Move over Madonna, forget you GLEE, the cast of 30 ROCK just stole your thunder with their SMASH-tastic Super Bowl promo featuring some insanely adorable cameos by many of your favorite NBC stars. Enjoy.

This Week’s Showrunner Gold Star Goes To… : Jeff Eastin, whose highly-engaging third season premiere of WHITE COLLAR — complete with accessible storyline and ridiculously likeable ensemble — just cost us $46.98 on iTunes as we rushed to download seasons 1 and 2 in an effort to catch up with what we’ve been missing.

Best Acceptance Speech: Reese Witherspoon managed to squeeze a positive message for the youth of American into the MTV Movie Awards by saying, “I know it’s cool to be bad… but it’s also possible to make it in Hollywood without a reality show. When I came up in this business, if you made a sex tape, you were embarrassed and you hid it under the bed.” Kudos, lady. Kudos!
 
Why Actors Work From Scripts: Seven words. Robert Pattinson at the MTV Movie Awards.

Reason #234 We’re Grateful We Own a DVR/PVR: Did you see how Jason Momoa’s Dotharki horse lord Khal Drogo eviscerated his opponent during a life-and-death battle for the leadership of the tribe on this week’s GAME OF THRONES?
 
Person Most Likely To Be Celebrating Weinergate: 30 ROCK star Alec Baldwin, who, like the politico-turned-punchline, has been eyeing a run at the New York City Mayor’s office. Remind us which is the bigger offence: tweeting pics of your junk or calling your daughter a nasty little pig?
 
Proof That Sex Doesn’t Always Sell: MTV gave those naked kids on SKINS their walking papers. (Hopefully, a pair of shoes in which to do so!)
 
The “TV-So-Gross-It-Makes-You-Feel-Dirty” Award Goes To… : ABC’s THE BACHELORETTE for gleefully turning heartbreak and humiliation into “entertainment.” 
 
To Be Filed Under D For Duh: NBC announced they’d be releasing a soundtrack to the upcoming series SMASH, as if to pretend the money GLEE’s tunes rake in didn’t put the green in greenlit where the new show’s pick-up was concerned.
 
Deathwatch, Daytime Division: News that ABC would be giving Katie Couric the slow currently occupied by GENERAL HOSPITAL left fans fairly certain — despite tepid-at-best “assurances” from the Mouse House PR team — that the network would be soap free by the end of 2012.
 
Best Way To Make A Conservative’s Head Explode: Tell them that a study shows folks who have seen MTV’s TEEN MOM are more likely to take a pro-choice stance on abortion.
 
The “Nail, Meet Coffin” Award Goes To… : The tune “Don’t Stop Believing”, which — with its use as the farewell tune warbled to Meredith Viera by her fellow TODAYers — officially became dead to us.
  
Most Stunning Hour Of Television: If you didn’t catch this week’s episode of THE KILLING, seek it out. Now. Thank us later.
 
The “Take That!” Award Goes To…: Jon Stewart, whose media-skewing DAILY SHOW, kicked Fox News’ butt in the ratings, giving fans of little things like truth and journalistic integrity a reason to celebrate.

Worst Apology: After yet another gay-bashing tirade, supposed funny man Tracy Morgan said he was sorry “for his word choice.” Not for the sentiments expressed, just for the way in which he expressed them. Stay classy, dude.

Is there any hope for Addison and Sam on PRIVATE PRACTICE? — Lesley
The TV Addict: Oh, there’s always hope,! Unfortunately Addison and Sam’s not-so-direct-flight to “happily-ever-after-ville” will be hitting some serious turbulence this May 15th at 10PM thanks to the arrival of a mysterious admirer [Benjamin Bratt] who offers Addison an offer she can’t, but probably should, refuse.

Any word on how DESEPERATE HOUSEWIVES plans to end the season? — Jenn
The TV Addict: In typical Wisteria Lane fashion, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES will be kicking off May Sweeps with a bang. Or to be more specific, an arrest of one on your favorite Wisteria wives. What’s more, Sunday’s episode which we recently had the opportunity to screen will also include the arrival of a prowler on the lane and some serious marital strife for one of the show’s most stable couples.

