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My technology staged arebellion while I was away. It was like a really lame version of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I think they somehow heard that I was going to a place that technologywasnt allowedand were a little offended. I returned home to find that my cable had been out since I left. It was almost as if the minute my cable heard the door slam, itshut itself down in protest. So instead of True Blood, The Closer, Nurse Jackie, Army Wivesand In Plain Sight, there are hours and hours of Please wait this channel should be available shortly on my TiVo. While I was still dealing with that fiasco, my computer got a nasty virus that my technology advisor (also known as my husband) is, as we speak, trying to get rid of. I think the takeaway message here is never, ever forsake technology. It is our friend. All of this should make...

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What’s more depressing than a show about a man who turns to prostitution to make ends meet? A show about an incompetent male prostitute. We’ve had our share of dreary (The Cleaner) and depressing (NYC Prep) shows this summer but Hung, which premieres this Sunday at 10 p.m. on HBO, might win the prize for most gloomy new series, especially because it purports to be a comedy. Thomas Jane stars as Ray Drecker, as a divorced high school teacher and basketball coach. His ex-wife Jessica (Anne Heche, to me always better in small doses) is remarried to a wealthy dentist (Eddie Jemison). And when his house burns down, his daughter Darby (Sianoa Smit-McPhee) and his son Damon (Charlie Saxton) decide they want to go back to living with their mom. (Let me pause here and say Im not sure what the show was going for with the casting of Rays kids. They definitely dont look...

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After watching the season premiere of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, TV Gal reader Lisa contacted me and declared that she wanted to rescue Amyand transport her over to Glee. Although I feared Ben would definitely trackAmy down (the boy is focused) I thought it is a great idea totakeher away from bad writing, terrible storylines and endless conversations about her breasts. So I thought it was time to revisit the TV Gal Character Relocation Program. Here are the characters on the top of my priority list for immediate relocation. Cooper on Private Practice to 24: You know Coop is my favorite character on Private Practice (I remain loyal to Paul Adelstein) and he’s floundering at Oceanside Wellness Group where he has the same argument with Charlotte every week and I think may still be hung up on Violet. Yes I realize I’m risking his life by sending him to the world of...

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The results are in. Thanks to the thousands of readers who voted in the 2009 Amy Awards. Like Ive always said, if we were in charge of the Emmys they would be so much more fun. As we discussed, I did not include Skip this question in the winning totals, although the option did prevail in four out of the 12 categories (as noted by an asterisk below). By the way the photo to your left is because Josh Holloway got the most votes out of any category. How about that James? Here are your 2009 Amy Award winners. 1. My Bandwagon Has a Flat or Shows That We Used to Love, But Now are Ready to See Go Away The winner with 35% of the vote: Heroes Runner up with 20% of the vote: One Tree Hill And the rest : Desperate Housewives 18% Smallville 17% Scrubs 10% 2. This May Be Your Show...

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The Secret Life of the American Teenager returns for a second season Monday night at 8 p.m. on ABC Family. (Yes ABC Family is calling it the second season even though the DVD that was just released was also called the second season.But that was really the second half of the first season. See the seasons are just as silly as the show.) I know it feels like this is a preposterous statement, but the return is more bizarre than usual. As you know Amy (Shailene Woodley) has had her baby. So this season will be about raising her son while going to school and trying to be a typical teenager. The opening hour spends an uncomfortable about of time talking about how Amy’s breasts have changed now that she’s nursing. I mean nearly every character has a conversation about it while Amy is suddenly wearing low cut outfits. Like I said, it’s odd and...

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What show made you a TV fan? Clearly most of us take TV a bit more seriously than the average viewer. So what was the show that got you hooked? We’ve talked about this before but I always think summer time is a great time to revisit why we so ardently love this genre. For me, it was Cheers. More specifically it was the first season cliffhanger that had Sam and Diane kiss. After the episode was over, I immediately called my friend to process (something I don’t think happens as much in the era of DVRs). I counted down the days of the second season premiere on my calendar (that summer seemed to go on forever) and I instructed my family that no one was to talk to me during the premiere (behavior like this might explain why my parents were insistent on limiting my TV time). Its why Ill watch anything Ted Danson...

