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Beyond The Arc - Week 24
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, News, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features,
(Editors Note: Apologies for the tardiness of this post. While Brandon was punctual as usual, I’m late in pinch-hitting the posting of his piece. Try saying that five times fast.)
So, next week is the first week of the league finals in most formats. Hopefully you are still alive, and even more so, hopefully you’ve had fun this season. For me personally, this was my best and most fulfilling fantasy season to date. Take a long look at that roster, see what you can dump, see what you can move around, and take a look at who’s hot and who’s not, because these final two weeks are what it’s all about. This week I’ll try and focus on guys who you may still be able to pick up.
Here’s next week’s slate of games (4/7-4/13):
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Project Runway Leaves Bravo
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, News,
I guess we won’t be tuning into Bravo to ‘watch what happens’ on Project Runway anymore.
While everyone has been busy wondering whether Scrubs would jump ship to ABC, another big deal was being brokered over in cable-land. Come this fall, we will have to program in a new channel on our DVRs: the Lifetime channel.
In a surprise move, The Weinstein Co. has made a five-year deal with the female-oriented network to start airing the hit reality show come this November. Needless to say, NBC (Bravo’s parent company) is not pleased with this decision. The company has filed suit in a desperate attempt to keep their ratings cash cow in place.
The program about fashion designers - hosted by Heidi Klum - will be heading into its sixth season at the end of this year.
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Carrie Underwood’s Text Message Breakup
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Television, Break-ups,
While I’m certain that this isn’t the first time something like this has happened, it may be the first time we’ve heard a celebrity publicly admit that they’ve ended a relationship this way.
After an Idol Gives Back taping yesteday, former American Idol star Carrie Underwood opened up to Extra about her recently publicized breakup.
The country singer told Simon Cowell‘s girlfriend that she and her Gossip Girl beau (Chace Crawford) ended on a very anti-climactic note. It was all done via text message. (You can see that interview here.)
“It was completely mutual. We broke up like over text…it was like ‘peace out’. Like, I don’t know. It just didn’t work. We both know it didn’t work. And, no hard feelings at all whatsoever. No big deal.”
I must say, although she kept repeating it was ‘no big deal’, she did seem awfully bitter to me.
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This Week on TV (4/7-4/13)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Desperate Housewives, ER, Medium, Scrubs, The Bachelor, The Office,
(You can view TV Envy’s Post-Strike Television Schedule here.)
MONDAY (4/7)
- Today (NBC, 10am): Kathie Lee Gifford returns to morning TV this week. And I thought the New Kids were getting old.
- Samantha Who? (ABC, 9:30pm): New episode. “Samantha has to move back into the apartment when she learns that she could be evicted for subletting it to Todd.” The girlfriend you hate gets amnesia and you get to keep her apartment. Todd has seriously been getting off easy so far.
- The Bachelor (ABC, 10pm): “It’s an afternoon of tennis and tea for six of the ladies.” I’ve seen what an afternoon of women’s tennis can look like on The Real Housewives of NYC. This won’t end pretty.
- Medium (NBC, 10pm): “Rosanna Arquette stars as an older seductress linked to the brutal murders of two younger men.” Maybe it’s best her relationship with Paul McCartney fizzled out.
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2007-08 Rookie Crop
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: H2H, Props, Rookies, Roto, Talent, Houston Rockets, Seattle Supersonics, Los Angeles Clippers,
So the NBA schedules games on Christmas and Easter, but they always, always, ALWAYS avoid the night the NCAA crowns their Men’s Division I champion. Why? “One shining moment…”
Even the biggest NBA die-hards will check out college ball around this time of year. The tourney kicks off draft hype. With players like Derrick Rose, Kevin Love, Brandon Rush etc making it to the Final Four this year, it’s been an excellent time to check out these blue chip prospects. Tyler Hansbrough has been named Player of the Year in quite a few places, but most have his pro potential listed pretty low.
So with no NBA action scheduled for Monday, April 7th, it seems like a good time to reflect on the rookies.
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2007-08 Fantasy NBA MVP
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Talent, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns,
It’s just a matter of time before the usual suspects roll out their year-end awards and mock draft first round predictions for next season. Obviously there is still much to be decided this season; namely head-to-head leagues are in the middle of the semi-final week, the playoff pictures in both the East and the West need to be decided, and an NCAA champ needs to be crowned.
So I figure Dropping Dimes might as well be the place to stay ahead of the curve and look at the candidates for the real and fantasy MVP. If we are looking for four players to make up a “Mount Rushmore” for the 2007-08 season, three players end up being no-brainer picks. The fourth? Well, read on.
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America’s Next Top Model Cycle 10: If You Can’t Make It Here, You Can’t Make It Anywhere
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Editorial, Features,
With only eight competitors left on America’s Next Top Model: Cycle 10, it was now time for the girls to put up or shut up. If they were going to win this thing, it was important for them to show how much they had learned over the past few weeks. They could no longer ride on the same old schtick; they had to demonstrate that they could take criticism and finesse their modeling skills.
Who proved that they could still bring something new to the table – and who just ended up stuck in a rut? Read on!
Big Brother 9: Surly Joshuah Evicted, Adam Wins Head of Household
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Editorial, News,
Not even a pathetically staged crying jag could save Joshuah from the chopping block on Big Brother 9. House guests fed up with his scheming ways and, as I’ve written about before, his bottomless pit of anger against some of the women in the house sent the 25-year-old Texas advertising media buyer packing.
Joshuah was evicted by a vote of 3 to 1. Ryan, Sheila and Adam all agreed it was time for him to go. Fellow pariah “Crazy” James was the only house guest to throw Joshuah a bone but it wasn’t enough.
The only other big headline of the night: Adam is the new Head of Household.
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Tuesday Night Treats: Hell’s Kitchen Premiere
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Prime Time, Reality, FOX, Hell’s Kitchen, Editorial,
As Idol ended and Hell’s Kitchen began, I realized that Tuesday night just became my favorite evening for TV. Two saucy Brits, two great hours of entertainment. With Gordon Ramsay now following Simon Cowell, we have just been treated to one of the better programming ploys FOX has ever tried. But was the Hell’s Kitchen premiere worth all the hype?
FOX promised viewers, during another American Idol commercial break, that the first ten minutes of Hell’s Kitchen would be a can’t-miss event. I think that might have been a little strong, considering much of the first few minutes of the show were swamped by clips of Gordon Ramsay screaming at contestants from last season and this upcoming season. Don’t get me wrong - I love listening to Ramsay scream, but you’re not going to blow my mind with two minutes of edited promo footage. Finally, it was time to get to the meat of the premiere.
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Joel McHale: From The Soup to Soderbergh
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Independant Films, Adaptation, Drama, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Upcoming Releases,
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Another host from E!‘s The Soup would start to get the attention he/she deserved
Back in 1991, actor Greg Kinnear kicked off what was then known as Talk Soup. He is now probably better known for his Oscar-nominated work in As Good as It Gets. Since then, other hosts have moved on from that weekly program to varying degrees of success. (The most notable ones being Hal Sparks and Aisha Tyler.) Could current frontman Joel McHale soon be outgrowing the recap roundup as well?
It has just been announced that the 36-year-old comedian will be branching out from the clip show to work on a much larger project. Joel will soon be starring in The Informant, a new movie from director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven). McHale is slated to play an FBI agent who will work alongside Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap) and Matt Damon.
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