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TV on DVD: July 28, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FOX, The CW, DVD,

Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • Battlestar Galactica (Season 4.5)
  • Battlestar Galactica (Complete Series)
  • Charles in Charge (Season 5)
  • Doc Martin (Series 2)
  • Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
  • Dollhouse (Season 1)
  • The Donna Reed Show (Season 2)
  • Early Edition (Season 2)
  • The Judy Garland Show (Volume 1)
  • Knight Rider (2008) (Season 1)
  • Life on Mars (U.K.) (Season 1)

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TV on DVD: March 24, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, The CW, DVD,

In Treatment Season 1 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • Andy Richter Controls the Universe (Complete Series)
  • Charles in Charge (Season 4)
  • In Treatment (Season 1)
  • Midsomer Murders (Set 12)
  • The Riches (Season 2)
  • Room 222 (Season 1)
  • Runaway (Complete Series)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars - A Galaxy Divided
  • The Venture Bros. (Season 3)

Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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Confessing to a New Love: Teen Idol Review

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Gossip,


VH1’s premiered last night, one of many shows to be unveiled in the next two weeks. What sets this reality apart from the pack? Is it Executive Producer Scott Baio, who faded from 80s glory to find a new life in reality TV? Is it the addition of no-nonsense Jason Hervey, who seems to be part man-of-all-work, part peacemaker?

No, it’s the hunk-filled cast. They may be has-beens, but some of these former teen idols are still looking pretty fine. In the series opener, Baywatch babe Jeremy Jackson was the first to arrive at the palatial home that is to be shared by the seven participants. He was greeted by pictures of each cast member in his heyday, a visual reminder of fame days now gone by.

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I Confess: I Love Old Teen Idols

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Reality, Cable, MTV, Gossip, Rumors, Video,


I usually shy away from reality projects featuring Scott Baio (not falling for that one again), but I just may have to make an exception for VH1. The network will soon be premiering its brand-new Confessions of a Teen Idol, which features seven former hotties who all share the same mission: grab the brass ring.

You know, again.

They each had their shot at fame and some even spent a little time at the top. But Hollywood is capricious, and soon enough all of these men found themselves on the swift path to being has-beens. But VH1 - and apparently, - thinks they could be shining stars once more. Or at the very least, reality stars. Here’s the funniest part: Baio is part host, part mentor to these would-be famous-again celebs.

I know, it’s a total riot.

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TV on DVD: May 20, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, On Demand/PPV, Showtime, Syndication, 24, DVD,

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

The Muppet Show, Season 3 DVD

This Week on TV (1/7-1/13)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Late Night, Mini Series, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, Talk Shows, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, NBC, Syndication, The CW, Daily Show, The, Medium, My Name Is Earl,

Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart

(Reminder: You can view the whole Revamped TV Programming Schedule here.)

 

MONDAY (1/7)
  • The View (ABC, check local listings):  returns from maternity leave.  I’d gladly sacrifice her to the union gods for an end to the .
  • Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann (ABC, 8pm):  Here’s our chance to see if the judges can actually teach what they preach.
  • American Gladiators (NBC, 8pm):  “In the men’s competition, an engineer takes on a radiation-control technician.”  The year of the nerd has now officially spilled over into 2008.
  • Medium (NBC, 10pm):  Season four premiere.  “Allison has creepy visions of a boy being kidnapped from a toy store.”  I never did trust that Geoffrey Giraffe.
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel Channel, 10pm):  Anthony travels to Singapore for his latest season premiere.  I don’t like traveling with crusty people, but I love watching them venture on TV.
  • The Daily Show/The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 11:30pm):  Tonight Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will crank out their versions of a writer-less show.  God love ‘em for trying.

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Scott Baio….No Longer Single

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Gossip,

Scott BaioAs we mentioned back in August, Charles in Charge’s had enough personal issues to fill another season of programming.  Now we have a better idea what we will see when his life unfolds for the cameras again next month.

The famous playboy, and star of , had spent the duration of his summer show trying to figure out if he was finally ready for marriage.  With the help of a life coach, Baio dealt with a myriad of issues from his past relationships.  Although he was known for cheating on most of his high-profile romances, it truly seemed that he was on the road to commitment by the series’ final episode.  Unfortunately, that was also when his girlfriend, Renee Sloan, decided to drop a bombshell on him:  he was gonna be a daddy.

Several months later, Scott is now the father of a baby girl…and a newlywed.  The nuptials - which took place in Los Angeles just this past weekend - will be documented in Season 2 when it premieres this January.  No word yet whether the show will be retitled to reflect Baio’s current status.

