'Castle' is coming to TNT

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The time we've all been waiting for has finally come...'Castle' is officially entering syndication.

So, when is 'Castle' coming to TNT?

The first marathon will air...
September 26th, 2012! 

I know, I know, everyone promised you this would happen in April, but sometimes TV is...tricky. TNT actually bought the syndication rights last year, but so far they've only aired one (relatively) short 8-episode marathon. This time it is definitely happening! How do we know? Well, for one thing TNT has finally started airing spots promising said reruns (see below).

After this initial airing of NINE back-to-back episodes, 'Castle' will continue to air every Wednesday night in sequential order.

Here's the current schedule of 'Castle' episodes on TNT:

Wednesday, Sept 26
S1Ep1, Flowers For Your Grave, 12 pm
S2Ep2, Nanny McDead, 1 pm
S2Ep3, Hedge Fund Homeboys, 2 pm
S2Ep4, Hell Hath No Fury, 3 pm
S2Ep5, A Chill Goes Through Her Veins, 4 pm
S2Ep6, Always Buy Retail, 5 pm
S2Ep7, Home is Where the Heart Stops, 8 pm
S1Ep8, Ghosts, 9 pm
S1Ep9, Little Girl Lost, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 3rd
S1Ep10, A Death in the Family, 12 pm
S2Ep1, Deep in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep2, The Double Down, 2 pm
S2Ep3, Inventing the Girl, 3 pm
S2Ep4, Fool Me Once, 4 pm
S2Ep5, When the Bough Breaks, 5 pm
S2Ep6, Vampire Weekend, 8 pm
S2Ep7, Famous Last Words, 9 pm
S2Ep8, Kill the Messenger, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 10th
S2Ep9, Love Me Dead, 12 pm
S2Ep10, One Man's Treasure, 1 pm
S2Ep11, The Fifth Bullet, 2 pm
S2Ep12, A Rose for Everafter, 3 pm
S2Ep13, Sucker Punch, 4 pm
S2Ep14, The Third Man, 5 pm
S2Ep15, Suicide Squeeze, 8 pm
S2Ep16, The Mistress Always Spanks Twice, 9 pm
S2Ep17, Tick, Tick, Tick, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 17th
S2Ep18, Boom, 12 pm
S2Ep19, Wrapped in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep20, The Late Shaft, 2 pm
S2Ep21, Den of Theives, 3 pm
S2Ep22, Overkill, 4 pm
S2Ep23, Food to Die For, 5 pm
S2Ep24, A Deadly Game, 8 pm
S3Ep1, A Deadly Affair, 9 pm

Wednesday, October 24th
S3Ep2, He's Dead, She's Dead, 12 pm
S3Ep3, Under the Gun, 1 pm
S3Ep4, Punked, 2 pm
S3Ep5, Anatomy of a Murder, 3 pm
S3Ep6, Almost Famous, 8 pm
S3Ep7, 3XK, 9 pm
S3Ep8, Murder Most Fowl, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 31st
S3Ep9, Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind, 12 pm
S3Ep10, Last Call, 1 pm
S3Ep11, Nikki Heat, 2 pm
S3Ep12, Poof, You're Dead, 3 pm
S3Ep13, Knockdown, 4 pm
S3Ep14, Lucky Stiff, 5 pm
S3Ep15, The Final Nail, 8 pm
S3Ep16, Setup, 9 pm
S3Ep17, Countdown, 10 pm

Because TNT will only be airing the first three seasons (for now!) expect to see some early flirtations and some super short hair (on the part of both Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion). Plus, Beckett's a redhead?!

'Biggest Loser' Season 14: Jillian Michaels plus Kids

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'The Biggest Loser' is adding Jillian Michaels (again!) and...babies?

Okay, not literal babies. But the show's 14th season will indeed feature the return of Jillian Michaels as well as some kid contestants.

I mean, they had "old" people two seasons ago (remember the old v young teams?) so why not go the other route...really young. Like, you know, a bunch of thirteen year olds. Which is exactly what they've done.



Thirteen is the new cut-off age, although the network has promised that they'll make things "safer" (okay they didn't actually use that word, but I swear that's what they meant!) for the kids. The little ones won't be one the ranch, won't be weighed, and won't be up for elimination. Which sort of makes me wonder what they will be doing...and how they're really on the show at all.

Sure, I think it's admirable that they're not forcing these kids from one extreme to the other (aka toward an eating disorder) and I do think that childhood obesity is a major issue. But, I'm not quite clear on how the kids will factor into the show. Any ideas?

Guess we'll find out in January when 'The Biggest Loser' returns. All I can say is...thank goodness Jillian will be back! I was getting a little tired of only having male coaches. Women can be mean enough to make you work out too.

'Bones': Season 8, New Tonight. Premiere.

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'Bones' is back! The show's eighth season is premiering tonight on FOX at 8/7 C.

FOX's decision to have it's shows return a week earlier than most other networks may be one of their smartest moves yet. Monday nights are going to be a tough crowd this year...'How I Met Your Mother' and 'Dancing with the Stars' will be 'Bones' main competition in the same time-slot.

'Castle', a show which attracts the same type as viewers as 'Bones', had a strong season last year. Arguably last season was one of 'Bones' weakest. There was a combination of:

a shortened season (due to Emily Deschanel's pregnancy)

writing said pregnancy into the series (meaning fewer case investigation with the show's lead duo)

a decrease in chemistry between the two main characters (unclear if this is because Deschanel and Boreanaz can play subtext better than they can play main text)

'Castle', meanwhile, offered:

a moving PTSD episode (leading to a PRISM award win by Katic and Huertas)

a rift between it's two main characters (which only lead fans to want them to get together more)

further investigation into the murder which propels the series (that of Beckett's mother)

a coupling of the show's main characters that was intense and steamy (proving that Fillion and Katic can do main text as well as they can do subtext)

If fans of both shows are going to choose only one series to watch this season, it's probably going to be 'Castle'. Because of that, it makes perfect sense to start airing episodes of 'Bones' tonight (a full week before the premiere of 'Castle'). If the season opener of 'Bones' is strong enough, it may sway some of the audience toward watching 'Bones' live each week, and leaving 'Castle' the the DVR.

The premiere episode of 'Bones' promises a couple of things: a blonde Brennan, a pissed-off Booth, a reveal of which members of the gang have been aiding fugitive Brennan, and a reunion.

Grey's Anatomy S9Ep1: Going Going Gone Recap

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'Grey's Anatomy' is back in an episode that's as good as it is confusing.

