In recent years, this TV Addict has started to notice a disturbing trend in the world of television. One that has nothing to do with network executives penchant for continuing to employee one Michael Rappaport (Although that does seriously concern me, and frankly must stop!) Rather, the gap continues to widen between what I (the [...]
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Archive for January, 2009
Dude, Where Are All My Shows (in the top 20 season-to-date ratings)?
By theTVaddict on January 15th, 2009 at January 15th, 2009
TV Talk From Fellow TV Addicts
By theTVaddict on January 14th, 2009 at January 14th, 2009
Each week the TV Blog coalition — of which theTVaddict.com is proud to be apart of — highlights some of the best TV news and views from around the web. For the latest news that’s fit to print, simply click the link below.
First Look: Young Sam and Dean Winchester
By theTVaddict on January 14th, 2009 at January 14th, 2009
On the January 29th episode of SUPERNATURAL titled “After School Special,” Sam and Dean go undercover to investigate a haunting at one of the high schools they attended as a teenager which sparks a flashback, causing them to recall how a young Sam (Colin Ford) was picked on by the school bully while Dean was [...]
True Love, ONE TREE HILL Style
By theTVaddict on January 14th, 2009 at January 14th, 2009
By: CouchTater Lucas and Peyton and Brooke… oh my! As many of you know, I only last season jumped aboard the ONE TREE HILL express, having years ago watched the pilot and dismissed the show as not my cup of tea. Following the four-year fast-forward, I tuned in again… and was instantly hooked. So much [...]
Tonight’s TV Addictions: January 14, 2009
By theTVaddict on January 14th, 2009 at January 14th, 2009
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: LOST (8PM ABC) If there’s one thing this show has taught us, it’s that sometimes you have to look back in order to understand what’s to come. So tonight, in preparation for next week’s fifth-season premiere, ABC offers up a repeat of the fourth-season finale. Frankly, we’re not big on reruns… but [...]
NIP/TUCK SEX CONTROVERSY!
By theTVaddict on January 14th, 2009 at January 14th, 2009
Now that we’ve got your attention with that catchy title… Human teddy bears, sexy serial killers and Kimber sex dolls aside, did NIP/TUCK go too far in having Liz and Christian sleep together last night? Or was this an inevitable result of their year’s long love/hate relationship? On a show which seems to court controversy, [...]
Nate Archibald, Where Art Thou?
By theTVaddict on January 14th, 2009 at January 14th, 2009
Words this TV Addict never thought he’d utter: We’re starting to feel sorry for Gossip Guy Chace Crawford. Why feel sorry for one of the lucky few winners of the genetic lotterly? Simple. Nate Archibald continues to get the cold shoulder from the GOSSIP GIRL writers despite being one of the most buzzed about young [...]
Good News, Bad News: PRISON BREAK Cancelled, 24 & President Bush
By theTVaddict on January 13th, 2009 at January 13th, 2009
Good News: Calling the show “creatively played out” FOX President Kevin Reilly announced this morning that FOX has canceled PRISON BREAK with plans to air its final batch of episode starting April 17. Bad News: It took FOX this long to realize that PRISON BREAK was creatively played out, seriously? [Source] Good News: The return [...]
Tonight’s TV Addictions: January 13, 2009
By theTVaddict on January 13th, 2009 at January 13th, 2009
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada) Returning for its eight season, the reality TV juggernaut promises big changes. Will new judge Kara DioGuardi be enough to stem the rating slide? Will this be the season that Simon and Ryan Paula finally acknowledge all that pent up sexual tension? Will Randy have [...]
Why HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Will Always Get the Benefit of the Doubt
By theTVaddict on January 13th, 2009 at January 13th, 2009
When word leaked out that famous-for-nothing reality TV ‘stars’ such as Heidi and Spencer, Kim Kardashian and Kendra Wilkinson had signed on to guest star on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, this TV Addict was the first to admit that our excitement, for lack of a better word, could be contained. Yet after watching last [...]



