Another Emotional Day for Ellen DeGeneres
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Talk Shows, Syndication, Video,
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres spoke very passionately today about a topic very close to her heart. (Thankfully, it had nothing to do with dogs.) The issue? Homosexuality.
Ellen felt the need to speak up after a 15-year-old boy was recently murdered for being openly gay. You can see her emotional plea below:
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TV on DVD: February 26, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Kids, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, HBO, NBC, On Demand/PPV, Extras, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- 1968 with Tom Brokaw
- 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship
- 2008 Fedex Orange Bowl
- 2008 Rose Bowl Game
- B.L. Stryker (Season 1)
- Dark Shadows: The Beginning No. 3 (Episodes 71-105)
- Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
- Family Affair (Season 5)
- The Fugitive (Season 1, Vol. 2)
- Ghost Hunters (Season 3, Part 2)
- Hotel Babylon (Season 1)
- Newhart (Season 1)
- NFL Super Bowl XLII - New York Giants Championship DVD
- Punky Brewster (Season 4)
- The Smurfs (Season 1, Vol. 1)
- WWE: Royal Rumble 2008
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Lovin It/Hatin It: The Nip/Tuck Season Finale
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Reality, Cable, FX, Nip/Tuck, Editorial,
Let me start off by saying that plausibility has never been Nip/Tuck‘s strong suit. If it was, the series wouldn’t be so deliciously bad. But after watching last night’s episode, I seriously had to say: “C’mon!”
I really loved the show’s move to Los Angeles and talked about the reinvigorated program a few months ago. Unfortunately, Tuesday’s closer was way too over the top for me….and now I’m afraid I have to admit I hated it.
Sean McNamara and Christian Troy have taken us through a lot of strange storylines, so when things got ugly with pseudo-agent Colleen Rose this season, I grimaced but went along with it. (As disgusting as the murder of the real agent was, I had to admit that ‘stuffing’ him was at least creative.) Really, things weren’t that much different this year than when The Carver was still around.
But seriously….how could one family have so many problems? And at the same time?
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Another Tense Exchange on The View
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Talk Shows, ABC, Gossip, Video,
Followers of The View are used to hearing a difference of political opinions on a daily basis. But every once in a while, a particularly tense exchange will perk up our ears.
Check out the moment when Whoopi Goldberg becomes exasperated and rolls her eyes at co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck. (Who could blame her?) Hasselbeck later returns her own courteous gesture when she insincerely listens to what Goldberg has to say.
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Review: Mary J. Blige On One Life To Live
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Daytime, Drama, Music, ABC, Editorial,
If you blinked you may have missed singer Mary J. Blige‘s performance near the end of ABC’s One Life To Live today. The good news is she’ll be back on Monday, February 18. Blige and her real band performed at character Starr Manning’s (Kristen Alderson) sweet 16 birthday party. It was by far the best 2-3 minutes of the otherwise tedious cliffhanger Friday show.
Blige gave an exuberant performance of her song, “Just Fine”. It was the R&B singer’s second time performing on One Life to Live. Her first go around in Llanview was back in 2006.
Incorporating real stars into the fictional world of soap operas can come across as clunky at times (think back to Timbaland’s appearance on OLTL last year when he claimed to be a fan of fictional singer Sarah “Flash” Roberts). OLTL’s writers handled this one smoothly with a crowd of kids who were supposed to be at a nightclub party anyway. The actors and extras looked like they were having a genuinely good time. So did Mary J. She says she has been a fan of the show since she was a child.
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TV on DVD: February 12, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Cable, CBS, HBO, NBC, The CW, General Hospital, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Blade (Complete Series)
- Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav
- Dallas (Season 8)
- The Dragnet Collection (Volume 1)
- The Equalizer (Season 1)
- Family Ties (Season 3)
- General Hospital: Night Shift (Season 1)
- George of the Jungle (Complete Series)
- Girlfriends (Season 3)
- Pokemon (Season 1, Vol. 3)
- 60 Minutes: Saddam’s Confessions
- 60 Minutes: House of Cards
- Tactics (Complete Series)
- Tell Me You Love Me (Season 1)
Click here to see the Movies-On-DVD options for this week.
