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Revolution Hiatus

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:23:00 +0000

Monday night's episode of Revolution on NBC was very exciting! I had hoped that this show would do well because I am a big fan of sci-fi adventures. So far it seems to be holding its own in the ratings.

But now it is going on break. New episodes won't return until 2013. Is this really a good idea?

I understand that during the holidays, it is more difficult to lure people to watch TV with so much else going on. I just hope that viewers won't lose interest during this break, and will return when the show comes back.

Do you think a holiday hiatus is a good idea?

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Firefly Reunion Show Tonight!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:43:00 +0000

Firefly was short-lived but beloved by many. It was the brainchild of Joss Whedon and was a combination of steampunk, science-fiction.outer space and western drama. It starred Nathan Fillon, who now appears on "Castle" on ABC.

Hard to believe it's been ten years! But tonight is the 10th anniversary reunion show!

Science Channel to Air One-Hour Reunion Special FIREFLY: BROWNCOATS UNITE Sunday Night

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Is Last Resort on its Last Legs?

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:47:00 +0000

Of the many new shows that premiered in the fall of 2012, one that I had high hopes for was "Last Resort" on ABC.

Unfortunately, the show has not lived up the the expectations I and many other viewers had for it. The premise was exciting and interesting - the crew of a nuclear submarine receives orders to launch their nuclear bombs. But the order doesn't come through the usual channels, so they second-guess themselves and ultimately decide not to fire. Then they discover that the US government is actually trying to kill them now for disobeying orders.

But the show writers decided to land the sub on an island that conveniently has a NATO station on it, so they can use the communication center. I am not sure why they chose not to have all of the drama on the sub itself, beyond having the island setting allow for the introduction of additional characters and bikinis.

Whatever the logic was, it was faulty and the show is struggling now. Here is an article saying that ABC has ordered a couple of additional episodes, but that the outlook is none too sunny.

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Breaking Bad Season Finale

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:48:00 +0000

The Breaking Bad season finale was on last night, and it was mind-blowing (in more ways than one!)

Some critics have thought that Gus' death scene was over-the-top, walking out of the room with half of his face blown off, straightening his tie, then collapsing, but I thought it was great!

I also liked the way the reveal that Walter had poisoned a child (truly falling to the depths of evil) with the slow pull-in of the camera on the Lily of the Valley plant, was brilliant. Many have also complained about this, that we should have seen how Walter was able to get the poison to the child, but I think most of those issues will be visited in the upcoming (and many say final) season, and I liked it as the cliff-hanger.

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Sons of Anarchy

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:42:00 +0000

On Twitter, Kurt Sutter, the creator of Sons of Anarchy, has said that many women are enjoying this season and "get it" and those who are complaining just want the show to stay the same. I am a female and I don't "get" or like the way this season is going. I don't want a rehash of the same old story lines. I do want fresh, original writing that doesn't drag and make SAMCRO look like morons. I agree they're not rocket scientists, but they have always been written as clever and resourceful.

I did like the humanizing of Darby and think Mitch Pileggi did a great job with his scenes.

The last scene, with the potential adoptive family just made me want to scream. I'm exhausted from the Abel plot. Let Jax have his son back for God's sake! Even if they have to have them in danger together, it would be better than this tiresome cliffhanger every week of "what will happen to the baby now?"

I did laugh out loud at Lyla calling herself "Sarah Palin" at the abortion clinic. I'm torn on whether I want Tara to go through with an abortion. I like her and Jax together, and would like to see how they'd handle a pregnancy/parenthood story, but I'm tired of shows chickening out on abortion (like Mad Men's Joan).

Having Jax flirt with his half-sister totally squicked me out. I hope someone resolves that quick.
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2010 Emmy Nominations

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:22:00 +0000

I am really glad I'm not a judge, because there are so many of my favorite shows and actors/actresses that are competing in the same categories!

PDF of all of the nominations

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FlashForward On Hiatus Until March

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:10:00 +0000

The show was great tonight, but holy cow! Not returning until March 2010! Dang!

V is also on a long break. I think both shows are supposedly going through "re-tooling". I look forward to both returning!

