I get why ABC is hot to launch a High School Musical-related unscripted show this summer. I don't get why the prize is so lame.

On balance, it's hard for me to argue that receiving a couple hundred cable channels is a bad thing. I may only watch a fraction of them, but it's nice to know that if I wanted to get tips on refinishing furniture or watch a Premier League match, I could.

Stacey, the 26-year-old graduate student from Chicago who made a statement on this week's premiere of  The Bachelor: London Calling with her sparkly blue dress and inebriated antics -- including giving her underwear to bachelor Matt Grant before passing out in a nearby bedroom -- is philosophical about her 15 minutes of fame.

The newest Bachelor is a British guy. Matt Grant is tall and "charming," or so says ABC, and he probably does pretty well for himself in his finance career.

Time to come clean: While watching Wednesday's first The Moment of Truth, I sneered at the contestants. That was before I answered the questions. Continue reading »

Despite learning a lot on America's Next Top Model, Bianca Golden was eliminated on Wednesday's show for not being enough of a "natural" when it came to posing for photos. Continue reading »

One knows that they are in for a good time watching Kitchen Nightmares because it starts off with a “Viewer Discretion is Advised” warning. It’s a cooking show, and it starts with a warning about the language. Fantastic.

Ahoy, mateys! I’m Liz, and I’ll be your Top Model cruise director! (Um, spoiler alert!) I’m going to kick things off with the disclaimer that if you’re watching this show and think that you want to look like any of the contestants, you should probably go into the kitchen right now and eat a big bar of chocolate. For reals.

You know Rocky IV, where Rocky went up against Ivan Drago, and Drago had this state-of-the-art gym and trainers and illicit substances and whatnot, while Rocky chopped wood and pulled rocks through the snow and stuff like that? The Biggest Loser was just like that. Just substitute "Red and Blue Teams" for Drago, "the Black Team" for Rocky, "Jillian" for Duke and Paulie (and yes, Jillian does have the bad-assedness to stand in for two people) and ...

"The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my... father"

It's been a long and hard road for the Rock of Love fans, but we are near the end. In fact, there's only 3 girls left. Although, I think perhaps two of them should have been hospitalized for blood alcohol poisoning after the Vegas trip we witnessed last week.

The summer is coming to a close, and so is Big Brother. There are only 2 people left in the house and we've seen a lot of backstabbing, emotional breakdowns, hate speech and verbal abuse, and if that's not entertainment, I don't know what is.

It's been a long and traumatic season for Big Brother fans, yet here we are in the final throes of the grand psychodrama. There are only 3 HGs left in the house, but I feel certain we can manage at least a little more backstabbing. Please? Well, we aren't going to find out here in the opener, so let's get to the goods! We start as we always start, with a whole lot of previouslys.

Welcome to another season of The Biggest Loser, where the routine contempt America has for fat people is combined with the ritual humiliation aspect of the reality show. Now that's empowerment!

It’s been a long haul on Big Brother 8, but we’re nearly down to the end.  Someone has finally flexed enough to put Dick and Daniele on the block, but is it too little, too late?  Must we really be subjected to the spectacle of those two competing for the win?  Is there no relief in sight?

Apparently Haim will not be returning for this, the last episode of the season (as you may remember he flew out of town in the previous episode). So, that leaves Feldman and Susie here to remind us about all the wonder and magic in this season of The Two Coreys. Is there anything better than going out in your season finale with a clip show? I think not.

Oh, Rock of Love fans ... it feels like such a farce to go through the previouslys each week, as if something unexpected occurred. As if perhaps the girls put away the cans of Coors and opted instead for nice orange pekoe with a splash of milk. Instead of dry humping the stripper pole in the main room, they decided to change it up and discuss Sartre's defense of Existentialism. Alas, constant readers, no.

Our last episode had a double eviction that kept the show fast paced, engaging and while not surprising, at least it got us through the foregone conclusions with as little pain as possible. Which means that going back to the standard Big Brother show format this evening will be disagreeable to say the least.

This is the end, true believers, with a double-sized finale for Who Wants to Be a Superhero? When last we met, Parthenon was (surprisingly) sent home, leaving as the final three Defuser, Hygena and Hyper-Strike. We open with the heroes repeating the phrase "step it up" in reference to their collective game. Then they take time out to watch Hyper-Strike juggle. Continue reading »

Tonight promises to be a busy one in the Big Brother house, and not just because Daniele has a lot of whining to do, Dick has a lot of verbal abuse to accomplish, Eric and Jessica have kissing to catch up on, Jameka has praying to get out of the way and Zach has ... well, whatever. Tonight is also a double eviction night!

It's been two weeks since the last Top Chef: Miami, but the loss of Tre still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. Let's see if the judges did better this time around.

