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Great TV News

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According to tvguide.com
WHITFORD JOINS STRIP CLUB: As teased weeks ago in Ask Ausiello, The West Wing’s Bradley Whitford has been added to the cast of Wing creator Aaron Sorkin’s NBC drama pilot, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Whitford will play a producer-director and recovering cocaine addict on the series’ SNL-style sketch show-within-a-show. Also joining Studio 60 are Wing’s Timothy Busfield (playing a control-room director) and Sarah Paulson (as a Christian fundamentalist.)

How I met a new comedy

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Recently it was suggested to me that as a TV Addict, I should be watching some new shows – to further broaden my TV addiction. Well I took this wise piece of advice to heart, and gave CBS’s HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER a try on Monday night. Admittedly, I have seen a few minutes of the premiere episode, but I wasn’t that captivated and my heart wasn’t into it. Yet the premise of Monday’s episode intrigued me (How Barney became Barney, I Love flashbacks, especially on FRIENDS – FAT MONICA ROCKED!) so I decided to give the show another (serious) try.

Let me say, that last night’s episode was fantastic. Discovering the roots of Barney’s character (the emmy-worthy Neal Patrick Harris) was great fun. We got to see how he has transformed from a peace loving hippie, to a really fun money-grubbing womanizer (always in a suit!).

This may overstate it a bit, but last night’s HIMYM (my nifty shortform for HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER) was very reminscent of FRIENDS. While I’ve enjoyed some great comedies since FRIENDS ended (Arrested, Scrubs, etc), no show has successfuly replicated that Friendsesque feel. I will be giving HIMYM another chance, and hope that it continues to entertain.

Oh yeah, one more thing. Check out Barney’s really funny blog by clicking here!

Podcast 4 with a Special Guest Star!

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This week’s podcast (#4) looks back on the week in TV. Join us as we discuss yours (and our) favourite shows, including 24, The Olympics, Desperate Housewives, American Idol, House, and more! Also new in this weeks podcast is a special guest interview with a really big Battlestar Galactica FAN!

Click here to listen to this weeks podcast.

You can also subscribe and download our podcast via the itunes music store by clicking the link below:

Previous Podcasts:

Podcast 3 – Feb 13 – 18, 2006

Podcast 2 – Feb 6 – 12, 2006

Podcast 1 – Jan 30 – Feb 5, 2006

Riddle Answer and More!

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Firstly, I’d like to introduce you all to my MAJOR IMPULSE BUY… a giant 42″ flat screen HD TV! Needless to say, I think this will truly aid me in providing my dear readers with fantastic tvaddict coverage! Thanks to everyone who sent in answers! Snow and Caplan, your prize is in the mail 🙂

Secondly, I’d like to re-state my intense love affair/ addiction with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Last night I watched Ressurection Ship Part II (Season 2.5 series opener). I know with TV viewing we tend to generally pick apart shows we love, and rarely discuss the positives. Battlestar is truly a show that highlights the best that TV can be. The show had me on the edge of my seat the entire hour, (actually 43 min without commercials! I Love iTunes). Waiting to see if either captain would go through with the assassination was riveting. Simply put the show ROCKS and has quickly elevated itself to my top five.

Check back later today for the posting of theTVaddict.com Podcast 4! Along with Ari’s and my usual rants, we are proud to introduce special guest ‘Lauren’ (aka Shakira) to discuss the brilliance that is Battlestar Galactica!

Weekend Musings

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Here’s some incredible news (assuming you’re an Alias fan). According to Kristin at EONLINE, ALIAS is finally coming back in April for it’s final eight episodes.

Kristin Writes: I heard last night from a reliable source (and confirmed with another this a.m.) that …ALIAS IS COMING BACK IN APRIL FOR 8 FINAL HOURS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT 8 PM! April 19th is the day of the midseason premiere, I believe. I’m told that there will be a two-hour midseason premiere, then four episodes, then a 2-hour finale in May. Yippee Kai Yay! All this is expected to be announced on Monday.

That is fantastic news, as I’m expecting ALIAS to go out with a bang, as the last few episodes that aired in December were fantastic. So HAPPY ‘Spy Mommy’ is back!

