Posted Jun 20th 2008 12:57PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
Get ready for many,
many Friday nights of having to find something better to do than sit in front of television to watch
Battlestar Galactica. You could always dig into your past-season DVDs to reminisce on what's happened before ("and will happen again?") or simply
watch BSG online. There's also the unimaginable: spending time with friends and loved ones, stepping out of the house or, gods forbid, getting some extra sleep.
While we all think of what to do with that extra hour we have every week, let's go over a few things going on since last week's
mid-season finale.
Continue reading It's Friday and there's no Galactica. What will we do?!
Posted Jun 20th 2008 12:21PM by Brett Love
Filed under: TV Squad Polls, Celebrities, Game Show, Casting, Reality-Free
It certainly won't be the only factor, but the choices made for just who makes up the celebrity panel will go a long way in deciding the fate of this latest incarnation of the classic show. With that in mind, here is the celebrity panel from the recently taped pilot: Sarah Silverman, Norm MacDonald, Bob Einstein (Super Dave!), Scott Thompson (Kids In The Hall), Rashida Jones (The Office), and Niecy Nash (Reno 911). Andrew Daly (Crossballs) is the host.
How does that lineup grab ya? To me, it's not bad. The Reuters article asks if Sarah Silverman is the new Brett Somers or Norm MacDonald is the new Richard Dawson. In a word, no. You just can't fight that kind of nostalgia. So many of us have seen the classic episodes so many times, and have such fond memories of them, that I don't think there is anything they could possibly do to begin to live up to the original.
Continue reading The new Match Game celebrity panel
Posted Jun 12th 2008 3:24PM by Jay Black
Filed under: TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
There was some controversy today in our
Top Chef winner's post. We revealed who the winner was before the jump (and without spoiler warnings). Our commenters -- usually shy and unwilling to criticize our site (ahem) -- let us know exactly what they thought of that decision (hint: they were
not happy).
It occurred to me that the idea of television spoilers is a relatively new one. I mean, after all, it's only been about 20 years or so that the majority of us had the power to watch our shows whenever we wanted to. In our parents' day, you talked about what happened on TV the night before without fear -- if anyone at the office missed the show, well, there was nothing they could do about it anyway.
What we need is a new etiquette. So, I figured I'd throw a post up and ask you guys: how long should you wait before it's okay to talk about spoilers?
Continue reading What is the appropriate amount of time you should wait before talking about spoilers?
Posted May 13th 2008 1:00PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, TV Squad Polls, Upfronts, Reality-Free
Today
ABC revealed its 2008-2009 schedule, where many fan favorites were listed as returning, along with some disappointing cancellations.
Every year, though, there's one show that stands out in that list of returning shows; a show that, nearly every time its name is uttered here, gets slammed and ridiculed, boggling minds as to why, oh why, is it getting yet another season. That show is, of course,
According to Jim.
Once again,
According to Jim gets to continue on ABC for another season. If you read
the comments here, though, it's not as though anyone is particularly happy about it. "WTF" and "you've got to be kidding me" are common reactions to this news. So, I have to wonder: if so many people seem to hate this show, despise it so much as to make it the brunt of many TV-related jokes, and to be shocked -- SHOCKED, I tell you -- that the network could continue to allow such an atrocity to linger on, then who is watching it?
Joel asked this question before, but now I want to know. After the jump I've put a poll in place to get some idea of who's behind the ratings that keep breathing life into Jim Belushi's career.
Continue reading TV Squad Poll: Who the heck watches According to Jim?
Posted Apr 24th 2008 2:01PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Vs., TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Big Brother (US)
I've been an avid fan of
Big Brother since it first premiered on CBS. I watched all seasons but one so far (I was away for one summer with no access to a TV) and started reading up on the
live feeds last summer. One of the things I like to do when watching is trying to predict who'll be evicted next. So even if Jackie put a "Who will have the jury votes to win
Big Brother 9?" in her review of
Wednesday's episode, I decided to chime in and give my two cents about both players and make my own prediction. Is my vote the same as yours? Read on!
Continue reading Big Brother face off: Adam vs. Ryan
Posted Apr 9th 2008 11:03AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
TV Squadder
Paul Goebel reviewed the
series premiere of the ABC comedy
Miss Guided. He wasn't sure what to make of the show after the first airing and I must admit that I also had my doubts about this new comedy. Judy Greer is a joy to watch as guidance counselor Becky Freeley but the comedy was predictable and the cast way too beautiful to portray a real high school. However, I decided to stick with it and ended up enjoying the show's storylines and characters as well as the interview-like tidbits.
The series aired its season finale last week and is now awaiting ABC's upfronts to know if it'll come back next season or have to close the books. To help ABC make its decision, here are some reasons why
Miss Guided should be renewed.
Continue reading Reasons why I think ABC should renew Miss Guided
Posted Apr 8th 2008 2:41PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, NCIS, Casting, Reality-Free
Late last night,
TV Guide's Michael Ausiello put in print words that
NCIS fans didn't want to see: "
NCIS Star Goes AWOL!" As soon as the news hit the Internet, my inbox was flooded with emails asking if I knew who was set to leave the show at the end of the season. I poked my spoilers sources but no answers yet.
NCIS fans will remember that around the same time last year, we heard that
Mark Harmon wanted out because of creator Donald P. Bellisario. The latter accepted to reduce his involvement on the show so that Harmon would stay. So who is it this time? Could it be Harmon? Let's analyze the situation and make our predictions.
Continue reading Major NCIS shake up
Posted Feb 26th 2008 7:33PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Cancellations
"This place is cursed." - Danny McCoy during the Las Vegas season series finale.
