A quick heads up to our friends on the west coast. It just occured to me as I watch tonight’s episode of STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP that tonight’s guest host is none other than THE OFFICE’S Jenna Fischer. The bad news, tonight’s installment was no where as good as last week’s surprisingly funny episode (with the exception of the last few moments, very sad). Once again, Sorkin injected far too much ‘real life politics’ into the episode and illustrated yet again that he inexplicably has nobody on his writing staff who can put together a funny comedy sketch. Can someone please explain to me what’s funny about Nicholas Cage? I mean aside from his acting.
Archives for May 2007
Get Ready for BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Scoop!
Prepare yourself for big news. Tomorrow at 1PM Pacific time (4PM est), the TV Addict will be on the line with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick as they address breaking news regarding the series’ fourth season.
While there’s no official word on what this ‘big news’ is, we’re going to go out on a limb and speculate that Moore and Eick will announce that Starbuck’s alive this upcoming fourth season will be GALACTICA’S last.
Regardless of the news, rest assured you’ll hear it first at theTVaddict.com
[UPDATE] Talk about sucking the suspense from tomorrow’s conference call. Eick and Moore’s via SciFi have released the following official statement.
“This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and finally, an end. Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end and we’ve decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms,” Eick and Moore said in the statement. “And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end is coming, they should brace themselves for a wild ride getting there –- we’re going out with a bang .”
So it’s apparently official. Talk about a depressing month for this TV addict. First the end of GILMORE GIRLS, followed swiftly by the cancellation of VERONICA MARS, LOST’S been given an expiry date and now BATTLESTAR. If this mass exodus of shows gets any worse, we at theTVaddict.com may have to start (gasp!) turning off our TV. I wonder if theBOOKaddict is taken?
TheTVAddict Previews GOSSIP GIRL
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Looking Back on Season Two of SUPERNATURAL
The Wayward Winchester Boys Carry On
By: Alexander B. Huls, Mondo Magazine
MAJOR SPOILER WARNINGS! LIKE, SERIOUSLY MAJOR!
The Winchester boys have been through a lot this year. The death of their father, the threat of Sam going dark-side, the prospect of Dean having to possibly kill him, sexual tension fulfilled and unfulfilled, the destruction and restoration of the Chevy Impala, being wanted by the FBI, going to jail, the violent unfolding of the Yellow-Eyed-Demon’s (YED) master plan, being possessed, Dean losing himself to his inner demons, dying, and, of course, the litany of demons they’ve had to fight off throughout the season.
What’s this all amount to? Season Two of Supernatural leaping bounds over Season One.
Channel Surfing
Anybody else find the first episode of HIDDEN PALMS far better than they expected it would be? Since just about every outlet under the sun has insisted on comparing the new kid on the well-populated teen drama block with it’s most recently departed resident, THE O.C., how did the two stack up? No doubt more than a few people will disagree, but we’re gonna go out on a limb by admitting that while O.C.’s pilot felt, well, a tad slow and broody, we were surprisingly captivated by the exploding garages, cross-dressing bingo callers, voyeuristic teens and dancing nymphs offered up before PALMS even reached its first commercial break. Throw in Sharon Lawrence and Gail O’Grady, and we’re not ashamed to admit it: We’re hooked.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? is officially one of our favorite guilty pleasures. That said, were the judges a little harsh on the pudgy hairdresser who auditioned last night? Yes, he was overweight… we’ll even go so far as to agree with Nigel’s proclamation that the kid was “fat.” But to accuse the young man of “touching himself all over” seemed somewhat inappropriate, especially in light of the fact that not five minutes earlier they’d raved about a young woman who not only caressed herself, but broke out a bottle of baby oil while doing so! We will, however, give the show credit (and a bit of a break) since they balanced the harshness by interviewing several other would-be contestants, all of whom were critical of the judge’s views.
Is it wrong to be wildly excited about the return of TOP CHEF? If loving it is wrong, we don’t wanna be right. Speaking of so wrong it’s right, MyNetwork TV – you know, the redheaded bastard stepchild abandoned when UPN and WB merged – made us darn near giddy with the news that they’ll be bringing PARADISE HOTEL back to the airwaves in early 2008. “All our research has shown that PARADISE HOTEL is a brand that reality viewers are desperate to see on TV again,” Fox Reality president David Lyle told Broadcasting & Cable magazine of his network’s decision to join forces with MyNetwork in bringing the sleazefest (and we mean that in the best possibly way) back to the airwaves. Our fondest hope? That the producers have Toni Ferrari – she of the big mouth and bigger… um, lungs – check back in. After all, what’s PARADISE without a snake or two, right?
