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Archives for October 2007
You Be the Critic: Thursday Night TV
Thanks to the headache of moving servers [so long GoDaddy!], this TV Addict unfortunately missed virtually everything on television last night with the exception of the SCRUBS last ever season finale [funny, but not hilarious].
With that in mind, I leave it up to you, my far smarter and better looking readers to let me know what’s worth watching on the glorious two days known around these parts as ‘the weekend’
Was it a welcome return to thirty minute episodes of THE OFFICE? Did 30 ROCK manage to be its usual hilarious self? Is anyone still watching BIG SHOTS? Post away.
Random Musings on Wednesday Television
As theTVaddict.com’s technical woes continue [rest assured everything will be back to normal by the weekend] I thought I’d give you all some space to sound off on last night’s television. But before I do, allow me to get a few thoughts of my chest.
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
Let’s just say, with a title as blatant as DIRTY SEXY MONEY, I expected a lot more out of the gate from the new Greg Berlanti series. Yet as the weeks have gone on, this TV Addict, much like Peter Krause’s Nick, is slowly realizing that he can’t live without his weekly Darling family fix. It’s as if the writers finally clued in — television fans need to care about this family. Let’s show that the twins love eachother, that Tripp is genuinely hurt by his wife’s betrayal and that Brian truly wants to save his marriage. DIRTY SEXY MONEY is quietly evolving into an interesting family drama. Which is what it needs to be. After-all, if all we wanted to do was laugh at the stupidity of the uber rich, who needs a television show when we already have the internet.
GOSSIP GIRL
From rich families to rich teenagers, let’s gossip shall we. Could Jenny Humphrey be any cooler? Who’d have thought the unassuming younger sister of lead character Dan would so quickly become this TV Addict’s favorite. In less surprising news, popular book character [So I’m told. No really, this TV Addict draws the line at ‘chick’ lit — it’s all about chick’ TV for me] Vanessa appeared to stir up trouble between Dan and Serena. Why trouble you ask? Well she refers to Dan as “Humphrey.” Which in TV land means, I’m trying to be casual about this, but I’m really still into you. And finally poor Blair. Can this girl not catch a break? She spends undoubtedly days planning the ultimate romantic rendezvous with Nate only to have it backfire yet again. No wonder she’s always in such a bad mood. But let’s give Nate a break shall we. His Dad’s not only hiding some serious financial problems [Clearly Nate doesn’t watch THE OC — or else he’d realize his Dad’s pulling a Papa Cooper!] but also may be hiding a serious drug addiction. Too bad we’ll have to wait two weeks to find out what happens next.
BIONIC WOMAN
If you asked this TV Addict at the beginning of the season what show’s he’d consider “Can’t Miss”, BIONIC WOMAN would have undoubtedly made the top 5. Yet oddly enough, after two lackluster episodes, BIONIC’s gone from “Can’t Miss” to “Can’t Miss PVRing.” While I have yet to tune into the past two episodes, I still seem to be recording them. Was last night’s episode worth watching? Or should this TV Addict give up all together on Jamie Summers.
Exclusive First Look: 24 Season 7 Trailer
By The Numbers with C.T.
The good news: Friday night’s are no longer a dead zone where the ratings are concered. The bad? FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS isn’t the show people are tuning in for. In fact, the primetime Nielsen ratings for the week of Oct. 15-21 show the football saga getting killed by WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB. Heck, even the bloodless vampires of MOONLIGHT are sucking up more viewers in the FNL timeslot. Meanwhile, I’d be surprised if ABC doesn’t make some changes in the very near future. After all, how long can they sit back while BIG SHOTS loses about 11 million of the viewers who tune in for GREY’S ANATOMY an hour earlier? A show I oh-so-wrongly labeled a lame duck early in the season — DIRTY SEXY MONEY — is proving to be something of a keeper for ABC, especially since it’s retaining all all but about 3 million of the nearly 12 million who tune in for PRIVATE PRACTICE. And ABC also has a big winner in SAMANTHA WHO?, which cracked the top 10 in overall numbers and the top 20 in that prized 18-49 demo we all know and loathe. But you just know red-faced ABC execs are slipping earplugs into place so as to at least try and deafen themselves to the cries of “I told you so!” as CAVEMEN continues to slip. Seeing as the cro-magnon men and their CARPOOLERS buddies are bringing in about 6.9 million viewers in the 8 p.m. hour as opposed to the 17.3 million waltzing in at 9 p.m. for DANCING WITH THE STARS, I’m betting both sitcoms will find themselves with nothing to laugh about very soon.
