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Jenny’s TV Guide: Sunday February 17

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Welcome to a new week for This Week on TV! Lots of good stuff on this week. And since the writer’s strike is over and we are going to be seeing the return of many of our favorites in a couple of months, it’s time to celebrate. So let’s get to it and see what’s going on, shall we?

Sunday marks the two-hour movie (which may be turned into a series assuming you all tune in) of Knight Rider. Will this re-imagination be BIONIC WOMAN bad or BATTLESTAR GALACTICA good, find out for yourself on NBC at 9/8c (Global TV in Canada)

It’s also the network premiere of Dexter on CBS at 10/9c. If you haven’t caught this show before, NOW IS THE TIME! It is so terrific. I’ve heard they didn’t ruin it by having to tone parts down when they took it off cable, so… Definitely check it out!

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale* – American Gladiators – NBC @ 7/6c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Season Finale* – Cold Case – CBS @ 9/8c (Season Finale Due to the Writers’ Strike)
  • *Season Premiere* – Family Guy – FOX @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere* – Dexter – CBS @ 10/9c (Network Series Premiere)
  • *Special* – Knight Rider – NBC @ 9/8c (2-Hour Pilot Special Into Possible Series?)
  • *New* – American Dad – FOX @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New* – America’s Funniest Home Videos – ABC @ 7/6c
  • *New* – Big Brother – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Breaking Bad – AMC @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Brothers & Sisters – ABC @ 10:01/9:01c (Last Episode Before Hiatus)
  • *New* – CW Now – CW @ 7/6c
  • *New* – Extreme Makeover Home Edition – ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New* – King of the Hill – FOX @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New* – Rock of Love with Bret Michaels – VH1 @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Russell Simmons Presents: Def Comedy Jam – HBO @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Scott Baio is 46… and Pregnant – VH1 @ 10/9c (1-Hour New Episode)
  • *New* – Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood – E! @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New* – The Girls Next Door – E! @ 10/9c
  • *New* – The L Word – Showtime @ 9/8c
  • *New* – The Simpsons – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *New* – The Wire – HBO @ 9/8c

Introducing the LOST Questions/Quality Scale

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For far too long, fans of Oceanic 815 have woken up the next morning with that all to familiar LOST hangover [or LOSTover if you will]. Like clockwork, the phrase, “sure it was an interesting episode… but why so many questions?” echoed throughout the blogosphere.

That is, until this season.

As LOSTerminds Damon Lindeloff and Carlton Cuse continue to serve up episodes that surpass fan’s expectations, this TV Addict has had an epiphany. A mysterious black smoke monster style vision if you will. Much like Barney’s Hot/Crazy scale, LOST is all about the questions to quality ratio. When the show throws up a dud of an episode like last season’s bore-fest involving Jack and his tattoo, the internet is ablaze with cries of, “When are we going to get some answers!” Yet this season, the ever expanding list of questions becomes inconsequential as Lindeloff, Cuse and the entire LOST cast and creative team continue to deliver phenomenal episode after phenomenal episode.

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THE WIRE: Not Brought to you by the Baltimore Tourism Bureau

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This weekend, the TV Addict finally made use of the ON Demand services he pays his cable company (Rogers) far too much for by spending a few hours with HBO’s critically acclaimed drama THE WIRE.

Yet rather than wax poetically about the gritty realism and incredibly layered story (that I loved by the way), this TV Addict will simply say this. THE WIRE: Certainly not brought to you by the Baltimore Tourism Bureau.

Now don’t get me wrong, in ‘reality’ I’m sure Baltimore is a beautiful city. Unfortunately, we’re talking TV, reality has very little to do with it.

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2008 Golden Globe Winners

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Since odds are good you missed tonight’s abbreviated Golden Globe Ceremony, here are the list of winners.

DRAMATIC TV SERIES: MAD MEN
TV Addict’s Take: The Hollywood Foreign Press loves to award television’s next big thing. How long until the rest of North America catches on?

BEST ACTOR TV DRAMA: JON HAMM, MAD MEN
TV Addict’s Take: We get it, Jon Hamm is television’s next big thing. But would it have killed the Hollywood Foreign Press to recognize the CURRENT big thing Michael C. Hall? It may, depending on how much award recognition means to Dexter Morgan.

