Da Vinci's Demons spreads its wings tonight.
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Patrick Duffy says he'd like to participate in a Step by Step reunion movie and that it would be interesting to see how the Lambert family grew up. I just hope such a series spawns a serious topical drama that desperately adds a laugh track when ratings tank, giving the Tgif generation a The Bradys of their own.
You've seen me complain that the dark side of a golden age of television is a too-full DVR that make it challenging to keep up with all the good shows (as well as the guilty pleasures and hate watching) available. It also means that shows like Southland and Switched at Birth don't quite get the attention they deserve. I'm still looking for time to get caught up on Game of Thrones, much less time to get to that third episode of Top of the Lake.
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Patrick Duffy says he'd like to participate in a Step by Step reunion movie and that it would be interesting to see how the Lambert family grew up. I just hope such a series spawns a serious topical drama that desperately adds a laugh track when ratings tank, giving the Tgif generation a The Bradys of their own.
You've seen me complain that the dark side of a golden age of television is a too-full DVR that make it challenging to keep up with all the good shows (as well as the guilty pleasures and hate watching) available. It also means that shows like Southland and Switched at Birth don't quite get the attention they deserve. I'm still looking for time to get caught up on Game of Thrones, much less time to get to that third episode of Top of the Lake.
- 4/12/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Aw, see you next season violent, con man Banshee sheriff.
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...aaaand the new MSNBC primetime host is Chris Hayes. I'll admit, I've mixed feelings about the development. I'm not thrilled about giving up Hayes' weekend show, Up, but I do love the idea of combining Hayes with Rachel Maddow. The combination of Hayes and Maddow as the majority of MSNBC's prime time slot could end up making a strong argument that it is possible for cable news to offer programming that's informative, instead of the ridiculous gimmicks, opinionated bluster and scandal-chasing that's found too often elsewhere.
One of the things I enjoy about Up with Chris Hayes is that Hayes uses the forum to function as an example of what other shows could accomplish if they cared, like the way Up is much more diverse than other Sunday shows.
Elsewhere at NBC News, The Today Show is struggling to...
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...aaaand the new MSNBC primetime host is Chris Hayes. I'll admit, I've mixed feelings about the development. I'm not thrilled about giving up Hayes' weekend show, Up, but I do love the idea of combining Hayes with Rachel Maddow. The combination of Hayes and Maddow as the majority of MSNBC's prime time slot could end up making a strong argument that it is possible for cable news to offer programming that's informative, instead of the ridiculous gimmicks, opinionated bluster and scandal-chasing that's found too often elsewhere.
One of the things I enjoy about Up with Chris Hayes is that Hayes uses the forum to function as an example of what other shows could accomplish if they cared, like the way Up is much more diverse than other Sunday shows.
Elsewhere at NBC News, The Today Show is struggling to...
- 3/15/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
The Porlandia finale explains how locals deal with a power outage.
I presume that torch is made from locally-sourced materials.
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In talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Murphy said that if Glee gets a fifth season, the show would be "very different." While he avoided getting specific, he said he will probably have a large chunk of the cast staying in the same location.
The end is near for the gang at West Beverly Hills as TVLine revealed that 90210 will end this season. Ratings have been so bad this season the only debate about 90210's future was if it would end this season or if it would get a farewell season like Gossip Girl did.
However, our main reason for suffering through Adrianna's storylines has already found his next role, as Zap2it reports that Trevor Donovan has joined the ABC Family comedy Melissa & Joey as the boy who...
I presume that torch is made from locally-sourced materials.
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In talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Murphy said that if Glee gets a fifth season, the show would be "very different." While he avoided getting specific, he said he will probably have a large chunk of the cast staying in the same location.
The end is near for the gang at West Beverly Hills as TVLine revealed that 90210 will end this season. Ratings have been so bad this season the only debate about 90210's future was if it would end this season or if it would get a farewell season like Gossip Girl did.
However, our main reason for suffering through Adrianna's storylines has already found his next role, as Zap2it reports that Trevor Donovan has joined the ABC Family comedy Melissa & Joey as the boy who...
- 3/1/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
IFC's Out There animates the bittersweet teenage years.
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Former As the World Turns hunk Jesse Soffer has joined the cast of NBC's modern-day Hatfields & McCoys drama, Deadline reports. Offer will appear as a prodigal son of the McCoy clan who returns to the fold just as the feud starts to heat up again. Now, if only I had more reason to include the phrase "Former As the World Turns hunk" more often.
The story of the ratings for The Americans has been a bumpy road. The espionage drama had a big debut, (what looked like) a large second-week drop-off and followed with a big gain from DVR viewers. Thankfully, the nervous part is over as FX has ordered a second season, meaning we'll get to keep seeing Matthew Rhys in a variety of disguises. Additionally, Nielsen has finished counting the viewers for the premiere and it now ranks as FX's most-watched series debut.
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Former As the World Turns hunk Jesse Soffer has joined the cast of NBC's modern-day Hatfields & McCoys drama, Deadline reports. Offer will appear as a prodigal son of the McCoy clan who returns to the fold just as the feud starts to heat up again. Now, if only I had more reason to include the phrase "Former As the World Turns hunk" more often.
The story of the ratings for The Americans has been a bumpy road. The espionage drama had a big debut, (what looked like) a large second-week drop-off and followed with a big gain from DVR viewers. Thankfully, the nervous part is over as FX has ordered a second season, meaning we'll get to keep seeing Matthew Rhys in a variety of disguises. Additionally, Nielsen has finished counting the viewers for the premiere and it now ranks as FX's most-watched series debut.
