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FlashForward On Hiatus Until March

2009-12-04T00:10:00.003-06:00

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

2009-08-31T16:47:00.002-05:00

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

2009-08-25T20:03:00.001-05:00

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

2009-08-18T21:31:00.003-05:00

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

2009-08-15T23:29:00.003-05:00

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

2008-09-20T17:50:00.003-05:00

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

2008-08-23T21:30:00.003-05:00

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

2007-09-12T08:40:00.000-05:00

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

2007-06-08T06:28:00.000-05:00

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

2007-06-02T08:57:00.000-05:00

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

2007-05-22T14:39:00.000-05:00

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?

2007-04-30T09:59:00.000-05:00

(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

2007-04-26T08:20:00.000-05:00

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

2007-04-03T11:44:00.000-05:00

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

2007-03-16T15:22:00.000-05:00

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

2007-02-24T14:58:00.000-06:00

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

2007-01-19T07:58:00.000-06:00

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.

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Blogging Idol

2007-01-18T07:44:00.000-06:00

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!

2007-01-15T12:51:00.000-06:00

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

Can't wait for part two tonight!

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Yvonne De Carlo of the Munsters Dies

2007-01-10T15:02:00.000-06:00

Yvonne De Carlo, the film and television actress best known for her vampire character Lily Munster on the classic 1960s sitcom "The Munsters," has died.

She was 84.

De Carlo died of natural causes Monday at the Motion Picture and Television facility near Los Angeles, said longtime friend and television producer Kevin Burns said Wednesday.

"The Munsters" lasted from 1964-1966, but it had a long life in syndication and resulted in two feature movies, "Munster Go Home!" (1966) and "The Munsters' Revenge" (1981, for television). She'll forever be Herman Munster's (Fred Gwynne) beloved wife, who stood by the bumbling Frankenstein's monster through all his misadventures.

"I think she will best remembered as the definitive Lily Munster," Burns said. "She was the vampire mom to millions of baby boomers. In that sense, she's iconic."

Along with "The Munsters," De Carlo is also remembered for playing the wife of Moses in the epic motion picture "The Ten Commandments."

She also had roles in "McClintock," opposite John Wayne; "A Global Affair" with Bob Hope; "American Gothic" with Rod Steiger and "Oscar" with Sylvester Stallone.

De Carlo was born Peggy Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sept. 1, 1922. Her shapely figure helped launch her career in B-movie desert adventures and Westerns in the 1950s.

Later, she had a key role in a landmark Broadway musical, Stephen Sondheim's "Follies."

The actress was able to sustain a long career by repeatedly reinventing herself. A longtime student of voice, she sang opera at the Hollywood Bowl, and when movie roles became scarce, she ventured into stage musicals.

De Carlo's death comes less than a year after the death of Al Lewis, who played Grandpa on the "The Munsters." Gwynne died in 1993.

De Carlo married stuntman Bob Morgan in 1955 which produced two sons, Bruce and Michael.

After highly publicized splits and reconcilations, the marriage ended in divorce in 1968.

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Three Pounds Bites the Dust

2006-12-01T10:58:00.000-06:00

I watched this show once, and knew it was doomed. It was just plain dull.

CBS's brain surgery

"How do you remove 10 pounds of ugly fat?" goes the old kids' joke; the answer is: "Cut off your head."

CBS has cut off further episodes of "3 LBS," its drama about neurosurgeons (the title referred to the weight of the human brain; those other seven pounds apparently came from the skull and other ossified elements of network executives' noggins) starring Stanley Tucci. The show fared even worse in the timeslot than heist drama "Smith," which CBS robbed of a future earlier in the season. "The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show," a tasteful reflection upon the urgent issue of women's intimate apparel which had already been scheduled to air 10 p.m. Tuesday, will claim the timeslot next week; what happens thereafter is anyone's guess, though no doubt CBS is no doubt culling its files hoping it has copious outtakes from its underwear extravaganza.

At May's upfronts in New York, the cocksure CBS didn't even mention any midseason replacements, and "3 LBS" wasn't introduced by the network during July's Television Critics Association's press tour, no doubt because it figured they were good to go until January. So few media outlets had any Tucci profiles to run when the show was called into its premature service, which meant precious little free publicity for the show, which, truth be told, wasn't very good to begin with.

Tuesdays at 10 p.m. have been a trouble spot for the network ever since it cancelled "Judging Amy" a couple of years ago. Last season, "Close to Home" faced cancellation there until it was moved to Fridays, where it ultimately performed admirably.

This has been an ongoing concern for the networks, which tend to pull the trigger early on nominally performing series in hopes of finding shows that might do better. Invariably, they don't, which leaves executives scratching their heads at the idea that a mediocre show might actually have proven to be their savior (see: "Boomtown," "Invasion" and, yes, "Smith").

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OJ Explains Murder

2006-11-15T14:33:00.000-06:00

Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses "how he would have committed" the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted, the network said.

The two-part interview, titled "O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened," will air Nov. 27 and Nov. 29, the TV network said.

Simpson has agreed to an "unrestricted" interview with book publisher Judith Regan, Fox said.
"O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes," the network said in a statement. "In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade."

The interview will air days before Simpson's new book, "If I Did It," goes on sale Nov. 30. The book, published by Regan, "hypothetically describes how the murders would have been committed."

In a video clip on the network's Web site, an off-screen interviewer says to Simpson, "You wrote 'I have never seen so much blood in my life.'"

"I don't think any two people could be murdered without everybody being covered in blood," Simpson responds.

