Who told Ashlee Simpson she could act? Her laughable performance is a weak spot in the surprisingly strong MELROSE PLACE pilot.
Is Simon Cowell really worth $144 million a year? And if the show truly believes the nasty Brit is the big draw, what does that say about us as an audience that we tune in to hear him being a jerk?
Can a show remain relevant if it airs two years after filming? Guess we’ll find out when NIP/TUCK’s final episode — taped in early June — finally airs… in 2011!
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With this week’s news that 31 year-old hottie Trevor Donovan will be joining the cast of 90210 as a new (ahem!) high school student at West Beverly High, this TV Addict thought now would be as good a time as any ask: Would you rather…
(a) Watch really good looking albeit slightly older actors playing high school students on some of your favorites shows such as 90210 and GOSSIP GIRL. Or (b) watch more age-appropriate actors, more along the lines of the ‘DEGRASSI model,’ a show which has become famous for casting actual high school students to play fictional ones.
File this under “you read it here first”, but don’t be surprised when the latest shocking details surrounding Michael Jackson’s life wind up as a LAW & ORDER episode. Just in case Dick Wolf & Company need help in coming up with an idea, here’s how we see it unfolding: A high-profile fertility specialist is found murdered. Among his clients? A superstar we’ll call Mitch Johnson who has several children via a surrogate was one of the doctor’s clients. Turns out the superstar wasn’t the biological father of the children and never formally adopted them, a fact the maliciously-minded MD used to his advantage in order to blackmail the superstar into handing over lots of cash to cover gambling debts. The superstar is arrested and things look bleak. But in the final moments — you know, where L&O always socks us with their patented twist? — it is revealed that the surrogate was an unbalanced fan of the star and, upon learning that the “gifts” she’d presented to her favorite celeb were being used against him, she killed the doc! Confessing, she clears the superstars name… although it becomes obvious to Jack McCoy and his underlings that the woman — putting the “fan” in fanatical — did the dastardly doc in at the request of her celebrity crush!
I’m sorry, what’s that? Yes, it’s true… we are brilliant! Thanks for noticing.
On the TV Addict:
We offered up a first look at the CW’s midseason series LIFE UNEXPECTED, revealed the Top 5 Guest Stars we’d like to see get their GLEE on, and wrote an open letter to the Big Five Networks with regards to their so-called summer programming.
On the REEL Addict:
We reviewed THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, MY SISTER’S KEEPER, FOOD INC, THE BABY FORMULA, SEVENTH MOON and WHATEVER WORKS.
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Dear ABC CBS, FOX, NBC and the CW,
Yesterday, the NY Times Media Decoder Blog revealed that “the four major broadcast network are performing abysmally across the board in viewers between the ages of 18 and 49, posting the lowest combined ratings in that category ever for the four networks.”
Translation: Audience levels for network summer fare are sinking faster than this TV Addict’s confidence in HEROES since Bryan Fuller’s surprise announcement on Monday.
Which naturally begs the slightly awkward albeit painfully obvious question: If television is habitual (see: the continued success of CBS’ entire roster of aging procedurals) why are you spending all summer long doing your best to inexplicably break said habit courtesy of a painfully uninteresting mix of reruns (ie: last night’s sked which included repeats of THE MENTALIST, HOUSE, NCIS and 48 HOURS) and reality TV (ie: I’M A CELEBRITY… GET ME OUT OF HERE, THE SUPERSTARS and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT)?
Wake up and smell the ratings.
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On the TV Addict:
We celebrated the release of EVERWOOD’s long-awaited second season on DVD, crafted an open letter to CW President Dawn Ostroff and asked if it is the beginning of the end for SMALLVILLE.
On the REEL Addict:
We reviewed THE PROPOSAL, defended REVOLUTIONARY ROAD and revealed why Megan Fox actually kind of impresses us.
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Did you know that… WEEDS star Mary-Louise Parker was originally offered the role of Susan Myers on the hit ABC show DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES? [Source: AVclub]
Did you know that… T.R. Knight has yet to learn who David Caruso is? And by that we mean, how else to explain Knight’s completely asinine decision to ask ABC to let him out of his GREY’S ANATOMY contract and leave the show that transformed him from a nobody into a household name. [Source: EW's Michael Ausiello]
Did you know that… Spencer and Heidi Pratt are not, as we originally suspected, illiterate? As evidence by today’s announcement by the unstoppable organism known as Speidi that they’ve co-written a book together. [Source: Access Hollywood]
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On the TV Addict:
We uncovered Broadway’s plans for a Fall TV invasion, reviewed NURSE JACKIE and offered up a first look preview of Julianna Margulies newest role as THE GOOD WIFE.
On the REEL Addict:
We reviewed THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3, AWAY WE GO, revealed why we thought THE HANGOVER was a letdown, and took a look at GHOSTBUSTERS twenty-five years later.
