Our final night of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE auditions takes us to Los Angeles and Seattle. As we’re coming to the end of the first looks, I’m sad to say that there are really no stand outs for Season 5. I haven’t been completely blown away or surprised by any of the performances this season and that scares me a little bit. I’m also nervous that a SYTYCD Season 5 Boyfriend hasn’t even appeared for the slightest of seconds yet. I mean, let’s face it… that’s part of the fun in watching the show.
In L.A. Adam Shankman finally joined Toothy and Mary for some Judging action and not a moment too soon. After last night’s Tyce debacle, I need a respectable gay up there holding court! Welcome back Shankman, we love you! Also in the house are Season 4 vets Comfort Fedoke, Katee Shean and Winner Joshua Allen. On with the show…
LOS ANGELES AUDITIONS:
Starting off the night was returning tapper Bianca Revel who looks a hell of a lot like Real World vet Aneesa but taps like Gregory Hines. She’s got a great personality, some killer hair and an adorable Mom. Girl, get your ass to Vegas!
Brynelle and Xaviar Blanton have to be the oddest brother and sister coupling since Angelina made out with her brother on the Red Carpet back in the blood vile days. I loved watching this audition because it was like the two of them examined every contemporary dance routine the show’s ever aired and tried to incorporate it into their try-out. The best part is that they have no training or comfort in their movements. It was so awkward that I had to watch it a couple times. What was with Brynelle’s eye shadow? They’re not really brother and sister are they? Can’t be.
Zaftig Debra Lawson was amazing! She was by no means a great dancer but that girl worked it out and had a blast! I don’t know about that whole Orthodox thing but I do know that she had some good moves. How funny was it when the music stopped and Nigel thought she was done, only to have the song burst to life and Debra spring back into action? Genius, I was dying.
The whole time I was watching 30 year old Calico Sequeria do her swingin’ I kept thinking that she’d be really good in a club or VW hall somewhere and it I had to pat myself on the back when Nigel called her out for being a social skilled dancer. Look at me with my trained eye (riiiight!). Can we talk about how much she must have been dying when Shankman got on stage with her? Oh and I love that his age was listed as 21-ish. Boy can move, no?
International Latin Ballroom couple Asuka Kondoh and Ricky Sun are back for another try. Asuka made it to the final cut in Vegas last year and I really enjoy watching her. Is she as good as an Anya? Not really but girl can move and the camera loves her. The stripper dress was a little much and if I’m being honest, I totally forgot about Ricky. Sorry dude. Shankman’s pushing Asuka down the stairs comment FTW! I love that guy.
Once again they blew through a number of interesting dancers that hopefully we’ll see more from in Vegas and again I hate when they do that.
Jailbait Nathan Trasoras is the first guy in contention for Ducky (and presumably GMMR’s) Season 5 Boyfriend. He’s tall, dark, handsome, talented, rosy cheeked and j’adorable. I watched his audition 3x because it was *that* good. OMFG, I’m dying… he’s only 17 and ineligible for Season 5. I’m so sad. Luckily though he got a ticket to Vegas for Season 6, so there you have it. See you in the fall Jailbait!
Day 2 in Los Angeles brought 19 year old Sammy Ramirez to the stage and he’s a fun popper/locker. The best part of his audition was watching Cat do some wrestling moves. Is he the best popper we’ve seen? No but the kid’s damn good. He’s a Jr. Robert Muraine and I have my fingers crossed that he does well in choreography.
Stacey House was the spaz sporting the Olivia “Physical” outfit and dancing to Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams” and she had me rollin’. Obviously she not right for the show but it cracked a smile on my face and that works for me tonight!
Amanda Kerby is the sickening sweet American girl and her backstory involves a sick Dad with MS. Was she amazing? Hardly. Was she good enough? Sure. I feel like her nerves were getting the best of her because its apparent she has the training but she wasn’t landing everything which means there was something going on.
