Articles by E.M. Rosenberg

About E.M. Rosenberg

Favorite 40-volume series issued by Time-Life Music: Sounds of the Seventies. Favorite backsplash material: Subway tile. Favorite screen legend I pretend wasn’t gay: Cary Grant. Favorite issue you should not even get me started about: Venal, bloodsucking insurance industry. Favorite character from the comic strip “Nancy”: Sluggo, or maybe Rollo. Favorite Little Debbie snack: Nutty Bars. Favorite Monkee: Mike.

Shark Tank – Season 5, Episode 501– Live Blog and Discussion

12/20/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 18

Once again, lazy ol’ ABC is repeating an episode–actually two tonight, but I’m ignoring the 8 o’clock one because I had some lying around doing nothing to do. This one is the debut show of

Shark Tank – Season 5, Episode 512– Live Blog and Discussion

12/13/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 8

ABC has ordered four more episodes of Shark Tank, so there will be 28 shows this season. It’s a Christmas miracle! Among this evening’s holiday-themed pitches are a colorful magnetic strand of lights; a “Christmaskah”

Shark Tank – Season 5, Episode 511 – Live Blog and Discussion

12/06/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 16

We’re back with a brand new episode and the same old over-confident presenters with bizarre niche ideas being challenged on their number-crunching by people in overpriced wardrobes and scripted personalities. This evening we will hear

Shark Tank – Repeat Episode from Season 4! – Live Blog and Discussion

11/29/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 14

It’s a repeat show tonight, but since I started blogging in the middle of the season, it’s new to me. TV Guide says tonight’s pitches include a service that offers rentals of live Christmas trees–which

Shark Tank – Season 5, Episode 510 – Live Blog and Discussion

11/22/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 33

Tonight the Sharks consider throwing money at two fashion items: knee-high boot socks that would be far too expensive to risk losing one in the wash, and a ladies’ clutch for “essential items,” which seems

Shark Tank – Season 5, Episode 509– Live Blog and Discussion

11/15/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 27

Although it’s already begun, we’re jumping into Shark Tank–HAHAHAHA, yeah, sorry, that was too easy–now that Master Chef Junior has concluded, because there are just so many shows I can blog in a given week.

Master Chef Junior – Season Finale, Part 2 – Live Blog and Discussion

11/08/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 16

Tonight is the crowning of the first Master Chef Junior, the nation’s most talented gourmet cook who cannot legally drink wine with the luscious meal he or she prepares. Young Alexander, he of the chubby

Master Chef Junior – Season Finale, Part 1 – Live Blog and Discussion

11/01/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 57

Tonight, after a daunting chicken challenge, our top two Julia Children will be anointed during this first half of the season finale. Next Friday, we’ll see the last sauce-overboiler knocked out, and the Kelly Clarkson

Master Chef Junior – Week 5 – Live Blog and Discussion

10/25/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 26

Tonight, in the penultimate episode of the series, culinary hijinks ensue as our six little chefs take over lunch service at a celebrated Italian restaurant. A terrible sense of foreboding is introduced as soon as

Master Chef Junior – Week 4 – Live Blog and Discussion

10/18/2013 E.M. Rosenberg 46

So by now you must all know that these kids aren’t flesh-and-blood moppets who just happen to love to cook as well as your average four-star restaurant chef. They’re plants, all of them from California