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How I Met Your Mother: “Miracles” Recap

May 20, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike We’re a little late with this week’s recap. We’d promise to do better next time, but since this is the season finale, the next time will be in a few months. And we’ll have forgotten about that promise by then. The good news, though, is that there will be a next season — which never really should have been in question, but it was. On with the recap … At the open, we’re promised the story of a cab ride that changed Ted’s life. We get the first few seconds of the ride, during which the Radiohead […]

My Name Is Earl: Camdenites Part 1 & 2

May 16, 2008 Ryan Berenz

What you are about to read may shock you. It’s a recap of an hourlong Earl episode that actually didn’t suck. After a season that nearly ran the series into ground, the finale episode seems to herald the September return of the Earl we’ve known and loved for the first two seasons. Earl’s marriage to Billie is already rocky. She’s incredibly annoying, she has severe road rage, she sings badly in the shower … but she has all the money. After Earl blew his savings on the prison prom, Billie is now supporting Earl. And she’s incredibly cheap, especially when […]

The Office: “Goodbye, Toby” Recap

May 16, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg Today is Toby Flenderson’s last day. Obviously Michael has been looking forward to this for a long time — so much so, that he couldn’t sleep last night. The only order of business for the day is the planning of Toby’s going-away party, for which Angela has planned a buttercream cake and a slide show featuring two pictures of Toby. Not quite what Michael had in mind. He wants the kind of party you’d throw “if the devil were to explode and evil were gone forever” — like a beach blowout or toga party. […]

It’s official: “Scrubs” is moving to ABC

May 13, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by SH It was just about the worst-kept secret in Hollywood, but ABC made it official today, announcing it will scoop up the Sacred Heart crew for an eighth season, ending the red-headed stepchild treatment the show had gotten for so long at NBC. We gotta give the Peacock credit, though, for sticking with it through season after season of so-so ratings, and not cramming another hour of “Biggest Loser” down our throats. One of the biggest hurdles “Scrubs” has faced has been its carousel of time slots. None other than “The Simpsons” made reference to the problem on […]

How I Met Your Mother: “Everything Must Go” Recap

May 13, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike Britney’s back, bitch. (Sorry, we couldn’t resist.) Britney Spears returns to her role as Stella’s receptionist Abby this week. Abby, it turns out, was the former flame who was causing Barney to get slapped (at least, a little more often than normal) during “The Bracket” episode a few weeks ago.

“Scrubs”: My Princess

May 9, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by SH So, if this is the way NBC is going to continue to treat this show, then I say good riddance. After seven years, the finale we get is a middling Princess Bride homage that is stingy with laughs and generally low on energy. The laughs part is on the writers, of course, and maybe the direction of Zach Braff, who helmed this episode, but NBC aired this episode — which is Episode 709 — out of order. Last week’s show was Episode 711. This begs the question, did they purposefully pick a weak episode to leave a bad […]

The Office: “Job Fair” Recap

May 9, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike, Ryan and johnnysweeptheleg The last time The Office visited a high school, Andy recognized one of the students as his girlfriend. With that as a precedent, why wouldn’t they go back? This time, Michael is visiting Valley View High School to recruit some new interns. And he’d better be careful — the way things work at Dunder Mifflin, one of them could be his boss next season. He brings along Oscar to talk about accounting, Darryl to hire some warehouse staff, and Pam — a former Valley View student — as the “eye candy.”

How I Met Your Mother: “Rebound Bro” Recap

May 6, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike When we last left the HIMYM gang, Ted had just told Barney that not only does he not want to be bros anymore, he doesn’t want to be friends, either. Barney doesn’t give up without a fight though, and he calls Ted 15 times — and Ted’s parents twice — to get him to reconsider. Ted’s not interested. It’s not that he’s mad at Barney, he’s simply outgrown him. Plus, Ted is very busy spending time with Stella. They’ve been dating for two months, though they haven’t had sex yet. Not even on Martin Luther King Day, […]

Yo, Ho Ho And A Mid–80s Answering Machine Message: A "Family Guy" Recap

May 5, 2008 Channel Guide Contributor

Posted by Knockturn Picture it: a veterinarian’s office in Quahog. Brian’s in with the doctor trying to find the source of a bowel obstruction while his family anxiously waits in the lobby. Peter makes friends with a parrot and birdnaps it, replacing it with a moustached puppy so that no one will know what he’s done. Turns out that Brian had a used diaper inside him (“I thought it was Indian food!”), and while everyone’s sorting that out, Chris falls for Anna, the vet intern (voiced by Amanda Bynes).

“Scrubs”: My Waste of Time

May 2, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by SH Or, you could call it, “My Penultimate Episode on NBC.” It’s all but a given that the Sacred Heart gang is moving to ABC for its unforeseen eighth season — the cast and crew have reportedly already begun production — so there’s a strange bit of purgatory hanging over these last few eps. Usually a season builds momentum to a big finale, sprinkling story points along the way that will end in some resolution before trotting out another cliffhanger. But Bill Lawrence & co. don’t seem interested in that, plus, you throw in the writers strike that […]