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HawthoRNe, premiering tomorrow night at 9 p.m. on TNT, is a mediocre show full of predictable plots and clichéd story line.Most new TV shows fall somewhere on the bad toslightly abovemediocre spectrum (it is the rare show that actually pops), but this one surprised me. As we had previously discussed, it was one of the summer shows I was really looking forward to. Jada Pinkett Smith stars as Christina Hawthorne, the Chief Nursing Officer at the busyRichmond Trinity Hospital. She has a bratty teenage daughter, nurses and patients who always need her and a hospital administration she constantly outsmarts. Michael Vartan co-stars as Thomas Wakefield, the Chief of Surgery. In the three episodes available for review, Vartan has little to do. He walks around in a buttoned up doctor coat spouting medical advise but the role is definitely not tapping into the charm we saw on display in Alias and even Big Shots.(You know things...

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I ALWAYS learn somethingfrom the Amy Awards. Sure some things didn’t surprise me. (What you didn’t like Dead Denny? You’re talking crazy!) But this year I learned that many of you didnt like Renee on 24 (I stand by my claim that she was a great addition to the show and I know some of you agree with me, she received quite a few votes in the best new character category) and that sidekick characters can attract and repel viewers. Walter on Fringe and Sock on Reaper easily made it into the best supporting character categories but they also came dangerously close to being nominated as worst character. I also learned that you guys are a forgiving bunch. You hated the ending of Life on Mars enough to vote it worst plot twist, but still decided it was one of your most missed cancelled shows. And we are clearly going to have to have some...

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We’ve definitely had our disagreements. What would a TV column be if we all agreed on everything? It would be like watching a TV show where everyone got along and things always worked out. The Walker siblings would sweetly talk about the weather during family dinners on Brothers Sisters. Jack Bauer would fix the world with alarming alacrity and the show would be renamed 1. The team on CSI would sit around playing cards and exchanging recipes because there were no crimes in Vegas or New York or Miami. So I like it when we can begin our great TV debates. I don’t like the direction Weeds has gone in, many of you do. I thought Nurse Jackie was pretty great, a lot of you did not. And when True Blood premiered last September I wrote that True Blood is disturbingly graphic and violent and that the characters hang out in a world I kind...

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Edie Falco is fantastic in her new series Nurse Jackie, premiering Monday at 10:30 p.m. on Showtime. As Jackie Peyton, Falco is positively mesmerizing as an ER nurse who fiercely cares about her patients. There’s not a trace of Carmela Soprano to be found. That may sound like an obvious thing to say but the way Falco so fully and effortlessly embodies a character should not be taken for granted. Falco is a rare and special actress. But here’s the thing about Jackie. She’s goofed up. She has, shall we say, interesting ways of managing the stress of working in the ER. And for reasons that after six episodes still aren’t entirely clear, she’s insistent on keeping her personal and her professional life very, very separate. Jackie’s best friend at work is Dr. Eleanor O’Hara (Eve Best), an extremelyrich doctor (she’ll throw clothes away rather than dry clean them) who only sees her patients as...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/06/lets-start-with-the-obvious--edie-falco-is-fantastic-in-her-new-series-nurse-jackie-premiering-monday-at-1030-pm-on-s.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67676167 2009-06-05T13:13:13-07:00 2009-06-05T20:15:30Z

When "Raising the Bar" first premiered, I, like many other viewers, was obsessed with Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s hairstyle. It’s not like other characters on TV don’t have bad hair (let’s pause to briefly reflect on Claire’s hair on "Heroes") and it’s certainly not like I haven’t had many a bad hair day (you know when its you vs.your hair and the hair wins and then taunts you all day), but I simply couldn’t get past Gosselaar’s long shaggy locks. The hairjust seemed so silly and a little indulgent. "Look at me! I’m a renegade public defender who will do anything for my client, even never cut my hair and wear a wrinkled suit." The good news about Monday night’s season premiere (10 p.m. on TNT) is twofold. First, Jerry (Gosselaar) cuts his hair and cleans up his appearance. Take a close look at this picture because the hair won't be around for long. He looksSO much...

