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“The Simpsons” Season 19 Premiere Recap

September 24, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Posted by Mike (who is aroused … and confused) If you’re like me, you loved the Season 19 premiere of The Simpsons. Of course, if you’re like me, that means you’re also a rabid fan of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bears and Joe Jackson (not the one who played for the Chicago White Sox) — all of whom were featured in the episode. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The Simpsons is one of the only shows on television that offers its viewers something new each week during its opening credits, and this week’s sequence was reworked to include […]

Dexter vs. Doakes

September 24, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Posted by: Elaine B When last we saw our favorite antihero, Dexter was absorbed in the fantasy of being hailed as a hero by the citizens of Miami for dispatching the Ice Truck Killer. This season takes up where the last left off, with Dexter in a funk and missing his brother who, with no adherence to the Code of Harry, might have been the ideal person to dispatch Dexter’s ongoing headache, Sergeant Doakes, who is stuck on Dex like a duck on a junebug. We can surmise that, in the case of Doakes, it takes a killer to see […]

Catching Up With The Gang: An “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” Recap

September 21, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Two episodes into its current run, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia faced the daunting task of topping what is destined to be the funniest moment of the season: Charlie tripping on acid and dancing incognito among the McPoyles as Green Man in last week’s “The Gang Gets Invincible.” The quest began last night with a pair of new episodes, “Dennis and Dee’s Mom Is Dead” and “The Gang Gets Held Hostage.” Since the titles pretty much tell you what happened, we could probably just skip the recap … but we won’t. “Dennis and Dee’s Mom is Dead” begins with Frank […]

“The Simpsons” Season 19 Premiere Is Almost Here

September 20, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

The Simpsons are going to Chicago! Well, at least Homer is — by private jet —in Sunday night’s Season 19 premiere, titled “He Loves To Fly and He D’ohs.” Chicago may be called the Second City, but it’s got to be at least the dozenth one the Simpsons have visited during their long run on FOX. But, after the long wait, at least Matt Groening and company get it right, by paying tribute to Chitown’s sports teams and landmarks as Homer and his unlikely dinner date Mr. Burns tour the Windy City. (You know, what Chicago really needs is a […]

Brewers Vs. Cubs Spills Over Onto The Small Screen

September 19, 2007 Channel Guide Staff 1

With the division race in the National League Central still up for grabs, the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers are taking their rivalry to a new venue: television. You might remember that, back in June, four Brewers — shortstop J.J. Hardy, center fielder Bill Hall and pitchers Chris Capuano and Jeff Suppan — appeared in an episode of The Young and the Restless. (If you don’t remember, here it is. By the way, does she still think Chris Capuano is the “best left-handed pitcher in the entire league” at 5-12 with a 5.21 ERA?) Well, tomorrow, while his teammates take […]

Who Wants To Make A Man Date With "Cavemen" and "Carpoolers"?

September 19, 2007 Channel Guide Staff 1

Posted by Mike Hey, guys, ABC was just wondering — if you’re not doing anything on Tuesday nights — would you maybe want to go on a “man date”? Turns out, the alphabet network just realized that all of its other shows are “for chicks,” so they’ve decided to make a night of television just for men. So, on Tuesdays, instead of being subjected to the Emmy-winning shows — such as Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives — that litter the other nights on ABC’s schedule, men will be treated to Cavemen and Carpoolers. Yeah, um, thanks. But the kicker […]

Catching Up With The Gang: An “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” Recap

September 14, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

The crassest comedy on television returned last night with two wonderfully depraved episodes that pay (dis)respect to recent movies. In “The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby,” Dennis takes inspiration from Al Gore’s global warming warning An Inconvenient Truth and tries to join a group of environmental activists. After being chided by their leader for his lack of commitment, Dennis finds a new cause — sleeping with the treehugger’s girlfriend out of spite — but not before his half-assed Earth-saving efforts lead to the discovery of the aforementioned dumpster baby, whom Mac and Dee lovingly dub D.B. before attempting to exploit […]

Eric Johnson of SCI FI’s “Flash Gordon” Series

August 6, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Eric Johnson isn’t what you’d call a slacker. As we talk, it’s only a little before 7am his time, and he already sounds upbeat, focused and ready to attack the day — which is fitting for a guy who’s taken on the title role in SCI FI‘s new Flash Gordon series (premiering Aug. 10). And even though he’s already many weeks into production, he maintains that for him, this new adventure just gets more and more exciting. “I was a little worried that after we got into the realities of making this show, that the enthusiasm would wane,” he says. […]

Get Fresh With Your Wedding

July 21, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Discovery Health Channel‘s resident natural living specialist Sara Snow is known for sharing tips on how to live a more wholesome and organic lifestyle. This month, Snow takes her crusade for all things natural to one of the biggest events in the life of any couple — the wedding. In an hourlong green wedding special of Get Fresh With Sara Snow, airing July 25, she reveals just how perfect — and how perfectly green — a wedding day can be. For the bride, a vegan, a green wedding was a natural idea. For the groom, an Italian who knows nothing […]

No Longer A Lost Boy, Corey Feldman Finds Humor In Being Himself

July 10, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

With apologies to Corey “I wear my sunglasses at night” Hart, only two Coreys really mattered in the ’80s: Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. Beginning in 1987, having already established some serious child-actor credentials independently of one another in films such as Lucas, Stand by Me and The Goonies, the Haimster and Feldog forged a union that generated the teen flicks The Lost Boys, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream, and rendered their last names unnecessary. There was a time when the Coreys were everywhere. That time has passed. Now, an A&E comedy series called The Two Coreys, […]