New Terminator : Sarah Connor Chronicles show plus LATE NIGHT & A daily show!

Well the STRIKE is still on and the Directors (DGA) reached a supposed deal...of course MANY directors are also PRODUCERS...writers as well...but directors even more so!!!

American Idol is back and not much stands in its way...

Our Old Friend is back:




NO no no..not him..well not him exactly....but definitely:



I caught the pilot of this show and it wasn't bad. It's not the movie we know and love but it's WAY better than I expected ( I had low hopes to begin with). I missed episode 2 for some reason..my TiVo took over..uh oh ..it's happening.....the machines!! AHHHHH!!!!!

I'm going to keep watching it and I think I'll be able to catch up even though I missed episode 2 which I have no doubt must be on the net by now. [GIVE THE WRITERS THEIR MONEY!]

It's weird how with this show and the upcoming next TERMINATOR movie:
[currently titled - Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins], we have 5 different actors playing JOHN CONNOR. (EW forgets about the cameo from the original movie in their blurb!)

[Did anyone else know that BILL PAXTON was the PUNK LEADER in the original?!?Ahh the 80s!]

There's this guy from FILM 1 - Does he look like Christian Bale..not too far off
(it says in the year 1984 but this picture is from the future!):


Plus everyone's favorite Furlong:

Then (being in T2)


Now or 2005 which is close...(cigarettes and partying didn't help his face!)


Then came T3 but technically this new TV show is supposed to take place between T2 & T3, so Ed Furlong becomes Thomas Dekker in the TV show:



At least they were trying to have the hair be somewhat similar.....

Of course then we get to Nick Stahl who I love from "Disturbing Behavior w/ Katie H Cruise"
but kind of looks nothing like these kids:



...and Finally..he's the NEW Batman and now the new JOHN CONNOR,
Bale - Christan Bale!



With all these John Connors (plus the tv show gives us 2 Sarah Connors!) around...maybe it's to trick us or confuse us when it comes to the storyline & the many timelines --- I found a blog post
that tries to tackle the timeline and straighten it all out for us --- even after you read it, your head might hurt: THE TERMINATOR(s) STORY & TIMELINE

The show is definitely worth watching!! {Of course it's basically the only scripted show running!!}

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COUNTDOWN TO LOST --- Check out some trailers for Season 4 plus some humor:

Let me Help you Get L O S T all over again!

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Late Night Returns . . .

Letterman has his deal and his writers.

Leno is kind of writing his own jokes and is in hot water.

I've always found Jimmy funny but never really got hooked on his late night show.

Ferguson has writers too and many like him but I've always preferred Conan.

All the shows seem to really support the WRITERS but these have REALLY TRIED:

JON STEWART -- It is NOT "THE DAILY SHOW" but until the writers get a deal -- it's just

'a daily show' and I love how all his fellow reporters are just standing there with nothing to say!

CONAN O'BRIAN -- He is singing, making guests walk through mazes, ziplining through his audience with smoke coming out of his helmet and shoes, taking ideas from his fans and seems to be writing as little as possible!

STEPHEN COLBERT - He is showing that there is absolutely NOTHING written in his teleprompters, eating chinese food to kill time, spinning a roulette wheel to see who will win caucuses!


-- I only watched season 1 of THE APPRENTICE but for some reason I'm drawn to these shows when they become Celebrity and other has been shows to see what happened to these people...weird...freaky....

So I'm watching CELEBRITY APPRENTICE and I picked Vinny "Big Pussy" Pastore to win it all in the beginning....they showed a preview for the show in 2 weeks with the funniest lines:

Vinnie: "He called me a Fat Italian."
Trump: "Unbelievable"
Piers Morgan" "I called him a VERY Fat Italian!"

Great stuff...hehe...

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Sadly - RIP Brad Renfro (1982 - 2008)

Harry Knowles take on this tragedy

Also Harry's buddy J.J has given us this sneak peek at a new STAR TREK picture:

Dexter is done...for now....plus BLOOD and STRIKE?!?!

I think season 2 of Dexter was still VERY good but obviously nowhere near as amazing as its inital first season which is to be expected. This can't be an easy show to write for in the slightest.
The death in this episode didn't shock me b/c that was the only way out of the entire mess created.
I think they need to maybe find another character to add to the mix for season 3 maybe to spice things back up @ Miami Metro PD.
Heroes would have been a little better if Hiro's jump to the past was MORE exciting. It did let us meet Adam Monroe for the first time....for some reason I thought he was also Peter's invisible friend but that definitely was a different actor. I think Heroes is a good show and entertaining.
It's formula is to have A LOT going on and then to wind that all down to one big finish.
I don't think Heroes will ever be as deep as LOST but it's still fun!
Speaking of LOST, it's slated to come back on Jan. 31st (hopefully that day or february - not april..please don't make us wait til april!!!) and move to Thursdays in the Grey's Anatomy slot. We will all be waiting...
It's cool to want to watch both the island story AND now flash forwards...many of the flashbacks were getting a little tame. Nice job Darlton!
On a side note, I went to see THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Awesome movie due to Mr. Daniel Day-Lewis of course. I met the man and he is extremely nice. You can't imagine from meeting him that he would ever hurt a single fly...but ON SCREEN, it's a whole new ballgame!
Anyone else think that having SETH GREEN on grey's anatomy seemed like a kind of waste.
I mean his story was very small and short. I wonder if Joshua Jackson was going to be a regular new doctor on the show....well the strike changed everyone's plans.
Speaking of the strike, all the late night shows plus Colbert/Daily Show were thinking of all coming back on the air at the same time even though the strike is still ongoing. If they come back, maybe they can focus on helping the writer's!!!

