elimination-related stories
Posted Nov 16th 2009 12:50AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S15E09) Things got a bit down and dirty tonight on
The Amazing Race. I'm talking more ways than one. As the promos for the episode showed, we had muddy bogs and a quasi-skirmish between two teams tonight. There are five teams left in the race at this time. Two of the teams are definitely vying for the alpha male rating on the show. And I'm not talking Brian and Ericka! Any previous alliances are gone in the wind as the teams try to get to the precious final three. Take no prisoners.
Continue reading Review: The Amazing Race - We're Not Meant for the Swamp
Posted Oct 12th 2009 12:40AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S15E04) You'll have to bear with me tonight. You see, I'm cranky. Yes, I'm cranky about tonight's episode of
The Amazing Race. Perhaps I'd be a bit less cranky had the show started anywhere near on time. No, it's a Sunday show and here in the NYC viewing area, any sport played during the day can run over and delay the entire Sunday evening primetime line-up. On a night like tonight, delayed 45 minutes, it wreaks havoc with other shows I'd like to watch and my review writing time. But that's not the only reason I'm cranky.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: Sean Penn Cambodia Here We Come
Posted Mar 12th 2009 12:32AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Host, Episode Reviews
I'm pretty happy with the results tonight. I feel like America and the judges made the right call. And it isn't just up to America anymore. As Seacrest told us, there's a new American Idol rule. When someone is eliminated by America's vote, the judges have the ability to keep the person in the competition. It's designed to be used when America goes insane and votes people like LaToya London and Chris Daughtry off, people who deserve to stay in the competition. As I understand it, this option can only be used one time. Thankfully, the judges didn't use it tonight.
We also got to see the cool new digs where the Idols are staying. It's a ginormous mansion, complete with a swimming pool (or two), basketball court, bowling alley, hot tubs, the whole shebang. Looks like a very cool place to de-stress after being called to center stage to await your fate.
Continue reading American Idol: Top 13 elimination results
Posted Aug 20th 2008 12:03PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Super Skank Wednesday, Celebreality
Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
I Love Money,
Charm School,
New York Goes to Hollywood, and
The Surreal Life. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make
VH1 the network it is today.
Today we'll talk about Rodeo who got eliminated from
I Love Money this past Sunday. The name. The guns. The bandanas she customized with a Bedazzler. The barbeque sauce.
I'm sad she got kicked off. She certainly could have used that money for some psychiatric evaluations. Let's talk about her demise after the jump. I'm doing another picture book.
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: The Demise of Rodeo
Posted Jul 18th 2008 9:52AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(
S04E17) Well, we've certainly moved on to the next part of the competition. America decides. And we don't have to listen to cranky Nigel or that lunatic Mary anymore. Lil C, however, I will listen to. I thought he was a great judge last night. And his comments tonight were good, too. Speaking of
Wednesday night, the big announcement was that
Comfort would be replacing Jessica (who has a couple broken ribs).
But we got another big announcement last night --
So You Think You Can Dance received four
Emmy nominations. The make-up team was nominated as well as three choreographers. Wade Robson's Hummingbird & Flower piece got a nod as did Mandy Moore's Table routine (the one to "Sweet Dreams") and Shane Sparks' Transformers number to "Fuego." Mia Michaels is crying in corner somewhere. You'll get 'em next year Mia.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 8 Revealed
Posted Jul 14th 2008 9:30AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US), Episode Reviews, Episode Recaps
(
S10E01) We were spoiled this year with
Big Brother. The winter season of
BB was arguably the only good thing to come out of the WGA strike (if you're a sucker for low-brow television like me). And now it's back again in its regular summer schedule.
Speaking of schedules,
Jackie and I will be covering the show this summer. I'll be doing Sunday episodes with Jackie covering Tuesday and Wednesday. You can also count of TV Squad for Jackie's Live Feed Reports and I might post a few updates from
Big Brother After Dark which airs on ShoToo (I knew there was a reason I added Showtime to my cable bill. And I thought I was just getting
The Tudors and
Secret Diary of a Call Girl.)
Okay, let's get to what happened last night.
Continue reading Big Brother 10: HOH competition #1 (season premiere)
Posted Jul 4th 2008 9:46AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S04E13) It was a
long night on Wednesday getting through fourteen routines, most of which were lackluster. When do you think the judges will start admitting that season four is just not up to snuff? Now it's time to see who was able to snag enough votes to stay one more week on
So You Think You Can Dance.
The Opening Performance The top fourteen dancers performed a Broadway routine to "Money Money" from
Cabaret (Original Cast Recording) choreographed by Tyce DiOrio. The performance started off slow for me, but at the part of the song where the company starts whispering "money, money, money, money," I thought the dance picked up as well. I think that's testament to Tyce's ability to pace a number.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 12 Revealed
Posted Jun 20th 2008 9:41AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(
S04E09) Mia cried. Mary kept relatively quiet (Thank God!). Nigel lectured. Cat wore a green dress. And we eliminated another two dancers last night on
So You Think You Can Dance. Off we go!
Opening Performance"Elevator" by Flo Rida featuring Timbaland (choreographer: Shane Sparks)
What a great hip-hop performance! And I'm so glad that Shane Sparks is lending his expertise to the show again. I was worried he'd be totally wrapped up in America's Best Dance Crew this summer. The girls part on the floor was great but a few of them messed up the arm movements. The best part of the piece was Comfort with the three guys. It was near perfect. My eyes never left Comfort. I wasn't impressed with her krumping on Wednesday but this opener proved to me why she's there.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 16 Revealed
Posted Nov 6th 2006 11:38AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, Industry, Pickups and Renewals
Let's get this out of the way. Arrrrrrrrrrrgh. That will be the pirate-speak portion of the post. I will now proceed without the use of the words scurvy, booty or matey. I will also refrain from shivering anyone's timbers. Mark Burnett, however, is just getting started.
Since the pirate trend refuses to die,
CBS and Survivor creator Burnett are whipping up a pirate-themed reality show for summer 2007.
What is known thus far is that the adventure-reality show will take place both on land and at sea. Standard issue competitions and elimination ceremonies will take place.
Continue reading Mark Burnett debuts pirate-themed reality show
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