If you’re gonna go down, it might as well be in flames.
Yesterday, we posted an opinion piece taking the SUPERNATURAL leads — Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki — to task for not appearing at the upcoming Comic Con, saying that we believed they owed it to their wildly supportive fan base to show as a way of saying “thank you”.
Well, a whole lot of that fanbase — did we mention how vocal they are? — took us to task. We even received an email from a CW spokesperson labeling the story — and in particular, a major mistake on our part — “not cool.”
First, let’s set the record straight: Although we said in the original item that the stars had not been at past Comic Cons, that was without question inaccurate. As the spokesperson reminded us, “both jared and Jensen were there last year and Jensen was there the year before.” Both have also attended numerous other events at which their adoring public were given the chance to show their love. “The boys are there for their fans,” continued the CW rep.
Rather than stew in the bitterness that comes with not being able to attend yesterday’s press screening by FOX featuring two new episodes of GLEE due to the fact that we (a) don’t live in LA, or (b) own a private jet… this TV Addict is going to take the high ride…. and point out that (a) GLEE returns on September 16, (b) It’s going to be awesome (as per Denise Martin’s LA Times report from said screening), and (c) If you’re reading this and just so happen to own your very own private jet, feel free to drop us a line! Seriously.
After four years of death-defying demon hunting, the Winchester Brothers have finally met their match: A handful of teenager girls.
How else to explain Jared Padelecki and Jensen Ackles conspicuous absence (once again!) from the upcoming SUPERNATUARL panel at July’s San Diego Comic Convention, which as of this posting has Misha Collins (Castiel), Jim Beaver (Bobby Singer), Eric Kripke (Creator/Executive Producer), Sera Gamble (Executive Producer) and Ben Edlund (Executive Producer) scheduled to attend.
Good News: An original DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES cast member is set to return as a series regular next season. Bad News: Said original cast member is Teri Hatcher’s daughter played by the insufferable Andrea Bowen. We’re just sayin, Rory Gilmore she ain’t. [Source]
Good News: The TV Addict was invited to screen two new episodes of GLEE this afternoon in New York and/or LA. Bad News: The TV Addict does not live in New York and/or LA. [#FML]
Good News: TORCHWOOD’s five-episode season 3 miniseries has become so popular in the UK that it has become a trending topic on Twitter. Bad News: Thus spoiling it for everyone outside of the UK who still have to wait two weeks for the series to surface on BBC America. [Source]
At any given point during the 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU pilot – an adaptation of the Heath Ledger-fronted 1999 film, itself a modern telling of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew – you can gather the impression that this teen dramedy is both smarter than you’d think and a causality of the very tropes it tries to play up.
Helmed by GREEK writer-producer Carter Covington, it should fit rather comfortably with ABC Family’s lineup of just-saucy-enough programming – attractive to GOSSIP GIRL fans but not enough to wrinkle the noses of the 700 CLUB.
Kat (ALIENS IN AMERICA’s Lindsay Shaw) and Bianca (Meaghan Martin) Stratford are the new kids at Padua High, having just moved to town from Ohio with their obstetrician father (Larry Miller, who reprises his role from the film). The sisters are quickly established as foils: Kat listens to NPR and gets riled up by lack of universal health care; Bianca combs through Facebook pages to pinpoint the most popular girl at school so that she may copy her ever move.
According to CBS, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS will air today on the East Coast at 11 a.m., with THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL airing as 12:30 p.m. The Michael Jackson funeral will begin airing at 1 p.m., with AS THE WORLD TURNS pre-empted.
On the West Coast, B&B will air at 12:30 p.m., with Y&R following at 1 p.m.
ABC is expected to nationally pre-empt ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE. GENERAL HOSPITAL is scheduled to air, although may be pre-empted if funeral coverage runs longer than anticipated.
Someone needs to tell the folks at MSNBC that the world now exists in a 24/7 news cycle.
Several times in recent weeks, the self-proclaimed “place for politics” has missed out on major stories which unfolded over the weekend as MSNBC aired seemingly endless episodes of the jailhouse-reality series LOCKDOWN. On Monday night’s HARDBALL, guest host Lawrence O’Donnell was left acting as if the three-day old Palin resignation story was somehow breaking news despite the fact there had been no new developments. An hour later, COUNTDOWN’s Keith Olbermann opened his show by referencing the fact that Palin’s resignation announcement occurred “on the Friday of the Fourth of July weekend, the ultimate bad-news dump day,” as if that excused his network’s shockingly poor coverage of the major political event.
Only a few weeks earlier, anyone looking for news on the uprisings in Iran were forced to turn elsewhere for details as MSNBC had put up their “Gone Fishin’” sign and taken off for the weekend.
All of which begs the question: Can MSNBC call itself a legitimate “news channel” and continue to broadcast movies such as “The Comic Book Murders” (airing this Saturday at 3 p.m., come hell or political scandal!)?