Cool links : Newest Social Site trying to jump into the top 10 and take out MySpace

Best SNL digital Shorts in one place

Black 20 - Internet Comedy Group

LOST borrows from RESCUE ME, literally!!

A new tidbit of casting news as the actress that plays Denis Leary's wife (Andrea Roth) has
been snagged to play a top secret character in a recurring role in season 4 of Lost!!

I miss Lost...we all do!

Here's the full scoop: L O S T

August 31, 2007

Lost recruits from HBO's THE WIRE and the movie RESCUE DAWN!!

Lost has found more new blood.

Sources confirm that The Wire's Lance Reddick has been cast in the recurring role of Arthur Stevens, the intimidating corporate-recruiter character. Reddick also had a lengthy arc on HBO's Oz, where he starred opposite returning Lostie Harold Perrineau.

This comes on the heels of another key piece of Lost casting: the addition of Sopranos scene-stealer Ken Leung. However, the specifics of his character remain shrouded in mystery. Rumors had him playing a brilliant mathematician named Russell, but now there's buzz that he's coming on in a top-secret role that no one (save for Darlton) knows anything about. Feel free to get some speculation going in the comments section below. Also, what do you think of Reddick's casting? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Thumbs sideways?

Also:
On "Lost," from ABC Studios, Jeremy Davies will play one of the freighters. The actor, who most recently appeared in "Rescue Dawn," recently signed with the Gersh Agency. He additionally is repped by Untitled Entertainment and attorney Karl Austen.

Jeremy Davies all dressed up..but will be dressing down on his trip to Hawaii's Set for LOST!!!

LOST is really piling on the actors....hopefully this season will kick some butt!!!

WishLists

This is one of the cooler options that Tivo has!!

A wishlist can be a keyword, an actor, a director, or category!! You can have your tivo auto-record all wishlist shows or just select through a choice!

I have Hitchcock and Lumet Films being Tivo-ed!!

I have a few actors including Phillip Seymour Hoffman...I still need to see him in Happiness!!!

What are some of the keywords and or actors/directors you have as wishlists?!?

(oh and family guy is a wishlist so it gets family guy on all its channels!!!)

The Weekend is near....and so is the fall tv season!!

Pushing Daisies
Bionic Woman
Chuck
Journeyman

I love the struggle of trying to figure out which shows are worth watching and which ones just SUCK!!!!

ABC Fall Schedule 07-08
CBS Fall Schedule 07-08

My Personal TiVo

TIVO TIVO TIVO ---- WHAT DO I TIVO ---- TIVO TIVO TIVO

There is the normal television season and then there is SUMMER! When Summer comes, I literally push all my summer shows up to the top of my SEASON PASS MANAGER as they are going to be on..while all my regular shows lie in hiatus & suspense(Jack and Claire...maybe you should ta-alk?!).

Normally scheduled programming on my SEASON PASS MANAGER includes:
(This order reflects more of a Days of the Week type setting than my TOP show)

1. Brothers & Sisters -- They fight and fight and fight and fight and fight...the Sally Field and others ShoOoOw (to the tune of Itchy & Scratchy)

2. Prison Break - Ok Season 1 was awesome...season 2 started to become ridiculous...I guess I'm going to see what season 3 is about before I possibly get rid of this show. I don't know if I'm keen on watching everyone go back to jail in an entirely different country?!?

3. How I Met Your Mother - It's a filler show for me(if other things are in reruns)..I do enjoy some of its comedy. Fun to watch Dr. Howser again.

4. Heroes - This show is just awesome..well except for that cop-out part of the finale...and who doesn't love that Zachary Quinto (a.k.a SYLAR) is going to be playing SPOCK in J.J. Abrahams new young STAR TREK movie!

5. REST IN PEACE - STUDIO 60 on the Sunset Strip - It was a little uneven and unbalanced but I still enjoyed it -- I will miss it! I won't miss the whole Danny/Jordan ..."quit stalking me!"..."quit stalking me, you creep!!"...."oh god, of course I'll marry you!!" Everyone together...HUH?!?!?!?

6. House - The pleasure of watching Hugh Laurie not to mention his impeccable bitter American accent!

7. Friday Night Lights - I watched ONLY the pilot and was not impressed. I have the entire season waiting for me to watch. I keep reading over and over and OVER again how everyone LOVES this show...so I will eventually watch more of it to see why!! (This was how I felt about BSG...I need to go back and watch it from the beginning..but is that show REALLY that good too?!?)

8. L O S T - This show stayed entirely true to its name....it LOST most of its audience this season! Hmmm, could it be the 4 month hiatus in between episodes ( Day Break which sadly I watched in its entirety...only to NEVER find out why he keeps 'Groundhog Daying' it each day..at least Bill Murray was repeating the day until he didn't screw it up..or until it was absolutely perfect..?!?)! As for LOST, it was my favorite show and now after this flash forward which I am suspect about...I just want to find out what happened to them...it feels like ONE BIG NIGHTMARE NOW!!!

