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9Apr 08When I get a brand new bag of lightly salted Kettle Chips, and they're full of those brown burnt ones. Dang it!
- Posted Apr 9, 2008 4:13 pm PT
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6Mar 08
I'm sure about 99% of you are extremely pissed off that this post isn't about the Bungie game (which I still think should have been game of the year), but rather boring celeb news. However, in the interest of the remaining one percent of you with no lives, I shall continue.
(Besides, it clearly says HaLo with a capital L in the topic)
I once vowed to be the definitive source for all your Hayden Panettiere / Milo Ventimiglia gossip, and I've been slacking. For that I apologize. But here's the latest: Hollywood's newest holy-crap-she's-only-18? couple may be moving in together. Awwww.
According to Digital Spy, which is about as reputable as a moonshine-drinkin' hobo, Hayden is shopping around for a house in Los Angeles and has asked Milo to move in. Mom reportedly approves.
Let's recap: Hayden is 18, Milo is 30. I mean look at the picture--that's what happens when young chicks put on makeup. Is she on a red carpet or about to crawl out of a tiny car with a bunch of clowns and have a pie fight?
What are they going to do when Milo suggests the bedroom be painted black and Hayden asks for My Little Pony wallpaper? And why aren't the young actors of Hollywood doing anything to stop this? At least Terminator's Thomas Dekker (who I interview here and is surprisingly cool) is speaking up:
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"I think it's gross, to be perfectly honest," Thomas Dekker — who played Claire's best friend, Zach, during season one of Heroes — tells Life & Style magazine. "It's kind of like if I were dating a 12-year-old," the 20-year-old adds.
Not content with just calling the coupling "gross," the Sarah Connor Chronicles star also says that he can't even comprehend how the costars make it work. "I'm definitely surprised they're together. For me, it would be a struggle to be with someone in such a different age range," he says.
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Wait a sec, dating a 12-year old is wrong?
- Posted Mar 6, 2008 12:20 pm PT
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30Jan 08
I've made no secret about my love affair with ABC's Lost. Season four is only 32 hours away, and I'm feeling the same sort of giddiness I get when I'm about to go to Vegas. Yeah, I'm that excited.
Tonight is the "enhanced" season three finale, and tomorrow is the recap and season four premiere. I will be watching all of it intently.
As excited as I am about this, I found something that makes me even MORE excited for the show. A video has hit YouTube featuring the crash of Oceanic 815 from different perspectives, presented 24-style with multiple views.
It's incredibly well done and a testament to how detailed the show actually is. It's stuff like this that really blows my mind and makes me love Lost that much more. Enjoy
Lost Synchronization - YouTube
And for those that are interested, I got a chance to have a quick interview with Michael Emerson, who plays Ben Linus on the show. It's now up here at TV.com .
- Posted Jan 30, 2008 5:46 pm PT
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28Jan 08The "big" game is easy to call. New York Football Giants will easily cover the 12.5 spread, and have a legitimate shot at winning the game. It's the Puppy Bowl that should get the most action this weekend.Here are my betting lines for MVP:
- Abigail
Breed: Parson Russell Terrier (aka Jack Russell Terrier) - +400 Too smart to take this stupid thing seriously.
Attucker
Breed: Beagle - +800 Everyone knows Beagle puppies are my favorite, that's why Attucker doesn't stand a chance.
- Prop bet +400 Dog everyone blames for farting
Bingo
Breed: American Staffordshire Terrier/ American Pit Bull Mix - +150 Popularity at an all-time high, but previous marijuana possession and assault charges at the strip club could keep this pooch out of public favor.
- Prop bet: -250 that it eats another dog.
Bruin
Breed: Alaskan Malamute - +1000 This dog was actually meant to compete in the Special Doggy Olympics.
Cali
Breed: Shih Tzu - Even - Some say she's undersized for her position, but has shown incredible resilience on passes thrown over the middle. The Wes Welker of the dog world.
- Prop bet - +150 Cali ends up as Bingo's beeee-yatch.
