Now we have a show, people!A few weeks back, Watercooler gave some major love to American Idol's Casey Abrams, suggesting that he had all that it takes to take the title. But last night, shortly after Casey did just OK with his Motown choice, Pia Toscano turned in yet another killer ballad that made us go both "wow" and "well, she sure could walk off with the win."And girl would look damn fine doing so, too...
You know what the opposite of super is? When a show that's on the bubble scores a fierce guest star and utterly wastes her. Kind of like No Ordinary Family did last night. When news broke that the live-action answer to The Incredibles had locked in Lucy Lawless for a four-episode arc, we were all like "our hero!" Not that the show is The Cape-bad — it's actually quite fun, despite two charmless kid characters — it's just that nobody is watching. You'd need Clark Kent's hearing to pick up any buzz on this one. So the hope was that maybe the flawless Lawless' stint as Mrs. X could save NOF from its villainous ratings and bring some heat to the Powells' home.
City mice—turned—country cutup couple Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge return for Season 2 of The Fabulous Beekman Boys (Tuesday, 10/9c, Planet Green), the laugh-out-loud look at their lives on an organic farm in upstate New York. Fabulous, indeed!
While devilish Rick Castle (Nathan Fillion) has been busy solving crimes, angel-faced Molly Quinn has stolen our hearts as the mystery novelist's whip-smart (but refreshingly non-smartass) daughter, Alexis. Here's the evidence in our case for loving her.
We thought Gary Busey would be the must-see drama on Celebrity Apprentice, not Dionne Warwick! Last night, the chanteuse who didn't know the way to San Jose didn't know her way around playing well with others as the teams took on a camping-themed challenge. And while yes, there were some grand Busey-isms ("I can hear my toenails grow"), his unfocused but ultimately successful stint as project manager was nothing compared to the nasty doled out by Whitney Houston's cousin at the ladies' team leader, Niki Taylor. That is not what friends — psychic or otherwise — are for, Dionne.
As the hilariously unhinged Amy, Mary Elizabeth Ellis puts the "perfect" in Perfect Couples. Tonight, Amy tries to map out a career plan, so we decided it was the perfect time to give Ellis some ...
Seven days. 50,000 visitors. And... clowns! Harvest Festival is here, and in true Pawnee style, it's just as wild a ride as anything on the fairgrounds. "If it goes well, the department will survive," says Parks and Recreation's Amy Poehler of her character Leslie Knope's massive last-ditch effort to save the Parks Department. "If it doesn't, people ...
Well it's official. Allison Janney can do everything. Act. Sing. Ice skate with Smurfs. Hell, she even makes Mr. Sunshine watchable. Last night, the multiple-Emmy winner once again saved the show with a pitch-perfect performance of the musical variety ...
Oh mama!The Visitors sure turned it out for their finale last night and if this is the final time we see 'em, at least they made it a bloodbath to remember. Not to spoil it for anyone who DVR'd the episode — which is most likely the series finale — we'll just say the powers-that-be seemed to have doused the hour in those sort of "whoaaa" moments that would have earned the reboot a lot more buzz had they been spread out over the relatively uneventful second season. Multiple deaths, the long-awaited look at the Vs without their skin, the arrival of original-recipe hunk Marc Singer as the leader of another anti-V group, and a botched Fifth Column plan of attack that may have cost mankind everything...
OK, raise your hand if you are totally digging this Spencer-Toby business on Pretty Little Liars. Ever since the writers realized that Poor Toby was fan-fave material, we have been treated to some seriously ...
So when you can say things got weird on a show as weird as Fringe, you know we're talking way-out-there weirdness, right? Like beyond Sheen crazy.And last Friday, things reached just that level of bananas when we saw, in the final moments of ...
Lucky 13? Maybe not so much, Randy. Last night, American Idol's Top 13 took the stage for their first performance show and, well, let's just say not all wannabes are created equal. Some were good, some were grisly, but only a handful were great. And of them, the most memorable was easily Casey Abrams. Taking on Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help from My Friends," the fuzzy goofball with the passing resemblance to...
OK, we all know Glee has its issues. Lack of logic. Spastic tonal shifts. Better quotes than cohesive scripts. Creepy Will. But one thing it has going for it from time to time is Gwyneth Paltrow. Seriously, the Oscar-winning, Goop-spouting girl is a...