How is it that GENERAL HOSPITAL’s storylines have gotten consistently dumber, and yet the show as a whole is better than it has been in ages? Has the soap finally become so bad that it’s good? How else to explain that despite such ludicrous twists as “Jerry Jax is Mr. Craig” and “Scotty sues Luke for custody of Laura… despite the fact that Nikolas is her legal guardian”, we’re unable to look away? Sure, we can’t figure out why Sam is suddenly telling Amelia stuff she never admitted to anyone before, or why Jason’s girlfriend feels the need to guilt him into confessing that he fathered Elizabeth’s baby. But somehow, the majorly talented cast is rising above the crap being pumped out by Guza and company to make GH highly watchable.
For Your Consideration: Johnny Drama
Great News for Canadian KYLE XY Fans
If you live in Canada and are a fan of the series KYLE XY today is your lucky day. This afternoon, ABC announced that much like last summer, the alphabet network will be filling its summer schedule with repurposed episodes of the hit ABC Family series.
Season two, which premieres on Monday June 11 on ABC Family will re-air four days later on ABC (Friday June 15 at 8PM). So why is this good news for Canadians? Well, as you may or may not know, the unfortunate reality is that we (Canadians!) don’t get ABC Family. Thus ABC is our only hope for discovering the ‘secrets’ of KYLE XY.
HIDDEN PALMS Premieres Tonight, Will You Be Watching?
After months of hype (and mysterious delays), HIDDEN PALMS the CW’s latest guilty premieres tonight at 8PM. While the reviews have been less than glowing — USA Today for one gives PALMS 1/2 out of 4 stars explaining that “listening to some 16-year-old kid lecture his parents on the demands of 12-step rehabilitation is enough to make anyone reach for the mute button” — this TV Addict doesn’t care.
Truth be told, a mere week removed from May Sweeps, the TV Addict is already experiencing mild symptoms of E.R.W. (also known as Endless Repeat Withdrawl) and is jonsin’ for a hit of ‘new’ TV that doesn’t contain the words ‘reality’ in it. As a result, we’ll most definitely be tuning in to watch yet another set of good-looking privileged teenagers deal with real life ‘problems.’
Will you be giving this OC knock-off a chance or have you decided to give your remote control some much needed time off? Post away with your plans.
Jenny’s Summer TV Preview: CREATURE COMFORTS
Two dogs sniffing another dog’s behind, talking about the bouquet, the scents, like dried fruit (dried cranberries specifically). What in the world am I watching? Oh yeah, CBS’s new show, CREATURE COMFORTS, starting Monday, June 4th at 8/7c. The American version of the hit British television series and based on the original Academy Award-winning short film of the same name, the animated series takes real-person interviews and sets them as the voices of animated animals, such as birds, dogs, porcupines, insects & more. The best part was the set of lovebirds who portrayed an older married couple listing their ailments. The first joke to truly make me laugh was when the wife said she was constipated and the male lovebird suddenly did what birds seem to do all over my car, then said he didn’t have any chronic ailments. The show tackles a variety of subjects, including doctor’s visits & being sick, and my favorite, animal magnetism. One part has a female monkey doing “He loves me, He loves me not.” with fleas from a male monkey’s back. The animation is cute, from the same team that came out with Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, but the show felt disjointed to me. At first, the jokes seemed to fall flat, the voices were kind of boring and bland. It started off slow, even made me consider not watching the rest, but about halfway through, it picked up and I laughed quite a few times. It got funnier as it went along, even bringing my husband to the couch from his desk to watch and listen more closely. It made me miss the very short-lived show from 2004, Father of the Pride! Definitely check this out and hope it lives up to its potential!
Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? Audition and Find Out!
SUMMER SCHOOL IS IN SESSION AS “ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?” SEARCHES FOR A NEW CLASS
As students get ready for their summer break, FOX is staying in school to give kids across America the opportunity to become star scholars. Since current classmates Jacob, Alana, Spencer, Kyle and Marki are set to graduate from grammar school, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? will hold casting calls in Chicago beginning Saturday, June 2; in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 5; in Las Vegas on Friday, June 8; in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 12; and in New York on Saturday, June 16. All-new episodes of the hit quiz show air Thursdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
The following casting sessions are open to graduating 4th graders registered for the 5th grade for the 2007-2008 school year. Doors open at 8:00 AM at each location.