- +200 HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA COCKAPOO Seriously, lame 30-somethings love these horrible mixed breeds and their wacky names.
Colt
Breed: Bernese Mountain Dog - -250 OMG this dog is so CUTE! (sucker bet)
- Prop bet - -600 that his owner is a douchebag for naming him Colt.
- Prop bet - +200 Will spend the whole time chasing tail like its douchebag owner.
Delilah
Breed: Shepherd Mix - +1500 "Shepherd Mix" otherwise known as dirty Mutt! Get out of here! You ain't PURE! We don't take kindly to your kind!
Dixie
Breed: Golden Retriever - -1000 Dixie = Tom Brady. (When will America stop its ridiculous love affair with Golden Retrievers and Tom Brady?)
- +400 First to sniff its own butt
Elle
Breed: Havanese - +250 This is the year of the small dog. You can bet on it. Seriously... bet on it!
- +600 A Saint Bernard without a barrel of booze around its neck is USELESS!
- Prop bet - +200 first to poop
Emma
Breed: Parson Russell Terrier - +500 Emma, you will never be an adorable Jack Russell...EVER! Get a damn clue and KILL YOURSELF!
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- +300 Wow could we have a dog that is more full of itself in this competition? Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Bichon Frise? This dog should have a top hat and a monocle. Pride comes before the fall, Lord Finnigan.
- +400 Bingo's Appetizer before locking his jaws around Cali
Jack
Breed: Labrador Mix - +420 Oh my god this dog is so stoned.
- Prop bet -1000 First to eat and eat and eat and pass out early
Jack
Breed: Mini Dachshund - +800 This little ankle-nipper has been combatting the popular notion that it's too small to compete with the big dogs. Well, popular notion is right.
Jackson
Breed: West Highland Terrier - +300 Jackson has spent lots of time bleaching his fur to get more of a white tone. Child molestation charges could come back to haunt this little Thriller.
Janet
Breed: Bull Terrier Mix - +2,000,000 Who the heck names a dog "Janet"? A pathetic, lonely man, that's who!
- -200 This dog has it all! The obvious LL Bean name,just enoughfight with the Rottweiler part, and as a Lab it's good with the kids! Of course, it could get the child-friendliness of a Rottweiler and the toughness of the dangerous-as-a-cotton-ball Lab, so it could be a disaster. Come to think of it, the name is pretty damn lame too. (Line scheduled to change)
- Prop bet +400 first to hump cameraman's leg
Kira
Breed: Chow Chow Mix - Even - This dog is totally into golden showers. It is so obvious. Sexual deviancy can work in an athlete's favor or against it. Just ask Osi Umenyiora.
Maiisey
Breed: Australian Toy Shepherd - -100 - Unlike real Australians, this dog is actually smart and well-behaved. Like real Australians, is so gorgeous you just don't care. And how about that lovely accent! "Bork! Bork!"
Rascal
Breed: Border Collie Mix - +700 Troubled past will catch up with it. America still upset over people-fighting ring allegations.
- +800 Sorry, goth dogs just care about stuff like this.
- +500 Will start cutting itself by the end of the first quarter.
Scuba
Breed: Unknown -- Mixed Breeds - No Line (Off)-A real wild card. From parts unknown, weighing an unknown amount and with unknown amount of experience. Named Scuba because it can be used as a floatation device until it drowns.
- +400 First openly-gay competitor has many social hurdles to surmount, mount. Would be more even money bet, but have you seen the ass on Colt!?!? Ruff Ruff give the dog a bone(r)!
- Posted Jan 28, 2008 12:52 pm PT
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19Dec 07
Hey, here's a recap of my thoughts on I Am Legend, the new Will Smith movie.
Previews begin-Cloverfield! Doesn't look as good anymore. Batman! Looks great! New Narnia looks surprisingly good! New Martin Lawrence movie looks surprisingly good! (kidding!)
10 minutes into I Am Legend: Wow, I'm very impressed.
