Question: I’m super excited for tonight’s return of CASTLE thanks in no small part to a guest appearance by woefully underused ‘Housewife’ Dana Delany. Have you seen the episode, and if so, how is she? — Jessica
The TV Addict: While I could tell you an awful lot about Delany’s role playing an FBI investigator who arrives on the scene hot on the trail of a serial killer in part one of tonight’s CASTLE two-parter, we have a feeling that you’d get a little more out of talking to the actress herself, who I had a chance to chat with earlier today. “My character Jordan Shaw is there as the ghost of Christmas future for Beckett,” said Delaney. “She’s living proof that you can have a family, a child and be kick-ass in your job, so Beckett shouldn’t shy away from having romance in her life.”
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Why Last Night’s MODERN FAMILY Was Like The FUNNIEST Episode Ever!
Taking a page from last night’s fantastic, phenomenal Emmy-worthy instalment of MODERN FAMILY which started off the night by having family members reveal their biggest fear — the highlight of which may have been Mitchell’s “hotel bedspreads,” following Cameron’s gut-wrenching fear over losing Mitchell — we’d like to take a moment and reveal our biggest fear: Losing this family. Seriously.
Watch, PVR, Pass: Tuesday March 2, 2010
AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, 7PM CTV in Canada)
The “top” 10 boys “perform.”
PARENTHOOD (10PM NBC, CityTV in Canada)
With tonight’s premiere of PARENTHOOD comes something we haven’t done since May of 2009: Suggest a television show for you to watch at 10PM on NBC. Weird.
Review: PARENTHOOD
By: Aleks Chan
With its sprawling cast of familiar faces and its headline making production troubles, I was somewhat predisposed to like PARENTHOOD, NBC’s second remake of the 1989 Ron Howard film of the same name, which starred Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest. This version, headed by Howard, Brian Grazer and Jason Katims (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS), has suffered a string of unfortunate setbacks: Programming executive Nora O’Brien died on the set from a possible aneurysm, and star Maura Tierney (ER) had to drop out after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The latter pushed the drama into midseason, with GILMORE GIRLS’ Lauren Graham taking the role in her stead.
The Bravermans are the kind of affluent, purpely-blue-tinged clan that has become standard in this type of show – an almost hierarchal adherence to placing all romantic and emotional entanglements in a tax bracket decidedly much higher than the bulk of its viewers. There are fine performances abound and though there is little to differentiate this show from the boundless other family melodramas currently on air or to have ever aired (BROTHERS & SISTERS quickly come to mind), it remains a likeable, if uninspired hour that easily outranks NBC’s current drama lineup. (A feat possibly made less impressive knowing that this includes HEROES and MERCY.)
C.T. Finally Gets LOST: It’s All A Game!
Hurley probably summed up my thoughts on LOST best when he said, “You and me, trekking through the jungle on the way to do something that we don’t quite understand… good times!”
Except, I’d leave off those last two words.
Because at this point, I find that LOST has become less a “good time” and more a chore I need to complete if for no other reason that I have major completion issues.
Last night’s episode was yet another example of a repetitive “plot” we’ve seen time and again on the show: several characters spend most of the episode traipsing around the island on a V.I.M. (Very Important Mission) that neither understands and which, without fail, proves almost as frustrating for them as it does for us. When Hurley and Jack arrived at the Lighthouse (and this wasn’t a major surprise, given that the episode was titled… “Lighthouse”), all I could think was, “I knew it! The final scene is going to reveal that some computer geek is playing an ultra-realistic version of the classic game Myst!”
Anyone who ever spent hours and hours trying to decipher the mysteries of Myst will remember that it was basically an island on which one solved puzzles and jumped to different worlds known as “ages.” (Hmm… ages… time travel…) Clues found while exploring helped reveal the backstory of the game’s characters.
Sound familiar?
GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Whole New Look!
Apparently, hell has ineed frozen over. How do we know this? Because today, GENERAL HOSPITAL aired their new and vastly-improved opening credit sequence. While this may not seem like a major deal to non-soap fans, our friends over at Soaps In Depth say that GH viewers have been complaining for over a year about the previous incarnation of the opening, which featured appearances by numerous cast members who haven’t been on the sudser for ages! For those who missed today’s debut — or if you just want to see what all the fuss is about — here’s a look at GH’s new opening sequence.
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Super Bowl Alternatives
Lost all interest in the Super Bowl now that YouTube pretty much posts commercials online, as they happen? Join the club. Which is why we thought we’d offer up a few alternative viewing suggestions on the off chance you’re looking for something other than the big game to watch tonight.
PUPPY BOWL VI (3, 5, 7 9, 11PM Animal Planet)
Just when you thought Animal Planet’s sixth annual PUPPY BOWL — which features a range of canine youngster playing on a miniature football field — couldn’t get any cuter, along comes a halftime show put on by kittens and a cheering section filled with rabbits.
DANCES WITH WOLVES (8PM AMC)
Still haven’t found the time to see James Cameron’s Avatar on the big screen? Why not save yourself the $12.50, overpriced concessions and 3-D induced headache with this eerily similar Kevin Costner epic.
Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse Tease The Final Season of LOST (What To Expect When You’re Expecting, Answers!)
The TV Addict (left) with LOSTermind Damon Lindelof
You don’t know jack, yet.
That in a nutshell is the message co-creator Damon Lindelof would like to get across to fans on the eve of the sixth and final LOST season premiere.
“Starting with the season premiere, the remaining clues necessary to figure out where we’re going to end the show are going to begin falling into place,” promised Lindeloff at the recent Television Critics Association Press Tour. “My hope is certainly by the time the finale airs, plenty of people who have been thinking about the ending will feel enormously gratified that they guessed it right.”
Good News, Bad News: GILMORE GIRLS, HEROES & SMALLVILLE
Good News: GILMORE GIRLS creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive producer Dan Palladino are returning to the CW, with the network giving the green light to their UNTITLED WYOMING PROJECT which is said to revolve around a family horse farm in the Midwest. Bad News: For the future of Sherman-Palladino’s HBO series, remember that? [Source]
Good News: HEROES is making headlines for something other than its sinking ratings. Bad News: Adrian Pasdar busted for a DUI.
Good News: For SMALLVILLE fans, who thanks to today’s announcement by the CW that they’ve picked up a reboot of the 90’s action-thriller LA FEMME NIKITA may have found the ideal time slot companion for a possible 10th season of their favorite show. Bad News: For those of us who were hoping the success of LIFE UNEXPECTED might have paved the way for more original ideas on the network that has yet to meet a book, movie and/or 90’s franchise with name recognition that they haven’t wanted to turn into a hit. [Source]
Inside BONES 100th Episode Celebration
Rather than remain bitter that our invitation to yesterday’s BONES Milestone 100th Episode Celebration so clearly got lost in the mail (Not to mention the fact that after almost four years of blogging we haven’t earned enough for our very own private jet!) this TV Addict thought we’d take the high road by sharing with you a few fantastic behind-the-scenes photos from inside the party.