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General Hospital’s Underground Fan Favorite
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Daytime, Drama, ABC, General Hospital, Editorial,
Whether by accident or by design sometimes an actor considered a bit player or non-essential to a TV show’s main storyline becomes an underground fan favorite.
Meet Carolyn Hennesy a.k.a. Diane Miller on General Hospital. Hennesy is one of those actresses who probably gets a lot of people coming up to her and saying, “Didn’t we go to high school together?” or “Weren’t you my brother’s divorce attorney?” The 46-year old classically trained actress looks so familiar because she works steadily in Hollywood and has for years.
Hennesy’s IMBd.com page lists bit parts in everything from Dawson’s Creek to Moesha to Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare but so far none of those roles have launched her into that fabled realm of name-recognition stardom.
Some General Hospital fans think that should change. A few have even launched a write-in campaign on various soap opera message boards to get Henessey’s character a life and storyline of her own.
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This Week on TV (2/11-2/17)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Daytime, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, NBC, American Idol, Apprentice, The - Donald, Nip/Tuck, Survivor,
(You can view the whole Revamped TV Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (2/11)
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX, 8pm): “Sarah meets a stranger (Brian Austin Green) who shares a similar past.” They were once both white rappers?
- Dance War (ABC, 8pm): “The touring company of ‘High School Musical’ performs.” The contestants, now left with inferiority complexes, are unable to go on.
- Flavor of Love (VH1, 9pm): Third season premiere. Is it a coincidence that a Flav-ex has since show up on Celebrity Rehab?
- Prison Break (FOX, 8pm): “The escape attempt is successful for some, if not all, of the escapees.” Apparently you can miss weeks of this show and not miss a thing.
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Reality News: ‘WWE’, ‘Big Brother’, ‘Dancing with the Stars’, ‘Survivor’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, Survivor, Cancellations, Gossip,
After ten years with the CW/UPN organizations, the wrestlers of the WWE are now in search of a new home. Friday Night Smackdown - a decent ratings earner for the network - wasn’t apparently considered worthy of its renewal price. Displeased with recent negotiations, World Wrestling Entertainment has started shopping its product around town.
Although the loss of the show will now create a two-hour void in CW‘s weekend lineup, the network will now have a place to shelve their experiments gone wrong (e.g. Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants). Or maybe they can use the spot to air marathons of America’s Next Top Model or Beauty and the Geek?
Whatever they ultimately do, they have until Sept. 12th to figure it out.
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General Hospital’s Heart Disease Awareness Effort Strikes an Awkward Note
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Daytime, Drama, Talk Shows, ABC, General Hospital, Editorial,
OK, I know it is for a good cause and all but I couldn’t help feeling a bit icky yesterday when one of the characters on ABC’s General Hospital mentioned a brand name product he liked: Campbell’s V8 Fusion drink.
This not-so-subtle plug was a result of ABC teaming up with Campbell’s Soup Company and the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” effort to raise awareness about the dangers of heart disease in women. The February-long effort spans ABC’s entire daypart including heart disease related topics on The View and as ABC’s press release states “cause-related marketing” on ABC’s Soapnet cable channel.
Some of the shows are able to weave the important public service message in fairly seamlessly. On ABC’s One Life to Live this integration of reality and storyline will culminate in a “Go Red” Valentine’s Day Ball hosted by usual enemies Dorian Lord and Viki Davidson. Viki has a history of heart disease and most soaps can’t go more than a few months without a ball storyline anyway.
ABC’s All My Children is working in the concept by having the ladies of the fictional Fusion Cosmetics host a “Go Red” Fashion Show. Not too much of a stretch there either.
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