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Spoilers Anonymous
by Isabelle Carreau, posted Apr 25th 2007 12:22PM
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we'll supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our tips form or by emailing us at tvsquad at gmail dot com or call and leave a message at 917-421-9477 (NY) - your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have: Desperate Housewives, Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, Lost, Numb3rs, and Smallville. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
ABC and CBS reveal more pilot casting news
by Brett Love, posted Feb 10th 2007 3:03PM
I mentioned the other day that Harold Perrineau had joined the CBS pilot Demons. They've now cast the main character, Gus, and the winner is Ron Eldard. If you were paying attention, you might have seen him in the short-lived Men Behaving Badly or Blind Justice. Otherwise, think of him as the paramedic with issues that was dating Carol early in the ER run. It's not the best piece of casting I've ever seen. Eldard has never proven that he can be the dramatic lead for a show, but stranger things have happened. Meanwhile, over at CBS, Hugh Jackman (Wolverine!) is producing something called Viva Laughlin. Lloyd Owen (Miss Potter) will star as a family man trying to open a casino in Laughlin, NV. Word is that Jackman will appear in the pilot and may have a recurring role on the series. Given just that bit of knowledge, I'm intrigued by the possibilities.
Was the post Super Bowl Criminal Minds a mistake?
by Brett Love, posted Feb 6th 2007 2:21PM
The numbers are in and Super Bowl XLI was huge. Coming in at 93.1 million viewers, it was the third most watched program in history, and the second most watched Super Bowl. Having the lead-in to end all lead-ins also helped Criminal Minds put up the best numbers ever for the series. The special episode following the game averaged 26.2 million viewers. Is that a disappointment? Last year, the post Super Bowl episode of Grey's Anatomy drew a considerably larger 38.1 million viewers. We can chalk part of that difference up to the fact that Grey's was more of a hit show going in, but I think more of it has to do with the subject matter.
Criminal Minds is never a touchy-feely, happy bunnies on clouds kind of show, but the post Super Bowl episode was dark even by their standards. Come on, Dawson chaining up a woman and setting the dogs loose on her? That's asking a lot from the family friendly Super Bowl audience.
Todd Barry eight nine
by Adam Finley, posted Dec 4th 2006 8:01AM
If you're a fan of comedian Todd Barry, you should check out this clip from Sesame Street, which features the deadpan comedian playing the number 7 and being given the third degree by some detectives because apparently, "seven eight (ate) nine." Yeah, it's an old joke, but this is Sesame Street, isn't it? The clip is over a year old, but since I don't watch Sesame Street on a regular basis I didn't catch it until now. Barry has also appeared on Comedy Central Presents, Tom Goes to the Mayor and Freak Show. His role on TGTTM as Joy's ex-husband who paints pictures using cow diarrhea resulted in one of the funniest episodes of the season. If you want to see something a little more grown up than this Sesame Street clip, you should check out "Borrowing Saffron" a short film directed by and starring Barry and comedian Jon Benjamin.Wear your love for Lost on a t-shirt
by Anna Johns, posted Nov 30th 2006 2:07PM
The designers who brought us the Colbert Has Stones t-shirt after Stephen Colbert's marvelous performance at the White House Correpondents Assoc. dinner, also have a couple of shirts for Lost fanatics. They're simple. One of them just has the numbers: 4 8 15 16 23 42. With #23 circled. Or, you can show your allegiance with the evil overlord Hanso Foundation with this t-shirt.The company that designs the t-shirts is called Mule, and it's actually a web design company. They just happen to be really cool, too (Hey! They're also celebrating Festivus!) They also made a t-shirt and bumper sticker that says: George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People. It's quoting Kanye West, of course, from when he hijacked the Katrina telethon on NBC.
What's on tonight: Ghost Whisperer, Nova, Goldfinger, Paula Deen, Smackdown!
by Bob Sassone, posted Nov 24th 2006 5:02PM
At 8, CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer, followed by new episodes of Close To Home and Numb3rs. - PBS has a new Nova at 8, then a new Washington Week.
- The CW has a new Friday Night Smackdown! at 8.
- HGTV has three specials tonight, starting at 8: Gift Show 2006, Toy Fair 2006, and Gift and Gear 2006.
- At 9, Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild, followed by a new I Shouldn't Be Alive.
- Spike has Goldfinger at 9.
- At 10, ABC has a new 20/20.
- Food Network has a new Paula's Party at 10.
- Also at 10: Lifetime has a new Monarch Cove.
- Biography is showing a Murder, She Wrote marathon all day and night.
