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90210! PARKS & RECREATION! SKINS! CHUCK! Our TV Addict Week in Rewind

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Favorite TV Town: Move over Stars Hollow, because Thursday’s hilarious and surprisingly poignant instalment of PARKS AND RECREATION that saw dozens of Pawnee denizens spend the better part of twenty-two minutes arguing over whether or not the Twilight series “encapsulated” their fare town not had us not only wishing we could visit, but that our [...]

8 Posted in 90210, Chuck, Cougar Town, Featured, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live, The Event, V, Week in Rewind

Anne Hathaway Hosts SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and we’ve got your Good, Bad & Ugly

THE GOOD: After last week’s virtually unwatchable edition of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE hosted by Scarlett Johansson, this TV Addict is sure as heck thankful for Anne Hathaway, whose infectious energy and willingness to do anything for a laugh helped contribute to one of the most delightful episodes of the season. Highlights of which included Hathaway’s [...]

3 Posted in Saturday Night Live

Today’s TV Addict Top 5: People Most Definitely Not Smarter Than a 5th Grader

The Parents Television Council (PTC) In response to an upcoming issue of GQ which features a very revealing spread of GLEE stars Dianna Agron and Lea Michele in various states of undress, the PTC released a statement chastising the magazine for what they’re characterizing as “a disturbing spread… bordering on pedophilia.” Why they’re not smarter [...]

12 Posted in Conan O'Brien, Glee, Parenthood, Saturday Night Live

Jane Lynch and Fred Armisen promote this weekend’s SNL…

… And we think we speak for everyone in saying, let’s hope to God that these promos aren’t indicitive of the laughs (or lack their-of) we can expect from Saturday’s highly-anticipated Jane Lynch hosted instalment of the iconic late night franchise. We’re just sayin’

4 Posted in Jane Lynch, Saturday Night Live

Bryan Cranston Hosts SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and we’ve got your Good, Bad & Ugly

THE GOOD: Despite the fact that the host subsituting his or her monologue for a song-and-dance is one of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s most overused devices, Bryan Cranston’s little ditty that cleverly played on the fact that outside of New York and Los Angeles he is one of the least known actors in recent memory to [...]

3 Posted in Saturday Night Live

Amy Poehler Hosts SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and we’ve got your Good, Bad & Ugly

THE GOOD: Thanks to an unusually stellar mix of sketches including timely nods to Christine O’Donnell, Katy Perry’s boobs, and the controversy surrounding the Mosque at Ground Zero, last night’s 36th SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE season premiere opened on an undeniable high note. The highlight of which — aside of course from host Amy Poehler reuniting [...]

0 Posted in Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live

Good News, Bad News: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES & CHUCK

Good News: Amy Poehler will host the September 25th season premiere of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. Bad News: Still without a premiere date following a phenomenal second season is Poehler’s actual day job, PARKS AND RECREATION, which according to a commitment phobic NBC is still only slated to premiere sometime “later this year.” [Source]

2 Posted in Amy Poehler, Chuck, Desperate Housewives, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live

You Be the Critic: Betty White Hosts SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

This just in: The massively overhyped television event that was last night’s Betty White hosted instalment of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE actually bucked the trend and… wait for it… lived up to the hype! Which is why, rather than nitpick about the little things — like the show’s astoundingly unimaginative writing that relied far too heavily [...]

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You Be the Critic: Gabourey Sidibe Hosts SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Watching SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is starting to feel like the TV bloggers equivalent of Groundhog Day. And since there are only so many Sunday’s we can wake up and wonder if SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE showrunner Lorne Michaels has completely lost touch with what’s funny — following yet another uneven mashup of irrelevant (Steve Harvey, Suze [...]

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Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Reasons to Stay Home on a Saturday Night!

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (11:30PM NBC, Global in Canada) If the above preview is any indication — tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE hosted by Gabourey Sidibe, breakout star of last year’s Oscar darling Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire — might actually be worth staying up for. And not just because there is something oddly [...]

2 Posted in DOCTOR WHO, HBO, Parenthood, Saturday Night Live, SciFi Network