Phillip Chbeeb showed up and because he got sick last season, Nigel just called him off stage and handed him a ticket to Vegas even though he was there as a couple this season! I love that kid!!! Arielle Coker worked with Phillip and taught him partnering. Their blending contemporary with Phillips’s style was interesting. Thankfully she’s got the skills to make it to Vegas and stand out on stage next to that kid.
The auditions continued with Alexi Agdeppa who had a wonderfully gorgeous routine, Diana Vaden that sauced up what we normally know as contemporary, and “crazy” Chanel Smith joined the choreography crew. Chanel was cut, Sammy Ramirez made it to Vegas as did Diana and Alexi.
Last week I was on the set of USA Networks newest series ROYAL PAINS and I had a blast! I got to hang the cast, the crew, tour the set and walk home with my very own Royal Pains Hampton’s centric beach bag chock full o’ goodies to get me through my summer in The Hamptons PTown.
Set in the exclusive Hamptons, the show follows Mark Feuerstein as he becomes the newest Concierge Doctor for hire in town after some hard luck back in the city. Royal Pains fits right into USA’s already stellar lineup of “character” centric series’ and I can’t wait for everyone to see the premiere on Thursday, June 4th at 10pm.
How To Enter:
Watch the following preview and tell me what you’d do with your time in The Hamptons if given the chance this summer.
What Do You Win? ROYAL PAINS SUMMER TOTE
A perfect bag is a perfect prescription for fun! Filled with all the essentials for a lazy summer weekend, the Royal Pains tote is just what the Hamptons ordered!
First Aid Kit
Travel Scrabble
“Cure Your Royal Pains” T-Shirt
Prescription “Candy” Bottle
Hamptons Magazine
Oversized Beach Blanket
Royal Pains Red Band-Aid Box with Custom Band-Aids
The Hamptons Dictionary
Tate’s Cookie Carton
Kiehl’s Summer Lotions Kit
Playing Cards
Inflatable Inner Tube
I can tell you from experience that the Tate’s Cookies are quite amazing, The Hamptons Dictionary will teach you words like “Counter Monkey” and seriously who doesn’t love them some Kiehl’s?
Deadline:
Contest runs through June 11th at 11pm (right after the 2nd episode airs). One winner will be announced on the 12th.
USA will launch the 75-minute limited commercial premiere of ROYAL PAINS, the network’s newest original scripted series, on Thursday, June 4 at 10/9c immediately following the Season 3 premiere of BURN NOTICE at its new timeslot 9/8c.
ROYAL PAINS stars Mark Feuerstein as Hank Lawson, a young E.R. doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for a patient’s death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant “doctor for hire” to the rich and famous. When the attractive administrator of the local hospital asks him to treat the town’s less fortunate, he finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others. The series also stars Paulo Costanzo, Jill Flint and Reshma Shetty.
Here is your chance to watch the entire series premiere of Showtime’s newest original show NURSE JACKIE (starring Edie Falco, Peter Facinelli and Merritt Wever) right now, online, for free! Thanks to Showtime for letting me be one of the TV Bloggers getting the chance to post this for you!
I watched the screener about a month ago and seriously fell in love with the show. It’s pretty dark humor wise; Nurse Jackie is incredibly ballsy, flawed and interesting not to mention Edie Falco is damn near perfection in the role! Plus, you’ve gotta love any show that starts off with a line like “fucking nun” and calls God a prick – hallelujah you whackadoodle!
If you don’t have Showtime, here’s your chance to sneak a peek at the newest addition to their already stellar lineup and you don’t have to pay a thing. Gotta love that!
Watch the Premiere of NURSE JACKIE Now!
NURSE JACKIE premieres Monday, June 8th at 10:30 pm after the premeire of WEEDS!
Here are some of the deleted scenes from the pilot for FOX’s cramazing new comedy GLEE! Some of these are in the press screener sent out but some of these are some new gems I hadn’t seen before. Loves it!
