ANTM: Cycle 8: The Girl Who Becomes America’s Next Top Model
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Features,
Wow - what a busy night for threes. It was down to three on both American Idol and our beloved ANTM last night. Only in this case—there was no controversial beatboxer: just Renee (the old one), Jaslene (the latina drag queen) and Natasha (the Russian phony).
With two eliminations to accomplish in just one hour, the show got off to a quick start. The ladies met up with Jay for their last CoverGirl shoot. The winner of the overall competition would eventually see her print ad in a magazine. Additionally, the girls filmed a ‘My Life As A CoverGirl’ commercial. The caveat? Aside from a few required words, the girls had to completely ad-lib. To help them prepare for this critical shoot, Caridee (Winner, ANTM Cycle 7) came by to give them a few words of advice.
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Bob’s Last Spectacular
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Daytime, Games, Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Gossip,
Bob Barker’s career has been long and illustrious. From early Truth or Consequences days to daytime immortality with the Price is Right, Bob Barker has been on television for half a century. Tonight marks his final appearance on the prime time edition of his popular game show, the Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular. It airs tonight on CBS at 8pm ET, and gives fans one last chance to see Bob before his big summer send-off. The Spectacular will be followed on Thursday night by a CBS tribute celebrating Bob Barker’s life in front of the camera.
Born December 12, 1923, Bob Barker has won seventeen Emmys since he began his tenure on the Price is Right in 1972. The CBS show is the longest-running daytime game show in the history of television. After many years of putting, playing, and watching the wheel spin, Bob is going to give his hosting duties a rest and enjoy retirement. His last episode of the Price is Right is set to air June 15, 2007. Ever since Barker’s announcement, speculation has been hot and heavy as to who will fill his sizeable hosting shoes.
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American Idol: Season 6 Finals - Week Ten
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Features,
No sleep for the remaining weary tonight. We finally made it to the semi-finals, so it was three-for-three this evening: three songs for each of the final three contestants.
One song was chosen by a judge, another by the producers and the final tune was up to the singer’s discretion. Who brought their game faces tonight and who cracked under the increasing pressure? Read on!
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Randy Jackson’s Reality Show
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, FOX, NBC, American Idol,
It was only a matter of time before American Idol‘s Randy Jackson jumped on the reality show bandwagon. After all, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are both in the reality programming zone, why not Jackson? His new show, World Moves, will feature dance teams competing for an international touring contract. NBC has already picked up the series, to air in 2007/2008. Not quite the same as So You Think You Can Dance, given the team competition, but still a very familiar reality premise. Since Jackson doesn’t have dancing expertise, he’ll team up with the World Hip Hop Championship. Auditions should be underway soon, with teams of five to seven dancers around the world showing their moves. Those that make the cut, go to Los Angeles to dance off for the finals. Yada, yada, yada, viewers vote and one team is axed each week until the final team is left standing. Be on the lookout for this series sometime in late fall.
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America’s Next Top Model: Cycle 8: The Girl Who Does Not Want To Dance
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Features,
With Brittany finally gone…am I the only one who wonders if the (ANTM) world could be a quieter place without Renee??
Natasha started off this episode by weirding out her roommates (once again) while talking to her husband. With the cell phone resting on her bed, she for some reason kept rubbing her face—or more precisely, her nose—all over it. If I hadn’t known that she was talking on a phone, I would have thought she was snorting lines. She knew the girls were making comments about her, but simply equated it to jealousy. Yes - they’re jealous because they don’t get snotty phone calls from you as well.
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Idol Offers More Surprises
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, News,
Just when viewers thought that Wednesday night results shows couldn’t get any more exciting, FOX’s American Idol came up with another shocker: the spinoff. No, it’s not another So You Think You Can Dance – this time, it’s about bands. Idol has found lots of undiscovered singers over the years, many of whom are now enjoying highly successful careers. When Ryan Seacrest announced FOX’s intent to produce an Idol-esque battle of the bands, the news was actually big enough to trump even a startling elimination: LaKisha Jones. Today’s speculation is not on who will win Idol, it’s what this new show will be like. And…when is it going to be on the air?
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American Idol Searches for the Next Great Band
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Ratings,
Proof that the American Idol machine just keeps chugging along… comes the announcement that they are now looking for a great band. Titled (awkwardly, I might add) The Search for the Next Great American Band, Ryan Seacrest announced last night that they’re on the hunt for any kind of band—as long as it’s great. This new show is yet another gem in the Idol universe, with other highlights including American Juniors (remember that one?) and So You Think You Can Dance. The Idol‘s songwriters contest was just a glimmer of another take on Idol greatness. No word yet on who will judge the band competition, but of course there will be plenty of auditions and I’m sure the show will highlight those who didn’t make the cut. The judges will select their top 10, and then you know the drill—the viewers vote each week and the final three acts duel to the death for a recording contract. No official date has been set yet, but producers are expecting the show to air in the fall.
