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What’s more distressing: (a) That in a last ditch effort to attract viewers to the sinking-ship we like to call HEROES, NBC emailed this TV Addict a photo of Hayden Panettiere’s Claire making-out with roommate Gretchen (Madeline Zima). Or (b) that said roommate is played by none other than THE NANNY’s youngest daughter Grace Sheffield, thus making us feel really, really old. 
When Sam and Dean decide to start hunting together again on this week’s episode of SUPERNATURAL, appropriately titled “Fallen Idol,” their first case leads them to a small town whose inhabitants are being killed by famous dead icons like Abraham Lincoln and James Dean’s car. However, after two teenage girls come forward and claim their friend was kidnapped by Paris Hilton (in a cameo role as herself), the brothers aren’t sure what they are hunting anymore (Publicity machine? D-List celebrity? Really bad actress? Or all of the above? Heck, we’re cool with anything — including a special guest appearance by KATE PLUS EIGHT’s Kate as a demonic breeder — that gets the show some much deserved mainstream media attention)
When it comes to our favorite fictional serial killer, suspension of disbelief is pretty much par for the course. Which is why we’ve gladly put aside our question as to how on earth Dexter Morgan’s employer, the Miami PD has yet to clue into his extra-curricular activities in lieu of a far bigger mystery: Just how on earth does a blood splatter analyst afford to support a wife and three kids in a spacious suburban alcove, plus an oceanfront condo and a boat on his public servant salary?
In the world of STARGATE UNIVERSE, mankind is capable of harnessing the power of a Stargate to travel millions of miles away, transport themselves to-and-from ships at will, and protect themselves with state of the art weaponry. Yet David Blue’s Eli Wallace is still using an iPhone.
Be it father William or brother Tommy, the Walker family hasn’t exactly had the most stellar track record when it comes to family members working in the family business. Yet Uncle Saul and Holly waited all of three-minutes to hand over the financials and entrust the future of Ojai Foods to very-sketchy illegitimate step-son Ryan.
According to super-scooper Michael Ausiello (seriously people, how does he do it?) actress Helen Hunt really wasn’t that mad about taking over Maura Tierney’s role in PARENTHOOD. So much so that talks between her representatives and NBC have broken down with the role now being offered to GILMORE GIRLS Lauren Graham.
[OCTOBER 9, 2009 UPDATE] According to Ausiello, “a source inside Graham’s camp confirms that her deal to join Parenthood has just closed! Woo-hoo!”
| Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8PM | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 17.11 | 3.7/9 |
| FOX | House | 13.06 | 5.1/13 | |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 8.23 | 3.4/9 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 5.41 | 2.3/6 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 2.19 | 1.0/3 | |
| 8:30PM | CBS | Accidentally on Purpose | 7.22 | 2.8/7 |
| 9PM | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 18.48 | 4.2/10 |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men | 13.07 | 4.3/10 | |
| FOX | Lie to Me | 8.12 | 3.0/7 | |
| NBC | Trauma | 5.49 | 1.8/4 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl | 2.07 | 1.1/2 | |
| 9:30pm | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 12.25 | 4.5/10 |
| 10PM | CBS | CSI: Miami | 12.96 | 3.9/10 |
| ABC | Castle | 11.46 | 3.0/7 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 4.31 | 1.4/4 |
Kids, today’s lesson is how to do what we once believed was impossible… deliver an unfunny episode of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.
Step #1: Develop a completely implausible and predictable storyline that has Barney brushing up on Robin Scherbatsky 101 with a little help from self-proclaimed expert, Professor Ted. Really? Barney really needs to be taught that ‘Gun Maintenance,’ ‘Hockey,’ and ‘Emperor Penguins,’ are three subjects that can easily distract her? I mean you’d think that three years of friendship and one year of borderline stalking would have already filled him in on those obvious nuggets (Admittedly, the whole penguin thing was bit out of left field, but I digress.)
On next week’s episode of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Elena finally begins to get suspicious, demanding that Stefan start talking. And by ‘talking,’ we of course mean provide a plausible explanation for all the freaky happenings (read: murders) in Mystic Falls. Which is why it falls to Stefan to harness the little-known Vampire power known as the ‘flashback,’ as he begins to explain the history of his rivalry with brother Damon (Hello Katherine!), complete with horses, funny outfits and slaves unpaid interns. More first look photos of which can be found after the jump.
Good News: Sci-fi is thriving on Friday nights. Bad News: Make that Syfy, with the network’s launch of STARGATE UNIVERSE attracting 2.3 million viewers, as SyFy was only-to-quick to point out via press release, bested FOX’s DOLLHOUSE by 200,000 viewers. Ouch! [io9]
Good News: Proving that no politician on either side of the aisle is safe, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE delivered a scathing (and fairly accurate) assessment of President Obama’s progress (or lack-their of) over his first 10 months in office. Bad News: We’re still waiting for Fred Armisen to deliver a convincing Obama impersonation. [ZonTV]
Good News: Thanks to the tweet heard ’round the world, BONES gets some much deserved publicity. Bad News: All it took was a production shutdown due to a rumoured case of swine flu. [TVMoJoe]
