Hot stuff here

Oh Tyra, you and this show is truly larger than life. Photo by CWTV.com
This is like the BEST. SEASON EVER!

We see Dominique is thrilled and overconfident from being spared from elimination last week while Lauren is a little shocked why she's still there. Fatima is just Fatima. Ick.

This week's early challenge: Taking quick change lessons from Miss Jay. Of course they run and scream and run and scream some more.

Fatima ticks Miss Jay off by not changing competely. The girls then have to do runway walks in front of Miss Jay and the firemen who look pleased as punch. It made me feel sort icky because they were oogling these girls. Don't they like have WORK to do?

Claire does fantastic and so does Whitney. Dominque thinks she's the stuff and Whitney gives the classic line "I know drag queens that walk better than Dominque."

Miss Jay hates Fatima's walk and is fearful of Lauren who looks like she's running away from the mall. Miss Jay helps her and then Amis does HER walk and it's more skipping than walking.

Claire and Aimee get into a who needs to pee and who needs to shower. Finally they gang up on Aimee and Marvita leads the charge of "Let's attack Aimee." But she winds up looking stupid.

Later, it's another Tyra mail (I hate that they all gather and read aloud. It's so second-grade).

Bryan Bradley stops by and the girls have to walk in a Tuleh fashion show. It seems so very runway this week.

And then Miss Jay introduces the girls to Jaslene and Ann Shoket of Seventeen magazine. Jasline actually looks great!

The winner of this challenge will be with Jaslene in a Lot 29 advertorial. Dominique weighs in and I'm betting she's goign to fall on her face.

I then notice that Dominique has a new more golden hair color and it looks better. Miss Jay kicks off the show and then the modeling begins after some Italian chatting. Stacy Ann was first and she looks GREAT! Whitney was good and then her boob pops out. Lauren comes out and she looks bad and scared.

Kat looks great and Fatima looks as if she's ready to catch the bus. Dominque and Marvita are awful. Claire is great and Amis is put in this Jackie O esque coat and it looks bad.

Aimee was great. Kat looks great. Jaslene ask Lauren if she wants to be there and says she's very disappointed. Of course she starts crying in the confessional but she holds it together while with the other.

Kat wins the challenge (Claire was ROBBED!) Kat picks Aimis and Marvita to be in the photo shoot. Why? I don't know.

At the photo shoot the girls look half-way decent. Marvita looks extra girlly. Jaslene shows the girls how it's done and it looks wonderful.

Lauren's self esteem takes a hit and keeps talking about what Jaslene said. She needs to get over it.

Wow, it's ANOTHER Tyra mail? This time the girls are off to a Meat Packing District. Mr Jay shows up in a ugly old coat. And he tells them that they are going to be wearing meat. Whitney tells the audience that she eats steaks so it won't bother her to actually put it on. My question: What happens to the meat when they are done?

Fatima poses and it looks not too bad but not great. Kat brings her A game and then Stacie Ann struggles.
Whitney is OK. Marvita comes out ready to kick some _ meat.

Lauren looks more ticked than model-y. Dominque takes some risqus and then its on the meat and it doesn't look too bad. Aimee feels uncomfortable and it shows. Aimis is grossed out and then looks like a hot mess.

Aimee feels like she might be a target. Dominique is sure she's staying. Lauren is a little nervous because of the runway thing. Amis is still sleepy and is dragging. She looks awful. Like homeless, begging for quarters awful.

After the break, Tyra sings and it's awful. But we knew that already!
And then it's time to see the photos. They stank. It was really bad, bad. Whoever came up with this challenge needs to be fired.

I didn't like a single one. Claire looks awful.When Lauren comes for judging Miss Jay busts her for bad walking. She's this season's Heather.

And so, then Tyrant (yes) unveils the top 8: Anya, Whitney, Kat, (and she gets a directive of putting in a bun), Claire, Dominique, Stacie Ann, Lauren and she gets the directive of work on her runway walk, Marvita, Aimee. And then we have the bottom two: Fatima and Aimis. Amis gets dinged for her craziness and Fatima gets dinged for modeling from the waist down (WTH?).

Amis gets the boot and Fatima cries. Amis looks like "yeah, whatev."

Episode grade: B

It's a different world....

No, this isn't the cast of the CW's latest Pussycat Doll clone. Instead, they are the cast of "High School Confidential." Photo by WE Network


I don't have the WE Network on my Cox Cable. But I wish I did. Why?

Because based on a documentary I managed to get my hands on, they air some pretty good shows. I used to joke around that WE and its cousins "Lifetime" and "Oxygen" only aired those "She was in peril" movies. You know the ones: C-list/washed up actress plays/wife/sister/mistress/slut/ has a stalking/drugs/alcohol/ problem and is being stalked/abused/lives past life and then finds help/redemption/a gun and moves on with her life.

"High School Confidential" changes all that. It's a documentary and sometimes real reality show about these group of girls who attended school in Kansas from 2002 to 2006. It's quite fascinating. I've never been a girl but I had NO idea what some of these girls go through nowadays.

If you can get your hands on it, I suggest you watch. If you work with me (you know who you are) ask me for it.

Why I didn't watch "The Wire"

He's fiiiiine. I should have watched. But I just couldn't - yet. Photo by HBO.com
At work today, my co-workers went on and on about how wonderful last night's episode of "The Wire" was. I was on the phone with a friend back east and "The Wire" came up.

I had heard it was going to be about the newspaper business and although I really wanted to watch, psychologically I wasn't ready.

Every day I see reports of newspapers downsizing and talented journalists leaving the business. For me, it was hitting too close to home. Where I work, we've been under severe stress for weeks now.

Only recently I've begun to feel normal again. I've hidden it well but it's kept me up at night. It's made me worry for my friends. It's made me sick inside. It's made me have scarydarkhorriblemeannastytooeviltotalkabout thoughts.

I turn to TV to get away from my troubles and not remind me of them. And while it's important to watch good drama no matter what, I'm not ready yet.

But don't let this blog fool ya.

I'll be Netflixing it. For real.

He's fierce! Betta believe it

Christian. We love you. You are FIERCE! Photo by People.com

First. Watch this clip.

You back? Good.

Hy-STER-CAL.

Loved this season of "Project Runway" although Christian was entertaining, Jillian should have won. Her clothes were just way better! In fact, I'm a little disappointed with the reality tv of most of the TV shows ("Survivor" excluded) on network TV.

So in an effort to expand my horizons, I've added some new shows to my roster.

Don't be shocked at what you read below.

My new secret addiction: "Flip That House." I stumbled on this show en route to "Torchwood" and haven't watched since.

I am just fascinated by how well people upgrade these houses, but it also saddens me that they sink a ton of money into these houses and they just sit on the markets. Give it a try Saturday nights on TLC

My other new secret addiction:

"Unwrapped". Maybe it's because I'm getting older but for some reason, I'm just extra curious about how stuff works and how things are made these days.

Or I could be just a budding foodie. I dunno, but I plan to check out this show in a few weeks. Look for updates soon.

Cirie is my girl!: "Survivor"

Cirie is playing the heck out of this game. I swear I think she's going to win this thing. Photo by CBS.com


The thing about this game is this: Karma will get you. Last week, Joel worked to get Mikey B out of the game and this week it's his turn to get the boot. But I skip ahead.