As a quick reminder, last season ended with a bang. Literally. A plane carrying a team of doctors that included Meredith, Cristina, Derek, Mark, Lexie, and Arizona crashed. In the sob filled finale, Lexie died while pinned under the plane. Cristina injured her arm, Arizona was bleeding badly from her leg, Derek had a damaged hand, and Mark had some serious internal injuries.

You'd expect the premiere episode to pick up right after the crash, but instead the episode leapt several months ahead.


This leap was clearly done to increase the suspense throughout the episode: the viewer didn't know who had lived/who had died, and how each person was impacted. Unfortunately, it also made the episode slightly confusing. There's a thin line between being intrigued and being irritated. Luckily, this episode verged on the intriguing side.

The episode was intercut with numerous home video style flashbacks. The first one was filming Derek and Mark getting ready for Derek's first wedding. As with the rest of the videos, it featured Sloane prominently. This foreshadowed things to come.

We see a timid intern trying to avoid her mean resident nicknamed "Medusa". As the intern slowly approaches Meredith and Bailey, it is clear that Meredith is the resident in the question.

Meredith as a mean resident? It actually makes a lot of sense. Regardless of how the plane crash impacted her, Meredith was trained by Bailey...and they called her 'The Nazi' in the first two season's of the show.

Derek is back in the hospital dressed in scrubs. This alleviates our concern that he'd never be able to perform surgery again. Except it turns out that although he has been cleared for surgery he has yet to perform a single operation. He's nervous about his hand clenching at a crucial moment. Having hand seizures while said hand is inside someone's brain probably isn't the safest.

But today he wants to perform his first surgery. Callie asks him if he's sure he want to do it today of all days, but he insists that he needs it. What is so big about today?

When he walks into the surgery Callie is standing there along with the other surgical staff and they give him a standing ovation. Despite the fact that he says that "it's a wonderful day to save lives" Derek finds himself unable to complete the surgery. His hand shakes--whether it's mental or physical remains to be seen.

Alex is back to his Season One ways; he's making out with random interns in the supply closets. It seems he has delayed going to Hopkins because he has been covering Peds. Arizona is apparently gone. We don't know what's going on: Is she dead? Has she had a nervous breakdown?

Bailey's boyfriend has left to attend his out of state medical program but he is visiting her a lot. And they're having sex. A lot. She seems really happy. So happy in fact, that Webber admits to her that she is no longer called 'The Nazi'. She has a new--less scary--nickname. She begs him to tell her what it is, but he awkwardly refuses. Seems like the ex-Chief is still afraid of the wrath of Bailey.

Everyone at the hospital keeps on mentioning 5 o'clock as though something major is happening at that time. As soon as the camera pans to Mark Sloane lying on a hospital bed, attached to numerous wires and monitors, it's clear that the 5 o'clock deadline has to do with him. Sloane is in a coma and based on his wishes he doesn't want to be kept on life support for more than 30 days. The 30 days are up at 5 o'clock and the doctors realize the severity of that situation: at 5 o'clock Mark Sloane will die.

Cristina is now at her new job in Minnesota and it's clear she's not happy. Despite her displeasure with her supervisors and the climate, even Cristina is aware that 5 o'clock is approaching. Despite the fact that she and Meredith talk often via video conference it's soon clear that they have yet to visit each other. Presumably because they've both terrified of flying after the plane crash.

Although Callie wasn't in the plane crash it is clear she has been emotionally impacted as well. She is trying to hold it together--even going so far as sitting at Sloane's bedside and joking that she's taking her top off (in hopes of snapping him out of the coma). However, she breaks a couple of times during the episode. Her tension is evident when Owen introduces her to the new Peds surgery resident (Dr. Barnett) who is "replacing" Arizona. Does that mean she actually died in the crash?

It's especially heartbreaking when minutes later we see Callie crouched in a supply closet sobbing. Is she crying because Arizona is dead? In the middle of her emotional breakdown the supply closet door swings open and Alex pushes an intern inside. They begin making out but stop abruptly when they catch sight of Callie. She screams at them to "get out!". The intern promptly leaves, but Alex hovers in the doorway. Callie continues to order him "out" but instead he closes the door and leans against it. Alex may have reverted to some of his old ways, but he isn't the jerk he once was. He still cares about his friends.

Dr. Webber prepares to turn off Sloane's life support while Callie and Derek watch. Although it makes one wonder if Sloane has no other family, it is certainly true that Callie and Derek are the closest things to family he has at the hospital. Except for Lexie that is.

In an incredibly sad flashback, we see a home movie shot at Callie and Arizona's wedding. The videographer asks Sloane who he thinks he'll be with when he's old and grey. He admits he doesn't think he'll be with anyone, but if there is one person he's with it would be Lexie Grey. Since Lexie died in the plane crash and Sloane is about to die this statement is all the more powerful.

As Mark is dying his friends and colleagues gather close. While Callie and Derek are the only ones in the actual room, Bailey and her boyfriend, Webber, Alex and Meredith all gather close. The horribly depressing scene is briefly interrupted by a slightly comedic moment. Bailey, who has been trying to find out her new nickname for most of the episode, is abruptly told by Alex that her new nickname is BCB, or Booty Call Bailey due to the excitement (and copious amounts of sex) she experiences when her boyfriend visits.

Meredith can't deal with the stress of waiting for Mark's death. She announces that she's going to see Cristina and rushes out of the hospital.

At the airport Meredith catches a glimpse of Alex and gets his attention. She's mad at him because he's leaving without saying good bye to her. He yells that he can't stick around just because everyone else is leaving and she doesn't want to be alone. As Alex heads to his plane he catches sight of Owen.

Meredith gets on the plane, but freaks out just as it is getting ready to takeoff. It is clear that she is having flashbacks to the crash.

Back in Joe's bar Meredith calls Cristina over her iPad. They both takes shots together, states apart but facing each other as always. Meredith is shocked when Alex sits down next to her. He admits that he couldn't get on his plane and that he's not leaving. He asks Cristina to tell Owen that he wants his job back. He tells her that he saw Owen at the airport and assumes that Owen's coming to visit her--

But he isn't. We see April working at her family's pig farm. Owen approaches and tells her that she has her job back. He said he's made too many bad decisions and lost too many people. He wants her back at the hospital.

