Kevin Kawa
About Me:
I began my "writing" career as a Community Critic for the Post-Standard, and not wanting to give up this creative outlet (and let down my fan(s)), I asked to continue with a TV blog. Lo and behold, they (foolishly) said "yes," giving me the opportunity to write (and influence) some more. I find that reality shows are the best to blog (though I do do a killer "Lost" entry into the blog); there's nothing better than mocking real-life people and the real-life decisions they make, all for the viewing public. Thanks for taking time out to read my musings!Zip Code: 13219
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"Bachelorette" juice boxes, Muppets, and MASH notes
Posted on Primetime Rewind on May 22, 2012, 3:52PM
With ABC running currently both Dancing with the Stars and The Bachelorette one the same nights, I look forward to the Mondays where only The Bachelorette will appear. Not only is three hours of cheesy goodness too much of a good thing (it's not, there can never, ever be too much cheesy goodness), but it makes my Tuesdays really... Full story »
"Dancing" freestyles full of style... and freedom
Posted on Primetime Rewind on May 22, 2012, 11:35AM
As "the most competitive season of Dancing with the Stars" is now down to the final three, Katherine & Mark, William & Cheryl and Donald & Peta, let's take a look back at my initial blog for this season, where I chose my blind final three, so we can all bask in how awesome I am! Um, well... how... Full story »
Skim away! Your mind has to hurt enough from watching the actual show. I don't want to add to that!
Posted on "The Bachelorette" begins another journey... to mockery on May 18, 2012, 9:35AM
It was just really weird with that 6 children guy, because they (ABC) didn't make a big deal about it. You'd think he would've gotten a video package at least! And Charlie Tango? I guess someone hasn't read "50 Shades of Grey!"
Posted on "The Bachelorette" begins another journey... to mockery on May 17, 2012, 2:35PM
From no clothes to rhinestone-encrusted clothes on "Dancing with the Stars"
Posted on Primetime Rewind on May 15, 2012, 2:46PM
When you make your living being a journalist, nothing angers you more than to hear people just plain get things wrong. It makes it seem like they're not paying attention, or not reading what you write! Now no one reads what I write anyway, I get paid only in smiles and chuckles (from myself, on the rare occasion that... Full story »
"The Bachelorette" begins another journey... to mockery
Posted on Primetime Rewind on May 15, 2012, 11:39AM
After days, weeks, months, or years of waiting (I have no idea as I am caught in a perpetual ABC reality show spin cycle), The Bachelorette is back, with one-time winner (I totally forgot that she actually "won" Bachelor Brad's heart), and two-time loser (see, Bachelor Brad's heart, and the tragic Ricky Bobby death), Emily, set to start her... Full story »
"Dancing" third-wheels spice up the night
Posted on Primetime Rewind on May 08, 2012, 2:50PM
Just when I was bemoaning the fact that Dancing with the Stars, even with only six contestants left, would suck another two hours of my "life" away from me (I check every Monday morning: "an hour and a half, an hour and a half, no whammies, no whammies... crapknockers"), I was enticed by the promise of a threesome. Or... Full story »
Steelo steps up, one couple steps out, on "Dancing with the Stars"
Posted on Primetime Rewind on May 02, 2012, 2:07PM
Proving that what I write isn't always about me (it is... it's always about me, I am, afterall, a Leo, and I need my ego stroked constantly), I have to start this entry off with the most emotional moment ever on Dancing with the Stars, an already highly-emotional show for me (due, possibly, to a combination of rumba hip... Full story »
"Dancing with the Star's" Classical Week, just like me, "brings the romance to life"
Posted on Primetime Rewind on May 01, 2012, 1:05PM
Last night, during Roshon and Chelsie's performance, the camera abruptly cut away to a Dancing with the Stars' title card, which left me wondering if it was just a cameraman, not used to the elevated levels of spray tan particles and shiny gemstones, who fell unconscious at the camera, or if the dreaded "costume malfunction" occurred during the couple's... Full story »
"Get Ready" for my Motown "Dancing" blog
Posted on Primetime Rewind on April 24, 2012, 2:52PM
