November 2012

The host of a pair of popular Food Network Series — Guy’s Big Bite and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (affectionately known as Triple D by its host and legion of fans) — the bleach-blond car fanatic and restaurateur first won viewers’ hearts when he won Season 2 of The Next Food Network Star. Since then, the Ohio native, born Guy Ramsay Ferry, has branched out even further with successful books and cookware lines and as the host of the NBC game show Minute to Win It. Guy’s Big Bite airs Sunday mornings at 10:30/9:30CT Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives airs Monday nights at […]

What happens when you mix one part standard-issue police procedural, a touch of Sherlock Holmes and USA Network’s talent for creating colorful, serio-comedic characters? A recipe for AWESOMENESS called Psych that’s what. USA’s long-running original comedy series Psych follows the adventures of a snarky fake psychic detective and his uptight sidekick, as they solve crimes in wonderfully over-the-top fashion. Stars James Roday and Dulé Hill have a natural chemistry, playing off each other as if they’ve literally been friends since childhood. The two are surrounded by an endearing cast of talented performers, including Roday’s real-life girlfriend Maggie Lawson, Corbin Bernsen and […]

USA Network took the top two slots in this category, with Suits winning the closing argument with its deft combination of legal acumen, office intrigue, strong performances and wit, with USA doing what it does so well in all of its series. Gabriel Macht stars as legendary law partner, Harvey Specter, and SAG Award-nominee Patrick J. Adams stars as his brilliant, but not-technically-legal associate Mike Ross. Despite his lack of bonafide credentials, Mike’s photographic memory and encyclopedic legal knowledge make him an invaluable asset to Harvey. Season 2 brought the duo closer to discovery, along with some romantic complications for […]

How you feel about Dance Moms diva Abby Lee Miller is likely directly related to how you feel about her frequently strident teaching methods, on full display in the Lifetime reality hit. Miller says that what viewers see on TV is often spillover exasperation from multiple requests made of her dancers off camera, and in an unrelated email to Channel Guide, she told us: “I’m not the bad guy — I’ve been teaching dance for 32 years.  …If Chloe didn’t continually miss class and come late and leave early she would be an amazing dancer, or should I say the […]

Who knew an epic — and deadly — American feud could inspire so much love? But we’re hardly surprised, when it’s captured in a viewing experience as well-crafted and impeccably cast as History’s spring miniseries, which landed 16 Emmy nominations and scored the statuettes in five of them, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for  Kevin Costner, who starred as William Hatfield. Costner told Channel Guide that he sees his character as much more than a footnote to history, but also as an entrepreneur, father and veteran who tried to befriend Randall McCoy (played by Bill Paxton). “I wanted […]

No, these moms don’t ingest inedible substances, modify their bodies or stockpile rations for the apocalypse  or the hell of it like their category brethren. But their propensity for putting false teeth, hair and eyelashes, tons of makeup and awfully grown-up costumes worth several mortgage payments on their little bitty kids helped Toddlers & Tiaras take our “Most Extreme” crown. The series made a minor star of pageant stand-out Eden Wood, and a pop culture phenomenon of Alana Thompson — AKA “Honey Boo Boo Child” — who scored herself her own TLC series even if she never took home the […]

For nearly a decade, professional creative geniuses Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage have amazed and delighted live and TV audiences by testing the validity of popular myths, often using themselves as guinea pigs. From the explosive nature of Mentos candies in Diet Coke to the realism of movie stunts — and every tantalizingly destructive thing in between — the comically congenial MythBusters truly do make science fun, whether you’re a nerd or otherwise. MythBusters airs Sunday nights at 8/7CT on Discovery Channel. Best Nerd Show — Winner: MythBusters MythBusters/Discovery Channel 51% Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman/Science 16% Top Gear/BBC […]

Homeland might have walked away with all of the hardware at this year’s Emmy Awards, but Burn Notice edged out fellow USA Network drama White Collar to take home the prestigious Viewer’s Voice Award for Best Spy/Espionage Show. And truth be told, how can you go wrong with a show shot in Miami that features beautiful scenery and people? The star of this action-packed drama is the vastly-underrated Jeffrey Donovan, who plays burned U.S. spy Michael Westen. While trying to figure out who burned him, Westen teams up with his girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar), his best friend (Bruce Campbell) and a fellow […]