two and a half men-related stories
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 1:05AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E06) It's somewhat refreshing to know that Charlie Harper is not the soulless heathen I thought he was. It turns out that Charlie does have a very spiritual side, that he's aware of the good fortune that's been bestowed on him, and he's in touch with his emotions to the point that he can cry.
So what could make Charlie Harper cry? Find out after the jump.
Continue reading Review: Two and a Half Men - Give Me Your Thumbs
Posted Oct 20th 2009 2:18AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E05) If there's anything that will make you look bad, it's driving lessons. That's whether you're the driver or the instructor. In my experience, driving lessons are like a big magnifying glass revealing everything in too sharp a focus. And so it was that Jake had the misfortune of trying to get some time behind the wheel with the peanut gallery of Charlie and Alan offering advice in between hurling insults at each other.
But the real horror was still to come. Alan and Charlie have been brothers for their entire lives, but the past six and a half years of living together has turned them into something foul. Jake didn't know how foul until they went for ice cream. More after the jump.
Continue reading Review: Two and a Half Men - For the Sake of the Child
Posted Oct 19th 2009 12:15PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, then a new Castle.- CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother at 8, followed by new episodes of Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has new episodes of Heroes, Trauma, and The Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new House, then a new Lie To Me.
- The CW has a new One Tree Hill at 8, followed by a new Gossip Girl.
- ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
- TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8, followed by a new Jon & Kate Plus 8.
- Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats.
- At 8:30, ESPN has Monday Night Football, the Broncos vs. the Chargers.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9.
- At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
- TLC has a new Ultimate Cake-Off at 10.
- Bravo has a new Million Dollar Listing at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Accidentally on Purpose, Little People, Big World, Gossip Girl
Posted Oct 16th 2009 10:03AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
Tricia Helfer is a really, really good actress. Before she was killed on
Burn Notice, I wanted her dead for what she did to Michael. On
Battlestar Galactica, as Six, she was a stone cold Cylon killer. She's very good at convincing me that she's dangerous. But can she do comedy? Hmm ... I guess we're going to find out.
Tricia Helfer will guest on Two and a Half Men in an upcoming episode.
According to Michael Ausiello of EW.com, Tricia will be playing a good friend of Charlie's fiancee, Chelsea, who has recently ended a bad relationship. As an act of kindness, Chelsea asks her to come out to Malibu for a visit.
Continue reading Two and a Half Men meet Tricia Helfer
Posted Oct 13th 2009 1:34AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E04) If you didn't know it before, Alan Harper is an idiot. Tonight's episode epitomized just how far Alan will go to get some action and how clueless he is when it comes to the consequences of those actions. Of course, that's the joke. He's a
schleimel and prone to falling on his ass and breaking his nose, metaphorically.
So while Alan was looking for somewhere to have hot, erectile-medication induced sex with Melissa because she won't go back to the beach house -- not since Chelsea and her had it out -- Charlie was playing referee to Chelsea and Jake. Alan tried sex with the tiny blonde in the car, noting that, "You were sort of built for it." She walked out on Alan, right out of the car.
Continue reading Two and a Half Men: Laxative Tester, Horse Inseminator
Posted Oct 6th 2009 9:26AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S07E03) So far this season,
Two and a Half Men has been sailing along, continuing to provide plenty of laughs and just enough vulgarity to keep its crown as a raunchy pleasure. Tonight, however, they hit an iceberg. Too bad really, but half the show -- no pun intended -- was spot on. If only the other half had been as good.
For some reason, the writers have this idea that Alan as the object of affection to older women is funny. No, not really. It didn't work when Carol Kane guested as the mother of a girl Alan was dating and it didn't work tonight with Annie Potts as Judith's mother, Lenore.
Continue reading Two and a Half Men: Mmm, fish. Yum.
Posted Oct 5th 2009 12:15PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
TBS has a Family Guy marathon all night.- At 7, Lifetime has the series premiere of Sherri, then the season premiere of Rita Rocks.
- At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, then a new Castle.
- CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother, followed by new episodes of Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has new episodes of Heroes, Trauma, and The Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new House at 8, the a new Lie to Me.
- There's a new One Tree Hill on The CW at 8, followed by a new Gossip Girl.
- ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
- Also at 8: BBC America has a new Top Gear.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- TCM has An American in Paris at 9.
- Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9.
- At 10, Food Network has a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
- At 11, BET has the series premiere of The Mo'Nique Show.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Sherri, Two and a Half Men, Gossip Girl, Unwrapped
Posted Sep 28th 2009 12:16PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon all night.- WE has a Golden Girls marathon all night.
- At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, followed by a new Castle.
- CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother at 8, then new episodes of Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has a new Heroes at 8, followed by the series premiere of Trauma and a new Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new House at 8, then the season premiere of Lie To Me.
- The CW has new episodes of One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl.
- PBS has a new episode of The National Parks: America's Best Idea at 8.
- There's a new Lincoln Heights on ABC Family at 8, then a new Greek.
- Also at 8: Nickelodeon has a new Glenn Martin, DDS.
