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May We Suggest: Nerd TV on DVD

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In an effort to stave off March Madness. No, not the Basketball Tournament, the next pesky few weeks where us TV Addicts go stir crazy as we anxiously await for the return of Jim and Pam, Meredith and Derek and the Walker Family. This TV Addict will be periodically offering up TV on DVD Theme nights. Tonight’s theme: Nerd, err sorry… Genre TV.

Watch as this TV Addict lures the STAR TREK set away from WORLD OF WARCRAFT with three simple words: Seven of Nine. Actually, while no woman in the history of television wore a tighter space suit than Jeri Ryan, we actually thought STAR TREK VOYAGER was TREK’s weakest incarnation. So at 8PM why not enjoy the best TREK has to offer with the perennially underrated STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE. Followed by Joss Whedon’s brilliant-but-cancelled FIREFLY [We suggest the episode where THE OC’s Melinda Clarke plays a space madame]. Finishing off the night at 10PM with the cult classic that simply refuses to die BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.

Jenny’s TV Guide: Monday March 3

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Monday marks the 2-hour season finale of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on FOX starting an hour earlier at 8/7c. John defends Cameron against an accusation by Derek; Sarah finds herself in a business transaction with a mysterious businessman; Cromartie closes in on John; Agent Ellison discovers a nemesis at the agency.

It’s also the series premiere of The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom on TLC at 10/9c. This show should be pretty neat! Being a stay-at-home mother is an all-consuming career and while most moms are very fulfilled by this choice, other women wonder about the dreams they left behind. TLC’s new series offers those women a chance to answer “what if” when it gives a full-time mom the chance to secretly live the life she gave up to raise her family. Hosted by Tracey Gold (Growing Pains).

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale* – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – FOX @ 8/7c (2-Hour Season Finale)
  • *Series Premiere* – The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom – TLC @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere* – Little People, Big World – TLC @ 8/7c & 8:30/7:30c (2 New Episodes Including Spring Premiere)
  • *Special* – The Royal Family – ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour Special)
  • *New* – Deal or No Deal – NBC @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Flavor of Love – VH1 @ 9/8c
  • *New* – In Treatment – HBO @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New* – Jon & Kate Plus 8 – TLC @ 9/8c & 9:30/8:30c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New* – Kyle XY – ABC Family @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Making the Band – MTV @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Medium – NBC @ 10/9c
  • *New* – My Dad is Better Than Your Dad – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New* – October Road – ABC @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Paradise Hotel – My Network TV @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Paranormal State – A&E @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious – CW @ 9/8c
  • *New* – The New Adventures of Old Christine – CBS @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New* – The Salt n Pepa Show – VH1 @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Top Gear – BBC America @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Welcome to the Captain – CBS @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New* – Wildfire – ABC Family @ 9/8c

TV Addict Interview: UNHITCHED Star Craig Bierko

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Remember SEINFELD? That little show where three guys and a girl sat around and mercilessly dissected every flaw in their significant other’s lives? Well apparently you’re not the only one.

Executive produced by the Farrelly Brothers and featuring an incredibly like-able cast including Craig Bierko [BOSTON LEGAL], Rashida Jones [THE OFFICE], Johnny Sneed and Shaun Majumder. Fox’s new comedy UNHITCHED is pretty much what one imagines you’d get when you combine the likes of SEINFELD with THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY.

Groundbreaking it’s not, but as long as you’re not expecting ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT levels of comedic brilliance and are prepared for some slightly off color humor [see: one very horny monkey] than UNHITCHED might be for you. At the very least, it’s far more entertaining than its former FAMILY GUY time slot companion AMERICAN DAD.

To talk about the show, this TV Addict had the fantastic opportunity to sit down with the incredibly tall series star Craig Bierko last month in Hollywood. Here’s what he had to say about UNHITCHED, everyone’s favorite Dunder Mifflin regional manager Rashida Jones and bathing John Malkovich.

The TV Addict: You look a lot bigger in person!
Craig Bierko: I’m a big man. I’m a close up of myself.

So what can you tell us about the show?
It’s about three divorced guys who are getting back into the dating world. We’re all in our late 30’s to early 40’s and as pathetic as it sounds, we’re looking for love. Rashida Jones plays our divorce lawyer who lives next door.

On camera you and Rashida look pretty similar height wise. Yet having met her in person [at last Fall’s FOX Fall Launch] I know she’s quite petite.
She’s only about seven inches tall, the size of a Bic pen. She actually has a handle on her back and can fit in my pocket!

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Jenny’s TV Guide: Sunday March 2

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Welcome to a new week for This Week on TV and the first week of March. What a crazy week for TV. Lots of premieres, several finales and TONS of new TV. Weeeee! So let’s see what’s going on, shall we?

