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Posted Nov 13th 2009 12:42AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Grey's Anatomy, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
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S06E09)
"According to Google, you don't exist" - Cristina Yang
We've reached a maximum capacity on
Grey's Anatomy where all the billed characters showed up for a few seconds on the show then disappeared; even the bartender showed up. This left a lot of characters segregated to the side. Meredith returned and was out of the loop for most of the episode, stuck in a room practicing her craft on a plastic dummy.
We also found the return of Izzie and the introduction of a new cardio doctor, Dr. Teddy Altman. While I grew to like Teddy, I really wished that Izzie would just go home and never come back.
Continue reading Review: Grey's Anatomy - New History
Posted Oct 9th 2009 1:29PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
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(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have spoilers for:
Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, Smallville and Supernatural. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!) Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous: Gossip Girl, Grey's, Lost and much more!
Posted Aug 17th 2009 3:30PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: 24, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
At least that's what it sounds like 24 EP Evan Katz told EW's Ausiello. According to Katz, some of the things they have planned for the FOX drama's eighth season don't involve a Jack/Audrey reunion.
Can you blame them? 24 has had some doosie plots in the past that are pretty hard to swallow, but the last we saw of Audrey was at the very end of season six, and she didn't look so good. If she somehow ended up in the fold again next year (which takes place in New York City), I can't see people being too happy about it.
Continue reading Kim Raver won't be clocking any hours on 24 next season
Posted Sep 17th 2008 2:02PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Early Looks, Lipstick Jungle, Reality-Free
I got hooked on NBC's
Lipstick Jungle during its first season, and can't wait to see what happens with the girls in season two, premiering Wed., Sept. 24 at 10/9c. Look for my reviews of the show on
TV Squad, as well.
While I've already found my Mr. Right, I still identify with all three women in one way or another. Like movie exec Wendy (
Brooke Shields), I'm doing my best to balance career and family. Like Victory (
Lindsay Price), I have a whole bunch of dreams and goals on my list. And like Nico (
Kim Raver), I'm an overachieving workaholic. And if not for the aforementioned Mr. Right, I'd have a really tough time saying no to
Robert Buckley's bedroom eyes, too.
Continue reading Watch the Lipstick Jungle premiere online -- a week before it's on TV - VIDEOS
Posted Apr 15th 2008 6:00PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: In the Limelight, Lipstick Jungle, Reality-Free
Good chemistry between TV couples is a rare commodity, but when Robert Buckley and Kim Raver heat up the screen as Kirby and Nico on
Lipstick Jungle, there's some major fireworks flying around.
Much of that spark can be attributed to Buckley, who inhabits the role of Kirby so well that it hardly seems like he's playing a part. Buckley took over the role from Will Toale, who played the part in the pilot episode.
The 26-year-old actor really hasn't been on the TV scene all that long. He got his start playing two roles on MyNetworkTV prime time dramas: photographer Michael Bauer on 2006's
Fashion House; and Matthew Wakefield on 2007's
American Heiress.
Continue reading Robert Buckley: In the Limelight
Posted Mar 21st 2008 10:38AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Lipstick Jungle
(S01E07) "When fortune knocks, offer a chair." - Lorraine, the writerNBC advertised this week's episode of
Lipstick Jungle as the "season finale." Yet, about a month ago,
they ordered six more episodes of the series saying that season one would get 13 episodes. NBC probably doesn't want
LJ to face shows like
Lost; so the network probably decided to air those six episodes next season in a less threatening timeslot. Let's face it, the series, even if it definitely got better over time, is not the best out there. It benefited a lot from the strike since it aired without much of competition.
Even if the season finale could have been more rocking, it was a satisfying episode that left viewers with a few questions such as: Was Charles really cheating?, Did Nico take the right decision?, Did Joe have a one-night stand or was this woman a "regular"?, Will Victory forgive Joe since, technically, he didn't cheat?, etc.
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle: Chapter Seven: Carpe Threesome (season finale)
Posted Mar 14th 2008 10:41AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Lipstick Jungle
(S01E06) "It must feel like a really horrible surprise party" - Kirby to WendyI felt sorry for Wendy as I watched about 4/5 of the episode unfold. (I had to tape the episode and the VCR decided to not be my friend and stopped around 45 minutes in! Thanks NBC for complete recaps of the episodes.) Not only did Wendy go to a meeting she didn't want to go but she had the unpleasant surprise to learn that not only one of her best friend has been lying to her for weeks but that Nico also flew her boy toy half across the world for a booty call!
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle: Chapter Six: Take the High Road
Posted Mar 7th 2008 7:42AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Lipstick Jungle
(S01E05) Well, I am certainly enjoying
Lipstick Jungle more than
Cashmere Mafia. I like it so much that I jumped at the opportunity to fill in for
Isabelle and review this week's episode.
