In April and May, LAist's TV Junkie highlighted an amazing PBS documentary series called "Carrier", about life on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its six-month mission to the Persian Gulf in 2005. The ten episodes gave a seawater and rivets-eye-view of what life is like for the sailors and Marines on the nuclear boat. With an average age of 20 years and a few months, the servicemen and women of the Nimitz gave......

Ten years ago Long Beach native Morgan J. Freeman was minding his own business in film school back east. Doing what everyone else in his class did, he submitted his thesis film "Hurricane Streets" to Sundance for competition. Not only was it accepted - alongside the "real" movies - but it won three awards at the festivall: Morgan won best director, the cinematographer won for best cinematography, and the film got the audience award......

Ok maybe it's not the worst DVR ever made Oh yes it's the worst. And it's not just me, customers hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it. I'm writing this post to let Time Warner LA know that this cannot stand for long before customers such as myself switch back to satellite providers. I'm talking very soon, like as soon as I can get a day off from work to have......

Tonight, Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic Channel presents a story close to home at 9:00 p.m. We just watched a screener and it was a joy. A family drops off a Dalmatian off at Fire Station 29 on Wilshire Blvd. and with good intentions, the firemen of the station took the 3-month-old puppy in. Like, oh my god, so cute! But incredibly wild and unruly. Appropriately named Wilshire, the hyperactive pup took over......

Brace for a Quake: A Survival Guide on KCET has aired a few times already this month during their pledge drive, but you have one more chance to catch this great show that covers insurance, myths, how to fix up your home, workplace/office safety, what to do when you're in a car, and more. Schedule your TIVO for Sunday, August 19th at 12:30 PM on KCET. You can also contribute money to our local public......

Happy 36th Birthday Corey Feldman! It seems like only yesterday that you were impersonating Michael Jackson and snorting your way through Hollywood. Lets not forget your underrated talent as the snarky know it all in Goonies, the old man trapped in a 16 year old's body in Dream a Little Dream and a teen vampire in Lost Boys. And within just a couple weeks you will have something else to celebrate- the premiere of......

If you see John Cusack in the stands, someone's in the playoffs or world series. You might recall the Chicago-native in the bleachers of Wrigley Field when the Cubs had a healthy Kerry Wood and Mark Prior and if not for Bartman would have made it further than the playoffs, and then a few years later you may have heard about him wanting to get tickets to see the White Sox as they played......

Because of terrible weather - and bad vibes, GA - today's Angels game against the Boston Red Sox was canceled. Unfortunately, because of the Boston Marathon, tomorrow's game is scheduled to begin at 10am local time, which is 7am for you, me, and whatever Angel is still on West Coast time. Which means instead of tuning into the Today show or Howard Stern on radio, you might wanna wake up with the Angels on......

The BR!CK Awards celebrate young people making our world better and is the first award show if its kind to be televised on national television. Tune in to The CW tonight at 9pm or set your Tivo to see for yourself! The show is only one-hour long and is claiming limited-commercial interruption. Hey man, whatever floats your boat. Both citizen activists and celebrities will be there. The list of winners can be seen here.......

Dear Directv, It's your old pal, LAist here. Your biggest fan. We've had you for years, we even installed you into our friends' homes, and even on strangers' roofs. We get all the channels and most of the sports packages. We love you. There is one thing that has bothered us for quite a while though, and we were just reminded of it. What is your problem with The Daily Show and MSNBC's Countdown?......

Set your Tivo's. One of the mid-season pickups that we have been hearing great buzz over premiers tomorrow night and stars Andy Richter, the one-time sidekick of Conan O'Brien, in his very own sitcom called "Andy Barker P.I." Replacing "30 Rock" in the 9:30 time slot on NBC, this show does have to battle March Madness, but hello, that's what Tivo is for! Conan O'Brien is the series co-creator and executive producer and Andy......

Because life isn't fair, Carson Daly is now celebrating his fifth year hosting his own late-night talk show. Five years even though he isn't funny, isn't talented, can't interview, and hasn't shaken off the fratboy-turned-yuppie-turned-Gen-Y's-answer-to-Dick-Clark tag -- even though he's had a nationwide platform and access to the biggest stars in the business, starting way back when he was a forgettable jock on KROQ. Now that Conan is getting ready to take over for......