If you barely survived our bookcasts, don’t worry, we’re back to TV Talk-ing. We met up for an impromptu, late-night carcast and we’re in rare form. That’s right, we’re talking TV with the danger of asphyxiation. You know that’s something you want to hear!
Highlights:
Kath went to the mall (or the airport) with Colby Smolders.
Kath drew the attention of a security guard and calls a girl a stretched midge.
Ducky’s loves Beaver… No, that can’t be right!
Ducky educates y’all on the age of consent in Pennsylvania.
Find out which TV star is packing on the lbs in our opinion.
We’ve coined “Veggiesauce”
For some reason we talk about Two and a Half Men, what’s happening to us?
Kath questions the chances of us dying during this podcast.
Is it “Got VD?” or “Catch Wood!”
Fuck You Ryan Murphy
Paley reunites Freaks & Geeks and the Scupltadorescrew!
Shows covered in this episode: How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, Greek, Pretty Little Liars, The Good Wife, Jersey Shore, Top Chef, An Idiot Abroad, American Idol, Modern Family, The Office, Parks & Recreation, Big Bang Theory, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Supernatural, Megapython & Gatoroid, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Episodes, Shameless
Fall Schmall… The Winter 2010 TV schedule is cuckoo-bananas! Ducky and GMMR sat down, screeners in hand, mapped out all the premiere dates and dished the dirt on all the new and returning shows.
What did we think of the first 5 episodes of CHUCK Season 3? What about the new season of 24 featuring Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff)? What about new shows like LIFE UNEXPECTED, THE DEEP END, CAPRICA, HAPPY TOWN and HUMAN TARGET?
Want to know when DAMAGES, LOST, SOUTHLAND, GLEE and NURSE JACKIE return? Want to know how long you have to wait for Lauren Graham to shine in PARENTHOOD? How many more weeks until the return of TV Talk’s recurring listener fave “2 Idiots Talk LOST”?
It’s been 7 weeks since our last podcast and 7 weeks since we last saw each other. You totally thought GMMR and Ducky had called it quits didn’t you? How dare you…
An extended gig in the Hamptons originally sidelined the podcast, then a horrible back injury kept this terrible TV twosome apart until now!
For our first big podcast of the Fall, we thought we’d make up for lost time with a huge 2 hour 10 minute carcast full of laughs, tears, a near death experience and even some New England leaf peeping!
Shows covered in this podcast:
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, BIG BANG THEORY, GOSSIP GIRL, HOUSE, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, THE BIGGEST LOSER, THE GOOD WIFE, V, GLEE, MODERN FAMILY, COUGAR TOWN, TOP CHEF, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, FLASH FORWARD, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, BONES, SUPERNATURAL, FRINGE, THE OFFICE, PARKS & RECREATION, 30 ROCK, COMMUNITY, GREY’S ANATOMY, PRIVATE PRACTICE, UGLY BETTY, DOLLHOUSE, SOUTHLAND, WHITE COLLAR, THE AMAZING RACE, SURVIVOR, DEXTER, MAD MEN and GREEK.
We hope you enjoy our ode to Fall TV so far this season and hope you’ll join in the conversation. Leave your thoughts on what we covered in the comments section of this post! We’d love to hear what you’ve got to say about the new Fall lineup.
Just a quick reminder that another semester at CRU wraps tonight as the GREEK kids end the first half of Season 3 with “Friend or Foe”!
It’s been a great season so far and while there have been a lot of changes, some things remain the same. That’s the great thing and the semi-annoying thing about GREEK. It’s been fun watching Dale lose his innocence and become somewhat of a perv this season but more times than not, it seemed extreme even for someone that had forsaken the notorious G-O-D. Rusty and Dale started off as the new ODD COUPLE but over the last 3 years have really grown into best friends that rely on each other whether they want to accept it or not. That’s why its been so frustrating to watch them devolve into frenemies.
Same goes for Cappy and Evan. They’ve spent the last 3 years trying to forget they were ever BFF’s and the minute they accept each other and find friendship again, the same person that split them apart comes back to do the job again… or is she the one to truly bring them back together again?
Don’t even get me started on Calvin and Grant…
Regardless of my little gripes, this truly has been a fun season of GREEK and I’m sad that it won’t be weekly viewing for a while.