Of course, lots of people expected the two shows to be almost the same (just different nights and channels). And the shows do have similarities: big stars with big paychecks (Lucy Liu, Brooke Shields), female characters in powerful jobs, stupid titles, etc. But as I sat through the first few episodes of
Lipstick Jungle, I knew it would be a much more gratifying show.
LJ is nowhere near
Sex and the City or
Desperate Housewives, but it certainly has potential.
Okay, enough preamble. After the jump, I'll talk about "Chapter Five: Dressed to Kill," I promise.
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle: Chapter Five: Dressed to Kill
Posted Feb 29th 2008 9:35AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Lipstick Jungle
(S01E04) "People like us are easy targets." - Hector to NicoIf we look at what
Lipstick Jungle offers us, indeed, people in the movie, fashion, or magazine business are easy targets. Wendy's ex-nanny wrote a book, Victory's career was destroyed by one bad collection, and Nico had to face a fake lawsuit that had some truth to it (even Nico admits that what she did could be seen as sexual harassment).
This week's episode closed the books on the lawsuit Kirby filed against Nico but it didn't end their relationship. Why did he really do it? Even if Mike was the snake behind the ordeal, Kirby agreed to go forward yet all he wanted was Nico...
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle: Chapter Four: Bombay Highway
Posted Feb 25th 2008 9:40AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Lipstick Jungle
NBC's
Sex and the City-like fashionable show
Lipstick Jungle received an order of six extra episodes. This means that the series will get a first season of 13 episodes.
TV Guide reveals that the series, based on the book of the same name written by
SatC author Candace Bushnell, is winning its timeslot among women of the 18-49 and 18-34 categories.
Continue reading More Lipstick for NBC
Posted Feb 22nd 2008 1:41AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Lipstick Jungle
(S01E03) "I could do a lot worse." - Madeleine about Wendy being her mother.Indeed, Madeleine could do a lot worse. Wendy may not be a model mother but she is human and tries to make ends meet as best as she can. This week we saw more of how a scandalous book can affect someone and the control damage needed to smooth things over. Good thing that Wendy has a very good friend who is not afraid to play dirty!
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle: Chapter Three: Pink Poison
Posted Feb 15th 2008 12:06AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Lipstick Jungle
(S01E02) "Tsunami for bad mommy." - Janice after seeing a picture of Wendy crying because of the book.After watching the
Lipstick Jungle pilot last week, some of TV Squad readers commented on the fact that the series was not true to the book and that it was not light enough. One commenter even said that it left an ABC romantic TV movie aftertaste in her mouth. Other people thought it was good but not fantastic and that the actresses gave fair performances. Not having read the book, I cannot compare. The pilot didn't
wow me but was interesting enough to have me turn up for more this week. However, "Nothing Sacred" was a let down and, if it had not been for the fact I had to write this review, I think I would have switched channels to watch
Eli Stone live instead of tomorrow morning.
I don't know what I was expecting exactly this week. But it wasn't what I was offered by the NBC series.
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle: Chapter Two: Nothing Sacred
Posted Feb 8th 2008 12:45AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Lipstick Jungle
(S01E01) Earlier today, I gave you a take on what I thought NBC's new dramedy
Lipstick Jungle was like. The series, based on a
novel penned by
Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell, premiered with a slightly revamped pilot and a whole lot of promos for Maybelline.
I won't rehash what I said in my
early look post since there weren't enough changes between the two versions of the pilot. The main change is the recast of Wendy's husband (Paul Blackthorne took over the role held by Christopher Wiehl); a good move if you ask me. Wiehl's performance in the pilot wasn't believable and strong enough. Blackthorne is more fitting in the role and will bring in a nice flavor to the show thanks to his English background.
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle: Pilot (series premiere)
Posted Feb 7th 2008 8:00AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Early Looks, Lipstick Jungle
Are you in need for a TV series that may fill the void left by the departure years ago of the
Sex and the City ladies and
Cashmere Mafia ain't working for you? You may be interested to know that Brooke Shields, Kim Raver and Lindsay Price return to the small screen this week in the new NBC dramedy
Lipstick Jungle, based on a
novel penned by
SatC author, Candace Bushnell.
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle -- An early look
Posted Nov 29th 2007 3:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Programming
Well, we knew that replacement shows would be announced because of the strike, and here's one: NBC's Lipstick Jungle. It's going into ER's Thursday at 10pm slot in February, when the medical drama runs out of new episodes. I actually thought that ER would run out of episodes long before February, so this is good news for fans.
Lipstick Jungle stars Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan), Kim Raver (24, The Nine), and Lindsay Price (The Price Is Right - just kidding, she was on Pepper Dennis, Coupling, and Jack and Jill) as three sexy NYC execs who get involved with ... well, lipstick I imagine. Possibly even jungles.
Continue reading Lipstick Jungle takes over for ER in February
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