I loved Secret Millionaire when it first showed in the US. It really is an amazing show with a great message. I still think about some of the moments I saw on the Secret Millionaire. If you haven’t seen it, watch for it. Here’s a description of it on the Summer Press Tour:

This is one freakin hilarious video. You have to be a Survivor fan, and you also have to have enjoyed the Survivor Ponderosa videos to really understand this video. However, those of you who have seen it will laugh hard. I love it and the blonde chick (I already forgot her name) was pretty good in this video.

I’ve heard so many good things about the BBC show “Planet Earth.” So, of course I was excited to learn that the first episode of Planet Earth is available for download on iTunes for FREE . Yep, that’s right a free Planet Earth download on iTunes. I have my free download going now.

Plus, the download of Planet Earth on iTunes is actually in HD too. Even nicer. It’s only available for free between 4/12 – 4/26. I’ll let you know what I think of the show once mine is downloaded.

I’m really excited to tell you about 2 giveaways going on between American Idol, Coca-Cola and Domino’s Pizza. I’m not sure who here has tried the new Domino’s Pizza. I was visiting my sister in California recently and the only pizza place where she lived was Domino’s. I hadn’t heard about the new crust, but when we got the pizzas my wife and I both looked at each other and said, “This crust is Amazing!!” It really was that good.

Without further ado, here’s the 2 American Idol, Coca-Cola and Domino’s Pizza giveaways:

FREE Trip to American Idol Finale
First, from now through May 2nd if you add a Coca-cola product to your Domino’s pizza order, you’ll have a chance to instantly win one of two trips for four people to attend the “American Idol” Finale in Los Angeles this May.

“American Idol” fans can also enter for free online at www.dominos.com through May 2, 2010. The ticket to Hollywood will be delivered to the winners’ door by a Prize Patrol Team along with their prize-winning pizza and Coke. Consumers who don’t win the Grand Prize “American Idol” Finale trips could win a First Prize — an ATT Samsung Mythic™ phone package (I could use this) and a $150 Domino’s Pizza gift card.

FREE $20 Domino’s Gift Card
That’s right, I’ll be giving away a $20 Domino’s gift card to a lucky reader from this site. Yes, I did just say FREE PIZZA!! Here’s how you can enter:
1. Leave a comment on this site saying your favorite Domino’s menu item
2. Click here to Tweet this post out to all your friends. Make sure to include @tvblog in your tweet so I can track it
3. Write a blog post about this giveaway and link to this site
4. Link to this post on your Facebook. Be sure to leave a comment on this site telling me to check your Facebook
5. Do something else cool that knocks my socks off and I’ll enter you again

That’s all. Start entering to get your Free Pizza!! Also, if you win the trip to the AI finale, remember where you learned about this;-)

Full Disclosure: NMS and Domino’s provided the free pizza giveaways for this post including giving me some free pizza. Although, I’ve been a huge fan of pizza for a long time.

I’m seriously thinking about turning this website into a social network for TV fanatics. Yes, a forum, pictures, videos, you name it. Basically, a place for all you fans of TV will be able to come and share your thoughts and feelings about your favorite TV shows. Not to mention rumors and speculation about the shows as well.

What do you think? Is that a good idea? I’d also look at pulling in the best blog posts from around the web so you can find all of the best content right here. Let me know what you think.

Check out some of the videos for the Celebrity Apprentice 2010. It’s back! Some pretty interesting videos and crazy personalities.

Legal, Ethical and Honest
This March, 14 celebrities are banking on one role. The Celebrity Apprentice returns Sunday, March 14th 9/8c.

Bill Goldberg

Brett Michaels
Bret promises to rock your world and be the next Celebrity Apprentice.

Carol Leifer
Carol knows that anything goes in this competition.

Curtis Stone
Curtis talks about his drive and passion to be the next Celebrity Apprentice.

Cyndi Lauper
This hard-working, Grammy-winning singer is going to give the other contestants a run for their money.

Darryl Strawberry
Darryl’s ready to deal with the drama and hit a homerun for his charity, The Darryl Strawberry Foundation.

Holly Robinson Peete
Get up close and personal with Holly and why she’s meant to be the next Celebrity Apprentice.