Will fans of BROTHERS & SISTERS be content with the upcoming season/series finale? — Madison
The TV Addict: Assuming you’re armed with an ample supply of Kleenex, by all accounts, the May 8 finale appropriately titled “Walker Down the Aisle” that sees Luc and Sarah exchange their “I Do’s” will leave loyal fans sufficiently satisfied should it end up being BROTHERS & SISTERS’s swan song.

On a recent episode of THE MIDDLE I couldn’t help but notice a hint at a romance brewing between Sue and the eldest Glossner boy. Am I crazy? — Amber
The TV Addict: Not in the least! In fact, we recently had the chance to pose that precise question to Sue’s portrayer Eden Sher, who had this to say on the matter, “If they told me anything I would be the first to divulge any and all information to you, so I have no idea what they have planned in season 3. That would be amazing though, I have strong feelings for Sue as a real life person and I feel like she needs some sort of crush action going on… well reciprocated crush action.”

Despite the fact millions of Americans who tune into CBS’ procedural heavy lineup each and every week, you all but ignore them. What do you have to say for yourself? — Bill
The TV Addict: Not much! Except that we hope to make it up to you with the barrage of teases courtesy of a just released CBS press release touting a whole slew of CBS season finales. Ready? 3… 2… 1… GO! On Sunday May 8 CSI: MIAMI will end their season by leaving two CSI’s in life-threatening peril. On Thursday May 12, CSI: ORIGINAL RECIPE will end the season with Langston being drawn into a final showdown with serial killer Nate Haskell. On Friday May 13th Mac will survive a near death experience. BLUE BLOODS will end its freshman year on May 13th with Tom Sellick taking matters into his own hands to avenge his son Joe’s death. On May 16th McGarrett will come face to face with his arch nemesis Wo Fat. On Tuesday May 17th the lives of the NCIS team are jeopardized when they confront the infamous Port-to-Port killer followed by NCIS: LOS ANGELES which will see Callen and the NCIS team investigate Hetty’s disappearance. Got that?

Any guesses as to whose funeral the cast of GLEE will be attending? — Francie
The TV Addict: Rumor has it funeral has something to do with the death of coherent storytelling! Just kidding. Actually, according to star Matthew Morrison it’s an actual person. “Somebody’s dying. Obviously I’m not going to tell you who it is, but it is no-one you would probably expect. The episode right before the finale is called ‘Funeral’. We were actually recently at a funeral home shooting all day. It was a very taxing day.”

According to reports the season finale of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER has Ted meeting his future wife. What are the odds we’ll meet her? — Mark
The TV Addict: Put it this way, if Ted actually comes face-to-face with the titular mother in the upcoming sixth season finale it will be the best kept secret since the ending to LOST. Seriously, we find it hard to believe that creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas could cast such a pivotal role without any of the media getting wind of it. That said, to give you an idea as to just how pivotal the May 12 finale is in terms of “Mother” mythology, you probably should know that Rajit (Marshall Manesh) is signed on to appear… along with Chi McBride (Rod), Dave Foley (Mr. Bloom), Bob Odenkirk (Arthur), Jennifef Morrison (Zoey), and Nazanin Boniadi (Nora).

With so many season finales coming up, is there one in particularly you’re looking forward to most? — Amy
The TV Addict: WOW, where to begin. While we’re certainly curious as to how high the body count will be on what promises to be a bloody THE VAMPIRE DIARIES season ender, and of course if BONES creator Hart Hanson will live up to the episode title that is “The Change in the Game,” we’ve recently come across something so outlandish, so unbelievable, and so borderline offensive that we can’t wait to see how it plays out. That something: Margaret Cho guesting on the 30 ROCK season finale as Kim Jon-Il!

The Most Gleeful Moment of the Week Goes to… : Well, oddly enough, not so much GLEE, but rather THE OFFICE, whose denizens of Dunder Mifflin Sabre serenaded Michael Scott with their own version of “Seasons of Love” in a fond farewell tribute.

The Why-Can’t-Art-Imitate-Life Award Goes To… : SUPERNATURAL, for their brilliant episode in which puckish angel Balthazar (the pitch-perfect Sebastian Roche, perhaps best known as GENERAL HOSPITAL uber-baddie Jerry Jax) prevented the Titanic from sinking because “I hated the movie.”