Callie walks into her apartment, devastated after Mark's death. She opens the door to a bedroom and we see Arizona, lying in bed, her back facing the door. Callie tells Arizona that she needs to "snap out of it" and reminds her that their daughter just lost a father, and Callie just lost her best friend. Arizona turns around and yells at Callie that she can't forgive her because she cut off her leg. She yanks back the blanket and we see that one of Arizona's legs has been amputated.

And the episode ends.

The entire episode is relatively sob inducing. Sloane's death and the devastation of his friends is heartbreaking to watch. Discovering Arizona's amputation at the very end of the episode makes the whole thing even more anxiety provoking.

Side notes: We're introduced to some new members of the cast. It seems clear that two interns, Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) and Heather (Tina Majorino) will become central this season. The first appendectomy, designed to be failed by a weak intern (remember George's experience in Season One of 'Grey's'?), was performed by Dr. Wilson. This made her the most central new cast member of this episode.

Say Goodbye to Mark Sloane & Lexie Grey

People's Choice Awards 2013!

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The People's Choice Awards are in! Apparently that's all the motivation I need to update this blog. I don't need anything as major as the Emmys to get my act together. A meaningless ceremony (otherwise known as a popularity contest where those who win are those who understand the internet and tweens best) is all it takes. So, I guess take note or something?

Anyway, GET EXCITED.

The televised show isn't until January 9th, 2013 but you can vote for the nominees now.*

*If you voted before you weren't actually casting a "ballot" (that seems too serious a term for this event) but rather indicating who you wanted to be nominated. Now that they actually are nominated they need your vote again to actually win. Aww, democracy at work.

 Since this blog focuses on television, here are the TV nominees (along with some slightly snide commentary)...

Favorite Network TV Comedy
~Glee (at best this is a dramedy)
~The Big Bang Theory (please no)
~New Girl (acceptable)
~How I Met Your Mother (acceptable)
~Modern Family (please dear God, not again)

Favorite Network TV Drama
~Grimm (eh)
~Grey's Anatomy (acceptable)
~Gossip Girl (not happening. oh wait, tweens!)
~Once Upon a Time (acceptable, not that I watch this)
~Revenge (I don't know what's more intense than a drama, but this is it)

Favorite Cable TV Comedy
~Awkward (hilarious)
~Hot in Cleveland (oh Betty White)
~It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (always acceptable...for awards, not for political correctness)
~Melissa & Joey (um? no Baby Daddy?)
~Psych (all right)

Favorite Cable TV Drama
~Leverage (where is Rizzoli & Isles?)
~Burn Notice (definitely)
~Pretty Little Liars (this isn't season one anymore tweens)
~The Walking Dead (completely)
~White Collar (okay)

Favorite Premium Cable TV Show
~Dexter (after this season? well deserved)
~Game of Thrones (meh)
~Homeland (obviously)
~Spartacus (I don't even know what this is)
~True Blood (wait! Is it 2008?)

Favorite TV Crime Drama
~Bones (I love you Hart Hanson, but this season?)
~Castle (yes, please)
~Criminal Minds (questionable)
~CSI (no)
~NCIS (I don't think so)

Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy Show
~Doctor Who (clarification would be helpful)
~Once Upon a Time (why do they get two categories?)
~Supernatural (no)
~The Vampire Diaries (tweens)
~The Walking Dead (yes)

Favorite Comedic TV Actor
~Chris Colfer (is it comedy?)
~Jesse Tyler Ferguson (don't you have an Emmy?)
~Jim Parsons (Emmy?)
~Neil Patrick Harris (please)
~Ty Burrell (Emmy)

Favorite Comedic TV Actress
~Jane Lynch (okay)
~Kaley Cuoco (not this year)
~Lea Michele (no)
~Sofia Vergara (Emmy?)
~Zooey Deschanel (this seems likely)

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
~Ian Somerhalder (maybe)
~Jared Padalecki (who?)
~Jensen Ackles (next year)
~Nathan Fillion (yes please. also, Twitter)
~Paul Wesley (possible)

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
~Ellen Pompeo (good crier)
~Emily Deschanel (wait, no Boreanaz?)
~Ginnifer Goodwin (possible)
~Nina Dobrev (maybe)
~Stana Katic (she wasn't here last year!)

VOTE

'Castle' is coming to TNT

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The time we've all been waiting for has finally come...'Castle' is officially entering syndication.

So, when is 'Castle' coming to TNT?

The first marathon will air...
September 26th, 2012! 

I know, I know, everyone promised you this would happen in April, but sometimes TV is...tricky. TNT actually bought the syndication rights last year, but so far they've only aired one (relatively) short 8-episode marathon. This time it is definitely happening! How do we know? Well, for one thing TNT has finally started airing spots promising said reruns (see below).

After this initial airing of NINE back-to-back episodes, 'Castle' will continue to air every Wednesday night in sequential order.

Here's the current schedule of 'Castle' episodes on TNT:

Wednesday, Sept 26
S1Ep1, Flowers For Your Grave, 12 pm
S2Ep2, Nanny McDead, 1 pm
S2Ep3, Hedge Fund Homeboys, 2 pm
S2Ep4, Hell Hath No Fury, 3 pm
S2Ep5, A Chill Goes Through Her Veins, 4 pm
S2Ep6, Always Buy Retail, 5 pm
S2Ep7, Home is Where the Heart Stops, 8 pm
S1Ep8, Ghosts, 9 pm
S1Ep9, Little Girl Lost, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 3rd
S1Ep10, A Death in the Family, 12 pm
S2Ep1, Deep in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep2, The Double Down, 2 pm
S2Ep3, Inventing the Girl, 3 pm
S2Ep4, Fool Me Once, 4 pm
S2Ep5, When the Bough Breaks, 5 pm
S2Ep6, Vampire Weekend, 8 pm
S2Ep7, Famous Last Words, 9 pm
S2Ep8, Kill the Messenger, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 10th
S2Ep9, Love Me Dead, 12 pm
S2Ep10, One Man's Treasure, 1 pm
S2Ep11, The Fifth Bullet, 2 pm
S2Ep12, A Rose for Everafter, 3 pm
S2Ep13, Sucker Punch, 4 pm
S2Ep14, The Third Man, 5 pm
S2Ep15, Suicide Squeeze, 8 pm
S2Ep16, The Mistress Always Spanks Twice, 9 pm
S2Ep17, Tick, Tick, Tick, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 17th
S2Ep18, Boom, 12 pm
S2Ep19, Wrapped in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep20, The Late Shaft, 2 pm
S2Ep21, Den of Theives, 3 pm
S2Ep22, Overkill, 4 pm
S2Ep23, Food to Die For, 5 pm
S2Ep24, A Deadly Game, 8 pm
S3Ep1, A Deadly Affair, 9 pm