Will Schuester Sings “Leaving on a Jet Plane”:
Will Schuester’s 1993 Glee Performance:
The 2009 Kids Try-on the 1993 Glee Outfits:
Puck Auditions for New Directions:
Sandy’s Glee Rehearsal (Pre-Groping Incident):
It’s still unclear if these scenes will make it into the Director’s Cut that is set to re-air in the Fall as GLEE relaunches and sets out for world domination but I imagine so!
Last night the auditions for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 continued in Miami and Memphis. The one thing I hate about locations auditions are the city centric call outs and stereotypical commentary. Enough with the salsa expectations, caliente, local flavor shout-outs. Give it a rest shall we?
MIAMI Auditions:
A faker crack pot named Tony Riendeau did some flopping around on the floor, coined his own style of dance “The Tony” and then proceeded to feign a Mariah exhaustion episode after being made fun of by the Judges. Nigel got a kick out of Tony which pisses me off because he’s so inconsistent. Either love them all or hate them all Nigel (like Simon does on IDOL) because I’m sick of your wishy-washy attitude with the jokester auditions. Toothy ass.
The quirky Priscilla Marrero can thankfully dance better than she can form a sentence. While her grasp of sentence structure and making any kind of sense are weak, her style was great and I really enjoyed watching her. I wonder what’s under that huge tent-like blue dress though. Is she stick thin or stocky like a gymnast? Better yet, is she preggers?
Season 4 rejects Janette Manrara and Romulo Villaverde brought some high energy semi-dangerlicious action to the stage. They had this crazy *pow* backflip split-lift thing that makes me wonder how many of Romulo’s teeth are original because you know that girl’s kicked him in the face more than 100 times or so in trying to perfect that move. Crazy!
Joseph Smith aka Sha-wham did this showy, limited routine that for some reason Nigel and Mary enjoyed but it worked my nerve. Was I the only one that thought he kinda looked like Urkel?
Tapper Erik “Silky” Moore was adorable and his Michael Jackson tap-homage was pretty damn good. His moon walk was sick, right? Even more sick was his worm-reverse worm action. Did he deserve a direct shot to Vegas? I don’t know, I would have loved to see what he could do with the choreography.
I had little to no confidence that pageant queen, Miss Washington Paris Torres, would be any good but her demented ballerina performance was one of my faves so far this season. It helps that it was set to Yael Naim’s haunting and simple version of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” – download it now, it’s cramazing!
I hate that we had limited views of contemporary dancer 19 year old Henry Riviero because his skill was excellent and the boy went straight to Vegas. Same with legs for miles Alex Wong and Megan Kinney (who btw has horribly fried and crispy hair).
The “Pulls at the Heartstrings Audition” goes to Talia Rickards who lost her young husband in a motorcycle accident a year prior to the audition. She mixed some street into her latin and salsa but it kinda bored me along with the Judges. She was good but she’s wasn’t show ready. Regardless, she made it through to choreography and ultimately to Vegas along with 31 other dancers.
The Bad Dancers of Miami:
The Terrible Gaudix Twins not only had bad outfits but bad eye shadow and dance moves. If Wislande Latang isn’t a stripper with her step-ball-change moves, stripper crotch flashes and tits, I’m a 35 year old married straight man with 4 children.
Before moving on to Memphis, can I just say that I’m way over guest judge Tyce Diorio. Right off the bat his commentary was annoying me. He just worked my nerve. He was trying to be funny and quirky and witty but he just came across as immature, fake and performy. Maybe it was seeing him be a douche in the doc Every Little Step that has me down on him or maybe he’s just a conceited asshole through and through, eithe way, how about we keep Tyce behind the scenes from now on? Is that a deal SYTYCD?
