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“King of the Nerds” Sprints to the Finish – And Faceplants (Again)

(Warning: there are some season 1 finale spoilers ahead) In the event that TBS has completely abandoned their marketing for “King of the Nerds” (and sometimes it seems like they have), I’ve taken the initiative to come up with a new slogan for the show: “King of the Nerds – A really great show that […]

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Pay Your Respects at the “King of the Nerds” Memorial Service

Fellow nerds: welcome. The community sincerely thanks you for being here today to offer your condolences. Under normal circumstances, we gather in celebration of “King of the Nerds” – to crack as many jokes about the competition as the competition does about itself, to sit in glass houses and throw stones at the players who […]

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Titanic Missteps In The “King of the Nerds” Penalty Box

Perhaps I spoke too soon. There was one key point I wanted to get across in last week’s comedy-sketch-disguised-as- blog: Katie going home ultimately meant nothing in terms of predicting the end of the season. Team Midas Touch Attack still lost that Nerd War, and managed to get rid of the only person who was […]

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A Debatably Low-Key Week on “King of the Nerds”

I don’t know about you, loyal readers, but I found this was the first episode of “King of the Nerds” all season where…nothing much happened. I don’t mean that in a bad way – like any “KOTN” episode, it was still chock-full of fun little character moments that few other reality shows come within light-years […]

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The 5 Poison Numbers of “King of the Nerds”

From giant crushing robots to Zombie Nerd-plunk, there was a lot of talk on this week’s King of the Nerds about death, destruction or the potential for critical mistakes. It got me thinking a lot about whether or not this week would prove to be a make-or-break point for each of the nerds’ end games […]