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
We survived another snow storm and another podcast! This week, the TV Talk Podcast gives you our thoughts on the winners and losers at this years GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS.
DAMAGES Season 3 is hot on our heels and we briefly discuss the first two hours. Patty, Ellen and Tom are back for a killer season of manipluation and a sharp game of cat and mouse.
The most satisfying news from the winter TCA press tour revolves around the timeline for the next two seasons of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.
PROJECT RUNWAY returns to New York City and the reunion feels so good! Heidi, Michael, Nina and Tim Gunn try to make it work with a new back of 16 designers. We’re already in love!
AMERICAN IDOL kicked off another season and Ducky may or may not be back on the bandwagon.
It wouldn’t be a TV podcast unless we talked about the Leno/Conan Late Night Debacle. What a shit-show…
Oh and did I mention we talk about AVATAR? Why not!
We end this week’s podcast with some fun and games! Get ready for a few rounds of “Would You Rather”: TV Edition.
The 67th Golden Globes Awards air tonight on NBC! I’m not a person that puts a lot of stock in awards shows but I do love me an awards show gathering. It’s chips and dip time y’all! Oh and the fact that Ricky Gervais is hosting makes this must watch television.
As I sit here this morning looking at the list of Golden Globes nominees, I’m realizing I don’t have much of an opinion when it comes to the film categories. Apparently I spend too much time watching films that grace the festival circuit and not the multiplex.
Does that mean I don’t have an opinion? Hardly, I always have an opinion!
Here’s how I’d like to see the Golden Globes shakedown when they air tonight (my picks are in bold). I’m not saying this is what I think will win, but in my heart what I wish would take home the golden sparkly thing. Let’s start with TV!
Best Television Series: Drama
“Mad Men”
“True Blood” “Dexter”
“Big Love”
“House” I really wanted to say TRUE BLOOD but some of that Maryann shit got cuckoo bananas and derailed the show at times. MAD MEN is always fucking crazy good but this season took some time to completely hook me. DEXTER on the other hand had possibly its best season to date. So gooooooooood!
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series: Drama
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House” Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”
Bill Paxton, “Big Love” No contest in my opinion… Michael C. Hall should win. He played the charming, dutiful husband and father with LEAVE IT TO BEAVER grace but he also played a manic, hell bent, jealous and at times loose canon Dex this season. Scary good.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series: Drama
Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer” Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
Glenn Close, “Damages”
January Jones, “Mad Men” While I thought January Jones did a killer job this season, she’s no Glenn Close. But I didn’t pick Glenn Close because I’m ready for a newbie this year. I’m going with Julianna Margulies because her controlled yet crazy empowering portrayal of Alicia Florrick is mesmerizing to watch.
Best Television Series: Comedy
“30 Rock”
“The Office”
“Glee” “Modern Family”
“Entourage” Surely most of you thought I’d pick GLEE for this category. While I think it has a better chance at winning (I mean its hands down the most original series of the year), I’m still going with MODERN FAMILY! Family continues to be a smart, witty, laugh out loud dark family comedy that hits your heart from week to week. Best Series in any category… Period!
The rest of my Golden Globes TV and Film predictions are after the jump… (more…)
Another month, another sickness induced hiatus and not one but two surgeries later, GMMR and Ducky are back with a new TV Talk Podcast!
Your favorite carcasters are back to talk about all of the TV we’ve soaked in from our hospital and sick beds.
We kick off the podcast with the Season 6 finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Then we move on to the fall finales of GLEE and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.
We sink our teeth into some TRUE BLOOD casting news then tackle the return of faves CHUCK and LOST.
MODERN FAMILY and THE OFFICE were Christmas fantastic, as were 30 ROCK and the increasingly brilliant PARKS & RECREATION.
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and THE BIG BANG THEORY are always worth a good conversation as is the debate over THE GOOD WIFE.
What else is on tap? How about MERCY, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, THE SING-OFF, SAY YES TO THE DRESS, HAPPILY EVER FASTER and LAUNCH MY LINE.
Did the right people win TOP CHEF and PROJECT RUNWAY? Who’s real pretty to look at and what’s our new TV Talk Podcast tagline?
Thanks for being so patient with our crazy illnesses and busy schedules. We wish we could podcast more regularly than we do and we think it’s amazing so many folks care about what we have to say regarding all things TV! You guys are the best.
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.
Every year, blogger buddy Scooter McGavin prompts some TV Bloggers to pick their favorite new shows of the fall season. He then tabulates it all, uses a Snapple Abacus to determine the Top 10 shows and the results are now in!
