Category Archives: TV

The Pacific: the Crossroad Between Generation Gaps and Political Correctness

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Kevin

A couple of years ago, I was introduced to Band of Brothers, the hugely successful HBO miniseries about the 101st Airborne and their accomplishments in the European theater in World War II, and was instantly hooked.  The miniseries focused more … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, History, TV | 1 Comment

Asian American Commercial Watch: All American Mom, Daughter & Boyfriend in Target Ad

Posted on March 13, 2010 by John

While watching The Amazing Race on my DVR, I had to quickly rewind to see what I thought I had seen. Target has done it again, this time with a new television commercial featuring an all Asian American cast featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Entertainment, Observations, TV | 19 Comments

Asian Stereotypes on ABC’s Modern Family

Posted on March 10, 2010 by John

As I had blogged previously, Modern Family is one of my favorite new comedy shows of the 2009-2010 television season. In a recent episode, I was pleasantly surprised to see actress Suzy Nakamura reprises her role as Dr. Miura, who … Continue reading →

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ABC News’ Nightline: Nobu, the Sushi Master

Posted on March 9, 2010 by John

Last Friday night, ABC News’ Nightline profiled Nobu Matsuhisa, better known as just “Nobu,” who prepared some of his signature dishes and spoke a little bit about his background. To be honest, I have never ever eaten at a Nobu … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Food & Drink, TV | 3 Comments

PSA: Write in “Taiwanese” on the 2010 US Census

Posted on March 8, 2010 by John

Recently, the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL), TaiwaneseAmerican.org, Taiwanese American Foundation, TACL-LYF: Leading Youth Forward, Taiwanese American Professionals – San Francisco (TAP-SF),  Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California helped produce this Public Service Announcement (PSA), advocating for all Taiwanese Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Announcements, Current Events, Entertainment, TV | 43 Comments

John Park Booted Off American Idol

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Moye

So I guess 2010 won’t be the year of the Asian American Idol with 21 year old John Park being voted off the show last night with 3 other contestants. Even though I’m not one of those AI fanatics who … Continue reading →

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Apolo Ohno on The Tonight Show

Posted on March 4, 2010 by John

Last night, Apolo Ohno was on The Tonight Show (now back with Jay Leno) to talk about his 2010 Vancouver Olympic experience to an audience seemingly filled with heart throbbed teenage girls. While I do enjoy watching the short track … Continue reading →

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Zero Kazama interview with channelAPA.com

Posted on March 4, 2010 by channelAPA

(This is the first post for channelAPA.com on 8asians. We’re excited about this partnership! For our first post, we’re introducing you to Zero Kazama, the host of MTV Silent Library. He doesn’t get to do much as the host on … Continue reading →

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America’s Best Dance Crew: Proof that Asian Girl on Girl Action Still Sells

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Dino-Ray

Something is going wrong with my DVR. It has not been recording episodes of America’s Best Dance Crew, therefore ruining my life. Luckily, MTV posts the episodes on their site and I finally watched it and was very pleased to … Continue reading →

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The Blatant Cultural Branding and the Sexualization of Speed Skaters

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Dino-Ray

So how about those speed skating races last night? Man, that Apolo Anton Ohno sure knows how to do a nice crotch shot. Seriously – did the camera man wake up in the morning and say, “I am going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Sports, TV | 4 Comments

Maggie Q for La Femme Nikita TV Reboot?

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Linda

Of course, three days after I blog about the lack of Asians in lead roles on TV, a friend sent me a recent article about Maggie Q being in talks to star as the female assassin lead in the CW’s remake … Continue reading →

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Poreotix (aka Poreotics) on America’s Best Dance Crew

Posted on February 17, 2010 by phil

America’s Best Dance Crew is back and this season — just like every other season — practically every crew has an Asian member and the all-Asian crew. The all-Asian crew this season is Poreotix (aka Poreotics); these guys got the … Continue reading →

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