Wednesday, October 24th
S3Ep2, He's Dead, She's Dead, 12 pm
S3Ep3, Under the Gun, 1 pm
S3Ep4, Punked, 2 pm
S3Ep5, Anatomy of a Murder, 3 pm
S3Ep6, Almost Famous, 8 pm
S3Ep7, 3XK, 9 pm
S3Ep8, Murder Most Fowl, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 31st
S3Ep9, Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind, 12 pm
S3Ep10, Last Call, 1 pm
S3Ep11, Nikki Heat, 2 pm
S3Ep12, Poof, You're Dead, 3 pm
S3Ep13, Knockdown, 4 pm
S3Ep14, Lucky Stiff, 5 pm
S3Ep15, The Final Nail, 8 pm
S3Ep16, Setup, 9 pm
S3Ep17, Countdown, 10 pm

Because TNT will only be airing the first three seasons (for now!) expect to see some early flirtations and some super short hair (on the part of both Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion). Plus, Beckett's a redhead?!

'Biggest Loser' Season 14: Jillian Michaels plus Kids

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'The Biggest Loser' is adding Jillian Michaels (again!) and...babies?

Okay, not literal babies. But the show's 14th season will indeed feature the return of Jillian Michaels as well as some kid contestants.

I mean, they had "old" people two seasons ago (remember the old v young teams?) so why not go the other route...really young. Like, you know, a bunch of thirteen year olds. Which is exactly what they've done.



Thirteen is the new cut-off age, although the network has promised that they'll make things "safer" (okay they didn't actually use that word, but I swear that's what they meant!) for the kids. The little ones won't be one the ranch, won't be weighed, and won't be up for elimination. Which sort of makes me wonder what they will be doing...and how they're really on the show at all.

Sure, I think it's admirable that they're not forcing these kids from one extreme to the other (aka toward an eating disorder) and I do think that childhood obesity is a major issue. But, I'm not quite clear on how the kids will factor into the show. Any ideas?

Guess we'll find out in January when 'The Biggest Loser' returns. All I can say is...thank goodness Jillian will be back! I was getting a little tired of only having male coaches. Women can be mean enough to make you work out too.

'Bones': Season 8, New Tonight. Premiere.

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'Bones' is back! The show's eighth season is premiering tonight on FOX at 8/7 C.

FOX's decision to have it's shows return a week earlier than most other networks may be one of their smartest moves yet. Monday nights are going to be a tough crowd this year...'How I Met Your Mother' and 'Dancing with the Stars' will be 'Bones' main competition in the same time-slot.

'Castle', a show which attracts the same type as viewers as 'Bones', had a strong season last year. Arguably last season was one of 'Bones' weakest. There was a combination of:

a shortened season (due to Emily Deschanel's pregnancy)

writing said pregnancy into the series (meaning fewer case investigation with the show's lead duo)

a decrease in chemistry between the two main characters (unclear if this is because Deschanel and Boreanaz can play subtext better than they can play main text)

'Castle', meanwhile, offered:

a moving PTSD episode (leading to a PRISM award win by Katic and Huertas)

a rift between it's two main characters (which only lead fans to want them to get together more)

further investigation into the murder which propels the series (that of Beckett's mother)

a coupling of the show's main characters that was intense and steamy (proving that Fillion and Katic can do main text as well as they can do subtext)

If fans of both shows are going to choose only one series to watch this season, it's probably going to be 'Castle'. Because of that, it makes perfect sense to start airing episodes of 'Bones' tonight (a full week before the premiere of 'Castle'). If the season opener of 'Bones' is strong enough, it may sway some of the audience toward watching 'Bones' live each week, and leaving 'Castle' the the DVR.

The premiere episode of 'Bones' promises a couple of things: a blonde Brennan, a pissed-off Booth, a reveal of which members of the gang have been aiding fugitive Brennan, and a reunion.

Grey's Anatomy S9Ep1: Going Going Gone Recap

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'Grey's Anatomy' is back in an episode that's as good as it is confusing.

As a quick reminder, last season ended with a bang. Literally. A plane carrying a team of doctors that included Meredith, Cristina, Derek, Mark, Lexie, and Arizona crashed. In the sob filled finale, Lexie died while pinned under the plane. Cristina injured her arm, Arizona was bleeding badly from her leg, Derek had a damaged hand, and Mark had some serious internal injuries.

You'd expect the premiere episode to pick up right after the crash, but instead the episode leapt several months ahead.


This leap was clearly done to increase the suspense throughout the episode: the viewer didn't know who had lived/who had died, and how each person was impacted. Unfortunately, it also made the episode slightly confusing. There's a thin line between being intrigued and being irritated. Luckily, this episode verged on the intriguing side.

The episode was intercut with numerous home video style flashbacks. The first one was filming Derek and Mark getting ready for Derek's first wedding. As with the rest of the videos, it featured Sloane prominently. This foreshadowed things to come.

We see a timid intern trying to avoid her mean resident nicknamed "Medusa". As the intern slowly approaches Meredith and Bailey, it is clear that Meredith is the resident in the question.

Meredith as a mean resident? It actually makes a lot of sense. Regardless of how the plane crash impacted her, Meredith was trained by Bailey...and they called her 'The Nazi' in the first two season's of the show.

Derek is back in the hospital dressed in scrubs. This alleviates our concern that he'd never be able to perform surgery again. Except it turns out that although he has been cleared for surgery he has yet to perform a single operation. He's nervous about his hand clenching at a crucial moment. Having hand seizures while said hand is inside someone's brain probably isn't the safest.

But today he wants to perform his first surgery. Callie asks him if he's sure he want to do it today of all days, but he insists that he needs it. What is so big about today?

When he walks into the surgery Callie is standing there along with the other surgical staff and they give him a standing ovation. Despite the fact that he says that "it's a wonderful day to save lives" Derek finds himself unable to complete the surgery. His hand shakes--whether it's mental or physical remains to be seen.

Alex is back to his Season One ways; he's making out with random interns in the supply closets. It seems he has delayed going to Hopkins because he has been covering Peds. Arizona is apparently gone. We don't know what's going on: Is she dead? Has she had a nervous breakdown?

