Roseanne is back on TV every week on Lifetime Mondays at 9p in Roseanne’s Nuts. Instead of it being a scripted and groundbreaking sitcom, it is a nutty reality show about her. The comedian has left LA and moved to Hawaii where she lives on a farm that grows macadamia nuts. Which is appropriate because it is a lot like what a lot of people think about her.
And the show starts off proving what we think about her as she does a Sarah Palin. She has a pigs that have her invaded her 40-acre farm and she is chasing them off with a gun. That is just the beginning of her nuttiness and each week we will see her get nuttier and nuttier in back to back and I can’t wait to watch it happen.
Then at 10p we get to see moms in action that seem to make Roseanne look sane in Dance Moms. Several moms want their daughters to be dancers and have signed them up for the Abby Lee Dance Company and she feeds in to their hunger as much as she satisfies her own.
These young girls who aren’t even double-digits old are learning how to dance and listening to their moms talk about why they are going through the grueling classes makes you think they are living vicariously through their daughters. As a viewer I was shocked to hear how much they wanted their little girls to do this at the cost of their social lives and youth. As an example one little girl is so sick that she is crying in pain and her mom tells her you have never missed class so why start now, and she goes back to the lessons. In fact the teacher called her out and said to her I know you don’t feel well, so suck it up. She is just a little girl, how can they put dance before her health and well being. But that is just my perception what motherhood and coaching should be about.
Now when it comes to Abby Lee Miller, I wonder if she forgets that she is working with kids. She seems to put them through rigorous training, you would think they were Broadway dancers. She yells at them and I think pushes them further than any elementary school kid should be pushed. Plus you never once see her dance and that could be because I think she looks like she weighs as much as all the little girls put together. To me if she is so great, why have I never heard of her or seen any of her past students on Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance or America’s Got Talent? Just saying.
The first episode deals with these poor little girls having only a week to learn a routine that they will be performing in a competition. So you really get to see what they have endure and it is startling.
As disgusting as I think the show is, I couldn’t stop watching it. There is something strangely addictive about it and interesting to watch even though it seems shocking. So tune in to this show at 10p for an hour of entertainment that will leave you dancing on a thin line between love and hate.
Drop Dead Diva is back on Lifetime tonight at 9p and it picks up where it left off. We are awaiting Grayson’s fate after getting hit by a car and will he finally learn that Jane is Deb?
While we are waiting to find out about Grayson, Jane goes back to work. Nick Zano plays an actor accused of hit and run and leaving a little girl in critical condition. Jane doesn’t believe him, but when the press starts to hound him she decides to take on the case. Will she be able to prove him innocent even though she thinks he is guilty? Is he really guilty or is he innocent? Tune into find out and to enjoy this show that is still as charming and sweet as ever. Who knew legal dramas could leave you feeling good?
Tonight at 8p on Lifetime the latest Nora Roberts’ book adapted into a telemovie makes its debut. In Carnal Innocence Gabrielle Anwar returns to Innocence, Mississippi, a place where she spent her summers as a kid, and she is being wooed by one of the guys who knew her back then. Colin Egglesfield is the most sought after guy in town, but he has his eyes on only one woman. Not only are the women after him, so is the law because they think he is the serial killer who has been killing off women the town. He says he is innocent, but there are several people who want to see him dead. Will he be prove his innocence in Innocence? Will he land the girl? Will the real killer be caught before they kill again? Tune into this perfect Monday night movie to find out.
Tonight at 10p Lifetime has a new take on the popular weight loss shows. Love Handles: Couples in Crisis looks at couple who need to take off the pounds to make their relationships work, but that isn’t the only problem that is hurting them. So besides learning ways to take care of their bodies, they learn ways to take care of their souls. You watch as they struggle to become the new and improved individuals and lovers! They come out of this show better than they were before on both the inside and outside and what more do you need from a weight loss show?
In less than two weeks Prince William of Wales is going to marry Kate Middleton, but how much do we know about the future King of England and his bride? Well tonight at 9p on Lifetime in William & Kate we will learn how they met, was it love at first sight, how they struggled to get where they are now and see how he finally proposed to her in this sweet movie that tells the story of a modern day fairy tale.
This movie got me all excited for the April 29th Royal Wedding because it showed what a real couple they are and go through what everyone in their situation goes through and then some that only could happen if you are dating a Prince. Is this movie Emmy worthy? Not at all. But it is extremely enjoyable and I have already watched it a few times because who doesn’t secretly wish they were marrying royalty like Kate Middleton? So grab some wine to go with this cheese because I promise you will have fun watching William & Kate!