Ozzy was pleased as punch that he found the immunity idol that he shared that with James, Parvarti and Amanda. Then the shocker: Jeff made the tribes switch. As a result the couples broke up. Jonathan, Eliza, Parvarti and James are now on the same tribe while Ozzy, Cirie and Amanda are now on the other.


The game continued with one of the hardest and brutal reward challenges I've ever seen. It was so bad that folks had busted lips and in Jonathan's case, a punctured knee. Joel dragged Chet around and poor Chet got hit in the head and dragged around like he was a rag doll.


James, Eliza and Jonathan and Parvarti are try to whip the fans camp into shape but they have their work cut out for them. At the immunity challenge things got really, really ugly quickly. The people had to throw rocks at tiles to break them they had to assemble a puzzle. Eliza helps to get the puzzle done really quickly. I remember that this is Eliza's strength.

Chet tries for his trib but Joel messed them up. And guess who got the boot? Yep! Joel who was soo shocked it wasn't funny.

NOOOOO. America! NOOOO!

Poor Danny Boy. You were fun while you were around. Fox.com photo

I'm not even home yet and I've been e-mailed three or four times from my East Coast Posse spoiling the results show of "American Idol."

The rest I won't even recap, but I was shocked that Danny Noriega was given the boot. The boy had sass, class and even purple highlights.

I was going to go down the gay conspiracy path but then I remember that David Hernandez is still in.

This was one of the best weeks of "Idol" ever as news broke out that DH was a stripper who danced nude for a "mostly male clientele." and that Danny had a few foul-mouthed MySpace videos.

Well since I've been spoiled, I just saved myself an hour of TV viewing. Now I can get around to "Project Runway

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America's Next Top Model: The girls go to Wal-Mart

Oh Tyra: Product placement much? Logos from Wal-Mart and Apple Bottom

In the first few minutes of "ANTM" we got two blatant product placements: Apple Bottom Jeans and Wal-Mart. We also got a PSA for why anorexia is bad.

Can any other show boast this? I think not.

Some girls are standing out: Claire and Whitney. Others are standing out for the wrong reason: Allison and Fatima. Both for being byotches too early in the competition.

And Claire got her photo on Wal-Mart.com on the Cover Girl page.
Dominique and Claire bond over being moms and Dominque one-ups Claire with tears and a motivational message.

Something weird was going on tonight: The girls had random kerchefs, hats and such and then I figure it out. They were trying hid their new hair.

Finally the diva herself showed up with a fresh new wig and unveiled what they were going to do the girls hair. She tells them that the agent makes the decision. So today and Tyra told the girls that she's keeping the girls' makeup a secret. And then tells them they are getting a sexy new photo shoot.

I'm worried for some of these girls. Whitney because a blond with extensions and I'm not sure I like it. Aimee gets bangs and goes red. Marvita gets a horse mane hairweave. GAWD it looks awful.

Lauren gets long hair and she gets redish highlights. She's so clueless but at least she gets a makeover.

Miss Jay cracks my stuff up because they even gave him a blond weave too and it doesn't look that bad. And Claire OMG looks AWFUL. She's blond. Why is EVERYONE blond????!!

Can we have some sassy brunettes?

Alison gets goes red and she's looking Eva Parker-esque.

Dominque gets her hair cut off and she looks very Nicole Ari Parker-esque.

Tyra cracks me up talking about Stacy Anne and she chops her hair off. It doesn't look too bad. Fatima turns out the best of all with a long, dark weave. She looks like Iman's younger sister.

Then Elle McPherson stops by to promote her lingerie. Is everyone hawking everything???

He's won y'all. Let's move on

I feel sorta creepy being obsessed with a kid but this boy truly has talent. Photo by Fox.com

I swore this season I wasn't going to get sucked in by the "American Idol" machine. But danged if I'm not. While they are hyping this as the BEST. YEAR. EV-AH it isn't.

We have one good kid. David Archuleta who's so cute and adorable it's not even funny. The boy can sing and he's been in go-gabs of talent shows. He's even better than a few winners (Ruben, Taylor Hicks, I'm looking at you). And then you have everyone else.

It's like having a high schooler compete in a math contest with second-graders.

Over at the Bible AKA "Entertainment Weekly" they call this season "The most exciting race for No. 2!" and I'm inclined to agree.

No one comes close to this dude. See for your self right here. It's very young David when he was singing to the kids from the first season. He's the one in the yellow.

The women will sing tonight but I'm not watching because I have a date with Tyra and it's Makeover Night on "ANTM"

I can't wait to see what they do!

The best drama on this Tuesday is.....

The race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has been the most exciting thing on TV in weeks. Photo by Wikipedia

I normally try to keep this blog pretty light. But y'all KNOW I like high drama so tonight, my eyes were glued to CNN and MSNBC all night during the election coverage.

Have you all watched CNN lately? They have a whole studio devoted to election coverage and Jon King, who's I think covers the White House for the station, acts as No. 2 for Wolf Blitzer but Jon is stealing the show.

I dunno about the rest of you but Wolf has voice that reminds me of the most boring college professor ever. But Jon makes me pay attention because of his touch-screen maps and other interactive media available at his fingertips. It's pretty interesting when he comes on board.

At press time for this blog aka 9:54 p.m., CNN just predicted that Hillary Clinton won Texas Primary. If you get a second, check out this report on "60 Minutes" because they did a good job of portraying Clinton and you could see how bad she wants this.

I will admit, I did take a break from the political coverage to try to watch this show but it came across as boring as hell.

"Lost" makes my head hurt

See how confused Desmond (center) looks in the photo? At home, I'm about 10 times worse! Photo by ABC.com

Last week, the Kate episode of "Lost" left me so confused that I couldn't even blog about it. It opened up a whole relm of questions. Last night, the Desmond centric episode, brought even MORE questions to the table.

Time travel? Dying rats? A constant? Oy!

We learned that leaving the island has some really weird effects on people such as have them jumping back and forth through time. Desmond apparently got a little loopy after being exposed to some electromagnetic energy and started jumping through time.

His purpose: To find one a scientist in the past who recently landed on the island. They introduced a constant: someone that keeps you in place through time and Desmond's time jumping travels stopped.

We also learned that time passed differently on the island so it's only Christmas Eve 2004. (I call shenanigans on this because a lot has happened four months!)

Is this the strongest cycle of "ANTM"?

Kim. What were you thinking? Photo by CWTV.

You know, last week I was unfairly hard on these girls. After watching them this episode, I have some clear favorites and some girls need to get off my TV.

But first, let's start with Kim. I knew she was in trouble early in the episode but she pulled an Ebony from Cycle 9 and quit. They totally need to pick better next season

Two seasons back to back of folks quitting? That needs to stop.

And then tonight's photo shoot: Homeless chic. It's so laughable but some of the girls did a really good job. The new judge Paulina what's-her-name is no Janice Dickerson

I have to say I was floored by the first girl out: Atayla

Jump The Snark if you're reading this, there's no way you can NOT love the drama. =-)

American Idol: Top 10 guys

Do the guys stink? YES!. Photo by Fox.com

I guess tonight was 70s night and it was hor-ri-ble. The best thing is that Danny Noriega looks like he could be Jessica Alba's younger brother.