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Fox TV to run Twitter comments during reruns

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:47:00 +0000

Everyone hates re-runs. They're episodes you've likely already seen, being run out of order because there is no new content to run. But Fox may have just figured out a way to make them more interesting: Twitter.

The television network will be airing old episodes for two of its shows, Fringe and Glee, with Twitter commentary along the bottom of the screen. But no, sadly, not just anyone can tweet anything and have it be on national television, these will be moderated streams. And most of the it will be taken up by the tweets of the two shows' casts and producers, apparently.

During the episodes, the cast members and producers will be watching and tweeting live. Fans be able to see their tweets on the bottom portion of their television screens or can follow along on Twitter itself by checking out the FRINGEonFOX and GLEEonFOX Twitter accounts. Select tweets from fans following along will be put on air.

Source: The Washington Post

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Mad Men Season 3 Episode 2

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:03:00 +0000

This episode seemed disjointed, even the cuts to commercials were jarring, but perhaps (I hope) that was done deliberately, to show how the world is developing these "fault lines" that are going to turn into a societal earthquake soon.

Already we are seeing characters standing with one foot on each side of the divide - sometimes in unexpected ways. Paul Kinsey is defending the old, even as he is accused of being a beatnik and communist.

Peggy sees the old way of using your sexuality to get ahead, in Joan and Ann-Margret. She wants to blaze a new trail for women, and be seen for who she is, what she thinks, yet she still goes to the bar and picks up a man by dumbing herself down and pretending to be "a typist". Then she jumps to the other side of the divide again, into a modern, sexually active woman who is aware of alternatives to intercourse. She must have had some other sexual experiences since Pete, to learn that.

The schism continues with Don. Trying to convince the Brits that Madison Square Garden could become a huge account - in the future, even while he denies Peggy's notion about the Patio soda account, by telling her to just go with the sexy young girl who throws herself at the camera.

I think he was reconsidering that position when he was watching the Maypole dance though. He seemed to be connecting with the flower child/earth mother sensibility when he touched the grass as the barefoot nymph danced. Then in the confrontation in the den, his brother-in-law says, "Don't get old".

Don also told the guy from Madison Square Garden to "welcome change with a dance of joy" yet he is reminded of all of the "old" in his life, the globe, his father-in-law, even Penn Station. Again, these two jarringly different notions.

Roger is straddling the fault line more than anyone, married to his young wife, yet decorating his office with Grecian antiquities, then having his "old" family show up to discuss his daughter's "new" life.

Betty is also struggling with trying to live on both sides of the fence. Pregnant, yet trying to watch her weight (hence the Melba Toast comments). Expecting a new life, yet disillusioned with her own. She doesn't want to be seen as an uncaring daughter, but I think she will rapidly regret having her father living with them. Remember, there was no Medicare in 1963, and attitudes towards nursing homes were different then. So she may have been concerned about how it would look, and what it would cost. (I'm not altogether sure that Don has told her about the money he came into with the merger. It might be his nature to have secreted that away in a private account.)

I think this is all designed to have the audience feel (and understand on a visceral level) the shrill and discombobulating changes that are afoot.

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Mad Men Season 3 Episode 1

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:31:00 +0000

I thought this was an excellent season opener. I have heard some complaints about the opening scene being too much like a play, but I think that was purposeful. Here was Don Draper warming milk for his pregnant wife. All very reminiscent of birth/infancy. He remembers it is Dick Whitman's birthday, and he is imagining a scene of the event - but detached, as an outsider, almost like an audience member. When the milk boils over, he scoops off the curdled skin - just as he has done with Dick Whitman's life. He is Don Draper watching Dick Whitman's birth - very schizoid, as was the entire episode. Everyone is showing two sides of themselves.

Betty is also two people - the good wife/mother that she wants to be, and the insecure and hateful person she is. She still mistrusts Don and wonders why he strayed, wonders what it was about HER that couldn't keep him from cheating on her.

