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Syfy has a Fangasm and Chicago Fire is in trouble! |
| September 24th, 2013 under Dick Wolf, NBC, Syfy. [ Comments: 1 ]
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Tonight at 10p on Syfy 7 geeks move into a house and compete for an internship with Stan Lee. That position is a Fangasm for these 7 roommates and they will do what they can to get that job. As they await to find out the answer, they will do different challenges to prove how big of a fan they are as they get rewards for proving their love for all things geekdom.
Tonight they try to get people to sign a petition for a National Geek Appreciation Day, and they forget one key element. Will that hurt them? You will have to tune into find out.
Then they compete for an opportunity to have dinner with the one and only George Takei. There is one guy who is such a big fan of Star Trek that he is willing to endure a lot of pain just for the chance to meet his idol. It is mind over matter, but will matter win?
What I like most about Fangasm is they picked people you can actually like. Other shows in this genre pick at least one person with anger issues and bitter, and that makes the show less enjoyable. On this one, they all get along and work together. Because of that I sincerely enjoyed it and I know you will too. And you are going to love Andrew, he looks the nerdiest one of them all and he’s the only one with a girlfriend. With in a few minutes of getting to know him, you will see why that is the case. Not saying that the other ones deserve to be single, but you are just going to adore everything about him.
Meanwhile over at NBC, Chicago Fire is back tonight at 10p and their house might not be around for much longer. Due to city cutbacks, Firehouse 51 is on the short list to be closed down. Even though their days might be number, they will be getting some firefighters from a recently closed house. That means things are going to be tight for them, like shared lockers and no overtime. They are not happy about these changes and that will force one of them to make a decision that can totally change things for everyone.
There is something about Chicago Fire that makes this show so much different than other shows about firefighters. It just as much about the fires as it is the relationships between them and because that you find yourself tuning in every week. This is a show that will be around long time just like Dick Wolf’s other shows that never seem to go away!
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Why James Spader decided to shave his head for The Blacklist |
| September 23rd, 2013 under James Spader, NBC. [ Comments: none ]
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The Blacklist debuts at 10p tonight on NBC and James Spader has a new look for the drama. I will be honest, I don’t really know how to explain this show.
James Spader plays, ex-government agent Raymond “Red†Reddington, who is now one of the FBI’s most wanted. He suddenly comes out hiding and offers to work only with the very green FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) to find some of the other most wanted ie The Blacklist. As they start to work together their lives will be put in danger, but all of this is worth if they make the world a safer place, right? But then again, how does a recent grad of Quantico handle working with one of the worst people out there. Tune each week to find out in this suspenseful drama.
Now one of the first things you will notice tonight is James Spaders blonde locks are gone. At the NBC TCA summer press Day, he explained it was his decision to shave his head. He said, “It was it sort of worked backwards from one moment, and that’s what I love in that opening sequence when he goes in and surrenders himself, the juxtaposition. I knew the very first thing when I got to New York to shoot the pilot — I had very long hair, and I knew that they were going to shoot a surveillance photo of Reddington to have on the wall there when he surrenders himself.” He wanted to make that moment even more impactful, so he “thought it would be just a great moment when he surrenders himself, he takes his hat off, and the juxtaposition of the shot of him with long hair and then like this…I thought it would be nice to take off my hat and it’s an entirely different person and a very different look to go with that.” He gave his character a background and told it to us as, “But working backwards from there, you know, the way his life has been for the last 20 years, he moves very swiftly through his life. He’s moving from place to place very quickly. I thought he should have a haircut, that he can do himself if he cares to or he can go to some barber shop in a little town in Cambodia and they can cut his hair in ten minutes.” It wasn’t only his hair that he thought of, “I just thought it was streamlined, and his clothes are like that, too, in that he looks well dressed, but traveling clothes. You know, he wears clothes that he can go from a bank to a cave and he’s dressed accordingly. And he’s also in a lot of different climates over the last 20 years, so I thought it would be appropriate that he that he dress and look as if he’s able to move through the world easily and comfortably.” So tune into watch as his backstory becomes current day tonight and every Monday at 10p.
And before you tune in for The Blacklist, watch the Emmy winning show that is on everyone’s best list! That’s right The Voice is back at 8p with all the original coaches, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and the competition’s biggest winner Blake Shelton.
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The Million Second Quiz is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. |
| September 9th, 2013 under NBC. [ Comments: none ]
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For the next 1,000,000 seconds or 11 1/2 consecutive days, NBC is giving us the biggest game show in television history. Tonight at 8p you will get to see the first live airing of The Million Second Quiz that is taking place in a giant hourglass on the Manhattan side of the Lincoln Tunnel, and you will feel the rush as the contestants compete for the largest prize in game show history.
