Even though it is the first week of October, Fox is celebrating Halloween tonight with Animation Domination starting at 7:30p with the return of The Cleveland Show. When Cleveland and his friends go to a neighboring town to watch Stoolbend play their football rivals an accident has them trapped there doing anything they can to get home. Will they be able to make it home in their disguises or will this be the end of The Cleveland Show? BTW Roberta and Junior have some of the best costumes I have ever seen on televsion and Donna gets arrested over hers!
Then at 8p The Simpsons celebrates it its 23rd, yes 23rd, Treehouse of Horrors. Tonight they take on the Mayan Calendar, a black hole, Paranormal Activity and Back to the Future. Even though the special is over two decades old, it is still as fresh when it was Maggie’s age. How old is show now anyways?
Then at 8:30p Bob’s Burgers goes Trick or Treating in an upscale neighborhood. At 9p Family Guy takes on the scariest thing in broadcast TV…Nielsen Ratings.
Then at 9:30p Fox ends the evening with the Smiths going on a killer vacation on American Dad. Stan is asked to work, Roger meets the perfect man, Steve makes a friend who has the smart accent of Hugh Grant the movie actor, but is stupid like Hugh Grant the person; and finally Hayley and Jeff are having problems in bed. Maybe it would’ve been better if they stayed home, but how would that be fun for us!
When I heard that Lifetime was remaking Steel Magnolias, I have to admit that wasn’t pleased about it. I was like why mess with a good thing. Well when I watched Lifetime’s revival of the Oscar nominated movie, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised that tonight’s version that debuts at 9p is better than the original one. While the 1989 decided to add more comedy to the Dramedy, the new one focuses more on the heart. Because of that I really believe this version is even better and more emotional than the original.
The Lifetime movie has a cast that is just as stellar as the original. Queen Latifah plays M’Lynn and Condola Rashad plays her daughter Shelby. Even though Queen is playing her TV mom her real mom Phylicia Rashad is starring as Clairee. Clairee’s best friend Ouiser is played by the perfectly cast Alfre Woodward. Jill Scott stars as the heart of the movie Truvy and Adepero Oduye is her assistant Annelle. Together these women, who shot the movie in just 18 days, make it seem like they have been lifelong friends and because of that you want to be in on their circle of friendship.
Recently I was on a conference call with the telemovie’s producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and they told why the adapted this play for the small screen. Here is what Zadan said about it:
We approached it as though it was a new piece of writing and we’re not doing anything to copy the original production because the original play was amazing and the original movie was amazing.
And we wanted to do something that was brand new and we wanted to do something that would be done our way with our cast and our production. And it’s using the material as the basis of that. And the same way as if you work in the theater, you do what they call revivals.
And, you know, it may have been done originally the play earlier, you know, on and then it’s done later on with other casts. And each production is relevant because they’re done with different directors, different producers, different actors.
So we feel like what we’ve done is fresh and different from the original and yet as relevant as the original.
When you watch the movie on Lifetime tonight at 9p, you will see it is as relevant as the first one if not more so!
Tonight at 9p The Good Wife has a scene that is so hot you are going to want ice cream to cool off from it. I won’t tell you what it is, but I will tell you it involves Kalina and her ex-husband. And let’s just say it is so risque that it will make most cable shows blush.
Now I could tell you about the case they are arguing tonight and what is going on with the trustee, but you won’t care because it is all about that scene.
Well that and Maura Tierney guest stars tonight and who doesn’t love having her back on TV?
Larry Hernandez is one of the biggest names in Latino music and tonight at 9p you can get to know him in mun2’s Larrymania. For the next 10 weeks, you will delve into his life behind the music and find who he really is. You will go on tour with him, spend some time with him at home with his family and see what he likes to do fun. It is a rare look into private life of someone so public. Plus you have to love a guy who says the most important women in his life are his mom, his mom and his mom.