They keep saying this is the best group yet but I think they need to keep looking. Seriously.

However, David Hernandez was A-MA-ZING!

And my LORD did you see the bad whiteboy dancing Jason was doing? I was embarrassed for his son at home. It seemed very karoke. ICK

But young David Archuleta aka Gay Clay 2.0 is the one to beat. It's his contest for the guys. Look for him in the top 4 for sure.

Have you missed me?

Y'all must not know about Tyra. Let me 'plain it to you. Photo by People.com

I'm a slacker. I admit it. Actually, no, I've just been insanely busy these past few days and this poor blog has paid the price for it.
My friend Jump The Snark is dissing my choice of TV shows. (We made a deal, I give "Torchwood" a try and he would give "America's Next Top Model" a try.

Somehow, I've managed to come out ahead on this deal but he's a good sport. And at least he can say he's seen it.

I'm going to have to sic my girlfriends Leslie and Liz on him to remind him of the goodness that is TYRA.

Here's why you should be watching "America's Next Top Model."

1) The models. What other show could take 13 ordinary girls and give them a chance to become a supermodel? There's this show that is a ripoff (a better show but a ripoff nonetheless) on Bravo but it doesn't quite have the Tyra magic.

2) The judges. Here's what you need to know. Miss Jay is a little sexually confused and Mr. Jay is a full-on diva with a bad dye job but they add to the fun of the show.

3) The photoshoots. They make those girls do the craziest things whether it be taking photos with roaches or hundreds of feet up in the air, it's hard out there for models.

4) Tyra. Tyra. Tyra. She's crazy y'all. And I LOVE her.

It's baack! America's Next Top Model!

One of these women will be YOUR "America's Next Top Model". Photo from eonline.com

8 p.m.: So Cycle 10 starts out with a recap of the last 9 seasons and we see folks on a school bus? I'm confused already.

And we see Marvita who recounts her molestation and rape and the fact that she didn't make it last season. She says it's because of anger: I say, there were prettier girls. Then were off to a courtyard and the Jays(squared) appear. Just as I'm ready to go Yay! were off to a commerical break!.

8:03: Some movie called 10,000 B.C. is hawked. I'm bored. Where's my "Wanna be a star?" opener???

8:06: Some deluded girl says Jay Manuel is fine. He's gay honey. OH my goodness, they're doing a Fashion School? It looks as if they are ripping off Mo'nique's "Charm School." The girls switch into school girl uniforms where they take their school photos. I'm ready to gag already.

Some girl with a big old forehead takes her photo and her name is Fatima. Then a clueless blond stands and asks if she needs to pose. We learn her name is Kim but I can bet we won't see her for long.

Miss Jay shows up ready to teach the girls Runway 101. Jake throws a backpack on a deks and then the girls are ready to walk. It just occurred to me that how did they have the girl's size in uniforms. Clueless Kim shows up again and she looks like a hot mess.

Then some girl name Lauren walks and she looks as if she's trying to catch the bus. It's bad y'all.

Fatima is back and and she's awful. Some girl named Anya is soooo excited and she's annoying to me too. It's 11 minutes into the show and there's no Tyra yet?

The girls to go a football field and former top model contestants act as cheerleaders and it's pretty sad. Furonda, Joanie and the twins are all there which says to me they don't have a career.

Tyra comes popping out as a bad looking Homecoming Queen at 8:13. She's got really bad makeup, really UGLY hair and a yellow dress. Tyra tells the girls that this season will be "coming home to NYC."

I'm thinking since her talk-show is in NYC it would make sense the show would be there too. So far, I'm not impressed with any of the girls we've seen so far. It's now 8:15.

It;s 8:18 and we see a commericial for a GOOD show: Gossip Girl!

It's 8:19: Anya shows up again and I can tell she might not make it due to the edit. Another girl who's less than memorable shows up with a cool and shiny bathing suit. Another girls shows up and she's from Wisconsin and she disses her hometown.

Another girl claims she's related to Muhammad Ali and her name is Shaya. She's cute but meh. The rest of the girls tryo to get to know each other and one shouts "Hey you guys want to see my pubic hair?" Class-y....

A plus sized model (really) disses the OTHER plus sized girls. I'm sure Tocarra and Whitney are pleased by this. I'll skip this pitiful performance by this one girl who tried to rap.

This girl named Dominique who's got big boobs and said that "you can't put a price on all of this!' I like her!

Fatima and Shayla get into it after Fatima tells Shayla that she's so "ghetto". Saleisha shows off her Cover Girl commericial but it's kinda bad. But she's better than Jaslene!!!

It's 8:28 and we're back at Fake Charm School and some girl who's the new Natasha of the season. OH NO: One girl says she's audition for Top Model EIGHT times!!!!!! Then this woman named Shalynda goes after Fatima with both barrels. And then catfight No. 1 goes on. Sooo attractive.

Another girl says she's weird and different and Tyra tells her "These girls don't look like my type of look" oh, Ty=Ty its always about you.

A black girl says that she got married at 17! And Mr. Jay volunteers to be her lapdance subject. And then we have the parade of weird. Another girl says her mom is only 18-years old than she. Her mom is a Morman oooh.

Kim the dumb blond shows up and then says "A lot of people think I'm a dumb blond but.." and I'm like, yes you ARE a dumb blond.

Fatima does the inevitable comparison to Iman. Tyra brings out that Fatima has had female circumcision and it gets pretty sad. Her body doesn't look so hot but what do I know. Fatima looks like she needs a good meal!

Fatima tells everone that she's had the proceedure and I'm guessing some of these women don't even know what that is.

It's only 8:35 and I'm bored.

Then it's 8:40 and Fatima is crying and then Marvita yells out "So do you feel like less of a woman?" Class-y

Another girl talks about how she was going to trick out an impala. She's from Boston and it's pretty sad.

Another full figure girl shows up and she admits to stretch marks. I'm scared of her but ick. But wait, I spoke too soon. Another girl says she just had a baby and she's breast feeding and then she admits to....


wait for it




DRINKING THE BREAST MILK!

Please cut her butt!

Shayla and Shalynda get cut. BOO!

They continue this modeling school theme and the girls have to take a senior class portraits. The yave to self style and get ready for their shots.

Some of these girls look like a hot mess. Anya has made the cut and she doesn't look too bad! Fatima talks to Mr. Ja about how she wants the photo done and I can tell Mr. Jay doesn't like her.

Kim the clueless is still there! Marvita does not too bad of a job and she's happy about it. No word about Breast Milk Woman yet. And we're off to commericial.

We're back and the photos doen't look half-bad. Yay. Breast Milk woman is still in for now.

Impala woman is in! For now! Mr. Jay isn't impressed with Marvita. And now it's time for the results!

Here's who made it: But first, we have to do the commencement ceremony. Allison has made it! Fatima made it (surprise!), Katrozina made it! Dumb Kim made it! Stacy Ann made it. Both Amys made it. But Tyra is making one of them change their name. Breast Milk Woman made it. Whitney made it (the plus sized girl) . Marvita made it and she's shocked. Three names left: Lauren made it (awkward girl) , Tatalia made it. And there's one name left. Anya made it.

