In this week's Aerial View of America column, Jonathan Bernstein addresses the question apparently on the lips of everyone who witnessed the US debut of new reality series Being Bobby Brown: "What the frickety frack is up with Whitney Houston?" How, he wonders, can the "classy, colourless crown princess of soaring song" have turned into the "staggering, cackling old trout with a fag hanging out of her mouth" who teeters into view in episode one? It's a sobering thought — and one that Charlotte Church may care to ponder.
Meanwhile, Charlie Brooker considers Nigella Lawson's move to lunchtime on ITV. His verdict? "She looks like a minor royal who's been coerced into presenting a Christmas edition of Blue Peter." Read more in the Guide on Saturday.
