The TV Addict 

Can’t wait until Monday for your nightly fix of THE DAILY SHOW? Neither can we!

That’s why this TV Addict is thrilled to offer up a first look at Jon Stewart’s upcoming guest stint on THE SIMPSONS. Airing this Sunday January 6th at 8PM on FOX. (Global TV in Canada).

To check out the only scripted dialogue Jon Stewart will be uttering in the foreseeable future, click the link below.

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On Sunday November 25, one of television’s most celebrated villains returns for one episode only. Can you guess who it is? Click the link below to find out.

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Full disclosure time: the TV Addict is a card carrying member of COLBERT NATION. Subsequently, I feel it’s my obligation, nay privilege, to bring my fellow patriots heroes a first look at Stephen Colbert’s guest spot on the upcoming nineteenth season premiere of THE SIMPSONS. Don’t miss it. Sunday September 23 at 8PM on FOX.

Put down your Americone Dream and prepare to be shocked and awed. After years of toiling away on Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert (American Hero) has finally hit the big time!

On September 23 at 8PM — Colbert will join the small group of cultural and entertainment elite who have been forever immortalized on THE SIMPSONS. In the show’s nineteenth season premiere, Colbert will play a life coach who is hired by Homer to help him fulfill his life-long dream of owning a professional football team finding a job that offers the luxury of flying on a corporate jet.

We congratulate Mr. Colbert on his momentous achievement with the hope that this guest stint not only aids in expanding Colbert Nation, but helps to further raise ‘wrist awareness’ in America.

Lucky for fans of THE SIMPSONS, theTVaddict has a mole inside Springfield’s Counter Truancy Unit (CTU). While intel’s still a bit fuzzy, one thing is clear — school bullies Dolph, Kearney and Jimbo are threteaning to unleash a stink bomb at the school’s bake sale on May 20th.

theTVaddict’s also learned that CTU members Bart and Lisa have beefed up security in an effort to stop the ‘Springfield Three’. Jack Bauer and Chloe O’Brian (guest voices Keifer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajsku) have arrived in Springfield to lend a hand. Be sure to tune in to THE SIMPSONS 400th episode on Sunday May 20 (8-9PM FOX) to find out what happens.

Eighteen years in the making. This TV Addict can’t wait!

Last night’s episode of THE SIMPSONS revolved around a take-off of the movie THE PERFECT STORM. Yes, I understand that animation is a long process — but spoofing a movie that was release six years ago? To quote Comic Book Guy, “Worst Episode Ever!”

On the DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES front, I’m finding Marcia Cross’ real-life pregnancy quite a distraction. While I understand that the writers have decided to not write her pregnancy into the show, the least they could do is allude to her obvious weight gain. How many more months are we going to have to watch as Marcia hides her stomach behind items she’s holding?

BROTHERS & SISTERS started out the season as my EVERWOOD replacement. Now with the addition of new ’special guest star’ Rob Lowe, it looks like I’ve found my WEST WING and JACK & BOBBY replacement as well. The show officially has something for everyone: politics, humour, emotion and drama. A little more mystery surrounding Papa Walker’s death and we’d have a replacement for CSI as well!

Something incredibly unexpected happened this weekend. I found myself laughing out loud, not once, but twice while watching TV. A rare occurrence indeed considering television comedies have all but vanished off the network schedule.

First off, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE hosted by Alec Baldwin. Much like he does on NBC’s 30 ROCK, Baldwin completely stole the show and injected new life into the late night institution that has fallen off it’s pedestal. His battle of wits with Steve Martin was brilliant and his ‘Saddam Hussein’ sketch was spot on — Loved his line when accused of torturing his people “Spoiler Alert, I Did It!”

The second show that made me laugh was Sunday’s episode of THE SIMPSONS. I’m not sure why, but the scene with Lisa throwing blood (on behalf of PETA) on Krusty’s fur was laugh-out-loud funny. I literally couldn’t stop chuckling as Krusty re-dressed himself with a panda-hooded jacket and monkey head gloves.

On more of a depressing note, this weekend’s BATTLESTAR GALACTICA was another uplifting installment (note sarcasm) as Admiral Adama and President Rosalin debate whether or not to wipe out the entire Cylon race with a biological weapon. An interesting episode, but most definitely the worst of the season. The reason: zero suspense. Obviously the Cylons weren’t going to be wiped out, as without them, there’s no show.

Of course even the ‘worst’ episode of BATTLESTAR is one of the best hours of television and this week’s episode was no exception. It was quite surprising to see how quickly Roslin decided to essentially wipe the Cylon’s off the face of the earth (or space as it were) and how apprehensive Adama was about the situation. That’s the beauty of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA — just when you think you’ve got a character figured out, they manage to surprise you. Take Cylon Sharon for instance. I never expected her to approve of the genocide that would wipe out her own race.

And finally, while on the subject of Cylon Sharon (I know I should remember her call sign, but for the life of me I can’t). Am I the only one who thought that when she attached herself to the Cylon data stream (on the Cylon base star), she would discover that her baby was alive. Wouldn’t the first ever Human/Cylon hybrid be ‘big news’ in the world of the Cylons? I keep waiting for her to turn on Adama and Galactica, but if anything, her actions this week further proved her loyalty to Adama. Of course this could all be part of her plan. Needless to say, count me among the many Galactica crew members who may never fully trust Cylon Sharon.

Is anyone else finding the new season of THE SIMPSONS incredibly unfunny. Is it possible that after eighteen years, the show that made animation cool again has just run out of ideas? Take last night’s episode for instance. How many times have we seen Bart steal Lisa’s limelight (Kidz News Anyone?). While I’m sure some die-hard Jazz fan will point to the fact that the episode was really a brilliant satire of the ‘Jazz World’ - I for one was just bored, and frankly, don’t care about the world of Jazz. Is it too early to say ‘Worst Season Ever….’

THE SIMPSONS starts it’s 18th season this Sunday at 8PM (a nice change from the recent trend of starting the season in November after baseball). But if you can’t wait two days to get your Homer Fix (mmmm, Homer), FOX is releasing the start of the episode early.

The first seven minutes will be streamed on a bevy of sites owned by the network’s News Corp. parent, including MySpace.com, Fox.com and igntv.com. As Homer is one to say “mmmmm, corporate synergy.”