The pretty great Memphis audition recap is after the jump… (more…)
Check out the first preview and clips of The CW’s newest redux, MELROSE PLACE. Can someone tell me why people keep giving Ashley Simpson acting gigs? For reals, she’s worse than having a cadaver rotting on screen for an hour. Also, can someone tell me how on earth Sydney is alive and why she’s bedding Michael Mancini’s manchild (who if I recall would be her stepson)? Gross, this show just reeks of hot garbage. Sorry you got sucked in Michael Rady, I still love you.
I just breezed through the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 Premiere and I can’t tell you how happy I am that the show is back! I know that comes as no surprise to anyone that’s been following my blog for the last 4 years but hot damn, its like I forget how much I love it then, BLAM, I’m sucked right back in.
Tonight, the show started off the audition process in Brooklyn and ended in Denver. Along the way there were the usual dumbasses, deludinoids, and sycophants but I was happy to see that the main focus was on the talented dancers! I swear in years past they’ve focused more on the idiots, the fake-out backstories and the absurd more than they did tonight. If that was a conscious decision, I applaud you FOX. I know people love to see the funny auditions but I’m so over them and hate that by the time the Top 20 are revealed, we’ve barely seen half of them before. Maybe this year will be different. Fingers crossed!
NEW YORK AUDITIONS:
Brooklyn kicked off with an amazing talent in Gaby Rojas who was raised in the circus and brought down the house with her amazing contemporary routine! She claims to have some kind of arthritis (rheumatoid I believe) and I hope that it doesn’t hamper her chances because she was killer and I’d like to see what she can do with a lion and a hula hoop.
On ABDC there have been those crews that can do that whole bone breaking thing. It’s harsh to look at, trainwreck style its a totes fascination to me. Two kids from Brooklyn named Storyboard and Hobgoblin made my skin crawl. While Nigel, Mary, Napoleon and Tabitha shrieked in fake horror, all admitted to being completely amazed by their mutant mutations. Keep it up kids and you’ll be on that other dance show I love… ABDC FTW!
This year’s tap dancing talent wasn’t from some 16 year old fey boy but from some butch ass Rocky Balboa lookin’ Italian named Peter Sabastino. The guy was damn good, too bad he had on the most heinous outfit ever. One of those designer wife-beaters and huge (I’m talking HUGE) boxing shorts with tube socks. What the fug? Regardless, the kid was pretty damn good.
In the video interview with Japanese locker Nobuya I thought he was some kind of Paris Is Burning voguer from the House of Nobuya but he ended up being pretty damn good at poppin’ and lockin’! Who knew?
Arielle Taylor came back for yet another year of auditions and once again was sent to Vegas. I don’t really remember her, do you guys?
The Pot Stirrer and her partner what’s his face… Seriously the spins that Nina Estrina pulled off with her partner Igor Zabrodin were banoodles! While I don’t think they’re anywhere near as amazing as say Pasha and Anya, they may surprise us.
The first really emotional male contemporary dancer was Kellen Stancil who performed with a prop. I’m not a fan of the prop nor of the schmaltzy backstory. Sorry, I’m a heartless bitch, I know.
Chimezie is a kid that much like two kids from Season 4 has a ton of hip-hop skillz and only time will tell if he has the chops to pull off a Twitch (cramazing) or a Gev (meh)…
More Season 5 SYTYCD Auditions continue after the jump… (more…)
It seems hard to believe but my favorite summer show SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE kicks off Season 5 tonight.
Sure, there will be lots of really shitty auditions and we’ll barely see any of the kids that will make it into the top slots but who cares? We get Cat Deeley back in our lives and that my friends… is a good thing (unless she busts out the audience participation of “jidges”)!
Obviously GMMR and I will be doing our best to bring you a crazy amount of coverage and we hope to start up those SYTYCD Podcasts again because let’s face it, you’ve been asking and we’ve got plenty to say about the show.
While I’ve always been a huge fanboy for The WB/UPN turned The CW, I have to agree with my friend Rae that maybe we’re no longer their key demographic. Looking at the Fall 2009 lineup makes me finally realize I’m a 35 year old man, not a 14 year old girl.
