Posts with tag summer tv
Posted May 5th 2008 11:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Interviews, Celebrities
On Friday I attended the All-American Summer Press Event held by NBC Universal. The event was held at the Langham Hotel (formerly the Ritz-Carlton) in Pasadena, CA. It included the casts and producers of the following shows:
American Gladiators,
Nashville Star, Shear Genius, and
Last Comic Standing. NBC also held panels for two new shows:
Celebrity Circus and
Baby Borrowers.
Find out what Wolf said and what's in store for next season on NBC and Bravo after the jump...
Continue reading NBC Summer Press Event report
Posted May 3rd 2008 11:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Casting
So I was reading this press release about
a new CBS reality show called Greatest American Dog (working title). The network has just named a host of the
Greatest American Dog and his name is Jarod Miller. The show premieres on July 10. What caught my attention was this phrase, "Animated zoologist Jarod Miller." Now, maybe it was just me, but for a moment I envisioned Jarod Miller as Brian Griffin, the dog on
Family Guy. You know, an animated cartoon creation. After all, on
Family Guy, Brian is the most intelligent character, and he has co-hosted a radio talk show.
In fact, the only thing animated about Jarod is his enthusiasm for animals. He's a guy who really loves his job. He's been on talk shows galore, putting creepy crawlies on Rachael Ray and keeping snakes from slithering all over Jimmy Kimmel.
Continue reading CBS going to the dogs this summer
Posted Apr 24th 2008 2:20PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Tricia Helfer will be in good hands once her run with
Battlestar Galactica is over which, as we all know, is coming up very soon. As part of her recently announced
talent deal with Fox,
Helfer will be appearing on USA's Burn Notice when it returns to the air this July (Fox produces the show). She will be playing Michael's handler for an uknown number of episodes. Hey, the more episodes the better if you ask me.
I just love it when two shows I love come together and involve the same people that make each show great. No, I don't mean a cross-over; with the exception of spin-offs, I usually hate cross-overs. When I see a director or actor I love head over to another show I love (or, in the case of a new show, one that sounds up my alley), it's magic. It's like when you switch jobs and and old co-worker friend comes with you. Except the whole part about hating the first job you left. OK that was a horrible analogy.
Posted Apr 24th 2008 9:21AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Reality-Free
One of the most eagerly anticipated new series from USA Network,
In Plain Sight, will premiere on June 1st, a week earlier than previously announced. The Mary McCormack-Frederick Weller drama, the latest in USA's "characters welcome" campaign, was originally going to air on Sunday, June 8th, at 10 p.m., but that would have put the show up against two tough cable competitors -- the return of Lifetime's
Army Wives for a second season, and History Channel's second year of
Ice Road Truckers. This is USA's way of giving
In Plain Sight a leg up on the competition -- unless Lifetime moves
Army Wives and History moves
IRT, respectively, to June 1st. Quick, who's going to blink?
Continue reading USA bumps up the In Plain Slight premiere
Posted Jul 5th 2007 11:23PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Hidden Palms
(S01E08) It's a bit ironic when the show that ends up being your unexpected series finale is called "Second Chances." Unfortunately there will be no second chances for Hidden Palms, and this ends up being the swan song for the series. I was fortunate enough to meet Sharon Lawrence at a party recently, and she said the show definitely isn't coming back. Curse you, CW! Now where will I turn for my need for teens in angst-ridden TV shows? Oh, thats right ... The CW.
Continue reading Hidden Palms: Second Chances (series finale)
Posted Jun 28th 2007 3:23PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Hidden Palms
(S01E07) Well, speak of the devil. Last episode I was wishing for Jesse Jo to pop in and drop his Southern-style of sass all over the place. Sadly, he was nowhere to be found. But this episode opens with Jesse Jo in rare form. He's having Nikki tease up his wig collection to keep her mind off of Cliff, when Cliff himself appears at the door. He asks if he can speak to Nikki, and Jesse tells him, "I wuz wonderin' what you'd look like with a round of buckshot in your narrow behind." Zing!
Continue reading Hidden Palms: Stand By Your Woman
Posted Jun 28th 2007 8:41AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Hidden Palms
(S01E06) Whoa. At first I felt like I'd been riding a roller coaster during this episode, then it turned into a merry-go-round that kept spinning and wouldn't stop. Then I thought I was going to hurl. When it all came to an end, I was left feeling dizzy, lost, and confused. Probably what Johnny feels like on a daily basis.
Seriously, have you ever seen a character in a TV show who is more easy to manipulate than Johnny? Cliff sweet talks him, and he's all chummy with him again. Liza tells him something, then he's doubting Cliff once more. Greta gives him another tidbit of info, and he's not sure if he believes her or not. He's a bit like Hamlet in that respect. If he just would've listened to his dad's ghost and stayed on course, everything would have ended up a-okay.
Continue reading Hidden Palms: Dangerous Liasons
Posted Jun 22nd 2007 9:43AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Hidden Palms
(S01E05) We get a new guest star this week when Greta's dad (Kyle Secor) pops into town, not only does he know something about Greta's mysterious past (does anyone in town
not know about this by now?), but he's a bit of a bastard as well. Suffice it to say, if you find yourself guest-starring on Hidden Palms, your character is probably going to have problems. You'll either be a substance abuser, have something to do with Eddie's murder / suicide, or you'll be part of Johnny's past ... or some combination of the three.