As the first person always up-in-arms over Dancing with the Stars' theme weeks (as complaining about something, anything, always at least gives me an opener), I was pleasantly surprised by last night's Motown Week, a celebration of the record label started 53 years ago in Detroit, Rock City. Even with label founder, Berry Gordy, who was in the audience,... Full story »
Mirror Ball Trophy dreams sink for one "Dancing" star
Posted on Primetime Rewind on April 19, 2012, 3:24PM
Now, sometimes the build up to something, the anticipation, is much greater than the actual event (something I would know nothing about personally), and I would have to say that last night's "Dance Duel" during Dancing with the Stars' Results Show, was, well, a little limp. It was pretty obvious from the beginning that any couple who was in... Full story »
"Dancing's" Latin Night offers up salsa and hips (but no guac)
Posted on Primetime Rewind on April 17, 2012, 2:22PM
With host Tom Bergeron announcing that we "have now reached the mid-way point of this season of Dancing with the Stars," I wondered 1.) why there's still so many contestants left; and, 2.) when the hour and a half shows are going to start? Not that I want this season to end anytime soon, as it is "the most... Full story »
Nine rock on, on "Dancing with the Stars"
Posted on Primetime Rewind on April 11, 2012, 3:54PM
During last night's Dancing with the Stars Results Show we were treated to what, at least in my opinion will go down as the greatest shot in Dancing history, maybe in the history of TV: Gene Simmons, in full Kiss regalia, solemnly "presiding over" Melissa Gilbert's oxygen mask application (after she passed out/got a concussion from an errant knee... Full story »
"Dancing with the Stars" rocks out with its...
Posted on Primetime Rewind on April 11, 2012, 12:22PM
Living up to Dancing with the Star's Rock Week promise to "rock out with our lockstep out," I too decided to "turn it up to '11'," painting a pretty bad-ass Mohawk on my head (using a Sharpie) while trading in my usual box 'o wine. For a bottle of Skinny Girl Margarita. Don't let the name fool you, at... Full story »
Weeping "with the Stars"
Posted on Primetime Rewind on April 04, 2012, 1:51PM
As this has already been called "the most competitive season of Dancing with the Stars ever," and really, it is kinda true, a new twist was revealed during last night's Results Show which will have reverberations for years to come. Or at least this season to come. The "Dancing Duel," which, starting next week, will see the bottom two... Full story »
"Dancing with the Stars" is my Mickey Mouse
Posted on Primetime Rewind on April 03, 2012, 2:45PM
What a night to be without tissues in the house, as Dancing with the Stars, earlier than ever, broke out the sob stories for this season's "Most Memorable Year" theme, where almost every star realizes that an easy way to get votes is to make you cry like, well, me. By night's end, my usually poor notes were tear-soaked,... Full story »
That's just the way the Mirror Ball Trophy bounces
Posted on Primetime Rewind on March 28, 2012, 2:06PM
After my DVR disaster the night before, there was no way that was going to happen again, even with the Dancing with the Stars' "Results Show" just an hour long. I was almost tempted to watch the hour-long pre-show, which was basically a recap of the whole season, but seeing how the "whole season" is only two episodes, not... Full story »
Giving "Dancing with the Stars" the crazy eye
Posted on Primetime Rewind on March 27, 2012, 1:34PM
Harking back to a time before technology, when everything was au naturel (and in my opinion, much, much better), I was forced into watching Dancing with the Stars live last night. Well, not even live, so all of my in-show tweets went unpublished, but with my DVR pulling a Jason (possibly by being overloaded with all of the reality... Full story »
"Dancing with the Stars" puts the "dancing" in, um, "Dancing with the Stars"
Posted on Primetime Rewind on March 20, 2012, 1:57PM
The moment that we have been waiting for, since, well, last season of Dancing with the Stars, is finally upon us: my first new Dancing blog of 2012 (not counting my season preview, of course)! Now yes, my Dancing blog wouldn't exist without the actual Dancing with the Stars show, but really, who comes here to read anything other... Full story »
"Bachelor" Ben's journey ends in...
