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Getting Lost: “Confirmed Dead” Preview

February 7, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Last week’s season premiere was everything we hoped it would be after enduring an eight-month hiatus between Seasons 3 and 4. Now on to our growing list of questions headed into “Confirmed Dead”: – Who are the “rescuers”? – Why are they really coming to the island? – Once off the island, why does Jack need to go back? – When Kate meets Jack at the airport and tells him, “He’s going to be wondering where I am,” who is “he”? – Who was in the coffin during Jack’s flash-forward? – Who is Jacob? – Is Christian Shephard really dead […]

One Tree Hill: The Slippery Slope Continues 5

February 7, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Posted by: haro1d So the drama continues … and continues … and continues … The other night’s episode of “OTH” had “it was only a dream” sequences galore — clips which the series loves to use as teasers for upcoming episodes. It also was what my wife refers to as a filler episode. The escalating tension between Lucas and Peyton broke into a shouting match. Quentin started reading Victor Hugo in order to stay on the basketball team. Mouth still can’t get out from under his boss (in more ways than one) and little Jimmy is having nightmares about his […]

Project Runway Decides To Work For Once

February 6, 2008 Ruth Boulet Comments Off

by WindUpDoll Thank you Bravo for repeating Project Runway ad nauseam. Because of you, I got to see Victorya sack-dress get axed again. I’m sure she’s a nice person, but she annoyed me. This week, since Project Runway decided to do a show again, we start off with Christian dissing Ricky, who gives himself a motivational speech. Heidi is in a patterned gold dress that actually makes her look poochie. Bad choice, Heidi. We also see Jillian’s black bra when they shoot the designers from behind. Nice. Heidi once again ducks actually telling them what to do. Tim comes into […]

American Idol FINALLY Wraps Up Auditions

February 6, 2008 Ruth Boulet Comments Off

by WindUpDoll Supposedly we haven’t yet seen the best, or worst, auditions. American Idol has been saving them for last. And since we’ve all been good boys & girls, we get to see them now. First up is a duo of bad: Casper the Crazy Ghost and Goat-Bleating Boy. One’s a huge white guy in a very white, very large T-shirt. The other is an average ethnic-looking guy. They’re both weird, and probably delusional. Then we get one of the good singers, Amy. She’s ok to me, as far as the singing goes, but she looks cuter than her voice […]

Getting To The Roots Of More Fascinating Families

February 6, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer Comments Off

The 2006 PBS documentary African American Lives was justly praised by many, most notably The New York Times, which called the show “the most exciting and stirring documentary on any subject to appear on television in a long time.” In the program, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. introduced many, particularly black Americans, to new ways of discovering one’s family history through groundbreaking genetic analysis, which was used to trace back the roots of black celebrities such as Chris Tucker and Whoopi Goldberg. Gates, and the series, are back this month for African American Lives 2, airing Feb. 6 and […]

10 Items Or Less: First Time

February 6, 2008 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

Posted by Ryan Leslie’s new Customer Appreciation Corner offers free coffee for everyone. But there’s a problem — he’s gone through 45 cases of French Vanilla Coffee-mate creamer this week alone. Where’s it all going? Carl knows. He’s hooked on the stuff, drinking it straight, making Carltinis, adding it to Juevos Carlitos and putting it on fish. At the customer service desk, Leslie notices Ingrid writing about her Virginity Goodbye Project. Yes, Ingrid is a virgin, but she’s decided to put an end to that. Leslie supports her in this effort, and wants to know if there’s anything he can […]

American Idol in Atlanta

February 5, 2008 Ruth Boulet 1

No, we’re not done with auditions. It seems like we should be, doesn’t it? This episode, we’re in Atlanta, Ryan’s hometown, so of course Mom & Dad come to visit. I’m hoping I only hear Hotlanta once. Once. First up is Joshua, a guy who works with glass and gets a slightly demonic look in his eyes as he sings. The judges go so far as to have him turn his back to them. He makes it through to Hollywood, but he’s one of those contestants that’s what I like to call the ‘load lightener.’ You know them — they’re […]

Free Some Time For G4's "Duty Free TV" Block

February 4, 2008 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

Posted by Ryan On Feb. 4 at 9pm ET/PT, video game network G4 premieres “Duty Free TV,” a block of programming imported from Japan. Cult hit Ninja Warrior is joined by two new shows: Unbeatable Banzuke and Super Big Product Fun Show. I got a little preview of both new shows: Super Big Product Fun Show — Fans of Spike’s MXC will love this. It’s a Japanese Batsu-style “punishment game” show with hilarious English dialog dubbed over it. Hosted by “The Batsu Boys” Ashton and Gary, SBPFS puts product testers through some grueling and embarrassing challenges. The episode I screened […]

Super Bowl XLII: Best And Worst Commercials

February 4, 2008 Ryan Berenz 2

Posted by Cubicle QB We make sandwich. I am meat. Wow. That was unexpected. The Giants killed the Pats’ perfect season in the biggest way possible. I’m not quite ready to accept that we’re now going to hear “Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning.” But I’m not here to analyze the X’s and O’s of the game. I’m here to pick my seven best and worst commercials. It’s a better crop than last year, but still pretty lackluster. (You can watch them all again on MySpace. See what other people thought on USA Today’s Ad Meter.) Here are my picks: The […]

Jade-Lianna Gao Jian Peters Gives Voice To Nick Jr.’s Animated Friend

February 1, 2008 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Just as Nickelodeon responded to the growing influence of Latino culture in American society with its now incredibly popular series Dora the Explorer, Nick Jr. has set its sights in a new direction: China. With its latest animated effort, Ni Hao, Kai-lan, the network hopes to introduce young children to Chinese culture. With a host of animated animal pals and her grandfather Yeye, 5-year-old Kai-lan takes viewers on adventures, teaching words and phrases in Mandarin, and introducing elements of Chinese life designed to stimulate the imagination. Supplying the voice — and plenty of energy — for little Kai-lan is Greater […]