Unfortunately, the girl who said you can't put a price on all of this didn't make it. BOO! Then Tyra is cruel and then said they were going to add another name and then she mentioned that All of this DID make it!

And she's ready to Rock This!

And we're off!

Live blogging: "Lost"

Oh Sayid, you're looking mighty sexy in your future flashback. Photo by ABC.com

I'm actually starting this late because I had to eat some dinner.

That being said we're starting at 9:15.

Jack and Kate talk and share a moment. Jack sends Kate to go with Sayid and the "Ghost Whisperer" go to get Charlotte. The pilot asks about Sayid's past and Jack tells him that he was a torturer.

And we're at commerical: Here's what happened the OTHER 14 minutes. We start out with Sayid on a really goregous golf course and he makes a friendly wager with another golfer. Sayid loses and insists on paying the other golfer: with a bullet.

Um, I'd think if I'd have known the outcome, I would have let him win for SURE.

Then we flash backward to the island and Sayid closes Naomi's dead eyes (sooo cliche here) and sees a bracelet she has. It has an inscription on it and then he asks the pilot could he go to the boat. Sayid promises to bring Charlotte back safe and sound but only if he'll take him to the boat. The pilot answers with"he'll get them OFF the island." which we now know that Sayid DOES get off but how????

Flash forward, Sayid picks up a blond in a coffee bar they make chit chat and a date.

Sayid plans on going for Charlotte and tells Jack that he'll need to stay behind. Kate asks Jack how does it feel to be left behind and he says should he do like her and "wait 20 minutes and then go anyway" (I love Jack!)

It's 9:21 and Sayid, Kate and "The Ghost Whisperer" go after Charlotte. After some playful and witty banter, we go back to the fast-foward. Sayid and the blond have apparently gotten closer. Sayid grabs the blond's beeper (yes BEEPER) and they head out.

It's 9:23 and there's some lovey dovy action going on. I look away and then we're back at the helicopter where Dr. Whocares is busy setting up some sort of device. Jack and the pilot look on and Jack wants to know his story. Dr Whocares activates the phone and asks Regina to fire out some sort of payload.

But the beacon never arrives. Sayid and his crew arrive at the barracks and head into the area. The Ghost Whisper wonders about the swingset and Kate and Sayid doesn't give him an answer.

They find Hurley in the closet! (NO, let's not go there). But it's beginning to make sense: Jack, Sayid, Hurley and Sayid all make it off the island. I'm guessing that they make it out on the helicopter but for some reason, they can't get back. Now the question is: Who are the other two? And is the person in the coffin one of the Oceanic Six or was there SEVEN and he died?

It's 9:31 and now Hurley is spilling his guts to Sayid's crew. Jack and the pilot talks and Jack tells the pilot it's been 100 days since he saw the game. The payload finally arrives but it's a good few minutes late. What's going on?

Juliet shows up and she has Desmond. (I forgot all about Desmond!)

Kate and crew search the barracks and find: empty closets?

Sayid pulls a dresser out and finds a fake wall. Of course he goes in and sees Ben's secret staff of passports and British pounds. It looks as if Ben has left the island a bunch. And then we find that Hurley CONNED them and is with the crew after all. He gives a sheepish "Sorry dude" and we're off to commericial: AGAIN!

It's 9:38 and it seems like the commericial break just goes on and on...

GAWD: ABC is trying to force some crappy old reality show down my throat. Luckily this big old piece of chocolate cake I'm eating is blocking the b.s. or I'd be in trouble.

It's 9:41 and Sayid and Ben are now locked in the same cell. Kate is in a room with Sawyer and a hospital bed. Kate says she believes Jack can get them off the island. Sawyer says he has nothing waiting for him there. He asks her why she wants to get off the island so bad. He says they should stay and play house. (AWWW) . But she isn't having it.

Lock brings Sayid and Ben some ice tea but I think he must not know about Sayid. Ben watches Sayid and play who has the biggest balls.

Flash forward and Sayid and the blond are lying in bed after some L-O-V-I-N'. The blond now realizes that she doesn't know anything about him. She then says she's in love with Sayid and he looks conflicted.

Sayid tells the blond no more secrets and then the beeper that the blond has been carrying around goes off. (Of course it would). Sayid tells her that she needs to leave Berlin and Sayid reveals that he was using her to get to her employer. Of course she's ticked.

Sayid says her employer is on a list and the blond shoots Sayid. It turns out SHE was using him! OMG! And then he kills her!! Wow!

He even strokes her hair and closes her eyes like he did Naomi and then sees she had a bracelet like HERS!
Yep, it's official. I'm this show's bitch. And we're off to commericial: AAARGGGGHHHHH!!!

EWWW: Viagra commericial !!!!!!!

And ooooh: A commericial for Oprah's new reality show!! "Oprah's Big Give"

Desmond questions them about Penelope and SAyid arrives with Charlotte but no Miles and Kate. Jack looks shocked that Kate isn't there and Sayid said he traded Charlotte for Miles.

Charlotte says she's saying and Daniel says he's going to stay. Dr Whoecares tells the pilot to stay on the same bearing they came in on. Jack stays and it looks as if Naomi is the one who'll be on the helicopter. So it looks as if Sayid, Desmond, the pilot and Naomi's body all attempt to leave the island. And YAY they take off and Sayid looks so happy he could just cry.

And it looks as if they have officially left the island!

Suddnely we're in a clinic where there are tons of animals. Sayid is still wounded and it looks as if a mysterious man will be taking out the bullet. Sayid is talking to BEN!!! OMG and Ben is Sayid's employer and it looks as if he's working for Ben to protect his friends.

Sayid tells Ben they know he's after them now and Ben says GOOD.

WOW!

Next week: Another one of the six is revealed!

Checking out Saturday night TV

I haven't watched this show in years but tonight's episodes were pretty darn interesting. Photo by MTV.com

I've been working on a project all day long and was afraid that I'd have to bypass my television viewing for tonight. Then I got a jingle on my cell phone from my friend Jump the Snark reminding me to watch "Torchwood" tonight. I tried to beg off but my friend he wasn't having it. Once again: He was right. And so was Mrs. Wong. And so was Ani. I have to accept that they all are cooler than me and move on.

But I'm in denial so there!

I think I'm beginning to figure out what's going on. Mrs. Wong reminded me that this was a spin-off from some show called "Dr. Who." (I can see them both rolling their eyes here but I've never seen Dr. Who).

So then I was flipping through the channels and stumbled across a show I used to like. "True Life" on MTV.

I haven't watched it in YEARS. When it started it was extremely interesting because it dealt with young people making stupid mistakes or learning about life. And then I veered away from the show because more interesting stuff was on.

Tonight was a show about "Friends With Benefits" but I think it should have been called "One person's being selfish and the other person is cruising for their heart to be broken." Seriously, how can this NOT be considered a BAD idea???

I'm no saint because I've had those types of arraignments (YES: TMI) before and they NEVER work out. But I guess everyone must learn on their own. The thing is, is that the people who didn't want to get caught up in a relationship really aren't all of that.

