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T Dog’s Think Tank: Blackhawks slipping back to old ways

Posted on May 6, 2013 by T Dog | Permalink 0

An update to Friday’s story regarding Susannah Collins: As speculated, Collins’ firing was indeed ordered by Blackhawks’ owner Rocky Wirtz who, according to Robert Channick of the Chicago [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: “You Got Shteirized”

Posted on April 25, 2013 by T Dog | Permalink 0

On Sunday, New York Times reviewer Rachel Shteir reviewed three Chicago based books. But the reviews were less about the books in question and more about Chicago itself. [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Internet trolls aren’t Boston strong

Posted on April 23, 2013 by T Dog | Permalink 0

Leave it to wingnuts, trolls, and the FCC Chairman to ruin a feelgood moment. The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park Saturday afternoon against [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Won’t someone please think of the children?

Posted on March 24, 2013 by T Dog | Permalink 3

A major blunder took place Saturday involving a local TV station – and for once it wasn’t in Chicago. And it wasn’t even a network-owned one. Nope, it [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Seth MacFarlane, The Oscars, and you

Posted on February 25, 2013 by T Dog | Permalink 0

MacFarlane panned at Oscars, but he wasn’t the problem with the show A few months ago on Twitter, yours truly said Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane wasn’t a [..]

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The T Dog Media TV Hall of Shame

Posted on December 17, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

When in doubt, bring out the animal act: Animal Practice – an unfunny waste of a sitcom with lame jokes, terrible character development, and predictable plots, is one [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Four-for-one special

Posted on October 25, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

It’s a four-for-one-special in this edition of T Dog’s Think Tank – thoughts on four subjects in one post. What a deal! – Is Fox’s incompetence at its [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Associating with Mariotti sends the wrong message

Posted on September 30, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

Look what washed up on the shores on the beaches of L.A. after all these years: it’s the human garbage disposal: Jay Mariotti. Two weeks ago, the former [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Dancin’ On The Graves

Posted on June 24, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

CBS’ “press release” sounds awfully familiar to letter Merlin Media sent to them last year It appears CBS has borrowed a trick from Randy Michaels’ playbook. On the [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Four thoughts – one column

Posted on June 2, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

(Editor’s Note: The original version of this post stated that the Chicago White Sox had a nine-game LOSING streak when in fact, they had a nine-game WINNING streak. [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: A second look at NATO coverage

Posted on May 31, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

On May 20, yours truly sent out a tweet stating the local stations did a good job on NATO coverage. Well, I’ve re-thought that statement – particularly after [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Dan Harmon, “Community”, their fans, and you

Posted on May 28, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

As you know by now, Community creator and executive producer Dan Harmon was fired by the studio who produces the show (Sony Pictures Television) on the evening of [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Terminating the right to report: could it happen?

Posted on March 19, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

A bizarre scene unfolded Saturday afternoon at a West Side hospital involving WGN-TV reporter Dan Ponce, a WMAQ-TV cameraman, and the Chicago police. Three local stations and four [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: “Survivor” jumps the shark

Posted on March 14, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

But last week’s episode however, brought out something more serious – and told what a lot of us already know: Hollywood [..]

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T Dog’s Think Tank: Rush’s Lament

Posted on March 7, 2012 by T Dog | Permalink 0

Limbaugh gets called out for nasty behavior. But what about everyone else? As you know by now, syndicated radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh made a rather nasty [..]

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Category Archives: T Dog’s Think Tank

T Dog’s Think Tank: Blackhawks slipping back to old ways

T Dog’s Think Tank: “You Got Shteirized”

T Dog’s Think Tank: Internet trolls aren’t Boston strong

T Dog’s Think Tank: Won’t someone please think of the children?

T Dog’s Think Tank: Seth MacFarlane, The Oscars, and you

The T Dog Media TV Hall of Shame

T Dog’s Think Tank: Four-for-one special

T Dog’s Think Tank: Associating with Mariotti sends the wrong message

T Dog’s Think Tank: Dancin’ On The Graves

T Dog’s Think Tank: Four thoughts – one column

T Dog’s Think Tank: A second look at NATO coverage

T Dog’s Think Tank: Dan Harmon, “Community”, their fans, and you

T Dog’s Think Tank: Terminating the right to report: could it happen?

T Dog’s Think Tank: “Survivor” jumps the shark

T Dog’s Think Tank: Rush’s Lament

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