Showing posts with label best of tv. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best of tv. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Farewell to 'Harper's Island'
i loved visiting harper's island this spring and summer. a lot of murders happened but i survived. made some good friends there but fortunately most were killed. fortunate because that was the true pleasure of this island wondering who's next. well i enjoyed my new friends while they lasted.i took some videos and will enjoy watching them and the memories, even the gruesome ones, that they will bring.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
R.I.P. 'Eli Stone'
last weekend abc aired the final episode of this witty, ingenious, charming and intelligent show.
shame on abc for canceling this innovative series.
shame on abc for canceling this innovative series.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
What I Am Watching This Summer
the best of the new ones is 'royal pains'.
and starring the hot yet talented mark feuerstein is a major plus.
i like all of these summer shows.
also the return of the cable shows.
for the most part i find them more satisfying than regular network episodic tv.
'in plain sight' and 'the closer' remain the tops for me this summer season.
and starring the hot yet talented mark feuerstein is a major plus.
i like all of these summer shows.
also the return of the cable shows.
for the most part i find them more satisfying than regular network episodic tv.
'in plain sight' and 'the closer' remain the tops for me this summer season.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Hargitay, Meloni signed for `Law & Order: SVU'
i had no doubt. it would not have been 'svu' without them!
NEW YORK — Rest easy, fans of "Law & Order: SVU." Stars Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni have signed contracts for another season.
That was in some doubt, with fans of the show wondering whether the actors might be replaced after their two-year contracts expired. NBC renewed the drama, its most popular scripted series, without knowing for sure whether they would be back.
Pam Golum , a spokeswoman for producer Dick Wolf, says the two stars will be back at work next week, when the show begins filming its new season.
Christine Lahti will also be joining the show for the first four episodes of next season.
NEW YORK — Rest easy, fans of "Law & Order: SVU." Stars Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni have signed contracts for another season.
That was in some doubt, with fans of the show wondering whether the actors might be replaced after their two-year contracts expired. NBC renewed the drama, its most popular scripted series, without knowing for sure whether they would be back.
Pam Golum , a spokeswoman for producer Dick Wolf, says the two stars will be back at work next week, when the show begins filming its new season.
Christine Lahti will also be joining the show for the first four episodes of next season.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
'Designing Women' Season One on DVD Finally!!!
Just some funny moments from a funny series finally available on DVD.
Julia is feed up with jury duty:
Julia is pissed!:
The night the lights went out in Georgia:
Crazy people in the south:
Julia's Runway debut:
Suzanne drinks Charlene's expressed milk:
Julia is feed up with jury duty:
Julia is pissed!:
The night the lights went out in Georgia:
Crazy people in the south:
Julia's Runway debut:
Suzanne drinks Charlene's expressed milk:
Monday, June 8, 2009
My New Guilty Pleasure
i can't believe i'm admitting this. or can i?
i've heard about this show a lot! it finally got to me. so i ordered 'gossip girls' season 1 from netflix. damn if it didn't get to me in the first 10 minutes. i wound up watching all of season 1 in a week. i am hooked and can't wait until season 2 is available in august.
upper east side new yorkers and their kids. rich and generally selfish teens but with the touch of vulnerability that keeps them from being totally despicable. class and position have more pitfalls than meets the eyes. the flash and cash may be their facade. true, some of these girls and guys are real bitches and jerks. some, most, of their parents are no better. maybe even worse. apples seldom fall far from the proverbial tree.
but there is a heartbeat within the seemingly emotionally rotten walking corpses.
the heartbeat is provided by the pairing of serena van der woodsen (blake lively) and dan humphrey (penn badgley). dan is not from the elite upper crust. he is from the wrong side of the tracks or in this case the wrong side of the williamsburg bridge that joins manhattan and brooklyn. they are romeo and juliet, maria and tony. i hope their fate is better. they are a charming, delightful and loving pair. good apples among rotting fruit. their character names alone set them miles apart. i'm totally rooting for them. as well as for a long career for the actors portraying them. in this they are casting perfection. it bodes well for their future.
there is also the wonderful kelly rutherford (melrose place) as serena's mom.
there is mathew steele(brothers and sisters) as dan's father.
there is a past shared between them. is there a future between them if serena doesn't stand in their way? serena is not selfish about this. she has a finely tuned point.
there is the ever wonderful margaret colin as eleanor waldorf mother of blair waldorf (leighton meester) the biggest bitch snob of all. or is she the most damaged child of the upper crust?
the rest of the cast, adults and teens alike, are cast well and give it all they've got. they've got a lot and deliver.
special credit is reserved for serena's brother eric portrayed by connor paolo. the kid's got the making of a star. hollywood please make him a star.
make blake and penn stars too. they have "it". they are both charming and delightful. both a welcome change from the usual teenagers tv generally offers.
keep giving kelley rutherford work. she's is one of television's marvelous delights.
smart crisp writing.
brilliant direction and editing.
great acting.
what else is there???
hell it's one of the best tv has to offer!!!
they sucked me in and i'm gladly going for the ride they offer. when the hell does season 3 start?
blake and penn on 'the view'
bloopers:
YES I AM OFFICIALLY OBSESSED WITH 'GOSSIP GIRLS' XOXO
and by the way: new york magazine obviously agrees with me!!!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
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