Jennifer Love Hewitt-related stories
Posted Nov 14th 2009 4:10PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E08) "How did you find this one?" - Det. Sam Blair to Melinda and Eli
Eli and Melinda quickly came up with a fake story as to why they often discover bodies or are around crime scenes. Detective Blair bought it this time but it wouldn't surprising if she decides to dig a little deeper to get real answers. After years of being around deceased, one would expect that the Grandview police would start investigating why Melinda, and now Eli, are involved in a lot of their cases, no?
While we wait for Det. Blair to start to investigate Melinda and Eli, we are treated to one of the wackiest and lightest episode of the season thanks to Greg Germann and Perrey Reeves guesting on the episode.
Continue reading Review: Ghost Whisperer - Dead Listing
Posted Nov 6th 2009 11:07PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E07) "The answers are there, but you have to know when to look." - Carl the Watcher
Starting this week,
TV Squad now offers regular reviews of CBS'
Ghost Whisperer. What an episode to start reviews with! The first episode of November Sweeps offered us more backstory and mythology about the shadows, some of their powers, the book ... and Jennifer Love Hewitt in lingerie doing some pole dancing!
We were also treated to a case of the week that kept us guessing as to who was to blame for the death of now-ghost Tina and what secret Dr. Morgan and President Bedford were hiding.
Continue reading Review: Ghost Whisperer - Devil's Bargain
Posted Aug 28th 2009 6:03PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Jennifer Love Hewitt is dead serious about her new gig as a comic book creator, and her first title is set for release in November.
Jennifer Love Hewitt's The Music Box from IDW Publishing is a 10-issue anthology series involving a mysterious music box that causes strange occurrences for the people who possess it. It's not necessarily the most novel concept, as cursed objects passing from one person to another is as old as
The Monkey's Paw. It's all in the execution.
And, Hewitt will have a role to play in that, too, as the issues will be co-written by Hewitt and veteran comic scribe Scott Lobdell. The first issue will showcase painted art by Michael Gaydos. Other issues will feature artists such as Casey Maloney (
G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra), Adam Archer (
Friday the 13th), and Joe Rubenstein.
Continue reading Jennifer Love Hewitt's new comic book whispers in November
Posted Jul 26th 2009 8:00PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
When I looked at the panel schedule for
Comic-Con International, I asked myself, "What's
Ghost Whisperer doing on there? Really?
Ghost Whisperer?"
I have nothing against the show, and I guess it has supernatural elements that put it in enough of a genre category to qualify for Comic-Con treatment. But I thought it was just an uber-sensitive, feminine product.
Then again, when you consider how
Twilight dominated this convention, "chick stuff" ruled the day. There's no reason why
Ghost Whisperer can't have its moment, too.
So, creators took the chance to announce two product tie-ins coming for
Whisperer fans.
Continue reading Ghost Whisperer panel unveils new game, comic - Comic-Con Report
Posted Jul 23rd 2009 8:04PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Software, Reality-Free
Mid-June, fellow Squadder Danny wrote a list of
ten TV shows that deserve to have their own video games. CBS's
Ghost Whisperer didn't make Danny's cut. However, the show's premise would provide a good setting for a game. Imagine yourself in Melinda Gordon's shoes trying to help ghosts cross over by finding out who they are, why they won't cross over, and how to make them walk through the light.
CBS and
Legacy Interactive thought that it was about time to offer
GW fans the chance to step into Melinda's shoes.
Continue reading Ghost Whisperer gets the video game treatment
Posted Jun 9th 2009 8:51PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Reality-Free
It's worked for other shows;
Desperate Housewives revitalized itself after a timely time jump. Now comes word that
producers are considering a five year jump for Ghost Whisperer for this upcoming season. Said word comes from Ausiello over at EW, so it may just be a rumor that doesn't pan out, but I agree with Mandi over at PopWatch that it could be just the boost the show needs. Primarily because the idea of Melinda's extra-curricular activities jibing with juggling a newborn were looking awkward at best.
