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Reality TV

An ANTM Health Warning

by WindUpDoll Kids, I’m generally not an off-day poster, but I thought this story was more of a public service than a post. Please, please don’t talk while your favorite programming is on. Especially America’s Next Top Model. Discuss.

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Drama

Getting Lost: “The Shape of Things to Come” Review

Posted by Mike and johhnysweeptheleg Wow. There’s a lot to digest from last night’s episode, “The Shape of Things to Come,” so we’ll just say that it’s great to have the show back. Now, let’s get down to business. johnnysweeptheleg’s Lost In A Moment: We know what the writers were doing during the winter-long strike. Instead of growing beards like Conan and Dave, they perused the Lost blogs and read all the whining over the balance of questions versus answers. If you like things getting blow’d up and shot at, you loved last night’s Lost.

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Comedy

The Office: “Night Out” Recap

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg You know, The Office isn’t just about laughs. The show provides a public service. Consider the open of last night’s episode. Thanks to Michael, we now know what to do if we ever see a shiny object underneath a car. In the best-case scenario, it’s a quarter. Worst case, it’s tinfoil, and you get gum in your hair and spend the morning getting your head slathered in peanut butter and massaged by Dwight. The lesson learned? Let it go.

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Reality TV

American Idol Works The Drama For All It’s Worth

We begin this episode with Ryan kissing both Paula and Simon on the top of the head. I’m wondering if he was dared to do that. So my EPG is telling me that Andrew Lloyd Webber is performing tonight. I see now that he’s at the piano. That’s a good thing. The group sing to start the show is ‘All I Ask Of You.’ It’s a duet, but we’ve got 3 guys & 3 girls, so it’s close enough, I guess. They forgo almost all choreography, but you can tell Andrew Lloyd Webber insisted on some kind of harmony. It’s […]

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Reality TV

Time For the ANTM Girls To Mispronunskiate Eyetailian

Dominique, Rhodes’ scholar, says going to Rome is like going to a museum. They have old buildings there — really old! Lauren doesn’t fit in with the other girls, but she’s totally psyched about getting this far. Whitney is feeling plus pride at being the farthest-going plus-size contestant. Anya totally biffs when getting out of the minivan. Fatima claims that she’s back, with a bang! Ah, yes, the confidence before the language-barrier meltdowns. TyraMail comes in the form of a picture of Tyra as the Mona Lisa. The Rome Top Model house is, of course, gorgeous. Katarzyna calls it off […]

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Sports

Long Overdue Erin Andrews Post. Also, Spelling Bee News.

Posted by Cubicle QB I’ve long resisted doing another Erin Andrews related post just to boost traffic and perpetuate an already very exhausted Interweb phenomenon (look guys, bare calves!). But today there is actual relevant Erin Andrews news involving the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Via Deadspin and The Futon Critic comes the news that Andrews will be joining ESPN and ABC’s coverage of the bee as a correspondent. Dancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron is also added as a host. Out are last year’s hosts Mike & Mike and reporter Stu Scott — we will miss ripping on them.

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Reality TV

American Idol Meets Musical Theater

The Idols are being challenged like they’ve never been challenged before. David Duchovny and family are looking forward to that challenge. Maybe that challenge is the fact that every episode they’re told that sounding like you’re on Broadway does not equal sounding like a pop star. So making Andrew Lloyd Webber sound contemporary will be a challenge. The band has been brought onto the stage and is closer to a full orchestra than usual. The Top Six Idols are belched out of the stage again. Brooke looks like she’s going to cry already. Good call, Vote For The Worst. We […]

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7 Questions With...

8 Questions With … Elizabeth Berkley

What has been your strangest fan experience? Elizabeth Berkley: At the stage door of a Broadway show I was doing, a young fan came up to me and launched into a full scene from Showgirls right there on the street. Choreography and everything. What was even crazier than that is that he was actually amazing! He nailed it. It was rather shocking, but he nailed it! You’re at a magazine rack and can pick up three magazines — what are they? Definitely Time. I love InStyle — it’s so much fun. And probably Vogue. If your television only carried three […]

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Comedy

How I Met Your Mother: “Sandcastles in the Sand” Recap

The Beek is back! But more on that in a minute. This week’s episode begins with the gang admiring Robin’s breasts, which, we find out, have been reinforced with tape, cotton balls and half of a Nerf football because an old friend from Canada is coming to visit. “Ooh, someone you went to DeGrassi with?” asks Barney. No, it’s Robin’s first boyfriend, Simon, (played by, you guessed it, James Van Der Beek of Dawson’s Creek fame) whom she dated for a whole summer (which, in Canada, is basically the last week in July). He smelled liked Drakkar, he could ollie […]

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Drama

One Tree Hill: The Slippery Slope Continues 14

Posted by: haro1d Well, another One Tree Hill episode down … and the drama continues to unfold. In case you missed it, here’s the OTH rundown for this week: Haley threw caution to the wind and submitted a demo to Peyton’s label. They’re making an album together — and by mixing business with friendship have jeopardized their relationship without knowing it. Nathan is trying to get back on the basketball court, but Quentin — fresh from the doctor’s office after Lucas forced him to go back for a second hand exam — was so unpleasant on the court with him, […]