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This Week’s Channel Surfing Thoughts
Posted by David L. Williams Categories: Comedy, Drama, Reality, ABC, Cable, HBO, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Office, The Sopranos, Editorial, Features,
Otherwise known as thoughts I’ve had about the last few days of TV that aren’t long enough individually to make an entire article…
WOO-HOO, THEY LOST! – I lamented the possibility of Charla and Mirna winning The Amazing Race: (not really) All Stars, and they didn’t. They came in last (or third, really) and it was all…kinda lackluster. I didn’t want C&M to win, and I wanted the Beauty Queens to win, but they didn’t either. Eric & Danielle (aka, Team Not Charla & Mirna) won and their fakey relationship and the love between them will, I’m sure, flourish like a sunflower and I’m feeling underwhelmed. Then again, I felt underwhelmed most of the season, so I guess this is a fitting finale. By the way, Race Producers (and I know that you read all of my work), let’s try to make sure in the future that you not design the race legs so that the decisions made by the racers in the first thirty-five minutes of the episode don’t matter at all. I know you want to keep things close, but that’s just annoying.
BEST OF? REALLY, SNL? REALLY?? – Saturday Night Live was not new this week, but instead had their best of the 2006/2007 season episode. There are a couple of things wrong with this. The first is that they still have a few more episodes left. I’m not sure why they felt the need to jump the gun on this one, but maybe they were just tired of rerunning the Peyton Manning episode. Just a tip, NBC: maybe you should wait until the season is over before you start doing a “Best Of” episode. And this leads me to the other thing that’s wrong with this episode: just because you’ve chosen the best example of a recurring sketch, that doesn’t necessarily mean that what you’ve chosen is any good. I know that a lot of people like to hate on SNL on the internet (I believe the phrase “Is this show still on?” is a common “joke” (ironic quotes firmly in place)), but I can’t fully hate the show yet because there are always funny moments every week, and that’s why God invented TiVo (that has to be invented by God, right? Humans are not that good). But, SNL, “Deep House Dish” and that Bronx talk show … they’re not funny. Really not ever. And I really like Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Keenan Thompson. Those sketches, though, are just … ugh. Oh, and finally, SNL went online to have people cast votes on what their favorite digital short of the year was (and maybe the whole episode should have just been digital shorts). Did anybody really think “Dick in a Box” wouldn’t win?
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American Idol’s Four Finalists
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Ratings,
After the cast of American Idol’s season 6 were whittled down dramatically from six to four, the stage looked a little emptier. And last night’s performances, at least in the judges’ eyes, didn’t do much to fill the empty space. Though Idol finalists Blake Lewis, Melinda Doolittle, LaKisha Jones, and Jordin Sparks sang two songs apiece, they got harsh reviews from that famous panel of three. Even Paula wasn’t waxing poetic and oozing positive ego-boosters at random, and Randy Jackson kept it real – hard core style. Though Blake changed up his disco tunes and added a modern flair, the judges had little that was good to say about his BeeGees renditions. Barry Gibb, the evening’s mentor, was extremely open to the ways the Idols changed his songs, which is more than can be said for most mentors of the season. All four competitors sat through at least one round of less-than-rave reviews from the critical judges, three people who obviously expected to be blown away at last night’s live show and ended up feeling a little let down. But what do you really want from BeeGees night? Today, the performances are old news. What everyone’s wondering is who will be left out of the final three, and who won’t.
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Wedding Crashers Fizzles
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, NBC, Cancellations, Ratings,
NBC’s 10 p.m. time slot produces another casualty. The lighter fare hidden camera show (courtesy of Ashton Kutcher), Wedding Crashers is the latest casualty. You may recall that this time also killed off much-hyped Studio 60 and The Black Donnellys. After just two showings, the show, based on the premise of the film, Wedding Crashers, has been yanked from the schedule. For the next two Mondays, Law & Order: Criminal Intent will take the 10:00 spot. Not to worry, Law & Order fans… these same new episodes will also air on the usual Tuesday night that you typically watch Criminal Intent. Given lead-in Heroes’ success, you would think some of the audience would stick around for the next show. The Real Wedding Crashers pulled in a weak debut audience of 6.75 million people, then the numbers tanked for the following week. A glimmer of hope for the few fans of this new series—NBC may air the remaining episodes over the summer.
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