The TV Addict 

Was anyone else genuinely surprised by last night’s episode of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES? And no, we’re not referring to that disturbing final scene, or the fact that Susan and Mike FINALLY tied the knot. We’re talking about the fact that Victor Lang’s entire Gubernatorial campaign strategy revolves around marrying Gabby in order to court the Latino vote. Latino vote? In Wisteria Lane? Okay, perhaps we’re missing something, but as a loyal DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES viewers, we’re pretty confident in saying that Gabriel is the only Latino woman we’ve ever seen on Wisteria Lane (also known as the “Whitest City in America”). Mayor Lang, a little unsolicited campaign advice if we may: considering changing your strategy before September ‘07.

Greg Berlanti’s fond of saying that the best season finales call back to a moment from the show’s season premiere. Not surprisingly, last night’s season ender of BROTHERS & SISTERS did not disappoint, as this TV addict gleefully watched the entire Walker clan (Holy and Rebecca included) jump into the family pool fully clothed. A stark contrast to the show’s series premiere, when the Walker clan surrounded the pool for an entirely different reason — the death of patriarch William Walker. Who’d have thought that almost a year later, William’s death would lead to an even stronger Walker family? So in the traditional Walker way, please join theTVaddict in raising a virtual glass. Cheers to our newest favorite television family. Thanks for the laughter, memories and endless of bottles of Chardonnay. See you in September.

Did anyone else find Zach Braff’s stint as SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE host incredibly disappointing? Memo to Zach, we get it. GARDEN STATE made you an indie star, your music tastes are impeccable, and you have a great voice (yes, the SCRUBS musical episode is still saved on my PVR). But here’s the thing. SNL isn’t an informercial for everything Zach (he sings! he directs!). Amidst all the shameless self promotion on Saturday’s season finale you forgot the most important rule of SNL — BE FUNNY. Career advice if we may, don’t quit your day job.

If you missed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE this weekend, you missed another surprisingly funny episode. Hosted by “IT” actor Shia Labeouf, SNL featured not one or two, but THREE hilarious sketches and one pretty funny digital short. Before NBC stupidly removes the clip (who needs free advertising anyway?), I’ve posted my favourite sketch above — Amy Poehler doing her eerily spot-on impersonation of Dakota Fanning.

Check out Amy Poehler on Monday’s JIMMY KIMMEL. The girl is simply one of the funniest woman on television (with Tina Fey and Sarah Silverman being a close second and third).

The moment we heard Rainn Wilson (Dwight from THE OFFICE) was going to be hosting SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, the first thing that went through our mind was “Please let there be an OFFICE parady.” Thankfully we got it, and in case you missed it, here it is. How dead on was that Karen impression?!

We at theTVaddict.com would like to offer up a tiny piece of advice for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE head honcho Lorne Michaels. When choosing your host for the coming week of SNL, run it by the writer’s room first. If the best idea you can come up for an opening monologue is yet another unfunny song, it’s time to find another host. The moment Forest Whitiker was handed the mic on Saturday night, it was pretty clear that all we were in store for a string of unfunny sketches. SNL’s mandate is to be funny — it’s not AMERICAN IDOL.

After watching last night’s Helo-centric episode of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA all I could think about was whether I missed something. Who exactly are these Saggiterons? Am I supposed to sympathize with their plight? Did I miss an episode that explained all of this? What the Frak is going on!

Can Senator McCallister please win the Republican nomination for President so thatwe can have THE WEST WING 2.0 starring President Rob Lowe and First Lady Calista Flockhart. I’ll say it until I’m blue in the face — if you’re not watching BROTHERS & SISTERS on ABC you’re missing out. It’s quietly becoming my favourite show of the new season (with FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS trailing closely behind for second).

SUPERNATURAL fans sure are insanely dedicated to their show (in a good way!). See last week’s post entitled, “Why Is No One Watching Supernatural?” 99 Comments and counting… theTVaddict hasn’t seen such an outpouring of affection for any show since, well never. Congrats SUPERNATURAL fans, your dedication has convinced me to give the show a try this Thursday night. Stay Tuned…

Amy Poehler does an eerily perfect impersonation of the equally scary [in that pretentious child actor way] Dakota Fanning on SNL’s funniest sketch of the night: THE DAKOTA FANNING SHOW with special guest stars ‘Daniel Radcliffe’ and ‘Abigail Breslin.’

theTVaddict here with yet another Theatre related post! Introducing the newest DREAMGIRL — Jake Gylenhaal. Last night on SNL, Gylenhaal opened with a really funny sketch poking fun of his career with regards to, what else — BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. Serious kudos to Gyllenhall for showing fans that he actually has a sense of humour about his career. If there’s one thing this TV addict can’t stand, are actors who take their work too seriously — yes, you heard me Sean Penn.

For weeks, the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA community has been abuzz about this weekend’s episode entitled “The Passage”. The source of the hype was due to the fact that this was to be the first episode written by fanboy favourite Jane Espenson (Mrs. Espenson has been responsible for some truly fantastic episodes of FIREFLY, ANGEL, BUFFY, STAR TREK DS9 and more). Perhaps it was because I expected too much, or I bought into the hype, but truth be told, I really didn’t enjoy “The Passage.” It was almost as if the episode was trying too hard to replicate the success of earlier episodes such as “Water” and “33″. I didn’t buy that Galactica wouldn’t find food [and in the end I knew they would], so in the end there was essentially no suspense. Let’s hope next week’s fall finale puts the show back on track for the second half of the season. With the return of the Cylons I have no doubt it will.

This weekend’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was hosted by Annette Bening. I know what you’re thinking, “What exactly is funny about Annette Bening?” or “She’s still acting?” Well apparently she is, but unfortunately for the audience, the only monologue joke the writers could come up with was in reference to Mrs. Bening’s hit movie AMERICAN BEAUTY. A movie that was released EIGHT years ago. Way to be topical SNL! That noise you just heard — me switching my PVR to season’s pass MAD TV.

And finally, one more reason to love FIREFLY and VERONICA MARS’ MICHAEL MUHNEY. This weekend, a FIREFLY convention called “Flanvention” was abruptly cancelled by the company that organized it. Not wanting to disappoint fans, actors from FIREFLY including Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Mark Sheppard, Jonathan Woodward, Christina Hendricks and Adam Baldwin as well as VERONICA MARS’ Michael Muhney turned up anyways to spend time with the fans. Now that my friends is classy. You can check out photos here and here.

The funniest sketch from this weekend’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, hosted by Matthew Fox (How exactly did he get off that island?), features Fox and the cast gently poking fun at the fact we have absolutely no idea what’s happening on that island.

Two words that rarely go together, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and FUNNY. But seriously folks, Alec Baldwin aside, this weekend’s SNL had a fantastic Britney Spears divorce sketch. Click here to check out Britney (the brilliant Amy Poehler) consulting her divorce attorney about the K-Fed situation (you may have heard about it in the news!).