Channel Surfing with C.T.
While I’m not going to spoil anything for those (coughdanielcough) who haven’t yet seen it, last night’s season finale of DAMAGES was, in a word, phenomenal. From the beginning, I thought that this show had more in common with a miniseries than its episodic brethren, and I still feel that way. If the show never aired another episode, the 13 which aired could be considered a damn-near perfect series. The final moments gave us answers and perfectly set up a second-season story arc, and yet left me feeling completely satisfied. Next time someone tells you that there’s nothing decent on television, tell them to download DAMAGES from itunes and call you when it’s over. I guarantee they’ll retract that statement.
Remember how a week ago I said I’d given up on HEROES? Well, last night I decided to watch Monday’s episode if for no other reason than to see my beloved Kristen Bell. And while the show is still not firing on all cylinders, the engine does seem to at least be revving. I like Micah’s cousin and her ability to basically mimic anything she witnesses is kinda cool. Although when the two of them hit the streets to test her newfound ability, could the show have given her any more stereotypical options: basketball or double dutch… seriously? And this whole Hiro-in-Japan thing is just incredibly boring, no matter how much I love Sark… er, David Anders. I think the thing I liked best about the episode was the absence of Maya and her brother. Listen, it’s bad enough that I have to look up and pay attention to the screen everytime we cut to Hiro in feudal Japan. Throw in the Spanish-speaking siblings, and now the show is spending way too much time in subtitleland. If I wanted to read, I’d pick up a book.
Wouldn’t it be smart for networks to release struggling shows on DVD at an incredibly low price — say, ten or fifteen bucks — in an effort to bring new viewers to the table? The first, abbreviated season of GREY’S ANATOMY originally came out at somewhere around twenty bucks, leading me to purchase it (I’ll buy anything that’s priced that low), watch the whole thing in a few weeks, then immediately go out and purchase all the other seasons. Now, I’m a devoted weekly viewer. Speaking of DVD’s, when the frak is BATTLESTAR’s third season coming out? Why is RAZOR available for pre-order on Amazon.com, but not season 3?
We’re Experiencing Technical Difficulties
Over the past few days you may have noticed some technical difficulties throughout theTVaddict.com. Well, thanks to a one-two combo of an increased number of readers [thank you!] and the horrible service offered by GoDaddy, we’re forced to move servers. Our apologies for the inconvenience and please bare with us as we move to our new home at MediaTemple.
In the meantime, feel free to chat about last night’s television in a spoiler free manner. I say spoiler free, as this TV Addict’s currently in the midst of downloading last night’s DAMAGES and cannot wait to see how it all ends.
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Joanna’s Best & Worst of the Week
Best of the Week #1: DAMAGES
Sometimes, during an episode of DAMAGES, I forget to breathe. This show has too much tension build-up for me! I’m always on alert. A prime example would be Ray Fisk’s sudden death. I did not see that coming, and neither did Patty! In this week’s installment, Ellen learned how to not just play the game, but master it. Glenn Close is brilliant in this role, you never know what she’s really cooking up behind that mask of hers. After this episode, it’s almost impossible the finale will be a disappointment.