BEST ACTRESS TV DRAMA: Glenn Close, Damages
TV Addict’s Take: As if there was any doubt.

TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY: EXTRAS
TV Addict’s Take: Would I loved to have seen 30 ROCK win? Absolutely. That said, who can argue with the brilliance of Ricky Gervais’ follow up to THE OFFICE. Now the only question remaining is what’s he is going to do for an encore?

BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY: DAVID DUCHOVNY, Californication
TV Addict’s Take: When you look like David Duchovny, you should need to do more than play an over-sexed, alcoholic, emotional train-wreck to win an award. Alec Baldwin was robbed.

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: LONGFORD
TV Addict’s Take: I’m not even going to pretend to know what LONGFORD is.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: QUEEN LATIFAH
TV Addict’s Take: After last week’s People’s Choice Awards, I thought the only thing on “Life Support” was Queen Latifah’s career. Zing!

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: JIM BROADBENT
TV Addicts’ Take: So this LONGFORD thing’s apparently good, no?

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: SAMANTHA MORTON
TV Addict’s Take: Raise you hand if you actually saw LONGFORD.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: JEREMY PIVEN
TV Addict’s Take: How different is Jeremy Piven really from the narcissistic Hollywood agent he plays on ENTOURAGE? Ted Danson was robbed for his career rejuvenating turn as a narcissistic and power mad CEO.

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Live Blogging the Golden Globes

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9:01PM: Not surprisingly, it took less than a minute for NBC to ensure the audience knew exactly why there was no traditional Golden Globe Ceremony this year. Who knew it was all the WGA’s fault! Thank God for NBC’s completely unbiased coverage.

9:05PM: Proof that Hollywood loves itself far too much. Jeremy Piven wins another Golden Globe. Ted Danson was robbed.

9:06PM: The TV Addict forsees a win for Glenn Close. Suck it Patricia Arquette.

9:08PM: GLENN CLOSE gets a Globe. Hmmm. Perhaps tonight won’t be so bad after-all.

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Amrie’s Take on TV: Best of 2007

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I watch a lot of TV. Probably, more TV than I should. I watch TV instead of sleeping some times. Why do I tell you what you probably already know? To explain the difficulty that I’m having in narrowing down my (few days late) favorite shows list. It’s pained me to have to leave off old favorites (I’m sorry, Heroes, but you just aren’t cutting it…) and I was so excited to have a fabulously gorgeous new show to add to the list this year (welcome Piemaker and friends). I’m sure I’m leaving your favorites off of my top 11 shows of 2007, but keep reading – there’s a ridiculously long list of honorable mentions at the bottom!

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Say what you will about the Landry/Tyra plot (a plot that I enjoyed), there is no show like this on TV. Family dynamics at their best and sometimes worst, a whole town coming together, pain, angst, hatred, disgust, love, lust, Christianity, depraved hedonism, this show has it all. Amazing. If you don’t believe that you can get caught up and love the show just as much as I do, take my sister as a prime example. Starting the weekend after Christmas, Mary tucked into bed, laid around for hours upon hours, smitten with the show after 2 minutes of the pilot. She’s now all caught up, just like me, and now she’s going through withdrawal as she tries to make the wait until Friday Night go super fast!

PUSHING DAISIES
Never was I so smitten with a first episode, and the characters in the first episode, as I was with this show. I know there are folks out there who think this one is too sugary-sweet, but I love the escape from the real world that this show never fails to give me. The Piemaker and his sweetheart, A Girl named Chuck, make me root for love. Olive Snook is the perfect character for Kristen Chenowith, and we all know how much I love Chi McBride. Oh and can I mention the greatest Aunts (mothers?) ever on screen and the best emoting-dog in the world? The stories are wacky, the colors are gorgeous, and I just can’t wait for the horrid strike to end (I support the writers, I promise) so that I can see new stories unfold!