She'd either look like a negligent parent by leaving the baby constantly to help one spirit or another, or she'd be carting said baby around, or they'd pull an
Everybody Loves Raymond and just kind of ignore that the kids are around. Plus, as Mandi indicated, that gives us a chance of Melinda's baby being old enough to start doing some of those amazing things that he's supposed to be able to do. Plus, we can get flashbacks (Hi,
Lost) of that gap to fill us in and we can delve knee-deep into the good vs. evil battle. Maybe they could even have the Winchester boys show up in a cameo.
Posted Mar 7th 2009 3:02PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Last fall, most
Ghost Whisperer's fans were shocked by Jim's death. Most of the people who commented on the various posts I wrote about the topic claimed they would never watch the series again even if actor David Conrad was sticking around.
As I said back then, I was willing to give the show a chance and see where the writers were taking us with this Sam/
Jim 2.0 storyline. So now that it's been a few months and especially in light of what happened in the March 6 episode, am I still willing to stick with the show? Are you?
Continue reading Ghost Whisperer: The secret's out and other reactions to the show
Posted Dec 13th 2008 6:30PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Festivus, Heroes, Chuck, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory
... Eleven babes worth watchin'
Oh sure, there may be
12 shows a stinkin', but there's still reason to tune in. See just like advertisers, show-runners and TV executives know that sex sells. And hot chicks sell. And hot chicks selling their sexuality sell like hotcakes ... or chicks ... I never can get that right. But just being hot and sexy isn't enough. To really sell it, they need to be as close to naked as legally allowed on the airwaves. We're talking "Oops, sorry to barge in on you standing there in your underwear bending over the bed pulling on your fishnet stockings. Nice rack."
Sometimes near-nudity, and even nudity, legitimately serves the plot. Let's face it, Anna Paquin had to bang that vampire on
True Blood so she was going to have to get naked. It's a necessity. But Yvonne Strahovski on
Chuck? Does she have to be in her underwear that often to protect the Intersect? Was it required by Simon Elder that Karen Darling be in her underwear in order to talk to him? Of course not. But it's hot and that's the way we like it. Hell, they made Catalina a stripper on
My Name is Earl.
Continue reading On the 11th day of Festivus, TV gave to me...
Posted Dec 9th 2008 11:16AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
Welcome to TV Squad Ten, a new semi-weekly feature where we list ten fun things about the current state of TV.Before writing my thoughts on
Ghost Whisperer's Sam (aka Jim 2.0), I wanted to give the
new character a chance. Now that the last episode before the Holiday hiatus has aired, it's time for me to weigh in on Sam and how his relationship with Melinda is working.
I could have easily written a "10 reasons why Jim 2.0 will not work out" (
Sam is no Jim being the first reason on my list) but I want to stay positive about the series and feel like
the hours I've put in catching up these past months will not have been for nothing. So here we go with 10 reasons why Jim 2.0 will work out in the end and why this twist is helping the show.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Reasons why Jim 2.0 will work out in the end on Ghost Whisperer
Posted Nov 15th 2008 12:37PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Many of you were pretty vocal after watching last week's episode of
Ghost Whisperer. Based on the comments left to my "
Reactions to Ghost Whisperer's big twist" post, it was clear that the majority was not pleased with Jim's death and a lot of you claimed you would never watch the series again! My guess is that many of you tuned in this week anyway to see what would happen to Jim. Would he cross over? Would he stay in between? Would he wake up and discover it was all a dream? Would he find a way to be alive again?
Sadly, the answer, for now, takes the form of actor
Kenneth Mitchell.
Continue reading Ghost Whisperer: The aftermath following Jim's death
Posted Nov 8th 2008 2:20PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
There you have it people,
Ghost Whisperer's big twist was revealed in this week's episode titled "Imaginary Friends & Enemies." If you've been keeping up with spoilers about the show, you knew about
this event since the end of August. When the info was released, fans strongly reacted to it which prompted the brains behind the show to address the upcoming death in interviews posted on the web. No matter what the creators said about the storyline being really interesting and opening new possibilities for the show, some fans were in denial and actually thought the creators would not go ahead with their plan. Sadly for them, the creators did not tweak their plan.
