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“The Goode Family” Recap: A Tale Of Two Lesbians

June 22, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Through a handful of episodes, The Goode Family has already shown us some insufferable characters — the pretentious young filmmaker who champions anarchy while stocking shelves at a grocery store; the animal-rights activists whose methods include bullying and intimidation; the nosy gadfly who schemes her way into the good graces of the local liberal elite — but it may have found a new low with Jen and Sookie, the ultra-chic Manhattan lesbian couple who take up residence in Greenville. You learn everything you need to know about them by the jar of water on their mantle. It’s […]

Nurse Jackie Was … Well … Sweet ‘N All That

June 22, 2009 StayTuned Staff

“Ears don’t jump into toilets,” says Dr. Akalitus (Anna Deavers Smith) as she grills Jackie and Zoey about the diplomat’s ear being found in the toilet. […]

“The Goode Family” Recap: Helen’s Back

June 15, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison First off, I’m not a fan of the new Friday night time slot. While ABC paid lip service to the idea that it doesn’t mean the show is on its way out — that oh no, they’re in the midst of packaging this and other low-rated shows like Surviving Suburbia into a new TGIF bloc — the writing seems to be on the wall. Which is a shame, because The Goode Family seems to be hitting its stride. All the big targets the show tries to hit — white guilt, snobbery among the do-gooders and political correctness […]

Five Fabulous Flicks (Plus Two)

June 12, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek Start the weekend — and next week — right with these films airing June 12-18. All times ET. June 12 Tropic Thunder (2008) This one’s up in the air — depending on your sense of humor, it’s either the funniest movie of 2008 or it’s an OK comedy with Ben Stiller and Jack Black. Regardless, it still yields an Academy Award-nominated performance from Robert Downey Jr. in his controversial role as African-American action-film star Kirk Lazarus, and enough audacity to make it a pop-culture staple. Cinemax (HD), 8pm ET June 13 The Dark Knight (2008) Why […]

“Futurama” Has A Bright Future

June 11, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s brilliant animated comedy Futurama is having a Family Guy-type resurrection as it will be returning to production on 26 new half-hour episodes more than six years after its last original episode aired on FOX. The episodes will be running on Comedy Central beginning in mid-2010, with a broadcast run also possible. Comedy Central has been airing reruns of the series since 2006, along with the Futurama movies made since its cancellation. It has been the movies’ blockbuster performance on DVD and Comedy Central that helped revive interest in bringing back the […]

“Planet Sheen” Leads Nickelodeon’s New Animated Funnies

June 11, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek Fans of Nickelodeon’s animated series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius have something to look forward to, and fans of Nickelodeon’s animated series in general have a lot to look forward to with five new animated series on the horizon. Among the highlighted pickups are Jimmy Neutron spin-off Planet Sheen, detailing the space-age stories of Sheen Guevera Estevez, Neutron’s resident ADD case, who steals off in a rocket and finds himself on Zeenu, a world of limited intelligence and technology. While Sheen navigates the peculiar planet with its odd customs and inhabitants — including an […]

“The Goode Family” Recaps: “Pleatherheads” And “Goodes Gone Wild”

June 4, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison ABC made the wise decision to air two episodes back to back last night — a perfect way for a new show to find its rhythm. After last week’s pretty decent pilot, I was wondering how the show would go beyond jokes about PC extremism while still giving us characters we could stand to be around. Obviously, they would need more depth and to not be so self-righteous that you would have no choice but to turn the channel. Well, this twofer went a long way in easing my concerns. Pleatherheads Ubuntu is frustrated after failing at […]

“The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien” … Episode 1

June 2, 2009 StayTuned Staff

History was made last night, with the fourth changing of the hosts on NBC’s The Tonight Show as Conan O’Brien took over from car collector Jay Leno. First episodes of new formats, even for veterans, can be a little rusty, so let’s take a look at … What went right: The opening sequence with Conan running across the country to Los Angeles — nice touch running across Wrigley Field, as well as showing the side of Tribune Tower (Full disclosure: Tribune Company owns Wrigley Field and Tribune Tower, as well as this website), but nicer still was the use of […]

“The Goode Family” Recap: Pilot

May 27, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Stacey Harrison Beavis and Butt-Head has been off the air for more than a decade, but its influence can still be seen in creator Mike Judge’s work. For King of the Hill, he simply fine-tuned the redneck accent of the slacker duo’s crotchety neighbor, Mr. Anderson, and gave us Hank Hill. For his new project, The Goode Family, it’s hard to listen to the dulcet tones of main character Gerald Goode and not hear hippie New Age teacher Mr. Van Driessen. There’s also a nice symmetry with King of the Hill, which took a warm jab at small-town life […]

Consider Yourself Invited To IFC’s “Food Party”

May 26, 2009 StayTuned Staff

If I could pick one thing everyone should have in their lives on a regular basis, near the top would be a bit of surrealism. If I could pick a second, it might as well be puppets. (Note that the two concepts rather complement one another.) Well, just in time for summer, IFC brings both your way in a new Internet transplant of sorts, Food Party, premiering June 9 as part of the IFC Automat. Created and hosted by upload artist Thu Tran and a group of her art-school buddies, the series follows her adventures in and around her colorful, […]