- 2/22/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
On TV this weekend: Beyoncé shows us what makes her irreplaceable, a Revenge plot claims its casualties, Downton Abbey gives the help the next several months off and Californication reunites Hurley and Shannon. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 15 programs to keep on your radar.
Saturday, February 16
8 pm Pastor Brown (Lifetime) | TV-movie: A woman (Eureka‘s Salli Richardson-Whitfield) returns home to honor her dying dad’s final command to take over as pastor of the family church – despite her sordid past and the son she abandoned years ago. Tisha Campbell-Martin, Nicole Ari Parker and Michael B. Jordan co-star.
Saturday, February 16
8 pm Pastor Brown (Lifetime) | TV-movie: A woman (Eureka‘s Salli Richardson-Whitfield) returns home to honor her dying dad’s final command to take over as pastor of the family church – despite her sordid past and the son she abandoned years ago. Tisha Campbell-Martin, Nicole Ari Parker and Michael B. Jordan co-star.
- 2/16/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
For the past two installments of The Amazing Race, The Televerse podcast has run a Bragging Rights pool where participants pick the team they predict will win the whole shebang as well as weekly picks for who will get eliminated. Listener Mario in Philly won the first time, edging out SoS Amazing Race recapper Dan in the final week and last time, Televerse cohost and SoS editor Simon Howell squeaked out the win over SoS NCIS reviewer Amanda (after dominating throughout the rest of the season).
Anyone can play and the more the merrier, so email the Televerse (theteleverse@gmail.com) to join in on the fun! Then take a look at the video below and decide on your overall pick to win The Amazing Race 22.
The new season starts up this Sunday, February 17th, but new players can join the pool at any time, even weeks into this season’s run.
Anyone can play and the more the merrier, so email the Televerse (theteleverse@gmail.com) to join in on the fun! Then take a look at the video below and decide on your overall pick to win The Amazing Race 22.
The new season starts up this Sunday, February 17th, but new players can join the pool at any time, even weeks into this season’s run.
- 2/15/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
There better not be any snakes at this Video Game Awards show.
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New Smash show runner Josh Safran tells EW that viewers can expect fewer random musical numbers, like the bowling alley performance and the Bollywood dream sequence, though there still could be dream sequences, just ones that aren't so glaringly out of place.
Silvio Horta and Salma Hayek are teaming up again, six years after the two worked to bring Ugly Betty to ABC. According to Deadline, the two are working on Bastards, a drama about a "colorful" (and I'm guessing wealthy) Cuban-American family who learns that there's a bastard relative out there, the first revelation of many secrets within the family.
The fifth season of Leverage — currently TNT's longest-running show airing new episodes — will air its finale on Christmas Day, and with the prospect of a sixth season still uncertain, series producer Dean Devlin wrote an open...
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New Smash show runner Josh Safran tells EW that viewers can expect fewer random musical numbers, like the bowling alley performance and the Bollywood dream sequence, though there still could be dream sequences, just ones that aren't so glaringly out of place.
Silvio Horta and Salma Hayek are teaming up again, six years after the two worked to bring Ugly Betty to ABC. According to Deadline, the two are working on Bastards, a drama about a "colorful" (and I'm guessing wealthy) Cuban-American family who learns that there's a bastard relative out there, the first revelation of many secrets within the family.
The fifth season of Leverage — currently TNT's longest-running show airing new episodes — will air its finale on Christmas Day, and with the prospect of a sixth season still uncertain, series producer Dean Devlin wrote an open...
- 12/7/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
PBS mixes food, science and history on Mind of a Chef.
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Covert Affairs hunk Eion Bailey has joined the TNT pilot Trooper. He'll play the patrol partner of Mira Sorvino's state trooper character, who we hope also has an allergy to wearing shirts.
Get ready for more Dewey in the next season of Southland, C. Thomas Howell is now a series regular. I hope that means they have some solid plans for the character who, so far, has worked best in limited quantities.
The Big Bang Theory cast Bernadette's mother with Meagen Fay, who has a long resume including Malcolm in the Middle, The Bernie Mac Show and one of my obsessions, the nuclear apocalypse comedy Whoops!.
ABC has found a pal for Rebel Wilson in the comedy pilot Super Fun Night, which follows a group of nerdy friends who promise to make every Friday a "Super Fun Night.
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Covert Affairs hunk Eion Bailey has joined the TNT pilot Trooper. He'll play the patrol partner of Mira Sorvino's state trooper character, who we hope also has an allergy to wearing shirts.
Get ready for more Dewey in the next season of Southland, C. Thomas Howell is now a series regular. I hope that means they have some solid plans for the character who, so far, has worked best in limited quantities.
The Big Bang Theory cast Bernadette's mother with Meagen Fay, who has a long resume including Malcolm in the Middle, The Bernie Mac Show and one of my obsessions, the nuclear apocalypse comedy Whoops!.
ABC has found a pal for Rebel Wilson in the comedy pilot Super Fun Night, which follows a group of nerdy friends who promise to make every Friday a "Super Fun Night.
- 11/9/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
Nikita's mission has gone from destroying to managing The Division.
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BBC America has ordered a second season of Copper. I've been totally sucked into the show and its period setting, so I' m thrilled to get another season
ABC will work to adapt the BBC series Rev. I've been hearing about the original, so I guess its time I tried harder to check it out.
In unsurprising news, PETA is thrilled that Animal Practice has been cancelled.
TLC aired a special called My Giant Face Tumor. Sounds like they've found a new way to lower the bar. (Hmm, Lowering the Bar might make a better name for the channel than TLC.)
