazing Race on my DVR, I had to quickly rewind to see what I thought I had seen. Target has done it again, this time with a new television commercial featuring an all Asian American cast featuring … Continue reading →

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Asian Stereotypes on ABC’s Modern Family

Posted on March 10, 2010 by John

As I had blogged previously, Modern Family is one of my favorite new comedy shows of the 2009-2010 television season. In a recent episode, I was pleasantly surprised to see actress Suzy Nakamura reprises her role as Dr. Miura, who … Continue reading →

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