Bailey's boyfriend has left to attend his out of state medical program but he is visiting her a lot. And they're having sex. A lot. She seems really happy. So happy in fact, that Webber admits to her that she is no longer called 'The Nazi'. She has a new--less scary--nickname. She begs him to tell her what it is, but he awkwardly refuses. Seems like the ex-Chief is still afraid of the wrath of Bailey.

Everyone at the hospital keeps on mentioning 5 o'clock as though something major is happening at that time. As soon as the camera pans to Mark Sloane lying on a hospital bed, attached to numerous wires and monitors, it's clear that the 5 o'clock deadline has to do with him. Sloane is in a coma and based on his wishes he doesn't want to be kept on life support for more than 30 days. The 30 days are up at 5 o'clock and the doctors realize the severity of that situation: at 5 o'clock Mark Sloane will die.

Cristina is now at her new job in Minnesota and it's clear she's not happy. Despite her displeasure with her supervisors and the climate, even Cristina is aware that 5 o'clock is approaching. Despite the fact that she and Meredith talk often via video conference it's soon clear that they have yet to visit each other. Presumably because they've both terrified of flying after the plane crash.

Although Callie wasn't in the plane crash it is clear she has been emotionally impacted as well. She is trying to hold it together--even going so far as sitting at Sloane's bedside and joking that she's taking her top off (in hopes of snapping him out of the coma). However, she breaks a couple of times during the episode. Her tension is evident when Owen introduces her to the new Peds surgery resident (Dr. Barnett) who is "replacing" Arizona. Does that mean she actually died in the crash?

It's especially heartbreaking when minutes later we see Callie crouched in a supply closet sobbing. Is she crying because Arizona is dead? In the middle of her emotional breakdown the supply closet door swings open and Alex pushes an intern inside. They begin making out but stop abruptly when they catch sight of Callie. She screams at them to "get out!". The intern promptly leaves, but Alex hovers in the doorway. Callie continues to order him "out" but instead he closes the door and leans against it. Alex may have reverted to some of his old ways, but he isn't the jerk he once was. He still cares about his friends.

Dr. Webber prepares to turn off Sloane's life support while Callie and Derek watch. Although it makes one wonder if Sloane has no other family, it is certainly true that Callie and Derek are the closest things to family he has at the hospital. Except for Lexie that is.

In an incredibly sad flashback, we see a home movie shot at Callie and Arizona's wedding. The videographer asks Sloane who he thinks he'll be with when he's old and grey. He admits he doesn't think he'll be with anyone, but if there is one person he's with it would be Lexie Grey. Since Lexie died in the plane crash and Sloane is about to die this statement is all the more powerful.

As Mark is dying his friends and colleagues gather close. While Callie and Derek are the only ones in the actual room, Bailey and her boyfriend, Webber, Alex and Meredith all gather close. The horribly depressing scene is briefly interrupted by a slightly comedic moment. Bailey, who has been trying to find out her new nickname for most of the episode, is abruptly told by Alex that her new nickname is BCB, or Booty Call Bailey due to the excitement (and copious amounts of sex) she experiences when her boyfriend visits.

Meredith can't deal with the stress of waiting for Mark's death. She announces that she's going to see Cristina and rushes out of the hospital.

At the airport Meredith catches a glimpse of Alex and gets his attention. She's mad at him because he's leaving without saying good bye to her. He yells that he can't stick around just because everyone else is leaving and she doesn't want to be alone. As Alex heads to his plane he catches sight of Owen.

Meredith gets on the plane, but freaks out just as it is getting ready to takeoff. It is clear that she is having flashbacks to the crash.

Back in Joe's bar Meredith calls Cristina over her iPad. They both takes shots together, states apart but facing each other as always. Meredith is shocked when Alex sits down next to her. He admits that he couldn't get on his plane and that he's not leaving. He asks Cristina to tell Owen that he wants his job back. He tells her that he saw Owen at the airport and assumes that Owen's coming to visit her--

But he isn't. We see April working at her family's pig farm. Owen approaches and tells her that she has her job back. He said he's made too many bad decisions and lost too many people. He wants her back at the hospital.

Callie walks into her apartment, devastated after Mark's death. She opens the door to a bedroom and we see Arizona, lying in bed, her back facing the door. Callie tells Arizona that she needs to "snap out of it" and reminds her that their daughter just lost a father, and Callie just lost her best friend. Arizona turns around and yells at Callie that she can't forgive her because she cut off her leg. She yanks back the blanket and we see that one of Arizona's legs has been amputated.

And the episode ends.

The entire episode is relatively sob inducing. Sloane's death and the devastation of his friends is heartbreaking to watch. Discovering Arizona's amputation at the very end of the episode makes the whole thing even more anxiety provoking.

Side notes: We're introduced to some new members of the cast. It seems clear that two interns, Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) and Heather (Tina Majorino) will become central this season. The first appendectomy, designed to be failed by a weak intern (remember George's experience in Season One of 'Grey's'?), was performed by Dr. Wilson. This made her the most central new cast member of this episode.

Say Goodbye to Mark Sloane & Lexie Grey

People's Choice Awards 2013!

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The People's Choice Awards are in! Apparently that's all the motivation I need to update this blog. I don't need anything as major as the Emmys to get my act together. A meaningless ceremony (otherwise known as a popularity contest where those who win are those who understand the internet and tweens best) is all it takes. So, I guess take note or something?

Anyway, GET EXCITED.

The televised show isn't until January 9th, 2013 but you can vote for the nominees now.*

*If you voted before you weren't actually casting a "ballot" (that seems too serious a term for this event) but rather indicating who you wanted to be nominated. Now that they actually are nominated they need your vote again to actually win. Aww, democracy at work.

 Since this blog focuses on television, here are the TV nominees (along with some slightly snide commentary)...

Favorite Network TV Comedy
~Glee (at best this is a dramedy)
~The Big Bang Theory (please no)
~New Girl (acceptable)
~How I Met Your Mother (acceptable)
~Modern Family (please dear God, not again)

Favorite Network TV Drama
~Grimm (eh)
~Grey's Anatomy (acceptable)
~Gossip Girl (not happening. oh wait, tweens!)
~Once Upon a Time (acceptable, not that I watch this)
~Revenge (I don't know what's more intense than a drama, but this is it)

Favorite Cable TV Comedy
~Awkward (hilarious)
~Hot in Cleveland (oh Betty White)
~It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (always acceptable...for awards, not for political correctness)
~Melissa & Joey (um? no Baby Daddy?)
~Psych (all right)

Favorite Cable TV Drama
~Leverage (where is Rizzoli & Isles?)
~Burn Notice (definitely)
~Pretty Little Liars (this isn't season one anymore tweens)
~The Walking Dead (completely)
~White Collar (okay)

Favorite Premium Cable TV Show
~Dexter (after this season? well deserved)
~Game of Thrones (meh)
~Homeland (obviously)
~Spartacus (I don't even know what this is)
~True Blood (wait! Is it 2008?)

