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My “Playing House”-Related Plea to USA Network

September 15, 2014 Kellie Freeze 35

I am not known for my patience, but I have been a stoically patient lady waiting for the announcement of a Season 2 pickup for USA Network’s comedy, Playing House. I have gotten to a point of impatience where I can no longer stay quiet. TV hates me. It must. For the first time in years, a network presents a show that perfectly encapsulates my life, my desires and my TV wants and then after dangling a few episodes of perfection in front of me and likeminded viewers, it withholds the very TV manna that I have come to crave. […]

Channel Guide Magazine’s Top 10 Fall 2014 TV Shows

August 27, 2014 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

We’ve gathered the staff, argued it out and put together our list of the Top 10 Fall 2014 TV shows. While we’re anxiously awaiting some midseason entries featuring A-list talent, we kept our focus on the newbies debuting this year. Agree with our choices? Disagree? Think we missed a few contenders? Let us know your favorites and why you think they are hits in the making in the comments below. How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) This one’s coming from creating/writing genius Shonda Rhimes of Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal fame. Enough said. Gotham (FOX) Whether you’re a […]

7 Questions With … Sean Bean of TNT’s Legends

August 7, 2014 Kellie Freeze 3

I had a phone number and I was afraid to dial it. That’s how I felt before I interviewed Sean Bean. He’s well known for playing tough and intimidating characters like Ned Stark in Game of Thrones and Boromir in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and even as the bad guys in Patriot Games and GoldenEye, he’s as much known for his intensity as he is for his often spectacular death scenes. So when it came time to call him on the phone to talk about his new TNT series, Legends, I’ll admit I was a wee bit nervous. […]

The Last Ship Episode 7 recap: Wherefore Art Thou, Captain?

August 4, 2014 Sara S. Gustafson 1

If you thought last week’s attempt at a bottle episode lacked network TV violence, The Last Ship has it covered in episode 7! We open on a sweet, unexplained, high seas gun battle between two of the Nathan James’s boats and mysterious Russian boat. Somebody in a TV show finally points out how hard it is to shoot a gun in a moving vehicle and the crew (including Tex and Commander Chandler) call for backup in the form of an armed helicopter. The Blackhawk successfully drives off the Russians but the Commander’s boat is damaged and sinking, forcing them to […]

Tonight on Lifetime, True Tori: The Reunion

June 3, 2014 Kellie Freeze 1

I thought that last week was the final episode of True Tori, but no, the universe curses me again!! Tonight, we get another chance for Tori to “find her voice” and tell us “her True sTori” on True Tori The Reunion: All Questions Answered. Bleech! Thankfully, the kids won’t be around to see Tori cry or yell at Dean, but I heartily doubt that many of my questions will be answered, namely, 1)does Dean still use the phrase “the cat’s ass,” 2) do Tori’s friends Jess, Andy and Mehran charge her by the hour for their advice? 3) is Dr. […]

Ballroom Blitz! Tonight on “Dancing With The Stars”: The Switch Up!

April 7, 2014 Kellie Freeze Comments Off

This week’s episode of Dancing With the Stars promises to shake things up, because every celebrity has swapped professional partners! How will James Maslow dance without sexy siren Peta Murgatroyd? Will Meryl Davis create the same passion with a new partner? I chatted with Anna Trebunskaya, the fiery redhead who danced professionally on DWTS for 10 seasons, for her take on this year’s contestants. Anna had excellent insight into the competition and she also weighed in on who she thinks will win… Charlie White & Sharna and Meryl Davis & Maks are obvious choices to win, but Anna’s also impressed […]

Dance Moms recap Season 4 episode 12: Sisters are doing it for themselves

March 18, 2014 Lori Acken 31

We’re a dozen episodes into Season 4, Dance Moms nation, and a few themes seem to be emerging. The obvious biggie is that one not-so-fine day, Abby is going to assemble a new competition squad. Unless it’s simply a fresh way to instill terror into her current dancers, while parading a steady stream of other dancers in front of the cameras. Whether or not said new team will truly be assembled and what it might mean to the show and the existing team remains to be seen. But in the meantime, it’s as inescapable as a butt rash. And just […]

Dance Moms Season 4 episode 8 recap: Come On Over For Whine And Cheese

February 18, 2014 Lori Acken 72

The Face of the Abby Lee Dance Company has changed, Dance Moms nation. Kelly’s, Paige’s and Brooke’s are officially gone by virtue of an “official letter” from Abby’s new deer-in-the-headlights receptionist (well and also, you know, those pesky lawsuits). Kalani’s and Kira’s are here to stay, even though we’re not technically supposed to know that yet … even though Abby said it on The View a month ago. Life was so much easier when I was willful in my ignorance. Kalani is also the top of the pyramid, I’m guessing by virtue of being the only one whose last name […]

So, about those Dance Moms lawsuits …

February 18, 2014 Lori Acken 21

Yes, Dance Moms nation, now that we’ve all seen the Dance Moms “Battle in the Bronx” on last Tuesday’s episode, Kelly Hyland has done something official about it. In response to the lawsuit filed by Abby Lee Miller following the pair’s November bitey-slappy-hair-pully altercation in New York, Kelly spent Valentine’s Day filing her own $5 million complaint in L.A. Superior Court, alleging non-payment, unlawful working conditions for the children and a litany of other abuses. Both Abby Lee and the show’s parent company Collins Avenue Entertainment are named as respondents. As first reported by TMZ and subsequently fleshed out by […]

The Walking Dead recap Season 4 episode 10 ‘Inmates’: So good to see you again!

February 17, 2014 Lori Acken Comments Off

After last week’s slow dance with Rick, Carl and Michonne, post prison collapse, the fates of the rest of The Walking Dead prison crew (plus one) were revealed on last night’s shock-and-awe episode, ‘Inmates’. And surprises came equally fast and furious. But I have to say this right out of the gate — in the case of some of the episode’s biggest reveals, a little more show and less tell, perhaps over the span of one additional expository episode, would have made for a much deeper emotional wallop, even if they will be fleshed out in future outings. Show me […]