Tonight, expect the unexpected (but no Chenbot)… There’s finally a shout out to someone’s previous Disney musical past. There’s a crazy fun dance number that I couldn’t believe Spencer Grammar could pull off. There’s tension, sex, people being expelled and an 80s song by the Talking Heads rocks Frat Row!
Check out a special sneak peek at GREEK’s Mid-Season Finale (which happens to have one my favorite part of the night):
GREEK wraps their Fall semester tonight on ABC Family. Do not miss out!
If you’ve never watched GREEK, I feel like there might actually be something wrong with the chemical make up of your brain. It’s a smart, witty and hilarious show that needs your attention.
I’ve been one of the lucky ones that has been on the GREEK train since the beginning (almost) – I came in 7 episodes after it began and quickly fell in love with all those miscreants at Cyprus-Rhodes University.
If you’re thinking, “Oh I don’t like frats or sororities and I’m not really a fan of drinking” then welcome to my world! I went into the show very wary and expecting to hate almost everyone but hell if I didn’t have the opposite reaction!
There’s something for everyone on GREEK. There are the hot sorority girls, the hot sorority boys, the geeks, the nerds, the bitch, the jock, the class clown, the requisite rich girl, and even a handful of gays! That’s right… GAYS!
GREEK has done a great job at breaking stereotypes and representing diversity both as a show and as a college experience. While Rebecca Logan started off as just a spoiled rich bitch, she’s turned into of the most interesting and complex characters on the show. Calvin Owens was a star athlete every frat wanted who ended up being gay and it never really mattered. Casey Cartwright has gone from being the Elle Woods-lite sorority leader to an ambitious woman with sites on a big career. Then there’s Rusty and the Kappa Tau’s. They’re a rag-tag group of near flunkies that live to spite the richy rich frat boys of Omega Chi.
Tonight brings GREEK back for a new season and new school year. The premiere made me happy and pissed me off at the same time. Don’t get me wrong – I loved every second of it but some of these kids just drive me batty!
Rusty, Dale and Calvin are no longer the new kids on the block and big changes are in store. There’s requited love, new found romance, lying and even some cheating in store for the kids at CRU so you do not want to miss how it all plays out.
Catch a preview of Greek Season 3:
If you’ve got a couple hours to kill and want to catch up on the 10 Essential Greek Episode, click here to check them out.
It’s a short podcast (carcast) this week but we’ve got a special guest, lots of caffeine in us and plenty to cover so let’s get to it!
First off we talk London hotties, car bombs, and travel tips for the unemployed. Then its on to some depressing news that will just kill ya regarding TRUE BLOOD, NURSE JACKIE and ABDC before moving on to some interview action, spoilers and more from the kick off of the GLEE Tour!
The MAD MEN Season 3 premiere was cramazing and on topic are the British Invasion, doormen, handjobs, pesky children and the state of the Draper marriage. Plus, Ducky needs your help figuring out who an actor is so pay attention and play along at home.
The bag of dicks that is the BIG BROTHER 11 house erupts this week and it makes for some great entertainment.
Tim G. thanks us for turning him onto one of our favorite shows and we preview a possible new GREEK sorority.
We’ve got some information about our upcoming FALL TV Preview Podcast(s) but we still need your help on how to talk about the plethora of shows coming at us.
Like I said, we’re a little out of control but hopefully you enjoy this week’s episode. As always, thanks for listening guys!
Kath and Dan are back with a regular TV Talk Podcast about all things summer TV and vampire! That’s right, we’re vamp crazy so there’s plenty of talk about TRUE BLOOD, BEING HUMAN, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and more.
Also on tap, BIG BROTHER 11, NURSE JACKIE, ENTOURAGE, WAREHOUSE 13, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA, GREEK, PSYCH, SKINS plus an update on PROJECT SUPERNATURAL.
If that’s not enough, we talk about the best pilot on The CW you WON’T see this fall and we want answers as to why.
I just wanted to quickly remind everyone that tonight is the GREEK season finale (“At World’s End”) over on ABC Family!
It’s been a wonderful season for GREEK and I can’t say I love this show any more than I do right now. I’ve enjoyed watching Casey and Max’s relationship blossom and fade, I’ve enjoyed watching Rusty finally get some, I’ve enjoyed Cal getting some storyline, Beck’s going gay, Evan and Cap rekindling their friendship and Ash getting some hot man action… oh and don’t forget Dale getting (or at least fighting off) some action.
