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January 2009 Archives

Skins: Get Under the Covers With TV's Steamiest Teen Drama

This UK import is more outrageous than Gossip Girl and more dramatic than Degrassi, and has way more nudity and foul language than anything you are likely to see on any form of basic cable in the United States. Kids, don't watch this one with your parents. Parents, hide this DVD from your teens and then find a nice convent to send them to, because if their lives are anything like this show, you are in for a whole world of hurt. This deliciously sinful show airs on BBC America, but the first season has just arrived stateside, so you can watch it over and over again. If any series deserved the "OMFG" tagline, it is this one.

Suck It, Haters!: Tina Fey Edition You guys prolly saw Tina Fey's rad Golden Globes acceptance speech Sunday night in which she called out internet haters by name. (You didn't? Well let me just embed that clip for you then, mkah?)

NBC's Just Making Shows for the Sole Purpose of Cancelling Them Now Is all I can think after reading the news that the network -- which has basically no scripted series left except that one really good one and has promised their entire 10 PM time slot to Jay Leno in the near future -- has picked up a Doogie Howser-inspired series called Barely Legal, starring Hilary Duff as a genius who passes the California bar exam at 17 and then proceeds to practice law. This is supposed to be OK, because it's based on a true story, but it is not OK, I don't care how quickly it's going to be canceled and gone from all of our memories. Not OK at all.

Wow, You Really Can Learn Stuff from PBS! Perhaps I'm being hasty, but the online teaser videos that Pretty Boring Station has been rolling out to promote its multi-part special Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, premiering this Wednesday at 8 PM, bodes pretty well. Of course, as you'll learn from this informative video hosted by my favorite little comedy magpie Amy Sedaris, the internet is a lot quicker and dirtier than conventional media, so it may well be that these hip little clips end up being vastly more entertaining than the TV shows proper.

Neil Patrick Harris Stirs Up Feud With Fred Savage, Makes SNL More Exciting

My expectations were pretty high for this episode. I mean, I love Neil Patrick Harris, but I feel like they just didn't give the How I Met Your Mother star enough good material to work with. When he had a decent bit, he ran with it and made it sparkle. Because that Today show sketch had about gotten on my last damned nerve, until he showed up in aerobic wear. And I can't stand that one-upping Penelope character, but he handled her well (and it didn't hurt that Liza (!) showed up there too... though i would have preferred that Liza be in the Broadway sketch, where it would have made sense and she could have sung more). But NPH's shining moment had to be during his opening monologue where he referred back to how he was almost on the show once before, back in his Doogie Howser days, but he lost out to the Wonder Years' Fred Savage. Awesome.

American Woman: New Judge Kara DioGuardi Speaks Out

What has six legs, three heads and destroys dreams? Answer: The judging table of American Idol. Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson have been breaking untalented American hearts for years, but now they're about to grow a new head, because four heads can break hearts 30% faster. Award-winning songwriter Kara DioGuardi -- who's lived with Paula Abdul, worked with multiple AI contestants and writes half of the mainstream pop played on radios nowadays -- is joining the judges' table in Tuesday night's premiere. To get to know this newcomer/industry veteran, we sat in on a conference call where she talked about her catchphrase, the new Cowell-centric voting system and which former Idol she'd like to work with.

Golden Globe TV Winners

by Angel Cohn January 11, 2009 8:22 PM
Golden Globe TV Winners Don't want to watch the actual Golden Globes? Can't say we blame you. After all 24 is on. Keep track of the TV stars who are winning here. We'll update the list as the are announced.

Best Television Series - Drama --- Mad Men

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical --- Tina Fey (30 Rock)

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical --- 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television ---- Paul Giamatti (John Adams)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical --- Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)

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Top That: Last Night's 30 Rock

by Lauren Gitlin January 9, 2009 1:46 PM
Top That: Last Night's 30 Rock Maybe having a few weeks off from 30 Rock made me appreciate it that much more last night, or maybe it was just a radder than usual episode but I can tell you for a fact that I guffawed at least five times. Here's an itemized list of the best things from last night's ep:

1) Peter Dinklage. I never thought I'd be so attracted to a little person. Mindy and I discussed it, and she too finds the thespian foxy. My theory is that god had to counteract his potential eye-melting hotness by making him wee because the world wouldn't be able to handle him full sized.
2) The subtle swipe at Heroes.
3) "A Blaffair to Rememblack"
4) Salma Hayek's unapologetic cleavage.
5) Janet Joppler.
6) Kenneth's Teen Witch rap, embedded below.

16 Reasons This Will Be the Worst Celebrity Apprentice Yet

The list of "celebrities" who will be "competing" on the upcoming Celebrity Apprentice has been released and it makes us wary about the new season (more so than normal even). It's an "interesting" mix of C and D listers, and we use the term interesting very, very loosely. I mean, we had heard Tony Danza might be on this season, but alas, not even Tony Danza wanted to get fired by the Donald. So I'm buckling up for two hours a week of this insanity... again, but I'm pretty sure it's gonna suck hard. See our reasons why below.

TWoP 10: Reasons To Tune In to The Golden Globes

by Angel Cohn January 9, 2009 6:00 AM
TWoP 10: Reasons To Tune In to The Golden Globes

The Emmy Awards basically sucked and were painful to watch and we're still scarred from that whole hosting debacle but we're optimistic that the Golden Globes will be better. At the very least they can't be any worse.

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