Continue reading Hidden Palms: Mulligan
Posted Jun 22nd 2007 9:22AM by Jay Black
Filed under: OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Episode Reviews
(S01E21) Here's a question for you: if the love of your life was in critical condition and you were sweating it out in the waiting room, could there possibly be anything more annoying than a "friend" trying to "cheer you up" with a Holly Hunter or Juliet Lewis impression? I guess we should all just be thankful that Harriet's claim to fame wasn't juggling or stage illusions.
"I'm sorry Harriet, I'm having trouble paying attention to you because the woman I love is so sick."
"Well then, I know what'll cheer you up! Watch as I make this rare Siberian white tiger disappear!"
It was our good luck, though, that other than the small, usual failing of
Studio 60 (ahemHarrietahem), we were treated to one its best episodes yet.
Continue reading Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: K & R, Part III
Posted Jun 21st 2007 11:21PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Hidden Palms
(S01E04) Holy cow ... this episode took a turn for the weird. I really didn't picture Liza as the weirdly stalkery kind of person. That Photoshopped picture of her and Eddie together sure was a slap in the face. Plus, what exactly is she concocting in that garage of hers? I'm a sucker for science geek girls, but I'd also hope they weren't going to end up blowing themselves up at some point, or spend too much time with toxic fumes. I thought we'd find out what Liza beneath, but what she reveals is just about the most predictable thing you could imagine. What happened to all the mystery and intrigue from the pilot?
Continue reading Hidden Palms: What Liza Beneath
Posted Jun 20th 2007 10:34AM by Meredith O'Brien
Filed under: Entourage, The Office, Big Love, TV Squad Lists
Summertime and TV in my house means three things: Watching new summer programming, catching up on TV shows I missed during the conventional September-through-May TV season and baseball, specifically Boston Red Sox baseball.
In fact, on summer evenings, my TV is most likely tuned in to a baseball game. But when the Sox are not playing -- or when they're getting clobbered or if they're playing a really late west coast game -- I turn on other shows such as:
1. Entourage. Yes, they're spoiled adolescents. They're narcissistic. They play video games all day and party all night as if they're entitled to live lives of luxury. But the guys from Entourage greatly amuse me and I love hating Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold.
Continue reading What I'm watching this summer: Meredith's list
Posted Jun 19th 2007 12:41PM by Meredith O'Brien
Filed under: Big Love, Episode Reviews
(S02E2) Poor Barb.
While reeling from cancer treatment years ago, she agreed to let her husband Bill plunge the pair into polygamy, even though she really wasn't keen on the notion.
Then she was publicly humiliated when her family's polygamy became quasi-public and she was disqualified from a state Mother of the Year contest. Ashamed, she withdrew from the world in order to figure out where she fit in her own life. Although she toyed with the idea of leaving the polygamist Henrickson clan, she finally agreed to continue playing "boss wife" because she truly loves Bill, and her sister wives.
Continue reading Big Love: The Writing on the Wall
Posted Jun 19th 2007 11:43AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: OpEd, The Closer, Episode Reviews
(
S03E01) I was very happy that
The Closer didn't attempt to go with a big blow-out episode right out of the gate. This week's was really a pretty typical crime and subsequent investigation. It allowed us to get comfortable with the characters again and reminded us why we like the show. The characters are quirky and there are always plenty of twists and turns in each investigation. Sometimes we can see where they're going, sometimes we can't.
Continue reading The Closer: Homewrecker (season premiere)
Posted Jun 18th 2007 10:01AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, The Shield, Entourage, TV Squad Lists, Hidden Palms
First I thought this would be a summer filled with possibly watching one or two summer series, and then catching up on the growing stack of books in my "to be read" pile ... but somehow it's morphed into the "DVR + TV shows on DVD Summer of Rock " *fanfare*. It's actually not that dramatic, but I like to stick fanfare in whenever I can. Theme songs are one thing, but fanfare can pepper mundane events with joy. "Here's your latte, sir." *fanfare* See what I mean?
Continue reading What I'm watching this summer: Kevin's list
Posted Jun 15th 2007 9:38PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: OpEd, Hidden Palms
(S01E03) And we're back! Due to a little syndrome called "My TiVo decided to record the Lifetime channel instead of
Hidden Palms," this week's episode review was a bit late. Hopefully you've been tiding yourself over by watching this bee-yotch filled episode a couple of times.
Cliff managed to get popped in the face a couple of times, once by Greta and once by Johnny, but man ... I really wanted to see someone bitchslap the "hee hee I'm a drunken floozy" look right off of Nikki's face. That girl is trouble with a capital Jack Daniels. Who knew she'd be throwing a rager at Johnny's house in the short period of time he took to go see Greta. Plus, wasn't it Cliff who invited all the other delinquents? Still, all things considered, the part I felt the worst about was poor Liza getting snubbed, yet again. At least she got to rub lotion on Johnny this time.
Continue reading Hidden Palms: Party Hardy
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