American Idol 5: The Final 12 - Week 5
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Reality, FOX, American Idol, Features,
I remembered hearing a long time ago that Baywatch star David Hasselhoff would always try to channel his idol Freddie Mercury in his songs. But when I actually heard Hasselhoff do his ‘channeling’, I cringed with embarrassment. I must admit—that same wince came rushing back when I read that the contestants of American Idol would be taking their turn with the songs of Queen. It’s not like we’re watching Rock Star: INXS here. Would the show produce the cringe-inducing moments that I had feared? Read on!
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America’s Next Top Model: Season 6: The Girl With Two Bad Takes
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, UPN, America’s Next Top Model, Features,
Now that boring Gina was wittled from the pack, it was time this week for the remaining girls to start sweating bullets. With no one else to pick on, should Jade finally start worrying about her real competition? Since Brooke was just recently in the bottom two, would she need to quickly find her good angles? Did Mollie Sue need to make sure she didn’t take over Gina’s persona-less place? Would Nnenna’s increasingly obsessive, and annoying boyfriend, cause her to be distracted from her ultimate goal?
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Survivor: Panama: The Power Of the Idol
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor, Features,
After having narrowly escaped elimination at the recent Tribal Council, Austin was feeling great for having survived another day. He was fully aware though that the incredibly stupid remarks he made could still cost him the game. NOTE TO ASPIRING CONTESANTS: Telling everyone that you purposely botched a challenge because you didn’t want to appear too strong is not something advised in the Survivor handbook. Needless to say, the former members of Casaya thought Austin was a slimeball that could not be trusted. They vowed early to on to vote him off at the next challenge. Trying to keep the La Mina contingent alive, Terry and Sally realized that they needed to woo two people over to their side very quickly. They believed that working on some of the ladies might be their best bet.
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Jessica Simpson To Fill Pamela Anderson’s Shoes In “Baywatch” Movie
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Drama, Reality, Talent, News,
Pop sensation and reality star Jessica Simpson is quickly racking up the movie credits. Although the blond superstar has lamented being viewed as a sex symbol, she doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to dispel that view. Case in point: she has recently been cast in the movie version of Baywatch, playing voluptuous lifeguard C.J. Parker, the character created by vixen Pamela Anderson.
Producers told The Sun, “Jessica has all the assets to make Pam’s part her own.”
Ahem, indeed. What do you think? Will a Baywatch movie, so long after the series was popular, be a success? Will Jessica have any hope of being taken seriously after this role?
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American Idol 5: Final 12 - Week 4
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Features,
We should have known how this week was going to go when the word ‘country’ was uttered last week. But were the performances tolerable enough for us to make it through the whole hour? Read on!
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The Cancellation Of Rollergirls and Why America Hates Bad Girls
Posted by Rhys Alexander Categories: Reality, Cable, Cancellations, Editorial,
The recent cancellation of the reality show Rollergirls wasn’t a huge shock, but it was a huge disappointment. The show follows the triumphs and crises of several all-women teams competing in the intense sport of Roller Derby. There isn’t a shrinking flower among the bunch: these women are tough, both physically and mentally, and will quite literally knock anyone to the ground who gets in their way.
They are, in short, true “Bad Girls.” No wonder the show was cancelled.
American television likes you to think they appreciate bad girls. But that’s a lie. TV’s idea of bad girls includes sexy vixens and man manipulators, women who use their cleavages and ruby-red lips far more often than any sort of physical and mental prowess to achieve their goals. Even Sydney Bristow of Alias, touted as the baddest of bad girls, is conventionally pretty and achieves successful missions with skintight, skin-baring outfits, always perfectly made up and groomed. No mater how grueling the life of a double agent, Sydney always manages to get her lipstick on.
The women of Rollergirls appeared on camera without disguise, and although none could be called TV-pretty, they all have a distinct charm. With names like Miss Conduct and Punky Bruiser, they never fail to capture our attention, and often, our respect. With their trailers, love for beer, love for their children they are often raising by themselves, and their strong, muscled bodies, these women are guilty of one TV sin - they just don’t fit into the mold of Acceptable Television Women. The cancellation of the show is a loss in more ways than one.
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Follow The Amazing Race to New Day and Time
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Amazing Race, The,
Just in case were you setting aside 10 PM tonight for the Amazing Race—you’ve just earned an extra hour of sleep. As always, another network change has made my freshly printed TV schedule null and void. CBS has moved the Emmy-winning reality series to its new time slot: Wednesday evening at 8 PM. The earlier family-friendly hour will probably give the show the wider exposure that it deserves, but putting it America’s Next Top Model is one more thing my TiVo did not need. Arrghh!
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CBS Scores Thursday Night Overall
Posted by Christopher Stone Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, American Idol, Survivor,
Nicknamed The Tiffany Network, CBS has been looking more like Big Lots! of late. But not last night. Thanks to CSI and impressive showings for both Survivor and Without a Trace, CBS scored a Thursday prime time ratings’ win, according to Nielsen Media Research. The Eye Web, yet another nickname for CBS, averaged 25.1 million viewers and a 7.9 ratings/20 share for the evening, among the coveted 18-49 demographic.
Not to worry American Idol fans. Although CBS won last night overall, Idol remained Numero Uno in the 8-9 time slot. And Simon’s still crying all the way to the vault.
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American Idol 5: Lisa Is All Tuckered Out
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Talent,
Well after my umpteenth try I finally got it right: Lisa Tucker was voted out just like I had predicted. But what did surprise me was that Katharine McPhee was in the Bottom Three!! I already knew that Ace would be there. Simon was impressed by her singing yesterday, but apparently changed his opinion upon further review. He told Katherine that her performance wasn’t nearly as good as Aguilera’s. Hmm… I feel like I’ve heard that somewhere before. Oh that’s right. That’s because I said it!
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American Idol 5: Final 12 - Week 3
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Features,
Have the years gone by so fast that we can already do songs from the 21st century? Maybe it’s still too soon to say whether or not this was a memorable era for music. Based on the tunes chosen this week, we can only pray for the four years left to come.
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