Couch potatoes can have a holly, jolly time this holiday season, with some new Christmas movies and specials joining the hundreds in reruns. ...more

November 27, 2009

So the great nationwide analog cutoff has been delayed. ...more

February 6, 2009

over the Web, through cell phone applications and even via Facebook, a social-networking site. Moreover, couch potatoes can order a Dominos pizza from their TV by using the broadband TiVo service available to subscribers. ...more

December 29, 2008

Even in the worst of times, most of us are thankful for something. On the most superficial level, I'm thankful I don't have to watch "Dancing With the Stars" until March. ...more

November 27, 2008

As Donna Guajardo, 16, sorts through donated linens, 15-year-old Heather Beatty dries litter boxes at an animal shelter. Just a few miles away, Jeanine Tatlock, 15, shelves library books, while Brittany Prescott, 14, works with camp counselors and kids. ...more

August 20, 2008

Maureen Chiodini, director of wellness for Tampa Metro YMCAs, tells a story about the woman who liked Stairmasters. She came to the downtown Y for only two days, but it was enough to alarm the staff. ...more

August 16, 2008

except for the brain-dead who can't turn away from "Big Brother" - here is a cornucopia of vidbits. Make that a plethora of pithy paragraphs from the world of television, answers to pressing questions from readers, plus a few items from the Walt TV blog. ...more

August 14, 2008

Those cute Meerkats return. Burly old men skid on ice. HGTV picks a new star. Military wives rule. A universe-hopping detective swings into action. And a female race car driver burns rubber. ...more

June 6, 2008

A few steps from the gymnasium at Turkey Creek Middle School, six teachers plot to transform adolescent couch potatoes into fitness-minded thinkers. ...more

June 5, 2008

In the march of progress, American society now verges on a significant leap that will deliver something incredible for couch potatoes. ...more

May 28, 2008