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By DA SOUTHERN
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Stone, Eli Stone…and I might be a prophet.
I don’t know if you had a chance to catch the new ABC show, Eli Stone, that premiered after Lost on Thursday, but it is an interesting show to be sure. It is a lawyer show, yes, but if you are tired […]
By CATHY S.
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Rob Knappman, 28, from Wilkes-Barre, PA is a 2008 A.I. hopeful who was featured in the Pennsylvania show.
Unfortunately, he did not make it to Hollywood, but he did get his 30 seconds of fame. He was featured in a montage of singers singing Joan Jett’s I Love Rock ‘n Roll. […]
By DA Southern
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I must admit that most of the good… and not so good news has been happening in the movie side of the entertainment aisle this week, from the Oscar nods to the unfortunate death of Heath Ledger, as well as many interesting movie openings and movie themed festivals, i.e. […]
By Cathy S.
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Has anyone noticed that there are a lot of semi-pros trying out this year? We saw Melanie Nyema audition in Philly where she told us she was a backup singer for Taylor Hicks.
Angela Martin called herself a full-time singer. Pia Easly is a model, musician and background singer and Colton Swon […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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Thanks to the writers’ strike, TV viewers who don’t subscribe to Showtime will have the opportunity to check out the premium channel’s critically acclaimed drama, Dexter. An edited version of the first season of the series, starring Michael C. Hall of Six Feet Under fame, will premiere on CBS on Sunday, […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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I seldom comment on the premium cable networks as I try to keep my observations to what most have access to. HBO has always been the stalwart when it comes to edgy and controversial programming with shows like The Sopranos and The Wire.
I have been a long […]
By BEN SZMANDA
The show Law and Order is ubiquitous; anytime you want to watch it — if you really feel compelled, for some reason — you can turn on your TV, change the channel no less than three times, and watch Richard Belzer beat up child molesters for an hour. This is because every […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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Well, we are all glad, in TV land, that the New Year has shown to our eyes some fresh programming. It started off fresh with the returning The Biggest Loser on New Years night, but this time it is couples competing against other couples. Well, if that […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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It has been a VERY slow week in TV land as we celebrate our holiday season and gaze with an optimistic googly-eyed look towards a New Year. After all of the wrapping paper has been put away, as well as the beautiful decorations, we will slowly return our view towards the tube […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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The well has been fairly dry in what is becoming a barren TV landscape. With the usual seasonal programming and the writers’ strike in its last gasp (we hope), we are faced with a little different scenario than seasons past. I guess you could say there is more of a Scrooge-like […]
Jagshemash!
Sasha Baron Cohen has told a British tabloid that he is retiring his alter egos of Borat and Ali G. The two characters have become all too popular with the public and his comedy sketches with the characters are based on impromptu interaction with the public.
Many fans have grown to love the characters, especially Borat, […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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The entire landscape of TV land is surely to change as Network executives sit at their high-powered lunches and examine the fallout of the writers’ attempt to spoil every one’s Christmas. Television Critics Association (TCA) president Dave Walker announced that because of the ongoing writers’ strike, the association’s winter press tour will […]
Jeopardy host Alex Trebek had a minor one on Monday.
What is a minor heart attack.
Yup. The host of the popular game show was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last night.
So, we can’t give Trebek a new heart, but we can give him the “Newsmaker of the Day” cactus and, let’s be honest, we know which […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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With all of the talk of the writers strike, I thought it would be a great time to look at the season so far just to see if there are any surprises. Well, nope there aren’t, guess I’ll see you next week…
Alright, I couldn’t do that to you. […]
So Ellen DeGeneres has a talk show. And maybe people watch it. And maybe she has good guests on it. I don’t know. I stumbled over it the other day, and she was interviewing one of the girls who made it to the final two of The Bachelor and then didn’t get a ring in […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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Blah…Blah…Blah…The writer’s strike stuff.