Sunday marks the series premiere of 4 new shows! First up is Oprah’s Big Give on ABC at 9/8c. It defies television convention with the bold idea of people competing to give rather than get. In eight one-hour episodes, a diverse, determined and competitive group of ten people are given the challenge of a lifetime — to change the lives of complete strangers in the most creative and dramatic ways. In this intense competition, the contestants criss-cross the country, scrambling to find ways to impact the fates and fortunes of unsuspecting people who are in for the surprise of their lives. Lives will be changed in the blink of an eye as contestants race against time to create once-in-a-lifetime experiences and also give away hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Next up is Here Come the Newlyweds on ABC at 10:02/9:02c. Seven just-married couples compete for a nest egg worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to kick-start their new lives together and help them realize their dreams in this new romantic comedy reality series.

Also tonight is the series premiere of That’s Amore! on MTV at 10/9c. This romantic comedy-reality elimination series features Domenico Nesci, the Italian native from the hit series A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila. Domenico may have gone home broken-hearted, but this Italian bachelor hasn’t given up on love. He’s still looking for the perfect match, and MTV is going to help him find her.

Finally, it’s the series premiere of Unhitched on FOX at 9:30/8:30c. Executive-produced by the Farrelly Brothers, this single-camera comedy revolves around four unattached friends who actually want to be married and must navigate the tricky waters of dating in their 30s. The series stars Craig Bierko, Rashida Jones, Johnny Sneed and Shaun Majumder.

Also, don’t miss the season premiere of Dirt on FX at 10/9c! Lucy returns to the magazine to reclaim her position as “Tabloid Queen”; Don experiences life on medication; a chance encounter between Lucy and a young pop star results in a surprising opportunity.

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale* – Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood – E! @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *Season Finale* – The Girls Next Door – E! @ 10/9c
  • *Series Premiere* – Here Come the Newlyweds – ABC @ 10:02/9:02c
  • *Series Premiere* – Oprah’s Big Give – ABC @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere* – That’s Amore! – MTV @ 10/9c
  • *Series Premiere* – Unhitched – FOX @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *Season Premiere* – Dirt – FX @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Aliens In America – CW @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New* – America’s Funniest Home Videos – ABC @ 7/6c
  • *New* – Big Brother – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Breaking Bad – AMC @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Deal or No Deal – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Dexter – CBS @ 10/9c (New to CBS)
  • *New* – Everybody Hates Chris – CW @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – ABC @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Family Guy – FOX @ 9/8c
  • *New* – King of the Hill – FOX @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New* – My Fair Brady… Maybe Baby? – VH1 @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New* – Rock of Love with Bret Michaels – VH1 @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Russell Simmons Presents: Def Comedy Jam – HBO @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Scott Baio is 46… and Pregnant – VH1 @ 10/9c
  • *New* – The L Word – Showtime @ 9/8c
  • *New* – The Simpsons – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *New* – The Wire – HBO @ 9/8c

We Dish DIRT with Courteney Cox

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By: Amrie Cunningham [My Take on TV]

Recently I had the great opportunity to interview one of my personal favorites, Courteney Cox, star of DIRT [and that little show about six friends and a coffee shop]. In anticipation of DIRT’s second season, premiering this Sunday March 2 at 10PM on FX, Monica, umm… I mean Courteney was kind enough to spend a half an hour chatting it up with some of the sleazy and underhanded brilliant and good-looking reporters that DIRT so easily loves to dish about.

I was wondering, this season feels a little bit more ripped from the headlines, and we were just curious to know if that was something of a conscious choice, just following the past year of what’s gone on, or if it was just accidental?
Courtney Cox: No, it’s absolutely a choice. We thought that would be a good way to just start the season, and it is absolutely ripped from the headlines. We usually do a hybrid of celebrities and then add to the story like maybe what happened to cause this to happen to them or sum it up in a different way just for fun. But yes, it’s definitely relatable this year and I think it makes for just a more exciting television show.

Are there any other celebrities, because right now we have some story lines that are a little bit a la Nicole and Paris and David Hasselhoff, are there any other celebrities that we can expect to see something from? Any little tidbits you can give us on that?
Well, there is definitely going to be, in almost every episode you’ll see something that you will recognize, and that’s kind of hopefully the fun of it that you’ll be able to guess who this person we might be talking about, even though it’s not really about them. It could be about, like I said before, just a couple of people or a couple of situations. But yes, every episode there is that relatable kind of relatable story line.

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Exclusive Interview: Richard T. Jones Talks TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES

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The TV Addict with actor Richard T. Jones in Hollywood

In tonight’s installment of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, Agent Ellison finds some startling evidence at a crime scene. And in honor of actor Richard T. Jones finally getting more than five minutes of screen time and more importantly hopefully clueing into the fact that killer machines may be secretly infiltrating all levels of government, this TV Addict thought today was the perfect opportunity to run the interview I conducted with the fantastic Richard T. Jones last month in Hollywood.