For those of you who are interested, TVLine has a detailed breakdown on the complexities of ratings in the current digital age. It covers how DVR viewership affects a show's future, when DVR viewers count and how season...
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BBC America has ordered a second season of Copper. I've been totally sucked into the show and its period setting, so I' m thrilled to get another season
ABC will work to adapt the BBC series Rev. I've been hearing about the original, so I guess its time I tried harder to check it out.
In unsurprising news, PETA is thrilled that Animal Practice has been cancelled.
TLC aired a special called My Giant Face Tumor. Sounds like they've found a new way to lower the bar. (Hmm, Lowering the Bar might make a better name for the channel than TLC.)
For those of you who are interested, TVLine has a detailed breakdown on the complexities of ratings in the current digital age. It covers how DVR viewership affects a show's future, when DVR viewers count and how season...
- 10/19/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
On TV this Sunday: Another Amazing Race comes to an end, Zach Galifianakis brings his Ferns to prime time, the Comedy Awards show you the funny, Sherlock is back on the case, Gcb says C-ya and more. We made some tough calls and singled out 13 programs to keep on your radar.
8 pm The Amazing Race (CBS) | Two-hour Season 20 finale: As the final four teams battle for the $1 million prize, they must contend with a fast-paced Japanese game show and a not-so-relaxing “rescue mission” trip to Hawaii.
8 pm Once Upon a Time (ABC) | While Henry pleads for Emma to stay in Storybrooke and complete her quest,...
8 pm The Amazing Race (CBS) | Two-hour Season 20 finale: As the final four teams battle for the $1 million prize, they must contend with a fast-paced Japanese game show and a not-so-relaxing “rescue mission” trip to Hawaii.
8 pm Once Upon a Time (ABC) | While Henry pleads for Emma to stay in Storybrooke and complete her quest,...
- 5/6/2012
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
On TV this weekend: Baseball inches closer to the World Series, Cuddy as Will Gardner’s buddy, Breaking Bad‘s very good finale, and more. We’ve gone daily with the TVLine-Up, and here are our picks for Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday, October 8
7:30 pm Mlb American League Championship Series (Fox) | I am left to root for my Dallas-based sister’s Texas Rangers, hosting the Tigers here for Game 1.
9 pm Bedlam (BBC America) | My first NYC apartment building was many things, but it was not a former insane asylum. (Though things did tend to get pretty crazy when I fired up my Sega.
Saturday, October 8
7:30 pm Mlb American League Championship Series (Fox) | I am left to root for my Dallas-based sister’s Texas Rangers, hosting the Tigers here for Game 1.
9 pm Bedlam (BBC America) | My first NYC apartment building was many things, but it was not a former insane asylum. (Though things did tend to get pretty crazy when I fired up my Sega.
- 10/8/2011
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Active TV, producer of The Amazing Race Australia, is to bring the Mantracker show down under in a TV format which will see Aboriginal people helping track down contestants in the Outback.
The Canadian version of the reality show has run for seven series.
The deal was announced at TV conference Mipcom, currently taking place in Frnace.
Active TV has obtained the rights from Kelencontent. As yet there is no Australian network attached to the show.
Amanda Peppard, VP of development at Active TV, said: “We’re very excited about bringing this hit Canadian format to Australia and anticipate a great response from the Australian networks.
“The Australian ‘Mantracker’ will be our own (version of) Bear Grylls–calm, fearless and knowledgeable–and be accompanied by local indigenous trackers whose understanding of the bush is almost mystical.
“We’ll cast our ‘prey’ the same way we cast for The Amazing Race...
The Canadian version of the reality show has run for seven series.
The deal was announced at TV conference Mipcom, currently taking place in Frnace.
Active TV has obtained the rights from Kelencontent. As yet there is no Australian network attached to the show.
Amanda Peppard, VP of development at Active TV, said: “We’re very excited about bringing this hit Canadian format to Australia and anticipate a great response from the Australian networks.
“The Australian ‘Mantracker’ will be our own (version of) Bear Grylls–calm, fearless and knowledgeable–and be accompanied by local indigenous trackers whose understanding of the bush is almost mystical.
“We’ll cast our ‘prey’ the same way we cast for The Amazing Race...
- 10/5/2011
- by Tim Burrowes
- Encore Magazine
To Spartacus Or Not To Spartacus? That Is The Question!
One of the trickier, and more challenging, aspects of my job as editor of AfterElton.com is keeping the staff shackled deciding how much to cover a new show with gay or bisexual content, or when an existing show adds a gay or bisexual character. What's tricky about that exactly? Well, if you have to ask, clearly you didn't watch the Spartacus prequel, Gods of the Arena, which wrapped up last week.
If you had, you'd know I made a pretty big deal out of the fact that the prequel was going to give gay gladiator Barca (Antonio Te Maioha) a new love interest named Auctus. Or that after interviewing Spartacus co-creator Steven DeKnight, we decreed that Gods of the Arena might be gayer than the original and that there was a steamy gay sex scene you wouldn't want to miss.
One of the trickier, and more challenging, aspects of my job as editor of AfterElton.com is keeping the staff shackled deciding how much to cover a new show with gay or bisexual content, or when an existing show adds a gay or bisexual character. What's tricky about that exactly? Well, if you have to ask, clearly you didn't watch the Spartacus prequel, Gods of the Arena, which wrapped up last week.