She wants to be the center of Don's attention, and I think she resents her children drawing attention away. She brought up Sally's misbehavior and made the lesbian comment to drive a wedge between Don and Sally. The dynamic between mothers and daughters is often one of jealousy for the husband/father's attention.

Betty feels like she SHOULD care about being a good mother because that is expected of her, but I think she subconsciously resents that she is the one who has had to raise the children, change their diapers, feed them, potty train them, teach them and discipline them, yet they don't appreciate it. They idolize their father more. And when Don kissed Sally and said, "You're my girl," I could almost hear Betty screaming inside her head, "But I am supposed to be your girl!". And now she is going to have to go through it all again. I don't see Don handling a baby crying to be fed or changed in the middle of the night, and we've seen that he wants little to do with discipline.

Sal is also two people (duh). He is the properly married man, but he knows he is gay. I thought it was a nice touch that he was back in Baltimore, where he grew up and no doubt first discovered during puberty that he was aroused by males. He probably had fantasies about other men, but in the fantasies he himself was someone else. Someone who could have sexual feelings for other men without feeling like it was wrong. (I am not saying it is wrong, just that I am sure Sal was raised to believe it was wrong.)

Then the stars align. He is someone else - Sam Fleischmann, thanks to the subterfuge that Don concocts. And he is back in the area where he first became the imaginary man who could have gay sex. Probably even in the manner he imagined, where his companion is the more aggressive person and initiates the encounter. He is allowed to be swept off his feet and finally give in to his desire.

I do feel sorry for his wife Kitty, and I realize cheating is wrong, wrong, wrong, but I was still thrilled for Sal to have this encounter. I fear that the fire alarm may strike him as a, "sign from God" that he was doing something wrong, and will only leave him more conflicted about his feelings. Having tasted the forbidden fruit, it will only be more enticing, but he will be more terrified of acting on his feeling, or being discovered.

I loved how Don handled the situation on the way back, by saying, "Limit your exposure" both as an ad campaign and sage advice.

Pete, trying to be the grownup Head of Accounts, then reverting to his child-like behavior with his dance, and his whiny child-like self when he discovers that Ken is also Head of Accounts. Then back to his grown-up self in Don's office with Roger and Bert Cooper.

Roger is trying to act like he is still in charge, but is wondering if things are changing and he will soon be seen as unnecessary. He wants to be the newlywed with a hot young wife who can travel the world, but still be the respected and purposeful head of his company.

Joan is now a married woman, but to a man who is not Prince Charming. She is still working in the office, and while she claims she can't wait to be gone, I suspect she wonders what she will do with herself and how she didn't get the fairy tale she dreamed of.

Peggy has gotten the position she yearned for, but not the respect.

So everyone in the episode was showing two sides of themselves, even the lighting and positioning of where the characters were placed (in front of open or closed doors, standing in light or dark) was to show the split personality of the episode. The old guard changing to the new, the American company being taken over by the Brits (foreshadowing the British invasion). This sets up the whole season for "change" as the characters must face their inner and outer selves and the changes that society will face.

I thought it was brilliant.

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Mad Men Season 3

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:29:00 +0000

The Mad men website has an interactive application that allows you to turn yourself into a Man Men style character - so cool! It is here.

This is what I chose:

Can't wait to see Season 3! Have your smokes and drinks ready!

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Loving Fringe

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:50:00 +0000

Starting at a later hour -- and with a big lead-in audience from the season debut of "House" -- J.J. Abrams's second series about the pitfalls of plane travel clocked 13.3 million viewers in its second episode, sparking "Fringe Explodes!" headlines in trade Web reports.

While that figure still doesn't match the nearly 19 million who caught the 2004 premiere episode of Abrams's first anti-air-travel drama, "Lost," there's no arguing that it's an impressive 46 percent more viewers than the 90-minute "Fringe" premiere managed to attract one week earlier. That night, the new series was forced to self-start at 8 p.m.

It's rare for the second episode of a new series to cop a bigger audience than the show's unveiling -- probably because the failure rate in the broadcast TV series business is somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 percent. Anyway, Fox says "Fringe's" performance Tuesday marks the best Week 1 to Week 2 ratings increase for a new drama on any network in at least five years.