But the sex must be AMAZING because folks are crying on NATIONAL TV. And get this, the guy Scott who lives in NYC is too "focused" on his career but yet he has time to hook-up with another hottie. And in Indiana this girl Britney is stringing this guy along named Sean. She's kinda tacky and her hair is quite unfortunate. (If you're not a blond in real life, don't be one on TV)

That being said,I doubt I'll continue to watch this show, but what the heck, it killed an hour.

In search of the Black Canary: Smallville

Yeah, I feel like screaming too after watching this horrid version of one of my favorite DC Comics heroines. Photo by CWTV.com

My good friend Mrs. Wong still watches "Smallville" after all these years. I check it when superheroes from the DC Comics universe show up. Last night, I DVR'd "Smallville" while I watched "Survivor" and then I had to watch "Lost" and then I zipped through "Smallville." It was the right choice for me.

My apologies Mrs. Wong, but here's what I didn't like:
I haven't watched this show in forever and everyone looks very old. Tom Welling will be 31 years old in April and he looks every bit of it. He's supposed to be playing I would guess now early 20s. While it worked in the early days of this show, now, it doesn't.

Allison Mack as Chloe is still as cute as ever and she's 25 but if these kids don't graduate soon, she's going to start looking her age too.

And Lana, poor Lana (Kristin Kruek). She is 25 but is looking more like 30 plus. Her storyline is just ridiculous and she's less than convincing as the ex-wife of Lex Luthor.

But what I'm really miffed at is the show's attempt to do Black Canary. The story behind Black Canary is that she's a florist by day and a crime fighter by night. She is one of the most skilled fighters within the DC Universe (some say she can fight the Batman to a standstill). But her biggest weapon is her "Canary Cry" which is a hypersonic (not SUBsonic) cry that can shatter class and even punch a hole through steel. See for yourself here.

What we saw last night was a lady in bad leather with knives and no acting ability whatsoever.

But the one thing I DO want to see is a Justice League spinoff because it looks like it'll be hellacool. Get on it CW!

"Surivor" :Fan vs. Favorites

Cirie, please win for all of us coach potatoes everywhere. Photo by CBS.com

At first, I thought this Fans vs. Favorites idea was crappy. But color me impressed because the favorites gave us a great show. Seriously because 15 minutes in alliances were ALREADY being formed. One was, Amie, Eliza, Jonathan and Yau, the other was Ozzie, Parvati, James and Amanda. Both alliances wanted Jonny Fairplay but no one seemed to want Cirie, which is interesting since she played a good game last time. I'm rooting fr her.

Here's some mistakes I'm noticing already:
Folks are not thinking with the right heads (James, Ozzy, I'm looking at BOTH of you)

The fans are overestimating themselves right now. You don't have experience. These people do. Learn from them.

I can't wait to see how where this goes.

Episode grade: A+

The Boondocks: The gay episode

I don't know whether to laugh or be totally offended by the "gay" episode of "The Boondocks"

So the return of Gangstalicious returned on "The Boondocks" on Monday night. For those of you who don't know, last season Riley discovered that rapper Gangstalicious was gay. Riley kept the secret and now Gangastalicious is repaying him with free tickets and shoutouts.

If you can get past the language it's one of the funniest of the season. And in an uncomfortable way.

Why is Diane Saywer wasting her time?

Diane, you deserved better than what Charlie and George was dishing out on Tuesday night. Photo by ABC.com

So here's the deal. I was watching ABC news (my partner's idea, not mine) to see the battle among the candidates to see who would be the Republican and Democratic front runners. I got distracted by the dominance of George and Charlie. Charlie is the lead anchor so that makes sense but George? Really?

Poor Diane was regulated to giving weak stats on the sideline. She deserved a better role than that.

Yes, I watched the Super Bowl

Alicia Keys and her singing was the highlight of my Super Bowl afternoon the outfit, however, notsomuch. Photo by NFL.com

It's 6:26 p.m. and I've been watching the Super Bowl for the past few hours. I don't care about the game but I wanted to watch for the commericials. And I have to say the only commercial that I actually liked was the one featuring the Budweiser Clydesdale horse training a la Rocky. The rest kinda sucked. I was disappointed with the "Iron Man" commercial too because it didn't show me anything new.

Maybe because it was a dreary, rainy afternoon here in San Diego but I was kinda meh on the whole thing. You'd think I'd be all over men in tight uniforms running and sweating but it did next to nothing for me.

I'm looking up and it's now 6:34 p.m. and lordy, it looks like something is finally happening! The score is 10 to 7 with the New York Giants leading the New England Patriots. I'm rooting for the Patriots because I want Junior Seau to FINALLY get the danged Super Bowl ring so he can sit his behind down. He's old like me and 39 year old men should not be running up and down this football field like they're 24.

Oh, and my other favorite part was the "celebrities" they showed in the crowd: Pam Anderson, Jordin Sparks, Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy and of course Peyton Manning who was watching his lil' bro on the field.

MY GAWD! The Patriots just scored! The score is now 14 to 10. Thank you GAWD. He'll finally get that ring!

And then two of the worst commericals ever just aired. One for AMP from Mountain Dew (Can this group please stop hawking this song) and the other from American Idol which showed NFL players trying to sing.

Wow, when I started this I hadn't planned on live blogging this but oh, well, I'm flexible.

We now have 1 min, 20 sec left. and it's about 6:50 which means this will take about 10 min to do. Eli Manning almost threw an interception which isn't good for the Giants fans We have 59 seconds left and the Giants are in good position on the field.

After 3 hours, NOW the game gets interesting???!!! They now have a first down and we have 40 seconds left. Wow, this really, really is going to go to the bitter end.

The Giants just scored!!!!!!!! and we have 35 seconds left and the crowd is going wild. My poor heart is breaking, just breaking for Junior Seau right now. Score is now 17-14 Giants!!! But we have 35 seconds left and a lot can happen.

The Patriots have the ball and we have 29 seconds left. This might be the longest 29 seconds ever. The Patriots coach Bill Bellachick looks like he's ready to blow a gasket right now. Tom Brady gets SACKED and we're now down to 19 seconds left.

They just showed Junior and he's looking kinda sad. Brady does a great throw but the Giants guys can smell the win and they are playing for their lives. We're down to 10 seconds now. We really now are down the last play of the game, it's do or die here. Do you believe in miracles? I don't. And it looks like I'm right. And the game is now over!!!!!! Giants win!!!!!! But wait, we have 1 second left and they are trying to get everyone off the field. You can here the crowd chant "Eli, Eli!". Yeah, it's over.

Torchwood

It's funny, it's scary, it's "Torchwood" Photo by BBC America


My friend Jump the Snark has been after me for a while to watch this show. Now, why did I doubt him? I dunno but I'm on the "Torchwood" train.

I can't say I didn't know about this show because numerous people (Thank you for the clarification Mrs. Wong) told me about it but I didn't give it a chance. Now I'm ready.

I'm going to try to make this Saturday night appointment TV.

Live blogging LOST!

Oh NO! Jack you may have doomed them all. Photo by ABC.com

Yay: Here we go:

9:05: OMG: We discover that six people get off the Island and they are part of the Oceanic Six. We know Kate and Jack are one and two, and it looks like Hurley is No. 3! We discover this after he leads police on a high speed chase through L.A. and crashes.

9:08: Ick! An Ana-Lucia reference. The cop interviewing Hurley says Ana-Lucia was his partner before he made detective.