I’ve watched the finale twice already (yes, I adored it that much) and I’m sad that the season is over. There are so many possibilities for next season that my mind grapes might explode if I think about them too much.
Here’s what I can tell you this about what goes down tonight at Cypress Rhodes… Someone goes gay, someone throws their purity pledge ring away, someone gets some hot cougar action, someone’s in a coffin, someone’s missing the biggest party of the world, someone’s busted for pot, someone’s spending seven minutes in heaven (or 2 minutes in a cramped closet), someone’s coming back to CRU, someone’s leaving CRU and someone loves them a muffin top! Curious? I know you are…
Check out a preview of tonight’s GREEK season finale:
And finally, check a clip from tonight’s finale:
GREEK’s season finale airs tonight at 8pm on ABC Family!
My buddy Scooter McGavin has once again come up with a great poll for TV Bloggers to participate in. This time we were tasked with coming up with our Favorite TV Duos (couples, partners, friends, enemies, etc.) from the current 2008/09 season.
After some major Snapple Abacus action, here is the list we came up with.
TV’s Top 25 Duos (2008/09 Season)
1. Coach Eric and Tammy Taylor (Friday Night Lights)
2. Liz Lemon and Jack Donagy (30 Rock)
3. Sheldon Cooper Ph.D. and Penny (The Big Bang Theory)
4. Jim Halpert and Dwight Shrute (The Office)
5. Patty Hewes and Ellen Parsons (Damages)
6. “Bones” and Special Agent Seeley Booth (Bones)
7. Emerson Cod and Olive Snook (Pushing Daisies)
8. Blair Waldolf and Chuck Bass (Gossip Girl)
9. Shawn Spencer and Burton “Gus” Guster (Psych)
10. Chuck Bartowski and Special Agent Sarah Walker (Chuck)
11. Sam and Dean Winchester (Supernat ural)
12. Marc St. James and Amanda Tannen (Ugly Betty)
13. Barney Stinson and Ted Mosbey (How I Met Your Mother)
14. Bill Adama and Laura Roslin (Battlestar Gallactica)
15. Landry Clark and Tyra Colette (Friday Night Lights)
16. Ben Linus and John Locke (Lost)
17. John “J.D.” Dorian M.D. and Dr. Christopher Turk (Scrubs)
18. Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton (True Blood)
19. Jeff Patel and Lester Barnes aka Jeffster (Chuck)
20. James “Sawyer” Ford and Juliet Burke (Lost)
21. Homer and Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)
22. Bill Adma and Saul Tigh (Battestar Galactica)
23. Richard Cypher and Kahlan Amnell (Legend of the Seeker)
24. Earl and Randy Hickey (My Name Is Earl)
25. Michael Westen and Fiona Glenanne (Burn Notice)
I’ve gotta say that I’m pretty surprised by some of these picks, especially some of the rankings. Homer and Marge? Really folks? Welcome to 1989! How do you choose Barney and Ted as a combo? Sure I love love love me some HIMYM and I wanted to include Barney and someone but really there’s no good pick. He’s awesome with everyone but no single character is better with him than others… that’s just my opinion. Sookie and Bill? Honestly? Legend of the Seeker? Why not pick Xina and her dykey friend Gabriella? Makes no sense to me.
For full disclosure, here’s my Top 10 list:
1. Bill Adama and Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)
2. Coach Taylor and Tami Taylor (Friday Night Lights)
3. James “Sawyer” Ford and Juliet Burke (Lost)
4. Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
5. Michael Westen and Fiona Glenanne (Burn Notice)
6. Booth and Bones (Bones)
7. Patty Hewes and Ellen Parsons (Damages)
8. Sheldon Cooper and Penny (The Big Bang Theory)
9. Emerson Cod and Olive Snook (Pushing Daisies)
10. Casey Cartwright and Frannie Morgan (Greek)
I know what you’re thinking… where the hell are Sam & Dean Winchester?! The truth is that they didn’t even cross my mind. Not once did my boys pop into my head and that makes me sad. I honestly would put them in the Top 5 but I spaced – sorry SPN boys and girls, I’m totally embarrassed. I’m also sad I didn’t include The Doctor and Donna (DOCTOR WHO), Capt. Jack and Ianto (TORCHWOOD) or even Trainer’s Bob and Jillian (THE BIGGEST LOSER). Given a Top 25 I would have included more choices and if I thought about my Top 10 a little better, it would be somewhat different but what can ya do?