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Scott Baio is 45… and Renewed

Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Renewals,

Scott BaioHave any of you been watching Scott Baio is 45… and Single? Talk about guilty pleasure. Baio, whose career has been in the dumps for quite awhile, has carved himself a nice little comeback with this reality show gem. Alright, maybe “gem” is too generous, but it’s been a fun ride nevertheless. And with the summer winding down, it was a nice little diversion—especially if you grew up loving Chachi. Which I did. Charles in Charge? Not so much… I had moved on from Scott Baio at that point. Anyway, the VH1 series chronicled his two months with a life coach to get him on the marriage track so he doesn’t die a lonely old Casanova. Did it work? As many suspected, Baio was ready to marry his girlfriend by the end of the series, which aired on Sunday… what no one guessed was that his girlfriend would whisper to him that she was pregnant in the final seconds of the finale. Here’s what many did predict—a second season of the popular series that would involve wedding planning (and now, impending daddyhood). And you thought Baio was afraid of getting married? How phobic is he going to be about having a kid? Stay tuned for next season, which begins production in the fall and will air nine episodes. How did the show do with viewers? Seems people (besides me) are still interested in Chachi—it averaged 1.3 million viewers.

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Our TV Memos: SYTYCD, Flight of the Conchords, Scott Baio

Posted by David L. Williams Categories: Comedy, Reality, HBO, So You Think You Can Dance, Editorial, Features,

Sabra JohnsonFrom time to time I feel the need to pen (or type, really) a little bit of television-related correspondence, but I don’t always have the right email addresses.  So why don’t I use the column inches I’m generous granted here to catch up on a few memos I’ve been meaning to write?  (Don’t worry, that’s a rhetorical question.)  Here goes:

To the voting viewers of So You Think You Can Dance: I’m going to ignore the fact that you actually call in and vote, though it still puzzles me, even after all the votes, that people actually do that (and I’m totally going to get dinged by one of my best friend who I think actually does vote).  Anyway, I’m going to ignore that and say thank you for voting for .  I liked, not loved, the show, but I really enjoyed it when Sabra danced.  She just seemed more fun, more watchable than the other finalists, but I can’t give you a good reason why.  Can’t tell you why anymore than I can tell you why Mary Murphy is ... like she is.  I liked Sabra and she won and that’s always a nice moment when you’re watching a reality show.

Oh, also Sabra’s hair is pretty awesome, so that helps.

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Summer Reality Thoughts: Part Four

Posted by David L. Williams Categories: Music, Reality, ABC, Cable, So You Think You Can Dance, Editorial, Features,

Shaq's Big Challenge

Wherein I ask the tough questions, like, “Why on Earth would I begin a blog entry with the word ‘wherein?’’

All right, it’s been a little while since I posted, so here are the TV questions that have haunted me lately:

1. What did Shaq just say?  No, it’s not that I can’t understand the words that he’s saying; I’m just having trouble figuring out what he means or, more often, why he said it in the first place.  I’ve begun watching “Shaq’s Big Challenge”, wherein (damn it, I’ve really got to cut that out) basketball great and star of Kazaam Shaquille O’Neal conquers the problem of childhood obesity by helping a half dozen kids lose weight.  “Helping” may be too strong a term since Shaq always seems to have other obligations when it comes to the day-to-day assisting of the kids with their programs, but I’m not going to quibble with that.  Any kind of help is a good step; also, Shaq is huge and can easily crush me.

In the first episode, Shaq argues with one of the kids about what kind of donut is the best kind.  Shaq thinks Boston Crème, while one of the kids says crullers are better than the B.C.  Shaq’s response?  “No they’re not!”  Seriously, he starts a debate on donuts and takes a firm stand against crullers.  But, memo to ABC, I’d totally watch “Donut Debate with Shaquille O’Neal.”  Like, every night.

Also, Shaq is show footage of one of the kids eating four slices of pizza during a meal (and dipping each piece in garlic butter as he does), and the dietician asks Shaq how many pieces he eats when he has pizza.  Shaq just smiles guiltily because he doesn’t feel like saying, “I’m the Big Aristotle.  I eat all the pizza I want!” and then instead of, say, talking to the kid about changing his eating habits or, I don’t know, doing … anything, Shaq just says something like, “You’ve got a lot of work to do.”  Thanks for the help, Mr. O’Neal.  Whose name is on this show, by the way?

Really, though, the best example of Shaq quote confusion was when he spoke of one of the kids no longer participating, and said, “If Kit drops out, I’ve failed the system.”  What “system?”  No idea.  Why has Shaq failed this supposed system if one of the kids drops out?  Not a clue.

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