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TV Review: THE NEW NORMAL – Season 1 – “Bryanzilla”

Andrew Rannells and Justin Bartha in THE NEW NORMAL - Season 1 - "Bryanzilla" | ©2012 NBC/Trae Patton

Stars: Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells, Georgia King, Bebe Wood, NeNe Leakes, Ellen Barkin Writer: Mark Kunerth   Director: Ryan Murphy       Network: NBC, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: October 9, 2012 Ryan Murphy is once again at the helm of this new episode of THE NEW NORMAL, and with “Bryanzilla” we have a return to the rigid stereotypes and beating over the head of messages that the series started out as. The idea for the episode is cute but absurd with Shania (Bebe Wood) getting pretend engaged and wanting to have a pretend wedding. Enter Bryan (Andrew Rannells) with clearly plenty of […]Read On »


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TV Review: NASHVILLE – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

Robert Wisdom, Charles Esten, Connie Britton, Eric Close, Hayden Panettiere, Powers Boothe, Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson in NASHVILLE - Season 1 | ©2012 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Eric Close, Powers Boothe, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Sam Palladio, Robert Wisdom Writer: Callie Khouri, series created by Callie Khouri Director: R.J. Cutler Network: ABC, Wednesdays at 10 PM Original Airdate: October 10, 2012 The concept of a primetime soap set in and around the Nashville music scene conjures visions of over-the-top glitz and Southern-accented catfights. Well, shame on us (me, anyway) for anticipatory stereotyping, because NASHVILLE, while it certainly has its sudsy aspects, proves to be a well-grounded drama, with characters who behave like recognizable human beings and music that sounds like […]Read On »


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TV Review: HELL ON WHEELS – Season 2 – “Blood Moon” and “Blood Moon Rising” – Season Finale

Dominique McElligott is Lily Bell in HELL ON WHEELS - Season 2 finale - "Blood Moon Rising" | ©2012 AMC/Chris Large

Stars: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, Dominique McElligott, Tom Noonan, Christopher Heyerdahl Writer:  Part 1- Mark Richard & Jamie O’Brien, Part 2- John Shiban   Director: Part 1- Terry McDonough,, Part 2-John Shiban         Network: AMC, airs Sunday nights Original Telecast: October 7, 2012 There are game changers and then there are season finales that level the playing field. HELL ON WHEELS in its two-hour finale of “Blood Moon” and “Blood Moon Rising” is establishing that no one on this series is safe except perhaps Bohannan (Anson Mount), since the series is from his perspective for the most part. Besides him, anyone […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The Tiger in the Tale”

David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in BONES - Season 8 - "The Tiger in the Tale" | ©2012 Fox/Patrick McElhenney

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Carla Gallo Writer: Dean Lopata, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Dwight Little Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: October 8, 2012 Normally, the BONES episode “The Tiger in the Tale” would merit a B. It’s a solid episode, but it has the drawbacks of Brennan (Emily Deschanel) suddenly wanting to run for President of the United States (huh?) and psychiatrist Sweets (John Francis Daley) displaying stunning blindness when it comes to the psyche of his […]Read On »


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TV Review: SOUTH PARK – Season 16 – “Insecurity”

Ike and Kyle thing the UPS man is having sex with their mom in SOUTH PARK - Season 16 - "Insecurity" | ©2012 Comedy Central

Writer: Trey Parker Director: Trey Parker Network: Comedy Central, airs Wednesday nights Original Telecast: October 10, 2012 Sadly SOUTH PARK seems to be struggling during the latter half of Season 16. Joining the awful “Sarastaball” is the latest episode “Insecurity” – a painfully unfunny exercise in randomness. I sense Trey Parker and Matt Stone are trying for some commentary on how fearful the nation has become since the Colorado shootings at THE DARK KNIGHT RISES screening, but it just doesn’t really work. Things kick off when Ike sees a UPS man having sex with his mom (what he doesn’t know […]Read On »


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TV Review: CASTLE – Season 5 – “Secret’s Safe With Me”

