"Television Without Pity"

After four weeks of playing around with the Television Without Pity website I have come to a few conclusions about what I like and dislike.

The Coolest Aspects

1. The Hulu on TWoP- It is great as it allows users to watch full episodes of the newest television shows.

2. The Forums- It is very interesting to read what other television viewers think of the newest episodes of my favorite shows. I haven't signed up to add post to the discussion, but I still enjoy reading them every couple days.

3. Movies Without Pity- As a movie fan I enjoy reading about the newest movies as well as television shows. The two sites go hand and hand quite well.

The Funniest/Entertaining Aspects

1. The telefile- This is in the blog section of the website and usually some type of funny commentary on shows and actors in hit shows. This weeks telefile was "10 TV characters we would like to regift" a great holiday themed blog.

2. The Wiki-Not only is this informative it is also entertaining, mostly because there is so much random information and facts that I would have not normally known about unless I read this part of the site.

3. The Best of the Year- In this section the site talks about the best and worst television shows and movies of the year. It is funny to read them blasting movies and their characters as well as exposing me to good movies that I want to see after reading about them.

The Most Informative

1. TV Listings- By far the most informative aspect of the website is the listings for all the shows that will be on for that night. I like this part of the site because I can see that shows are on that I may not usually watch.

2. The Mondo Extras- I enjoyed reading the Emmy Awards blog with Neil Patrick Harris. He is hilarious and reading the blog about him and behind the scenes at the Emmy's is quite funny and informative.

3. The TWoP Wiki- Much like Wikipedia, this portion of the site allows user to add their own comments and content about shows and characters on television. It also had random parts to each entry that are entertaining and interesting such as "running gags" on sitcoms. I used this for a couple shows like 30 Rock and How I Met Your Mother and found it to be quite good.

A few things that I think need to be improved about the website are the fact that it is over whelming to look at. This site is the most cluster-f***ed website I have ever been to. The home page has more pictures and links on it than almost any other website on the Internet. I think this needs to be cleaned up to make the site a lot better. Another thing is that it is hard to find the reviews of current episodes. They should have an easy to find and easy to read portion of TWoP that is solely dedicated to reviews of this weeks new shows. I recommend that the website should slim down and become more focused on reviews in order to make it one of the better ones on the Internet. Right now I think the site just has way too much information on it for me to read daily. If the interface and content becomes easier to see, read and thus comprehend it would make me a daily reader.