40 minutes into I Am Legend: Hey! Looks like this could be an awesome film!
41 minutes into film (approximately, right where Will Smith is screaming at a mannequin): Oh my god this is the worse movie I have ever seen.
There you go, hope that helps.
- Posted Dec 19, 2007 12:55 pm PT
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17Dec 07
Skyjacking takes a lot of things: skill, luck, balls, and more luck. Here's how to do it, thanks to my lucky ass and one dumb pilot who should have known that I would be flying through the air.
Step #1. Launch off man cannon. Notice a Banshee is flying toward your landing spot. Begin hoping by crossing fingers and toes.
Step #2. Hope and pray some more, this time by saying, "oh please oh please oh please oh please." Send off a few warning shots at your target just for the fun of it.
Step #3. Frantically press the RB button, while almost exploding with joy! (A few "OH PLEASE OH PLEASE"s works here too.)
Step #4. Freakishly meld your body into the side of the Banshee, using Halo 3's awesome animation system.
Step #5. Commence ownage.
Step #6. Let skyjackee fall gently to Earth. Laugh.
Step #7. Do a loop-da-loop. Begin Killing Frenzy.
And what does it look like on your screen?
Yes, I did skyjack HalfToed[1]. And it was fun.
UPDATE: now with link to requested fileshare
- Posted Dec 17, 2007 5:15 pm PT
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12Dec 07
...Kristin Kreuk of Smallville.
Jade Raymond and Karima Adebibe (the Tomb Raider model) used to be the holy grail of game interviews, but in TV land THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE!
Should you actually be interested in my incoherent stuttering with her, the interview should go up on TV.com early next week.
- Posted Dec 12, 2007 10:43 am PT
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2Dec 07
Prelogue - the outpour of support has been amazing. Thank you, guys, I mean it.
The real matter - AsBallGamepointed out, Please don't hack GameSpot... I know it's a seemingly effective way to show your displeasure, but all it really does is make our already depleted staff of engineers work harder... and on a Sunday! For God's sake the Raiders are on, people!
The engineers bust their balls to help bring the game world some of the best content (ummm maybe that should have been past tense? Ha! Kidding! please don't fire me) and hacking the site doesn't really deliver the message to where it needs to go.
So go ahead and write scathing blog posts, compose hate-filled comments, scream on your web cam and upload the video... whatever. Let's just leave the engineers out of this, they are the unsung heroes of this machine.
Chins up, friends.
Raiders update: Nice interception, Fabian Washington!!! 27, 20 silver and black.
- Posted Dec 2, 2007 3:48 pm PT
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1Dec 07
But our princess is in another castle!
Did I say princess? I meant principles.This castle kind of sucks right now.
- Posted Dec 1, 2007 11:29 am PT
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14Nov 07
Just add Sarah Silverman and Kathy Griffin. Stay classy, ladies!
And in video form. With Sarah's sexy sister.
- Posted Nov 14, 2007 10:37 am PT
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8Nov 07
The Price is Right, perhaps the greatest sick day watch TV in bed game show of all time (if you beg to differ, please comment below - Press Your Luck is a close second for me), has changed the rules of its eligibility for the first time ever.
The new rule? Former contestants can now appear on the show again... yippee!
So it got me thinking, which contestants do we want to see again? THESE GUYS!!
Horrible girl who doesn't know what she's doing
Cheating '80s chick
Dumb Emerson College dude
Crazy spaz guy
Boobs! (SFW)
Woman who clearly has a lot of bills to pay off
And my favorite of all time, Stoner guyThese videos also remind us of something else--Bob Barker was untouchable as a game show host.
- Posted Nov 8, 2007 4:57 pm PT
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2Nov 07
[UPDATE] Futurama art just came in. Check below!
Hey look! It's Simpsons Treehouse of Horror art!
Wow! And Family Guy 100th episode art!
I tell you, those kids and their violence these days...