Danny couldn't be more right. Over the years,
Las Vegas switched timeslots so many times that I've lost counts. It also went through as many casino owners as timeslots! No matter, the show was an entertaining one. It's the type of show I enjoyed watching on Friday nights (or in most cases Saturday afternoon thanks to my old VCR) because of its lightness. I didn't have to think much while watching the gang try to catch the bad guys, Delinda put her foot in her mouth and Sam try to please her whales so they would lose big bucks on the tables.
A few days after a cliffhanger season finale, NBC decided that fans would have to do without the Montecito crew from now on;
Las Vegas was canceled.
Continue reading Las Vegas: the series that was
Posted Feb 23rd 2008 3:38PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Game Show
Yet another game show premiered last night. This time, it was NBC's
Amne$ia hosted by Dennis Miller. This show has a similar premise than FOX's
The Moment of Truth: contestants reveal secrets and facts about themselves in order to win money. The main difference between the two:
Amne$ia does it tastefully while
Moment goes for the ugliest and dirtiest secrets and somewhat doesn't care that your relationships go awry after the airings.
Continue reading Did you get Amne$ia?
Posted Feb 21st 2008 8:42AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Episode Reviews
(
S01E07) "Good night, Jason." --Mia
And I think that's the last we'll see of the Chinese brain surgeon. What a catch he was though. Smart (well, obviously). Sweet. Attractive. Sleepy. Okay, that last one didn't go over too well. How could anyone, tired from neurosurgery or not, fall asleep on Lucy Liu's abs? She looked downright hot in that lingerie. It reminded me of the
Desperate Housewives episode when Brie went to Rex's motel room and whipped off her fur coat to reveal a red lace bra and panties. (Of course that was Marcia Cross's body before the twins.) Then Brie ruined the sexy mood by obsessing about a burrito about to fall and stain the motel carpet.
More on last night's
Cashmere Mafia (and no more on
Desperate Housewives, I promise) after the jump...
Continue reading Cashmere Mafia: Dog Eat Dog
Posted Feb 15th 2008 10:02AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: The Apprentice, Video, Vs., TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
A few words to describe the celebrity version of NBC's
The Apprentice: drama, tempers, egos, backstabbing, bitching, arguing, egos and... more egos! This week, the bruised egos are those of
America's Got Talent's Piers Morgan and of
The Apprentice (Season 1) Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth. Since the beginning of the season, both have been strong and opinionated players on their respective teams. Even if they didn't have to work together, Piers and Omarosa were pretty vocal about what they thought of each other. This week, hell broke lose when Trump decided to mix up the teams and the enemies ended up, you guessed it, on the same team!
Continue reading Celebrity Apprentice: Piers Vs. Omarosa - VIDEOS
Posted Feb 6th 2008 11:35AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Polls, TV Squad Lists, Super Skank Wednesday
Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
Rock of Love,
Flavor of Love,
I Love New York (or whatever show Tiffany Pollard is making next),
The Surreal Life and
Charm School. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make
VH1 the network it is today.
After the jump I have the following:
Every Rose Has its Thorn: The Thorny Roses from Rock of Love 2, Flavor of Love 3 Casting Special, and
Life Lessons from the Bad Girls Club. (At the suggestion of a reader, I checked it out and...Oh...My...God.)
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: Thorny roses and the return of Flavor of Love - VIDEO
Posted Feb 5th 2008 7:03PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: The Apprentice, Video, Vs., TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Even if you don't watch
The Celebrity Apprentice, it's pretty much a given that you watched this week's preview (after the jump) during which we see
Stephen Baldwin tell Donald Trump that he can't continue working with Piers Morgan.
Let's face it, Baldwin and the
America's Got Talent judge have not been seeing eye to eye from the very beginning of the show. Even if they somewhat worked well together on the tasks, their business relationship was pretty much a hate-hate one or at least a "I'm tolerating you because I have to." But in light of the
Vincent Pastore fiasco from last week, Baldwin has had enough and may give The Donald his resignation... or will he?
Continue reading Will Stephen Baldwin leave Celebrity Apprentice this Thursday? - VIDEO
Posted Feb 4th 2008 3:31PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Gossip Girl
I'll admit it upfront,
Gossip Girl is one of my TV guilty pleasures this season. It fills in the void left after the ending of shows like
The O.C. and
Gilmore Girls. Now that all the episodes of this CW's new series aired (the show was picked up for a full 22-episode season but had time to complete only the original order of 13 episodes before production was shut down due to the strike), it's time to take a step back and analyze what we've been offered so far.
Continue reading Gossip Girl: The season so far
Posted Feb 4th 2008 7:30AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Sports, Industry, TV on DVD, OpEd, TV Sports, Commercials, TV Squad Polls
Super Bowl XLII is all done except for the cleanup and the hangovers. And, you are probably doing one of two things right now. Either you are joyously celebrating the win of the Wild Card New York Giants over the undefeated (until Sunday) New England Patriots, or your are cursing out that f@#&ing Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick for screwing up a perfect season and, most likely, starting a new sports curse in New England.
Oh well, at least you have the commercials to take your mind off of it all if you were a Patriots fan. This year's crop was pretty diverse with a mix of serious and humorous ads. Plus, a little star power thrown in just for taste. Thanks to Jason Hughes, Jen Creer, JJ Hawkins, and yours truly, TV Squad has postings about every new commercial that aired, from the E-Trade baby to the guy who attached jumper cables to his nipples.
If you're scratching your head on what the hell I mean then jump over to the next page, where you'll see a list of links to all of our commercial reviews.
Continue reading The commercials of Super Bowl XLII: A summary
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