The TV Addict 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
THE BIG BANG THEORY (8PM CBS, CTV in Canada)
Penny starts a hair-product business that suffers when her friends, particularly Sheldon, become involved.

GOSSIP GIRL (8PM CW)
Assuming our teaser from earlier today was not enough of an incentive to get you to tune into tonight’s brand new installment of GOSSIP GIRL, we’ve got six words for you: Nelly Yuki in a fat suit!

CASTLE (10PM ABC)
Putting aside tonight’s investigation involving a dead young Nanny. Tonight’s real mystery is how on earth Castle and Beckett manage to get any work done amidst the incessant one-liners and flirtatious glances.

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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
24 (9PM FOX, GlobalTV in Canada)
Geeez, one would think that on President’s Day of all days, the first family could catch a little bit of a break. Unfortunately this is 24, where tonight, the first family including daughter Olivia (Sprague Grayden) face painful circumstances.

CHUCK (8PM NBC)
Chuck and Sarah go undercover as a happily married couple in suburbia to solve the biggest mystery of all. Just how exactly does new neighbor Andy Richter score a hot wife like Jenny McCarthy. Damn.

HEROES (9PM NBC, 10PM in Canada)
Proving we’re not the only ones who can’t stand Hiro and Ando, Matt’s prophetic image sends the troublesome twosome to India. ‘Prophetic image’… righttt.

NEW & NOTABLE:
KYLE XY (9PM ABC Family)
Kyle’s job working at Latnok to repay his debt sure sounds like a great idea. Especially when you factor in KYLE XY’s recent cancellation and the fact that Kyle may soon find himself working at In & Out Burger.

HOUSE (8PM FOX, GlobalTV in Canada)
For the reason why we’re not watching tonight’s installment of HOUSE, click here.

Good News: The heavily hyped post-Super Bowl 3D episode of CHUCK netted the criminally under-watched series its best ratings of the season. Bad News: Too bad 8.35 million viewers still weren’t enough to put a dent in HOUSE, THE BIG BANG THEORY or THE BACHELOR which still managed to wipe the floor with the gang from Buy More. [Source]

Good News: For REAPER fans, who will get to see their favorite series return on March 3 — two weeks earlier than originally planned. Bad News: For PRIVILEGED fans, whose season (or is it series?) will wrap up earlier then originally planned, possibly indicating the CW’s lack of long term confidence in the series. [Source]

Good News: ABC Family orders 20 more episodes of GREEK (a TV Addict favorite) and announces a summer 2009 bow. Bad News: And quietly cancels KYLE XY in the process. [Source]

Left to Right: Jaimie Alexander talks to theTVAddict, Amrie,
Ducky and Rae at the Omni Hotel in San Diego, July 2008

How do we know that Entertainment Weekly isn’t overstating things when it promises that tonight’s action-packed third season premiere of KYLE XY plays out like a one-hour version of SPIDER-MAN?

Well, this TV Addict (alongside fellow TV Addicts Ducky, Amrie and Rae) were (not so) recently given the fantastic opportunity to chat it up with Jessi XX herself way back in July at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.

What follows is not only what actress Jaimie Alexander had to say about what the future holds for Jessi XX this season and why playing the proverbial outsider mean so much to her. But perhaps one of the most eloquent and meaningful answers from an actress we’ve ever had the pleasure of posting at the end of this interview.

What can you tell us about what is in store for Jessi this season?
Jaimie Alexander: This season, Jessi goes through a lot and must deal with normal human emotions such as being in love, being torn about who she is and battling hart to try and find out where she fits in. There are time when she’s going to feel worthless and times when she will feel like she has really has made a difference. She’ll break your heart this season.. umm.. I mean I’ll break your heart! Trust me, some of the things I was like … I’m going to need a Martini at the end of the day. It was pretty rough stuff.

Anything that might surprise the fans?
There are so many stunts this season. They really upped the sci-fi this year. A LOT! Matt [Dallas] and I both were shocked. There’s a lot of ass-kicking and Kyle has a lot of stunts, which was different because last year I had a lot. There’s also lot of exploration with regards to the new powers both of us have, we share. Jessi and Kyle spend a lot of time finding out about eachother and becoming more comfortable with how they were brought into this world. It’s pretty amazing.

Also, Jessi does get a love interest and moves in with the Trager family which really stirs things up between her and Lori.

The writers really are amazing this season, not that they weren’t before. But I have not been as happy working on this show as I have been this season. Really, it’s been a full on pleasure. There are also a lot of new characters which are pretty stellar. We’ve added some ethnicity and accents.

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By: Allan Tong

KYLE XY takes teen alienation to a whole new level. Most teens don’t feel like they belong to their peers, family and sometimes the human race. That’s never been truer as in the case of Kyle XY (Matt Dallas) who in season one of this ABC Family series woke up nude in a forest near Seattle with no memory of how he got there. In fact, Kyle woke with no memories at all and no connection to any family, place or time. Yet Kyle he possesses superhuman strength and a powerful brain that can do complex calculus like most of us add one plus one. Kyle’s purpose is to find out who he is.