Gone are the days when BUFFY, DAWSON’s, FELICITY, POPULAR and ROSWELL ruled my television landscape. It’s now being overrun with new versions of the shows I grew up with and that means its time to stop watching. Sure there are a couple shows I’ll tune into (SUPERNATURAL and possibly THE VAMPIRE DIARIES) but my DVR is no longer set to record everthing on every night. Sad but true.
Here’s what the tweens will be watching this Fall:
MONDAY
8 p.m. GOSSIP GIRL
9 p.m. ONE TREE HILL
TUESDAY
8 p.m. 90210
9 p.m. MELROSE PLACE
WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
9 p.m. THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE
THURSDAY
8 p.m. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
9 p.m. SUPERNATURAL
FRIDAY
8 p.m. SMALLVILLE
*Check out video previews of the new fall schedule over at TV Week.
One thing is clear, my CW viewing schedule is relatively light and I’m not really complaining. Little known fact, I stopped watching GOSSIP GIRL over a month ago and don’t plan on returning. Dirty little secret revealed.
I didn’t have time to pimp it before, but I’ve been in NYC for the last two days chillin’ with my blogging pal Amrie and my girl Chrissy for the ROYAL PAINS set visit. ROYAL PAINS is USA Networks newest addition to their “Characters Welcome” lineup.
Starring Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty, Jill Flint, Campbell Scott and Christine Ebersole, the show follows a down on his luck ER Doctor that is thrust into the world of Concierge Medicine for the Hamptons elite.
Feuerstein and Costanzo have this really freaky could actually be brothers thing happening and together, they’re wonderful to watch. Reshma Shetty and Jill Flint are awesome additions to the television landscape and do I really need to talk about Campbell Scott and Christine Ebersole? I didn’t think so…
In true USA fashion, this is not your typical relationship dramedy or medical procedural. There’s a lot of wit, humor, heart and passion behind these characters and it fits well with it lead-in BURN NOTICE! If you’re a fan of PSYCH, MONK or NOTICE make sure to check out the premiere on June 4th at 10pm.
In a couple days I’ll have pictures, interviews a giveaway and more to report from our incredibly fun day on the set of ROYAL PAINS so stay tuned!
If you missed last night’s premiere of the utterly cramazing FOX comedy GLEE, here is your chance to watch the show online for free! You have 3 weeks to watch this show as many times as you like, as I have! If you think Cory Monteith is your new TV Boyfriend, you’re dead wrong… that Canadian kid is mine and I will totally Reverse Rick Moranis that boy.
CBS is making a few changes to their Monday night lineup, taking over some of NBC’s 2nd hand goods and getting into the stone cold fox game with a new show starring Alex O’Laughlin.
The scariest change is moving THE BIG BANG THEORY to 9:30! I loved my comedy block of BBT and HIMYM not to mention it freed up the rest of my night for other shows. Separating them by two lesser shows is going to be annoying as hell. Just so you know. While I don’t like moving BBT, I’m all about moving THE MENTALIST to Thursday night at 10pm. It will make my loyal viewing that much easier. Thank you CBS! Same goes for COLD CASE which is moving from 9 to 10pm on Sunday nights.
Can anyone else believe they picked up MEDIUM from NBC? I mean, for the Love of Jennifer Hewitt.. let this show die and not haunt other network.
For new shows, there’s the Jenna Elfman comedy ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE, the Julianna Margulies fronted THE GOOD WIFE and MOONLIGHT hottie Alex O’Laughlin’s THREE RIVERS.
