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After a two week break, Glee is back tomorrow night – and it’s Regionals time once again!
This week’s show promises to be pretty packed with LOTS going on! You’ve probably already heard about Kathy Griffin‘s appearance as a Tea Party candidate turned Glee judge – she’s certainly wound up the ultra-sensitive Sarah Palin (go Team Griffin!)
There’s also plenty of songs on the way. The Glee gang will be singing three tunes, while the Dalton Warblers get FOUR performances including Pink‘s anthemic ‘Raise Your Glass‘ and Maroon 5′s ‘Misery’.
But it’s the fact that the Glee club will be singing ORIGINAL songs this week that’s getting the most attention, especially since one of the tracks, ‘Loser Like Me’, was written by hit machine Max Martin (who produced pretty much all the best Britney material). Plus Mercedes gets a solo – ‘Hell To The No’ and ‘Get It Right’ is Rachel’s moment to shine.
Here’s a Sneak Peek at what’s in store… watch those original songs climb the Itunes chart on Tuesday night!
Vh1: Will The New Monday Night Line-Up Rescue The Network?
Mar 12th
Interesting times over at Vh1 these days…
The former ‘music’ channel used to be a market leader with a clear brand identity and a stable of hit shows – remember Flavor Of Love, I Love New York, Rock Of Love and The Surreal Life. It was Celeb-Reality 24/7 and though the shows weren’t exactly ad-sales friendly they certainly brought in the viewers.
But in TV times change fast, and Vh1 in 2011 is a shadow of its former self. The trash TV mantle has been stolen by those Real Housewives and Jersey Shore guidos, leaving Vh1 without a clear brand.
Recent attempts to go upmarket have failed (Jessica Simpson’s Price of Beauty), better quality celebrities have been pure snoozefests (the atrocious Mario Lopez: Saved By The Baby), recent competition shows have failed badly (Money Hungry and Scream Queens 2) and then there’s the just plain bizarre shows like Dance Cam Slam and The X Life which are virtually unwatchable.
Sure the network still has some hits – Basketball Wives and Celebrity Rehab for example – but there are now a whole stream of shows scoring less than 500,000 from their premiere episodes (some shows attract less than 300,000 viewers for new episodes!)
So Vh1 has a lot riding on their More >
Meet The Cast: Dancing With The Stars – Season 12
Mar 1st
It’s time to get dancing again…!
As you may have heard, last night ABC announced the cast for the upcoming Season 12 of Dancing With The Stars – and for once, I have to say I’m distinctly underwhelmed.
I’ve talked about DTWS casting here on Remote Patrolled before and have often argued in the show’s favor. Over the last couple of season’s Stars has had some dynamite reality casting such as Bristol Palin, Pamela Anderson, Shannen Doherty, Michael Bolton and The Situation. Sure, some people may turn their noses up at these kind of names, arguing some of them aren’t actual ‘celebrities’ – but for me one of the keys to a good celebrity show is casting people in the news. And Bristol and The Situation certainly made headlines.
The fact is you’re not gonna get the likes of Brad, Angelina and Clooney doing Dancing With The Stars so everyone needs to lower their expectations from the get go. So with this in mind here’s who’s taking to the dancefloor this season:
Toddlers & Tiaras With Tom Hanks
Feb 28th
Finally some laughs on Oscar night!
Following last night’s dreary Academy Awards ceremony Jimmy Kimmel presented his usual post show chat fest with some pretty A list names on board.
One moment that’s sure to make the folks at TLC happy – Tom Hanks taking on long running docu-soap Toddlers & Tiaras as he coaches his ‘daughter’ for pageant success.
Sure child beauty pageants are an easy target – and the clip’s a tad long and doesn’t all work – but I certainly chuckled a few times – and check out the guest appearance at the end!
Enjoy…! (more…)
Academy Awards 2011: James Franco and Anne Hathaway’s Opening
Feb 28th
Oh boy!
So remember how I was quite excited for this year’s Oscars – and a fan of hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway?
Well unfortunately the smile froze on my face about ten minutes into the ceremony when it became blatantly clear that the movie star duo just didn’t have the comedy chops or stage presence to anchor a 3 hour show.
James and Anne’s opening montage was fun enough – though the writing could have been a LOT sharper – but when the duo took to the stage itself, the clearly nervous duo just bombed. The timing was flabby, the one liners flopped, it was just so uncomfortable. And as the evening wore on it just got worse and worse… (for me the lowlight was a rambling and almost dribbling Kirk Douglas)
The problem – the film stars have limited experience in front of a live audience and hosting a couple of Saturday Night Lives just isn’t the same thing. To really host an awards show you either need a stand up comedian or a veteran Broadway star – someone who knows how to speak to a live audience and get them on side. James and Anne never felt at ease up there on stage More >
Jimmy Fallon: If Puppies Could Vote – The Oscars Edition!