Best of the Week #2: MOONLIGHT
Los Angeles. Vampire. Private investigator. Doesn’t feed on humans. The love of his eternal life is a sassy, blonde girl. ANGEL is back on TV!!! YAY! Oh wait, no, this is called MOONLIGHT. Huh? I’m confused. Alright, I’ll admit that this character bears a striking resemblance to that other vampire we love so much. However, I seem to enjoy it anyway. Call it my guilty pleasure. Even though Mick was forced to take Beth’s blood in order to survive – much like the way Angel once had to take Buffy’s blood – I can’t help but love it all over again. It’s like a blast from the past
Best of the Week #3: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Aside from Riggins’ visit to the Star Trek Super Church, I liked this episode a lot. Mainly because of Connie Britton, as I’m sure many will agree. The stress of living without her husband (honestly, would you be able to live without him?) took its toll and she messed up. Big time. Although I’m not entirely sure that Julie didn’t have it coming. Unlike the rest of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, she has been less than loveable since the start of the season.
For Joanna’s Worst Shows of the Week, click the link below.
Breaking News: Pushing Daisies Gets a Full Season
It’s been two minutes, twenty-four seconds and fifty three milliseconds since this TV Addict was kindly notified by his friends at thepiemaker.com that ABC’s PUSHING DAISIES has been officially picked up for a full season.
While DAISIES narrator Jim Dale couldn’t be reached for comment, we have a feeling his statement would have gone something like this, “I look forward to narrating PUSHING DAISIES for the remaining nineteen episodes, eight hundred and thirty six minutes and forty-one seconds of the season.”
But seriously folks. Congratulations goes out to ABC and the entire PUSHING DAISIES team. While we at theTVaddict.com have a few issues with the series [ie. the endless narration], it’s nice to see a network think outside of the standard generic hour long cop/lawyer/doctor procedural. Here’s hoping Ned and Chuck have enough Plastic wrap to last a lifetime.
Channel Surfing with C.T.
ABC should be ashamed of themselves for building an entire ad campaign for THE BACHELOR around the breakdown of one of the rejected girls. Oh, sure, I watched. I’m only human! Plus, if I don’t watch these things and report back to y’all, who will? I think of it as a public service. After last night’s episode, I’m more convinced than ever that bachelor Brad is, in fact, the dumbest man ever featured on a dating show. He’s beginning to make JOE MILLIONAIRE star Evan look like a Mensa member.
While we’re talking about dating shows, I caught the second episode of A SHOT AT LOVE WITH TILA TEQUILLA this morning. Because really, what better way to start your day than with hunks and lesbians competing for the affections of a walking petri dish? This may be my new favorite dating show of all time. This week, Marcus — the would-be badass who laughs like a freaked-out hyena — got the boot after he and southern fried “elementary teacher” (elementary what, I can’t help wondering) got into a literal shoving match at the pool. Grace (the only woman I’ve ever seen don a flannel swimsuit), Steffanie (who was hot in a “oh, crap, I thought she was a dude!” kinda way) and Eddie (whose virginity left Tila downright confused) joined Marcus in exiting. Best moment of the episode? Lala — owner of the reddest weave in broadcast history — walking out of the competition after discovering that she was there to compete with men. What made it so fantastic was not that the girl showed a surprising level of self-respect (I can only imagine someone in casting got fired for letting her slip through), but that it looked as if she was gonna walk all the way home in a white bikini and matching high heels.
As much as I don’t care for the show REAPER, I’ve got to give the CW credit for those commercials in which Ray Wise — the show’s devil incarnate — dances about in a graveyard to the tune “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” before the words “Happy Halloween” pop up on screen. Funny stuff.
Caught the latest episode of LIFE IS WILD last night. I can’t tell you how much I love this silly little show. Maybe part of me feels as if it karmically balances out the joy I take in watching SHOT AT LOVE. I’m loving the subtle build-up to the triangle between Oliver, Katie and Tumelo. And I’m happy to report that the requisite rebel teen — played to perfection by Andrew St. John — is starting to mellow at least a bit. A little of that “obnoxious bad boy who has a heart of gold” crap goes a long way with me. I still can’t quite put my finger on what it is I love about this show, but as long as I get my weekly dose, I’m a happy camper. And really, can’t we all use more shows that leave us feeling good when they’re over?