Stereotypo

Am I being overly sensitive, or is this MSNBC chyron a little racist?


They also misspelled "low"

For the record, Sen. Obama actually said, "We have set the bar so low that the modest improvement in what was a completely chaotic situation ... is seen as progress, when it's not."

Eanh, I'm probably just being overly sensitive. It's not as glaring a typo as this one.

(S.O.B.)24

Now that Arrested Development is missing and presumed dead, it's nice to see former cast members find work on other TV series. George Michael and Maeby on Veronica Mars. EggAnn on Thief. And now, last night on fellow Imagine Television show 24, the Stair Car! Sure, it's had a facelift (gone is the Bluth Company logo), but I'd know it anywhere.


"You're gonna get hop-ons"

Subliminal Mess-Up

Almost a year ago exactly, American Idol "accidentally" displayed the wrong phone numbers during the end-of-episode recap. Well, to mark the anniversary, they did it again tonight... briefly.

During Mandisa's performance, her name and number flashed across the screen, though over a random strip of violin footage from the orchestra rather than the traditional blue backdrop with the Cingular logo:


Sexy and violins

Then, for less than a second, it switched to the blue Cingular backdrop we all know and love... while subliminally plugging Taylor Hicks and his phone number:


Did Taylor dye his hair or something? He looks different somehow...

Quickly, the Chyron dissolved back to Mandisa's information (still over the violin) for just over a second before vanishing completely.

I'm guessing FOX probably won't bother re-airing tonight's episode with the correct Chyron tomorrow night, since Unan1mous actually seems to be doing well in the ratings. Though I do wonder why they couldn't have corrected this mistake between the live broadcast on the East Coast and the West Coast broadcast.

UPDATED:
Now with video:

UPDATED AGAIN:
Or not... YouTube has removed the video as a result of "a third-party notification claiming that this material is infringing." While technically, legally, this may be true, and this blog does not claim to be above the law, one has to wonder what sort of damages a mere ten second clip could cause... especially while (at least for the moment) all these other Idol clips are still online at YouTube, many of them longer and posted before my clip.

Anatomically Incorrect Dolly

Unfortunate Chyron of the night:


That'll be one hell of a reduction surgery...

[Ed. note - It is pure coincidence that this post follows this one.]

E!'s Flux Pas

As always, E! proves they're on the ball when it comes to awards:


Actually E!, Reese was nominated for Just Like Heaven, Keira for Domino, Felicity for Desperate Housewives and Judi for GoldenEye: Rogue Agent