Feb 27th
It’s Academy Award time again – and I for one am excited by this year’s line up of movies and the prospect of James Franco and Anne Hathaway hosting the awards (of course I reserve the right to change my mind AFTER the actual show!)
But here’s a clip that’s certain to melt even the coldest of hearts – as Jimmy Fallon uses a batch of cute golden retriever puppies to cast their votes for Best Picture.
It really is the most adorable clip – even if the pooches probably picked the wrong choice (I love how the first dog went straight to Winter’s Bone!)
Our golden Savannah especially approves of this clip – and if it’s good enough for her than it gets my vote too!
Check it out – and get ready for cute overload…
First Look: Nurse Jackie – Season 3
Feb 26th
The wait is almost over… check out the trailer for the latest season of the Showtime smash, Nurse Jackie.
I came to the Jackie party rather late, assuming the show would just be another hospital drama or just more Scrubs style zaniness. But after zipping through the first two seasons last year I have to confess I freaking love Nurse Jackie!
The writing is superb, the characters so well defined, the acting terrific… nursing student Zoey cracks me up every time she appears, I adore fabulous Brit doctor O’Hara and I really like how the writers broke out hospital administrator Gloria in season 2 and made her so much more than just an overbearing bureaucrat.
Of course the last series ended badly for Jackie herself with the web of lies she’s constructed beginning to crash down around her… husband Kevin and O’Hara know about her painkiller addiction and tried to stage an intervention – but Kevin still doesn’t know about her long running affair with Eddie the pharmacist who’s now ended up as one of his best friends! Will this be the season he finally finds out?
It’s just such a great show – and for any of you out there who haven’t caught More >
Hall Of Fame: Roseanne
Feb 24th
As you may have noticed Roseanne Barr has been back in the headlines recently with her Oprah appearance and the announcement of her upcoming new Lifetime reality show (which sounds dreadful). So we figured now was as good a time as any to induct Roseanne, Barr’s groundbreaking late 80’s sitcom, into our Remote Patrolled Hall of Fame.
Like many 80’s shows I watched Roseanne as an import in the UK, where it aired on Friday nights on Channel Four (the network had a great comedy block going on for a while there). I was 15 when the show first launched, definitely the right age for Roseanne’s trademark bad attitude and one-liners. Though Roseanne didn’t feel so groundbreaking in England – where low-income families were often featured in comedies and soaps – I can understand why the show stood out in a US TV landscape populated by the likes of Small Wonder and ALF. Roseanne was definitely worlds apart from these plastic middle class families and their cheesy and cheery stage school kids.
Ratings Roundup – 20th Feb
Feb 20th
Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days
WINNERS
PAWNSTARS / HARDCORE PAWN: To be honest it’s hard to find many winners this week, in what has been a pretty down week across the board for the networks. Sure The Grammy Awards on Sunday scored its best ratings for a decade (26.55 million viewers), Jersey Shore is still thrashing everything on Thursday nights, bar American Idol, and speaking of Idol, the veteran talent show is still pulling in audiences in the 20 million zone (though year to year it’s down around 20%). But these are the obvious stories…
Quick Take: Glee ‘Comeback’
Feb 16th
So this is how it’s going to be from now on?
Glee – once a jewel in the Fox crown and one of the most promising new shows on TV – has now found its level. And it’s not good! Last night’s episode, titled ‘Comeback’, was flat in virtually every way and once again highlighted all the key flaws of the series, problems that are simply not being seriously addressed by the show’s makers. Clearly everyone is happy Glee is a hit – so why change. Of course it’s that kind of flawed thinking that gets shows cancelled before their time (see Heroes, Ugly Betty, The OC and many more)
Glee boss Ryan Murphy again scripted last night’s show – but the zip and spark that was evident in the recent Valentine’s episode was totally missing. Instead we had more of Murphy’s trademark weaknesses – inconsistent characters (Brittany is now a fashion icon – since when?), flimsy plots (Puck trying to woo Lauren) and more Sue Sylvester craziness (the character has now gone so far it’s almost impossible to pull her back)
To be honest it’s easier for me to start with the one or two things I DID like about ‘Comeback’ rather than listing all the flaws More >