Biggest Tearjerker: Suffice to say, the only thing that would have us reaching for the Kleenex more than Tuesday’s phenomenal wrap-up to PARENTHOOD’s second season will be if NBC fails to reward it for a third.
 
Worst Played Race Card Ever: SURVIVOR’s Philip said, “Any time somebody of my color gets up in one of your faces, then you feel like I’m a lunatic, I’m crazy.” Um, no, dude, anytime a person who is a lunatic gets up in someone’s face, people think they’re crazy.
 

The Imitation-Is-The-Sincerest-Form-Of-Platently-Ripping-Something-Off Award Goes To…: Dairy Queen, whose latest ads owe a whole lot to the Old Spice dude. As in everything.
 
The Making-Millions-Out-Of-Lemons Award Goes To… : The Disney Channel, whose original movie LEMONADE MOUTH was the highest-rated TV-movie of 2011. Clueless as to what it is? Ask your kids.
 
Irony Alert: Charlie Sheen decided bipolar awareness was going to be his cause… at least for a few days.
 
Best PR Move: The folks at Hoover announced that they’d be pulling ads from ABC as a way of showing their solidarity with fans of canned soaps ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
 
Irony Alert (Runner-Up): How does 30 ROCK follow up Jack Donaghy’s hilarious monologue (Complete with examples from Alec Baldwin’s own up-and-down career) that was responsible for convincing Tracy Jordan that the only way to stop being taken seriously is to do (gasp!) Network Television? With a quick cut to this week’s guest star Michael Keaton. Ouch.

Guilty Pleasure Watch: Gay-centric network Logo earned two snaps and a “you go, girl!” by renewing RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE.
 
Best Soapy Moment On A Non-Traditional Soap: While daytime has seemingly lost the ability to let secrets percolate, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES waited several seasons to reveal that Andrew was the one who ran down Carlos’ mom… and that Gaby knew! Better still, the same episode dealt with the continuing fallout from Mary Beth’s suicide… which happened in the first episode back in 2004!
 
The I’m-Rubber-And-You’re-Glue Award Goes To… : Donald Trump, who insisted Jerry Seinfeld should be ashamed of himself for pulling out of a charity event (but making a hefty donation) rather than be associated with the tycoon’s continued beating of the birther drum. Trump told Seinfeld he should be “ashamed of himself”… and did so without an ounce of irony!
 
Best Decision: Sources reported that NBC news would be cutting back on Royal Wedding coverage, finally seeming to realize that the media is far more interested in the nuptials than viewers.
 
Best & Worst TV News About A Single City: On the plus side? TNT announced that Ray Krebs and Lucy Ewing — aka actors Steve Kanaly and Charlene Tilton — would appear on the DALLAS remake. Sadly, Logo revealed that they’d be doing a spin-off of the mortifyingly awful THE A-LIST (think THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF GAYVILLE) in that same location.

And the Weeks Most Literal Cliffhanger Goes To… : GAME OF THRONES, for ending their highly-anticipated series premiere by having Jaime “The KingSlayer” Lannister push young Bran off a cliff when the 10-year-old moppet inadvertently walks in on Jamie and twin sister Cersei doing something two family siblings most definitely should not be doing. Ewwwwww.

Biggest Headscratcher: Between COMMUNITY’s love affair with COUGAR TOWN, THE OFFICE’s shout-out to DALLAS, PARKS AND RECREATIONS’ nod to NCIS: LOS ANGELES and 30 ROCK’s myriad of pop culture zingers touching on RIZZOLI & ISLES, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, AMAZING RACE, ROSWELL and ENTOURAGE, one can’t help but wonder how the fledgling fourth place Peacock Network might be doing ratings-wise if their own shows paid half as much attention to NBC’s roster as they do others!

Loudest Fan Outcry: Viewers of GENERAL HOSPITAL were so upset about the soap turning four-year-old Jake into road kill that their response garnered attention from such media outlets as The New York Post.