Law and Order: SVU visits Sesame Street
by Bob Sassone, posted Aug 15th 2006 3:01PM
Yeah, I know, it sounds like the idea for an SNL, Mad TV, or Conan O'Brien sketch, but it actually happened on yesterday's season premiere of Sesame Street. Here's the video.
Now, I'm all for edgy humor and irreverence, even on kids shows, but I think this is an odd choice. I mean, Law and Order: SVU is all about sex crimes, many of them involving children, and that's the show that Sesame Street decides to lampoon? Will kids even get it, or is this something more for parents (I assume the latter). It's called Special Letters Unit, but it's still a bit odd, though enjoyable. They even use the show's sound (they call it "chung chung"), and that's the original cast doing the voices for their puppets too.
Next on Zoom: a tribute to Deadwood.
Update: You might have trouble playing the video (not sure why, though I know YouTube is down right now). Here are some screen caps and more from the episode.
Lost gamers to learn the meaning behind the numbers
by Anna Johns, posted Jul 26th 2006 9:27AM
Have you been playing along with the Lost Experience online game? If so, you're going to be one of the first to learn what the numbers (4-8-15-16-23-42) mean. The string of numbers, of course, appear everywhere and only Hurley seems to know exactly how bad they are. But, why are they bad? Hopefully that question will be answered by the time season three starts. At least, that's what producers are promising.So far this summer, Lost gamers have already learned what DHARMA stands for (Department of Heuristics and Research on Material Applications). Producers also promise more information about the Alvar Hanso Foundation.
It was inevitable: Lost videogame is coming!
by Bob Sassone, posted May 22nd 2006 5:20PM
ABC's Lost is such a hit (one of those shows that's both a mainstream hit and a cult fetish) that it's doing everything it can to make it even more popular. There's the show you can watch on TV, there are the eps you can watch via iTunes, there's the interactive online game and a tie-in book, and now comes the news we all knew was coming, a videogame. Ubisoft will make the game, and J.J. Abrams and other Lost people will help with the storyline.Can I make a suggestion? Make the numbers a part of the game. Players have to punch in the numbers every 108 minutes - no matter what else is going on elsewhere in the game - or the game ends! Ha!
[via TV Tattle]
Don't forget! J.J. Abrams directs Jimmy Kimmel tonight
by Bob Sassone, posted May 12th 2006 10:44AM
He's had Quentin Tarantino do it, now late night host Jimmy Kimmel will have Lost/Alias/MI:3 guy J.J. Abrams direct tonight's episode of his show. Should be interesting. There's been a hatch on Kimmel's stage several times before, where funky celebs often pop up, so I'm sure that will be involved somehow. And maybe someone in the control room will have to punch in certain numbers or the show will go off the air.
Abrams himself will be on the show, along with Lost cast member Dominic Monaghan and Ben Stiller. But will Tom Cruise or Jennifer Garner show up? Maybe Stiller will do his Cruise impression for the episode.
Numb3rs: Guns and Roses
by Jonathan Toomey, posted Apr 22nd 2006 5:42PM
(S02E20) This episode
was kind of different. I don't think they've had a case before where Don had a personal/romantic connection to
those involved. I'll say this though. I didn't like how they kept pushing the idea that working in any kind of law
enforcement (police, FBI, ATF, etc.) is so stressful that suicide is an option for many. I realize a job like that can
have it's pressures, but I was surprised that this show took that angle. The unfortunate thing is that there's probably
some truth to it so I suppose I'm just eating my own words right there.
Beyond that gripe, this was a very good episode as usual. There really is no reason why this show couldn't pull it's weight on a night other than Friday. It's better than The Unit and would make a nice pairing with NCIS. But I digress. A former love interest of Don's (she was an ATF agent) commits suicide. But after some crazy mathematical analysis from Charlie, it seems like it may have been a murder.
Lost: One of Them
by C.K. Sample, III, posted Feb 15th 2006 10:56PM
Tonight's episode of Lost focuses on Sayid's past, beginning in a flashback with Sayid being captured by Americans during the Gulf War. I have to say from the previews, I was expecting a lot out of this episode, and unfortunately, in comparison to all the other recent episodes, I was sorely let down. There was no mention of Sawyer's coup from the last episode. No concern over his stockpile of guns. That entire story line was virtually dropped and we were left with a comic relief subplot featuring Hurley and Sawyer as if they were in some weird buddy cop movie, trekking through the woods of the island in search of a tree frog that had been keeping Sawyer awake at night. What's the deal with Sawyer and animals? In the first season, he chases down that baby boar who steals his tarp and in this episode he's pulling the same, "I'm going to track it down and kill it...
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