Posted Sep 19th 2008 3:04PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: My Name Is Earl, Interviews, Reality-Free
The CW may have kicked off its fall season on Labor Day, but for most of the other networks, things are just getting started. So what does that mean for you? Heavy promotion for not only the new shows premiering this fall, but for returning favorites as well. To that end,
My Name Is Earl creator
Greg Garcia and star
Jason Lee spoke with reporters recently about
Earl's upcoming 4th season.
My Name Is Earl returns for its 4th season on NBC with two back-to-back episodes, September 25 at 8pm. Not only did Garcia and Lee give us a taste of what to expect when we catch up with our favorite Camdenites, but they also dished the dirt on dream guest stars, what previous guest star peed over by craft services, if an
Earl movie is in the works, and perhaps a word or two about a famously abrasive
30 Rock star. All of the details are after the jump.
Continue reading Greg Garcia and Jason Lee talk about what's coming up on Earl
Posted Sep 15th 2008 11:02AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: TV on DVD, The Office, Reality-Free
Any DVD set that has
The Office on it is going to be good. That's just a fact. So obviously,
The Office: Season 4 DVD set already has a lot going for it. So what I was mainly interested in when I received it was how they dealt with their shortcomings: namely the fact that due to the writer's strike, this set only has 14 episodes.
While
The Office fared much better than other shows with its truncated season, I still expect a DVD set without a full season's worth of episodes to have enough bonus features to help make up for it. While the features on this set are pretty standard (deletes scenes, blooper reels, commentaries, etc.) for the most part, the quality makes you forget that the set is light about ten episodes.
Continue reading The Office: season 4 - DVD review
Posted Sep 11th 2008 8:38PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Celebrities, Project Runway, Pickups and Renewals
You know the old saying, "looking good is the best revenge?" Well, looking good on television is even better. To that end,
Nina Garcia, the acid-tongued Colombian judge on
Project Runway, is appearing on a new reality show.
Garcia will be starring on Style Network's new series, Running in Heels.
Heels follows the staff at women's magazine
Marie Claire, which Garcia joined a short while ago after leaving her long-time position at
Elle magazine.
Garcia's split from
Elle was allegedly not on the best terms, so it's probably extra sweet for her that
Running in Heels is a direct competitor to CW's
Stylista; a reality competition show taking place at, you guessed it --
Elle magazine.
Continue reading Nina Garcia is Running in Heels
Posted Sep 10th 2008 11:09PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: America's Next Top Model, Episode Reviews
(S01E03) I'm really kind of freaked out by the contestants that we've seen so far this season. No, not because there's a transgendered person in the house; the reason I'm so confused is that there seem to be several girls who are kind of awesome.
Of course Hannah is an idiot; she's the small town girl that ends up on the show every season and goes through the competition completely unrepentant in her ignorance. While the other girls in the house usually just go with this, this season they're actually confronting her about her stank behavior, which includes pushing Isis and saying that since she's the "stereotypical white girl," she doesn't come into rooms screaming, (like black people do).
When they have the confrontation, which to me, seems very calm and respectful, Hannah actually likens it to "gang rape," and says it's "like gang violence." She is a ridiculous individual. A ridiculous, horrifying, ugly individual.
Continue reading America's Next Top Model: The Ladder of Model Success
Posted Sep 10th 2008 7:39AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, 90210
(S01E03)I was pretty unsure of the new
90210 last week. My initial impression was that it wasn't bad, but it could use some work. Now, however, it is week two and I'm pretty sure I was just blinded by all of the curly hair and porcelain veneers--because this was not good.
Now I'm not trying to say that everyone who lives in Beverly Hills is stuck up and/or unfriendly, but
come on. I know I'm not the only one who thinks that Annie and Dixon are having the easiest transition into a new school in the history of the world. I moved around a lot when I was a kid, and while I was lucky enough to stop moving before I got to high school, I still went to nine elementary schools. Nine different elementary schools and not a single guy flew
me to San Francisco.
Continue reading 90210: Lucky Strike
Posted Sep 9th 2008 11:03AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Programming, Video, Celebrities
If you're
Alexis Stewart, daughter of domestic goddess
Martha Stewart; your childhood was weird. It's an unavoidable fact; no one could grow up around that much tulle and handmade, hand-stamped wrapping paper and escape without any lasting effects. Luckily, Alexis has been able to use this to her advantage. Along with her friend
Jennifer Koppelman Hutt, Alexis Stewart is mining her experiences growing up with Martha for her new show,
Whatever, Martha.