Posted on Primetime Rewind on March 13, 2012, 1:51PM
Wow, what an exciting night that was, and I am shocked, SHOCKED, by the big news of the night. Yeah, Ben picked someone, hearts were broken, hair was uncombed, capes were worn, clichés rained down like so many (of my) tears, but who cares! It was announced, going to commercial break, that Bachelor Pad is now accepting applications to... Full story »
The (Bachelor) Women Tell (Ben he's still) All (that)
Posted on Primetime Rewind on March 06, 2012, 2:59PM
It's no secret that my biggest complaint of The Bachelor: The Women Tell All, other than having to actually watch it, is the complete lack of men sitting in the studio audience. I mean, yes, the male demographic is but a small piece of the Bachelor pie, but a vocal piece nonetheless (I can bloodthirstily boo with the best... Full story »
Oh, now that would be dramatic! Yeah, I've been thinking about it, and it seems that there's no way for the Bachelor, no matter who he is, to escape unscathed, from looking like a complete jerk. Most the the Bachelorettes do it, escape with their pre-show glitter, the best case being Jillian, and to a certain extent, Ali. But every guy that goes on the show is doomed! And ask, and you shall receive, Dancing preview: http://blog.syracuse.com/primetime-rewind/2012/03/dancing_with_the_stars_season.html
Posted on "The Bachelor" trades American cheese for Swiss cheese on March 02, 2012, 1:51PM
"Dancing with the Stars," Season 14, cast announced
Posted on Primetime Rewind on March 01, 2012, 3:34PM
Even though I've barely recovered from the last season of Dancing with the Stars, when, um, yeah, someone, who was paired with, um, that pro, yeah, you know the one, hoisted the Mirror Ball Trophy as Season 13 champions. It was a moment that I can't remember, I mean, a moment that I'll never forget. Oh whatever, who cares... Full story »
"The Bachelor" trades American cheese for Swiss cheese
Posted on Primetime Rewind on February 28, 2012, 3:31PM
Bom chicka wah wah! Yes, it's about that time, on The Bachelor, where we turn the lights low, shut the door and just hope for the best. Or at least hope that no one calls to disturb the intense concentration that an episode of show deserves. Or at the very, very least, no one knocks on our door, or... Full story »
There's no place like home(town visits on "The Bachelor")
Posted on Primetime Rewind on February 21, 2012, 2:33PM
There comes a point in every season of The Bachelor that I get as disinterested as Ben has been all season, and just want the season to finally conclude. Not because I run out of things to write, because every regular reader knows I write about nothing other than myself (and I'll never, ever run out of things to... Full story »
I can't Belize no one can come up with an original "Bachelor" blog title this week!
Posted on Primetime Rewind on February 14, 2012, 2:39PM
The Bachelor and Valentine's Day Eve, what could be a more perfect combination than that (discounting, of course, The Bachelor and Valentine's Day, or The Bachelor and Arbor Day)? Yes, I know what you're thinking, "Valentine's Day Eve, really?" Yes, really. Valentine's Day is my Christmas, Halloween and Flag Day, all rolled into one (think about it), where each... Full story »
"Bachelor" kiss turns to kiss-off
Posted on Primetime Rewind on February 07, 2012, 2:45PM
Kissing. It's just what the bachelor does. And does well. So don't ever try to give him a lesson in the kissing arts. Not only does Ben seemingly have the power to cure anorexia/bulimia (as evident when The Notebook told him about her past struggles, with Ben giving her an "oh really," then cut to making out), his lips... Full story »
Yeah, and the looks she gives are really weird. I think she's a closet serial killer. Meaning she'll probably win!
Posted on My "Bachelor" blog 'probably isn't a good idea' on February 03, 2012, 2:34PM
My "Bachelor" blog 'probably isn't a good idea'
Posted on Primetime Rewind on January 31, 2012, 3:05PM
Now I usually start my lead-in with something pretty unrelated to whatever I'm blogging about, instead choosing to waste our collective time with a story about me, that loosely ties me, with, in this case, The Bachelor. But I also avoid breaking the chronological progression of the show to tell that anecdote about me, but, just for this one... Full story »
"Winning" "Bachelor" contestant makes case for losers everywhere
Posted on Primetime Rewind on January 24, 2012, 3:16PM
As a world-renowned Bachelor blogger (really, last week's post was tweeted 13(!) times, and the previous week's was "Recommended" three times(!)), I am often asked what my ideal date would be. Now I've had many perfect dates in my life, but instead, I believe what you're looking for is, if I was the bachelor, like Ben, what date would... Full story »
