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We Give the CW its Mid-Season Report Card

THE GOOD: Three hardworking remnants from the beloved WB era (SMALLVILLE, SUPERNATURAL and ONE TREE HILL) proved you don’t need silly things like an actual marketing budget to be successful. While the gang from GOSSIP GIRL finally started to convert all of their highly-publicized off-screen buzz into on-screen ratings. THE BAD: Sadly, the same can’t [...]

6 Posted in CW News

Dissecting DEXTER Season Three: A Second Opinion

Yesterday, our host the TV Addict put our favorite serial killer, DEXTER, under the knife, dissecting the Showtime drama and coming to the conclusion that its third season was little more than dead weight, failing to live up to the two previous seasons. I (Couch Tater), however, couldn’t disagree more. Season three revolved in large [...]

8 Posted in Dexter

Today’s Pet Peeve

The TV Addict with Brian Austin Green in Los Angeles, August 2008 Can networks please stop referring to actors as ‘series regulars’ when they don’t appear regularly. Case in point, last night’s fall finale of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES was completely 100% Brian Austin Green free. Series regular, we think not. Got a TV-related [...]

5 Posted in Random Musings

Tonight’s TV Addictions: December 16, 2008

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: ELI STONE (10PM ABC) Eli Stone cannot catch a break. First cancellation, now he’s determined to find out if he’ll be alone the rest of his life. Sheesh. NEW & NOTABLE: ACCORDING TO JIM (9PM ABC) Wait, this show has been on for 36 seasons and is only now getting around to [...]

3 Posted in This Week on TV

Dissecting DEXTER: What’s Working, What’s Not… And How To Fix

As the old saying goes; When you’re at the top of your game, there’s no where to go but down. Which is why, following two excellent seasons that culminated in a thrilling face off between Dexter Morgan and Sergeant James Doakes, the downfall of DEXTER was inevitable. Cue our painfully gruesome analysis after-the-fact. If this [...]

16 Posted in Dexter, Showtime

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: For the Record, Eh

Ignoring the fact that last night’s HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was eerily familiar to the classic FRASIER episode where Frasier commandeers Daphne’s local watering hole, this TV Addict wanted to take this opportunity to set the record straight. Canadians are not afraid of the dark (Not that there’s anything wrong with that!)

6 Posted in How I Met Your Mother

Channel Surfing with C.T: AMERICAN IDOL, MELROSE PLACE, SNL & More!

At what point does a spoiler stop becoming a spoiler? I was talking to someone recently about NIP/TUCK and why I was disappointed in the big season three reveal concerning the identity of The Carver. The person I was chatting with suddenly got so upset, I could only assume I had been wildly gesticulating — [...]

7 Posted in American Idol, Channel Surfing, Melrose Place, Saturday Night Live, The Office

Tonight’s TV Addictions: December 15, 2008

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (8PM FOX, “A” in Canada) Sarah attempts to track down a blogger who’s familiar with the mysterious three-dots. Psssttt… Sarah… were up here… in Toronto Canada…. Seriously, drop by anytime. THE BIG BANG THEORY (8PM CBS) After surviving a near fatal real-life car accident and four fictional [...]

2 Posted in This Week on TV

Good News, Bad News: MELROSE PLACE, STARGATE & SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Good News: ONE TREE HILL creator Mark Schwahn has been tapped to write the pilot script for the CW’s MELROSE PLACE reboot. Bad News: Cementing the CW’s status as the one network that can’t seem to develop a television show that isn’t based on a book, movie and/or already established franchise. [Source] Good News: Sci [...]

15 Posted in Melrose Place, Saturday Night Live, Stargate

Week in Rewind: SNL, NBC, Ed Westwick & More!

Mea Culpa of the Week: After calling for his dismissal on more than one occasion, we feels it’s only fair to give credit where credit is due. Not only did Fred Armisen’s hilarious impersonation of Governor David Patterson on this weekend’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE manage to keep us from reaching for the fast forward button. [...]

8 Posted in Big Bang Theory, Gossip Girl, Saturday Night Live, Week in Rewind