When I first heard about Whatever, Martha, I laughed. Seriously; it sounded like one of those ideas you come up with at three in the morning after downing a family sized bottle of Cabernet. Kind of an, "oh my God, I just had the best idea for a show: what if we sat around and watched old episodes of
Martha Stewart Living and tried to do the crafts while I talk about how screwed up my childhood was and how Martha always forgot my birthdays and stuff" kind of idea. Starting on September 16, that 3 am idea is going to become a reality -- and we have video.
Continue reading Whatever, Martha looks kind of mean, kind of hilarious - VIDEOS
Posted Sep 5th 2008 10:24AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
If I didn't love this news so much, I'd be worried that
30 Rock was turning into
The Love Boat or
Will and Grace. After all, it seems as though there's news of a new guest star every few days. First
Will Arnett signed on to reprise his role as the delightfully evil Devon Banks, then ex-
Friend,
Jennifer Aniston, decided to return to television in order to stalk Jack Donaghy. After that came news that
Oprah was scheduled to play herself on an upcoming episode.
That's a lot of guest stars to pack into one season, but now we have news of two more. Everybody's favorite
Gossip Girls, Blair and Serena, AKA
Leighton Meester and Blake Lively, are coming to 30 Rock. What on earth could bring these Upper East Siders to Midtown? Are they trying to overthrow Liz Lemon as queen bee of
TGS with Tracy Jordan? Are they starring in a movie with Tracy Jordan? There's more info on their storyline after the jump.
Continue reading Liz Lemon was a Gossip Girl?
Posted Sep 4th 2008 5:21PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, America's Next Top Model, Ratings, 90210
I feel as though I've done nothing the entire week except watch The CW. When I close my eyes, I just see images of highlights, dangerously low BMIs and huge, blinding teeth. Apparently, I'm not alone. When
Gossip Girl's second season premiered on Monday night, it grabbed record ratings for the show that, up until then, has never been
quite popular enough to live up to its buzz. On Wednesday night, even more people tuned into the
premiere of 90210, which garnered huge ratings for The CW, with 4.9 million viewers. It seemed as though people were finally flocking to the fledgling network. However,
Wednesday's premiere of America's Next Top Model didn't exactly keep the streak alive.
Top Model, which began its 11th cycle, but not, as Tyra said, it's "second
decade," didn't have viewers glued to their TVs.
The two-hour premiere only nabbed 3.5 million viewers, with 1.7 million of those in the coveted 18-49 demographic. This is down 11% from cycle 10, which premiered in February of this year, and down 32% from last September's cycle 9.
Continue reading Good thing 90210 is saving The CW, because Top Model sure isn't
Posted Sep 4th 2008 1:04AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: America's Next Top Model, Episode Reviews
(S11E01; S11E02) The CW is trying to kill me. First they give me a
two-hour 90210 premiere, now it's two hours of Tyra flipping her weave on
ANTM's season premiere. Is this
A Clockwork Orange? Are they going to tape my eyelids open??? All I know is that the hot tranny mess in this season's cast had better be worth it.
The best part of any
America's Next Top Model premiere is to see whatever wacky way Tyra chooses to introduce herself to the semi-finalists. This year, she sent the girls to be scanned at the "Top Model Institute of Technology," with Alpha J. and Beta Jay. Eventually, Robot Tyra enters the room to a chorus of ear-shattering squeals. All I can say is that Robot Tyra is no
Psycho Homecoming Queen Tyra.
Continue reading America's Next Top Model: The Notorious Fierce Fourteen; Top Model Inauguration (season premiere)
Posted Sep 3rd 2008 8:00PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Celebrities, 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free
Okay, so
Oprah is obviously the most powerful woman in the universe. She does control the stars and the winds and the planets, after all. She brings us rainbows when we're good and conjures up things like
Dr. Phil when we're bad. So what do we call a person who can conjure up Oprah?
Tina Fey.
Earlier this year, Fey publicly stated that she wanted Oprah to come on
30 Rock and play her best friend. Maybe she's been reading
The Secret, because it looks like putting it out into the universe has made it happen.
Oprah Winfrey is in final negotiations to guest star on 30 Rock.
This sounds like it's pretty close to a done deal, as she's already being written into the second episode of the season, airing on November 6th. But what about the big question? Will she be playing Liz Lemon's BFF? There's more info after the jump.