9. Grey's Anatomy - No more Isaiah Washington (I think I'll leave Bionic Sidekick unlinked!).....not sure how much that will actually change the show. The show has been on a kind of downward spiral for awhile...and I wasn't liking it splitting up an entire episode to show us the pilot for PRIVATE PRACTICE. I somehow think that show won't last....as for Grey's...they draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag out story/plot lines forever! I don't like George and Izzie trying to be together...and yes it is weird how George somehow went from.."ohh that's just George" to "ohhhHH OOHHHH GEORGE, YES Baby...YEAH"...He has had the most sex with main characters on the show...Yang is now single...watch out....Georgie boy is coming for ya! I'm still waiting for some people from Patrick Dempsey's 80s movies to guest star....Kirstie Alley or maybe his redhead friend from 'Can't buy me love'...

10. Shark - I recorded the shows...but towards the middle-end started to lose interest.
Of course it's always nice to watch the Jeri Ryan Scenes!!!


See what I mean!!!

11. Ugly Betty - Yes I enjoy all of it...No, I'm not!!!

12. 30 Rock - Alec Baldwin's best work besides his "You're Fired!" Speech from GlenGarry GlenRoss!!

13. FAMILY GUY - a No-Brainer like Peter and a MasterMind like Stewie!

14. Seinfeld - MAN HANDS...Deloras...Muffin Tops..Coffee Table Book...Raisins...Bootlegger!!

15. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Nah nahnah nah Nah nah nah...wow sounds like the theme song to me!! Love when he breaks into the Jewy voice...(he calls it that too!!)

16. The Colbert Report - Genius...to mock Bill O'Reilly the best way possible.....and for O'Reilly to be to stupid to realize it all!!

17. South Park - I don't watch it as much as I used to but it's nice to have. (I do like The Simpsons but apparently not enough to season pass it....here comes the HATE MAIL!!!)

18. Inside the Actors Studio - I just want to know EVERYONE'S favorite curse word!!! It does get a bit much when you have the likes of Jennifer Lopez(no link!) on the show...Inside the Celebrity Studio! Still enjoyable...taught me that most actors suffered through their parents divorce..or never knew one of their (or in Nicholson's case...both of their) parents!

19. Robot Chicken - Spot on and funny.....Seth Green lives on!! Classic Hilarious Fact: birth name "Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green"

20. Dexter - It's a summer show..it's a fall show...I LOVE THIS SHOW! I think it bumped LOST out of the top spot. Sure some of the dialogue is not great and the editing could use more work....but MICHAEL C HALL is SO interesting that you could care less about anything else!!

21. Real Time With Bill Maher - Usually he has on amazing guests and great panels...the discussions sometimes don't go anywhere and they can repeat certain things over and over again...but it's still enjoyable! Especially NEW RULES!!

22. The Office / My Name is Earl - Yes the Office is funny and I will support your arguement that I should TiVo it OVER Ugly Betty (a show you can't stand..especially if you're an OFFICE lover)...my name is Earl has gone downhill but it's a decent filler during reruns!

23. The Shield - I haven't seen all the seasons and have to go back to the beginning on DVD eventually...I know it's awesome! (I also here that THE WIRE is another show that is a must rent on DVD too) Even with my TiVo it's hard to follow SO many shows!!!! Maybe you can do it?!?

24. SNL - Yes it sucks..sucks a lot! That's why I have my TiVo to FF through the bad and watch the good...SOFA KING or Andy Samberg doing a digital short!

25. The Showbiz Show with David Spade(no link..just look under Adam Sandler to find all his credits!) - Mostly funny like Hollywood Minute! Short and sweet...like most of David's sitcoms (except for the sweet part)!

26. Human Giant - Upright Citizen Brigade's Funny Troupe gets their own show...on everyone's funniest network...MTV!!!!!???!! What...huh...yea no clue how they ended up on MTV but hopefully people are watching...Comedy Central (cough)(cough)...I believe Viacom owns you all....talk to each other!

27. [I did watch] Dice: Undisputed...with the same interest as I now watch the two Coreys -- I guess I'm trying to recapture or relive my 80s...thank god I've stayed away from Scott Baio's show...and I'm SO sure he isn't single at 45 by choice...right...uh huh...
[Little Boy Blue : What? He needed the money, OH!]

28. [No I did not cut my testes off..entirely] The View - Originally I started Tivo-ing it so I could watch these catfights between Rosie and HasselRack....I just left it there...now it's fun to see a male guest stuck in between 4 women....always fun

29. Confessions of a Matchmaker - I went to school @ UB and this show takes place in Buffalo! It's nice to see all my old hangouts...not as nice to see how many creepy people still live there!!

30. Tom Goes to the Mayor - Has its comic elements....on occasion

31. Late Night With Conan O'Brien - In the year 2000....in the year 2000..... He should be awesome on the Tonight Show!!

32. Wonder Showzen - I need to actually watch it more....

33. The Sarah Silverman Program - Hit or miss but I have to support my own kind!!

34. Band of Brothers - Something else I have Tivo-ed but never got to watch...

35. Dog Bites Man -- I did not devote enough time to this show from UCB's Matt Walsh

36. Da Ali G Show - Boo ya kasha and VERY NICE!

37. Dirt - Pretty much sucked...yea it sucked...but I just stared at it..wondering when it wouldn't suck..oh yeah..random Wayne Brady appearance in a tough guy "I'm going to flame broil your privates" role!! I knew there was a reason I stuck with it!

