You have no idea how bummed I am that I won’t be able to watch SUPERNATURAL “Jump the Shark” on Thursday, April 23rd. Why you ask? Well, I’ll be knee deep in the 2nd night of The Independent Film Festival of Boston so I promise to watch at some point. In the meantime I’ll have to live vicariously through these preview clips.

*Please let this 3rd Winchester brother thing play out in a way that won’t make me want to throw my flatscreen out the window…

Check out some clips from Supernatural “Jump the Shark”:

Sci-Fi’s BSG prequel of sorts, CAPRICA will be released on DVD April 21st. As I’ve mentioned before, the premiere of Caprica will be on DVD before it actually airs on your television screen.

In these recession times the best way to watch CAPRICA is for free? Ducky Does TV is happy to host a contest for you to win your very own copy of Caprica courtesy of Universal Home Entertainment.

First, watch this new clip from CAPRICA:

Second, in the comments section tell me what you’re most interested in learning about the BSG world through Caprica.

Third, I pick a winner on April 21st and huzzah, two lucky people win free copies of Caprica! That’s right, 2 winners!

Fourth, while you’re waiting for me to announce the winners, check out Discover Caprica for exclusive video clips and more info about the show.

Watch the full CAPRICA Trailer

CAPRICA SYNOPSIS:
An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet Caprica. The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have collided, along with the fates of two families. Joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror, two rival clans led by powerful patriarchs, Joseph Adama (Esai Morales, Jericho) and Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz, The Butterfly Effect) duel in an era of questionable ethics, corporate machinations and unbridled personal ambition as the final war for humanity looms. The latest phenomenon from the executive producers of Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore and David Eick), set in a time over 50 years earlier, Caprica is entirely its own world – provocative, thrilling and startling relevant to our own.

The return of one of my favorite telvision shows is just around the corner! It’s not possible is it? Is it almost that time of year again? My windows were open all day, it was 70 degrees here in Boston and that means summer is almost upon us. You know what summer brings don’t you? It brings Lythgoe, Murphy, Shankman and the goddess herself Cat Deeley back to my television screen!!!

Welcome to So You Think You Can Dance Season 5:

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 premieres Thursday, May 21st at 8pm.

4 real!

I wanted to take a minute to pimp a new web-series that my friends Anne and Deb have been working on for the last year or so. It’s a wacky, dark and off-color comedy from their twisted and demented brains!

IS THAT YOURS? is written, directed and acted by stars Anne Continelli, Deb Malone, Nancy Pearson and Katie Graycar. Following a group of women (that may or may not be friends) as they navigate life through drinking and inappropriate behavior is shockingly hilarious. Anne and Deb really shine in this, their labor of love so check it out!

The first 5 episodes of IS THAT YOURS? are available online so there’s really no excuse to not be watching the show. It’s free, there’s some demonic Kenyan possession, a dead black man on the floor and a trip to the gayest place on the eastern seaboard, Provincetown – something for everyone… unless you’re an NRA member with a shotgun in the backseat.

FOX’s new show GLEE won’t officially hit the airwaves until Fall 2009 but I’m already completely obsessed. You can catch a sneak peek of GLEE after IDOL on May 19th at 9pm but then sadly it disappears and probably gets buried in the fall shuffle.

GLEE is an hour long musical comedy that follows the McKinley High School Glee Club as they try to make their way from the laughing stock of the school to National Champions! Did I mention it’s from the awesome Ryan Murphy who created NIP/TUCK and POPULAR? Yes, it will be that twisted! You’re intrigued, no?

Starring Broadway’s Matthew Morrison (Hairspray), Lea Michele (Spring Awakening’s original Wendle), Jessalyn Gilsig (Heroes, Boston Public), Jayma Mays (Heroes), Cory Monteith (Kyle XY) and guesting legends like Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) and Victor Garber (Alias) – this show couldn’t be right up my gay alley (pun intended).

Watch the new extended GLEE trailer and sing out Louise:

You’re completely hooked now, admit it!

It makes me so sad that our time with David Tennant as The Doctor is almost up but it makes me super frakkin’ excited to see this new teaser trailer for DOCTOR WHO “The Waters of Mars” airing sometime later this year.