VERONICA MARS
Until the end of time, this show will rank as one of my all time favorite shows. Is that a big promise to make to a television series? Come on! The lead character had spunk and style, and charm, and class, and sass and she just made it fun to watch! Did I mention my love for Logan Echolls? Sure, he’s a jackass, and yes, he made some pretty frakked up decisions, but he was always my favorite. I love Wallace (though he was painfully underutilized in the final season) and I love Veronica’s solid relationship with Papa Keith. Mac was a great best friend, Parker wasn’t terrible (except for the whole loving Logan thing) and Piz was an adorable new friend (I hated the relationships between Piz and Veronica, but I loved the friendship!). Dick Casablancas always made it hilarious. It was a big shame to see my pal Michael Muhney’s character kick the bucket, but it was done with Veronica Mars flair, and I couldn’t ask for anything better. I only wish that Dawn Ostroff hadn’t over promised and had put us VM fans out of our misery way sooner than she did.

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2007 Top 10 TV Shows

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Like everyone else on the planet, I feel the need to prepare for 2008 by taking one last look at the year gone by. And since I know your deepest, darkest, desire is to take a glimpse into my personal thoughts as to what shows rocked in 2007, here they are (in no particular order).

After all, I’m sure those of who who swing by regularly (and, by the way, thanks for that!) haven’t a clue as to my likes and dislikes since I’m so tight-lipped about them!

30 ROCK
Rather than wax poetically about the brilliance of writer/actor/creator/Goddess Tina Fey and one of television’s finest comedic ensembles since the gang from FRIENDS went to that big coffee house in the sky, I’ll simply say this: 30 ROCK delivers the one thing I expect of a comedy: laughs. Call me crazy, but I’m tired of sitcoms that are all situation and no comedy. 30 ROCK delivers both in equal measures. Following a rocky start in its first season, this TV Addict is ready to proclaim 30 ROCK the heir apparent to SEINFELD and worthy of the NBC marketing mantra must see TV comedy night done right.

DAMAGES
Reason #9,434 to curse the Canadian networks: None were smart enough to pick up this brilliant legal thriller featuring a performance from Glenn Close so dazzling that come Emmy night, other Lead Actress nominees shouldn’t fret about their acceptance speeches. (Then again, how often does the Academy actually get these things right?) How great is this show? Let’s put it this way: I didn’t begrudge iTunes the $1.99 a week I handed over in order to watch. No other show offered such truly unpredictible plot twists, let alone a chance to hiss at Ted Danson, who was so vile as Arthur Frobisher that he may finally have washed away those memories of CHEERS barkeep Sam Malone which have clung to him like the smell of stale beer and cigarettes. Our only quibble? Why did they have to kill conflicted legal eagle Ray Fiske (played with such poignancy by Zelijko Ivanek)?

DEXTER
Televisions most unusual police procedural could easily have taken the easy way out in season two by simply offering up a repeat of what had worked so well during its freshman season. Instead, however, our favorite serial killer went through a major identity crisis as the lives he’d previously struggled to keep compartmentalized came crashing together. Suddenly, his secret identity was on the verge of being exposed, his personal life was a mess and the very belief system upon which he’d based his existence was yanked out from under him. Before the season was over, Dexter and his nemesis, Doakes, were caught up in the greatest confrontation since the days of Sydney vs. Mama Irina.

BATTLESTAR GALACTIACA
Leave it to show-runner Ronald D. Moore to top GALACTICA’s jaw-dropping second season “one year later” by offering up not one, or two, but THREE shocking moments to cap off the phenomenal third season. The final five Cylons revealed! The return of Starbuck! The path to earth revealed! I’m perched on the edge of my seat awaiting this show’s return… and dreading the fact that the fourth season will be its last.

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The TV Addict’s Favorite TV Moments of 2007

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All week long theTVaddict.com has been posting some of your favorite moments from the year that was in television. Now it’s my turn.

The following, in no particular order, are 10 of the TV Addict’s favorite moments from 2007 — complete with links to YouTube. Seriously, what did we do before YouTube?

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: Barney’s Hot/Crazy Scale
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Street Coaches Saracen
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: All Along the Watchtower
UGLY BETTY: Amanda Sings “Milkshake”
GREY’S ANATOMY: Burke Practices Wedding Vows
30 ROCK: Jenna does Hardball
GILMORE GIRLS: Lorelai Sings “I Will Always Love You”
DEXTER: Dexter confronts Doakes
GOSSIP GIRL: Opening Theme + Kristen Bell = Bliss
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER: New Rules, The smartest 6 minutes on TV

Think I missed any. Post your YouTube links below.

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