38. 30 Days - Very very very interesting (Yes I have seen Dirty Jobs and while it's not bad..no season pass)!! Morgan Spurlock's adventures of our country's bad situations!

39. Extras - I'm pretty sure it's over and I will miss Ricky Gervais & his "is he havin' a laugh?!?"

40. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Usually Higher up on this list which isn't in any kind of order but it's ALWAYS on hiatus...yea I could get more reruns tivoed!! Quote this show til death!!

41. I'm from Rolling Stone - I have never seen a worse group of people given an extraordinary opportunity and then BLOW it...even the winner sucked....just wow.

42. The Riches - I think the writing/story lines could use some tweaking but definitely one of the MOST underrated new shows of the season! Eddie Izzard & Minnie Driver kick butt in this one.

43. The Sopranos - "Don't Stop..." to watch the finale......I think I wasn't loving how they went down....RIP or not...David Chase(link-fuggehdaboudit)...any clues...answers..maybe we should go back to season 2 and find out if you'll make a Sopranos movie?!?

44. Ebert & Roeper - Now it's Roeper & Guest Critic....I watch but think Roeper makes odd choices about what he likes and doesn't like!!

45. Show I am missing --- Fill in the blank for me with a comment ( Before you do..I have more shows that are mostly Summer Below)

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SUMMER TIVO

Weeds and Californication are coming back like I said!!

1. Masters of Science Fiction - It's a Mini-Series...I missed recording the 1st episode...at least I will feel like LOST is back, catching Terry O'Quinn in episode 2 this weekend!

2. Traveler - I was under the impression this was a time traveling show. It's called TRAVELER...but I watched it for what it was...a bad BAD version of like Prison Break's conspiracy story line...which is also now a bad version of all conspiracy shows...urgh!
I guess it's weird to watch so many shows and follow them..only to NEVER find out what actually happened...(INVASION...they were all aliens..but from where....and why..and how)

3. On the Lot - The movies that were made kind of all suck...but I can't imagine it being easy to make a movie with people you don't know in such a short amount of time from scratch.
I like it enough to keep watching....just to find out who will get this DREAM JOB with Spielberg!

4. The Next Best Thing -I liked the opening rounds when they trashed people sorta...but then I got bored...I didn't even care who won! ( I also started Tivo-ing the Pirate reality show..but in the end could not bring myself to hit play on any of them...only delete...)

5. Hell's Kitchen - Feels WAY more staged than ever...is getting tired...but I enjoy watching the chef scream (although I like watching him so much better over on BBC AMERICA for his Kitchen Nightmare Show)

6. Entourage - "The Boys of Summer" have been dragging lately...HBO must have been desperate by having two seasons air back to back! Drama and even Ari...seemed to have been a little upstaged by Walsh....*writer meeting!!!* (Val Kilmer Cameo from Season 1 still is the BEST!!)

7. Big Love - This show always has kept my interest and after what happened last week...I'm convinced they are not afraid to try anything and everything on this show!! I like its BIG BALLS!!!

8. John From Cincinatti - I actually went from not really liking the first episode..but then as I kept watching..I started to understand it more and more....still confused but just love watching Ed O'Neill playing someone so conflicted..."I got my EYE on YOU!!!"

9. Rescue Me - I feel like this season hasn't been as good as last but still entertaining as always...how do you beat Leary's faces & line deliveries?!?

10. The Two Coreys - So far I'm not too impressed...only saw 2 shows and i'm sick of feldman's wife...maybe even feldman..and I liked feldman better than haim as a kid....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

11. Psych - It amuses me in a weird way!! Plus Corbin Bernsen (no link!..come on!) is still working and that makes me happy!

12. Damages and 13. Mad Men - I have Tivo-ed but as of now have yet to watch any of the episodes...call it : I don't have the time or the overwhelming excitement..same goes for
14. THE BRONX IS BURNING!!! I hear some of this is really good....I will watch it eventually..(14a. The Company - 3 movie actors got together for 4 parts that I have not seen yet either!)

15. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - I love the fact that he comes to a restaurant that is IN DEBT..usually 100k or more..and they don't want to be criticized!!! It is possible some of that is staged...and yes people have pride/ego...but if you are doing THAT badly...swallow your pride and listen to this guy b/c he's making tons of $$$$! !

16. Flight of the Conchords - It has its moments of funny but does have this feeling of repetitiveness....I loved Human Giant's Aziz Ansari's cameo as a racist fruit vendor!

17. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - I think this is premiering sometime in August or September....It's usually really out there...which makes it funny! Not sure how I feel about Danny Devito being on it now...it had to of helped ratings!

Okay there are my season pass lists (I do have some wishlists I didn't include...some directors..older movies/classics I never saw as I was only born in '78 ! !)!!!

This fall looks just as tough if not tougher than most..with SO many new shows..always tough to know what will be worth watching..and then trying to work around scheduling conflicts!!


Leave your own lists, opinions, comments...or LET ME HAVE IT IN RIGHT IN THE FACE!!!

TiVo, TivA, guess TivEE was taken..tiv-you!