The "Fringe" audience and the "House" audience apparently got on like ham and eggs.

"Fringe" hung on to 93 percent of its lead-in "House" gang -- and 95 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 49, the age bracket networks bill and coo over, because advertisers pay them extra to do so.

"Fringe" actually attracted more male viewers than did "House" -- it was in fact the night's highest-rated program among men between the ages of 18 and 54.

from Washington Post

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Programming for Fall TV 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:30:00 +0000

Fall TV Schedule: What's On When and Against What!

It's one thing to blog and comment about the trickling in of fall TV announcements, but we like to see how the schedule is shaping up. What is still in its comfortable, familiar time slot? What has moved? What is now scheduled against what, competing for our DVR's precious love?

Here is where to find a grid showing the network line-ups officially revealed to date.

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Fall TV Premieres

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:40:00 +0000

Well, the fall television season is just about upon us. All of our favorites are returning (well, most of them) and a lot of new ones will be vying for our attention in the next few weeks and months. Some will be successful..most will not. So get your DVRs warmed up and start sketching out your plans for how you’re going to record and watch all of these shows because there’s no way you’re going to do it live.

To help you out a little bit here’s a pretty comprehensive listing of all the Fall premieres in alphabetical order and then by date. And, no, I did not create links for them…sorry…I still have a life in the real world and there aren’t enough hours in the day… Enjoy!

Alphabetical Listing:

The Academy (My Network TV) September 4
Aliens in America (The CW) October 1
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) October 7
America’s Most Wanted (Fox) September 8
America’s Next Top Model (The CW) September 19
America’s Psychic Challenge (Lifetime) October 12
American Band (Fox) October 19
American Dad (Fox) September 30
American Gangster (BET) October 4
Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? (Fox) September 6
The Bachelor (ABC) September 24
Back To You (Fox) September 19
Beauty and the Geek (The CW) September 18
Big Bang Theory (CBS) September 24
Big Shots (ABC) September 27
Biggest Loser (NBC) September 4
Bionic Woman (NBC) September 26
Blood Ties (Lifetime) October 12
Bones (Fox) September 25
Boston Legal (ABC) September 25
Brotherhood (Showtime) September 30
Brothers & Sisters (ABC) September 30
Cane (CBS) September 25
Carpoolers (ABC) October 2
Cashmere Mafia (ABC) November 27
Cavemen (ABC) October 2
Celebrity Expose (My Network TV) October 1
Chuck (NBC) September 24
Cold Case (The CW) September 23
Contender (ESPN) September 4
Control Room Presents (My Network TV) October 1
Cops (Fox) September 8
Criminal Minds (CBS) September 26
CSI (CBS) September 27
CSI Miami (CHS) September 24
CSI: New York (CBS) September 26
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) September 9
The CW Now (The CW) September 23
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (CMT) September 14
Dancing With The Stars (ABC) October 2
Dancing With The Stars (ABC) September 24
Dateline (NBC) September 29
Deal Or No Deal (NBC) September 17
Decision House (My Network TV) September 12
Desperate Housewives (ABC) September 30
Dexter (Showtime) September 30
Dirty Sexy Money (ABC) September 26
Don’t Forget The Lyrics (Fox) September 6
Dr. Steve-O (USA) October 1
Drawn Together (CC) October 4
ER (NBC) September 27
Everybody Hates Chris (The CW) October 1
Exalted! (BET) October 2
Extreme Ghost Stories (WE) September 8
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) September 30
Family Guy (Fox) September 23
48 Hours Mystery (CBS) September 29
Friday Night Lights (NBC) October 5
Game (The CW) October 1
Ghost Hunters (SciFi) September 26
Ghost Whisperer (CBS) September 28
Girl Meets Cowboy (WE) October 14
Girlfriends (The CW) October 1
Gossip Girl (The CW) September 19
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) September 27
Guide To Style (Bravo) September 5
Haunted (SciFi) September 26
Heroes (NBC) September 24
House (Fox) September 25
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) September 24
I Love New York (VH1) October 15
Inside The Actors Studio (Bravo) September 17
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX) September 13
Jail (My Network TV) September 4
John Edward Cross Country (WE) September 8
Journeyman (NBC) September 24
Kid Nation (CBS) September 19
King of the Hill (Fox) September 23
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox) September 19
K-Ville (Fox) September 17
Las Vegas (NBC) September 28
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) October 4
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) September 25
Life (NBC) September 26
Life Among the Dead (Lifetime) October 12
Life is Wild (The CW) October 7
Lincoln Heights (ABC Family) September 4
Manswers (SpikeTV) September 20
Meet My Folks (My Network TV) September 12
Men in Trees (ABC) October 12
Moonlight (CBS) September 28
My Name Is Earl (NBC) September 27
Nashville (Fox) September 14
NCIS (CBS) September 25
Numb3rs (CBS) September 28
Office (NBC) September 27
Online Nation (The CW) September 23
Prison Break (Fox) September 17
Private Practice (ABC) September 26
Pushing Daisies (ABC) October 3
Reaper (The CW) September 25
Rescue Mediums (WE) September 8
Rules of Engagement (CBS) September 24
Samantha Who? (ABC) October15
Sarah Silverman Program (CC) October 3
Scrubs (NBC) October 25
Search For The Next Elvira (Fox Reality) October 13
Shark (CBS) September 23
Simpsons (Fox) September 23
Singing Bee (NBC) September 25
60 Minutes (CBS) September 23
Smallville (The CW) September 27
South Park (CC) October 3
Stargate Atlantis (SciFi) September 28
Sunday Best (BET) October 2
Supernatural (The CW) October 4
Survivor (CBS) September 20
Tell Me You Love Me (HBO) September 9
30 Rock (NBC) October 4
Til Death (Fox) September 19
Torchwood (BBC America) September 8
20/20 (ABC) October 12
Two and a Half Men (CBS) September 24
Ugly Betty (ABC) September 27
Ultimate Fighter (SpikeTV) September 19
Unit (CBS) September 25
Viva Laughlin (CBS) October 18
Without A Trace (CBS) September 27
Women’s Murder Club (ABC) October 12
WWE Smackdown (The CW) September 14