9:10 Hurley is having visions and they aren't good ones.

9:14: Hurley does a cannonball but before we're subjected to a slo-mo run and see his manboobs jiggle.

9:19: Jack sends everyone back to the beach. Naomi's is bleeding and they are looking for her body. Kate and Jack hug as Ben looks on waiting for an opportunity. At the beach, Sawyer, Jin, Desmond and Sayeid all are worried about what Charley's message says about these people not being Penny.

9:21: Flash foward: Hurley meets an attorney for Oceanic airlines while in the asylum. They offer him an upgrade to a better facility. He freaks out when he asks "Are THEY still alive?" (Oh god, who is THEY????!!! DAY-UM these people with the questions!!)

9:24: Sawyer shows compassion to Hurley and asks if he wants to talk about Charley. (AWWW)

9:25 Hurley gets lost and it's not looking good. The Island gets pissed with al lthe yelling and he wanders to a shack where he hears voices.

9:29: Jack, Ben and The French Lady are in the middle of the jungle and Jack realizes that he's been had. Kate takes the phone and finds the real blood trail and gets a call from the boat. She then ends the call and then is attacked by Naomi. She calls for someone named George. And we see that she's been hurt pretty badly and then dies after she tells George to tell her sister that she loved her. (Bye Naomi)

9:33: Hurley sees Jacob in the rocking chair and promptly freaks out. He then runs again and sees the cabin again. And then he sees Locke and it's commercial time! (AAAACK!!! Come back NOOOOOOWWWW!!!)

9:37: ABC is trying to shove "Eli Stone" down my throat and I'm not trying to buy (CRAP) Just saw a tease for Oceanic Airlines and guess what: It's going to air during "Eli freaking Stone." (Heck, I'll wait and let someone tell me about it, I'm old and need my rest)

9:39. LONGEST. COMMERICAL. BREAK. EVER!!!

9:40: Hurley and Locke talk and share water. Hurley and Locke make some sort of alliance and it creeps me out. Hurley catches up at 9:40. Hurley gives this quote "Sorry, I got lost..."

9:41: The Lost tribe arrives back at the meeting point. Lots of random people I've never seen also arrive looking remarkably fresh. Claire looks around for Charlie (And we see that during the hiatus girlfriend got some new highlights). Hurley tells Claire that Charlie didn't make it and cries and cries.

9:43: Flash forward. Mental patient tells Hurley that the ghost of Charlie is back and staring at him. Hurley reveals that it was Charlie was what caused him to freak out at the store. Hurley is hit by Charlie and he begins to believe that Charlie has something to tell him. (Hmm, I'm wondering if this is a manifestation of guilt here...)

9:45: Charlie tells Hurley that he has something to tell him and he says "They need you, you know they need you."

9:45: Claire wants to know what happened and how Charlie died.

9:46: Jack punches the $hit out of Locke and holds a gun to his head. Juliet stops him from killing Locke. Jack fires at Locke and realizes that the gun isn't loaded. And damn ANOTHER commerical break!

9:51: I get it. "Eli Stone" is NEXT!!!!!!

9:51: Jack is still beating the crap out of Locke who's amazingly able to take some punches.

9:51: Locke and Jack fight. Kate emerges from the jungle and says Naomi saved them. Locke says he's going to the barracks. Locke tells people to go with him. Hurley says he's going with Locke. And gives us some amazing acting.

9:54: Team Jack and Team Locke form. Team Locke" Claire, Ben, Hurley and Sawyer. Team Jack: Jack, Kate, Rose, Bernard and Juliet.

9:56: Team viewer confused: Me, me and ME.

9:57: Flashforward: Hurley and Jack reunite. Hurley is in a bathrobe and Jack is looking like Dapper Dan.

9:57: Jack says he might grow a beard and Hurley asks the real reason Jack is there. Apparently there's something to tell and Jack's worried about "the secret." Hurley apologize for going with Locke and says he should have stayed with Jack. (WHA?? HUH???). I think it wants us to go back. (What's IT???? HUH????? WHA????) Hurley then says :"Never say never dude."

10:00: Jack and Kate seek refuge from the storm near some plane wreckage and then hear a helicopter! The run through the woods and then see a guy who landed on the island!!

OMG: that explosion you've just heard is my mind being blown!

They are back: "Lost" returns

Jack and the crew are back. Let's hope the magic is back with them. ABC.com

I had given up on this show. It was boring. The formula was tired and I was ready to give up. Then I tuned in to the season finale and was blown. A-WAY!

Kate and Jack get off the island! More people follow! Jack's a mess and Kate actually looks good with makeup! This alone makes me want more. Tonight we get the "enhanced" version of the finale with the premiere of Season 4 tomorrow.

I'll be watching: for now.

Is it time for Hollywood week yet?

Lordy, Why do we keeping hearing one sad song after another? This one is a single-mom who wants to do better. Fox.com

Last night "AI" viewers were in Omaha and tonight we were in Miami. Me, I was in hell.

One bad audition after another filled my screen. I cannot wait until some of this deadweight gets dropped. All of this screeching needs to STOP. NOW!!!

When "Supermodels" get raunchy!

Perry rocked out the photoshoot this week with Casey and even won the challenge. Photo by BravoTV.com

This week the models learned abour sexual chemistry and some had it more than others on camera and some off the photoshoot.

The manlove drama of Ben and Ronnie continued this week as Ben was spared elimination (Thanks America!). Ronnie is beside himself with joy and even said that Ben said something might happen if he had a few drinks in him. The BAD thing about this quote is that Ben IS married to a woman and is a prison guard. This combo equals all shades of wrong.

At the photoshoot, models paired off and Holly and Frankie had no chemistry whatsoever.

Holly apparently is saving herself for marriage and felt so uncomfortable about some random dude feeling her up. Frankie was ticked and tried to paint Holly as a drunk since she drank at the photoshoot. I'm guessing if you're not having sex with your fiance, you're probably not a drunk at a photoshoot.

Aryn and Jay both had problems too. She's resting on pretty and he cannot model.

Inevitiably Holly, Jay and Aryn were in the bottom three. If there was any justice, Frankie should be too because besides the hair, he really isn't that hot himself.

Episode grade: B

"Betty' is gone...for now

Amanda was on fire tonight and she finally found her daddy : Gene Simmons. Photo by ABC.com

The last new episode of "Ugly Betty" had some thrills, some chills and a bunch of comedy. We start with HIlda trying to pretty up Betty for a night out on the town. It looks really tragic and Justin in one of this two scenes on the whole episode tells Betty "No!"


We then head over to Henry's band the IRS (Interal Rhythm Service) playing a gig at a local nightclub. Daniel shows up to lend support and runs into a mysterious woman name Rene (Gabrielle Union) who wants him to dance with her to make her boyfriend jealous. When Daniel busts her by saying her "boyfriend" is making out with another guy, she realizes the jig is up. The two flirt and then go back to Daniel's place and to his dark bedroom where Daniel accidentally grabs his mom's breast (Don't ask).

The main story is Daniel trying to convince Betty to write an article on a sexist pig and Gio and Henry competing to see who's the bigger stud. The B plot is Daniel and Rene trying to decide if they want to see each other despite Willie's objections. The C Amanda's quest to find her daddy. And the D plot is Daniel and Alexis trying to find something for their mom to do.