Favorite TV Crime Drama
~Bones (I love you Hart Hanson, but this season?)
~Castle (yes, please)
~Criminal Minds (questionable)
~CSI (no)
~NCIS (I don't think so)

Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy Show
~Doctor Who (clarification would be helpful)
~Once Upon a Time (why do they get two categories?)
~Supernatural (no)
~The Vampire Diaries (tweens)
~The Walking Dead (yes)

Favorite Comedic TV Actor
~Chris Colfer (is it comedy?)
~Jesse Tyler Ferguson (don't you have an Emmy?)
~Jim Parsons (Emmy?)
~Neil Patrick Harris (please)
~Ty Burrell (Emmy)

Favorite Comedic TV Actress
~Jane Lynch (okay)
~Kaley Cuoco (not this year)
~Lea Michele (no)
~Sofia Vergara (Emmy?)
~Zooey Deschanel (this seems likely)

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
~Ian Somerhalder (maybe)
~Jared Padalecki (who?)
~Jensen Ackles (next year)
~Nathan Fillion (yes please. also, Twitter)
~Paul Wesley (possible)

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
~Ellen Pompeo (good crier)
~Emily Deschanel (wait, no Boreanaz?)
~Ginnifer Goodwin (possible)
~Nina Dobrev (maybe)
~Stana Katic (she wasn't here last year!)

VOTE

'Castle' is coming to TNT

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The time we've all been waiting for has finally come...'Castle' is officially entering syndication.

So, when is 'Castle' coming to TNT?

The first marathon will air...
September 26th, 2012! 

I know, I know, everyone promised you this would happen in April, but sometimes TV is...tricky. TNT actually bought the syndication rights last year, but so far they've only aired one (relatively) short 8-episode marathon. This time it is definitely happening! How do we know? Well, for one thing TNT has finally started airing spots promising said reruns (see below).

After this initial airing of NINE back-to-back episodes, 'Castle' will continue to air every Wednesday night in sequential order.

Here's the current schedule of 'Castle' episodes on TNT:

Wednesday, Sept 26
S1Ep1, Flowers For Your Grave, 12 pm
S2Ep2, Nanny McDead, 1 pm
S2Ep3, Hedge Fund Homeboys, 2 pm
S2Ep4, Hell Hath No Fury, 3 pm
S2Ep5, A Chill Goes Through Her Veins, 4 pm
S2Ep6, Always Buy Retail, 5 pm
S2Ep7, Home is Where the Heart Stops, 8 pm
S1Ep8, Ghosts, 9 pm
S1Ep9, Little Girl Lost, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 3rd
S1Ep10, A Death in the Family, 12 pm
S2Ep1, Deep in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep2, The Double Down, 2 pm
S2Ep3, Inventing the Girl, 3 pm
S2Ep4, Fool Me Once, 4 pm
S2Ep5, When the Bough Breaks, 5 pm
S2Ep6, Vampire Weekend, 8 pm
S2Ep7, Famous Last Words, 9 pm
S2Ep8, Kill the Messenger, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 10th
S2Ep9, Love Me Dead, 12 pm
S2Ep10, One Man's Treasure, 1 pm
S2Ep11, The Fifth Bullet, 2 pm
S2Ep12, A Rose for Everafter, 3 pm
S2Ep13, Sucker Punch, 4 pm
S2Ep14, The Third Man, 5 pm
S2Ep15, Suicide Squeeze, 8 pm
S2Ep16, The Mistress Always Spanks Twice, 9 pm
S2Ep17, Tick, Tick, Tick, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 17th
S2Ep18, Boom, 12 pm
S2Ep19, Wrapped in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep20, The Late Shaft, 2 pm
S2Ep21, Den of Theives, 3 pm
S2Ep22, Overkill, 4 pm
S2Ep23, Food to Die For, 5 pm
S2Ep24, A Deadly Game, 8 pm
S3Ep1, A Deadly Affair, 9 pm

Wednesday, October 24th
S3Ep2, He's Dead, She's Dead, 12 pm
S3Ep3, Under the Gun, 1 pm
S3Ep4, Punked, 2 pm
S3Ep5, Anatomy of a Murder, 3 pm
S3Ep6, Almost Famous, 8 pm
S3Ep7, 3XK, 9 pm
S3Ep8, Murder Most Fowl, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 31st
S3Ep9, Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind, 12 pm
S3Ep10, Last Call, 1 pm
S3Ep11, Nikki Heat, 2 pm
S3Ep12, Poof, You're Dead, 3 pm
S3Ep13, Knockdown, 4 pm
S3Ep14, Lucky Stiff, 5 pm
S3Ep15, The Final Nail, 8 pm
S3Ep16, Setup, 9 pm
S3Ep17, Countdown, 10 pm

Because TNT will only be airing the first three seasons (for now!) expect to see some early flirtations and some super short hair (on the part of both Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion). Plus, Beckett's a redhead?!

'Biggest Loser' Season 14: Jillian Michaels plus Kids

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'The Biggest Loser' is adding Jillian Michaels (again!) and...babies?

Okay, not literal babies. But the show's 14th season will indeed feature the return of Jillian Michaels as well as some kid contestants.

I mean, they had "old" people two seasons ago (remember the old v young teams?) so why not go the other route...really young. Like, you know, a bunch of thirteen year olds. Which is exactly what they've done.



Thirteen is the new cut-off age, although the network has promised that they'll make things "safer" (okay they didn't actually use that word, but I swear that's what they meant!) for the kids. The little ones won't be one the ranch, won't be weighed, and won't be up for elimination. Which sort of makes me wonder what they will be doing...and how they're really on the show at all.

Sure, I think it's admirable that they're not forcing these kids from one extreme to the other (aka toward an eating disorder) and I do think that childhood obesity is a major issue. But, I'm not quite clear on how the kids will factor into the show. Any ideas?

Guess we'll find out in January when 'The Biggest Loser' returns. All I can say is...thank goodness Jillian will be back! I was getting a little tired of only having male coaches. Women can be mean enough to make you work out too.

'Bones': Season 8, New Tonight. Premiere.

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'Bones' is back! The show's eighth season is premiering tonight on FOX at 8/7 C.

