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“My Name Is Earl”: The Frank Factor

October 12, 2007 Ryan Berenz

In “The Frank Factor,” Joy visits Earl in prison, still feeling guilty about him doing time for her. Suddenly, Earl spots a guy in prison he knows, Frank (Michael Rapaport), and it turns out they have quite a history together. Flash back to seven years ago. Earl’s parents are having their house fumigated, so Earl and Randy are homeless, sleeping outside on someone’s discarded sofa. But trash day comes, and Earl and Randy are homeless again. Earl spots an ad for a cheap room to rent, and he and Randy sublet the kitchen floor of Frank’s trailer home. Paco, Frank’s […]

Survivor: China: Week 4 Recap: Can We Vote For Both?

October 12, 2007 Jill Klitz

There was something unfulfilling about this episode, and I’m not sure what. Maybe watching people being annoyed with each other makes me crabby, and I just want about half a dozen people voted out at once. * Sherea’s annoyed with Dave for being too demanding. * Dave’s annoyed with Sherea for being lazy and for refusing to give back the shells he’d been saving. * Courtney’s annoyed with Jean-Robert for speaking to her too aggressively when he warns her that she might burn her hand. * James is annoyed with super-huggy Dave (whom Fei Long kidnapped after winning the reward […]

ANTM: The One About Metamorphosis

October 11, 2007 Ruth Boulet

So we’ve arrived at the makeover episode of America’s Next Top Model. To me, this one started off slow. I also need to recommend to the producers of America’s Next Top Model that they could maybe give their graphic artists more than 5 minutes to create ‘after’ images of each girl. You see, they used this ‘software’ to morph a picture of each girl from her current look to her new, amazing, Top Model-y look. It reminded me of a VH1 (which I don’t really watch that often, I swear) little cartoon thing they used to do during the credits […]

ANTM: It’s Time for the Cryin’

October 10, 2007 Ruth Boulet

Oh yes, my friends, it’s time to start talking America’s Next Top Model. Why now, you may ask? Hasn’t the show been on for a couple of weeks? Yes, yes it has. But that, my friends, was a warm up to what is arguably, consistently, the best episode of America’s Next Top Model every season: the makeover episode. I mean, really, do you EVER remember the first couple of girls who get knocked out of the competition? I know I watch repeats on VH1 & say to myself: “Oh, yeah, that’s the one who got the boot first.” Sad, but […]

Countdown To Extinction Week 2: A “Cavemen” Recap

October 10, 2007 StayTuned Staff

Like “The Onion” once did with John Leguizamo’s abysmal sketch show “House of Buggin’,” we’re going to provide weekly recaps of “Cavemen” until it gets canceled. When I committed to writing weekly recaps of Cavemen, I was pretty sure it was going to be a one-time deal. But, to my surprise, the show was back last night for a second episode, so here we go again. Episode 2 (“Nick Get Job”) begins with Nick at his computer, purportedly working on his dissertation, which, despite its wordy title, is basically about how cavemen invented “the finger.” The subject of rent — […]

“Cane” You Feel The Love Tonight? — A Recap

October 10, 2007 Channel Guide Contributor

Posted by Sarah We open with Alex telling Santo he’s got a new job for him, that requires less work and pays more money — he wants him to be his driver. “There’s no uniform — just a clean shirt, and a gun. And make sure you shave every day.” Cut to Henry, who’s having The Tall Guy-esque sex with a woman we don’t know yet. Then he asks her, “How much?” and she says, “$500,000.” She means that she’s an architect and that’s how much it’ll cost to build the new VIP room at his club and continue sleeping […]

NFL Network Gives You Total Access To The Season’s Worst Game

October 9, 2007 Ryan Berenz

NFL Network is probably my favorite cable channel, but it seems it’s falling on hard times these days. Most big cable companies are still refusing to carry it, and it even rented away its best show, NFL Game of the Week, to ION (!) this season. And NFL Net couldn’t even catch a break this past weekend when it decided to make Sunday’s Ravens-49ers game — a miserable crapfest the Ravens won 9-7 — a special “Mic’d Up” game. NFL Net added 12 extra cameras to this game and put microphones on 10 players and coaches to bring us Ravens […]

“How I Met Your Mother” Recap: The Third Wheel

October 9, 2007 StayTuned Staff

Two words: “the belt.” At this point, we don’t know what they mean, but Ted does, and as he speaks them over the phone to Barney from the men’s room at McLaren’s, they’ve got him freaking out. Barney also seems to grasp the importance of the belt, while the rest of us must wait for a flashback to “less than 30 minutes ago” to find out what’s going on. And here it is. Ted, Barney and Marshall are headed to McLaren’s. Or, at least, that was the plan, until it took Ted too long to suit up and achieve that […]

Re-Crippling Joe — A "Family Guy" Recap

October 8, 2007 Channel Guide Contributor

Posted by Sarah When your wives and girlfriends invade the Drunken Clam, it’s time to find a new hangout. Or build a new one. By ripping off an entire side of your house and using the materials to slap together a shack called the “Quahog Men’s Club.” Somehow, the women are undeterred, and show up at the shack to dance the night away. When Bonnie chooses to sit next to Joe instead of dancing with everyone else, Joe feels like his handicap is holding her back and decides he needs a leg transplant. Turning down the mermaid legs, Big Bird […]

Erik King Loves Being The “Bad” Guy

October 6, 2007 StayTuned Staff

Fans of Dexter who have also read the novels on which the series is based, Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, know a couple of things about Sergeant Doakes that casual viewers do not. First, “Sergeant” is a nickname, acknowledging his days in Army Special Ops. Second, his first name is Albert — a good reason for a man who is hardly a “call me Al” sort of guy to go with the nickname. I asked Erik King, who plays Doakes, about his character and the remarkable success of this show. Last year, when I saw […]