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Farewell To “Earl” … At Least On NBC

May 19, 2009 Ryan Berenz

By Ryan First heard about on Ethan Suplee’s Twitter feed, and confirmed by Zap2it today, My Name Is Earl isn’t on NBC’s 2009 fall schedule. I guess we’re disappointed, but not totally surprised. As a follower of the show from the beginning, and a blogger of the show for the past two seasons, I’ve observed the show’s steady decline. But it always felt like Greg Garcia and company still had plenty of list items left in them, and I was hoping that getting back to simpler stories of a guy and his list in Season 4 might spark a comeback. […]

“How I Met Your Mother” Recap: The Leap

May 19, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Mike Frey Synopsis: Remember the episode from last season titled “The Goat”? Well, this week’s season finale tells the story of Ted’s 31st birthday party — the one he kept confusing with his previous birthday party in that episode. It would be easy to mix them up, since Marshall decided to throw him two consecutive surprise parties. At this one, the biggest surprise is that Barney loves Robin. OK, so nobody is actually surprised to hear that, except Robin who overhears Barney describing her to Ted as a Canadian suit in a deliberately delivered metaphor.

“Family Guy” Season 7 Episode 16 Recap: Peter’s Progress

May 18, 2009 Channel Guide Contributor

The season finale didn’t disappoint — hooray! The guys are at the Clam waiting for Cleveland to arrive and claim his beer, which is just sitting there looking lonelier than Alan Rickman’s answering machine (“Hello, Alan Rickman, this is Alan Rickman reminding you to move the pork chops from the freezer to the fridge so they defrost properly. Do not disappoint me. Remember that turtle joke for the party tomorrow. Ha ha.”). When Cleveland finally gets there, he brings his new friend, Madame Claude — a psychic! She tells everyone who they were in a past life: Joe was an […]

“My Name Is Earl” Recap: Dodge’s Dad

May 15, 2009 Ryan Berenz

Darnell is getting ready for Career Day at Dodge’s school, the day in which the dads come in to talk about their jobs. Crab Man is all ready for his presentation on crabs, but Dodge wants to have his real dad there instead of his stepdad. The problem: Joy hasn’t told Dodge that Earl isn’t his real dad. Since Earl ruined Dodge’s 2005 Career Day (he stole some X-Ray equipment as posed as a doctor), he goes to school to talk about his career as Chief List Maker/List Doer. Some of Dodge’s classmates wonder why Dodge doesn’t spend weekends with […]

New Season Of “Scrubs” May Look A Lot Different

May 15, 2009 StayTuned Staff

And not just from the cast changes. The Hollywood Reporter says that all the principal actors are slated to return (giving deference to their pilot deals this fall), and that Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke could even return for guest spots. This has all been speculated upon before, but what’s new is the idea that Scrubs could switch from its single-camera style to a more traditional multi-camera setup, which would presumably include a laugh track, or a live studio audience.

“The Office” Recap: Company Picnic

May 15, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Welcome to the Dunder Mifflin Company Picnic! It’s an annual event where all the branches get together, which means that Charles Minor is back to terrorize Jim and that Michael will be reunited with Holly. Michael views the event as an opportunity to win Holly back, despite the fact that she’s there with her fiancé. He’s got a list of bullet points guaranteed to work — after all, they’re soup snakes. Or soul mates. Whatever. First he and Holly have to come up with a comedy sketch to deliver in front of everyone — including the Buffalo branch, which is […]

“Real Housewives Of New Jersey” Keeps It In The Family — Mostly — Beginning Tonight On Bravo

May 12, 2009 Lori Acken

I’ll admit it. I enjoyed a deliriously happy 2-season relationship with Bravo’s Real Housewives of Orange County — until my fellow thirty- and fortysomething ladies bid their goofy little twentysomething pal, Jo, adieu and summarily had their turf invaded by a parade of giggly bleach-blonde trophy wives and earthy, defeated-looking brunettes who seemed to render Gina, Vicki and Lauri as disdainful, annoyed and territorial as I was. We stopped talking about the gall of our overprivleged children and the cluelessness of our never-present husbands over backyard barbecues, and started getting pissy about Botox and nightclubs. I didn’t actually the live […]

“How I Met Your Mother” Recap: As Fast As She Can

May 12, 2009 StayTuned Staff

By Mike Frey Synopsis: When we last saw Ted, he was standing on a street corner in the rain, and he had just been tapped on the shoulder by Stella. That’s where we pick things up in this episode, where we find out that Stella’s former and current boyfriend, Tony, is on the corner, too. Ted plays it cool. On the spectrum of ways he could have handled things, he’s much closer to having a French girlfriend who looks exactly like Stella but with enormous cans than he is to being a blubbering mess. Or so he thinks. Later, at […]

Best Of SNL’s Short Films To Air In Primetime Special

May 12, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

This Saturday sees the season finale of Saturday Night Live, but the laughs are continuing into prime time the next night, May 17 at 9pm ET, with NBC’s premiere two-hour special Saturday Night Live Just Shorts. Andy Samberg hosts this program that, for the first time, puts together the greatest short films from the series’ past 34 years. The historic special will feature many fan favorites, including “Synchronized Swimmers,” starring Martin Short and Harry Shearer; Robert Smigel’s “TV Funhouse”; and the Emmy-winning digital short “Dick in a Box,” with Justin Timberlake. Also included are “Lazy Sunday,” “Japanese Office,” “United Way” […]

“Family Guy” Season 7 Episode 15 Recap: Three Kings

May 11, 2009 Channel Guide Contributor

Peter, seated comfortably in front of the fireplace in a library, announces that this episode will be a retelling of three stories by the greatest author of the last 1,000 years: Stephen King. First up is Stand By Me with narration by Richard Dreyfuss, who’s the voice in Peter’s head. Roy Scheider’s the voice in Joe’s head, and they get into an argument about whether Richard really wants to get together with Roy for drinks to talk about old times, or whether Richard doesn’t want to meet up and is just being a dick about it. We go through the […]