You state your name and rank sista! I cannot wait…

Did anyone see the Doctor Who “Planet of the Dead” Easter Special with Michelle Ryan this past week? How was it? Do I need to see it NOW?

This is quite possibly one of the funniest videos EVER! Here’s RACHEL MADDOW trying to make it through the “teabagging” segment on her show. Wait until 2:07 when she really starts losing it, I was rolling! I can’t even deal with “we’re not allowed to talk about fiscal teabaggers”… this is brilliant.

Hey gang, I just wanted to take a quick minute in between festival duties to say that I’ve seen both of TV’s big 10pm premieres tonight and you should check them out for very different reasons. HARPER’S ISLAND is campy and fun while SOUTHLAND is gritty, a little quirky and incredibly well done.

HARPER’S ISLAND premieres on CBS at 10pm and like I said, it’s a very fun (somewhat campy) horror murder mystery that will play out over the next 13 weeks. Really, do I need to tell you more than it has Christopher Gorham in it and he’s just the cutest thing on earth? Yes? Okay… how about Katie Cassidy for all the straight boys (and gay girls) out there? Still want more? There’s at least one death in the premiere. You’re still asking for more? There’s lots of blood… and water… and half naked girls… and sex… and people hanging from trees… and did I mention Christopher Gorham?

Oh, here’s something I hadn’t mentioned before… Elaine Cassidy – she rocks! She plays Abby Mills who’s coming back to Harper’s Island for the first time since a serial killer got a little up close and personal… payback’s a bitch!

Alright, you want the lowdown? I really enjoyed the premiere of Harper’s Island – it’s a fun who-dun-it with some good old fashion horror thrown in. I think it has some problems, it’s a little campy, but overall I think it works to the shows advantage. I appreciate that the creators have a plan and an endgame in mind so we only have to think about 13 weeks worth of storylines. There are a set number of people and a promise to kill most of them as the weeks go on and on – I’m down with that. The good thing is that I truly want to find out who’s behind all of this mayhem so I’m in it for the long haul. Even better, some of these characters are total douches that I want them to die, isn’t that part of the fun? One by one…

Check out a little behind the scenes action to get you in the mood for your trip to Harper’s Island…

Now over on NBC at the exact same time (thank you scheduling geniuses) is the premiere of SOUTHLAND. I was so pleasantly surprised by Southland because I honestly had zero interest in taking on another show before I watched the screener and I can now say that I loved it.

It’s very well shot, acted and written and I was shocked at the heart the show represents. I love that the focus isn’t on any one character or storyline in particular but on the job as a whole. It’s an ensemble drama that follows multiple LAPD officers on multiple cases throughout the city and we’re slowly let into their personal lives over the course of any given episode. It seems natural, organic and almost documentary-like in its storytelling techniques and honestly, who doesn’t love a show that bleeps out the swear words?

Regina King rocks. It’s good to see C. Thomas Howell working again (wasn’t he eaten by a cougar on 24). I’ve always had a soft spot for Shawn Hatosy so you can’t lose there. Tom Everett Scott? He’s doing that thing he do-woooooo. I’m always happy to see Michael Cudlitz in anything so… Benjamin McKenzie steps very easily out of the Ryan Atwood role to shine as the rookie on the beat – the one we’re obviously supposed to identify with most.

Still not sold? What if I told all of you fans of THE O.C. that you finally get to see Oliver get his tonight? Ahhhh, now I’ve got ya.

Don’t miss SOUTHLAND tonight on NBC, it’s pretty fantastic!

After what seems like a millennium, FRINGE returns tonight with an all new episode entitled “Inner Child”. If you haven’t taken advantage of the mini-hiatus to get caught up with J.J. Abrams newest brainchild, what’s your frakkin’ problem? Fringe is not only a tight thriller, it’s witty and at times down right scary.

The Observer is the best recurring character since The Man From Another Place (Twin Peaks) and spotting him week to week has become an obsession of mine. Walter is the adorable kooky scientist, Peter his son is Joshua Jackson (’nuff said) and Olivia has become so much more than we ever imagined.