Premiers By Date:

September

The Academy (My Network TV) September 4
The Biggest Loser (NBC) September 4
The Contender (ESPN) September 4
Jail (My Network TV) September 4
Lincoln Heights (ABC Family) September 4
Guide To Style (Bravo) September 5
Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? (Fox) September 6
Don’t Forget The Lyrics (Fox) September 6
America’s Most Wanted (Fox) September 8
Cops (Fox) September 8
Extreme Ghost Stories (WE) September 8
John Edward Cross Country (WE) September 8
Rescue Mediums (WE) September 8
Torchwood (BBC America) September 8
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) September 9
Tell Me You Love Me (HBO) September 9
Decision House (My Network TV) September 12
Meet My Folks (My Network TV) September 12
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX) September 13
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (CMT) September 14
Nashville (Fox) September 14
WWE Smackdown (The CW) September 14
Deal Or No Deal (NBC) September 17
Inside The Actors Studio (Bravo) September 17
K-Ville (Fox) September 17
Prison Break (Fox) September 17
Beauty and the Geek (The CW) September 18
America’s Next Top Model (The CW) September 19
Back To You (Fox) September 19
Gossip Girl (The CW) September 19
Kid Nation (CBS) September 19
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox) September 19
Til Death (Fox) September 19
Ultimate Fighter (SpikeTV) September 19
Manswers (SpikeTV) September 20
Survivor (CBS) September 20
Cold Case (The CW) September 23
The CW Now (The CW) September 23
Family Guy (Fox) September 23
King of the Hill (Fox) September 23
Online Nation (CW) September 23
Shark (CBS) September 23
Simpsons (Fox) September 23
60 Minutes (CBS) September 23
Bachelor (ABC) September 24
Big Bang Theory (CBS) September 24
Chuck (NBC) September 24
CSI Miami (CHS) September 24
Dancing With The Stars (ABC) September 24
Heroes (NBC) September 24
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) September 24
Journeyman (NBC) September 24
Rules of Engagement (CBS) September 24
Two and a Half Men (CBS) September 24
Bones (Fox) September 25
Boston Legal (ABC) September 25
Cane (CBS) September 25
House (Fox) September 25
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) September 25
NCIS (CBS) September 25
Reaper (The CW) September 25
Singing Bee (NBC) September 25
Unit (CBS) September 25
Bionic Woman (NBC) September 26
Criminal Minds (CBS) September 26
CSI: New York (CBS) September 26
Dirty Sexy Money (ABC) September 26
Ghost Hunters (SciFi) September 26
Haunted (SciFi) September 26
Life (NBC) September 26
Private Practice (ABC) September 26
Big Shots (ABC) September 27
CSI (CBS) September 27
ER (NBC) September 27
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) September 27
My Name Is Earl (NBC) September 27
Office (NBC) September 27
Smallville (The CW) September 27
Ugly Betty (ABC) September 27
Without A Trace (CBS) September 27
Ghost Whisperer (CBS) September 28
Las Vegas (NBC) September 28
Moonlight (CBS) September 28
Numb3rs (CBS) September 28
Stargate Atlantis (SciFi) September 28
Dateline (NBC) September 29
48 Hours Mystery (CBS) September 29
American Dad (Fox) September 30
Brotherhood (Showtime) September 30
Brothers & Sisters (ABC) September 30
Desperate Housewives (ABC) September 30
Dexter (Showtime) September 30
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) September 30

