Even though Sci Fi has transitioned to Syfy, many things about the network remain the same, most importantly the second best riff on nerds currently in production, Eureka (The Big Bang Theory takes first prize). Besides having some of the better visual effects in all of television, this show isn't afraid to be smart. While we would like to see more shows like Eureka on major networks, they would be canceled much too quickly.
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There is a misguided conventional wisdom that summer shows are supposed to be frothy and fun, and that programs with substance and dark themes should be left for the dreary winter and spring months. USA's new medical/rich people dramedy mixes in a few heaping dashes of the heavy stuff, but Mark Feuerstein and Paulo Costanzo manage to be funny without having to sacrifice intelligence.
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Oh hey, remember Project Runway? It's OK if you don't, because Lifetime will explain it to you: It's a fun show that fat, heterosexual cops and women from the mall can watch together! In fact, let's meet this new season's crop of female designers and their hilarious gay BFF's, shall we?
As How I Met Your Mother and the recent Tony Awards have proven, Neil Patrick Harris is a breath of fresh air wherever he goes. Now with an Emmy gig in the future, he's keeping the pedal to the metal and appearing on Top Chef Masters tonight on Bravo. Will there be singing and/or dancing? Hopefully yes, though probably not next to the flambé station.
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It appears that some NBC exec heard about the recent 2012 mashup trailer and decided to take all those elements quite literally, as the trailer for NBC's upcoming fall series Day One has just leaked and not only is it a disaster show that resembles 2012, it's a liberal mashup of just about every sci-fi/fantasy/NBC property out there. Let's count the allusions!
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It takes a special contestant on The Bachelorette to evoke the hatred of every viewer in America while sleazing his way to seven roses. If we've learned anything from Wes Hayden, the unabashed self-promoter with a girl back home, it's that dreams come true, in the form of network airtime promoting your band.
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With gas prices about to collapse, cash-strapped American families might once again take to the highways and byways for some wholesome summer fun. Or they can sit on the sofa, order some Domino's, and watch a bunch of other families do it on NBC's The Great American Road Trip. It won't make the memories any less traumatic for the children.
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There haven't been any Saturday Night Live skits converted into movies since the one-two punch of Superstar and The Ladies Man almost ten years ago. Today, though, a brand-new attempt was announced and granted an imminent summer shoot date. Can you guess which one?
The Sci Fi Channel undergoes brand reassignment surgery today to become Syfy (pronounced like Sci Fi), in an effort to attract new and different segments of the television audience, like, for instance, females of any age whatsoever. Let's be honest though - they could call Sci Fi the Robert Pattinson/Flattering Sweatsuits/Cupcake Diet Network, but the second I see Romulans and Klingons facing off over mineral rights, I'm switching back to The Bachelorette.
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Some series take a few episodes to catch their stride, and tonight Nurse Jackie does exactly that. The acquired taste of the tale of a sarcastic super nurse has matured, populated by fully-formed characters whose predictability can now be exploited. (Prepare for curveballs.) If it sounds like a lot of intelligent thinking and scheming, that's why it's on Showtime.
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In time for July 4th, we bring you a real American hero: Guadalupe Zambrano, the domain squatter who owns thejaylenoshow.com, which currently brings you to a real estate sales page.
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Of all the shows on network television, NBC's The Listener might have the most interesting title. Other shows have punny titles (The Biggest Loser) or names that suggest sexy things (Private Practice, Big Brother), but there is nothing deep or ironic about The Listener. It's a guy who listens to stuff and then helps people. If this show succeeds, don't be surprised when it spins-off The Hearer.
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· Here's your first glimpse of the token everythings from the upcoming season of Big Brother. We'd keep an eye on that Braden fellow -- he's learned "extremely a lot throughout traveling around, you know, Europe by myself, China by myself," and those worldly insights could give him just the edge he needs to sit around an inflatable pool yammering on about who's going to win Head of Household for 15 interminable weeks. Also one to watch out for: Laura's gigantic left breast.
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If Lifetime is determined to prove in its new ad campaign that Project Runway is harmless mainstream programming enjoyed by the least hip heterosexuals in the country, at least the network is planning to throw LGBTs a glittery bone by planning what may be the gayest episode of series television since the NBC-scuttled episode of My Two Dads entitled "Merlot and Revelations."
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In a week of many unnecessary celebrity passings, the death of professional pitchman Billy Mays had to take a backseat to the King of Pop and the Queen of Angels. But Discovery Channel remembers Mays fondly, and his series Pitchmen comes to a poignant end tonight. No matter how much OxiClean we use, we'll never be able to wash you from our memories, Billy.
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