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I like Mark Feuerstein. I liked him when he romanced Karen on Once Again. And I liked him when hepursued Donna on The West Wing (although that didn’t work out so well for her, did it?) I liked him in Good Morning Miami and in the movie In Her Shoes. Even when his character does bad things or when his series isn’t the best, he’s always one of those actors I’m happy to see.I kind of think he’s due for a hit. And Royal Pains, premiering tomorrow on USA at 10 p.m. might be it. Feuerstein stars as Dr. Hank Lawson – a man with a thriving medical career until a choice he makes in the ER gets him blacklistedat every hospital in New York. In the pilot, Hank’s brother (Paulo Costanzo, you’ll remember him from Joey) convinces him to get away for a weekend at the Hamptons. And in a plot that only happens...

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Whoo-hoo! I can’t thank you enough for participating in the call for categories for the 2009 Amy Awards. I had a blast reading your ideas. You guys are very clever, very funny and a little cranky about certain topics (it appears most of us would like dead characters to, you know, stay dead). After poring through your e-mails and battling an ever-so-slight case of carpal tunnel syndrome (it was so worth it), I’ve come up with your 12 most wanted Amy Award categories. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences might want to take note. Imagine how much more interesting the Emmy Awards would be if say Marcia Cross and Chace Crawford (come on you know how wacky those Emmy pairs can be) came out and announced And the nominees for This May be Your Show but Everyone Watches for Me or Best Supporting Character are . . . Here are the guiding principles for...

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Before I talk about Maneater, premiering this Saturday at 9 p.m. on Lifetime (it concludes Sunday at 9 p.m.), we need to discuss that the full title is Maneater, a Lifetime summer event presented by Vaseline aloe fresh. Kids, I believe this is the future of TV. On a scale of 1 to Annie and Dixon talking lovingly about Dr. Pepper on 90210, the Vaseline product placement in Maneater is about a five. The problem is when LA socialite Clarissa (Sarah Chalke) starts waxing about the glories of the new Vaseline aloe fresh the action in the movie comes to a stop. It is awkward and clunky. It’s gel. Gel is the new lotion isn’t it, Clarissa gushes. That kind of dialogue glaringly sticks out and this kind of product placement doesnt sway me. I understand shows need to find a new and innovative ways to fund productions and I know there’s a concern that...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/05/before-i-talk-about-maneater-premiering-this-saturday-at-9-pm-on-lifetime-it-concludes-sunday-at-9-pm-we-need-to-disc.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67332995 2009-05-27T12:44:37-07:00 2009-05-27T23:15:49Z

Iam here to prevent you from getting the summer TV blues. Sure the regular TV season is over but there is much to look forward to. Here are the topsix TV shows I’m looking forward to during the hot summer months. 1. Project Runway (premiering August 20 on Lifetime): It’s still months away but I can’t wait to see the sixth season. Am I nervous the show won’t be the same now that it’s a)no longer on Bravo and b) taking place in LA? Yes I am. But Im thinking good thoughts thatTim Gunn is goingtomake it work. 2. HawthoRNe (premiering June 16 at 9 p.m. on TNT) and Nurse Jackie (premiering June 8 on Showtime): Is there room on TV for two shows about nurses? Absolutely.I was already interested in HawthoRNe because it stars Jada Pinkett Smith as nurse Christina Hawthorne. But then I learned that the series also stars Michael Vartan as the...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/05/a-cure-for-the-summer-tv-blues.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67253991 2009-05-25T12:38:02-07:00 2009-05-26T20:02:50Z

Juliet and Sawyer’s romance. Michael and Holly’s romance. Chuck and Blair’s on-again, off-again, on-again romance. Kitty’s almost affair.Denny’s ghost. Doug and Carol’s return. Donna, Brenda and Kelly’s return. Smash and Street’s departures. Grissom’s departure. Abby’s waltz. Walter’s cow. Kutner’s death. Bills death. Tonys betrayal. Learning Stella wasn’t the mother. Learning Dylan was the father. Hating Annie. Loving Tim Riggins. Loving Liz Lemon. Thinking Desperate Housewives was good again. Thinking Desperate Housewives was bad again. Thinking Kara was a good addition. Cringing every time Kara speaks. Wondering if Izzie was going to die. Being thrilled Chuck was being renewed. Being sad that Eli Stone, Life on Mars, Privileged, and Everybody Hates Chris wouldn’t be back. Its true. We’ve been through a lot this season. We’ve had our differences (I think Dollhouse got better with time, but not all of you agree) and our agreements (we seem fairly united in our love of Friday Night Lights) and...