If you had, you'd know I made a pretty big deal out of the fact that the prequel was going to give gay gladiator Barca (Antonio Te Maioha) a new love interest named Auctus. Or that after interviewing Spartacus co-creator Steven DeKnight, we decreed that Gods of the Arena might be gayer than the original and that there was a steamy gay sex scene you wouldn't want to miss.
- 3/4/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
At long last, I watched the second episode of The Amazing Race 18. (I spent the weekend with a former Survivor contestant for an upcoming story and have been playing catch-up ever since.) I wasn't all that fond of the first episode and its momentum-destroying twists, including a cliffhanger ending. This episode had an ending, though it was predictable--Kris and Amanda's U-Turn penalty made it pretty difficult for them to catch up, especially after a...
- 3/3/2011
- by Andy Dehnart
- Reality Blurred
The episode started off with the Cowboys still struggling with the word puzzle. While everyone had sailed off after reciting the pass phrase, "I am between the devil and the deep blue sea," Jet and Cord were still between furrowed brows and frustrated drawls of "Son of a buck!"
All of the other teams had sailed through the bay and had already received the next clue, which instructed them to head back to Sydney and look for "To Sail To Stop," a sculpture of an anchor next to Sydney's Town Hall. The first six teams to find it would be placed on an earlier charter flight to a small mining town a few hundred miles from Sydney. The remaining teams would be placed on a later flight.
Some of the teams climbed into cabs back to Sydney to look for "To Sail to Stop." Kisha and Jen's cabbie drove...
All of the other teams had sailed through the bay and had already received the next clue, which instructed them to head back to Sydney and look for "To Sail To Stop," a sculpture of an anchor next to Sydney's Town Hall. The first six teams to find it would be placed on an earlier charter flight to a small mining town a few hundred miles from Sydney. The remaining teams would be placed on a later flight.
Some of the teams climbed into cabs back to Sydney to look for "To Sail to Stop." Kisha and Jen's cabbie drove...
- 3/1/2011
- by Grace Chu
- The Backlot
Kris and Amanda were eliminated after a grueling double-leg in Australia on The Amazing Race. We'll miss them, and their dynamic as one of the few couples in this season. Find out what they have to say about racing again, getting married, and those kangaroo suits!
How did the experience of racing a second time, with all returning teams, compare to your first time on The Amazing Race?
Kris: It was incredible yet a completely different experience this time around. This was everyone's second shot so we were all there to put up a fight to win. Also, many of the teams were our past castmates so it was really cool to experience this all over again with some people you consider friends.
How did the experience of racing a second time, with all returning teams, compare to your first time on The Amazing Race?
Kris: It was incredible yet a completely different experience this time around. This was everyone's second shot so we were all there to put up a fight to win. Also, many of the teams were our past castmates so it was really cool to experience this all over again with some people you consider friends.
- 3/1/2011
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
"The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business" saw its first elimination Sunday night (Feb. 27) when Kris and Amanda could not overcome the U-Turn putting them near the back of the pack and then getting a little lost on the Roadblock.
Are you glad you did "Amazing Race" again, even though you were out early?
Kris: "Absolutely. We'd do it again in a heartbeat. It's like winning the lottery. What are the odds of us being on it once, let alone twice. Experience of a lifetime."
Amanda: "We'd do it a third time even if we knew we'd be the first team out again."
Even though you out early, was it just as fun as you remembered it?
Amanda: "It was really fun. We got to go to Australia, for one, which we've never been. I got to swim with sharks and scuba dive, which I would never have voluntarily done.
Are you glad you did "Amazing Race" again, even though you were out early?
Kris: "Absolutely. We'd do it again in a heartbeat. It's like winning the lottery. What are the odds of us being on it once, let alone twice. Experience of a lifetime."
Amanda: "We'd do it a third time even if we knew we'd be the first team out again."
Even though you out early, was it just as fun as you remembered it?
Amanda: "It was really fun. We got to go to Australia, for one, which we've never been. I got to swim with sharks and scuba dive, which I would never have voluntarily done.
- 2/28/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
After going out of Season 14 of The Amazing Race thanks to a U-Turn (by Margie and Luke), Amanda Blackledge and Kris Klicka, 27, met the same fate on Unfinished Business, becoming the first team to get eliminated after incurring an automatic U-Turn and falling behind on the second half of a double leg in Australia. "I wouldn't say it's harder to swallow because it's our own fault," Amanda, 25, tells TVGuide.com. "It's not like it's easier blaming other people. Yeah, Margie and Luke U-Turned us last time, but I don't think it's anyone's fault when you're eliminated — last time or this time." Find out how far behind the couple was, why it took them so long to get to Town Hall, and if they'd run the Race again.
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- 2/28/2011
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
It can’t be easy being the first evictee from a reality show, but to have to do it while wearing giant kangaroo costumes seems like a double indignity. Alas, last night’s installment of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business gave us this exact scenario, when a pair of exhausted marsupials hopped up to the finish line only to get the ultimate bad news from a somber Phil Keoghan.
Things started off right where we left off last week: With 10 teams hitting the first pit stop and discovering that there’d be no rest, the race continued onward with a four-word clue,...
Things started off right where we left off last week: With 10 teams hitting the first pit stop and discovering that there’d be no rest, the race continued onward with a four-word clue,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
What do you get when you combine kangaroo outfits, moon shoes, paint spitting, green bunnies, fancy dancing, steakhouses, cranky dads, injured dads, magpies, ground mosaics, and an awful sense of direction?
Why, you have a pretty solid second episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. Duh.
Tonight was the second half of the first leg of the race and it was surprisingly entertaining. Any two part episode, whether it be reality or drama, tends to have parts that drag and while this wasn't the most exciting episode in the history of the show, I was into it from start to finish.
