WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada)
Strap on your dancin’ shoes and get ready to boogie oogie oogie ’til ya just can’t boogie no more. That’s right, it’s disco night. I’ve avoided this show like the boil on the butt of humanity that it is, but even I am tempted to tune in tonight.
90210 (9PM CW, Global in Canada)
Donna and Kelly bond. I’m sure lots of supposedly interesting things happen to the “new generation” of Beverly Hills residents, but who cares. It’s Kelly and Donna, together again!
FRINGE (9PM FOX, CTV in Canada)
Olivia witnesses a suicide… in her dreams, and it soon becomes apparent her nightmares could be connected to the ZFT manifesto. All of which would certainly mean a lot more to us if we remembered what exactly the ZFT manifesto was.
NEW & NOTABLE:
SAMANTHA WHO? (8PM ABC)
Who out there was asking for more of this show? (Anyone? Bueller?) Well, whoever you are, ABC heard and is responding with not just one but two new episodes airing back-to-back! (I’m going to guess they were so busy responding to your request that mine — that they not cancel SAMANTHA WHO — got lost in the shuffle. I hope you’re happy.)
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada)
The remaining eight contestants perform songs from the year they were born. Interesting fact: At least one of them reportedly has naked pics floating around on the web. On your marks… get set… Google!
FRINGE (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada)
Serial killer, creepy kids, dancing Walter…. we can’t wait!
90210 (9PM CW, Global in Canada)
Jason Priestly… directed this outing, which pretty much revolves around Silver and the fallout from that whole video mess that unfolded in the last episode.
CUPID (10PM ABC)
I ain’t gonna lie: I went into this show last week hating it. Call it THE LOVE BOAT syndrome, but by the end of the pilot, I’d been lulled into a state of somnambulistic-like bliss that left me… well, not exactly eager for more, per se, but somehow not opposed to the idea.
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada)
Rumor has it producers have already picked their final four. A reality show manipulating the outcome? Quelle shocker!
NEW & NOTABLE:
DANCING WITH THE STARS (8PM ABC)
Listen, ABC might be calling this a “new” episode, but seeing as it’s just a recap of the best performances so far this season, we’re calling it a rerun. But hey, here’s hoping those of you who didn’t tune in for KINGS the other night are thrilled to have another hour of primetime television eaten up by reality TV. Enjoy! At 9 p.m., you can catch the first results show of the season… which I’ll bet will feature clips of the very performances spotlighted in the first hour.
THE BIGGEST LOSER (8PM NBC)
While home, the contestants have to run a half marathon and make healthy food choices. (Now I’m not gonna lie. A friend of mine ran a half marathon a few weeks back and I was winded just watching her jog past.) As if that weren’t hellish enough, they later face a cookie temptation. Yeah, I’d so be toast on this show. And then, because I’ve always loved toast, I’d have to consume myself.
REAPER (8PM CW)
Sooner or later, every show feels the need to do a boxing-centric show. I don’t know why, they just do. REAPER is getting it out of the way tonight. Meanwhile, Ben worries that his pals won’t accept his girlfriend. Sure, she’s hot and all… but she’s also a demon. Wonder if the Winchester boys will come over and try to do her in? Now that would get me to watch this show.
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada)
We’re not gonna lie. Our IDOL excitement pales in comparison to the fact that we finally get to replace last season’s grimy old IDOL fridge magnet with a shiny new one. [See Pic]
NEW & NOTABLE:
REAPER (8PM CW)
Sam really can’t catch a break. Tonight he goes face-to-face against two demons sent from the devil and AMERICAN IDOL.
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (8PM MOMAXe)
If a pant-less Jason Segal wasn’t enough Marshall for you on last night’s HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, you can catch the “Full Marshall” during the hilarious opening minutes of this Jason Segal Kristen Bell laugher.
CHOPPED (8PM FOOD)
Not only are macaroni-and-cheese, cola and bacon tonight’s featured ingredients on CHOPPED they’re what’s on the menu at chez TV Addict. Yum!
Because we know you’d never surf the web on ‘company time,’ theTVaddict.com is proud to present what will hopefully become a new daily semi-daily feature: Our brief roundup of interesting, bizarre, surprising and funny TV news to help you get you through the day (or at the very least, your lunch hour.)
LISTEN: To what may be the next best thing to a Marc and Amanda spin-off, the official UGLY BETTY podcast featuring, you guessed it, Marc and Amanda. [Click here to listen]
PLAY: Reporter, in this really cool interactive trailer for NBC’s exciting new series KINGS. [Click to play]
LEARN: That the CW cares very little about the fate of REAPER as evidence by its questionable decision to launch its second season (which attracted a disappointing 2.3 million viewers) up against FOX’s unstoppable reality TV Juggernaut AMERICAN IDOL (which by comparison garnered 24.3 million viewers.) [Source]
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Apparently, the big five network’s failed get the memo that sweeps moved to March. How else to explain the fact that tonight lineup features repeats of virtually all of your favorite show including: NCIS, THE MENTALIST, WITHOUT A TRACE, SCRUBS, and 90210.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada)
The final 12 semi-finalists underperform.