Since no one has seen the game, here is a description how it is played:
Money is accumulated by sitting in the “Money Chair” and answering trivia questions against a rival. For each second a player remains in the chair the money meter will add $10 to the total. The longer a contestant stays in the chair, the more money is added until he/she is defeated by a challenger. During the million seconds the top players who have accumulated the largest amounts of money up to that point in the game will live next to the hourglass in “Winners’ Row” and try to survive there until the million seconds are up. Other contestants will displace them if they achieve longer runs in the money chair. When the countdown clock hits zero only the final few contestants who have made it to the end cash in their winnings and battle it out for the grand prize.
An example of the questions that the contestants will be answering can be found on The Million Second Quiz App and you can play along with the show as it airs nightly or play with strangers all over the US. If you score enough points on the App, you might find someone knocking on your door tell you, you will be competing on the show. I have to admit, I am sincerely addicted to App and I found out I know more useless information than I thought.
Ever game show needs a host and the person with that title is Ryan Seacrest. Over the weekend (because is he always working) I was on a conference call with him and he told us why he said yes to this gig that isn’t even two weeks long. He said, “Frankly it’s really been the first big idea I’ve heard in almost a decade that I really wanted to get in front of and host in prime time.” Then he added, “And so after he and Paul Telegdy pitched me the idea I said let’s go for it. Now that I’ve gotten here I’m not quite sure what I’ve gotten myself into.” Because unlike American Idol, this show is being played for 1,000,000 seconds straight, even though we are only seeing an hour of it live. So MSQ is all about time and that is something Seacrest has very little of available to him. So even though this show is going on 24/7, Seacrest still has commitments that he has to tend to during the day. So on top of everything he has to take on for this groundbreaking show, he still has to work on all the other shows that he works on.
When he wasn’t working at his day job, he was trying out the MSQ App, so how well of a contestant is he? He said, “I played the app. Let’s just say there are a lot of people in every state that beat me when I play on the app.” Then he explained, “I last a couple of bouts and I’m really good at the pop culture. Once you get outside of that I started to lose my play.”
And the one thing we know he is very good at, is hosting. Since The Million Second Quiz is unlike anything we have ever seen before, you will totally want to check out the NBC game show tonight and every night for the next 10 nights at 8p to experience something that hasn’t been done before. Plus who doesn’t like the adrenaline of not knowing what will happen next because the contestants are changing by the second. Literally!
BTW if you are in NYC, you can go down to their studio and play the game live. Who knows we might see you in the Money Chair!
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Let’s celebrate all the worthy renewals at Sullivan & Son! |
| August 20th, 2013 under NBC, TNT/TBS/TCM. [ Comments: none ]
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NBC and TBS decided to renew some of their summer shows today and I am very happy with their decisions!
Over at NBC, the network announced that they want to play a second round with Hollywood Game Night next summer. HGN is the best new game show in a really long time. It is one that the whole family can enjoy, and then when the credits roll they can play the games they saw on the show together. I just hope that next year they give it an earlier time slot so that kids can watch it with their parents because it really is a family friendly show.
Then over at TBS, the beer is pouring like crazy because Sullivan & Son will be back for a third season. This show is not family friendly or politically correct and that is why I adore it so much. You never know what is going to come out of Hank’s mouth and yet can’t wait to hear what will be. I am so excited to hear what they have him next year because you know will laugh and then feel really guilty about it.
TBS also picked up Howie Mandel’s hidden camera show Deal With It, where celebs tell people to do crazy things in their earpieces. The more things they do, the more money they get. And talking about money, Men At Work was also renewed for another season.
All in all it was a good day for summer TV! So drink up!
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The Celebrity Apprentice isn’t hired or fired just yet |
| July 28th, 2013 under NBC. [ Comments: none ]
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Even since NBC announced their 2013-2014 primetime schedule, it has been a little confusing if The Celebrity Apprentice will be back for another season. Well yesterday at the NBC TCA summer press day Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Late Night Programming, gave an update on the situation. He said, “In a celebrity iteration of The Apprentice, we obviously need to know that we can cast the show. That’s the bit of the process we’re in, which is the restocking of the celebrity pond is how I describe it. That can take some time. So no imminent plans for an announcement.”
So even though Donald Trump said on a conference call at the end of the All-Star season that they were casting for next season, sounds like they hit a major road block. I am surprised that they are having a hard time filling the boardroom because of the celebrity reality competition shows, this one seems like a good one to do.
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