Maria Kanellis
Maria’s taking this competition to the ring to fight it out for her charity, the Make-A-Wish

Michael Johnson
Up close with Celebrity Apprentice contestant, Michael Johnson.

Rod Blagojevich
Rod’s ready to do the best he can to be the next Celebrity Apprentice.

Sharon Osbourne
Get up close and personal with Sharon and see why she’s ready to be the next Celebrity Apprentice.

Sinbad
Sinbad’s ready to show his serious side to win this competition.

Summer Sanders
Summer loves a challenge and she’s ready to be the next Celebrity Apprentice.

One of my favorite reality TV shows hasn’t been on for quite a while, but I just saw the news that Last Comic Standing will be back on NBC this Spring 2010. That’s great to hear since I really enjoy this show. They’ve had a few down moments, but for the most part it’s just the very best of the comedic acts and that’s great.

Here’s a snippet of the news from TV Guide:
New host Craig Robinson (The Office) will usher in Last Comic Standing’s seventh season on June 7 at 8/7c. The show will move to its regular time slot at 9/8c the following Monday, June 14.

I’m not sure how much the host really matters. So, they can keep switching for all I care. Just make sure they give us plenty of comedy and we’ll be all good. Since it’s on network television, it’s clean comedy too. It’s like the only place you can find clean comedy. Maybe that’s why I like it so much.

ABDC 2010 is officially HERE!! Yes, the wait is over. Sure, the judges panel is missing Shane Sparks, but at least we still have great music and great dancing. So, as usual, here’s the list of music from the first episode of ABDC 2010:
Ghost Crew danced to “Android Porn” by Kraddy
Jungle Boogie danced to “Bounce” by Busta Rhymes
Royal Flush danced to “Wasted” by Gucci Mane
Swagger Crew danced to “Ice Cream Paint Job” by Dorrough
X-Treme Motion danced to “She Ain’t” by LeToya Luckett

The bottom three were chosen by the judges and danced in a battle for 30 seconds each to a mastermix of “Outta Control” by Pitbull (feat. Baby Bash).

Throughout the season, you’ll be able to download the latest ABDC 2010 music here.

This is Los Angeles and….THIS is American Idol!

The guest host is Avril Levigne who, we are told,  is young enough to be a contestant herself.  As the episode unfolds, we see this for ourselves.  She is wearing a silly hoody with some kind of devil ears on top and she wears the hood throughout the audition day.

The first contestant is Neil Goldstein and he states his IQ is 168 (like we care).  I don’t know about you, but without knowing my own IQ, I’m smart enough to know that this is the first delusional of the night and he is going to stink to high heavens.  His hair is long, then it’s short, then it’s long, then it’s short.  What, did he get an awful haircut while waiting on line to audition or is he like one of those dolls where you push a button on his back and his hair grows?  Anyhow, he is very taken with himself and his singing comes from his heart, to the point where he draws a picture of a heart with lipstick on the mirror in the men’s room and puts his face in the middle of it.  Need I say more?  He IS going to stink. Big Time.  And he does.  He gets all sweaty and grosses out the women judges, talks to them ending each sentence with some glicky sound from his mouth and then starts to “sing” a song that goes “Remember all the things that I told you” and then he completely forgets the next line.  Simon said “Ironic”.  Of course he gets the boot, he insists he is NOT leaving, and of course it is all Simon’s fault because hours ago Simon came out of a room and the door hit Neil in the back so he blew the audition….whatever.

Jim Ranger is a worship pastor with a family and even though he sings great, young little devil hoody Avril votes “No” because she questions whether or not he can be a pop star with a wife and 3 kids.   He gets the gold ticket despite the guest judge’s better judgement.

Jayson Wilson, Jesse Change and Martin Perez….all No’s.

Next up is Damian Lefavor, marshal artist, doing his thing on the roof of the hotel.  If he sings anything like he kung fu’s, he’s done for.  And he is.  He can’t remember the name of one of the two Righteous Brothers songs that he’s going to sing and the judges give him both names and he picks one.  In his own words, “I choked badly.”  Off he goes into the sunset.

Mary Power comes in dressed over the top trying to look punky.  Avril chewing gum in her devil hoody loves the look, the older judges don’t.  Mary sings Love is a Battlefield and WOW, great voice.  Four yeses.