Molly Quinn in CASTLE - Season 5 - "Secret's Safe With Me" | ©2012 ABC/Richard Cartwright

Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Tamala Jones, Seamus Deaver, Jon Huertas, Penny Johnson Jerald Writer: Terence Paul Winter Director: John Terlesky Network: ABC, Monday nights, 10 p.m. Original Telecast: October 8, 2012 One of the great things about CASTLE this season is now that the producers have resolved the big tease between author Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Det. Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), the show can now focus on the mystery part – and the mysteries have been getting better. In “Secret’s Safe With Me,” yeah, there’s a couple things you see coming, but the plot actually had some interesting twists. […]Read On »


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Interview: LAW & ORDER: SVU actors Raul Esparza and Anna Chlumsky on the NBC series

Anna Chlumsky in LAW & ORDER: SVU - Season 14 - "Twenty-Five Acts" | ©2012 NBC/Eric Liebowitz

The fourteenth season of LAW & ORDER: SVU, which airs Wednesdays at 9 PM on NBC, got off to a turbulent onscreen start, what with a scandal that nearly cost the squad Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) and wound up getting a lot of politicians and district attorneys fired. Enter new District Attorney Rafael Barba, played by Raul Esparza, a multiple-Tony-nominated actor who previously appeared on the original LAW & ORDER and LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT as other characters. In tonight’s episode “25 Acts,” Barba is brought onto a case by Mariska Hargitay’s Detective Olivia Benson involving the young author […]Read On »


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TV Review: DEXTER – Season 7 – “Sunshine and Frosty Swirl”

Ray Stevenson in DEXTER - Season 7 - "Sunshine and Frosty Swirl" | ©2012 Showtime/Randy Tepper

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Josh Cooke, Ray Stevenson, Jason Gedrick, Katia Winter, Daniel Buran Writer: Manny Coto, series developed for television by James Manos, based on the books by Jeff Lindsay Director: Steve Shilll Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: October 7, 2012 “Sunshine and Frosty Swirl” picks up where DEXTER’s previous episode “Are You …?” left off, with Dexter (Michael C. Hall) at last admitting to his sister, Miami Metro Police Lieutenant Debra Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter), after she confronts him that, yes, he […]Read On »


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DANCING WITH THE STARS: ALL-STARS Season 15 Recap: Drew Lachey and Helio Castroneves get kicked off DWTS in double knock-out

Helio Castroneves and Chelsie Hightower in Week 3 of DANCING WITH THE STARS: ALL-STARS - Week 3 | ©2012 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Drew Lachey, Emmitt Smith, Gilles Marini, Kelly Monaco, Melissa Rycroft, Bristol Palin, Apolo Anton Ohno, Helio Castroneves, Kirstie Alley, Shawn Johnson, Sabrina Bryan Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: October 9th, 2012 It was a heartbreaking night on DWTS: Season 15 as we said goodbye to two former champions Drew Lachey, along with Anna Trebunskaya, and Helio Castroneves with Chelsie Hightower.  It was like two old friends visiting whom we haven’t seen in years are now suddenly gone again in a poof.  The night was full of anxious couples more nervous than excited; knowing that at some point […]Read On »


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Interview: DANCING WITH THE STARS celebrity Melissa Rycroft becomes an ALL-STAR

Melissa Rycroft in DANCING WITH THE STARS: ALL-STARS - Season 15 - Week 1| ©2012 ABC/Adam Taylor

DANCING WITH THE STARS: ALL-STARS, airing on ABC Monday and Tuesday nights, has brought together thirteen fan favorites from past seasons to compete again for the mirror ball trophy. (As of this writing, two of the stars has already been eliminated from the competition.) We caught up with Melissa Rycroft, a DWTS veteran from 2009 – as well as a 2009 participant in THE BACHELOR – to talk about her return spin on the DANCING floor. ASSIGNMENT X: Can you talk about doing reality TV overall? MELISSA RYCROFT: Reality TV has a hundred percent changed my life. I do think […]Read On »


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