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As my recent posts have brought to light, we can't always get along.
I love Tyler Labine on Reaper. Some of you do. Some of you think he's doing a bad Jack Black impersonation. And some of you won't even watch the show because he's on it.
I couldn't like The Office last week. Many of you agree with me. While a large contingent thinks I totally missed the point of the episode. My sister swears its better when you watch it a second time (I haven't been able to bring myself to do that yet).
I can't believe Michael Johns is gone. A bunch of you think it was time for him to go.
As we talked about earlier this season with the great Pushing Daisies Debate of 2007 what I love about TV is that we can all watch the same thing and have very different reactions.
But what I wanted to hear about was the biggest TV disagreement you've ever had with a colleague, friend, or family member.
I still remember a heated argument I had with a friend of mine about Buffy the Vampire Slayer (bet you're not surprised). My friend dismissed the show as being exploitive to women, silly, and a stupid teen show. I felt like I had been punched in the stomach. I argued with her for about 15 minutes and then said to her, "We have to stop talking about this. I love the show and I know it's just a TV show but it's so upsetting to me that this is what you think of it." And we never spoke of it again.
So that's my biggest TV argument. What's yours?
Where Have I Seen Them Before?
David and Ed recognized M.C. Gainey, Tom Friendly on Lost, as the lawyer Braxton Smalls on Bones.
Jen recognized Haviland Morris as the marriage counselor on One Tree Hill. As Jen correctly remembered, Morris was Caroline in Sixteen Candles and we just saw her as the mother of one of the girls accused of murder on Canterbury's Law.
There were a slew of familiar faces on Eli Stone. Ginni recognized Jennifer Aspen as the veterinarian. Aspen was Daphne on Party of Five, Janet on Bob Patterson, and Trina on Rodney. And most recently we saw her as the woman dating one of the conjoined twins on Grey's Anatomy. Ginni also caught Sterling K. Brown as the inmate who couldn't get a parole hearing. He's Roland on Army Wives and Gordon on Supernatural.
All this week's bonus points go to DJ who recognized Dave Giuntoli as Maggie's fiancé on Eli Stone. Giuntoli played himself on both Road Rules and Real World/Road Rules Challenge. He's also popped up on episodes of Nip/Tuck, Ghost Whisperer and Veronica Mars.
Joanna recognized Michael Mitchell as the burn victim who wanted to attend his high school graduation on Scrubs. Mitchell was Bronson Pope on Veronica Mars and Derek on Invasion.
Joanna also recognized Beth Grant as Dwight's date on The Office. She was Gracie on Jericho and this season we saw her on Bones and According to Jim.
Daveigh Chase was the heart transplant patient who disappeared on Without a Trace. Chase is Rhonda on Big Love. Suzanne Cryer was her mother. Cryer was Ashley on Two Guys and a Girl. And file under interesting - both ER and Without a Trace had a heart transplant story on the same night).
Jay Paulson, Physical Phil on October Road, was Dean James, the man accused of murder on CSI.
Harris Yulin was Elizabeth's father on Canterbury's Law. I'll always remember him as Quentin Travers on Buffy. He was also Roger Stanton on 24 and we just saw him as Rafe on Cashmere Mafia.
Ask TV Gal
Please, would you tell me what is the status of Men In Trees? It happens to be one of my very favorite show and to take it off the air without any explanation is deplorable! Patty
Well the good news, Patty, is that Men In Trees returns with new episodes tonight (Wednesday at 10 p.m. on ABC). In this week's episode, Marin meets Julia, the woman who was lost at sea with Jack. Next week Sofia Vergara guest stars as a writer of relationship books. And the really good news is that Sam and Jane are in both of these episodes. After that though, shenanigans start to happen. Boston Legal takes over the Wednesday 10 p.m. time slot beginning April 30. And then Men in Trees will return on May 28 to complete the season and have its season finale Wednesday, June 11 at 10 p.m.