How about you guys? Which TV Duos would make your list for the 2008/09 TV Season?
GREEK Season 2.5 kicks off tonight and all of my favorite Cyprus Rhodes coeds are back! Summer has just ended which means the Greek house fighting is just about to start. What happened with Max and Casey? Is Ash settling into her duties as head of the ZBZ’s? Rebecca had to make a choice, remember? Did she decide between the ZBZ’s or Frannie’s evil off-shoot? Will Franny once again be queen of the Greek system with her new house IKI? Yup, the Iki’s. Hilarious.
What about Rusty and Dale? Will Calvin ever find comfort with himself and another hot man? Is Evan still a total douche? What about Cappy and the rest of the KT’s? Ah, I’ve missed all the drama.
Watch a sneak preview of tonight’s GREEK premiere:
Oh, and for all you tween loving Jesse McCartney fans, get ready because he’s now a freshman at CRU.
We’re back and talking TV. We’re breaking down the past TV week for you and covering a lot of the week’s best shows including: Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, Gossip Girl, Castle, Idol, Better Off Ted, Damages, The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, 30 Rock, Dollhouse, Friday Night Lights, Party Down, The Amazing Race, Supernatural, Kings, Brothers & Sisters, My Boys, Greek and much more!
And it wouldn’t be a TV Talk Podcast without Two Idiots Talk Lost.
Oh, if you’re wondering where the frak the Battlestar Galactica Finale talk is, hold tight. We posted a special BSG Series Finale Podcast that will be posted shortly.
Housekeeping…
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The 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees were announced today and there are some interesting noms this year. I’m psyched to see Torchwood, Greek, Skins, the Buffy comics, Rachel Maddow and Supernatural’s “Ghostfacers” on the list!
Here are the nominees for the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards:
OUTSTANDING FILM – WIDE RELEASE
Brideshead Revisited (Miramax Films)
Milk (Focus Features)
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)
RocknRolla (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company)
OUTSTANDING FILM – LIMITED RELEASE
The Edge of Heaven (Strand Releasing)
Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom (New Open Door Productions)
Save Me (First Run Features)
Shelter (Regent Releasing)
XXY (Film Movement)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
The L Word (Showtime)
South of Nowhere (The N)
Torchwood (BBC America)
True Blood (HBO)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Greek (ABC Family)
Reaper (The CW)
Skins (BBC America)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL EPISODE (in a series without a regular LGBT character)
“Ghostfacers” Supernatural (The CW)
“My Maharishi is Bigger than Your Maharishi” Life on Mars (ABC)
“Slam” Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
“Tandem Repeats” ER (NBC)
“Unidentified Funk” The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
Affinity (Logo)
East Side Story (Logo)
Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery (here!)
Oh Happy Day (Logo)
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery (here!)
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
Chris & Don: A Love Story (Zeitgeist Films)
Freeheld (Cinemax)
A Jihad for Love (First Run Features)
Saving Marriage (Regent Releasing)
Sex Change Hospital (WE tv)
OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
America’s Next Top Model (The CW)
I Want to Work for Diddy (VH1)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
Shirts & Skins (Logo)
TransAmerican Love Story (Logo)
OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA
All My Children (ABC)
As the World Turns (CBS)
OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW EPISODE
“Don’t Ruin My Gay Wedding” The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)
“Ellen & Portia’s Wedding Day” The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)
“Gays in the Ghetto” The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)
“The Pregnant Man” The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated)
“Transgender Triumphs” The Tyra Banks Show (syndicated)
We hope everyone got some great TV goodies over the holidays because we sure did. Kath and I talk about what TV Boyfriends were under their trees, what TV presents they got and even fill you in on some of the things keeping them apart for the last 6 weeks.
There’s news to be had, Christmas CHUCK to rehash, the demise of PUSHING DAISIES to cry about, PRIVILEGED to complain about, GOSSIP GIRL to gossip about and did I mention that we’ve both seen the first two hours of LOST Season 5! Sorry, had to throw that in just be to bitchy…
You asked what we thought of all the new and returning shows that will fill our winter and spring with good cheer and discontent and we’ve answered.