FOX's decision to have it's shows return a week earlier than most other networks may be one of their smartest moves yet. Monday nights are going to be a tough crowd this year...'How I Met Your Mother' and 'Dancing with the Stars' will be 'Bones' main competition in the same time-slot.

'Castle', a show which attracts the same type as viewers as 'Bones', had a strong season last year. Arguably last season was one of 'Bones' weakest. There was a combination of:

a shortened season (due to Emily Deschanel's pregnancy)

writing said pregnancy into the series (meaning fewer case investigation with the show's lead duo)

a decrease in chemistry between the two main characters (unclear if this is because Deschanel and Boreanaz can play subtext better than they can play main text)

'Castle', meanwhile, offered:

a moving PTSD episode (leading to a PRISM award win by Katic and Huertas)

a rift between it's two main characters (which only lead fans to want them to get together more)

further investigation into the murder which propels the series (that of Beckett's mother)

a coupling of the show's main characters that was intense and steamy (proving that Fillion and Katic can do main text as well as they can do subtext)

If fans of both shows are going to choose only one series to watch this season, it's probably going to be 'Castle'. Because of that, it makes perfect sense to start airing episodes of 'Bones' tonight (a full week before the premiere of 'Castle'). If the season opener of 'Bones' is strong enough, it may sway some of the audience toward watching 'Bones' live each week, and leaving 'Castle' the the DVR.

The premiere episode of 'Bones' promises a couple of things: a blonde Brennan, a pissed-off Booth, a reveal of which members of the gang have been aiding fugitive Brennan, and a reunion.

Grey's Anatomy S9Ep1: Going Going Gone Recap

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'Grey's Anatomy' is back in an episode that's as good as it is confusing.

As a quick reminder, last season ended with a bang. Literally. A plane carrying a team of doctors that included Meredith, Cristina, Derek, Mark, Lexie, and Arizona crashed. In the sob filled finale, Lexie died while pinned under the plane. Cristina injured her arm, Arizona was bleeding badly from her leg, Derek had a damaged hand, and Mark had some serious internal injuries.

You'd expect the premiere episode to pick up right after the crash, but instead the episode leapt several months ahead.


This leap was clearly done to increase the suspense throughout the episode: the viewer didn't know who had lived/who had died, and how each person was impacted. Unfortunately, it also made the episode slightly confusing. There's a thin line between being intrigued and being irritated. Luckily, this episode verged on the intriguing side.

The episode was intercut with numerous home video style flashbacks. The first one was filming Derek and Mark getting ready for Derek's first wedding. As with the rest of the videos, it featured Sloane prominently. This foreshadowed things to come.

We see a timid intern trying to avoid her mean resident nicknamed "Medusa". As the intern slowly approaches Meredith and Bailey, it is clear that Meredith is the resident in the question.

Meredith as a mean resident? It actually makes a lot of sense. Regardless of how the plane crash impacted her, Meredith was trained by Bailey...and they called her 'The Nazi' in the first two season's of the show.

Derek is back in the hospital dressed in scrubs. This alleviates our concern that he'd never be able to perform surgery again. Except it turns out that although he has been cleared for surgery he has yet to perform a single operation. He's nervous about his hand clenching at a crucial moment. Having hand seizures while said hand is inside someone's brain probably isn't the safest.

But today he wants to perform his first surgery. Callie asks him if he's sure he want to do it today of all days, but he insists that he needs it. What is so big about today?

When he walks into the surgery Callie is standing there along with the other surgical staff and they give him a standing ovation. Despite the fact that he says that "it's a wonderful day to save lives" Derek finds himself unable to complete the surgery. His hand shakes--whether it's mental or physical remains to be seen.

Alex is back to his Season One ways; he's making out with random interns in the supply closets. It seems he has delayed going to Hopkins because he has been covering Peds. Arizona is apparently gone. We don't know what's going on: Is she dead? Has she had a nervous breakdown?

Bailey's boyfriend has left to attend his out of state medical program but he is visiting her a lot. And they're having sex. A lot. She seems really happy. So happy in fact, that Webber admits to her that she is no longer called 'The Nazi'. She has a new--less scary--nickname. She begs him to tell her what it is, but he awkwardly refuses. Seems like the ex-Chief is still afraid of the wrath of Bailey.

Everyone at the hospital keeps on mentioning 5 o'clock as though something major is happening at that time. As soon as the camera pans to Mark Sloane lying on a hospital bed, attached to numerous wires and monitors, it's clear that the 5 o'clock deadline has to do with him. Sloane is in a coma and based on his wishes he doesn't want to be kept on life support for more than 30 days. The 30 days are up at 5 o'clock and the doctors realize the severity of that situation: at 5 o'clock Mark Sloane will die.

Cristina is now at her new job in Minnesota and it's clear she's not happy. Despite her displeasure with her supervisors and the climate, even Cristina is aware that 5 o'clock is approaching. Despite the fact that she and Meredith talk often via video conference it's soon clear that they have yet to visit each other. Presumably because they've both terrified of flying after the plane crash.

Although Callie wasn't in the plane crash it is clear she has been emotionally impacted as well. She is trying to hold it together--even going so far as sitting at Sloane's bedside and joking that she's taking her top off (in hopes of snapping him out of the coma). However, she breaks a couple of times during the episode. Her tension is evident when Owen introduces her to the new Peds surgery resident (Dr. Barnett) who is "replacing" Arizona. Does that mean she actually died in the crash?

It's especially heartbreaking when minutes later we see Callie crouched in a supply closet sobbing. Is she crying because Arizona is dead? In the middle of her emotional breakdown the supply closet door swings open and Alex pushes an intern inside. They begin making out but stop abruptly when they catch sight of Callie. She screams at them to "get out!". The intern promptly leaves, but Alex hovers in the doorway. Callie continues to order him "out" but instead he closes the door and leans against it. Alex may have reverted to some of his old ways, but he isn't the jerk he once was. He still cares about his friends.

Dr. Webber prepares to turn off Sloane's life support while Callie and Derek watch. Although it makes one wonder if Sloane has no other family, it is certainly true that Callie and Derek are the closest things to family he has at the hospital. Except for Lexie that is.

In an incredibly sad flashback, we see a home movie shot at Callie and Arizona's wedding. The videographer asks Sloane who he thinks he'll be with when he's old and grey. He admits he doesn't think he'll be with anyone, but if there is one person he's with it would be Lexie Grey. Since Lexie died in the plane crash and Sloane is about to die this statement is all the more powerful.

