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Question of the Day: HEROES

What’s more distressing: (a) That in a last ditch effort to attract viewers to the sinking-ship we like to call HEROES, NBC emailed this TV Addict a photo of Hayden Panettiere’s Claire making-out with roommate Gretchen (Madeline Zima). Or (b) that said roommate is played by none other than THE NANNY’s youngest daughter Grace Sheffield, [...]

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Watch, PVR, Pass: Tuesday October 6, 2009

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Your First Look at a Genuinely Terrifying SUPERNATURAL Guest Star

When Sam and Dean decide to start hunting together again on this week’s episode of SUPERNATURAL, appropriately titled “Fallen Idol,” their first case leads them to a small town whose inhabitants are being killed by famous dead icons like Abraham Lincoln and James Dean’s car.  However, after two teenage girls come forward and claim their [...]

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Today’s TV Addict Top 5: TV Plots That We’re Not Buyin’

When it comes to our favorite fictional serial killer, suspension of disbelief is pretty much par for the course. Which is why we’ve gladly put aside our question as to how on earth Dexter Morgan’s employer, the Miami PD has yet to clue into his extra-curricular activities in lieu of a far bigger mystery: Just [...]

9 Posted in Brothers & Sisters, Dexter, Glee, Melrose Place, Stargate

Best. News. Ever.

According to super-scooper Michael Ausiello (seriously people, how does he do it?) actress Helen Hunt really wasn’t that mad about taking over Maura Tierney’s role in PARENTHOOD. So much so that talks between her representatives and NBC have broken down with the role now being offered to GILMORE GIRLS Lauren Graham. [OCTOBER 9, 2009 UPDATE] [...]

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TV Ratings: Monday October 5, 2009

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM ABC Dancing with the Stars 17.11 3.7/9 FOX House 13.06 5.1/13 CBS How I Met Your Mother 8.23 3.4/9 NBC Heroes 5.41 2.3/6 CW One Tree Hill 2.19 1.0/3 8:30PM CBS Accidentally on Purpose 7.22 2.8/7 9PM ABC Dancing with the Stars 18.48 4.2/10 [...]

3 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

Last Night’s HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Gets a ‘C’

Kids, today’s lesson is how to do what we once believed was impossible… deliver an unfunny episode of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. Step #1: Develop a completely implausible and predictable storyline that has Barney brushing up on Robin Scherbatsky 101 with a little help from self-proclaimed expert, Professor Ted. Really? Barney really needs to [...]

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First Look: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Goes Back to the Future

On next week’s episode of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Elena finally begins to get suspicious, demanding that Stefan start talking. And by ‘talking,’ we of course mean provide a plausible explanation for all the freaky happenings (read: murders) in Mystic Falls. Which is why it falls to Stefan to harness the little-known Vampire power known as [...]

4 Posted in The Vampire Diaries

Watch, PVR, Pass: Monday October 5, 2009

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Good News, Bad News: STARGATE UNIVERSE, DOLLHOUSE, SNL & BONES

Good News: Sci-fi is thriving on Friday nights. Bad News: Make that Syfy, with the network’s launch of STARGATE UNIVERSE attracting 2.3 million viewers, as SyFy was only-to-quick to point out via press release, bested FOX’s DOLLHOUSE by 200,000 viewers. Ouch! [io9] Good News: Proving that no politician on either side of the aisle is [...]

4 Posted in Bones, dollhouse, Saturday Night Live, Stargate