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"The Office" Recap: Survivorman

November 9, 2007 Channel Guide Staff 2

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg As “Survivorman” begins, the talk around the office centers around the events of the previous weekend. It seems Ryan invited a bunch of the branch managers and Toby to a wilderness retreat, as sort of a get-to-know-you weekend, and Michael was not invited because, as Pam theorizes, “Apparently they already knew everything they needed to know about him.” Everyone seems to be relishing the fact that Michael wasn’t included — except for Michael, of course. Inspired by Les Stroud — “a guy who would go out into the middle of nowhere and just try […]

Countdown To Extinction Week 5: A “Cavemen” Recap

November 7, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Like “The Onion” once did with John Leguizamo’s abysmal sketch show “House of Buggin’,” we’re going to provide weekly recaps of “Cavemen” until it gets canceled. Sweet Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson! Cavemen is back (after a one-week layoff so that ABC could air It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) and so are we. Given the current writers’ strike, I can’t imagine that the show will get canceled any time soon, either, despite the fact that ABC has yet to order more episodes as it has done for Samantha Who?, Private Practice and Pushing Daisies. No matter what anyone (myself included) […]

“Chuck” Recap: Chuck Versus the Alma Mater

November 6, 2007 Channel Guide Contributor Comments Off

Chuck would rather “get hit in the Produce section” than go back to Stanford University, again. And it has nothing to do with the $294.68 he owes in late fees for a book he’s still sitting on, from the Stanford library. Stanford is where Chuck went from potential to peril as his best friend, Bryce, stole his girlfriend and set him up, ultimately leading to his expulsion. After getting weekly hints at what Bryce did to Chuck, we finally find out why Chuck was kicked out of Stanford. Deception. Crossbows. And the Dewey Decimal system. Oh yes. All of the […]

“How I Met Your Mother” Recap: Dowisetrepla

November 6, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

As this week’s episode begins, Barney is regaling Ted with the story of his latest conquest: Meg, a girl who is “so perky and full of life and not at all fake” — or at least that describes her boobs. As the camera pans back, we see that while Barney is painting a word picture of Meg’s breasts for Ted, Lily and Marshall are trying to enjoy a romantic dinner just a few feet away. After a quick montage of Ted’s other recent “jackassery,” Marshall determines that he and Lily need to buy their own apartment — a decision that […]

Stewie Finally Kills Lois: The "Family Guy" 100th Episode And Special

November 5, 2007 Channel Guide Contributor Comments Off

Posted by Sarah We finally made it to the 100th episode, and such an occasion deserves … a recap special! Hosted by Seth MacFarlane, the half-hour special looked back at some of his favorite Family Guy moments and heard from regular people just how horrible his show really is, but the best parts were his comments in between segments: “We celebrate 100 episodes of doing just enough to get by.” “We look back at the show that turned me from a poor, Vietnamese immigrant into a Caucasian millionaire.” “Dharma and Greg … what an awful awful show.” “[He laughs] I […]

“Scrubs”: My Hard Labor

November 2, 2007 Channel Guide Staff 1

Posted by SH Following a so-so debut, Season 7 suddenly shows much more promise after putting to rest any fears that the show would end its run with a wacky episode detailing the birth of J.D.’s baby. In my worst nightmares, I could see Robin Williams guest-starring as that zany OB he played in “Nine Months.” Or, even more horrifying, as Patch Adams. But evidently, that’s not what the producers had in mind. The theme song hasn’t even kicked in when J.D. gets the call that Kim has gone into labor. This prompts him to guilt Turk and Carla into […]

“The Office” Recap: Branch Wars

November 2, 2007 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Karen Filipelli is back. And she’s the regional manager of Dunder Mifflin Utica. And she’s offered Stanley more money to leave Scranton and transfer to her branch. Once Michael finishes fiddling with his Ferris Bueller-inspired dummy of himself long enough to grasp the situation, he decides that he can’t afford to lose Stanley. He wouldn’t mind losing Toby, though, and he calls Karen to suggest she take him instead — despite the fact that Toby’s not a salesman and that Michael admits that he thinks “Toby is the worst.” At least two people would miss Toby if he were gone: […]

“My Name Is Earl”: Our Other COPS Is On

November 2, 2007 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

“Our Other COPS Is On” opens with the prison inmates watching TV until their time is up and Randy has to turn the TV off. But the inmates stole the knob off the TV, so it stays on. Turns out that COPS is on. And it happens to be the other episode of COPS that was filmed in Camden County on July 4, 2002, the first July 4 after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. There’s lots of jingoism and paranoia at the celebration on the fairgrounds. The Camden County cops were shipped a bunch of anti-terrorist equipment by mistake and […]

“Chuck” Recap: Chuck Versus The Sandworm

October 30, 2007 Channel Guide Contributor Comments Off

God help me. But I am beginning to come around to the two characters that I thought I would always dislike on the show. Captain Awesome and Morgan. Too bad their characters aren’t gay. In the Brangelina way of combining names, I would love to refer to the couple as Captain Morgan. It’s finally interview day for Chuck, who is in direct competition with Tang for a low-level management position at Buy More. Chuck’s own boss wants him to get the job, albeit for purely selfish stress-related reasons, and tells Chuck he’s a lock for it. After all, as he […]

“How I Met Your Mother” Recap: I’m Not That Guy

October 30, 2007 Channel Guide Staff 2

Posted by Mike Last week’s episode was the best of the season so far. So how does “I’m Not That Guy” try to top it? With John Cho, of course. He’s the guy who played Harold in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle — the movie that changed people’s perceptions of Neil Patrick Harris and indirectly spawned the awesomeness that is Barney Stinson. Without it, NPH’s career may never have come back from Doogie Howser purgatory. But anyway … The episode begins with Ted working at home to avoid distractions, when two big ones — namely Marshall and Barney […]