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Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 16, 2009

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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
THE BIG BANG THEORY (8PM CBS, CTV in Canada)
Penny starts a hair-product business that suffers when her friends, particularly Sheldon, become involved.

GOSSIP GIRL (8PM CW)
Assuming our teaser from earlier today was not enough of an incentive to get you to tune into tonight’s brand new installment of GOSSIP GIRL, we’ve got six words for you: Nelly Yuki in a fat suit!

CASTLE (10PM ABC)
Putting aside tonight’s investigation involving a dead young Nanny. Tonight’s real mystery is how on earth Castle and Beckett manage to get any work done amidst the incessant one-liners and flirtatious glances.

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Your Ultimate Guide to TV on Twitter (Actors)

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Hi my name is Daniel and I’m a twitterholic.

Nary an hour goes by when I don’t update my Twitter profile or check what my friends are up to. Seriously, it’s a big problem! And one that is about to get a heck of a lot bigger now that the ‘traditional’ media and mainstream celebrities such as Ellen, Shaq and Britney Spears have all caught on.

Which is why we thought we’d spend this week celebrating this massive time suck highly addictive social media platform before its status as ‘next big thing’ runs out and everybody moves onto the next myfacebookspacefeedr (beta).

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TV Ratings: March 15, 2009 (KINGS Doesn’t Reign Supreme)

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Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions
TimeNetworkShowRating18-49
8PMCBSThe Amazing Race10.433.0/8
ABCExtreme Makeover: HE9.453.0/8
NBCKings6.471.6/5
FOXThe Simpsons5.972.8/8
CWMoonstruck (Movie)1.160.3/1
8:30PMFOXKing of the Hill5.382.4/6
9PMABCDesperate Housewives14.435.0/12
CBSCold Case12.912.9/7
FOXFamily Guy7.213.6/9
NBCKings5.711.6/4
CWMoonstruck (Movie)1.160.3/1
9:30PMFOXAmerican Dad5.822.9/7
10PMCBSThe Unit10.922.7/7
ABCBrothers & Sisters10.583.7/9
NBCThe Apprentice6.892.7/7

Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 15, 2009

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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
KINGS (8PM NBC, CityTV in Canada)
Remember, our 5 reasons KINGS could help rebuild NBC’s empire only applies if you tune in to tonight’s 2-hour premiere.

THE SIMPSONS (8PM FOX, GlobalTV in Canada)
After twenty seasons have THE SIMPSONS finally run out of ideas? Tune into tonight’s episode spoofing The Da Vinci Code, National Treasure and Ratatouille and decide for yourself.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (9PM ABC, CTV in Canada)
Desperate housewives take a back seat to desperate writers with tonight’s shameless sweeps stunt episode involving a teacher (Swoosie Kurtz) getting the wrong idea when Susan tried to impress her.

BROTHERS & SISTERS (10PM ABC, GlobalTV in Canada)
Forgetting that they have access to copious amounts of alcohol, Kevin and Justin decide to take Tommy on a much needed vacation to clear his head about his monumental legal problems. Again, isn’t that what alcohol is for? We’re just sayin’

BIG LOVE (9PM HBO, 10PM HBO Canada)
As if we’re not going to tune into the Endowment Ceremony that has the Mormon’s up in arms!.

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Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 13, 2009

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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (8PM FOX)
In the first of a two-parter, John and his mom prepare to pack up and hit the road. As anyone who has ever been a teenager will tell you, nothing sucks more than having to be the new guy every few months. Even if you are hot and your mom’s a babe.

DOLLHOUSE (9PM FOX, Global in Canada)
Echo has to infiltrate a cult to rescue a woman being held against her will. The only problem: She has to do it as a visually impaired woman! Oh, those wacky imprinters! You know, the more I think about it, the more this seems kinda like CHARLIE’S ANGELS, what with the having to pretend to be different people every week and the hot chick and all.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (9PM NBC, E! in Canada)
It ain’t easy dating a Riggins boy, but it does give Lyla and Mindy something to commiserate over. Meanwhile, Billy’s depressed, Tyra deals with her regrets and the women in Matt’s life clash. Okay, place your bets: Will his mom or grandma come out on top? My money’s on grandma. Old people play dirty!

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (10PM Sci Fi, SPACE in Canada)
In part one of the two-part series finale, Adama seeks out volunteers for a final mission. Frak, I’m already missing this show… how long until CAPRICA debuts?

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5 Reasons KINGS Could Help Rebuild NBC’s Empire

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From the embarrassment that was ROSIE LIVE! to the train-wreck car crash that was KNIGHT RIDER, ragging on NBC has become an almost-too-easy pastime for theTVaddict.com.