How cute was Betty and Henry tonight singing this song. And what a great image to leave us with.

A+

American Idol: The San Diego and Charleston auditions

Bad fashions, a bad attitude and bad singing made for an awful edition of "American Idol." Photo by Fox.com

There are no words as to how bad this was. We saw one performance after another. Very few good performances. And there were a couple of people who were good who didn't make it. Lord, why?? And what was up with them showing very few people from San Diego.

And as a native South Carolinian, I was embarrassed for Charleston. One tacky person after another. And this one dude with the red pants was just hor-ri-ble and tacky.

Check back on Sunday afternoons....

Hey everyone
You'll notice that the ol' blog has slowed down tremendously. Part of that is due to the old writers' strike and part of this is because I've been incredibly busy imparting knowledge to the next generation of young writers.

That being said, I've become remiss in my old TV blog duties. So I'm still blogging but not every day anymore and I'm moving back to Sunday afternoons where I'll give you my recaps of the week in TV viewing.

I thank you in advance for your patience in this and know that even though I'm not writing, I am watching!

I'm changing my mind about "Make Me a Supermodel"

Ronnie is my new TV boyfriend. Photo by Bravo TV.

"Make Me a Supermodel" is actually not bad! The second episode was much better than the first and unfortunately some girl who I barely remember was kicked off. I was about to give up on this show but there's some manlove going on between Ronnie and Ben and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Ronnie might wind up in the top three and it looks like Ben might be on his way out because he's in the bottom three along with Dominic the D.J and some other girl who's barely made an impression.

And the winner is......

Yay to TK and Rachel for winning "The Amazing Race". Photo by CBS.com

It came down to a complicated challenge that allowed them to pull out ahead of the powerhouse known as Ron and Christina. It made me sooo sad but I knew I would be OK with whoever won.

Bring on TAR 13!

They're baaack! Meet the women of "America's Next Top Model" Cycle 10

I haven't seen a show, but Claire's my pick to win this season. Of course, I haven't been right yet so who knows. Photo by The CW.com

I am counting down the DAYS until "America's Next Top Model" returns and based on the bios and scuttlebutt, this looks to be an interesting season.

Twiggy has been Auf'd (oops. wrong show) and some woman I've never heard of is in. At least we have Jay2 (squared) to add some comedy and drama to the mix.

That being said, you can read all about them and make YOUR early picks here.

"American Idol" does Dallas

Could one of these people from the Dallas auditions be the next "American Idol"? Based on what we saw tonight, nope. Photo by Fox.com

"Idol' stopped by Dallas tonight looking for talent and instead they found some of the worst singers in the land. It kept getting worse and worse and worse. To me, NO one stood out and they seemed to be carbon copies of past "Idol" singers. We'll see what happens in San Diego in Tuesday.

Darn it I got sucked in!

Could someone from San Diego be the next "American Idol" ? We'll have to watch to find out. Photo by Fox.com

Today was an awful day so I turned to "Idol" to lift my spirits. We kicked off this season in Philly in the city of Brotherly Love. Apparently, there's like 6 people who can sing in the whole city because everyone else was AWFUL, HORRIBLE with a dash of TERRIBLE.

Seriously bad. Like let's wipeout their bloodline bad. It's good to see Paula coherent and make decent comments. One girl broke my heart: Temptress. She was singing to help out her family and what broke my heart was that she was severely overweight and her mom was in a wheelchair and using oxygen. She too looked as if she weighed around 500 lbs. And the montage of folks singinging "I Love Rock and Roll" oy vey!

Happy Birthday Jen!

Oh Jen. You were SUCH a hater. Hate kills. Especially on "The Amazing Race!" Photo by CBS.com

YAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!! Nate and Jen were FINALLY shown the door tonight. Best of all, they got eliminated ON HER BIRTHDAY! Oh, how sweet it is!

If there's any justice these two are NOT together anymore. Not Pete and Sarah has two people on this show clearly NOT been meant for each other.

And now it's on: The Final Three: Ron and Chris, Nicholas and Don and TK and Rachel.

It's clearly going to be a battle between Ron and Chris and TK and Rachel. But Don and Nick might surprise us.

Episode grade: A+

Watching the "Golden Globes"

WORST. SHOW AWARD SHOW EVER!

I mean it's a news conference but dang the sad little music isn't helping and the bad announcements aren't that great either. So far there are no surprises here. I think I'm going to save myself an hour and just read the list online tomorrow.

The guiltiest pleasure of all: Cheaters!

Since there's next to nothing on, I went back to the best show EVER: "Cheaters."

Last night, I was still ticked about the roof leaking and I stayed up waayyyy too late and wound up watching "Cheaters" which I haven't seen in a good few months.

If you don't know Cheaters (See season 5 episode 503 Ethan Roberts-Juan Cavala as the BEST EPISODE EVER!) the premise is this: Somone suspects someone of cheating and they hire the Cheaters crew to research. Here's a hint, if they are broadcasting the show, the person is cheating.

They show the audience the clips of the other person cheating and then they show the husband/wife who hired them. Then comes the "Confrontation" where the Cheaters cameras rush to the spot where the cheating spouse/partner is there with the other person and then the person who hired them usually cusses them out or fights. After five minutes of holding people apart, the host Joey Greco approaches the cheater and tries to get a reason why the cheating happened. He or she then usually drives off and they update the audience at the end of the show as to what happened next. And then they were on to the next person.

It's sad how low people will go to keep someone and it's sad to see how quickly people will cheat if given a chance.

That being said, I've learned a LOT from this show. Here are a few lessons:

1) NEVER kiss someone in public. You never know who'll be watching or who's recording you
2) Don't go to Applebee's. Even though this show is filmed in the Dallas/Fort Worth area where the chain seems to be on every street corner, stay AWAY because it seems that's the first place Cheaters will look for you.
3) Inspect things in your house. If something is new or if something has been missing and suddenly turns up. you can bet there's a camera in it.
4) BE where you said you're going to be. If you're going to cheat then don't answer your phone and blame it on a bad signal or that you left your phone in the car and didn't get the message until late.
5) Whatever you do, please don't fight the other person. It's not their fault and most of the time they are a victim too.
6) If you see cameras coming; RUN!

It's Saturday night: Do you know where good TV is?

Thank god Superman and Co. saved the evening after a crappy day. Photo by Wikipedia.

Today has been a crappy today. I went out and ran some errands today and came home to a leaky roof! I don't know how or why but my roof is leaking and it sucks. It's stopped (for now) and so I wanted to relax and unwind with some TV.

But unfortunately there's nothing on. Nada. Zip. Zero. So I did something I haven't done in a while and that's pull out old DVDs I own. The first one was "Justice League Unlimited" and so I had to watch my favorite episode "Grudge Match" which has Huntress, Black Canary, Hawkgirl and Vixen fighting Wonder Woman. Watch the clip, it's the meat of the episode.

So this then put me in the mood to watch Wonder Woman Season 1 and that reminded me of the AWFUL pilot that starred Arte Johnson and Cloris Leachman. It's soo hysterically bad it's good. Bad green screen, bad acting, a bad wonder spin And speaking of BAD WONDER SPINS (Seriously, this is sooo hysterically bad it's not even funny!) And then I had to watch my FAVORITE Wonder Woman episode ever! so this crappy day turned into a really good night!