“Inner Child” Synopsis:
Second before a building is demolished, a mysterious mute child that has been living alone underground is discovered. When FBI’s Fringe Division investigates, the boy forms an unspoken connection with Agent Olivia Dunham.

Meanwhile, an especially gruesome serial killer resurfaces and showcases his “artistry” by displaying his work publicly. As the boy gradually assimilates into a new enviroment, Olivia and the team must race against the clock to prevent the mad man from further macabre.

Get ready for the return of FRINGE:

Here is a clip from tonight’s episode “Inner Child”

FRINGE airs tonight at 9pm on FOX

Here’s the sad thing folks… I watched this episode of CHUCK last week and meant to post about it sooner but didn’t have the time. While all of my blogger friends are joining in and making this the week of Bartowski, I forgot to tease you all about watching last night’s episode so I’ve done a major fail. Oh well…

In part I think I held my post because I didn’t think the episode was as huge and amazing as people had built it up to be and I didn’t know how to convey that without sounding like a dick.

Don’t get me wrong, its a good episode of Chuck but with all the hype surrounding the arrival of their Father, the reveal of Orion and Chevy Chase guest starring, it didn’t live up to the expectations I had for “Chuck vs. the Dream Job” going into it. I expected “Chuck vs. the Santa Claus” type greatness and let’s face it, it’s hard to top Big Mike in a Santa suit.

So while this was not the best Chuck episode it was very important in the mythology of the show and it had a lot of relationship drama that really gets to the heart of Chuck as a show.

Here are some of my quick thoughts as the episode was unfolding, including some of my favorite quotes. Let me know what you think…

So like I said, it wasn’t the biggest most badass episode of CHUCK this season but it was a good episode that made me laugh and even tugged at my heart strings a little while saying “aww shucks” to myself once or twice. That’s something!

If it’s Monday that means it’s CHUCK time! While you may worship Bartowski, Sarah, Casey and Awesome it’s very apparent that not everyone is watching one of my favorite shows on television.

With only 3 episodes left, the sad news is that a 3rd season of Chuck is not a done deal. Monday’s at 8pm are a highly competitive time slot what with Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Dancing with the Stars, House and Gossip Girl to contend with. Rumor has it that the show is very much on the bubble and that a decision may not be made until May. That scares me a little bit.

Chuck airs a very special episode tonight entitled “Chuck vs. The Dream Job” which finally answers a lot of questions that the series has been setting up for the last two seasons. To name just a few: What happened to Papa Bartowski? Who the hell is Orion? And most important of all… Will Ellie ever forgive Capt. Awesome for his bachelor party/cylon action?

To coincide with this super special episode, I thought that I’d post my Top 5 CHUCK episodes from the last two seasons. It’s my little way of honoring the show and getting the word out there that people need to watch the show or it may disappear. Below are my Top 5 in no particular order with one of my favorite clips from that episode.

CHUCK VS. SANTA CLAUS

CHUCK VS. THE COUGARS

CHUCK VS. THE NEMESIS

CHUCK VS. THE GRAVITRON

PILOT

Okay, I showed you mine now show me yours. What are your favorite CHUCK episodes?

I’ve been waiting for this very meta-SUPERNATURAL since I heard about it and I must say, it was well worth the wait!

“The Monster at the End of This Book” plunges Dean and Sam into an investigation where they’re legends of a sort… through a series of books based on their previous investigations. How do Sam and Dean solve a mystery that’s already been written and how do you possibly change an outcome that may or may not come from a higher power?

Here’s the opening of the episode and it’s pretty amazing. Check out the looks on Sam and Dean’s faces when the guy says “LARP(ing)” – it’s pretty genius but nothing is as genius as what comes 3:00 minutes in. Watch and die with squee…

More of my favorite moments from “The Monster at the End of This Book” after the jump… (more…)

CBS’s new horror/murder mystery HARPER’S ISLAND is still 8 days away but that doesn’t mean I can’t help get you just a little bit excited!