So far, we've only seen the "over there" version of Seth Gabel's Fringe Division badass, Lincoln Lee. But on next Friday's Fringe, he debuts as this universe's Lee and fans are in for a world of differences! TV Guide Magazine: You realize fans love you, right? We want a Lincoln spin-off.Gabel: Really? That would be...
Dag, maybe they should change the name to The Women Yell All. Last night, Bachelor Brad Womack's harem of exes reconvened for the beloved bitchfest known as The Women Tell All, and it took all of 28 minutes — including the pec-filled, required-by-law recap clips — for the ladies to start hurling the hater-tots. Prime target: venomous vixen Michelle. It was kind of tasty, mostly because fans have been waiting for her comeuppance since the first time she opened her mouth and all that nasty came pouring out.
Sweet mother of gross. Family Guy, you may have outdone yourself in the wrong department.Last night, the subversive cartoon that has never met a boundary it didn't push went so far with an onscreen attack against a baby and a dog, it's astounding that the family-group grumpies haven't stormed Fox with their pitchforks and torches.After creating an evil clone of himself in an attempt to get back to his "world domination" days, the youngest Griffin — and Brian — met the wrath of the homicidal doppelganger in a gory, violent bit involving (among other things) dog-tail dismemberment, baby ...
In an alternate universe, all promos would be this cool. As part of Fox's ongoing campaign to tout Fringe's move to Fridays (complete with a shout-out to one of our shout-outs), they've whipped up another "Fridays Reanimated" trailer that's both mind-bendy and chockfull of crazy-cool bits. Ya got your Walternate, your Sam Weiss, some Peter-Olivia lip-locks, a floating guy, the East River vortex, even a few built-in clues (maybe?) to what may be coming up in the brewing war between our world and that wonky one with all the amber. Check it out after the jump..
Oh this is gonna get ugly. The American Idol guys hit the stage for their first performances last night and of the 12, five will go Thursday. Can you say "bloodbath"? Because, aside from a few sure-thing goners, none of the other fellas were so atrocious they need to go just yet. Then again, that's the nature of the Idol beast, so let's check out the list and start picking off the ...
Whoa... Did that just happen? Did one of the Pretty Little Liars really lose her v-card?Yep, it would seem so. Last night, the show that's always been just this side of risqué, thanks to Aria's borderline-illegal (but decidedly non-sexual) romance with dreamy teacher Mr. Fitz, went all the way...
So Peter and Olivia met when they were kids. Bet that has some of you scratching your heads, huh?Last Friday, Fox's sci-fi uber-coolness Fringe kicked back to 1985 — land of Walter's sideburns and cortexiphan treatments — to show us how young Olivia (called Olive by Dr. Bishop) star-crossed paths with new-to-this-'verse Peter just as she was tapping into her abilities to travel between worlds. Turns out both kids were in tough spots: He was all pissed that his "parents" were trying to sell him on the lie that he hadn't been snatched from another dimension, and she was desperate to avoid the abuse of her stepfather. Before you can say, "young love," the two youngin's are connecting on that kind of level that causes snow to start magically falling and, in Olivia's case, accidentally crossing over to the red universe and cluing Walternate into the possible location of his missing son.It was awesome!
Thank God Jennifer was able to pull herself together after Wednesday's so not staged "breakdown," because this train needs to get moving and last night, we finally headed out of the station. After what feels like two dozen weeks of auditions, Randy, Steven and Weepy McLopez made their "final judgment" (as Seacrest boomingly kept calling the ep, like God crossed with Guy Smiley) and unleashed ...
Fringe heads back to 1985 again this week (Friday, 9/8c, Fox) for more of the Bishop back story, and — if you've seen the promos — it turns out some of our heroes have known each other a lot longer than any of them realize. So we grabbed executive producers Jeff Pinkner and Joel Wyman for an exclusive, spoilery chat about the heartbreaking episode, what Peter and Olivia's fateful encounter 26 years in the past means for their future, and of course, alterna-babies. TV Guide Magazine: First off, I hear you're tweeting during the show tomorrow night? You're gonna be bombarded.Joel Wyman: We love the fans and it's so great to be able to communicate with them. TV Guide Magazine: How long have you been planning to reveal that Peter and Olivia met when they were kids down in Jacksonville?Jeff Pinkner: We have known it for...
