Tom Comi, Author at StayTuned Magazine

NFL on Thanksgiving Day: Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins vs. Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens

November 23, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuide Some folks might consider football games on Thanksgiving Day as a nice diversion, but it really is amazing how many people revolve their entire dinner around what games are airing and when. The NFL is showcasing three games Thursday, so you really need to be on your toes in terms of planning if you don’t want to miss any of the action. Here is our preview of the three contests: Green Bay Packers (10-0) at Detroit Lions (7-3) FOX, 12:30pm ET The Packers have yet to lose this season, and they are looking to become […]

Kelly Clarkson goes unplugged in VH1 special

November 18, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuide Some could argue that the first season of American Idol wasn’t as competitive as the the following years due to its then-obscurity, but nobody can claim that there has been a winner to date with a more powerful voice than inaugural champ Kelly Clarkson. Fans and skeptics alike can find out tonight (11pm ET) when the Texas native takes the stage in a VH1 Unplugged special. For those unfamiliar with the term, unplugged means a scaled-down, acoustic performance with no electric guitars, keyboards or over-amplification. It presents musicians and singers as they are, instead of […]

Regis Philbin dishes with Katie Couric tonight before bowing out tomorrow

November 17, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuideTom Almost every adult has seen Regis Philbin on morning TV at some time over the past 28 years — including stay-at-home parents, people on the nightshift and even those who are home sick from work or school. And even if he wasn’t a part of your daily routine, there was something about the TV veteran that could make you feel welcomed simply by tuning in once or twice a year. It didn’t matter who the co-host was either — his show thrived with Kathie Lee Gifford and Kelly Ripa by his side — because he […]

2011 Presidents Cup TV schedule on NBC and Golf Channel

November 16, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuideTom Those looking for a links fix today might end up entering spectator rehab next week after Golf Channel and NBC combine to air more than 50 hours of live coverage of The Presidents Cup from Australia. Taking place at the Royal Melbourne in Australia, this is the first time ever this international competition — which runs every two years and alternates with the Ryder Cup — will be televised live in its entirety when taking place outside of North America. Australia is 16 hours ahead of the Eastern Time zone, so Day 1 coverage begins […]

Golf Channel’s “Big Break Ireland” comes down to final three

November 15, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuideTom With the President’s Cup getting underway in a few days, we thought a great way to get in the proper frame of mind is by watching the best sports reality show on television. Some might classify Golf Channel’s Big Break series (tonight, 9pm ET) as simply a sports competition, and that is certainly understandable. Every week the athletes are put through the toughest of tests, including playing full holes, hitting strategic shots and pulling off gimmick tricks like breaking a piece of glass with a golf ball.

“The Last Play at Shea” brings music, baseball together

November 11, 2011 Tom Comi

One of Billy Joel’s most famous songs is “New York State of Mind,” a sentiment that couldn’t possibly have been more fitting for the documentary The Last Play at Shea. Airing tonight on Showtime (9:30pm ET), The Last Play at Shea — narrated by Alec Baldwin — merges a nostalgic look at the historic stadium with live concert footage by Joel. The structure was demolished not too long after the documentary was filmed. Ask one New Yorker what Shea meant to them, and they will tell you that it was the home of the New York Mets. Ask another, and […]

Oscar fallout: Did Brett Ratner really mean to slam gays?

November 10, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuide Words hurt. I don’t think anybody can dispute that sentiment, and we are constantly reminded of it through PSAs by the cast of Glee. But sometimes I wonder if we have become too politically correct for the sake of doing so, and one need look no further than what is going on with the 2012 telecast of the Academy Awards as evidence of that. For those not following along, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided many months ago that it wanted its next Oscars telecast to be cutting-edge and energetic. They hired […]

“Burn Notice” season premieres tonight on USA Network (kind of)

November 3, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuide Since Michael Westen is such a great spy, perhaps his next assignment can entail figuring out why USA Network found the need to cut the latest season of his show Burn Notice in half. I couldn’t be happier that my favorite drama is returning tonight (10pm ET), but it’s technically not a premiere since we are still in season 5. That didn’t prevent the network from referring to its last episode in June as the “mid-season summer finale,” a secret code I’m still trying to decipher. Semantics and programming strategies aside, it’s a very good […]

ESPN documentary “Unguarded” sheds light on athlete’s addiction, rehab

November 1, 2011 Tom Comi

Most professional basketball players certainly enjoy a life of luxury thanks to huge paychecks, gigantic homes, fast cars and gorgeous groupies, but Chris Herren very well be the poster child for the notion that money and fame can’t buy happiness. Herren seemed to have everything going for him, beginning with a heralded high school career in Massachusetts to an NBA career with the Denver Nuggets and his hometown Boston Celtics. Sandwiched in between was a stellar career at Boston College and Fresno State. But as we learn tonight (8pm ET) on the ESPN documentary Unguarded, not everything was as it […]

Celebrities react via Twitter to news of Kim Kardashian’s divorce

October 31, 2011 Tom Comi

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuide Well, that didn’t take long. A mere 72 days after spending a reported $10 million on a lavish made-for-TV wedding, Kim Kardashian announced that her marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries is over. Likewise, it hasn’t taken long for some celebrities — and we use that term loosely for some of these folks — to offer their two cents. Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37), comedian: “Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries file for divorce. The NBA and the NFL collectively celebrate. NHL says “who cares?”” Kelly Osbourne (@MissKellyO): “@KimKardashian thinking of you stay strong don’t listen to the […]