The Girls Next Door (TV Show)

2009, The Year of the Snuggie: A Handy Timeline From "The WTF Blanket" to Weezer's Wuggies

The people behind the Snuggie know they are bugging the crap out of you, and it's working out pretty well for them. The cultural impact of the sleeved blanket, largely due to those unbelievably campy commercials by Allstar Marketing Group, might've exceeded that of any other "As seen on TV" produc ... More >>

Week in Review: I've Never Seen So Many Sick Weirdos Gathered in One Place

Rebecca Smeyne In the week one of us had to publicly defend himself against the crime of using the phrase "Fey Highwayman," we watched with amusement as close SOTC affiliate Christopher R. Weingarten became a viral video poster boy for the death of music criticism. Poetic choice of t-shirts, Chris! ... More >>

Let Us (Briefly) Address the Appalling Theme Song to Girls Next Door Spinoff Kendra

Having spent more time than I'd generally care to admit following the bubbleheaded, utopian antics of Hugh Hefner's then-girlfriends on drama-free E! juggernaut The Girls Next Door ("It's Wednesday, and Hef usually throws a party on Wednesday, so..."), I approached inevitable spinoff Kendra, focu ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: August 20 through 26

What If the Bachelorette Was Polyamorous?

How TV shows represent open relationships—and how they could do better

Live: Rilo Kiley (a/k/a Jenny Lewis's Band) at Terminal 5

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Every Man's Fantasy?

Two television shows explore nontraditional relationships