October

Aliens in America (The CW) October 1
Celebrity Expose (My Network TV) October 1
Control Room Presents (My Network TV) October 1
Dr. Steve-O (USA) October 1
Everybody Hates Chris (The CW) October 1
Game (The CW) October 1
Girlfriends (The CW) October 1
Carpoolers (ABC) October 2
Cavemen (ABC) October 2
Dancing With The Stars (ABC) October 2
Exalted! (BET) October 2
Sunday Best (BET) October 2
Pushing Daisies (ABC) October 3
Sarah Silverman Program (CC) October 3
South Park (CC) October 3
American Gangster (BET) October 4
Drawn Together (CC) October 4
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC) October 4
Supernatural (The CW) October 4
30 Rock (NBC) October 4
Friday Night Lights (NBC) October 5
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) October 7
Life is Wild (The CW) October 7
America’s Psychic Challenge (Lifetime) October 12
Blood Ties (Lifetime) October 12
Life Among the Dead (Lifetime) October 12
Men in Trees (ABC) October 12
20/20 (ABC) October 12
Women’s Murder Club (ABC) October 12
Search For The Next Elvira (Fox Reality) October 13
Girl Meets Cowboy (WE) October 14
I Love New York (VH1) October 15
Samantha Who? (ABC) October 15
Viva Laughlin (CBS) October 18
American Band (Fox) October 19
Scrubs (NBC) October 25

November

Cashmere Mafia (ABC) November 27

From: Inner 88

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Jericho not tumbling down

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:28:00 +0000

It appears that the fan assault on CBS for canceling the post-apocalyptic drama, "Jericho" has given the show a brief reprieve.

In the last episode, as a war between survivors broke out and their enemy offered a compromise that would have left our heroes in an untenable position, Jake (played by Skeet Ulrich) declared "Nuts to you!"

The fans latched onto this statement upon hearing of the program's demise, and started a campaign of sending nuts to CBS headquarters, to protest. After receiving 50,000 lbs. of nuts, CBS has offered to film a few more shows to wrap up the storylines.

The nuts are being shipped to our troops in Iraq.

The best headline has to be from Television Without Pity
Jericho :: How CBS Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bombed ...

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The View Bids Adieu

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:57:00 +0000

So Rosie isn't going to stay for the last couple of weeks of her contract. Her and Elizabeth had a big fight and Rosie said screw it, I'm outta here NOW.

