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“My Name Is Earl”: Got The Babysitter Pregnant

January 9, 2009 Ryan Berenz

As a kid, Earl had a crush on his babysitter Rachel. But Rachel was with her boyfriend Daniel. Earl didn’t take too kindly to that, so he sabotaged Daniel’s condoms. But as Earl wants to cross the misdeed off his list, he discovers that Rachel (Faith Ford) and Daniel are happily married — but their twentysomething son that Earl had a hand in conceiving is a bit of a freeloading loser. So Earl takes it upon himself to give their son, Ronnie (Adam Rose), a little tough love so he can learn to survive on his own. But Randy starts […]

10 Items Or Less: Turkey Bowling

January 9, 2009 Ryan Berenz

Posted by Ryan Greens & Grains loses a game of stickball to the SuperValueMart, and Todd the butcher loses a big bet as a result. Todd is furious with Leslie’s management of the pitching staff (basically Leslie), and Todd gets in Leslie’s face about it. Todd angrily tosses a frozen turkey, and it knocks over a bunch of two-liter soda bottles that Carl is setting up. And the game of Turkey Bowling is born. Carl, Leslie and Todd play Turkey Bowling in the store aisles through the night, and Leslie is pretty good at it. SuperValueMart’s new manager, Mercedes “Mercy” […]

“Scrubs”: “My Jerks” and “My Last Words”

January 7, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Posted by SH Well, the network change didn’t seem to affect much. I guess, instead of Biggest Loser commercials, we end up with more Bachelor ads, but I can live with that. As for what’s on-screen, J.D. and friends are still straddling that line between goofy comedy and the life-and-death drama that comes with working at a hospital. After a writers strike shortened the seventh season, during which the quality dipped precipitously at times, the creative team behind Scrubs has promised a more balanced approach a la the show’s early years. Judging by the first couple of episodes, aired back […]

10 Items Or Less: Season 3 Preview

January 6, 2009 Ryan Berenz

Season 3 of the TBS comedy 10 Items or Less premieres Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 11pm ET/PT, and we’ll be back to recap the highlights from each episode again this year. (Click here to catch up on our coverage from Season 2.) Season 3 brings a new nemesis for Leslie Pool (John Lehr) and the employees of the Ohio family-run grocery store Greens & Grains. The SuperValueMart next door wants to put the G&G out of business for good, and they’ve hired Mercedes “Mercy” P. Jones (Kim Coles) from New York to do the dirty work. We talked with Lehr […]

Whale Wars: Deja Vu, Vu, Vu … then Wow!

December 24, 2008 StayTuned Staff

By Elaine B Whale Wars has been Animal Planet’s most watched series ever – and given that those statistics come from the network that brought us the drama of Meerkat Manor, that is saying a lot about the environmental fervor in this country. And it must be green fervor, because until the incredible drama of the final episode, the series did not live up to its hype, missing some promising moments to give us a deeper look at the crew members that agreed to be featured, the state of the whales themselves, even a bit of footage from Japan, where […]

How I Met Your Mother: “Little Minnesota” Recap

December 16, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Synopsis: Ted’s sister — or as he calls her, Hurricane Heather (played by Erin Cahill) — has just arrived in town, with plans to stay in New York permanently and work in finance. Ted, of course, is skeptical because this is the same sister who, during her college years, took six years to graduate from three schools, wrecked two cars, got married for five days and lived in a tree for nine weeks only to discover that no one wanted to chop it down. His biggest concern, though, as it always is when Heather visits, is to keep Barney away […]

The Office: “Moroccan Christmas” Recap

December 12, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Synopsis: It’s once again time for Dunder Mifflin Scranton’s annual Christmas party. This one is going to be different, though, because it’s the first one that Phyllis — not Angela — has planned. She has opted for a Moroccan theme, but making Angela miserable seems to be the real thread that holds Phyllis’ party plans together. Because she knows about Angela’s infidelity, Phyllis has decided to make the former party planning committee tyrant her own personal little … um, helper. Technically it’s not blackmail, since that would require a formal letter. The arrangement is short-lived, since Phyllis ultimately ends up […]

“My Name Is Earl”: Reading Is A Fundamental Case

December 10, 2008 Ryan Berenz

Earl is helping the Camden County Bookmobile by reading a story to children, and the story sounds a little like something that once happened to Earl and Randy. Years ago, Earl and Randy decided to take their lonely eccentric friend Raynard (Ewen Bremner) out for a night on the town. Pretending to be the opening act for U2 in order to pick up some women, Earl stole the Camden County Bookmobile to use as their tour bus. After a night with the groupies, they abandoned the Bookmobile out in the wilderness. Years later, Earl and Randy returned to where they […]

How I Met Your Mother: The Fight

December 9, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike Synopsis: Have you met Doug? There are three things you should know about the McLaren’s bartender (played by Will Sasso): He’s got a violent streak, he’s weird about his hair — it’s a toupee — and he’s very loyal to his regulars. Combine the first and third items on that list, and suddenly Ted and Barney find themselves in the alley behind McLaren’s, brawling with three guys who Doug kicked out of the gang’s regular booth. Or at least they would be brawling if Doug hadn’t knocked out all three guys while Ted and Barney were deciding […]

The Office: The Surplus

December 5, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Synopsis: This week’s episode of The Office begins with some good news — news which Oscar needs to deliver three times before Michael understands it. There’s a $4,300 budget surplus, which needs to be spent by the end of the day to keep next year’s budget from being reduced by that total. Oscar suggests putting the money toward a new copier, while Pam wants new chairs. Teams begin to form, and surprisingly PB&J wind up on separate sides of the issue. Michael can’t make a decision, even with the help of Hank the security guard and David Wallace — the […]