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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

Separated at Birth: Horatio Sanz and Kevin Smith

This morning’s inspiration for our latest edition of “Separated at Birth” comes courtesy of EW’s news that former SNLer Horatio Sanz has been cast in ABC’s midseason comedy IN THE MOTHERHOOD. Agree? Disagree? Wondering how Horatio Sanz went from this to this? Post away.

7 Posted in Random Musings, Saturday Night Live, Separated at Birth

Good News, Bad News: PRIVILEGED, LIPSTICK JUNGLE, SNL & HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

Good News: After picking up PRIVILEGED for five additional episodes, this TV Addict’s faith in a network’s ability to show patience by allowing a show to find its audience was momentarily restored. Bad News: For quite literally, three hours, until news leaked out that NBC has cancelled MY OWN WORST ENEMY and LIPSTICK JUNGLE. The [...]

6 Posted in How I Met Your Mother, Lipstick Jungle, Privileged, Saturday Night Live

The TV Addict Reveals His Halloween Scares I

With Halloween mere days away, this TV Addict thought now would be the perfect opportunity to talk about what scares us in the world of television. So without further ado, we present our Halloween Scare #1: An Amy Poehler Free SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. Because following the birth of her first child over the weekend, Baby [...]

10 Posted in Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live

Good News, Bad News: PRIVILEGED, SNL and KATH & KIM

Good News: With ratings up 22% from the previous week, America may be finally cluing into what this TV Addict has been espousing for a month now. PRIVILEGED is the best new show that you’re not watching. Bad News: That, or the show simply benefited from being the only new show up against the Presidential [...]

7 Posted in Kath & Kim, Privileged, Saturday Night Live

The TV Addict How-To: Fix SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in 5 Easy Steps

Remember When SNL Was Funny? Forget Obama, Biden, McCain and Palin. America has voted and the unanimous choice for November’s winning ticket is Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Whose much blogged about opener to SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s thirty-fourth season completely knocked it out of the park. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the rest [...]

6 Posted in Saturday Night Live

Good News, Bad News: Shenae Grimes, FRINGE & SNL

Good News: 90210 star and fellow Canadian Shenae Grimes is making headlines in the United States. Bad News: For all the wrong reason. [Source] Good News: Columnist Tim Goodman has a few ways in which FOX can save FRINGE. Bad News: One episode in and we’re already talking about having to save FRINGE! Are you [...]

16 Posted in Fringe, Saturday Night Live, Shenae Grimes

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By the Numbers

90: The length [in minutes] of last night’s season premiere of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. 5:33: The amount of time this TV Addict actually enjoyed last night’s season premiere of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE [see above video]. 1000: The percentage of which Tina Fey absolutely nailed her dead-on Sarah Palin impression [again, see above video]. 5: The [...]

13 Posted in Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey

Good News, Bad News: CHUCK, SNL, 90210 and More!

Good News: NBC has already gone ahead and picked up CHUCK for its entire second season Bad News: Which as much as we love CHUCK, probably says a lot more about the sorry state of the Peacock Network’s fall slate. We’re just sayin’, NBC President Ben Silverman, it’s probably about time you updated your resume. [...]

6 Posted in 90210, Chuck, Saturday Night Live