[UPDATE] And the best one of all! (releases November 27)
- Posted Nov 2, 2007 9:45 am PT
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22Oct 07
I'm gonna give this a shot: a weekly ranking of what shows are currently the best on television. It's simple, I'm going to list the five shows I'm watching in order of preference, along with other shows that are on the bubble. Further on we'll compare their rating from the week before. That way you can call me out on all my totally biased stories I write for TV.com.
Rules - Show must either be airing or have some sort of news relating to it. That way Lost won't be #1 every single week. Well, at least not until it begins airing in February. Me watching on DVD also counts--hey, I can't watch every single show as it airs.
The top 5 is exactly what it sounds like... a top 5. Shows getting Honorable Mention are close to cracking the top 5. Shows on the bubble I'm still somewhat watching, but could get axed really soon, or could become favorites. Recently canceled are shows I have stopped watching after previously sticking around for.
Without further babbling:
Hittin' the Hot Box for the week ending 10/21/07
1. Friday Night Lights - Three episodes into season two, I don't seem to have the same problems that other FNLers have with the Landry/Tara storyline. It's all about Matt Saracen QB #7 (pictured right)!
2. Meerkat Manor - Flower may be gone, but this show still has more drama than anything else on TV. Well, besides the evening news, I guess.
3. Life - Listen, I don't care about the single-episode cases a whole lot. Yeah, they're pretty whatever, but watching Damian Lewis as the best new character on television is enough for me.
4. My Name is Earl - The most consistent comedy on TV is doing it again in season three. "Gangs of Camden County" was an instant classic. Don't worry, Earl will be out of jail soon.
5. Aliens in America - No clique or demographic is safe in this show--yet the show has tons of heart. It's like that old Dave Chappelle joke that the world would be a better place if we just got our racism out in the open.
Honorable Mention: South Park, The Office, Weeds. Pretty slow starts for all these shows. They'll get better though. Seriously, does The Office need to be an hour long? And what happened to Weeds?
On the Bubble: Dirty Sexy Money (it's hard to not watch Samaire Armstrong--meow!), Reaper/Chuck, Chuck/Reaper, this Five Days thing on HBO.
Recently canceled: Heroes. Sorry, I just couldn't take it anymore. Don't worry, I'll keep up with Hayden's love life though.
What about you? What's in your top five?
- Posted Oct 22, 2007 4:15 pm PT
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17Oct 07
**COME ON SIGN THE PETITION YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO**
Y'all may recall CBS giving an order for a pilot for "Babylon Fields" late last year or early this year or whenever it was (it was a great day, nonetheless). Unfortunately, CBS decided not to pick it up, and that is a travesty.
Allow me to recap what could have been the greatest show ever made:
The city of Babylon in AnyState USA has a problem. Seems the dead just don't like being dead no more. Corpses dig their way up from their filthy graves and begin returning home. No, they don't eat flesh (at least not yet), and no, they aren't lumbering, groaning meatbags. Instead, they want to go home to their wives, families, and everything else they left behind.
Obviously, the actually-living are a bit spooked out seeing semi-rotted corpses ringing doorbells and trying to get a drink at the local watering hole, and half the town goes into Rapture mode. Some, however, have more than just "GET THE GUNS" reactions... one widow gladly takes her dead husband back and proceeds to "do it" with him (rigor mortis has its advantages claims the dead hubby), another mother and daughter apparently killed their patriarch and are freaking out now that he's back, and the show's lead, the town sheriff, must decide between his reanimated wife and his new hotty girlfriend.
If it sounds confusing and weird, it's because it is...and wonderfully so. Babylon Fields was a drama, comedy, horror, and--get this--a crime procedural (one particularly despicable zombie wants to know who murdered him).
Clips just sprung up over on TVWeek.com, but I went a step further and dug up (ha! dug up! get it!?) the pilot and I must say, the show has potential and is a lot better than all the boring stuff on TV these days. I mean, maybe the zombies will realize they need to eat humans? What happens when a zombie impregnates a human? Can the zombies go back to work? What about the dead pets? Can the new zombies be killed? What sort of tension will develop between the living and non-living-but-living?