We’ve got screeners galore to chit-chat about… DAMAGES, THE CLOSER, UNITED STATES OF TARA, TRUST ME, 24 and more. We even touch on some shows that don’t have air dates like CUPID and BETTER OFF TED.
Tuesday’s are no Monday and that my friends is a good thing. The new Fall 2008 Tuesday night schedule is more packed in terms of shows I’m interested in watching than it has been in a while. Last season the only thing I really watched on a Tuesday was The Biggest Loser which quickly shot to the top of my must watch list. I was kind of obsessed… just a tad.
This year the night kicks off with Trainer Bob and Crazy Ass Jillian with THE BIGGEST LOSER: FAMILIES and for reals, I cannot wait. I’ve missed doofy Bob and hard as frak Jillian kicking these fatties into shape. Not to mention, I’ve grown to love host Alison Sweeney… she’s kinda great. The show delivers guaranteed tears and let’s be honest… sometimes a good cry needs to be scheduled into your week – why not Tuesday night?
90210 is hands down the most hyped show of the new season but since they didn’t send it to the press or to us TV Bloggers we don’t know if it will be Cloverfield or Howard the Duck. I won’t lie, I’m super intrigued and crazy psyched to see what the reboot will be. I’m not dumb enough to think that it’s going to have the wit and bite that Gossip Girl provides but I hope that it’s not a total cheese-fest. Is there any denying that it’s going to be a huge success right out the gate? No. The biggest challenge for this new crop of West Beverly High kids will be trying to live up to the nostalgia of the original while creating a brand spanking new show of their own that people will care about past the premiere. I can’t promise I’m there past Week 1.
The CBS Psych-like newbie THE MENTALIST had a really fun yet dark pilot that I honestly enjoyed. I’ve never been a huge Simon Baker fan but as the lead observer/one-time fake psychic helping solves crimes from week to week, he’s quite engaging. He has a really dark past that ties into the main arc/big bad of the show but he’s still a man with a sense of humor not to mention kinda hot. As much as I don’t like Robin Tunney past 1997, she’s not nearly as bad and cheesy as she was in Prison Break. Amanda Righetti hasn’t been known for her Emmy winning worthy style of acting but I even enjoyed her here. I make no promises with my commitment to The Mentalist. It’s a good pilot and a fine premise but sometimes procedurals fall to the wayside when I get busy and let’s be honest… it’s up against the 2nd hour of The Biggest Loser and J.J. Abrams new bouncing baby girl Fringe so…
Yeah, FRINGE is pretty much kick ass and I cannot wait to see how this show develops. I did not have the overwhelming sense of being mind frakked after watching the pilot (like I had been with both Alias and Lost) but I’ve watched it a couple times already and I’m not sick of it so that’s a good sign right? I don’t need to go into details of the show because honestly, you’re all just as excited as I am. Anna Torv is a wonderful new find and tough as nails. Joshua Jackson in back in our lives and that’s never a bad thing. There’s a cow and it’s set in Boston… what’s not to love?
Also at 9:00 is The CW’s new series PRIVILEGED but look at the schedule above and know why I can’t watch. Couldn’t they move this to like Sunday night or something? That would work much better for me. CW take note.
Not to mention I’m already watching GREEK Season 2 so…
Finishing out the night is ELI STONE but the more I think about it, I don’t know that I’ll be watching – at least not live. It’s a show that might be pushed to my DVR or iTunes schedule. I’ve got a full night, what do you want from me? Plus I didn’t even mention that I get paid to watch THE JANICE DICKINSON MODELING AGENCY and recap for AfterElton.com so my 10 is full and money trumps Katie Holmes any day.
We promised you a SUMMER TV PREVIEW podcast and here it is! Kath and I run through all of the summer premiere dates for the new and returning shows as well as give you our input on our faves and more importantly the ones we would never watch in a million years! It’s great fun…
So You Think You Can Dance, The Closer, Big Brother, My Boys, The Mole, The Next Food Network Star, Design Star, Swingtown, Fear Itself, Army Wives, Ice Road Truckers, America’s Best Dance Crew, Wipeout, Flashpoint, Psych, Monk, Mad Men, The Middleman, Burn Notice and more… there’s no reason to be outside when what’s on TV is this hot!
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