Key Moments from the 2 hour Season 3 finale

JOHN FROM CINCINATTI - ALMOST AT ITS END!!

an episode with absolutely NO JOHN (from Cinci-other planet!) and NO YOUNG MR.YOST!!

WHERE WERE AUSTIN 'JOHN' NICHOLS AND GREYSON 'SHAUN' FLETCHER DOING?!?

My best guess here is that John is from the Afterlife (or another planet) and he was the reason Shaun Yost got extra time before death -- but that extra time seems to have expired! John has taken Shaun away but has brought everyone else together!! Seems like he did his job!!
To me it feels weird to have an entire episode without JOHN..his scenes are usually the most interesting and bizarre. I like how the other characters react to him..they all become so freaked out, angry and vulnerable!!

Who knew you could get Luke 'Dylan' Perry, Ed 'AL' O'Neill, and Mark-Paul 'Zack' Gosselaar
in the same room together...let alone the same show!!! It's a pop culture TV SHOW SURREAL LIFE! I guess Corey Feldman was too busy with his own Corey to make an appearance maybe as the website guy, Dwayne!

**Is it sad that Corey Haim hadn't renewed his license and they went to get it renewed...but made it seem like he NEVER had a license...just to use the LICENSE TO DRIVE joke?!? Anyone, anyone....***

Entourage Latest Episode

AN EPISODE WITHOUT BILLY WALSH (Rhys Coiro) ! ! !


- Gary Busey's(Resume:ActionMovies/Reality TV/Cameos for $) cameo felt pointless and I didn't find it funny...He did cameo in an earlier season on the beach with Ari fighting with Josh Weinstein I think.[That cameo was funnier]

-Who cares about E and his career....none of them will EVER escape each other!!!

-At least it's nice to see Ari having other clients besides Vince. How big is
Vincent Chase really...He's on a Tobey Maguire(SPIDERMAN is enough) level...or more like a Leonardo DiCaprio level?!?

-Those twins seemed like the same actors who were connected last season on Grey's Anatomy! That was really messed up..Ari was great "Why would she cheat with the same exact person..if it was me..I'd want something different..maybe a busty blonde"

-Robert De Niro appeared on the Series Finale(WHY!!!?!) of Extras while this episode simply featured his supposed $42,000 Desk!

-Am I seeing Vince breaking up with Ari (again) to help E become a full-time manager/agent..to help his business grow?!? Will there be a Cannes episode with Medeillien ala Queens Boulevard at SunDance.....I'm guessing yes...
Drama goes to set one day...what happened to him working on the television show?!?

Bring back the funny Drama lines...if Walsh is going to be on their next project..let us see more of his funny!

Office RUSH

It's hard enough to get your big break and land a juicy role on a network television show!!
That leads you at a young age to various supporting movie roles...on your way to starring vehicles..you start to rack up the cash...and bingo bongo...

YOU'RE STARTING YOUR OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY - TO MAKE YOUR OWN PROJECTS!!! Recently the Grey's Doc did that...but I worked on a movie with the errand boy who took time off to not only act in but helm his dream project!!

He was all business and it looked like he felt the pressure!!! Some shots were quick...but most were A LOT of takes!! Hopefully his adaption will pan out well!

Love shooting by the side of the Bay...I live there as well!!!!

SOPRANOS Finale Thoughts (vs LOST Finale)

VS



The two biggest finales of this season were by far these two! I did enjoy both but like any show with so much hype, I had some letdown.

I won't comment too much about the finale of THE SOPRANOS in case people have yet to watch it. I understand and am not surprised by what David Chase did. It just bugs me because it feels like at any time the show can be revisited. Others might feel like it can't and maybe it wouldn't because it doesn't have much else left to say.

LOST had more shocking elements in its finale. SOPRANOS had all this tension built up from the previous episode/how it ends with Tony waiting and not to mention it being the last episode 'ever'...and it kind of doesn't let the hype take it over. From an artistic point of view, David Chase lets us know that he was and always will be the one in control. He definitely tries hard to toy and tease with the audience that works but gets to be frustrating as well. People wanted more of a definitive end for this show but I have no doubt Chase feels like he has provided the perfect and most definitive ending to fit the show. The show was about family (well two families) and
that's how he kept it to the bitter(?!) end!

SOPRANOS might be gone but LOST still has 3 seasons left and waiting 8 months between seasons is tough...but in fairness we had to wait sometimes almost a year or more for each SOPRANOS return!!

SOPRANOS : Fuhgeddaboutit !!!

**** Now it will be interesting to see how individual careers go from this point....since they are all so much engrained as these characters...****

Who will have the toughest time and who will be in everything under the sun??

Thoughts or comments?!?

Gandolfini made it sound like there are so many 'other' opportunities out there for him...well now he has his chance to show us!!

LIBBY STORY!!!

At Comic-Con, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse announced that the Libby (Cynthia Watros) story line would be revisited. They nor has anyone else confirmed that the actual actress would without a doubt be appearing this season. One has to guess she would show up but this is LOST!!! Flash FORWARD ! ! !

My Personal TiVo

TIVO TIVO TIVO ---- WHAT DO I TIVO ---- TIVO TIVO TIVO

There is the normal television season and then there is SUMMER! When Summer comes, I literally push all my summer shows up to the top of my SEASON PASS MANAGER as they are going to be on..while all my regular shows lie in hiatus & suspense(Jack and Claire...maybe you should ta-alk?!).