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Phew! The official season has ended! Before we bring on the summer season, a few final thoughts: Best final finale line: Guys I know kung fu. Chuck to Casey and Sarah on Chuck. But how do we feel about Chuck’s new super, super, super powers? Worst running scene: Look I’m glad she wasn’t trapped by a cougar and my fears about Kim’s return to24 turned out to be greatly exaggerated butJacks daughterremains unconvincing as anyone who can save the day. Worst surprise: I knew the minute that sheriff showed up he was connected to Red John on The Mentalist, how about you? Best surprise: Maybe I should blame the jetlag, but I really didnt know George was the John Doe patient on Greys Anatomy. Worst breakup: Jack and Samantha’s ending their relationship on Without a Trace. We never could get our timing right, could we? does not a break up speech make. Best series finale...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/05/phew--the-official-season-has-ended--before-we-bring-on-the-summer-season-a-few-final-thoughts--best-final-finale-line-g.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67063191 2009-05-20T12:18:57-07:00 2009-05-20T21:22:20Z

Ugh! This week is emotionally exhausting, isn’t it? We have our highs (yay Chuck is coming back! ABC gives Better Off Ted a second season!) and our lows (life does not go on for Life). Sometimes the highs and lows came at a rapid fire pace (NBC cancels Medium, but CBS picks it up!)Below are the four cancellations I’m most upset about.Let me tell you about them while I comfort myself with some dark chocolate and cranberry lime seltzer: Samantha Who: Oh you know how I feel. ABC treated this show with no respect. It bounced around the schedule, was off the air for months at a time, and its return was constantly delayed. It is not surprising at all that when the show finally did return to the schedule this spring it didn’t fare well. It is simplysad, sad, sad that we will be denied another season of this witty comedy. Without a Trace:...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/05/ugh--this-week-is-emotionally-exhausting-isnt-it---we-have-our-highs-yay-chuck-is-coming-back-abc-gives-better-off-te.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66937473 2009-05-18T13:08:08-07:00 2009-05-22T18:54:54Z

Okay Amy, take a deep breath. Calm down. Do not, I repeat, donotover hype "Glee." I’m going to try to remain calm while I tell you about "Glee," which gets a sneak preview after "American Idol" tomorrow night at 9 p.m. Things you should know: 1. I love musicals. 2. I am primed for TV to bring me something different and there’s nothing on TV like "Glee" right now So, in full disclosure mode, "Glee" is made for a TV viewer like me. Broadway star Matthew Morrison ("Hairspray," "South Pacific") stars as high school Spanish teacher Will Schuester who, in the pilot, takes over the Glee Club. Will is married to his demanding wifeTerri (Jessalyn Gilsig) and oblivious to the crush fellow teacher Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) has on him. Will recruits football star Finn (Cory Monteith), talented perfectionist Rachel (Lea Michele), belongs-in-the-spotlight Mercedes (Amber Riley) , the dramatic Kurt (Chris Colfer), and the geeky...

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Gotcha! Does anyone else feel like lately show’s have been toying with our emotions and blatantly misleading us? Let’s take a look at the spoilers we heard about and how they really played out. (Warning don’t read if you haven’t watched "House," "Bones," "Grey’s" or "The Office" yet.). House and Cuddy sleep together on "House:" The season finale was fairly brilliantly executed by letting the audience see everything through House’s perspective. And I was surprised. Since House has insulted Cuddy so viciously all along, I totally believed that she would help him detox and even sleep with him after he had brutally offended her and her adopted daughter. But I have to say, despite their obvious sexual tension, I’m glad they didn’t sleep together. It makes me respect Cuddy much more and I think is actually more true to her character. And I like this idea that House was unable to diagnose himself accurately. The...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/05/gotcha--does-anyone-else-feel-like-lately-shows-have-been-toying-with-our-emotions-and-blatantly-misleading-us-lets-t.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66499861 2009-05-07T11:12:11-07:00 2009-05-13T02:28:58Z