Now that the big death occurred, what do fans think about the twist?
Continue reading Reactions to Ghost Whisperer's big twist
Posted Oct 30th 2008 10:07AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free
It won't be a surprise if I admit that I watch a lot of TV. Maybe even a bit too much. Amongst all the series I watch, there were no spooky or horror series until last May. That's when, looking for something new
to me to watch during the days since I was working from home, I decided to give CBS's
Ghost Whisperer a try. The series's first and second seasons where airing daily on a local specialized channel last spring.
Since the series premiere of
GW, I've kept in the loop as to what the show was about and what was going on (
spoilers column obliges). However, I never felt compelled to tune in mostly because I get scared quite easily by TV series and movies that deal with ghosts. You will never catch me watching
Ghost Hunters. Never. And until the special black and white episode of
Supernatural last week, I never watched a full episode of the series. Actually, I turn the TV off five minutes in the series premiere.
Surprisingly to me, I ended up not only watching the reruns of seasons one and two of the series but also made sure to catch up with the CBS reruns of the third season in order to be ready for September.
Hello! My name is Isabelle and I'm now a fan of
Ghost Whisperer. Here's why.
Continue reading Why I now embrace Ghost Whisperer and look forward to that big twist
Posted Oct 27th 2008 8:04AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Ratings, Reality-Free
As Jason wrote the other day,
this has been a strange TV season thus far, with only two shows having been given the pink slip. That said, I think CBS's
The Ex List is not long for this world. There are a couple of really good reasons I say this, and just so you know, I'm not wishing for its demise. I can just read the handwriting on the wall.
The Nielsen ratings from last Friday show that the shows around
The Ex List --
Ghost Whisperer and
Numb3rs --
posted their highest ratings of the season to date. Nearly 10 million viewers watched the Jennifer Love Hewitt show, while another 9 million were glued to the Rob Morrow brotherly procedural at 10 p.m. In between, however,
The Ex List drooped to a season low 5.6 million.
Continue reading Things are looking grim for The Ex List
Posted Aug 29th 2008 9:38AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Reality-Free
The show
Ghost Whisperer is no stranger to major changes in its status quo. They wrapped up their first season by having Jennifer Love Hewitt's Melinda Gordon lose her best friend Andrea (Aisha Tyler), only to have to deal with her spirit to launch the second season. It made for an emotionally powerful episode and a tragedy that drove Melinda into that new year.
Michael Ausiello, who is generally pretty spot-on with his rumors, dropped a pretty big bombshell of some possible happenings early on in this upcoming season. Now I've already admitted on this very site that
Ghost Whisperer is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. I've had the joy of growing up with Jennifer Love Hewitt from her days on
Party of Five and she's still just too gosh-darned cute to stop watching now. And dammit if the writers don't know how to pull the heartstrings in almost every episode, too. But now ... well, we'll talk about it after the jump.
Continue reading Would they really ... ? The latest Ghost Whisperer rumor
Posted Aug 21st 2008 3:04PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities
I've heard and read it a million times in interviews. Johnny X of the show YZ says he just doesn't have time to watch much TV. Maybe the news here or there. And I'm sorry, but I was always pretty suspicious of that. Even moreso when they say they've never watched much TV. Then why did they want to get into TV in the first place? Frazier Moore of the AP talked about
the phenomenon of TV actors shunning TV and speculated it may have to do with the old stigma that TV acting is somehow akin to writing pulp romance novels. After all, "real" writers moonlight in that arena, albeit with pen names.
I wonder, though, if it isn't more that they're trying to put on an appearance of someone who is above the "pedestrian" fare of television, elevating themselves to the so-called loftier perches of the stage and big screen actors. After all, don't many television actors aspire to move onto the more prestigious film world. Is television still something to be ashamed of?
Continue reading TV stars say they don't watch TV ... are they lying?
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