NEW & NOTABLE:
REAPER (8PM CW)
REAPER was easily one of the most promising new shows of last season — too bad it teetered out halfway through. The strike didn’t help. Season 2 doesn’t disrupt the drollness: Sam (Bret Harrison), now officially the Devil’s son, is back to sending souls back to hell, this week with a cattle prod. Ray Wise’s performance as a giddy Lucifer is still great, but what REAPER desperately needs is to embrace a serialized element beyond the habitual bagging and tagging. — Aleks Chan
Dear TV Addict, as much as I loved last week’s mythology-laden episode BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, please tell me tonight’s episode involves a lot less thinking? — TighMeUp
The TV Addict: Is it just me, or are TV fans incredibly hard to please? I mean we all spend season after season clamoring for answers, only to complain the moment we finally get them! God help LOSTerminds Damon Lindeloff and Carlton Cuse when they finally fill us all in on the mysteries behind the island, the four-toed statue, Ben’s mom, Claire’s disappearance, Jack’s father… well, you get the idea. But to answer your question, rest assured tonight’s episode is far less taxing on the brain cells. Not only does Ellen Tigh return in all her former glory, she gives new meaning to the phrase, “If this Viper is a rockin’…. don’t come a knockin!”
I have an unhealthy obsession with Jonathan Jackson, can you please tell me we are going to see more of him on TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES. — Jackson1
The TV Addict: I can do one better than simply tell you, I can be the first to reveal to you exclusively that Jonathan Jackson will indeed (all together now) be back, for multiple episodes no less. “Kyle Reese is the kind of character that fans are excited about and is good for the show,” revealed Jackson during last week’s one-on-one with theTVaddict.com. “I’ve shot three episodes so far and I’m about to shoot a fourth in a couple of weeks. A lot of stuff has been in the future, and Brian Austin Green who plays Derek has been great. Such a good guy and a great actor to work with.”
A while back you twittered that you were getting ready to see Lauren Graham in GUYS & DOLLS on Broadway. So… how was she? — StarsHollowHolla
The TV Addict: Well let’s put it this way. Had Rory Gilmore been reviewing the show for the Yale Daily News, she definitely wouldn’t have walked out. In fact, she would have been immensely proud of her fictional TV mom for not only proving that she has the pipes to belong on Broadway. But for more importantly showing that she can actually act and create a character that was hilarious, heartwarming and best of all, absolutely nothing like Lorelai Gilmore. Miss Patty would have been proud… and we’re just going to say, possibly a little jealous.
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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]
Thanks to the recent WGA Strike, writers throughout Hollywood must now working feverishly to complete five or six new episodes by season’s end. With that in mind, this TV Addict thought he’d lend the proverbial hand and offer up some possible plot ideas for a handful of our favorite shows. You know, because there’s no such thing as a bad idea.
LOST
It’s time to face the facts. Claire must die. Not only can you count on one hand the amount of screen-time Emilie de Ravin has accumulated this season [two hands if you're counting last season]. You know it’s time to go when your non-speaking infant offspring [Baby Aaron] generates more passionate debate, online speculation and fan reaction than you do.
HOUSE
Is it not time to put an end to the age-old question: Which HOUSE ‘team’ is better? In other words, how long until the good doctor pits Cameron, Chase and Foreman against this season’s team of next generation newbies? One baffling medical mystery, two teams, one cutthroat bitch just for the fun of it. Paging May Sweeps!
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You know why SAMANTHA WHO? is my household’s favorite new show? Because it isn’t trying to reinvent the long-rumored-to-be-dead comedy genre, it’s just — and this is pretty crucial — funny. Very, very funny. Every performance is spot on. Yes, yes, Melissa McCarthy is basically playing GILMORE GIRLS gal pal Sookie, but I loved that character (before she became a breeding machine) so big whoop. Best of all, SAMANTHA doesn’t settle for the typical sitcom set-up, punch line dialogue, instead offering such witty exchanges as when our heroine apologized for dragging Andrea (the deliciously wicked Jennifer Esposito) into her web of deceit, only to have the bad girl reply, “I’m a lawyer. Web of deceit is where I pick up my mail.” This week’s outing — in which Samantha’s car accident triggered a chain of lies leading to an unexpected twist involving mom Jean Smart — was another sparkling entry, although it would have been nice to see Sam’s in-progress story with Eddie Cibrian continue. Then again, no need to rush things… right?
I tried watching another episode of REAPER last night, and within the first five seconds, Tyler Labine — or rather his character, Sock — was once again ruining the show for me. The guy is a seriously talented actor, but I just can’t stand the walking slacker stereotype he’s playing.Not that his alter ego isn’t completely in keeping with the tone of this show, on which Ray Wise’s devil refers to his minion as a “wienie.” You don’t need to see the scene in which the lead’s two best friends easily convince his girlfriend to bare all in a hot tub to realize who the target audience is here. We’re in what was once Porky’s territory here, where authority figures are to be mocked, feminism is a dirty word and men will be boys.
There’s something kind of kharmicly pleasing when one of the annoying twosomes is eliminated from THE AMAZING RACE. This time around, it was bickering Shana and Jennifer. While they weren’t as bad as some previous contestants, their whiny, bitchy ways had me hoping that the next leg of the race would involve a bus which someone could then throw them under. And yet, such is the power of this show’s closing moments that when the two annoying blondes spoke of having learned so much during their journey and then were shown walking hand-in-hand into the sunset toward a gorgeous windmill, I couldn’t help thinking, “Aww… they’re not that bad!” Especially when compared to Nate and Jen. At various points in the evening, he called her a bitch and said “I just can’t believe what kind of person you’ve turned into. It’s the ugliest thing I’ve seen in my life.” Her response? “Same with you, Nate.” At this point, I’m totally rooting for Kynt and Vyxsin, the goth duo who seem not only genuinely nice and loving, but actually take the time to smell the roses. Far too few of the teams seem to do that.
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