SecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager-related stories
Posted Aug 7th 2009 7:30PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
I watched the feature film
In the Loop the other day, a documentary-style comedy that looks behind the scenes of the British and U.S. governments.
James Gandolfini plays Lt. Gen. George Miller, and all I could think was, "Hey, there's Tony Soprano in a U.S. military uniform." I think his character may have even said something along the lines of, "I'll break your kneecaps if..."
I know James Gandolfini has done a lot of projects since
The Sopranos, but Tony Soprano is so cemented in my mind, I wonder if I'll ever see him as anything else. I have the same reaction when I see Steve Schirripa playing Leo on
The Secret Life of the American Teenager. "Hey, that's Bobby Baccalieri!"
Continue reading Will James Gandolfini ever be anything but Tony Soprano?
Posted Jul 14th 2009 1:00PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Interviews, Celebrities, Reality-Free
I suppose if you want to be cynical, you could say that
Mayim Bialik is in the midst of a comeback, with several recent television roles, including guest stints on
Bones,
Secret Life of the American Teenager, and now,
Saving Grace. However, it's not as though the erstwhile star of
Blossom has spent the last fifteen years sitting around waiting for the phone to ring. After the series' end, she attended UCLA, got married, had two children, and even earned her PhD last year.
Ms. (er, Dr.) Bialik has indeed been busy, but she is now looking to make her way back into Hollywood. She's guest-starring on
Saving Grace tonight as Esther, a Hasidic Jewish mother of seven, whose own mother is found murdered in a field full of dead cows. I spoke with Mayim about
Saving Grace, the lasting legacy of
Blossom, and how she hopes people see her today.
Continue reading Mayim Bialik talks about her faith and her return to acting
Posted Jun 22nd 2009 3:22PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
We all watched her grow up on
Full House and then we watched her disappear from our television screens, seemingly forever. I don't know if I'll go so far as to say Candace Cameron was to the early '90s what Alyssa Milano was to the late '80s, but that's because I'll be forever loyal to my boyhood crush on Samantha Micelli. But while Milano has been on the airwaves virtually every season since the question of
Who's the Boss? was answered when the network canceled it, not so for Cameron.
She got married and went off to raise her kids for ten years, giving us only a few appearances in that time. Now 33 and ready to get back to work full time, Candace Cameron Bure will be one of the stars in
ABC Family's gymnastic-themed Make It or Break It, premiering tonight at 9pm ET.
Continue reading Candace Cameron (Bure) returning to television on Make It or Break It tonight
Posted Apr 14th 2009 12:01PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Video, Reality-Free
As a TV Squad contributor who, admittedly, could be considered a "niche viewer" (in that I watch few shows, but never miss an episode), I was naturally hesitant to check out
Roommates on
ABC Family. A friend guaranteed me that the show was not only as bad as one might expect, but that it was so utterly, bafflingly wretched that investing thirty minutes in it turned out way more entertaining than I'd expected, and not just in the so-bad-it's-funny way, either.
Roommates is
so atrocious, its production should be considered a criminal offense, considering that, even as a basic cable program, hundreds of thousands of dollars (at the very
least) have surely been invested in the show. And that's money that could have easily gone toward refugees or food banks or, say, into the budget of
ABC Family's other critically lauded programming like
Greek or
Secret Life of The American Teenager.
Continue reading Yep, Roommates is atrocious - VIDEO
Posted Dec 29th 2008 6:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.The end of the year is always a lame time for TV DVD releases (there were hardly any at all last week). Of course, if you're a fan of any of the seven DVDs that follow, this is a great week.
- 10 Items Or Less - Seasons 1 and 2
- Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget: Uncensored
- Death Note - Vol. 8 LImited Edition
- Greek - Chapter 2
- Kyle XY - Season 2
- Nip/Tuck - Season 5, Part 1
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager - Season 1
TV Squad Ten: Top Ten ESPN shows from worst to first
Andy Richter: The TV Squad Interview
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