And the Award For Best Ending We Didn’t See Coming But Probably Should Have Goes to…: BIG LOVE, which just about made up for two seasons of disappointment with a finale that gave us the BIG ending we were hoping for. God only knows what we’ll be without you indeed.

Faux Campaign We Can Really Get Behind: All we can say to Ellen DeGeneres’ plea that networks stop airing two-hour episodes of reality shows is… Amen!

Best For Your Consideration Emmy Reel: Following Monday’s fantastic father-son reunion between Barney and his bio-dad on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, is anyone else up for forgoing all of that silly campaigning by just awarding Neil Patrick Harris and John Lithgow their Emmys now?

Biggest Jaw Dropper: Blake’s revelation that Kalinda was one of Peter Florrick’s ‘Goddesses’ on Tuesday’s shocking final moments of THE GOOD WIFE was the very definition of winning TV.

Smartest Marketing: This season of GLEE has been more hit than miss, but releasing an entire album of Warbler tunes is the best thing to happen since New Directions breathed new life into “Don’t Stop Believing.”

Biggest Jaw Dropper Runner-up: Fox didn’t just reward the critically acclaimed albeit ratings anemic FRINGE with an early fourth season pickup, they gave the best show you — yes YOU — aren’t watching a full 22 episode order to boot. Slushies all around!

Strangest News Of The Week: TMZ reported that AMERICAN IDOL contestants have fled their Beverly Hills mansion… because it’s haunted. (Are they sure someone didn’t just leave a CD of Sanjaya’s wailing playing?)

Runner-up to our Biggest Jaw Dropper Runner-up: Based on his hilarious cameo on Thursday’s 30 ROCK, fast-talking Academy Award winning writer Aaron Sorkin actually has a sense of humor about himself. Who knew?
 
The Charlie Sheen Award For Bad Behavior Being Rewarded Goes To…: Chris Brown, who threw a hissy at GOOD MORNING, AMERICA… only to be invited back and not lose his booking on DANCING WITH THE STARS.

Runner-up to our Runner-up to our Biggest Jaw Dropper Runner-up: Notorious show-killer Eric Balfour was surprisingly stellar as NO ORDINARY FAMILY big baddie on Tuesday.

Coolest Anniversary Gift: THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL celebrated it’s 24th year on the air by sending members of the media a cool lunchbox featuring artwork by Chris Morris.

Runner-up to our Runner-up to our Runner-up to our Biggest Jaw Dropper Runner-up: (Last one, we swear!) Michael Scott’s proposal to Holly managed to outshine a series worth of Jim and Pam’s “Aww-shucks” moments. Now, that we didn’t see coming!

An The Award For This Week’s Event That Actually Lived Up To The Hype Is …: V’s second season and possibly series finale, which thanks to copious amounts of blood, numerous character deaths and one genuinely game-changer of an ending actually has us wondering what on earth happens next. (Assuming of course what on earth happens next doesn’t involve resuscitating Tyler!)

Best Guest Star: What type of an actor does it take to completely steal the show from the likes of Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman and Chris Pratt? Answer: A four-legged one and the star of PARKS AND RECREATION’s Harvest Festival, Li’l Sebastian. Awwwwww

Least Anticipated Theme of the Week: AMERICAN IDOL’s yearly tradition that challenges contestants to pick songs from the year they were born does little more than make us feel really, really, old. We’re just sayin’

Biggest Miscalculation: Memo to Dan Harmon, constructing an episode of COMMUNITY that revolved primarily around Shirley, Chang and Britta is not exactly what we’d call streets ahead.

Best Reason to Renew Our Subscription to Entertainment Weekly Despite Their Refusal to get with the Program and Offer an iPad App: This week’s cover features Geek God Nathan Fillion.

Biggest Headscratcher: Five days later, we’re proud to say we still have absolutely no idea why “Rebecca Black” is trending on twitter.

Most Disappointing Cameo: The uninspired Sarah Palin-esque Tea Party candidate on this week’s GLEE should have been left to an actual D-lister rather than waste the talents of the usually funny Kathy Griffin.