How are you dealing with all the hype surrounding the show?
Richard T. Jones: The hype is always weird because it can set you up for great success or big failure. I’m just hoping that people tune in and enjoy the show.

JUDGING AMY [Jones’ previous credit] didn’t have this level of hype?
[Laughs] It’s so funny because as we’re doing the press line they’re saying, “Do you hope this show has as much success as JUDGING AMY? I’m like, I hope it has a little more. Don’t get me wrong, I love JUDGING AMY, but TERMINATOR is on a different scale.

JUDGING AMY had a six year run, which on TV is nothing to laugh about.
Oh yeah, we were very popular on CBS, but this is a whole different thing. I’m hoping for LOST levels here.

You mean you want to have viewers under 40 watching the show!
[laughs] That is just a fact!

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Jenny’s TV Guide: Monday February 25

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Monday marks the 3-hour tv movie of A Raisin in the Sun on ABC starting at 8/7c. It stars Audra McDonald (Naomi Bennett on Private Practice), John Stamos, Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show) & Sean Combs. A widow, her son and other members of a black family have different ideas on how to spend a $10,000 life-insurance check. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry.

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Premiere* – Top Gear – BBC America @ 8/7c
  • *Special* – A Raisin in the Sun – ABC @ 8/7c (3-Hour Special)
  • *New* – Celebrity Expose – My Network TV @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Deal or No Deal – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Flavor of Love – VH1 @ 9/8c
  • *New* – In Treatment – HBO @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New* – Jon & Kate Plus 8 – TLC @ 9/8c & 9:30/8:30c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New* – Kyle XY – ABC Family @ 8/7c
  • *New* – Making the Band – MTV @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Medium – NBC @ 10/9c
  • *New* – My Dad is Better Than Your Dad – NBC @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Paradise Hotel – My Network TV @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Paranormal State – A&E @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious – CW @ 9/8c
  • *New* – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – FOX @ 9/8c
  • *New* – The Moment of Truth – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *New* – The New Adventures of Old Christine – CBS @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New* – The Salt n Pepa Show – VH1 @ 10/9c
  • *New* – Welcome to the Captain – CBS @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New* – Wildfire – ABC Family @ 9/8c

Dispatches From the Couch: Smart People, Dumb Choices

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Last week, Jim Werdell, the chairman of MENSA — you know, those people who are smarter than not only a fifth grader, but you and me, too — released a list of the 10 brainiest shows on the aptly named boob tube. And for many critics, his list might just as well be titled “Fighting Words.”

The show which seems to be creating the biggest outcry is the inclusion of the classic NBC sitcom MAD ABOUT YOU. Apparently, that witty, winning look at the joys and trials of marriage is not considered by many to be “worthy” of the list.

Did I mention that the list includes CSI?

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We Imagine FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS on the CW, TNT and SCI FI

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Since news leaked that NBC is shopping FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS to the likes of the CW, TNT and E! in an effort to find a broadcast partner to defer the cost of the show’s third season. This TV Addict thought he’d lend a hand by offering up a few potential plot ideas for the future home, and favorite new network of the Dillon Panthers football team.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS on the CW
Following the split up of her parents and her sordid history with Tim Riggins, its revealed that Lyla Garrity’s entire ‘born again’ Christian schtick was simply the ultimate cover up for her bad behavior [see CRUEL INTENTIONS]. When FNL premieres on the CW in September, expect the unexpected as born again mean girl LG attempts to reclaim her title as queen bee of Dillon High. Also in the cards, a steamy affair for Coach Taylor when the new nanny the Taylor’s hire turns out to me [gasp!] ex-contestant on AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS on SCI FI
Jason Street, determined to reclaim his former football glory volunteers for a top secret government operation that replaces 60% of his body with bionic parts. This September, join Jason Street as he juggles friends, family and his football dreams. All the while secretly spanning the globe to keep America safe from Terrorism. The name’s Street, Secret Agent Street.

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TV For Canadian Eyes Only

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While the focus of this site is predominantly on American television, every so often this proud-to-be-Canadian TV Addict likes to take a moment to highlight some of the must see TV that makes its way North of the 49th parallel.

When it comes to tonight’s series premiere of DAMAGES, one thing is for certain. You may inititally tune into the show for Glenn Close’s Golden Globe winning performance as morally ambiguous legal beagle Patty Hewes. But you’ll stick around thanks to a stellar supporting cast (or more specifically to watch Ted Danson prove there’s life after CHEERS) and enough twists and turns that you’ll soon be scratching your head and wondering whether you’re watching LOST in a courtroom. (DAMAGES airs on Mondays at 10PM on Showcase)\

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