Normally scheduled programming on my SEASON PASS MANAGER includes:
(This order reflects more of a Days of the Week type setting than my TOP show)

1. Brothers & Sisters -- They fight and fight and fight and fight and fight...the Sally Field and others ShoOoOw (to the tune of Itchy & Scratchy)

2. Prison Break - Ok Season 1 was awesome...season 2 started to become ridiculous...I guess I'm going to see what season 3 is about before I possibly get rid of this show. I don't know if I'm keen on watching everyone go back to jail in an entirely different country?!?

3. How I Met Your Mother - It's a filler show for me(if other things are in reruns)..I do enjoy some of its comedy. Fun to watch Dr. Howser again.

4. Heroes - This show is just awesome..well except for that cop-out part of the finale...and who doesn't love that Zachary Quinto (a.k.a SYLAR) is going to be playing SPOCK in J.J. Abrahams new young STAR TREK movie!

5. REST IN PEACE - STUDIO 60 on the Sunset Strip - It was a little uneven and unbalanced but I still enjoyed it -- I will miss it! I won't miss the whole Danny/Jordan ..."quit stalking me!"..."quit stalking me, you creep!!"...."oh god, of course I'll marry you!!" Everyone together...HUH?!?!?!?

6. House - The pleasure of watching Hugh Laurie not to mention his impeccable bitter American accent!

7. Friday Night Lights - I watched ONLY the pilot and was not impressed. I have the entire season waiting for me to watch. I keep reading over and over and OVER again how everyone LOVES this show...so I will eventually watch more of it to see why!! (This was how I felt about BSG...I need to go back and watch it from the beginning..but is that show REALLY that good too?!?)

8. L O S T - This show stayed entirely true to its name....it LOST most of its audience this season! Hmmm, could it be the 4 month hiatus in between episodes ( Day Break which sadly I watched in its entirety...only to NEVER find out why he keeps 'Groundhog Daying' it each day..at least Bill Murray was repeating the day until he didn't screw it up..or until it was absolutely perfect..?!?)! As for LOST, it was my favorite show and now after this flash forward which I am suspect about...I just want to find out what happened to them...it feels like ONE BIG NIGHTMARE NOW!!!

9. Grey's Anatomy - No more Isaiah Washington (I think I'll leave Bionic Sidekick unlinked!).....not sure how much that will actually change the show. The show has been on a kind of downward spiral for awhile...and I wasn't liking it splitting up an entire episode to show us the pilot for PRIVATE PRACTICE. I somehow think that show won't last....as for Grey's...they draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag out story/plot lines forever! I don't like George and Izzie trying to be together...and yes it is weird how George somehow went from.."ohh that's just George" to "ohhhHH OOHHHH GEORGE, YES Baby...YEAH"...He has had the most sex with main characters on the show...Yang is now single...watch out....Georgie boy is coming for ya! I'm still waiting for some people from Patrick Dempsey's 80s movies to guest star....Kirstie Alley or maybe his redhead friend from 'Can't buy me love'...

10. Shark - I recorded the shows...but towards the middle-end started to lose interest.
Of course it's always nice to watch the Jeri Ryan Scenes!!!


See what I mean!!!

11. Ugly Betty - Yes I enjoy all of it...No, I'm not!!!

12. 30 Rock - Alec Baldwin's best work besides his "You're Fired!" Speech from GlenGarry GlenRoss!!

13. FAMILY GUY - a No-Brainer like Peter and a MasterMind like Stewie!

14. Seinfeld - MAN HANDS...Deloras...Muffin Tops..Coffee Table Book...Raisins...Bootlegger!!

15. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Nah nahnah nah Nah nah nah...wow sounds like the theme song to me!! Love when he breaks into the Jewy voice...(he calls it that too!!)

16. The Colbert Report - Genius...to mock Bill O'Reilly the best way possible.....and for O'Reilly to be to stupid to realize it all!!

17. South Park - I don't watch it as much as I used to but it's nice to have. (I do like The Simpsons but apparently not enough to season pass it....here comes the HATE MAIL!!!)

18. Inside the Actors Studio - I just want to know EVERYONE'S favorite curse word!!! It does get a bit much when you have the likes of Jennifer Lopez(no link!) on the show...Inside the Celebrity Studio! Still enjoyable...taught me that most actors suffered through their parents divorce..or never knew one of their (or in Nicholson's case...both of their) parents!

19. Robot Chicken - Spot on and funny.....Seth Green lives on!! Classic Hilarious Fact: birth name "Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green"

20. Dexter - It's a summer show..it's a fall show...I LOVE THIS SHOW! I think it bumped LOST out of the top spot. Sure some of the dialogue is not great and the editing could use more work....but MICHAEL C HALL is SO interesting that you could care less about anything else!!

21. Real Time With Bill Maher - Usually he has on amazing guests and great panels...the discussions sometimes don't go anywhere and they can repeat certain things over and over again...but it's still enjoyable! Especially NEW RULES!!

22. The Office / My Name is Earl - Yes the Office is funny and I will support your arguement that I should TiVo it OVER Ugly Betty (a show you can't stand..especially if you're an OFFICE lover)...my name is Earl has gone downhill but it's a decent filler during reruns!