Simpson, who now lives in Florida, was acquitted in a criminal trial of the 1994 killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. Simpson was later found liable in 1997 in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Goldman family.

Messages left with Simpson and his attorney Yale Galanter were not immediately returned.

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Loony Limbaugh

2006-10-26T11:35:00.000-05:00

I live in Mazoorah. I've seen the commercial that Michael J. Fox did in support of stem cell research. I applaud his courage and commitment to a cause he believes in.

Rush Limbaugh had the audacity to say that Michael was “faking it” when he had tremors and shaking during the commercial. Hello? That is what Parkinson’s DOES to the human body!

I’ve often disagreed with Mr. Limbaugh’s opinions, and I thought he was hypocrite to have lambasted drug addicts as “weak” when we learned that he himself was addicted to pain medication.

But to accuse someone who is suffering such a debilitating infirmity, of faking the symptoms, is disgusting and appalling.

Rush, you’re gonna regret that statement (many statements I imagine LOL) when your day of judgement comes. Rush’s faux apology was as disgusting as his original statement. To say he had never seen Mr. Fox show any symptoms of his disease shows not only a callous heart, but an uneducated mind, as Michael J. Fox appeared before Congress and was clearly displaying the symptoms during his testimony.

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Grey's Friday

2006-10-20T09:24:00.000-05:00

Last night’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy

There weren't many medical emergencies on this week's episode of "Grey's Anatomy." Instead, a different kind of tension rippled through the halls of Seattle Grace Hospital.

In tightly written scenes that gave much of the cast chances to shine, the doctors struggled with psychological threats rather than corporeal ones. Comic moments were few.

Bailey, Burke, Derek and Izzie each faced down their demons. Although they still seemed broken as the episode ended, each character emerged the stronger for it.

While attending a monthly meeting where the staff discusses patients' deaths, the interns watched Bailey suffer a harsh grilling at the hands of other doctors. The subject: the interns' complicity in Denny Duquette's death and Bailey's failure to control them.

The grilling left Bailey shaken, wondering whether motherhood has dulled her ability as a doctor. But some soul-searching and a pep talk/apology from the Chief reinvigorated her. By the episode's end, she found the strength to counsel a similarly self-doubting mother ("Six Feet Under" alum Justina Machado) who was suffering from breast cancer.

Burke, still experiencing hand tremors, was drafted to handle emergency heart surgery. He struggled through the operation his first since being shot with a major assist from Cristina.

Burke's tremors remain a secret. As his hand faltered, Cristina asked permission to finish stitching the patients' heart. Onlookers were surprised Burke agreed. But they seemed to assume he'd made this unorthodox move simply because Cristina is his girlfriend.

Burke also confronted Izzie, who repeatedly swore she's doing fine and claimed she'd come to the hospital only to clean out her locker. (She was nearly manic, telling everyone within earshot about the $8.7 million check. Trouble was, she couldn't bring herself to deposit it, knowing the money would make reclaiming her career even harder.)

When she arrived at Burke's office, he bristled at her words of apology. "You have two good hands and you aren't using them. Feel guilty about that," he hissed.

Izzie watched in awe as Cristina stitched the heart and it prompted her to finally see the Chief. He's ready to take her back, so expect to see Izzie in scrubs very soon.

As for Derek, his divorce was proceeding amicably until Addison blurted out that her affair with Mark wasn't just a one-night stand. "I want never to see you again," Derek told her. He walked away looking shattered.

Unfortunately, Meredith chose precisely that moment to tell Derek she dumped Finn. To her dismay, what should have been great news barely registered on Dr. McDreamy's chiseled face.

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Deathwatch Fall 06

2006-10-10T04:15:00.000-05:00

What TV Shows will die?

October 9. 2006
An exciting Monday for TV watchers.

Going into the weekend, DeathWatchers had written in to tell us that “Justice” was pulled from its Wednesday night spot, and were wondering if it had been cancelled.
TVWeek.com is reporting that actually, Fox pulled “Justice” to make room for their new game show “The Rich List” wherein contestants … really, who cares?

“Justice” sits at number 8 on the DeathWatch (odds are 29:1). Fox will now show it on Monday nights at 9pm.

Meanwhile, the much-bemoaned “Vanished” has been bumped from that same Monday night spot and moved to … oh dear, Friday nights. This is the DeathWatch equivalent of being moved into intensive care. A lot of shows go to Friday night to die. Perhaps Fox is planning an end to the possibly-ironically-named show.

“The Class” on CBS took another dip to land at number four on the Deathwatch this morning. CBS believes in “The Class,” and is trying to protect it, but there's no getting away from those sadly disappointing ratings.

Meanwhile, DeathWatch "first to go" pick -- “Men in Trees” came in third for the hour on Friday night. It scored a 2.1 rating, and finished behind both "Dateline NBC" and “Close to Home” on CBS. The ratings for the Anne Heche dramedy have begun to reflect the DeathWatch odds (3:1).
So when will it go?

Our office gossip here at BBCancelled.com is all about an article at Broadcasting and Cable, which had some interesting tidbits about “Friday Night Lights.”

Over the past week, the small-town football drama climbed to number 15 on the Deathwatch. It made its way up from number 13 last Monday. NBC has faith in “Lights,” with plans to show the first three episodes during their “Sunday Night Football” hiatus. (Odds of cancellation 99:1)
We’ve gotten a lot of interesting comments on the community board this weekend, that you can check out here.

Keep watching, keep voting, keep trying to win a video iPod! Four have been won! Will you be next?

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