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Synchronized Running... What Will 30 Rock Think of Next?

I never thought I'd relate so well to 30 Rock's Kenneth, but his devotion to the sportsmanship of the Olympics and his fear of SpongeBob SquarePants rang true (It's that laugh. It's creepy.). I spent the better part of two weeks watching and writing about the good, bad and bizarre sporting events that make up the Olympics and I always kinda thought that some of those sports were a little fishy. Like water polo? Totally can't be real. Kenneth discovers that Women's Soccer isn't real either... which I'd always suspected. Anyway, the genius that is Jack Donaghy and the folks at Scheinhardt Wig Company created faux Olympic sports in order to boost the American spirit and win more medals. Yay, good sportsmanship.

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It's Official: Dollhouse and Terminator Are Totally Screwed Well, that does it, I guess. When I posted the new Dollhouse trailer yesterday, I mentioned that it ends with a vague "Coming soon to Fox" in lieu of an official premiere date, but just assumed it was still coming in January, as was previously planned. Thanks to helpful commenter "Gillaume," who tipped me off that the premiere has been moved to Friday, February 13, with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as its lead-in, which Fox's official site also confirms. I hate to be a buzzkill on a Friday, but that is just the saddest news.

Grey's Exit: Bad Practice?

by Angel Cohn November 7, 2008 9:53 AM
Grey's Exit: Bad Practice?

So last night's episode marked the final appearance of Brooke Smith, aka Seattle Grace's Dr. Hahn. There's still speculation on if it was because her character was gay, or if they just didn't know how to deal with giving this ballbusting surgeon a romantic relationship, or if they just wanted a hotter, younger model. But whatever it was, I personally thought that the exit was abysmally handled. They should take a page from the ER handbook of how to write out characters, because when someone leaves this show, it's like bang and they are gone.

TWoP 10: Sluttiest Male TV Characters

by Angel Cohn November 7, 2008 6:00 AM
TWoP 10: Sluttiest Male TV Characters

Apparently TV shows with risque sexual situations encourage teens to have sex and lead to a lot of pregnancy. Really? The hot promiscuous characters are half the reason we watch most of these TV shows. Oh well. So here's our list celebrating the smuttiest fellas on TV, who really just enjoy indulging their carnal desires. We kinda love 'em for it, but if you are trying to be a responsible parent or whatever, don't let your babies grow up to date these guys.

So Brothers and Sisters Kinda Screwed Up If you watch Sunday's new Brothers and Sisters, you're probably going to be a little confused. You see, the episode is centered on Kevin and Scotty rallying to defeat California's Proposition 8, which we now know passed yesterday. Why would they air this episode days after the vote for it would have been tallied? Well, because back in the summertime, ABC decided to move the show's season premiere date back one week for whatever reason, and no one thought hey, but won't that mess up our election episode, not to mention our Thanksgiving episode, both of which we've already filmed? So yeah, that's what why you'll be confused this Sunday, and in a few weeks, when the Walkers celebrate Thanksgiving a week after the rest of America does.

When Celebrities Make (Kinda) Beautiful Music Together

We've got to give Band From TV some credit. There are busy celebrities (well... some of them at least) who take time out of their day jobs (well... some of them at least) to play music and give the money to charity. It's nice to see that these TV stars (current and former) are giving back. The results are perfectly fine. They perform a mix of classic cover tunes and they're quite decent on their respective instruments. I'm sure Simon Cowell would have some snarkier critiques of their performances, but if you are a big fan of any of the actors, you'll probably be delighted with their recently released album Hoggin All the Covers.

New Dollhouse Trailer!

by Mindy Monez November 6, 2008 11:18 AM
New Dollhouse Trailer! The wait for Dollhouse to premiere has just been agonizingly slow, hasn't it? I feel like we've been anticipating this thing since the late '40s. Anyway, a new trailer has been cut for the show, presumably to reflect the re-shot and re-written pilot, and it definitely looks good. (But really, what can you tell from a 60 second trailer? Just saying.) Eliza Dushku looks incredible, and she certainly can kick ass, can't she? She does a little kung fu, wears a lot of skimpy clothing, and even cracks a safe! Unfortunately, the trailer doesn't give a hard premiere date -- just a "Coming Soon to Fox" -- but Facebook tells me it's coming January 5. And Facebook knows everything.

Tonight on Def Comedy Jam: The Supreme Court Justices

George Carlin would love this. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court spent time discussing the use of dirty words on TV. Carlin started out with seven, and it's unclear how many of them the Court discussed in the case of the FCC vs. Fox Television. What is known is that none of the Justices used any of them. I imagined them making BEEP noises whenever one of the words came up, but imDB says they used far less entertaining methods, like saying "the S-word and the F-word." In either case, I hope Clarence Thomas responded to his findings by using that famous line from Spaceballs: "We ain't found sh-- I mean, the S-word!"

Michael Crichton passed away yesterday (read our full obit in Moviefile) and while the well-rounded Crichton was better known for his work in books and the film world, he also made an impact on the TV world by creating the long-running series ER.

We Talked to Dick Wolf and Sam Waterston About Law & Order's Ten Jillionth Season! Law & Order returns for its nineteenth season tonight, with a typically timely episode that will feature a stock broker being kicked to holy hell in broad daylight. I got a chance to listen in on a conference call with L&O genius Dick Wolf and my favorite District Attorney Jack McCoy ... er, Sam Waterston, and ask some probing questions about Law & Order making you fat and who Jack McCoy would be were he a Shakespearean character. Good questions, yes, but they stumped both of our otherwise very chatty interview subjects. I tell you, this call went on for hours, so I selected only the highlights, which included Dick Wolf talking ish on everything from the current TV season to Kevin Kline. Do not mess with Dick Wolf, people. Chunk-chunk.

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