I am a stay-at-home mom, and I watch The View almost every day. I was delighted when Rosie shook things up and brought us political discussion from an all-women panel. I fear that is gone for good now, and it saddens me. I was appalled when John Gibson of Fox News said that the audience of The View was too weak minded to understand they were being manipulated by Rosie’s rants. I am not weak-minded. I didn’t agree with everything she said, and if I questioned her opinions (which we are all entitled to) I looked up information to verify her claims. What seems to be lost in the heat of debate, is not just what she said, but that she was saying it. She brought political debate into the living room in a way most politicians have been afraid to. Whether people agreed or not, the issues she brought up became topics of discussion, and she should be hailed for that. I will miss her.

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The End

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:39:00 +0000

Series finales have happened or are happening this month. Lots of shows canceled, too.

We watched the series finale of 24...it was, meh, so-so.

The Sopranos - Man, I don't know how they're gonna wrap this up, because this season has just been awful. So disjointed and pointless. What a shame.

I am really looking forward to the finale of Lost. Supposed to be a big reveal that "changes everything" (although we've heard that before)

There are a ton of shows that are canceled, but the only ones I watched or cared anyting about are:

The Apprentice (neener, neener, neener Mr. Trump - LOL)
I was burned out on this show and tired of Trump and his attitude. I thought having the candidates sleep outside in tents if their team lost was horrible, and had nothing to do with becoming a professional. It was degrading and humiliating.

Jericho
There's late word that fan response may pull this one back, at least for some sort of "closure". I enjoyed the first part of the show, but when they took a long break and then came back, they lost a lot of viewers, and the storylines weren't as compelling, so if it is gone for good, well, I won't cry.

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The Sopranos Singing Sour Note?

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:59:00 +0000

(Warning - spoilers)
We’ve been longtime Sopranos fans. When the series started, we didn’t have the satellite dish, so we had to wait for the episodes to come out on DVD. But when they did, we watched to see what everyone was talking about, and indeed, this was groundbreaking television. The stories, the characters, the acting - everything was top-notch.

Now The Sopranos is in its final season, and honestly, I’m bored.

It’s sad to see a fine series ending, but I think its time has come. Recent seasons, with Tony recovering from the gunshot wound inflicted by Uncle Junior, and the plot about homosexuality, seemed disconnected...out of sync with the hard-driving, blood and guts (physical and emotional) drama of seasons past.

Yet loyal fans hung on, holding on to the eternal flame of hope that things would pick up. That maybe there was a reason. That surely the final season would make it all worthwhile.

So far it hasn’t.

Last week’s scenes with Uncle Junior in the rest home, with an Asian fanboy were dull, dull, dull. What purpose is that serving? None that I can see.

We’ve had nonsensical changes to major characters. How did AJ go from angry party boy to wimp-who-falls-for-a-poor-girl-with-a-child? Hearing him propose with the promise of becoming day manager of the pizza parlor to support them nearly made me puke. Frankly I was glad she dumped him.

Tony becoming a gambler who can’t seem to win - come on. And the kid who pooped in the shower...spare me.

We’ll watch till the bitter end, but I fear it IS going to be bitter. I’m hoping there will be a good wrap-up that makes sense of all of it, but I’m worried it’s going to be ba-da-dung.

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Rosie Leaving The View

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:20:00 +0000

Rosie O’Donnell announced that she is leaving the daytime television show, The View.

I didn’t always agree with the things she said, but by God, she had the guts to say them. She started many “celebrity feuds” perhaps the most famous with Donald Trump (who deserved the verbal bitch-slapping she gave him). She pounded the Bush administration hard about the war in Iraq (also well-deserved).

She is a big, outspoken woman who isn’t afraid of controversy. She says things that men who trade in contentious speech have been shouting about on television and talk radio for years.

She is a “bad girl” in a good way, because her reputation is not earned from appearing drunk in public or flashing her genitals at photographers, but because she addresses current events with well-informed opinions.

I will miss her.

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The Riches

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:44:00 +0000

This is the greatest new show I have seen in AGES! OMG! You gotta watch it! If you’ve missed any episodes, the opening is a very nice round-up that describes how this family of Irish gypsies, known as “Travelers”, came to be living in a swanky, gated community.

