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Comedy

How I Met Your Mother: “Miracles” Recap

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 […]

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Drama

“One Tree Hill”: The Slippery Slope Continues 18

Posted by: haro1d Boy, what an unsatisfying ending to a pretty unsatisfying season. Things started out like they were going to be neato or something, with Jackson Brundage (Li’l James) plunking out the old OTH themesong with Gavin DeGraw. Then we got into the episode, and here’s what went down: Lucas woke up from his big booze binge with a mohawk, which Haley insisted on shaving off. Brooke had to return Angie eight days early and wept when she did. Dan Scott paid another visit to Reverend Carter, the fellow who was ahead of him in line for a heart […]

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7 Questions With...

8 Questions With … Miriam Shor

1. What Has Been Your Strangest Fan Encounter? Miriam Shor: I was in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Those are some special and amazing fans. I got a fan letter from someone when I was in the stage show that asked if I would like to have tea with them sometime (I have no idea if it was a male or a female — or both, considering what the show is) and that they couldn’t stop thinking about how I moved my legs. I played a man in the show, so I wasn’t, like, walking around in little stilettos or […]

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Reality TV

Danny Noriega Did His Justice On American Idol And Other Finale News

But doing that justice doesn’t mean he gets invited to the big finale! He did make the Top 24. C’mon Idol! Invite the other Top 24 kids! In other American Idol Finale News: Here’s audio of Nigel Lythgoe on Ryan Seacrest Yes, there is going to be another Celine/Elvis debacle, ’cause that was a good idea the first time.  He’s also saying that the ‘biggest star in the world’ will be on the show.

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Magazine Archive

Miriam Shor and her new CBS series “Swingtown”

If anyone somehow had any remaining notions about CBS being the “old people’s network,” as the cliche had it, those ideas will quickly dissipate with the premiere of Swingtown on June 5. The series, airing Thursdays, is set in the Chicago suburbs in 1976, and follows several couples and their children as they experience and experiment with the changing mores and culture of the era, which, as the title suggests, includes activities such as “swinging.” The cast includes Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Molly Parker (Deadwood) as Bruce and Susan Miller, newcomers to the neighborhood who become increasingly […]

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Comedy

My Name Is Earl: Camdenites Part 1 & 2

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 […]

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Drama

Getting Lost: “There’s No Place Like Home, Part 1” Review

Posted by Mike and johnnysweeptheleg Those of you who want answers might have been a little disappointed by last night’s episode of Lost. Sure, we found out that Jack now knows about Claire being his sister. And we know that the Oceanic 6 is trying to pass off Aaron as Kate’s son. But we were only able to officially cross off one item from our list of unanswered questions. Still, that’s OK, because this is just the first of a three-part finale (with the final two parts airing over two hours on May 29, in case you’ve forgotten). Think of […]

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The Office: “Goodbye, Toby” Recap

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. […]

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Reality TV

Time To Let Syesha Down On American Idol

What is with Ryan not shaving? Does he have a bigger job that he has to look better for? Like being a DJ? Ryan can’t stop talking about Paula’s girls that are spilling out of her dress. Cheesy group number comes belching out of the American Idol stage! The Top 3 are doing ‘Ain’t No Stopping Us Now.’ Kathy remembers that Clay and Ruben did this number in their finale show. The Idols are doing a jazz square kids! They’re not doing it well. David A is rockin’ a white Members Only Jacket. Ok, I don’t think it’s REALLY a […]