On Swedish TV, the show must go on, even if you're blowing chunks. Late night television presenter Eva Nazemson was hosting a phone-in game show on Sweden's TV4 Plus when a bad patch of menstrual cramps got her hurling.

Ever the professional, Nazemson stepped off camera ever-so-briefly and then returned, not only explaining herself but finishing the call she had taken before the nausea hit. Unfortunately, the guy's answer was wrong, but at least he got to be part of Swedish television history.

This article gives Nazemson's plucky perspective on the whole affair. Something to keep in mind -- while the longest extended version of the video we found runs only about a minute and a half, the lovely-even-after-vomit Eva stayed on the air for two hours after the initial spewage.

If this had been American TV, they'd have cut to commercial and had Kelly Ripa halfway home in a limo by the time Mrs. Butterworth's syrup hit the plate. Those Swedes have a hell of a work ethic.

Let's make one thing clear: Despite our recent shout out to Kathy Griffin, we here at TDR have nothing against Christians or any other people of faith. We are big fans of freedom of both religion and expression, and we are happily aware that most devout people are intelligent, thoughtful, reasonable folks. That said, what the hell is the matter with new The View host Sherri Shepherd?

It is one thing to not believe that you and your loved ones spontaneously evolved from muck via some sort of wacky biochemical accident. It is a whole other thing to not only state, "I don't believe in evolution, period," but to not have a stance on whether the Earth is flat or round.

Presumably, Whoopi introduced the topic, thinking Shepherd's answer to, "is the Earth round or flat" would be a definitive "round," thereby leading to the question of where a person of faith draws the line as to what scientific "facts" to accept. Instead, Shepherd replies, "I don't know." Not because of her faith, though, it seems. Simply because she's never thought about it.

And not only has Shepherd never thought about it -- not once, in forty years of life -- but apparently should she ever decide the issue is important enough to resolve, she'll be going to the library for the answer. Since all those instances of sailing, flying, and, you know, ORBITING around the globe that have taken place over the last few centuries are not evidence enough for her to suss it out on her own.

Wow. Just... wow.

Can reality TV get any more pathetic? Apparently so. Just check out the Kid Nation promo.

Here's the pitch: 40 kids, aged 8-14, are left in an abandoned frontier town, and forced to "create their own functioning economy." They cook, they clean, they vote. CBS is touting the show as a way to prove that kids can be just as miserable as your average 19th century pioneer. Awesome.

But guess what: the show's producers might have gotten a little overzealous and, dare we say, a tad exploitative. In an article that appeared yesterday as the featured story on the New York Times Web site, Kid Nation may have violated child labor labor laws. The article also brought up some disturbing aspects of the contract signed by the kids and their "parents," such as a clause that doesn't hold the network responsible if one the kids contracts HIV during filming. Good times.

Kid Nation premieres on CBS Sept. 19.

Covering online video requires a certain level of sleuthiness -- you have to learn how to search, where to search, and what to do with that information when you find it. (It also helps to have an eclectic set of online buddies, one of whom is bound to know way more than you.) But congratulations, Kojima's Boot Camp -- you have me and my buddy list stumped. All we know is that the featured performer is a Japanese comedian named Yoshio Kojima (previously known for the superhero character Cyclone Z), and he is not afraid to flaunt what he's got.

I wouldn't have put so much energy into trying to figure out what's happening here, except that it seems like Japan is always one step ahead of America on a number of scores: karaoke, video games, Ken Watanabe. So are we looking at the future of aerobics here? The terrifying, terrifying future? Because no matter how many kanji translators I track down, I'll never be able to explain the packing tape on Kojima's chest.