The main thing to take from "I Never Looked So Foolish In My Entire Life" is that the race can change over the most minute thing (sort of the theme for this season, really); in this case, it was finding an anchor beside town hall in Sydney with the...
Why, you have a pretty solid second episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. Duh.
Tonight was the second half of the first leg of the race and it was surprisingly entertaining. Any two part episode, whether it be reality or drama, tends to have parts that drag and while this wasn't the most exciting episode in the history of the show, I was into it from start to finish.
The main thing to take from "I Never Looked So Foolish In My Entire Life" is that the race can change over the most minute thing (sort of the theme for this season, really); in this case, it was finding an anchor beside town hall in Sydney with the...
- 2/28/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
Ok, everyone, we can all take a big sigh of relief; Jet and Cord survived the first leg. Everyone ready? One, two, three…
Ahhhhh!
Heading in to this week’s episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, the finale of a very long first leg, Jet and Cord were waaaaaay behind 10th place Kent and Vxysin. The dating Goths themselves were told by Phil that they were waaaaay behind ninth place Mike and Mike. Safe to say, things did not look good for everyone’s favorite cowboys advancing to the second leg.
Despite the huge deficit, we received great news that after meeting Phil at the faux Pit Stop, the teams had to race to become one of six teams on the first flight or five teams on the second flight which departed 30 minutes later. Hurray! There’s no way Jet and Cord can’t catch up to at least four teams,...
Ahhhhh!
Heading in to this week’s episode of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, the finale of a very long first leg, Jet and Cord were waaaaaay behind 10th place Kent and Vxysin. The dating Goths themselves were told by Phil that they were waaaaay behind ninth place Mike and Mike. Safe to say, things did not look good for everyone’s favorite cowboys advancing to the second leg.
Despite the huge deficit, we received great news that after meeting Phil at the faux Pit Stop, the teams had to race to become one of six teams on the first flight or five teams on the second flight which departed 30 minutes later. Hurray! There’s no way Jet and Cord can’t catch up to at least four teams,...
- 2/28/2011
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Luke Dwyer)
- TVfanatic
Here is Sean Furfaro's recap of The Amazing Race, Episode 2.
Last week’ s season premiere of The Amazing Race ended with the teams still racing, and no one being eliminated at the Pit Stop mat with Outback Phil. This week, all 11 teams continued on their trek through Australia. Would the Cow-bros be able to overcome the huge gap that was created last week? Who is on the verge of passing out? And why are the teams dressed like Kangaroos?
My Random Thoughts:
- First of all, I need to point out that I have an issue with this season being called "Unfinished Business." Yes, I understand that all of the teams are back for a second shot at the million dollars, but only one of these 11 teams are going to "finish" their "business" by winning the race. Know what I mean?
- I fully expected that at some point in the race,...
Last week’ s season premiere of The Amazing Race ended with the teams still racing, and no one being eliminated at the Pit Stop mat with Outback Phil. This week, all 11 teams continued on their trek through Australia. Would the Cow-bros be able to overcome the huge gap that was created last week? Who is on the verge of passing out? And why are the teams dressed like Kangaroos?
My Random Thoughts:
- First of all, I need to point out that I have an issue with this season being called "Unfinished Business." Yes, I understand that all of the teams are back for a second shot at the million dollars, but only one of these 11 teams are going to "finish" their "business" by winning the race. Know what I mean?
- I fully expected that at some point in the race,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Sean
Last week, The Amazing Race left us with a cliffhanger, and I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats to find out what happens. What? You forgot about it? You're watching The Oscars? Well, to catch you up, Gary and Mallory won the Express Pass but Phil told them (and the rest of the teams) that they are Still racing, and Jet and Cord are stuck at the Road Block decoding some flags.
Jet and Cord are missing the password, while the other ten teams have already checked in and received the clue sending them back to Sydney. The teams will get on two flights to the small town of Broken Hill. Amanda and Kris will be dealing with the season's first U-Turn, but they're in second so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Jet and Cord are missing the password, while the other ten teams have already checked in and received the clue sending them back to Sydney. The teams will get on two flights to the small town of Broken Hill. Amanda and Kris will be dealing with the season's first U-Turn, but they're in second so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
- 2/27/2011
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Here is Sean Furfaro's recap of The Amazing Race, Episode 1.
A new season of the Amazing Race is off and running, and as many of you know by now (and as was first reported here back in December), this season is sub-titled Unfinished Business, with 11 teams returning for another shot at the million dollars. I’ll reiterate my initial response to the Cast List: why are we seeing only teams from Season 12 onward? Nobody from the first 11 seasons warranted an invite?
To the returning readers, Welcome back! It’s nice to see you again. And for those of you new to my Amazing Race Recaps, a hearty welcome as well, and a couple of things you should know: a) the recaps should be up within 30 minutes (often less) of when the show ends on the East Coast, b) the pictures will all have hidden captions underneath, so make sure to...
A new season of the Amazing Race is off and running, and as many of you know by now (and as was first reported here back in December), this season is sub-titled Unfinished Business, with 11 teams returning for another shot at the million dollars. I’ll reiterate my initial response to the Cast List: why are we seeing only teams from Season 12 onward? Nobody from the first 11 seasons warranted an invite?
To the returning readers, Welcome back! It’s nice to see you again. And for those of you new to my Amazing Race Recaps, a hearty welcome as well, and a couple of things you should know: a) the recaps should be up within 30 minutes (often less) of when the show ends on the East Coast, b) the pictures will all have hidden captions underneath, so make sure to...