23. The Shield - I haven't seen all the seasons and have to go back to the beginning on DVD eventually...I know it's awesome! (I also here that THE WIRE is another show that is a must rent on DVD too) Even with my TiVo it's hard to follow SO many shows!!!! Maybe you can do it?!?

24. SNL - Yes it sucks..sucks a lot! That's why I have my TiVo to FF through the bad and watch the good...SOFA KING or Andy Samberg doing a digital short!

25. The Showbiz Show with David Spade(no link..just look under Adam Sandler to find all his credits!) - Mostly funny like Hollywood Minute! Short and sweet...like most of David's sitcoms (except for the sweet part)!

26. Human Giant - Upright Citizen Brigade's Funny Troupe gets their own show...on everyone's funniest network...MTV!!!!!???!! What...huh...yea no clue how they ended up on MTV but hopefully people are watching...Comedy Central (cough)(cough)...I believe Viacom owns you all....talk to each other!

27. [I did watch] Dice: Undisputed...with the same interest as I now watch the two Coreys -- I guess I'm trying to recapture or relive my 80s...thank god I've stayed away from Scott Baio's show...and I'm SO sure he isn't single at 45 by choice...right...uh huh...
[Little Boy Blue : What? He needed the money, OH!]

28. [No I did not cut my testes off..entirely] The View - Originally I started Tivo-ing it so I could watch these catfights between Rosie and HasselRack....I just left it there...now it's fun to see a male guest stuck in between 4 women....always fun

29. Confessions of a Matchmaker - I went to school @ UB and this show takes place in Buffalo! It's nice to see all my old hangouts...not as nice to see how many creepy people still live there!!

30. Tom Goes to the Mayor - Has its comic elements....on occasion

31. Late Night With Conan O'Brien - In the year 2000....in the year 2000..... He should be awesome on the Tonight Show!!

32. Wonder Showzen - I need to actually watch it more....

33. The Sarah Silverman Program - Hit or miss but I have to support my own kind!!

34. Band of Brothers - Something else I have Tivo-ed but never got to watch...

35. Dog Bites Man -- I did not devote enough time to this show from UCB's Matt Walsh

36. Da Ali G Show - Boo ya kasha and VERY NICE!

37. Dirt - Pretty much sucked...yea it sucked...but I just stared at it..wondering when it wouldn't suck..oh yeah..random Wayne Brady appearance in a tough guy "I'm going to flame broil your privates" role!! I knew there was a reason I stuck with it!

38. 30 Days - Very very very interesting (Yes I have seen Dirty Jobs and while it's not bad..no season pass)!! Morgan Spurlock's adventures of our country's bad situations!

39. Extras - I'm pretty sure it's over and I will miss Ricky Gervais & his "is he havin' a laugh?!?"

40. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Usually Higher up on this list which isn't in any kind of order but it's ALWAYS on hiatus...yea I could get more reruns tivoed!! Quote this show til death!!

41. I'm from Rolling Stone - I have never seen a worse group of people given an extraordinary opportunity and then BLOW it...even the winner sucked....just wow.

42. The Riches - I think the writing/story lines could use some tweaking but definitely one of the MOST underrated new shows of the season! Eddie Izzard & Minnie Driver kick butt in this one.

43. The Sopranos - "Don't Stop..." to watch the finale......I think I wasn't loving how they went down....RIP or not...David Chase(link-fuggehdaboudit)...any clues...answers..maybe we should go back to season 2 and find out if you'll make a Sopranos movie?!?

44. Ebert & Roeper - Now it's Roeper & Guest Critic....I watch but think Roeper makes odd choices about what he likes and doesn't like!!

45. Show I am missing --- Fill in the blank for me with a comment ( Before you do..I have more shows that are mostly Summer Below)

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SUMMER TIVO

Weeds and Californication are coming back like I said!!

1. Masters of Science Fiction - It's a Mini-Series...I missed recording the 1st episode...at least I will feel like LOST is back, catching Terry O'Quinn in episode 2 this weekend!

2. Traveler - I was under the impression this was a time traveling show. It's called TRAVELER...but I watched it for what it was...a bad BAD version of like Prison Break's conspiracy story line...which is also now a bad version of all conspiracy shows...urgh!
I guess it's weird to watch so many shows and follow them..only to NEVER find out what actually happened...(INVASION...they were all aliens..but from where....and why..and how)

3. On the Lot - The movies that were made kind of all suck...but I can't imagine it being easy to make a movie with people you don't know in such a short amount of time from scratch.
I like it enough to keep watching....just to find out who will get this DREAM JOB with Spielberg!

4. The Next Best Thing -I liked the opening rounds when they trashed people sorta...but then I got bored...I didn't even care who won! ( I also started Tivo-ing the Pirate reality show..but in the end could not bring myself to hit play on any of them...only delete...)

5. Hell's Kitchen - Feels WAY more staged than ever...is getting tired...but I enjoy watching the chef scream (although I like watching him so much better over on BBC AMERICA for his Kitchen Nightmare Show)

6. Entourage - "The Boys of Summer" have been dragging lately...HBO must have been desperate by having two seasons air back to back! Drama and even Ari...seemed to have been a little upstaged by Walsh....*writer meeting!!!* (Val Kilmer Cameo from Season 1 still is the BEST!!)

7. Big Love - This show always has kept my interest and after what happened last week...I'm convinced they are not afraid to try anything and everything on this show!! I like its BIG BALLS!!!

