Singing! Dancing! MOTHERFUCKING jazz hands! Glee and Smash, each in their own ostentatious way, have (two)stepped the joys of musicals from Broadway into your living room. As reality television has taught us, one thing makes watching live performances infinitely more entertaining: JUDGEMENT From the divalicious halls of McKinley to the blinding lights of Broadway, we compare musical numbers from television’s only musical shows to ask the ultimate showbiz question: Who did it best? ...
Revenge Season 1: “From the Beginning” Last night, ABC duped us. They duped us into thinking there’d be a new episode… since it really wasn’t — there are no grades — just a recap and a rant of the crap that was my 10-11pm last night. Last night’s episode of Revenge – if you can even call it that – reminded me of my childhood memories of Chanukah. Every year there was always something...
Since St. Patty’s Day is a drinking holiday, we decided to pick the characters we’d most like to grab a brew with… or five. Because alcoholism is nothing if not a celebration of impossible whims that you drink to forget! Check out our picks and let us know who you want to to make some shamrock-infused, booze-fueled bad decisions with. Sláinte!
The second half of Community‘s third season returns this week after a prolonged hiatus. When the show was shelved indefinitely in December fans and cast members took to the streets (at one point literally) demanding six seasons and a movie. In a recent interview with The Daily Beast, however, writer Megan Ganz upped the ante: twelve seasons and a theme park. Which, obviously, was a totally serious proposal. One that demanded attention, brainstorming and...
Like you (and this will probably be the first and only time that I ever say that, because I am generally acknowledged to be the weirdest person on Earth), I had never heard of Downton Abbey (not down-town, not down-tun, but down-tin) until about a month ago, when everybody started talking about it and in-the-know critics started bitching about how much its second season sucked. Having exhausted my stock of Jane Austen movies and...
Drama, cliques, kids banging the bejesus out of each other; nowhere are these faucets of high school so exaggerated than on the musical-shitshow-extravaganza that is Glee. These kids share partners more than a season of Sister Wives. Now that Glee’s well into its third season, it’s hard to keep straight just who got it on with who. Perhaps some of us (NEVER me, Mom!) can liken this experience to our actual hookups from high school...
It’s universally accepted that single people make for interesting television; hook-ups, break-ups and make-ups fuel the perpetual plot machine much more effectively than the humble, every day struggles of a healthy marriage. (Friday Night Light‘s Eric and Tammi Taylor are the exception that proves the rule.) I enjoy watching the never-ending cycle of sexual tension and angst as much as the next person, however, sometimes I turn into that obnoxious, pushy Auntie that wishes these crazy kids...
The choice was clear: vote or die. Thanks to your efforts, life emerged victorious! Here are your picks for the best characters of 2011. Best Supporting Female Character Colette Valois – Pan Am Emerging from the wreckage that is ABC’s critically panned, Pan Am, a Parisian stewardess named Colette Valois captured a nation’s heart by battling Nazis, rescuing Haitian refugees and poisoning unfaithful husbands… all while speaking in an irresistible french accent. Unlike Christina...
Here are the season’s shows that have the most-developed, most-addicting, and most-honest characters on TV. Louie Comedian Louis C.K. plays a comedian named Louis C.K. on his FX show Louie. The similarities don’t end there. Show Louis, like real-life Louis, is a divorced father of two daughters and a joking-stealing feud with Dane Cook. C.K. writes, edits and directs the show, which is apparent in its voice, which is sharp, dark and hilarious. It’s...
The subtle complexities of our leading men of 2011 make them not only watchable, but addicting. Michael Scott – The Office Michael’s departure reminded all of us why we fell in love with The Office in the first place. His reunion with Holly and his decision to leave Scranton helped the show as a whole raise briefly out of its slump and illustrated perfectly why Michael was the heart of Dunder Mifflin for all...
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