The Cape continued to exert its super-heroic charm in its second week, as our hero faced a new villain: A wily escape artist who used to wield the mighty cape himself. “I’m here for the cape,” snarled Gregor the Great. But instead he got The Cape — Vince Faraday, that is, ready to snap his magical cloak to fight bad guys. READ FULL STORY »
MTV’s American version of the hit British show Skins premiered on Monday night, and it’s just what you’ve heard about, and seen in MTV’s promos: Teens drinking and drugging, staying out all night, fighting with their parents, trying to help a pal lose his virginity, going to READ FULL STORY »
The premiere of Piers Morgan Tonight revealed host Piers Morgan to be clever, tenacious, vain, a flatterer, and fitfully funny. Oh, and he had a big-name first guest: Oprah Winfrey, who talked about contemplating suicide at age 14, her quest to interview Michael Vick, and how many times she’s had her heart broken (twice). READ FULL STORY »
Ricky Gervais, as Golden Globes host, has ruffled some feathers, inside the industry and among TV viewers. With impertinent comments ranging from the true (The Tourist was simply not a well-received movie, by critics or the public) to the risky (few Americans joke about Scientology), Gervais reminded viewers once again that the British, they’re not like us. Oh, we can get taken in by the accent and that uncanny ability to speak in complete, grammatically-correct sentences, but then we get sucker-punched by the combination of impertinent tweaking and abrupt honesty that, over the pond and among themselves, English citizens commonly refer to simply as “rude,” as in, “How rude!,” followed by a delighted shriek of laughter. READ FULL STORY »
First of all, thanks once again to Ricky Gervais for bringing the sort of funny rudeness and effrontery — or as Robert Downey, Jr., phrased it, “mean-spirited [with] a sinister undertone” — that make an awards show such as the Golden Globes engaging to watch. And to Matt Damon and Robert De Niro for providing an unbeatable one-two punch as amusing presenter and award-winner. Oh, and jolly good wishes to Alexa Chung for actually making NBC’s red-carpet pre-show entertaining for a change. READ FULL STORY »
To all of you who complain that Saturday Night Live doesn’t do anything new, well, SNL has been listening. The show, with the help of host Gwyneth Paltrow and music guest Cee Lo Green, tried out a few novel notions this week. READ FULL STORY »
Gwyneth Paltrow hosts Saturday Night Live this week; the musical guest is Cee Lo Green. Writing as an admirer of Paltrow and her performance in her latest film, Country Strong, I have high hopes for the evening. Here’s the promo, with READ FULL STORY »
Beyond Scared Straight premiered on A&E on Thursday night, a documentary series meant to frighten law-breaking young people into getting their lives together by exposing them to the harshness of prison life. READ FULL STORY »
If you didn’t know that Off The Map was from producer Shonda Rhimes, who’s given America Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice, I’m sure you made the connection early on during Wednesday night’s premiere. Young, cute doctors, gazing at READ FULL STORY »
The View sprang one of its periodic leaks on Wednesday morning, with the panel squirting out opinions on everything from Jersey Shore to Sarah Palin.
Responding to the video that Snooki and J-Woww made ridiculing Joy Behar’s ridicule of them, Barbara Walters described Snookie as “a woman who drinks too much” and gets “smacked in the face,” while Behar commented drily, “I didn’t know they allowed cameras into AA meetings.” READ FULL STORY »