Will we find America's next top model on this show? Probably not

Meet Cory Bautista. He's supposed to be the great and powerful Oz in fashion. Me, I kinda doubt it but that's what Nikki Taylor and Tyson says, so oh well. But hey, he can't be too bad because he introduced me to the new terms "model cute" and "boyfriend cute" Photo by BravoTV.com

Last night, the "Make Me a Supermodel" premiered on Bravo and because I'm old and can't stay up to 10 p.m. every freaking single night of the week, I opted to let the power of the DVR work for me and viola: today's recap.

Before I begin, I'm going to say I'm suspicious of the time element of this show. Supposedly we start on Jan. 4 but I could swear I saw photos of Tyson online BEFORE this with this episode wearing the same clothes and this was at least THREE weeks ago. The difference between this show and Tyra's is that we, the viewers, will select who stays and who goes. Again, I'm suspicious. Let's remember the same thing happens on this other talent show (cough, cough "Idol") and we all see how THAT works out. Yes Jessica Sierra, I'm looking at you.

It's cold as you know what on the day of filming because these kids are so cold I can see their thoughts freezing up whild Nikki and Tyson are so warm and snuggly in their coats. Its also funny to see them in coats and seeing people walking by them on the street while they're on a raised stage.

Of course we get the blah, blah, blah of "nerves" and "intimidation" etc. What's also funny is to hear NIkki Taylor speak. She has one poor flat monotone. Tyson also known as "Fine" does a much better job.

A flaw with this show already: We don't know who's who yet. We seriously need names on the screen during photo shoots. Besides Ben and Ronnie (My Ex was a porn star but I didn't know it) and Holly and Jacki I can't tell who's who with the girls.

And I had to giggle while looking at Ronnie's profile where it says Times at the Bottom: 0 (Yeah, right)

What I liked was that Tyson helped with the photos by coaching and giving much needed direction. But was anyone else impressed with the photos? Nope.

I'm also a bit ticked that Cory who's clearly fat himself are telling skinny people to lose weight or that their body isn't worthy of being a model.

But onto the best part of the show: Tyson in a red swimsuit. Is it hot in here or is it just HIM! Seriously, his body on his WORST day is like 10 times better than any guy on this show.

Episode grade: B
Tyson in swimsuit: A++++++++++++++
Models in swimsuits: C-

"Ugly Betty" is back!

Oh Justin, please don't leave my TV. Your gift to pick out anyone's weight and accesorizing is a gift to the world. Photo by ABC.com.

Last night, I was flipping through the channels and my DVR suddenly clicked on. I was rewarded with a NEW episode of "UB" and I immediately fell to my knees to thank the TV gods because they ended my suffering!

This episode was on fire but before i go recap, I have to say this little girl is my new favorite actress. I have loved her since she guest starred on this show about a teen-age detective who brought justice to a little down of Neptune. and she was sooo adorable. I'm telling you, remember her name: Juliette Goglila because she's going to be a big star and you heard it here first.

Last night, Betty struck a blow for pleasingly pump women everywhere when she saw Justin and his class idolize super skinny models and dis "real sized" women. As the conscious of Mode it took a while but she got Daniel and Alexis on board with the plan to show real-sized women as models and not size zero.

I have to admit that I'm addicted to "America's Next Top Model," "Make Me a Supermodel" and "Project Runway" but I'm always shocked at how skinny the women are! Yet, I love to watch. So in a way I'm contributing to the zero worship that's going on in the world. Even though I HATE with a passion this girl I felt it was unfair for the media to attack her for being a size two and calling her fat.

But, back to "Betty". The show was on point and once again had me laughing and nearly crying both at the same time. Catty Amanda is still on a search for her father and the touching talk that she and Betty had in the "secret sex room" brought me to tears. It home to for me because I've lost both parents in the last five years and it's something you never get over.

Mark had me in side-splitting laughter with this quote: "I'd never thought I'd say this to a woman but turn around and bend over." As he gave Willie and her "hostile womb" a hormone injection. Unfortunately, they're going to drag poor Christina in to be a surrogate to carry Willie and Bradford's baby.

The lone weak spot in the show was Bow Wow and Omarion guest starring. You know folks in the Midwest probably looked at each other and said "Who the heck are these clowns."

Next week: Betty might be pregnant????

Episode Grade: A+++++

R.I.P. Ida Greenberg: "Desperate Housewives" the recap

Poor Ida Greenberg, she died saving the Scavo kids from a tornado that hit Wisteria Lane. She told the kids to go under the stairs while she died in a corner alone. Photo by Wikipedia.

Tonight on "Desperate Housewives," we found out that Tom and the Scavo kids made it through the storm while Ida didn't. Poor Gaby learned that she really WAS poor since Victor left her nothing and she couldn't get the form to get the money from the off-shore account that Carlos had.

Bree had to pimp Andrew out to get the roof fixed while Susan and Julie were thrilled that Bree loves to cook and clean. Lynette felt extremely guilty so she wanted to honored Ida's last wish. Kathyrn's secret came dangerously close to being revealed.

Lee and Bob also took a moment to explain gay math to Bree.

And Andrew realized that he was being pimped out for a new roof and "windows" as Bree gleefully says. And the two of them negotiated for surround sound. Susan tried to throw a monkey wrench into the plan with this quote:


"Oh? This is a fix-up? It never would occurred me with the vast age difference? But what the hell, life is short. Especially for Walter."

And Orson counters with :"He's got a mesh tank top that would bring your ex to tears."
Episode grade A+

What is WRONG with these people?: "Deal or No Deal"

Greed is killing a lot of people's dreams on "Deal or No Deal." Photo by NBC.com

So tonight was another "stunt" episode of "Deal or No Deal," this time, the '70s and '80s. I'm SICK of the stunts and it's just plain tacky. That being said, the thing that really, gets my goat is that GREED is overwhelming rational behavior on this show. Over the last few weeks, people have left with .01, $5 and $100 all because they got greedy and didn't think about what's really on the board and their chances of walking away with some good money. Tonight's contestant during the '70s portion had an offer of $124,000 with a board of $750,000, $100,000, $50 and $50,0000 and he refused the offer. DUMB!! I couldn't stomach the last hour and instead turned over to "The Amazing Race."

We'll see if any stupid mistakes on this show raises my blood pressure.

Let me save you some time.....

Ben is one of the pretty people you'll see strutting his stuff on "Make Me a Supermodel". Photo by BravoTV.com

"Make me a Supermodel" ain't "America's Next Top Model" but since there isn't a lot to watch, it might be worth watching.

Here's a few observations: There are some people who are cute, pretty and gorgeous in America and don't tell them because they KNOW it already. Practically everyone on this show knew it and some of them need to eat some humble pie.

But the show isn't a total lose because we have FINE Tyson Beckford on the show! Yay!

Yay, the "Housewives" are back. But for one episode. Photo by ABC.com

Just saw a promo for Sunday's episode: We find out if Tom and the kids make it. I actually care and I'm shocked myself. Just when I thought I had given up, I find myself pining for this show. Dumb old writer's strike.