So to make our zombie-loving voices heard, I went ahead and started an online petition to save the show. Hey, if CBS changed their mind on Jericho, who knows what could happen with Babylon Fields.
Sign the petition! (We were up to 81 signatures as of 12:30pm Wednesday with little to no promotion!)
- Posted Oct 17, 2007 12:44 pm PT
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5Oct 07
It is with heavy hearts that we at TV.com bring the news of a fallen hero.
Flower, the matriarch of the Whiskers clan on Meerkat Manor, has passed at the age of seven. She succumbed to the venom of a cobra bite, defending the lives of her pups in South Africa's Kalahari Desert. Flower took over control of the Whiskers as dominant female in 2004.
A true leader in all senses of the word, this courageous meerkat looked danger in the eye and took a dump on it. She always put the family before her own life, leading her clan to dominance in the ruthless desert. Yet she was prudent in her decisions, knowing when to fight and put some caps in other meerkats' domes, and when to run like mad when she knew her mob was in for a beatdown.
Flower (front row, left) was killed in last week's episode. Or is she the one in the back? Wait, is that Zaphod? Oh that's Flower over there on far right. No, that's Rocket Dog. Or is that Mozart? Wait, are these even the Whiskers?
Those of us who read the Meerkat Manor Wikipedia entry knew this was coming (thanks a lot for the spoilers, stupid UK!), but seeing her limp out of the burrow on her last legs in last week's episode still buried a dagger deep inside our full hearts, twisting it around and puncturing every ventricle spewing blood and tears all over our "I love meerkats" hand-sewn sweaters... intense stabbing motions... guts wrenching, twitching, trembling. The worst feeling in the world.
Why God, WHY!? Why must you always take the good ones!?!? Are you even listening to me? ARE YOU EVEN REAL!?
Our faith is shaken, but life in the Kalahari must go on. Now that the Whiskers' "Iron Lady" has passed, who will take over the family? Zaphod, the useless dominant male? Mitch, the brave field general with a heart of gold? Rocket Dog, Flower's daughter and temporary leader of the Whiskers group during the split? Axle, the baby Zappa infiltrator? I'd say Mitch, but he serves the clan best as a lone wolf. But if Rocket Dog takes over, does that mean she gets to have sex with her dad? Kinky.
Tribute Videos: Animal Planet , YouTube (the best one), YouTube (music by The Eels), YouTube , YouTube, YouTube, YouTube , YouTube , YouTube , YouTube (music by Alan Jackson) , YouTube ,YouTube (Battlestar Galactica parody ad), YouTube (Flower promo for season three with Britney Spears soundtrack), and the ABSOLUTE MUST SEE inevitable heavy metal parody ...
All joking aside, Meerkat Manor is easily one of television's best shows, and Flower was incredibly badass. She's now in Meerkat Heaven eating millipedes and scorpions with Shakespeare.
"The desert has lost its favorite rose." -- Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings. I couldn't have said it better you little hairy man.
Meerkat Manor, television's best soap opera, is on Fridays on Animal Planet.
- Posted Oct 5, 2007 10:29 am PT
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1Oct 07
Hey guys and chicas -
One of the most funnest bestest entertainingest things I was able to do down at Comic-Con this year was walk amongst the crowd of cool geeks with a video camera and see which show they liked better, Lost or Heroes. There were plenty of people who had VERY strong opinions on both shows, and it was absolutely delightful to hear fans rip on the show they didn't like and praise the one they did.
We filmed the highlights and put together a video (click above link or the picture), and it turned out to be fairly entertaining. There were even a few celebrities that chimed in with their opinion.
Most of the filming was done on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the event. That's worth noting because the Lost panel was held on Thursday and the Heroes panel was held on Saturday. As far as buzz at the event, it wasn't even close. Heroes fever was EVERYWHERE. While there were definitely more Dharma Initiative (from Lost) t-shirts walking around, the Heroes fans (probably because NBC hasn't put out any Heroes shirts) were a little more creative. Two young lasses walked around with Sylar brain-cutting marks on their heads and another wore a homemade shirt that said 'Milo is my Hero'--a nod to last year's event which debuted the pilot episode of the show.