- 2/23/2011
- by Sean
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oye, Oye, Oye!
The Amazing Race is (finally) back and this season is a special edition, The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. We have eleven of our favorite team to ever Not win The Amazing Race coming back to compete for another chance to win the one million dollar first place prize.
What a better way to start the season than by flying to one of my favorite places in the world, Sydney, Australia. I love to watch The Amazing Race for the dynamics between the teams and the competition, but also for the incredible travel that the teams get to experience. When teams arrive somewhere that I’ve been before, I get even more excited.
All of this builds up for a tremendous start to the new season. There are plenty of things to discuss from this opening episode, but we’d be remiss if we didn...
The Amazing Race is (finally) back and this season is a special edition, The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. We have eleven of our favorite team to ever Not win The Amazing Race coming back to compete for another chance to win the one million dollar first place prize.
What a better way to start the season than by flying to one of my favorite places in the world, Sydney, Australia. I love to watch The Amazing Race for the dynamics between the teams and the competition, but also for the incredible travel that the teams get to experience. When teams arrive somewhere that I’ve been before, I get even more excited.
All of this builds up for a tremendous start to the new season. There are plenty of things to discuss from this opening episode, but we’d be remiss if we didn...
- 2/21/2011
- by tiaradio@hotmail.com (Luke Dwyer)
- TVfanatic
Last night’s premiere of The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business set up a show-within-a-show premise that could bring new, unexpected, and horrifically compelling meaning to its title. Picture this: Over the course of the next few months, we’ll watch 10 returning teams from previous seasons travel the globe and encounter the types of entertaining misadventures we’ve come to expect from CBS’ venerable reality franchise. Meanwhile, back in Manly, Australia, we’ll focus on two affable cowboys and their Sisyphean journey to translate a coded message of nautical flags. By season’s end, the duo, dressed in tattered rags...
- 2/21/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
The new season of The Amazing Race - themed Unfinished Business - kicked off on Sunday night as eleven former fan favourites who didn't win returned for a second chance at the $$1million prize. California to Australia The teams are: Cowboys Jet & Cord, mother-and-son Margie & Luke, recently-engaged Amanda & Kris, Harlem Globetrotters Flight-Time and Big Easy, father and son Mel & Mike, goth couple Kent & Vyxsin, father-and-daughter Gary & Mallory, sisters Kisha & Jen, best friends Zev & Justin, father-and-daughter Ron & Christina, and former NFL cheerleaders Jaime & Cara. The teams meet Phil at a wind farm in Palm Springs where he tells them the race will be "very different" to their previous experience on the show. To kick things off, they have to find their own first clue among an enormous field of flags bearing the (more)...
- 2/21/2011
- by By Lara Martin
- Digital Spy
“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity…again.”
If there was ever a quote that best describes any reality TV all-star season, The Amazing Race 18: Unfinished Business wasted no time in finding it, as the Cowboys (season 16) pretty much delivered the season’s tagline within the first ten minutes of episode one. Unfortunately, that’s about all the Cowboys did right in the season premiere of the Emmy-favorite.
They’re not alone in being a little unlucky, though. The 18th season of The Amazing Race is all about second chances, as these eleven teams combined to go through every awful way you can lose this show, from too much in-fighting to being U-turned to stumbling on a pivotal roadblock on the last leg, so you know there were 22 hungry, determined people on the starting line in windy Palm Spring, California. It was there when Phil Keoghan dropped the...
If there was ever a quote that best describes any reality TV all-star season, The Amazing Race 18: Unfinished Business wasted no time in finding it, as the Cowboys (season 16) pretty much delivered the season’s tagline within the first ten minutes of episode one. Unfortunately, that’s about all the Cowboys did right in the season premiere of the Emmy-favorite.
They’re not alone in being a little unlucky, though. The 18th season of The Amazing Race is all about second chances, as these eleven teams combined to go through every awful way you can lose this show, from too much in-fighting to being U-turned to stumbling on a pivotal roadblock on the last leg, so you know there were 22 hungry, determined people on the starting line in windy Palm Spring, California. It was there when Phil Keoghan dropped the...
- 2/21/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
"The Amazing Race" is doing its second all-star edition with "Unfinished Business," which features all pairs who might have done better had there not been a mistake or some careless on their part.
The 11 teams kick things off at Palm Springs. Phil tells the teams that whichever team wins the first leg of the race will get the Express Pass, which will let them out of any task at any point along the race. The first task is to search a field of paper airplanes and bring Phil "Queensland and Northern Territories Aerial Services," or "Qantas." The first eight teams are on the first flight, the last three are on a later flight, plus the last team gets an automatic U-turn for the first Detour.
The teams have some trouble with acronyms, which kind of amazes us. Eventually Mel/Mike, Zev/Justin, Cord/Jet get their clue for Sydney, Australia.
The 11 teams kick things off at Palm Springs. Phil tells the teams that whichever team wins the first leg of the race will get the Express Pass, which will let them out of any task at any point along the race. The first task is to search a field of paper airplanes and bring Phil "Queensland and Northern Territories Aerial Services," or "Qantas." The first eight teams are on the first flight, the last three are on a later flight, plus the last team gets an automatic U-turn for the first Detour.
The teams have some trouble with acronyms, which kind of amazes us. Eventually Mel/Mike, Zev/Justin, Cord/Jet get their clue for Sydney, Australia.