It stars two of my favorites, Eddie Izzard and Minnie driver. They play a couple of American con-artists who take on the identity of a dead couple and move their family to the suburbs to live an "honest" life. Eddie Izzard becomes an attorney by default, and his con-artist skills fit perfectly, as he is able to BS his way through meetings.

Minnie Driver plays his wife, who was recently released from prison, after doing time for a scam-gone-bad. While inside, she became addicted to speed. When she is released, she discovers that her neighbor has prescriptions for little magic pills that give the same effect.

It is a truly magnificent program, showing the similarities between the con life and high-end society. It is warm and touching, and funny as hell. You HAVE to watch it!

FX Network, Mondays at 10 PM EDT

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October Road

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:22:00 +0000

Haven’t posted for a long time, been awful busy.

We watched the new show, “October Road” last night.

It wasn’t bad, but I couldn’t stop thinking of Laura Prepon as “Donna” from “That 70’s Show”! LOL

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Spielberg plots reality television series

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:58:00 +0000

A new TV series from Steven Spielberg and reality mogul Mark Burnett that offers aspiring filmmakers a $1 million studio contract will air this spring.

"On the Lot" debuts with an hour-long audition episode May 16 on Fox. The first films produced by 16 finalists will air in a two-hour episode on May 28, with four contestants eliminated the following night, the network said.

Weekly "film premiere" episodes will air on Mondays beginning June 4, with results episodes airing on Tuesdays.

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Little Faggot

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:58:00 +0000

Even on Hollywood's Second Biggest (And First Drunkest) Night, Isaiah "Dr. McChokey" Washington found himself unable to escape the lingering spectre of Chokegate, in which the homophobic slur Washington allegedly hurled while in the middle of a high-minded debate with co-star Patrick Dempsey over their professional relationship launched other co-star T.R. Knight out of the primetime closet. While Washington offered a red carpet soundbite expressing his unbridled enthusiasm for all things queer ("'I love gay. I wanted to be gay,' he said. 'Please let me be gay'"), the controversy-hungry press corps wouldn't let him off the hook when he arrived backstage following Grey's Anatomy's Globe win. Reports Access Hollywood:

After a reporter questioned the validity of the on-set incident, Washington denied his involvement saying, "No, I did not call T.R. a faggot. Never happened, never happened."

In response to Washington's use of the slur when addressing the situation last night, Heigl spoke out.

"I'm going to be really honest right now, he needs to just not speak in public. Period. I'm sorry, that did not need to be said, I'm not okay with it," Katherine told Shaun.

Defamer

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Blogging Idol

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:44:00 +0000

American Idol has fired up again, like a blast furnace! Ratings through the roof, and plenty of bad, really bad, singers.

First stop was Minneapolis. What can you say when one of the winners is an admitted crack baby? They do love the military folks, even if they’re only so-so singers, they have heart and they’re wearing a uniform, so through they go.

Was Paula drunk? Who knows? Who cares?

There was the Shakira wannabe who was better than the Jewel (who was a guest judge) wannabe.

We have the secretary whose boss paid for her trip and accompanied her there. Nothin’ fishy goin’ on though (snicker)

We have the not very good auditioner who was told to try an Abba song. ABBA??? OMG, my ears are bleeding.

On to Seattle. Ugh.

They brought many of the contestants on the short bus. I’ve never seen so many Downs Syndrome people that weren't on a field trip with their caretakers from the institution. Then there were the giant eyes. Giant crazy eyed people EVERYWHERE. It was like a bad anime come to life. Simon even said one of them looked like a, “jungle creature with big eyes - a bushbaby”.

Then there’s the poor chubby girl with a bad bleach job that brought her mother. Eerie resemblance. Hey mom! Buy that child a brassiere! Her nipples are not supposed to be on each side of her belly button!

It was sad and hilarious all at once. I wonder what the public humiliation and cruelty extravaganza is doing to our culture. But I couldn’t turn away. Hey Paula, gimme a sip of whatever you’re drinkin’!

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Jack is Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Marti) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:51:00 +0000

Oh my gawd, the premiere of "24" last night was amazing!

Can't wait for part two tonight!

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