Most of the arguments both held up against each other very well. On one side, Lost is a long, drawn-out mystery that constantly engages fans with new questions. Heroes is the opposite--storylines are quick and concise, often wrapping up in just a few episodes.
I was a little surprised at how many Heroes fans said that the characters in Heroes were more refined and well-written. In my opinion, it's the opposite. Lost does characters VERY well, and that's what makes the show so strong.
Heroes' strength, on the other hand, is the stress on "ordinary people" with extraordinary abilities. And it does that very well... kind of a hope piece for all of us who have ever longed to be a superhero. I doubt anyone has really wished their plane crashed on an island with a smoke monster on it.
Sure, several people said they actually like both shows and had some trouble picking one over the other. But for the most part, fans skewed one way or the other. If anyone cares, the office here at TV.com appears to be a microcosm of the greater outdoors--Heroes and Lost are both liked by many here, with the ends of the bell curve heavily defending their shows, like this guy for Lost, and this guy for Heroes.
As for my opinion? I am one of those snobby Lost fans. I do watch Heroes though, but not quite sure how much longer I will continue to do that.
Side note: one opinion that didn't make the video came from Aqua Teen Hunger Force creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro. They talked about Lost and somehow managed to say they were weirded out when Steve Vai grew long fingernails and had to dig in the dirt to save the castaways. It was bizarre, to say the least. I swear those two guys are from the moon.
Post your opinion below!
- Posted Oct 1, 2007 5:51 pm PT
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27Sep 07
(note: post should be read in Bob Saget America's Funniest Home Videos speak)
There's no doubt that ABC's Lost is one of the television industry's most compelling dramas, but that doesn't mean they always get it right! This video shows that even when they're slaving away in Hawaii, the cast and crew know how to have a good time and laugh it up!
In this hilarious blooper, a man is killed as a prank.
Watch as:
--Terry O'Quinn (John Locke) goes from serious to giggles... in the blink of an eye! I wonder if the Academy took that into consideration when they gave him the Emmy this year!
--Yunjin Kim (Sun Kwon) gets something in her eye! Is that water? Is that bird poop? Is it smoke monster poop? We may never know!
--Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet) puts on a gas mask... or does she!?
--Dominic Monaghan (Charlie Pace) tries to kiss everyone... including Jorge Reyes (Hurley)!
(end Bob Saget speak.)
Okay, honestly, it's mostly just a bunch of familiar faces giggling. But whatever.
- Posted Sep 27, 2007 2:09 pm PT
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21Sep 07
Sorry dudes, Summer is gone. Which means it's time to board up your windows, fluff your pillows, and stock up on microwaveable meals, because there is plenty of TV to be watched. However, I know many of you have other interests, like video games and online pornography, so you can't afford to waste time watching bad shows.
This is where I become your best friend.
Here's a quick guide of what to watch and what not to watch.
Cavemen - ABC Tuesdays - premieres October 2
Yes those lovable hirsute cro-mags from the Geico commercials are going to have their own show. And it's going to suck. I personally have not seen it yet, but we all know what's coming. However, this has cult failure in the making and countless opportunities for two weeks worth of pop-culture lingo. Besides, the time committment is minimal as it will be extinct soon.
Ruling: Watch it! (once)
Reaper - The C-dub Tuesdays - premieres September 25
Here's the short of it: Dude turns 21 and finds out his parents sold his soul to the devil when he was a kid. Dude has to become Satan's bounty hunter, capturing baddies who escaped from Hell. Dude and friends are major stoner-types. Guy who killed Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks and Leon Nash in Robocop plays the Devil (pictured, left). Kevin Smith is involved. This show could have gone either way, but fortunately, it turned out pretty good. It's actually very entertaining and full of quick-wit jokes and physical comedy. Lead Bret Harrison (pictured, right) has a chance to break out and become a household name, and his beefy buddy (played by Tyler Labine from the short-lived Invasion) is slack-tastic as the prototypical stoner buddy. Is this the first major hit for CW? (no, Gilmore Girls does not count)
Ruling: Watch it!