But what’s easy to forget in light of such massive, headline-grabbing failures is that NBC is also the network that was smart enough to give THE OFFICE and 30 ROCK time to find their audiences, renewed ratings-anemic CHUCK for a second season (and, hopefully, a third) and, in the case of Sunday night’s two-hour premiere of KINGS, has essentially given creator Michael Green (HEROES) carte-blanche to create a uniquely fascinating canvas on which to tell an epic saga. The scope of the canvas is much more reminiscent of premium-channel dramas such as THE TUDORS or ROME than the typical network fare. And the compairson goes beyond the surface, given that those shows followed the rise and fall of historic empires while KINGS takes a similar approach in retelling what is basically the story of David versus Goliath in the fictional kingdom of Gilboa (which bears a striking resemblance to modern-day Manhattan).

So without further ado, theTVaddict.com presents the top five reasons we’ll be tuning in to KINGS this Sunday at 8PM.

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The TV Addict Lunch Break: Ricky Gervais, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, Jason Dohring & More!

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Laugh: At Ricky Gervais and his new comedy-partner-in-crime Elmo in these hilarious out-takes from his recent visit to Sesame Street. Stephen Merchant, be afraid… be very afraid. [Watch]

Applaud: NBC, for recognizing the greatness that is FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS by starting negotiations with DirecTV for not just one, but two-seasons of the best show that you — yes YOU — aren’t watching. [Source: EW]

Discuss: Whether or not the Parent’s Television Council finally has the right to be incensed with FAMILY GUY following Sunday’s hilarious, albeit somewhat borderline inappropriate episode that included Stewie eating a bowl of cereal with horse sperm instead of milk and a horse licking Peter’s bare behind. [Source: B&C]

Learn: That if you’re anything like this TV Addict, the CW’s BODY POLITIC just became the fall’s most anticipated new series thanks to today’s announcement that FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS’ Minka Kelly and VERONICA MARS’ Jason Dohring will be two of the bodies politic-ing it up in this Washington D.C. based show. [Source: THR]

TV Ratings: Sunday March 8, 2009

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Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions
TimeNetworkShowRating18-49
8PMABCExtreme Makeover: Home Edition8.62.7/8
CBSThe Amazing Race10.222.9/8
NBCSNL: Just Commercials5.732.0/6
FOXThe Simpsons5.992.8/8
CWEasy Money (Movie)872,0000.2/1
8:30PMFOXKing of the Hill4.922.4/6
9PMABCDesperate Housewives13.334.6/11
CBSCold Case12.172.9/7
NBCCelebrity Apprentice7.052.7/7
FOXFamily Guy7.173.7/9
CWEasy Money (Movie)868,000.02/1
9:30PMFOXAmerican Dad5.322.7/6
10PMABCBrothers & Sisters10.253.6/9
CBSThe Unit9.172.4/6
NBCCelebrity Apprentice8.353.2/8

Review: CASTLE, THE MENTALIST & LIE TO ME

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By: Aleks Chan

It been established – both ratings-wise and in the press – that CBS’s THE MENTALIST is the season’s only true hit. Starring Simon Baker as a former TV psychic who helps nab murderers for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBS has a crafty knack for surrounding its procedurals around important-sounding government agencies no one has ever heard of), it plays up what BONES has been doing for awhile now, but in a tasty, poppable way, so that you have no reason to object to watching it while it’s on, but will completely forget after the fact.

Whatever recreational drug CBS has been spoon-feeding its viewers, it has become especially popular during a time when viewers want escapism they don’t have to think about. It’s TV at its trendiest: when real world problems get hairier, it gets easier. Which is fine – THE MENTALIST is the kind of breezy, set-it-and-forget-it programming that makes for a nice refresher after busying oneself over something as complicated and twisty as LOST. And that can be afforded by Simon Baker, who as Patrick Jane, reads people with such a palpable sense of glee, that you can forgive just how absurd the show’s initial premise is (his psychic facade ended after the murderer he was pretending to profile killed his family).

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Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 5, 2009

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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
UGLY BETTY (8PM ABC, CityTV in Canada)
As if lifted directly from that very special episode of SCRUBS with Clay AIken, Ignacio signs up for a cook-off with a TV chef when the Suarez family try to scrape together enough money to buy their home after the landlord decides to put it on the market.

THE OFFICE (9PM NBC, Global in Canada)
In a poorly timed Valentine’s Day episode, Michael meets an enigmatic lady at a blood drive while Pam and Jim share an uncomfortable lunch with Phyllis and Bon Vance.

30 ROCK (9:30PM NBC, CityTV in Canada)
Jenna pushes for more attention as her birthday approaches, which we’re going to go out on a limb and say involves a whole lotta singing.

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