The next delusional up is A.J. Mendoza who claims he made a demo and shopped it to Adam Lambert who told him he was great.  Makes you wonder which one of them was lieing.  He does some crazy movement with his mouth as he sings and Simon compared him to someone at the dentist with novocaine and dental stuff in their mouth. 

We’re done for the day and I’m so done with Avril.  Bring on Katy Perry.

Austin Fullmer goes all spastic with Mick Jagger facial expressions.  He is one disturbed young man.  One of his friends later tells him “Don’t be surprised if Katy calls you later.”  More delusions.

Then 14 cry babies.  Then Andrew Garcia.  His father cries at the kitchen table through the interview, they were involved with gangs, Andrew is a fine young man. Gosh I hope he can really sing for his father’s sake!  Yey, he doesn’t stink.  In fact, he’s GREAT.  Simon calls him a “genuinely genuine good good singer.”  Four yeses.

Tasha Layton, the personal assistant by day and pastor by night, is really good.  Four yeses.

Now for the delusional of all delusionals:  Jason Greene, “I Touch Myself”. All I can say is one word….Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.  My 12 year old son said “Save me Mom, take the mad man away!”  LOL   Jason starts posing all over the place with himself and I’m thinking “Oh, Man, get a room….by yourself!”  Katy feels dirty and he is sent packing.  He gives Ryan his phone number and Ryan tells him “Believe as much as you may want of what you read but..” and then gives Jason’s number to the huge bouncer.

There’s a car commercial staring that guy who won last year.

OK, so now I totally love Katy.  For reasons that we’ll never know because they’ve been edited out of the show, but Katy is now feuding with Kara and putting her down big time.  Kara tries to mock her by singing “I kissed a dolphin and I liked it” and Katy goes “I want to throw her coke in her face”.  Go Katy, so do I.

Last audition of the show is Chris Golightly (I wonder if he’s a relative of Johnny Comelately?).  Poor Chris grew up in 25 different foster homes and it’s heartbreaking, so I’m hoping he can really sing.  He sings Stand By Me and it’s beautiful.  Kara makes some remark about what a tough life Chris has had and Katy goes “This is not a lifetime movie sweetheart.”   I’m telling you, I love Katy!!  Four yeses.  Chris goes to Hollywood.

Well, see you tomorrow for the Denver auditions.

One advantage of having a blog is that you get cool stuff to talk about on your blog. One of those things is the Glee DVD that was recently released. If you’ve seen all the Glee episodes, then you want to get the Glee, Vol. One: Road to Sectionals since it has a TON of extras on the DVD. It’s basically a DVD full of extra information and background story about Glee.

Here’s a short description of the various extras (thanks to TV Overmind):

Welcome to McKinley – a video featuring Principal Figgins (who is grossly under-utilized in the show and is hilarious) meant to introduce incoming students to the school. It’s cheesy – and Figgins is totally in on the joke – and pretty funny.

Glee Music Video – features the song Somebody to Love

Full Length Audition Pieces – remember when Rachel sang RESPECT and Rachel sang On My Own in the pilot episode to audition for Glee? This is the full length videos for both of those songs

Fox Movie Channel Presents Casting Session – showrunners, crew members and cast members discuss the origins of the show, as well as the casting process for the series and the individual characters

Deconstructing Glee with Ryan Murphy – the show’s creator discusses the themes behind the show, as well as casting the series

Dance Boot Camp – the show’s choreographer and the case members talks about teaching the cast choreography for the musical numbers and we see back-stage footage from the practices

Meet Jane Lynch – one of the funniest actresses on the show talks about her character

5 Things You Didn’t Know About …. – these were previously available on Fox, but included on the DVD are little videos with things you didn’t previously know about some of the cast members, including Jayma, Cory, Amber and Chris

Video Diaries – most of the cast members share video diaries they shot during various promotional appearances for the show

If that list of extras doesn’t interest you, then you are definitely not a Glee fan. I just love how creative they’ve gotten with the extras. Plus, as a TV addict I love to see the behind the scenes stuff for a show. The Glee DVD definitely hasn’t disappointed.