And so Crying Amber has left our lives, leaving a tiny hole in the household and a vast gulf in the repertoire of easy jokes to make about Big Brother 8. With Zach finally acting as the wild card and Jessica nominated for eviction, things finally promise to break wide open on the way to the endgame.

Welcome to the Church of Class! Oh wait, this is Rock of Love. Welcome to the Church of Trash!

It's Sunday, and that means that it's time for another Big Brother episode! We start with our previouslys, showing Jessica nominating Zach and Amber, while Dick and Daniele doubt her loyalty to their alliance. For no apparent reason. But, in quid quo pro, Jessica and Eric are wondering about Dick and Daniele too.

Wow, they're not messing around. After the Model Life recap and title credits they go straight to revealing the fates of our Models-In-Training.

Sisters are doin' it for themselves as we rejoin Who Wants to Be a Superhero? -- at least, Hygena is claiming that with Whip-Snap's dismissal, she's got to represent for all the women that were previously booted. Me, I'd be in it for myself. Remember, we're at the final four. It's not like the guys are helping each other win, or that Hygena would get to bring back Basura and the gang for her comic-book debut, so the sisterhood seems misplaced. Continue reading »

Happy Thursday, Big Brother fans! I can hardly wait to see who gets the boot this week! Jessica is HoH, which made everyone quite jovial, until it came time to nominate people for eviction. Now it's down to either Zach (the ogre) or Amber (the hate-monger), because Eric won the PoV last Tuesday and decided not to use it. Which went over GREAT! And by "great", I mean not!

It's time for your Tuesday dose of Big Brother, one of the nights where the contests mean something! Previously on Big Brother: Eric stalls with Jessica (still); Dick and Daniele bicker (more); Jameka and Zach try to sink Dick and Daniele (as usual); America's Player manages to swing the vote (again), and persuades his way into getting Amber nominated for eviction alongside Zach.

Scott Baio, we hardly knew ye. Tonight's episode marks the season finale of Scott Baio is 45...and Single and it starts off with him talking about good and bad decisions he has made over the course of his life.

I cannot believe it's already Sunday, and time to take out the trash. That's right, it's Rock of Love night! We start the show with the same previouslys we see every week. The girls dumpster dive, pole dance, drink and finally agreed on one thing - they all hate Lacey. Lacey worked on getting Sam tossed out  but failed and Magdalena left, taking her man voice with her. Who will go this week?

This week's Corey-de-force starts with Haim making breakfast for the woman currently sharing his bed, Joanna (the girl from England). Haim brings a delicious looking breakfast-in-bed meal to her, but Joanna is already awake. Truth be told, Joanna is packing her bags - she tells him that she has to go.

Welcome to Sunday's Big Brother!  The house is getting smaller, the alliances are getting trickier, and the back stabbing is becoming more frequent.

Welcome, my friends, to what is the penultimate episode of A Model Life. The recap summarizes the season so far and reminds us that Angelika, Abigail and Michelle are the only ones to book a runway show so far.  And I'm wondering if Michelle is planning on using Angelika as a plasma donor at the end of the series.

We begin another episode of Who Wants to Be a Superhero? with a little quiet musing by the remaining contestants. They're down to the final five, see, half of the original group, and that's getting the gang down. Nothing picks up the spirits, though, like an attack by Dr. Dark.

We started the week with Jameka and Amber on the block. Amber received visions from God that she would win the PoV, but she lost and she cried. Daniele took the PoV instead, but used it to save Amber and I cried. So tonight, it's down to Jen or Jameka. Who's going to leave the Big Brother house? Will Amber cry? Will the squirrels finally leave their nest in Julie Chen's hair? Let's find out!

After last week's non-elimination, the remaining eight Top Chef: Miami contestants had to once again engage in Restaurant Wars. Frankly, I went into this episode fully expecting a double elimination just to be fair ... and a little mean. But would Sara be able to keep from biting Howie's head off? Would Brian control his sweating problem? And would Dale and Hung learn from their decorating faux pas?

Before we start, I just want to assure you guys that Piers Morgan is okay. You may have heard that he cracked some ribs in a Segway crash over the weekend, but he made it to the live finale, albeit in so much pain that he barely moved or spoke.

Deals have been made with the devil (a.k.a. Evil Dick), Dustin got the boot, and Jameka and Amber are out in the cold. Jen is trying to stay off the radar, Eric and Jessica may be flirting a little too much and no one knows who Zach is. The Big Brother house is getting stranger, folks! Let's watch it devolve further.

TV viewers have been awaiting Tuesday (Aug. 21) night's finale of FOX's On the Lot with the same degree of eager anticipation as Red Sox fans preparing for an Eric Gagne relief appearance. Dread passed into resignation a long time ago, certainly by the time Zach Lipovsky essentially eliminated himself, but probably several months earlier.