CBS’s Fall 2009 Lineup: MONDAY
8 p.m. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
8:30 p.m. ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE
9 p.m. TWO AND A HALF MEN
9:30 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY
10 p.m. CSI: MIAMI
TUESDAY
8 p.m. NCIS
9 p.m. NCIS: LOS ANGELES
10 p.m. THE GOOD WIFE
WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. NEW ADVENTURE OF OLD CHRISTINE
8:30 p.m. GARY UNMARRIED
9 p.m. CRIMINAL MINDS
10 p.m. CSI: NY
THURSDAY
8p.m. SURVIVOR
9 p.m. CSI
10 p.m. THE MENTALIST
NBC has announced their Fall 2009, Midseason 2010 Schedule and there’s a couple new shows peppered amongst the network veterans. Gone are MEDIUM (moved to CBS) and MY NAME IS EARL but if you’re wondering where FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS is, don’t worry it will return to NBC but not until next summer… yup, summer 2010.
NBC’s Fall 2009 Schedule: MONDAY
8 p.m. HEROES
9 p.m. TRAUMA
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
TUESDAY
8 p.m. THE BIGGEST LOSER
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. PARENTHOOD
9 p.m. LAW & ORDER: SVU
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
THURSDAY
8 p.m. SNL WEEKEND UPDATE: THURSDAY
*COMMUNITY will air at 8 after SNL’s initial run
8:30 p.m. PARKS AND RECREATION
9 p.m. THE OFFICE
9:30 p.m. COMMUNITY
*30 ROCK will air at 9:30 after COMMUNITY moves to 8 p.m. (confused yet?)
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
FRIDAY
8 p.m. LAW & ORDER
9 p.m. SOUTHLAND
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
NBC’s Midseason Schedule (after the Winter Olympics): MONDAY
8 p.m. CHUCK
9 p.m. DAY ONE
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
TUESDAY
8 p.m. THE BIGGEST LOSER (90 min edition)
9:30 p.m. 100 QUESTIONS
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
WEDNESDAY
8 p.m. MERCY
9 p.m. LAW & ORDER: SVU
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
THURSDAY
8 p.m. COMMUNITY
8:30 p.m. PARKS AND RECREATION
9 p.m. THE OFFICE
9:30 p.m. 30 ROCK
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
FRIDAY
8 p.m. LAW & ORDER
9 p.m. SOUTHLAND
10 p.m. THE JAY LENO SHOW
SUNDAY
8 p.m. THE MARRIAGE REF
9 p.m. THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE
I don’t know if I should be afraid to say it or not but I’m kinda excited to watch ABC’s new sitcom COUGAR TOWN starring Courtney Cox and Busy Phillips (yes, Kim Kelley is back on television) not to mention the adorable Josh Hopkins and FELICITY’s Ian Gomez.
COUGAR TOWN Preview:
“And you are hot as balls!” You gotta love that Cox can pull off a balls line… see what I did there?!
COUGAR TOWN Synopsis:
Can a woman of a certain age be a mom, a successful career woman and still be on the prowl? Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox) is about to give it a try.
In a small Florida town, the center of high society is the Cougars high school football team… which is wildly appropriate since this town is the natural habitat for over-tanned, under-dressed divorcées prowling for younger men. Jules desperately doesn’t want to be one of them, but with an ugly divorce behind her and 40 staring right back at her, she’s longing for a little more action in her life. The available men her own age, like her silver fox of a neighbor, Grayson Ellis, only seem interested in dating barely legal hotties — which is awkward considering he’s also her teenage son Tad’s therapist. Egged on by her very married and very irreverent best friend Elle and her determined assistant Laurie, Jules reluctantly dips her toe back into the dating pool. To her surprise, she hits it off with a nice young guy named Bobby — emphasis on the young — and discovers this gal still has the goods.
Co-executive produced by Courteney Cox and Bill Lawrence (Scrubs), Cougar Town is the single-camera comedy that dares to tell the truth about dating after divorce. Juggling a teenage son with her thriving career and budding love life isn’t easy, but before you know it, Jules will have you cheering, “Go Cougars!”
The series is from ABC Studios. Bill Lawrence is executive producer/writer/director, Kevin Biegel is writer/co-executive producer, and Courteney Cox and David Arquette are executive producers.
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