In season two (a full 23 episodes compared to the opening season’s 10), Kyle’s continues to study under Adam Baylin (J. Eddie Peck) who teaches Kyle about his otherworldly powers, like mental telepathy, and provides further clues about his origins. The crucial one being that Adam wasn’t born, but created in a lab.

However, Kyle keeps his studies with Baylin secret from the Tragers, his adopted family. This strains Kyle’s relationship with parents Nicole and Stephen (Marguerite MacIntyre & Bruce Thomas) who continue to prefer Kyle to their own teenage children, Lori and Josh. Meanwhile, Kyle further develops his attraction to neighbour girl Amanda (Kirsten Prout).

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With ABC FAMILY airing the KYLE XY summer season finale tonight at 8PM — we at theTVaddict.com thought it would be a cool idea to check in with Kyle himself Matt Dallas. Enjoy our ten questions with Matt Dallas and serious thanks to all the fans for their input and great questions.

With KYLE XY reaching the halfway point of its season tonight, what can fans expect when the show returns in January?
Matt DallasThis half, Kyle really learned about his abilities and what he’s capable of. The second half of the season will really raise the bar in terms of stories, relationships and mystery.

Will Kyle be developing any new abilities next season?
The interesting thing about Kyle is that he’s always growing and developing. In the season’s second half, his abilities will grow more powerful. But more importantly, he’ll also discover a lot more about what Jessi’s capable of. We’ve seen Kyle do these amazing things, but you have to remember — Jessi was in ‘the pod’ longer. There’s a possibility she’s far more powerful!

Speaking of Jessi, there seems to be a love triangle developing between Kyle, Jessi and Amanda.
There’s definitely competition between Jessi and Amanda, but Kyle is such a pure character — and his attraction is really towards Amanda. Amanda is such a beautiful soul so it’s kind of hard for someone like Jessi to come in and mess with that.

Two beautiful girls fighting over you, tough job but somebody’s got to do it right?
[Laughs] I know! Both girls are so cool and have great chemistry with Kyle. It’s really fun to play scenes together. And Jaimie Alexander [the actress who plays Jessi] has been such a fantastic addition to the cast this season. She really was that missing puzzle piece that fit perfectly.

The highlight of KYLE XY for this TV Addict is the relationships between the characters. What are some of your favorite Kyle relationship?
I love playing scenes with every member of the Trager family. But Kyle’s relationship with Nicole is one of my favorites because it’s so different and unique. She’s trying to play a paternal role while he really wants to be a normal kid. Yet at the same time, they know it can’t be that way.

Kyle’s relationship with Tom Foss is so cool, because he’s mentoring Kyle. They have a strong relationship, and I think Foss cares for Kyle in a way he’ll never admit.

But Kyle aside, I love watching Josh and Andy scenes because they have such great chemistry together.

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Attention KYLE XY Fans. The TV Addict has just booked a last minute interview with Kyle himself Matt Dallas. Got a question you’ve been dying to ask Matt? Post away, before 2PM (eastern) today in the comments below. And just so you don’t waste any valuable bandwith, Matt’s already proven he’s got a belly button!

UPDATE: The interview was just rescheduled for later in the week, so feel free to continue to post your Matt Dallas Questions.

While the line surrounding Winchester Brother Jensen Ackles was by far the longest line that this TV Addict witnessed during last weekend’s Comic Con, a close second was the crowd huddled around the ABC Family booth clamoring to meet the cast of KYLE XY. Click the link below for more photos, with apologies in advance for the quality. It isn’t easy fighting your way through a group of rabid teenage girls.

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First we can’t buy an iPhone, now this! If you’re like this TV Addict [Canadian] or simply lack ABC Family among your five hundred channel universe, you’re officially out of luck when it comes to discovering the truth about KYLE XY. Due to lower than expected ratings, ABC has yanked repurposed episodes of the show that were airing on ABC Friday nights. Thus, from here on in, the only way to catch the adventure is on ABC Family or by purchasing episodes on iTunes for $1.99 each. Wondering what’s replacing KYLE on this Friday on ABC? GEORGE LOPEZ. Hey, it could be worse — at least we’re not being force fed a second serving of ACCORDING TO JIM.

Before I reveal the secret to the big KYLE XY mystery (namely, who won this weeks KYLE XY contest), I thought I’d take a moment to talk about Monday’s second season premiere. Was it not refreshing to actually be given some answers to a TV mystery? Serious kudos goes out to the show’s creative team for planning ahead (as they promised at last summer’s Comic Con) to ensure fans got a completely plausible answers for why indeed Kyle has no belly-button. If you missed the premiere, you can catch a replay tonight on ABC in HD at 8PM

And now for what you’ve all been waiting for [drum-roll please...] The winner of the KYLE XY PRIZE PACK is frequent theTVaddict.com contributer JOSH who correctly answered that KYLE XY takes place in Seattle, but is actually filmed in Vancouver Canada. Thanks to everybody for playing and check back next week for another great DVD giveaway.