- 2/21/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
As long-rumored, another all-star edition is on the way for The Amazing Race. Eleven former teams who fell short their first go-round will return for The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, which premieres Feb. 20 on CBS. The pairs only go back to Season 12 — the previous All-Stars edition was season 11. The teams are:
• Father/daughter duo Gary Ervin and Mallory Ervin: Season 17, 6th place
• Sisters Lakisha Hoffman and Jennifer Hoffman: Season 14, 4th place
• Cowboy brothers Jet McCoy and Cord McCoy: Season 16, 2nd place
• Fiancees Amanda Blackledge and Kris Klicka: Season 14, 8th place
• Former NFL cheerleaders Jaime Edmondson and...
• Father/daughter duo Gary Ervin and Mallory Ervin: Season 17, 6th place
• Sisters Lakisha Hoffman and Jennifer Hoffman: Season 14, 4th place
• Cowboy brothers Jet McCoy and Cord McCoy: Season 16, 2nd place
• Fiancees Amanda Blackledge and Kris Klicka: Season 14, 8th place
• Former NFL cheerleaders Jaime Edmondson and...
- 1/19/2011
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
Fans of The Amazing Race know that sometimes picking the wrong taxi driver, losing a passport or choosing the tougher task is all that stands between a team and the finish line. For the pairs audiences loved who came short, this season of The Race is for them. Eleven fan-favorite teams return for The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, which premieres Feb. 20 (8 p.m. Et/Pt) on CBS. Here's who's coming back: • The Harlem Globetrotters: Herb "Flight Time" Lang, 34, and Nate "Big Easy" Lofton, 29, fell just shy of third place during season 15 when a four-hour penalty set them back. "This time,...
- 1/19/2011
- by Cynthia Wang and Danielle Nieman
- PEOPLE.com
"The Amazing Race" is kicking off an all-star season, of sorts, by bringing back 11 teams that fell short of winning the $1 million prize. The show will be broadcast in HD for the first time as the racers travel to such places as Sydney, Australia, Liechtenstein, and Tokyo, Japan.
Following are the 11 teams, listed in no particular order:
Gary Ervin
Age: 53
Occupation: Owner of Ervin Cable Construction
Mallory Ervin
Age: 25
Hometown: Morganfield, Ky.
Occupation: Entertainer
Relationship: Father/Daughter
Previous Season/Result: Season 17/6th Place
Why they're returning for "Unfinished Business": Gary and Mallory were unable to avoid elimination after getting lost in Oman for over nine hours.
Lakisha Hoffman
Age: 30
Hometown: Chicago, Ill., currently residing in Bronx, N.Y.
Occupation: Basketball Coach
Jennifer Hoffman
Age: 26
Hometown: Chicago, Ill., currently residing in Louisville, Ky.
Occupation: Assistant Volleyball Coach at the University of Louisville
Relationship: Sisters
Previous Season/Result: Season 14/4th Place...
Following are the 11 teams, listed in no particular order:
Gary Ervin
Age: 53
Occupation: Owner of Ervin Cable Construction
Mallory Ervin
Age: 25
Hometown: Morganfield, Ky.
Occupation: Entertainer
Relationship: Father/Daughter
Previous Season/Result: Season 17/6th Place
Why they're returning for "Unfinished Business": Gary and Mallory were unable to avoid elimination after getting lost in Oman for over nine hours.
Lakisha Hoffman
Age: 30
Hometown: Chicago, Ill., currently residing in Bronx, N.Y.
Occupation: Basketball Coach
Jennifer Hoffman
Age: 26
Hometown: Chicago, Ill., currently residing in Louisville, Ky.
Occupation: Assistant Volleyball Coach at the University of Louisville
Relationship: Sisters
Previous Season/Result: Season 14/4th Place...
- 1/19/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
On last night’s exciting season finale of The Amazing Race, it was announced that the upcoming season will be the acclaimed reality show’s second all-star season, titled Unfinished Business, which is also reported by Radar Online. The season will take teams who competed from cycles 12 to 17 that didn’t win their respective season and have them competing for the million dollar prize. Included in the cast are Jet & Cord (2nd place, Season 16), Mel & Mike (6th place, Season 14), Zev & Justin (9th place, Season 15), Jaime & Cara (2nd place, Season 14), Kynt & Vyxin (5th place, Season 12), Ronaldo & Christina (2nd place, Season 12), Gary & Mallory (6th place, Season 17), Kisha & Jen (4th place, Season 14), Margie & Luke (3rd place, Season 14), Flight Time & Big Easy (4th place, Season 15), and Amanda & Kris (8th place, Season 14).
To put it simply, I really don’t like the casting this time. It’s an uneven mix of seasons that just doesn’t work for me.
To put it simply, I really don’t like the casting this time. It’s an uneven mix of seasons that just doesn’t work for me.
- 12/13/2010
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
In February, CBS won't just air its 18th edition of The Amazing Race. It will air an All-Star season of this beloved, Emmy-winning reality show.
Which pairings will be involved? Find out now...
Kynt and Vyxsin (Season 12) Ron and Christina (Season 12) Amanda and Kris (Season 14) Mel and Mike (Season 14) Jaime and Cara (Season 14) Margie and Luke (Season 14) Kisha and Jen (Season 14) Flight Time and Big Easy (pictured, Season 15) Zev and Justin (Season 15) Jet and Cord (Season 16) Gary and Mallory (Season 17)...
Which pairings will be involved? Find out now...
Kynt and Vyxsin (Season 12) Ron and Christina (Season 12) Amanda and Kris (Season 14) Mel and Mike (Season 14) Jaime and Cara (Season 14) Margie and Luke (Season 14) Kisha and Jen (Season 14) Flight Time and Big Easy (pictured, Season 15) Zev and Justin (Season 15) Jet and Cord (Season 16) Gary and Mallory (Season 17)...
