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Picking Up Where We Left Off

September 18, 2007 Channel Guide Contributor

So this is how it’s done, huh? By stacking your openers, applying NEGs and DHV which will hopefully lead to IOIs and better KINO, you’ll be put in a position to PHASE-SHIFT, which should lead to a NUMBER CLOSE or KISS CLOSE. These are the lessons Brady, Kosmo, and Joe D. get from Mystery and the gang on VH1’s The Pickup Artist. This verbiage flows from Mystery’s mouth as automatically as a quarterback barking out his cadence at the line of scrimmage. It all means something. And the more of this you know, the easier the game is. Unfortunately for […]

Just How Hot Is Natalie Gulbis, Exactly?

September 18, 2007 Ryan Berenz

On Sept. 19 at 10pm ET, GOLF CHANNEL brings back The Natalie Gulbis Show reality series for a six-episode third season. If you don’t already know, Gulbis is golf’s pin-up girl. She’s highly photogenic and has a magnetic personality, and has been at the forefront of the LPGA’s attempt to sex up the sport. We’re fine with that. If you’ve got looks to go with the golf skills, go ahead and flaunt it. Here’s a little preview of the season, and a few details from GOLF CHANNEL: Wednesday’s premiere episode will go behind the scenes with Natalie at all of […]

No Meer Reality Series

September 17, 2007 Jeff Pfeiffer

I’m not big on reality TV — at least the human kind. But when it comes to the natural world, you get all the same fighting, intrigue, sex, backstabbing, poignant emotional moments and more. Granted, you don’t see animals get drunk. But you also don’t get to see the cast members of The Real World eat each other (unless those are in the outtakes), so it all balances out. Most importantly, with animals you get honesty. Nothing is staged for the cameras. And that’s what makes Meerkat Manor so endearing. It’s simply a story of families literally struggling for survival. […]

"Family Guy" + "Star Wars" = George Lucas Done Good (Finally)

September 17, 2007 Channel Guide Contributor

Posted by Sarah George Lucas did something right when he gave Family Guy permission to do an hourlong Star Wars sendup for its season premiere. The show’s been delighting sci-fi fans for years with its smatterings of Star Wars and Star Trek references, and I’ve been wishin’ and hopin’ and prayin’ that it would follow Robot Chicken‘s lead. Proving once again that the universe bends to my will, it did. And it’s glorious. Guest voices include Mick Hucknall, Rush Limbaugh and Chevy Chase. Keep an eye out for the hottest TIE fighter in the sector and a Red Squadron check-in […]

Welcome Back Star Jones!

September 16, 2007 Barb Oates

After her infamous departure from The View, Star Jones returns to talk television with a show focused on today’s headlines from pop culture, entertainment, celebrity, crime and justice. Jones says the focus of her show (which airs on Court TV Monday-Friday at 3pm ET) is based on what viewers want. “The moment I lose sight of what the viewer wants is the moment I stop doing real television. I want to bring real talk back to daytime television. Not screaming at you. Not talking at you. I’m not engaging in a monologue; I’m engaging in a dialogue.” In an exclusive […]

Bad Study Habits

September 14, 2007 Jeff Pfeiffer

The first week back to school is always tough, trying to get back into that whole studying routine. So it’s probably no surprise that it’s also been sort of tough on some of the contestants on FOX’s Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, which aired its second show of the season last night. What is surprising, though, are the questions that these adults — who should have at least picked up a lot of this knowledge through osmosis simply by living as long as they have — are missing. Granted, I got into my seat about 20 minutes after […]

Who’s Gonna Lose Their “Tan”?

September 14, 2007 Jeff Pfeiffer

Well, I suppose it’s my duty as the unofficial chronicler of E!’s Sunset Tan around here to let you know the latest on the addictively inane goings-on at the titular purveyor of all that is bronze. When the season finale rolls around September 30 at 10:30pm ET/PT, someone is going to be gone. In what could be a page right out of one of a very tanned John Le Carre’s novels, it turns out that someone is leaking the business secrets of Sunset Tan (maybe the New England Patriots were just videotaping them; and what kind of top-secret info does […]

Catching Up With The Gang: An “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” Recap

September 14, 2007 StayTuned Staff

The crassest comedy on television returned last night with two wonderfully depraved episodes that pay (dis)respect to recent movies. In “The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby,” Dennis takes inspiration from Al Gore’s global warming warning An Inconvenient Truth and tries to join a group of environmental activists. After being chided by their leader for his lack of commitment, Dennis finds a new cause — sleeping with the treehugger’s girlfriend out of spite — but not before his half-assed Earth-saving efforts lead to the discovery of the aforementioned dumpster baby, whom Mac and Dee lovingly dub D.B. before attempting to exploit […]

Survivor: China: It’s Coming!

September 13, 2007 Jill Klitz

Survivor: China begins in a week! Whoo-hoo! Well, it’s kind of a subdued “whoo-hoo” right now. Every season, I start off a little detached and unenthusiastic about Survivor, not really wanting to expend the energy getting to know another group of 16 (or more) people. But even just looking at the CBS website, I’m starting to get sucked in yet again. First off, I love that they’re back down to 16 people (at least I assume they are, barring another “Bobby Jon and Stephenie appear on the top of Mayan ruins”-type trick that started off the Guatemalan season). After years […]

Pugilism Pay-Per-Postponement

September 13, 2007 Ryan Berenz

Usually when we promote a Pay-Per-View boxing event in Channel Guide Magazine, we have an office pool to see who picks the date closest to when the fight gets canceled. (OK, we don’t. But we probably should.) Boxing’s highly anticipated fall schedule has gotten off to a rocky — no pun intended — start. First, the Sept. 15 Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo Mayorga PPV fight was scrapped when Vargas was found to have anemia. And last Friday, the Sept. 8 “Fireworks” card featuring Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Rocky Juarez got dumped when Marquez developed an infection in a cut on […]