8. John From Cincinatti - I actually went from not really liking the first episode..but then as I kept watching..I started to understand it more and more....still confused but just love watching Ed O'Neill playing someone so conflicted..."I got my EYE on YOU!!!"

9. Rescue Me - I feel like this season hasn't been as good as last but still entertaining as always...how do you beat Leary's faces & line deliveries?!?

10. The Two Coreys - So far I'm not too impressed...only saw 2 shows and i'm sick of feldman's wife...maybe even feldman..and I liked feldman better than haim as a kid....AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

11. Psych - It amuses me in a weird way!! Plus Corbin Bernsen (no link!..come on!) is still working and that makes me happy!

12. Damages and 13. Mad Men - I have Tivo-ed but as of now have yet to watch any of the episodes...call it : I don't have the time or the overwhelming excitement..same goes for
14. THE BRONX IS BURNING!!! I hear some of this is really good....I will watch it eventually..(14a. The Company - 3 movie actors got together for 4 parts that I have not seen yet either!)

15. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - I love the fact that he comes to a restaurant that is IN DEBT..usually 100k or more..and they don't want to be criticized!!! It is possible some of that is staged...and yes people have pride/ego...but if you are doing THAT badly...swallow your pride and listen to this guy b/c he's making tons of $$$$! !

16. Flight of the Conchords - It has its moments of funny but does have this feeling of repetitiveness....I loved Human Giant's Aziz Ansari's cameo as a racist fruit vendor!

17. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - I think this is premiering sometime in August or September....It's usually really out there...which makes it funny! Not sure how I feel about Danny Devito being on it now...it had to of helped ratings!

Okay there are my season pass lists (I do have some wishlists I didn't include...some directors..older movies/classics I never saw as I was only born in '78 ! !)!!!

This fall looks just as tough if not tougher than most..with SO many new shows..always tough to know what will be worth watching..and then trying to work around scheduling conflicts!!


Leave your own lists, opinions, comments...or LET ME HAVE IT IN RIGHT IN THE FACE!!!

TiVo, TivA, guess TivEE was taken..tiv-you!

To TiVo or not to TiVo. . .

That will be My question here at TiVotime ! !

I welcome any & all opinions, but it doesn't mean they will all be respected.
I'm sure I will have many items listed here regarding what to TiVo or what I personally TiVo that will make some shiver (a.k.a. The Two Coreys[fan page])and some that everyone
TiVos (Heroes)!

It's cool that TiVo has become a verb. I have seen people with other DVRs and while they are getting better & more user-friendly...they will never match the ease and comfort of the TiVo!

The only negative thing about TiVo is that it is always on and operating which means the boxes tend to have shorter lives..some people get lucky and still have their original TiVos!! I have two - one with a Lifetime membership which is now no longer an option and one which costs me $18 a month!

(If your tivo ever gets stuck on the Welcome screen or has any other problems..call tech support and they will help you.....chances are you'll have to get a new TiVo which will cost you about $160-$170 for the exchange -- if you have a lifetime membership..it's the only way to keep it!!)

I will be posting my TiVo lists as well as talking about certain shows specifically!

All good fun for the BEST way to watch television...what you want whenever you want!!

-nyactor

WEEDS Season 3 is coming (plus Californication!)

Ok so the first show I'm going to bring up is Showtime's most anticapted returning show (besides DeXter which won't be back until September 30! Michael C. Hall was definitely robbed of an Emmy Nom.!) WEEDS ! Also Mr. Tea Leoni himself, David "mulder-box" Duchovny is returning to television in Californication ! Before I get to insight and comments (make sure you set both of these shows to SEASON PASS ! -- I hope Californication stays...WEEDS no matter how not AMAZING some of it is...it stays!), here are some more awesome pics:


The fact that this show is hilarious and Mary-Louise Parker is talented (and $mokin' Hot)
certainly helps keep my interest....and keeps me coming back season after season!
Season 2 left us with a cliffhanger that left Nancy in a HUGE mess - a drug deal gone hairy plus her son getting taken down! The funniest lines usually go to Justin Kirk with Kevin Nealon and Elizabeth Perkins getting their own funny on too! Besides the normal guest stars and different bands now fighting to write their own versions of the show's theme song "Little Boxes", this season brings us an OLSEN TWIN?!? I hope this helps the show and her acting has improved.
I think this is the same OLSEN that was studying in Manhattan with my same acting teacher, William Esper. It would be too scary for me to link Mary-Kate (or Ashley) for that matter so you don't have to try to have in your brain any other credit than "Full House"(and Page Six).
Romany Malco (Conrad on the show) says M-K Olsen is funny so let's hope he's right!
August 13th (and I'm sure a lot of reruns) is the premiere date for both Weeds and Californication -- of course with TiVo -- who knows when any of us will actually watch it!





Californication, I truly know very little about...I know there are emotional issues (duh matt..isn't that every tv show?!) and there is a TON of NUDITY! I want to go into it cold much like I do many new shows...such as John From Cincinatti which after a few episodes I liked more and more (I accepted the HUH?? factor and even though this looks like the only season..still entertaining as well as confusing)!

In fairness to all those who love David...let me show a Duchovny for ya:



Such a tease...such a tease...(Me or Mrs. Claus...)

Okay ok alright:


Happy TiVo-ing!