Every TV show has to make decisions. Sometimes they are small (for instance, theyknow Marcia Cross looks great in green) and sometimes they are big (let's kill off Edie). As we approach the end of the season, here as some of the big questions I'm thinking about. Can "How I Met Your Mother" introduce us to the Mother? Even though it’s the title of the show, I think this central conceit doesn’t really matter much any more. Once we figured out it wasn’t anyone in the opening credits, the stakes involved in the reveal weren’t nearly as high. I think we’re all pretty sure the mother is not Stella (remember the flash forward that showed the kids with blond hair). But maybe it’s someone we’ve met before (Victoria?), maybe it’s not. My guess is that Stella will introduce Ted to his future wife. I loved last week’s episode because it focused on how random events...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/05/can-how-i-met-your-mother-introduce-us-to-the-mother-even-though-its-the-title-of-the-show-i-kind-of-think-this-central.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66460493 2009-05-06T09:52:05-07:00 2009-05-13T02:33:59Z

Is it the season finale or the series finale? "Scrubs" ends its eighth season in a one-hour episode tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC amid talks that the show could return in some new form next season. But even if Zach Braff makesa fewguest appearances on a revamped version of "Scrubs,"it certainly seems like this will be the series finale of the "Scrubs" we have known and loved for eight years. I’m so happy that the show had this eighth season to right (and write) all that went wrong last season on NBC, particularly that the reshuffling of episodes and the writers strikeleft the series ending on that fantasy fairy tale episode andwith so many things not getting closure. This season has advanced the character’s story arcs and showed them moving on (to new places and new positions) in a way that makes sense. Plus the series finally put J.D. and Eliot together in a...

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I am so sure. Next Monday, in an episode titled "Valley Girls," "Gossip Girl" will travel back in time to show us a 17-year-old Lily (Brittany Snow) get kicked out of boarding school and deal with her parents, Rick (Andrew McCarthy) and Cece (Cynthia Watros). If all goes well, we’ll be seeing this "Gossip Girl: They Came From the 80’s" spin-off next year. Will the episode be grody to the max or totally gnarly? We’ll know next week but it’s pretty genius to cast McCarthy, who knows a thing or two about the 80’s, as Lily’s dad. Plus we all know, that much like her daughter, Lily’s high school years were pretty dramatic. Showssuch as"Lost," "Desperate Housewives" and "My Name is Earl," play with time frequently. They flash back to show us what the characters were like before we met them and to give context to what is going on with them today. But the...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/05/i-am-so-sure--next-monday-in-an-episode-titled-valley-girls-gossip-girl-will-travel-back-in-time-to-show-us-a-17-year-old.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66254987 2009-05-01T12:50:33-07:00 2009-05-13T02:43:24Z

I’m watching as fast as I can. I don’t know about you but my TiVos are very angry with me. They’re working hard to record everything and I’m doing my best to keep up. Butsometimesmy TiVosact out and delete things before I've watched themor don’t change the channel to the correct channel. TiVo says its on ABC but it's reallyon public access television. They are particularly fond of public access TV for some reason. Perhaps they want to see a real life version of "Parks Recreation." It’s funny how there is so much on now and in less than a month, many of our favorite shows will be on a long summer’s nap. Here are the things I need to see before the end of the season. Jin and Sun reunion on "Lost:" There are many many things we need to see happen on "Lost" before the final music fade out on May 13but this...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/05/im-watching-as-fast-as-i-can--i-dont-know-about-you-but-my-tivos-are-very-angry-with-me-theyre-working-hard-to-rec.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66167633 2009-04-29T13:00:20-07:00 2009-05-13T02:45:40Z

So the good news is that "Ugly Betty" is back tomorrow night at 8 p.m. on ABC. The bad news is that Betty's return unceremoniously bumps "Samantha Who?" from the schedule. The comedy was supposed to air last Thursday butABC decided to air a Grey’s repeat instead. I think the last time a network treated one of their shows this poorly was when "Scrubs" was on NBC. (Ohthe irony that ABCnow treats "Scrubs" better).A show can’t gather a following, if people never know where to find it."Samantha Who?" isa funny show that really deservedmuch better.Booo ABC. Booooo. Now that I’ve vented let’s talk about ABC’s Thursday night: "Ugly Betty" (Thursday, ABC, 8 p.m.): You can tell the series wasn’t planning on being temporarily removed from the schedule because tonight’s episode features an Easter egg hunt. I fear that the show could be suffering from a combination of "Desperate Housewives" and "Heroes" syndrome (Desperate Heroes? That...

Amy Amatangelo http://blog.zap2it.com/tvgal/2009/04/so-the-good-news-is-that-ugly-betty-is-back-tomorrow-night-at-8-pm-on-abc--the-bad-news-is-that-its-return-unceremonio.html