Okay, so I am not going to say anything about it except they teased us with a possible settlement being reached and dashed our hopes on Friday, so, on it goes, I suppose. I told you before that it was not going to affect us […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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You know, with all of the hub-bub about the writers strike, believe it or not, we are going to have some choices here after the holidays. As I have said before, the Christmas season is chocked full of special programming anyway, so to judge our supposed loss at […]
By ROXY RETAIL
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A few weeks ago, NBC had green week. Basically, the new episodes of each show had nothing to do with recycling — except Scrubs because, I don’t know, Zach Braff is totally in tune with the environment. I mean, look at how his hair is au natural. He doesn’t use hair spray at […]
…Well, I guess they still say it, but maybe not.
By DA SOUTHERN
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What have we got going in TV land this week? Oh yes, that nasty little strike is still playing havoc on our viewing schedules… or will be soon. Most of the programs had enough episodes to get them through the holidays. […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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Okay, so you would expect that your intrepid cactus television columist, DA, would be all about the strike this week. Well, yes, a little bit, I assure you. However, I am going to take a look at some of the different angles and, yes, there was interesting stuff in TV land […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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I was under the impression that this week would be quiet in TV land, and we would all just settle in to our favorite shows as we took care of the little trick ‘r treaters. I was wrong! There were some interesting tidbits that I think you might find fascinating.
First, there […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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…And I am not talking about Viva Laughlin either.
I told you last week that CSI’s Lady Heather might have to be called in on Viva, but as soon as she got there, the EMT’s were draping the sheet over the corpse. Poor Viva never had a chance. It’s too bad, too. […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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I have been reading with interest all of the shows that are already on peoples “Tired of” list and some surprised me, i.e. Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy and even Reaper have some complaining already. We are an impatient bunch. We like something because it is fresh and new, and then we tire […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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William Shakespeare, I believe, said it best when it comes to the discussion of the reality show Kid Nation on CBS. The season is barely two weeks in and poor Kid Nation garners no respect at all. The show premiered before the rest of the Fall season got under way, and it […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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More great premiers graced the tube this week and, for the most part, I have to say there is quite a variety this season. If you can’t find something to enjoy, you are just not trying or you are relying on critics to tell you your opinions before making them yourself. A lot […]
By DA SOUTHERN
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We have finally arrived at that special time of the year! That spectacle we die-hard TV fanatics like to call The Season. For those of us who crave what can only be satisfied with the promise that this will be the best year ever on TV, this is our moment.
We, here at the […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Before we get started, let’s talk about all the television that played this week… because television affects fashion a lot… and I want to talk about my favorite shows!
Monday I watched How I Met Your Mother, the season premiere, which was okay, but didn’t quite live up to the last season. But I […]
This just went live on online-writing-jobs.com. I figured I’d share it with all of you as well.
Are you excited about the new fall television season? Do you want an excuse to spend time in front of the set? Well, then I have a job for you.
cactus i.v. needs a television columnist. From January to May, […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Okay, you guys may think I am crazy, but I am agreeing with The View for once. {Anyone watch that? My mum loves it.}
I was stumbling about in that crack-of-dawn-11 a.m.-summer stupor, and my mum was watching The View’s fall fashion preview. And guess what?!! They highlighted hats, which I was very chuffed […]
By DIZZ TATE
dizztate(at)hotmail.com”We are the cartoon heroes, oh woah oh….”
Who doesn’t love Aqua? I mean, for cereal now. Nothing like a bit of pop-girl techno to get you up in the morning.
Anyway, so you see, I was sitting at my computer listening to these profound, life-changing lyrics, and it suddenly jumped into my head that […]
By DIZZ TATE
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Does anyone here watch So You Think You Can Dance? Well, if not, I’ll paint you a picture. Imagine a pretty, blonde host {Cat Deeley} with this really cute nude-colored dress on, which is perfectly fashionable and great in every way, with a gold necklace and earrings {Pushing it a little, but they’re […]