- 12/8/2010
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
Studies have shown that Hidden Gems of the Week, EW.com’s collection of reader-submitted ridiculata, is the best way to enjoy Dancing With the Stars without ever having to turn it on. It’s a visual feast of sparkles, fringe, and flesh. Ready to go down the rabbit hole? Behold this bountiful smattering of Visible Gems!
Mvg (Most Valuable Gem): The boy is…Jamie Lee Curtis’?!
“Brandy got a standing O from Monica…I guess their heated ‘The Boy Is Mine’ rivalry of years ago is over. They were frenemies for years!” –CoolWhipLite, endorsed by Lorie, Riley, clandrith,...
Mvg (Most Valuable Gem): The boy is…Jamie Lee Curtis’?!
“Brandy got a standing O from Monica…I guess their heated ‘The Boy Is Mine’ rivalry of years ago is over. They were frenemies for years!” –CoolWhipLite, endorsed by Lorie, Riley, clandrith,...
- 11/17/2010
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
We've reached the magical time of year when Easter candy lines the shelves and if you're lucky enough to live in an area with a good sized Jewish population, there may even be Passover Coke. "What is Passover Coke?" I can hear some of you asking. At the risk of causing the Jewish readers of Pajiba to come after me for revealing this secret to any goyim not already aware of it, Passover Coke is special Coke made in Israel with real sucrose rather than high fructose corn syrup. Very similar to Mexican Coke, for those of you lucky enough to live near the border. Look for yellow caps with Hebrew on them, and double check the label to be sure. It's absolutely delicious and one of the things I love about spring. Along with Cadbury eggs, Starburst jelly beans and Reeses eggs. I may have a bit of a sweet tooth.
- 3/29/2010
- by Intern Rusty
If Caprica selected its episode titles the same way as The Amazing Race — with lines of dialogue spoken by characters/contestants — I'm pretty sure Barnabas wins this round: "Someone is going to die today, little girl. You choose."
Actually, that could be the tagline for this entire show. I mean, yes, Caprica is about two mourning fathers working out their grief on the whole world, but everything these two dudes do is basically just a reaction to Zoe or Tamara or Lacy. Daniel Graystone really ought to hire Rupert Giles as a life coach.
So, Daniel. What a tangled web he weaved when he stole that McP, eh? Not only is Amanda plotting her suicide while reading the news about the theft and murders, Vergis has gotten the Caprican Defense Department in bed and they've expedited their order of 100,000 Cylons. If Daniel can't deliver them by next week, they're going to yank the contract.
Actually, that could be the tagline for this entire show. I mean, yes, Caprica is about two mourning fathers working out their grief on the whole world, but everything these two dudes do is basically just a reaction to Zoe or Tamara or Lacy. Daniel Graystone really ought to hire Rupert Giles as a life coach.
So, Daniel. What a tangled web he weaved when he stole that McP, eh? Not only is Amanda plotting her suicide while reading the news about the theft and murders, Vergis has gotten the Caprican Defense Department in bed and they've expedited their order of 100,000 Cylons. If Daniel can't deliver them by next week, they're going to yank the contract.
- 3/27/2010
- by StuntDouble
- The Backlot
One more team falls down in the 14th edition of "The Amazing Race". Married couple Linda and Steve end up as the last one to check in, in the second leg of the race and therefore, eliminated. They join Preston and Jennifer who have already been cast away in the elimination station, a utility provided for the eliminated teams to hinder spoilers.
In the Roadblock task, Linda made a grave mistake when she was supposed to walk down the mountain. While the others made it through, she got lost and asked someone to take her back up the mountain. This cost her lots of time which resulted in them checking in the last. Steve said that he doesn't blame Linda for taking the wrong path and they stood up for their love despite the elimination.
Tammy and Victor hit the pit stop first and earned hybrid go-karts, followed by, in respective order,...
In the Roadblock task, Linda made a grave mistake when she was supposed to walk down the mountain. While the others made it through, she got lost and asked someone to take her back up the mountain. This cost her lots of time which resulted in them checking in the last. Steve said that he doesn't blame Linda for taking the wrong path and they stood up for their love despite the elimination.
Tammy and Victor hit the pit stop first and earned hybrid go-karts, followed by, in respective order,...
- 2/23/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0 Chicago – For six years there has been an Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Competition Program and for every one of those years the same show has walked home with the trophy, beating series like “Project Runway,” “Survivor,” and “American Idol”. That show is “The Amazing Race”. Based on the strength of the premiere, it seems likely the producers of this CBS mainstay should probably make room for Emmy #7.
“The Amazing Race” could be used in classrooms to dissect what separates the good reality TV from the bad. Yes, hosts are important and Phil Keoghan is one of the best. And concept is key. But a competition shows lives and dies on two things - casting and editing, both of which are incredibly strong on “The Amazing Race”.
Standing from L to R: Amanda and Kris, Mel and Mike, Lakisha and Jen, Preston and Jennifer, Margie and Luke, Brad...
“The Amazing Race” could be used in classrooms to dissect what separates the good reality TV from the bad. Yes, hosts are important and Phil Keoghan is one of the best. And concept is key. But a competition shows lives and dies on two things - casting and editing, both of which are incredibly strong on “The Amazing Race”.
Standing from L to R: Amanda and Kris, Mel and Mike, Lakisha and Jen, Preston and Jennifer, Margie and Luke, Brad...
- 2/13/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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