You’ve been cordially invited to the wedding of Trish and Henry

Tomorrow nights episode of SUPERNATURAL entitled “The Monster at the End of This Book” looks incredibly fun and remarkably meta. You can’t tell me that fangirls and boys everywhere wouldn’t kill for some Winchester romance novel action.

“The Monster at the End of This Book” Synopsis:
A VERY META SUPERNATURAL — Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) are shocked to discover a series of comic books titled “Supernatural” that accurately detail their lives as demon hunters. They track down the writer, Carver Edlund (guest star Rob Benedict), who explains he has visions of the brothers that he then turns into comic books. Chuck reveals that Lilith (guest star Katherine Boecher) is coming and she has a plan for Sam. Mike Rohl directed the episode written by Julie Siege.

“The Monster at the End of This Book” Clip:

“The Monster at the End of This Book” Preview:

Cannot wait!!!

Teens today don’t get how ground breaking and revolutionary THE REAL WORLD was back when it hit the airwaves in 1992. It rocked my world. It captivated everyone my age. It spoke to teens in a way that television never had before. It represented American youth, good bad and the ugly in a way that seemed respectful and almost educational.

I sat there in awe of the social experiment before me and I fell in love with seven strangers because they were REAL!

For the last decade, the show has become a heinous train wreck full of despicable human beings and STDs. If The Real World of my youth taught me tolerance and diversity, The Real World of today is teaching people how to be whores, rageaholics and walking breast implants.

Before you jump down my throat, I have watched the Brooklyn cast and for the first time in a long time, the show seems like the show I fell in love with 17 years ago. Sure I wanna punch some of them in the face and tell them to grow the fuck up but overall, this season has been about tolerance and diversity. I like that. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that they featured the AIDS Ride (and The Center) I participate in heavily.

So… out of nowhere this MTV flick pops up called PEDRO: THE MOVIE and I’m sitting here shaking my head. WTF?!

Why make a fictionalized account of something we all witnessed on television and in the closest thing to reality we could? MTV surely has thousands of hours of footage from the San Francisco season so I don’t understand what the purpose of this film is.

Why hire 3rd rate actors (sorry kids) to sleep and/or ham their way through scenes we all know, love and can probably recite word for word when you have THE ACTUAL FUCKING FOOTAGE?

The target demo for MTV today is not people that remember Pedro or what he did for the face of AIDS in America. I don’t want to rehash it all but he really did give a face to a disease people thought always happened to “them.” It hit home for a lot of parents and he made an impact on America. He was a gay man living with AIDS who was well spoken, incredibly smart, handsome and genuinely beautiful as a person. It was good for people to see this and for President Clinton to embrace him. It helped lessen the stigma.

So what I don’t understand is why they’re making this movie and not just airing a documentary to honor him with real footage of the real man that is Pedro Zamora?

It’s really working my nerve. This bugs the shit out of me. It seems like exploitation at its finest but for what reason? I don’t get it.

I had just come out to my family right before the San Francisco season aired and it was huge for me to see an openly gay and normal guy representing my life in some way, shape or form. I grew to admire what he was doing, his mission and his importance. I watched as he and Sean committed themselves to each other. I watched as he got sick and was hospitalized. I watched his funeral for heavens sake and cried my eyes out. It was real and it was important to me. That’s why I’m pissed.

Whatever…

Have I seen the film? No. I’m passing judgment because well, the previews and the clips I’ve seen are horrifyingly bad. I know that Dustin Lance Black wrote the screenplay but that means nothing. There shouldn’t be a screenplay. He lived his life in front of the camera for a reason, to teach people about AIDS and tolerance. This only cheapens his mission in my eyes. That’s my right and my opinion.

Here’s the only thing I’ll promote that’s accompanying this film. Here’s a clip of President Clinton talking about Pedro and the impact his life had on all of us. It’s tasteful which is more than I can say for what MTV’s concocted… allegedly!

If you want to see what the real Pedro was all about, check this video out. Someone has placed the 1994 tribute MTV did about Pedro on youtube. It’s a duped VHS recording and that makes it all the more kick ass.

Part 1:

The rest of the Pedro tribute videos after the jump… (more…)