Big Shots - ABC Thursdays - premieres September 27
Four guys get together and have adventures in New York. And they all happen to be incredibly rich. James is married to Stacey, Duncan is divorced from Lisbeth, Brody is married to Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... if I watch this show someone please kill me.
Ruling: Pass!
Moonlight - CBS Fridays - premieres September 28
A vampire becomes a detective! Say what?
Ruling: Pass!
Aliens in America - The CW Mondays - premieres October 1
If I've learned anything over my lifetime, it's that everyone enjoys good old fashioned racism! The CW's Aliens in America provides some pretty good stereotypin'--a Pakistani foreign exchange student (try and guess which one he is in the picture...just try!) joins a host family in Wisconsin! Wisconsin is so White! The kid is so brown! Fish out of water high jinx ensue as a pair of losers befriend each other! As tasteless and dangerous as this could be, the show does look very promising and funny. Definitely a sleeper pick for the season.
Ruling: Watch it!
The Big Bang Theory - CBS Mondays - premieres September 24
God I wanted to hate this show. The jist: Two nerds' worlds go upsy-daisy when a hot girl moves in next door. Ummm... that's it. For the most part the show is lame, but one out of every five jokes is actually funny--though often horribly predictable. Jim Parsons (pictured, right) is pretty good in it--not so much Johnny Galecki though. And the hot girl is an 8 when she should be a 9.5 minimum. I'm sure IGN and 1up would give her a 10, but me and my boy Jeff Gerstmann are sticking with an 8. Feel free to flame you undersexed losers!
Ruling: Check it out once... bound to appeal to some of your closet nerd humor.
Private Practice - ABC Wednesdays - premieres September 26
Hospital shows are lame. Spin-offs (Practice came from Grey's Anatomy) are lame.
Ruling: Pass. But this is going to be a huge hit.
Chuck - NBC Mondays - premieres September 24
See Reaper but replace Satan's bounty hunter with government agent with a brain full of national security secrets. And add more action and sexy courtesy of Yvonne Strzechowski and Rachel Bilson. Zachary Levi will be this fall's breakout star for NBC, and this fall's Teen Beat heart throb. Remember the rule about dating younger women, Zach!
(Video : Me chatting with Chuck stars Zach Levi and Josh Gomez at Comic Con--scroll down)
Ruling: Watch it!
Bionic Woman - NBC Wednesdays - premieres September 26
You'd think with Battlestar's David Eick (producer) and Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) this would at least be decent. It's not. A muddled mess. Rumored to be way over-budget, NBC decided to make a huge casting change when it bailed on Bionic's sister in the pilot, a deaf girl on the goth tip who provided the family conflict, in favor of a cute blonde...who is a computer hacker! That's quite a 180. Need more evidence? One of the show's producers left the show upset about the direction it was going in--just last week! Plus, in the pilot a knife flew up in the air, came down, and stuck in the ground. The ground was made of concrete. WHAT? On the plus side, another Robocop vet (Miguel Ferrer) is in this one! Yay Robocop!
Ruling: Pass!
Life - NBC Wednesdays - premieres September 26
Can one actor carry a show? Let's hope so. Band of Brothers' Damien Lewis is AWESOME in this show about a cop re-joining the force after being wrongfully imprisoned for 12 years. Lewis's character has some Dr. House-ish quirks (like an affinity for fruit, inability to get used to technology that has passed him by when he was in the slammer) which seem to irk some viewers, but I loved it. In addition to solving crimes around LA, he is also in obsessive pursuit (though he claims he isn't) of those responsible for throwing him in jail. Also features the hottest babe on TV, Sarah Shahi, as Lewis' partner. She strips down to her bra and panties in the pilot and takes a chemical wash shower! SOLD! (on a side note, a casting change that ousted Sleeper Cell's Melissa Sagemiller (pictured, left) from the show prevented Life from having the one-two babe punch from heaven. WAY TO GO NBC YOU MORONS!)