Favorite Musical Number of the Week: With apologies to both AMERICAN IDOL and GLEE, it was MR. SUNSHINE’s Allison Janney that gets our vote thanks to a surprisingly beautiful duet with James Taylor. And speaking of MR. SUNSHINE…

Smartest Showrunner: Matthew Perry not only had the foresight to create a show for himself, but one that gives him the ability to write stories that have him dating the quarterback of a woman’s lingerie football team! Evidently, it’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it.

Best Reality TV Show That Wasn’t: If THE REAL HOUSEWIVES franchise was even half as funny as QUEEN OF JORDAN — 30 ROCK’s inspired and hilarious spoof of the genre featuring Tracy Jordan’s wife Angie — we probably wouldn’t detest the genre nearly as much as we do.

Most Welcome Flop of the Week: Despite the fact that we had absolutely no doubt in our mind that JERSEY SHORE’s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino was a talentless hack, it sure was nice to see his talents, or lackthereof displayed for all to see as he went down in flames during what was otherwise a surprisingly entertaining Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump.

Oddest Plot Twist: Just when we finally warmed up to the idea of Ted and Zoey, the gang from HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER went ahead and confirmed that Jennifer Morrison is officially out of the running for mother-to-be. And while we’re completely on board with the decision — having never been been a fan of Josh Radnor and Jennifer Morrison’s often stilted and forced chemistry — one can’t help but wonder as to why the writers would go ahead and create a situation in which fans will care even less about the relationship going forward.

Most Predictable Reversal: The minute ABC announced Rebecca Herbst was being let go from GENERAL HOSPITAL, most in the biz began taking bets on when the network would reverse its boneheaded decision. This week, they did!
 
Least Surprising News: The Emmys will now combine the mini-series and TV-movie categories due to so few contenders in the mini-series department.

Most Chilling Moment of the Week: In a week filled with jaw-dropping revelations (Seriously, just wait until you get a load of tonight’s doozy on FRINGE) Max Braverman’s realization that he as Asperger’s (“I have Asperger’s? What is Asperger’s?”) on PARENTHOOD after unexpectedly walking in on a screaming match between Adam and Crosby was easily the week’s most chilling.

 
Best Assessment: Summing up self-proclaimed former special agent Phillip, SURVIVOR’s Rob said of the increasingly loony guy, “Let it be a lesson to you: Government jobs? Stressful!”

MVG of the Week: This week’s most valuable guest star goes to 30 ROCK’s Chloe Moretz, who after cementing her butt-kicking abilities in Kick-Ass and Let Me In showed off her comic chops by holding her own against Alec Baldwin in a very funny 30 ROCK that saw Jack Donaghey zeroing in on the 13-year old granddaughter (Moretz) of Kabletown’s President in an attempt to take over the company.

Proof That You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks: Thanks to some cool (and budget-friendly) technical tricks, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL unveiled snazzy new opening credits that rival anything on primetime. Or at least that’s what we’d be saying had primetime all but done away with opening credits. Sigh. 
 
Most Heartfelt Acceptance Speech: After being named Outstanding Lead Actor during the 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards, Anthony Anderson of the web soap ANACOSTIA left every single member of the audience — including soap vets like Kim Zimmer (Echo, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Reva, GUIDING LIGHT) — wanting to be his new best friend.
 
Funniest 22 Minutes of the Week: Cementing our theory that the best episodes of COMMUNITY are ones that don’t rely on flashy gimmicks or guest stars was Thursday’s episode which pitted students against each other in Greendale’s hastily thrown together elections. Arguments were made, pops were popped and almost 24 hours later we still find ourselves laughing over the fact in the end, only 11 students voted for… South Park?! Trust us, just go watch the episode.

Awesomest Ad Campaign: Whoever came up with the Miracle Whip campaign — “[It] tastes like disappointment. Like spreadable disappointment.” ­— deserves a big, fat raise.
 
“Well Duh!” of the Week: Goes to Dr. Drew, who in an interview with Entertainment Weekly put his decades long medical career on the line by going out on a limb and proclaiming that Charlie Sheen was in danger of a relapse. Shocking right?

Worst Influence On Teens: Forget SKINS. Parents should really be worried about the message JERSEY SHORE puts out there by focusing on the dysfunctional, violence-tinged relationship of Ronnie and Sammi.

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