- At 8:30, ESPN has a new Monday Night Football, the Panthers vs. the Cowboys.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- TLC has a new Jon & Kate Plus 8 at 9.
- At 10, A&E has a new Hoarders.
- TLC has a new Ultimate Cake-Off at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: How I Met Your Mother, National Parks, Lie To Me, Trauma
Posted Sep 21st 2009 12:22PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, TV Land starts their 40th Anniversary Brady Bunch marathon.- At 8, ABC has the two-hour season premiere of Dancing with the Stars, followed by the season premiere of Castle.
- CBS has the season premiere of How I Met Your Mother at 8, then the series premiere of Accidentally on Purpose and the season premieres of Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has the two-hour season premiere of Heroes at 8, then a new Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has the two-hour season premiere of House at 8.
- There's a new One Tree Hill on The CW at 8, followed by a new Gossip Girl.
- ABC Family has a new Lincoln Heights at 8, then a new Greek.
- Also at 8: BBC America has a new Top Gear.
- At 8:30, ESPN has a new Monday Night Football, the Colts vs. the Dolphins.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- Food Network has a new Unwrapped at 9.
- At 10, E! has Fashion Police: The 2009 Emmy Awards.
- A&E has a new Hoarders at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Dancing with the Stars, Heroes, House, Big Bang Theory
Posted Sep 21st 2009 10:32AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, OpEd, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free
I know people complained about this when the nominations came out, but for some reason, it just irked the hell out of me when Jon Cryer won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
Not that I don't think Cryer deserved an Emmy. No, he does a great job as the uptight Alan Harper on
Two and a Half Men. And, after all the failed shows and pilots, the man once known as Duckie deserves recognition for the fine actor his is... just not as a supporting actor.
Continue reading Cynical Emmy rant: Jon Cryer... supporting actor?
Posted Aug 31st 2009 6:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.I find myself buying more old shows on DVD than I do new shows. I have no interest at all in buying
C.S.I.,
Desperate Housewives,
Two and a Half Men,
Brothers & Sisters, or
Supernatural, and there are no classic shows being released so it looks like I'm going to save money (again) this week.
Heroes? I like the show well enough, but I just can't imagine I'm going to want to watch this season again. Maybe I'll get it at some point, just so I can make sure I have the whole series, but who knows.
Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
Posted Aug 26th 2009 6:31PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Reality-Free
Cross promotions are not a new concept to TV heads, but this one cooked up by the folks behind the CW's
Vampire Diaries deserves a Peabody Award
. As
Brad mentioned earlier today,
The Vampire Diaries is being cross-promoted with the American Red Cross in which
the show is hosting its own blood drive.
What a great idea and a great cause! Just think of the other charitable promotions this will inspire other shows to tackle.
Continue reading Vampire Diaries' cross promotion could inspire more TV charities
Posted Aug 6th 2009 12:03PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
In a move that certainly moves him down a few rungs on the Ladder of Coolness, Eddie Van Halen
will be guest-starring on an upcoming episode of
Two and A Half Men. And yes, he'll even be playing the guitar during the episode. Apparently, he's a big fan of the show.
Mind you, I doubt this will be Eddie's most embarrassing television appearance. That would be the
Saturday Night Live sketch featuring then-wife Valerie Bertinelli, based on the premise that his whole life was a rock concert. It was bad, to say the least.
Still, the man is a fabulous guitarist, and if he offered to play guitar on my television show (if I had a television show), I'd probably agree to it. It's a shame CBS couldn't get David Lee Roth for the same episode. It's tough to get those guys in a room together.
Posted Jul 14th 2009 6:05PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, The Office, 30 Rock, Awards, Emmys, Chuck, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory
I know what many of you are thinking. Alec Baldwin is probably gonna win for
30 Rock again so what does it even matter? Hollywood is in love with that show. Which is true, but not entirely undeserved. Baldwin still commands a scene like almost no one on television. But I don't think he was as dominating a comedic force as last year, and he was part of a
30 Rock sweep, so I don't think Emmy intends to repeat that.
Pushing Daisies was still sweet in its last year, but I'm going to have to snub Lee Pace and replace him with
Chuck's Zachary Levi on the ballot. He balances comedy and drama so convincingly you can't help but root for him.
But there was a looming shadow in comedy this year that no one could escape. I don't see how Emmy could ignore the work of Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper on
The Big Bang Theory. He's so convincing in the role that when you see him in interviews you fully expect him to demand his spot on the couch and condescend the host at every turn.
Continue reading Emmy Wish List: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Posted Jul 13th 2009 3:32PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways, Reality-Free
Hot on the heels of
our Mad Men DVD giveaway, we have three copies of another hit show. We've got three copies of
Two and a Half Men: The Complete Fifth Season on DVD for three lucky, random commenters.
To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, July 17 simply telling us why you'd like to own this DVD set
. As always, we'll randomly choose three winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating why you'd like to own the Two and a Half Men DVD set.
- The comment must be left before July 17, 2009 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Three winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Three winners will receive a Two and a Half Men: The Complete Fifth Season DVD (valued at $44.98).
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
Click
here for complete Official Rules.
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