Another tiny tidbit of TV info, if you’re a fan of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, you have to watch REAL TIME with Bill Maher. It’s his no-holds-bars HBO talk show and it’s side-splittingly funny. In truth, I don’t watch it, as I don’t have HBO, because I live in Canada and we’re stuck with the dreadful TMN, but you can download his show for FREE on iTunes. Just search for ‘Real Time’ in the Music Store.

Addicted to Battlestar

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I thought I was past this. I really thought I had moved on, grown up, ‘gotten a life.’ It’s been years since I’ve watched a sci-fi show. My last sci-fi addiction was Star Trek DS9, which in my opinion was the most well written Star Trek of the bunch. The characters were complex and with real issues and imperfections. The stories were great and the series was riveting.

Battlestar is DS9 to the extreme. The show is like no sci-fi show out there (As Producer Ronald D Moore is quick to point out on his own fantastic podcast.) The characters are real, with stories that really resonate in today’s culture. With takes on the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, terrorism, real life politics and more – the show has completely sucked me in.

Thanks to iTunes, I’m almost caught up on the show (episodes are available to download for only $2 – well worth the price, believe me!) Last night myself and a fellow addict watched the last 3 episodes of the first half of the second season. Had I not had to actually get some sleep, I think I could have watched the remaining 7 episodes. We left off at Resurrection Part 1 – who will survive… the Pegasus or Galactica. Somehow I think I know the answer. But it’s not as much as the what happens in the end, but waiting to see how it all goes down.

MAJOR IMPULSE BUY!

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theTVaddict is completely obsessed with providing you with the best TV coverage around. As a result theTVaddict (or his alter ego Daniel) made a MAJOR impulse buy today that really sends little shocks of happiness to my brain every time I think about it. Can you guess what it is? Just fill in these blanks **** **

Email your guess to info@thetvaddict.com and you’ll win a really great prize!

The answer, along with photos will be posted Monday!

My One Tree Hill Marathon

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I know this blog will seem completely outdated with this post, but I have to post it anyways. I’ve spent the afternoon going through the past four episodes of ONE TREE HILL that I’ve missed this month. The WB’s cheesiest show never ceases to entertain me – with its improbable storylines, complete lack of parental supervision, and possibly the slutiest high schoolers in the world!

A few observations about OTH

1. I can’t believe they are ripping off Degrassi TNG with a school shooting plot. Don’t the writers realize we’ve all seen this episode months ago. Introducing a ‘nerdy OTHiller just an episode before he’s supposed to pull a Columbine. At least Degrassi had the foresight to introduce their shooter months before.

Sorry, I have to interrupt the writing of this blog to stop and try some Sunkist.. wait I’ve been brainwashed by OTH’s subtle promotion! What am I watching here? The Apprentice?

2. Nathan said it best, “Do you think we’ll ever have a function in this town that doesn’t end in a brawl?” I agree, when did OTH turn into the OC?

3. Could Dan Scott be anymore Evil?

4. The most annoying thing about OTH is the music montage. I think about 85% of each episode is a music montage. OTH isn’t the only show guilty of this of course. Other guilty parties include the OC, and pretty much any WB show!

Thanks for reading, and if you’re an OTH fan, email me your predictions of who lives/dies in the upcoming shooting episode. I’ll post the best/worst online. Send emails to info@thetvaddict.com

Olympic Blahs

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Yes I know the Olympics are supposed to be a ‘magical time.’ For two weeks every two years, the world puts down their guns, and gets together to compete in Ancient Greek sporting events (Not sure I remember reading about the Greeks Bobsledding in my history books).

Yet while the world is glued to their TV, I (for once) am not. The Olympics have pre-empted some of my favourite shows, and completely messed up my own ‘magical time’ known as February Sweeps! What should have been a month of endless excitement filled with twists, turns and unexpected death – has been replaced with the bobsled and luge (How is it a sport when anyone can fly down a hill really fast on ice?)

Ratings are down for this year’s Olympics, proving I’m not the only one anxiously awaiting for the Olympic flame to be extinguished.

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