Fall 2009’s Top Blogger Rated Shows:
1. GLEE
2. MODERN FAMILY
3. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
4. COMMUNITY
5. COUGAR TOWN
6. V
7. WHITE COLLAR
8. THE GOOD WIFE
9. MERCY
10. THE MIDDLE
If you just did a spit take, I did too… who knew anyone watched THE MIDDLE! It seemed to be a pretty cut and dry competition this season as a lot of my picks are represented here. Sweeeeeeet!
Because I like to give away too much of my personal information on here, below is my Top 5 list for the Fall season. I didn’t do too bad, huh?
Ducky’s Top 5 Fall Shows:
1. MODERN FAMILY
2. THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
3. GLEE
4. THE GOOD WIFE
5. COUGAR TOWN
What do you folks think? What would your Top 5 shows be this season? Did we totally get it wrong? Speak!
Tonight ABC pulls out their big comedy (and dramedy) guns with the premieres of MODERN FAMILY, COUGAR TOWN and EASTWICK.
MODERN FAMILY is my favorite comedy of the new fall season (well, aside from GLEE). It features an ensemble cast of seasoned TV actors and some of the sharpest, gut busting dialogue I’ve witnessed in a long time. I’ve watched the pilot 4x already and find new subtleties with each viewing. Not only is it laugh out loud funny, there’s one particular moment toward the end of the episode that is spit-take worthy.
FAMILY will hopefully catapult Ty Burrell to the greatness he’s been deserved of for years now. There are moments in tonight’s episode that make me love that man more than I already did. From being the best worst Dad to his knowledge of a certain “Go Wildcats” moment to his inability to understand Spanglish… Ty Burrell will have you in stitches. The other big breakout performance is that of Eric Stonestreet who plays the drama queen Cameron. FUCKING GENIUS!
Please trust me and tune in to tonight’s MODERN FAMILY premiere at 9pm… it’s cramazing!
At 9:30pm, ABC premieres the long awaited return of Courtney Cox to primetime television with COUGAR TOWN. While COUGAR TOWN is not on par with MODERN FAMILY, it has a lot of laughs and has plenty of promise.
Courtney Cox plays a 40-something divorcee with a failing real estate business and an even worse love life. Christa Miller (Scrubs) plays her married, bitter, next door neighbor married to Ian Gomez (Felicity). It’s stale, its predictable and their relationship is hilarious. On her other shoulder is the devil that be Busy Phillips (Freaks & Geeks), her younger co-worker that encourages the worst behavior imaginable. Then there’s her innocent and adorkable son Travis played by the amazing Andy Byrd (Aliens in America) and her hottie neighbor Josh Hopkins.
COUGAR TOWN is well worth checking out. It has a great cast with some okay writing that I hope quickly rises to the level of the actors, making this must see TV.
At 10pm is the premiere of EASTWICK, a retelling of John Updike’s novel THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK starring Rebecca Romijn as Roxanne, Jaime Ray Newman as Kat, Lindsay Price as Joanna and Paul Gross as Daryl Van Horne. The real treat are recurring actors Sara Rue (Popular, Less Than Perfect) and the smokin’ hot and shirtless in the pilot Matt Dallas (Kyle XY).
If you’re thinking that they already did this once before, you’d be correct. In 1992, I watched the short-lived TV remake starring Catherine Mary Stewart from the crazy great 80s horror film NIGHT OF THE COMET! It wasn’t so good.
This remake is better and shows some promise (sorry that’s not the most ringing endorsement). The pilot is a pilot… it’s a little clunky, has some exposition issues and some forced situations and some awkward chemistry. The good thing is that there’s humor, some sex, some charm and something endearing about this new EASTWICK that will at least have me watching for a couple weeks.
EASTWICK is a retelling so some of the character names have been changed, some jobs have been changed and obviously Paul Gross is no Jack Nicholson… That’s okay though. I like that ABC is taking the premise and running with it. I’ve been told by an EASTWICK insider that the show really finds its footing in the subsequent episodes and that people will really grow to love Paul Gross as van Horne. I’ve seen some of the new footage and I will testify that Gross was more charming and charismatic than I originally gave him credit for. Stick with EASTWICK for a couple weeks and together we’ll see if it makes the Fall lineup or not on a more permanent basis.
It’s time to sit down and chat about ABC’s Fall 2009 lineup which means GMMR and Ducky are about to talk lizards, time travel, cougars, witches, Frasier and our favorite new comedy of the year.
Take a load off and listen to us chat up THE FORGOTTEN, HANK, THE MIDDLE, MODERN FAMILY, COUGAR TOWN, EASTWICK, FLASHFORWARD, and V!
*Please be warned that we do talk some mild spoilers for each of the new shows.
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