Ruling: Watch it! (though everyone else seems to dislike it)
Dirty Sexy Money - ABC Wednesdays - premieres September 26
With a name like that, it's either horrible or pretty clever. Six Feet Under's Peter Krause (pictured, right) stars a lawyer for a super-rich super-a**holish family. From the commercials I saw, it looks like they're taking the campy Desperate Housewives-ish angle, which is the right choice. A good-looking over-the-top show that makes fun of rich people. The cast also looks rock f'in solid. And yeah, William Baldwin is part of that cast.
Ruling: Watch it!
Pushing Daisies - ABC Wednesdays - premieres October 3
What can be said about this fairy-tale show that hasn't already been said? A charming whimsical tale about a pie-maker named Ned (Lee Pace) who can bring people back from the dead. If he doesn't touch them again (to kill them for good) within a minute, someone else nearby dies for good. Also, once someone is brought back to life, he can't touch them again or they're also dead for good. Ned uses his powers to help a PI solve crimes (he asks the dead who killed them! voila!) and take the reward money. The problem? Ned reanimates his childhood crush (played by the lovely Anna Friel in a breakout role, pictured right) who he still has feelings for, and guess what, she likes him too. Awwwww how cute! But they can't touch otherwise she's maggot food! This is the ultimate "watch-with-your-girlfriend" show, and she won't be the only one reaching for the kleenex to wipe away some tears. However, it also has an awesome morbid overtone courtesy of series creator and all-around genius Bryan Fuller (Wonderfalls, Dead Like Me, Heroes). In the pilot, dogs die, squirrels die, flies die, two parents die...all in the first 2 minutes. Awesome. Also - the colorful look is perfect for stoners. Plus Chi McBride (the PI) delivers the season's best line in a pilot when Ned nearly costs him his life when he lets his sweetheart live and someone nearby must die: "Beee-yatch, I was in proximity!" Great show... bound to be misunderstood and cancelled!
Ruling: Watch it!
Halo 3 - Xbox 360s all over the world - premieres September 25
TV what?
Ruling: Hell yeah.
What is your take on the new fall shows?
- Posted Sep 21, 2007 11:54 am PT
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18Sep 07
Yeah sure Emmys happened blah blah and new fall season kicks off yadda yadda, but let's stick to what is important.
WHO IS HAYDEN PANETTIERE DATING!?!!?
Fellas, you ain't gonna like the latest rumors floating around... Just a few days after the Heroes star announced she was single, scuttlebutt around Hollywood says she may be dating one of her co-stars on the show, Milo Ventimiglia who plays Peter Petrelli and also played Rocky's son in the latest Rocky movie.
Here's the evidence, according to gossip mongers TMZ and E! :
--He cut her meat at the Emmys dinner on Sunday! Awwwwwwww... Also, he apparently also chewed her dinner for her and regurgitated it into her mouth like a bird. (Okay, that last bit I just made up, but try and picture it)
--They were seen arm-in-arm leaving the HBO post-Emmy party. Totally arm making-out.
--They're both super hot (according to Hollywood, not me)
E! also got reaction from "the office" of Heroes (meaning that they probably talked to a janitor or something) and got these pearls of wisdom: "She's too young (18 to his 30). She shouldn't be dating just one guy." Amen! Slut it up Hayden! "Alexis [Bledel, former Gilmore Girls star and girlfriend of Milo] seems a lot nicer." You're just jealous, cow. "I don't buy it, it's just something to write about after the Emmys." WHATEVER! HE CUT HER MEAT!
Milo: word of advice - remember the rule about dating younger women: Half your age + 6. 30/2 + 6 = 21. Hayden = 18. Sorry pal.
Keep that hand above the waist!
- Posted Sep 18, 2007 3:00 pm PT
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