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Archives for March 2009
Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 19, 2009
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
UGLY BETTY (8PM ABC, CityTV in Canada)
It’s a good news/bad news situation for Betty tonight. On the plus side, she finally gets a makeover from her co-workers. But seeing as the folks who give her that makeover are Mark and Amanda, we can’t help but worry. Speaking of makeovers, Daniel and Wilhelmina decide to give Mode one as well in an effort to boost circulation.
THE OFFICE (9PM NBC, GlobalTV in Canada)
Ugh. A Michael-centric office. here’s hoping the new vice-president who comes on board tonight can balance that out, because this show is in serious danger of having its lead character drag the whole thing down.
GREY’S ANATOMY (9PM ABC, CTV in Canada)
Is it just me, or are Christina, Bailey and Mark pretty much the only characters on this show who aren’t annoying? I suppose we could throw George into the mix, too, if only because he’s not on screen enough to actually annoy us. Anyway, tonight, Izzie tries to keep her disease under wraps, Christina finally gets a solo surgery and Mark tries to do a face transplant.
SUPERNATURAL (9PM CW)
Castiel and Uriel have been kinda nasty to Sam and Dean in the past, but you know how angels are: The minute they need a favor, they come knockin’ on bended wing. Which is what happens when someone begins killing angels with Lucifer’s sword. Of course, the real question is this: Who was stupid enough to give the devil a sword in the first place?
30 ROCK (9:30PM CW, CityTV in Canada)
Liz finds out that pretty people — like her boyfriend — get special treatment. Meanwhile, Jenna’s latest bid for attention from the public could result in the worst hair day ever.
PRIVATE PRACTICE (10PM ABC, “A” in Canada)
Addison has to repress her feelings for someone who’s not as single as she’d like. Unfortunately, Addison has never really been all that great at repressing anything…
Review: BETTER OFF TED
After a ringing endorsement from one of the country’s preeminent television critics, praise from one of my daily-must-read television blogs, not to mention an effusive tweet or two, you may be surprised to discover that this TV Addict’s initial reaction to last night’s series premiere of BETTER OFF TED can be summed up in one sentence: I would have been better off watching GARY UNMARRIED.
TV Ratings: March 18, 2009
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | FOX | Lie to Me | 10.03 | 3.1/10 |
CBS | New Adventures… Old Christine | 7.37 | 2.1/7 | |
ABC | Scrubs | 5.80 | 2.2/7 | |
NBC | The Chopping Block | 3.46 | 1.3/4 | |
CW | America’s Next Top Model | 3.60 | 1.6/5 | |
8:30PM | CBS | Gary Unmarried | 7.57 | 2.3/7 |
ABC | Better off Ted | 5.64 | 2.2/6 | |
9PM | FOX | American Idol | 23.07 | 8.5/20 |
CBS | Criminal Minds | 13.49 | 3.2/8 | |
ABC | Lost | 9.08 | 4.2/10 | |
NBC | Life | 4.22 | 1.5/3 | |
CW | 90210 (R) | 910,000 | 0.4/1 | |
10PM | CBS | CSI: NY | 12.70 | 3.3/9 |
NBC | Law & Order | 7.07 | 2.1/6 | |
ABC | Life on Mars | 5.27 | 2.0/6 |
Random Musings: BETTER OF TED, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER & MELROSE PLACE
As if this week’s years-in-development-million-dollar rebrand of NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi Channel to SyFy (a name that was coincidentally coined by friend of theTVaddict.com Michael Hinman over a decade ago) wasn’t evidence enough that Hollywood has officially run out of original ideas, check out these two eerily similar marketing campaigns for ABC’s new comedy BETTER OFF TED and ABC Family’s signature series GREEK. I can’t see the difference, can you?
First Look Video: Meet Michael Scott’s New Boss
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Is THE WIRE’s Idris Elba change Michael Scott can believe in? Find out for yourself by checking out theTVaddict.com’s exclusive sneak peak at tonight’s brand new episode of THE OFFICE, appropriately titled, “New Boss.”
AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 Results Shocker: Who Went Home
Dying to know which contestant America sent home packing tonight, but not enough to actually sit through the commercial-filled, over-produced, hour-long borefest that was tonight’s AMERICAN IDOLresults show? No problem, that’s what theTVaddict.com is here for!
Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 18, 2009
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
SCRUBS (8PM ABC)
The funniest comedy you’re not watching — because ABC decided to hold off on new episodes for the better part of two months only to bring it back with little-to-no-fan-fare on a completely different day and time — returns tonight. But hey, we’re not bitter. Really.
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE (8PM ABC)
Maybe now that television’s funniest two mean mommies have finally gone into labor, someone at CBS can get their act together and develop a Marly and Lindsay spin-off.
BETTER OF TED (8:30PM ABC)
BETTER OF TED has the advantage of debuting as just the right time: when viewer’s wouldn’t mind reveling in corporate comeuppance. It’s big business satire anchored by more-moral-than-his-employers straight arrow Ted (Jay Harrington, channeling Jon Hamm, except with boyish charm), head of research and development for Veridian Dynamics, a company responsible for weaponizing pumpkins and freezing its employees on a whim. Stocked with a top-notch cast (particularly Arrested Development’s Portia De Rossi as Ted’s icy, tight-laced boss), it bares the same potential of so many failed ABC comedies: it’s funny enough, but inconsistent — it needs time it probably won’t get to find its footing. — Aleks Chan
LOST (9PM ABC, “A” in Canada)
Kate returns to the island just in time to ruin Sawyer and Juliet’s happily ever after… awwwwwkward.
DAMAGES (10PM FX)
Call us a stickler for details, but we’re fairly certain that the official episode description should say, “Ellen discovers a another dark secret about Patty’s personal life.”
Separated at Birth? You Be the Judge!
An Open Letter to Ronald D. Moore (Re: The BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Series Finale)
Before BATTLESTAR GALACTICA reaches what will hopefully be a thrilling conclusion this Friday, the TV Addict wanted to take this opportunity to leave you with five choice words: Please don’t Frak this up.
Because the truth is, we’d be lying if we said we weren’t worried.
Not only have these final string of episodes been a massive letdown in the edge-of-your-seat-excitement department, what you yourself had to say about the importance of ‘plot’ in a recent interview with BSG uber-critic Maureen Ryan does little to assuage our fears.