So, I just read on TV news that Michael Trevino from Cane was cast in a CW show. Though I noticed it hasn't been on since the strike, I hadn't heard anything about Cane being cancelled? Do you know anything? Janin
Alas poor Cane exists in that weird TV place where it hasn't officially been cancelled but no one thinks we'll be seeing a second season of the show. With the writer's strike this season, many shows suffered that same fate -- the network aired all available episodes and then never said anything direct about the fate of the show (see NBC's Journeyman and ABC's Cashmere Mafia.) What will most likely happen is that when CBS announces its fall schedule in May, Cane simply won't be on it.
Smallville
The CW has sent out a preview of Thursday night's episode. Check out these links but warning the clips (and here's one more) do contain spoilers.
Fun Contest
If you ever watched a movie or TV show and thought, I can do that. This competition may be for you. Lifetime Networks is launching the Every Woman's Film Competition, open to all aspiring female filmmakers. Check it out at http://www.mylifetime.com/sweeps/ewfc/submit.php
That's all for today. I'll be back on Friday with this week's familiar faces and to discuss the return of Brothers & Sisters (I'm having issues with the preview tape that should be resolved by then). Have a question? Seen a familiar face? Want to nominate a quote of the week or a topic for discussion. Write me at amytvgal@zap2it.com. Talk to you on Friday.
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I've definitely had that Buffy conversation - I could never understand how people could automatically dismiss it. I was actually made fun of for watching - those idiots didn't know what they were missing!
a very good friend of mine whom I was trying to convince to watch Veronica Mars once dismissed me with a, "well... she looks kind of ugly". I should have known - her idea of a perfect show with absolutely no flaws is Grey's Anatomy. I stopped trying after that.
I just watched "The Office" episode today on-line, and I am with you. It made me uncomfortable watching it, and I was not even at the dinner! :)
Oh, and I loved, "Buffy" too. So what if it was a teeny-bopper show.
I'm having an ongoing argument with my mother about whether or not Aaron (LOST) counts as one of the Oceanic Six. She thinks he is, I (despite all evidence to the contrary) swear that he isn't, and until incontrovertible proof is presented to me, that's the belief I'm stickin' with.
It's reminiscent of American Idol a few years ago, when I was *SURE* Bo Bice was going to win and it turned out to be Carrie Underwood. Not that she didn't deserve it, I just really liked Bo ;)
I've had the same Buffy conversation many MANY times...
I've also had similar debates with people who dismiss The Simpsons or South Park as "cartoons" and therefore won't watch them.
Also, did anyone notice that Sweets girlfriend on Bones was played by Delia from My So-Called Life. She's looking incredible these days!
My biggest throw-down was with a friend of mine about American Idol the season that Taylor and McPheever battled in the finals. I was living abroad so I had no sense of America's leanings in the competition, but it was pretty clear that Katherine McPhee was the more talented of the two competitors. So I explained to my friend that she *should* win b/c she was a better singer, and that Taylor was only interesting to people b/c of his ridiculous performances and b/c he has an everyman quality (with the gray hair and all), and nobody would actually want to listen to him on the radio. My friend FERVENTLY disagreed with me and we battled on the phone for about 20 minutes before I awkwardly changed the subject. I couldn't speak to my friend for about 2 wks after Taylor won. I was so disappointed in America.
I guess the joke was on him, though, b/c Taylor Hicks hasn't done too well for himself post-Idol.
Um, I am constantly defending Desperate Housewives. A lot of my friends refuse to watch it saying that its really dirty and filthy. While i tend to kind of agree with them as far as early season 1, the show is sometimes more tame than other shws that are on tv.
BTW, Spent the entire weekend watching FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS season 1 and 2 and love it and am so sad that i have no more episodes to watch. Coach and tammy are my favorite as well as Matty Sarencen. Anyway, thought you'd enjoy another fan ready to watch it when it comes on next year! :(
I think Veronica Mars sucked. I tried several times to get into it, but I thought the storylines were stupid and full of plot holes, the production values were terrible, and most of the acting was subpar. And I know everyone else loved the show.
"Reasonable Doubts"--I was shocked when Tess (Marlee Matlin) slept with someone on the first date--my sister told me I was being a prude. I'm still a prude--but I enjoyed the show.