Continue reading 30 Rock gets the big "O"
Posted Sep 3rd 2008 2:24PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Casting, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
I was really bitter towards CW for canceling
Veronica Mars, so I was planning on not watching
Gossip Girl out of spite. However, as a fan of (at least the first few seasons) of
The O.C., the idea of another
Josh Schwartz show intrigued me. Okay, that, and the fact that I loved
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (shut up), and the realization that my one-woman boycott wasn't going to bring
VM back, all led me to the show.
When I tuned in, I really thought it would be
The O.C. East, but Schwartz and the rest of the writers did a good job of making it its own show, I'm sure in no small part due to the fact that they had a series of books to work with. In fact, last night's
90210 premiere reminded me more of
The O.C. than
Gossip Girl ever has. So when I read that an
O.C. alum was making her way to the Upper East Side, I wasn't exactly thrilled.
Casting spoilers ahead.Continue reading Gossip Girl casting news: Is this The O.C. East?
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 11:58PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S01E01 / S01E02) Wow. So, within the first five minutes it becomes abundantly clear that this is not your momma's
90210. First of all, there are actual non-whites at West Beverly High! Er, well, at least one. But he's a main character! Secondly, kids at West Beverly don't just hang out at the Peach Pit or whatever before class, they perform sexual acts in their big, shiny SUVs!
Other things are the same, however, such as the fact that being a new kid still sucks: even if you're an impossibly skinny girl with perfect teeth and hair like a shiny, pretty labradoodle, like Annie Wilson. People still call you Farm Girl, and Kelly Taylor's sister posts mean blogs about you. Meanwhile, if you're her brother, even being a lacrosse star can end badly, when jealous kids get you kicked off the team.
90210's premiere is a little uneven, but also oddly entertaining. One thing that everyone can agree on though, is that
Jessica Walter is still awesome.
Continue reading 90210: We're Not in Kansas Anymore; The Jet Set (series premiere)
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 2:38PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Video, Grey's Anatomy, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
As a fan of
Grey's Anatomy from the beginning, I was disappointed with last season. The characters were wandering around with seemingly no direction, Meredith and Derek were getting on my last nerve, and there was a storyline that revolved around resuscitating a
deer. It was not exactly the finest example of television I had ever seen.
Regardless, I'm excited about the fifth season, premiering on September 25.
Shonda Rhimes has always struck me as the type of producer and writer who listens to fans and can remove herself from her product enough to realize that something isn't working.
It seems as though my faith is already being rewarded. In a new promo for season 5, Rose, the nurse that Derek had been dating while trying to get over Meredith,
drops a bombshell: she's pregnant! Now
that's a way to get me interested in this storyline again.
Video of the promo and spoilers about Rose's revelation follow after the jump.Continue reading Grey's shocker: does Rose have a big secret?--VIDEO
Posted Sep 1st 2008 11:03AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: TV on DVD, Heroes, Reality-Free
Poor
Heroes. After a phenomenal first year, it was one of the most highly-anticipated returning shows last season. However, not only was it claimed by the dreaded sophomore slump, but its season got cut short by the writers' strike, leaving us with eleven kind of awkward episodes.
While season one was about ordinary people discovering that they have extraordinary abilities, much of season two was about these people trying to return to their ordinary lives with the knowledge of what they, and others, can do. The problem that
Heroes ran into in the second season was its split focus. You have the original heroes dealing with the aftermath of the first season, highlighted by Nathan Petrelli dealing with the gopher attached to his face, while at the same time you're delving into the story of the previous generation that is being quickly killed off, not to mention the addition of new characters.
When I received the season two DVDs, I was curious to see if producers went the extra mile to make up for a lackluster season, or if the DVD set is as disjointed as the season itself.
Continue reading Heroes: Season 2 - DVD review
Posted Aug 29th 2008 11:27AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free
I'm pretty sure I know how
Will Arnett has spent his summer: doing leg presses.
Arnett is slipping back into his short robe to reprise his role on
30 Rock. His character, Jack Donaghy's nemesis
Devon Banks, may have already screwed Jack out of the CEO job at the end of last season, but he's coming back for more.
Arnett is scheduled to load up on the self-tanner and appear on
30 Rock's season premiere, airing October 30. He scored a well-deserved Emmy nomination for his stint on the show last season, so his reappearance is no big surprise. Arnett is reportedly already on the
30 Rock set shooting scenes with Baldwin for the inevitable Banks/Donaghy showdown.
Although this is the only episode in which he is confirmed to be appearing, I wouldn't be shocked if he popped up again later in the season. I'm just hoping that the season premiere takes place a little while after the finale, so Kenneth can get back from Beijing in time to be harassed into Banks' arms, because
that's the love story I want to see.
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