As Mark is dying his friends and colleagues gather close. While Callie and Derek are the only ones in the actual room, Bailey and her boyfriend, Webber, Alex and Meredith all gather close. The horribly depressing scene is briefly interrupted by a slightly comedic moment. Bailey, who has been trying to find out her new nickname for most of the episode, is abruptly told by Alex that her new nickname is BCB, or Booty Call Bailey due to the excitement (and copious amounts of sex) she experiences when her boyfriend visits.

Meredith can't deal with the stress of waiting for Mark's death. She announces that she's going to see Cristina and rushes out of the hospital.

At the airport Meredith catches a glimpse of Alex and gets his attention. She's mad at him because he's leaving without saying good bye to her. He yells that he can't stick around just because everyone else is leaving and she doesn't want to be alone. As Alex heads to his plane he catches sight of Owen.

Meredith gets on the plane, but freaks out just as it is getting ready to takeoff. It is clear that she is having flashbacks to the crash.

Back in Joe's bar Meredith calls Cristina over her iPad. They both takes shots together, states apart but facing each other as always. Meredith is shocked when Alex sits down next to her. He admits that he couldn't get on his plane and that he's not leaving. He asks Cristina to tell Owen that he wants his job back. He tells her that he saw Owen at the airport and assumes that Owen's coming to visit her--

But he isn't. We see April working at her family's pig farm. Owen approaches and tells her that she has her job back. He said he's made too many bad decisions and lost too many people. He wants her back at the hospital.

Callie walks into her apartment, devastated after Mark's death. She opens the door to a bedroom and we see Arizona, lying in bed, her back facing the door. Callie tells Arizona that she needs to "snap out of it" and reminds her that their daughter just lost a father, and Callie just lost her best friend. Arizona turns around and yells at Callie that she can't forgive her because she cut off her leg. She yanks back the blanket and we see that one of Arizona's legs has been amputated.

And the episode ends.

The entire episode is relatively sob inducing. Sloane's death and the devastation of his friends is heartbreaking to watch. Discovering Arizona's amputation at the very end of the episode makes the whole thing even more anxiety provoking.

Side notes: We're introduced to some new members of the cast. It seems clear that two interns, Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) and Heather (Tina Majorino) will become central this season. The first appendectomy, designed to be failed by a weak intern (remember George's experience in Season One of 'Grey's'?), was performed by Dr. Wilson. This made her the most central new cast member of this episode.

Say Goodbye to Mark Sloane & Lexie Grey

People's Choice Awards 2013!

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The People's Choice Awards are in! Apparently that's all the motivation I need to update this blog. I don't need anything as major as the Emmys to get my act together. A meaningless ceremony (otherwise known as a popularity contest where those who win are those who understand the internet and tweens best) is all it takes. So, I guess take note or something?

Anyway, GET EXCITED.

The televised show isn't until January 9th, 2013 but you can vote for the nominees now.*

*If you voted before you weren't actually casting a "ballot" (that seems too serious a term for this event) but rather indicating who you wanted to be nominated. Now that they actually are nominated they need your vote again to actually win. Aww, democracy at work.

 Since this blog focuses on television, here are the TV nominees (along with some slightly snide commentary)...

Favorite Network TV Comedy
~Glee (at best this is a dramedy)
~The Big Bang Theory (please no)
~New Girl (acceptable)
~How I Met Your Mother (acceptable)
~Modern Family (please dear God, not again)

Favorite Network TV Drama
~Grimm (eh)
~Grey's Anatomy (acceptable)
~Gossip Girl (not happening. oh wait, tweens!)
~Once Upon a Time (acceptable, not that I watch this)
~Revenge (I don't know what's more intense than a drama, but this is it)

Favorite Cable TV Comedy
~Awkward (hilarious)
~Hot in Cleveland (oh Betty White)
~It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (always acceptable...for awards, not for political correctness)
~Melissa & Joey (um? no Baby Daddy?)
~Psych (all right)

Favorite Cable TV Drama
~Leverage (where is Rizzoli & Isles?)
~Burn Notice (definitely)
~Pretty Little Liars (this isn't season one anymore tweens)
~The Walking Dead (completely)
~White Collar (okay)

Favorite Premium Cable TV Show
~Dexter (after this season? well deserved)
~Game of Thrones (meh)
~Homeland (obviously)
~Spartacus (I don't even know what this is)
~True Blood (wait! Is it 2008?)

Favorite TV Crime Drama
~Bones (I love you Hart Hanson, but this season?)
~Castle (yes, please)
~Criminal Minds (questionable)
~CSI (no)
~NCIS (I don't think so)

Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy Show
~Doctor Who (clarification would be helpful)
~Once Upon a Time (why do they get two categories?)
~Supernatural (no)
~The Vampire Diaries (tweens)
~The Walking Dead (yes)

Favorite Comedic TV Actor
~Chris Colfer (is it comedy?)
~Jesse Tyler Ferguson (don't you have an Emmy?)
~Jim Parsons (Emmy?)
~Neil Patrick Harris (please)
~Ty Burrell (Emmy)

Favorite Comedic TV Actress
~Jane Lynch (okay)
~Kaley Cuoco (not this year)
~Lea Michele (no)
~Sofia Vergara (Emmy?)
~Zooey Deschanel (this seems likely)

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
~Ian Somerhalder (maybe)
~Jared Padalecki (who?)
~Jensen Ackles (next year)
~Nathan Fillion (yes please. also, Twitter)
~Paul Wesley (possible)

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
~Ellen Pompeo (good crier)
~Emily Deschanel (wait, no Boreanaz?)
~Ginnifer Goodwin (possible)
~Nina Dobrev (maybe)
~Stana Katic (she wasn't here last year!)

VOTE

'Castle' is coming to TNT

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The time we've all been waiting for has finally come...'Castle' is officially entering syndication.

So, when is 'Castle' coming to TNT?

The first marathon will air...
September 26th, 2012! 

I know, I know, everyone promised you this would happen in April, but sometimes TV is...tricky. TNT actually bought the syndication rights last year, but so far they've only aired one (relatively) short 8-episode marathon. This time it is definitely happening! How do we know? Well, for one thing TNT has finally started airing spots promising said reruns (see below).

After this initial airing of NINE back-to-back episodes, 'Castle' will continue to air every Wednesday night in sequential order.

Here's the current schedule of 'Castle' episodes on TNT:

Wednesday, Sept 26
S1Ep1, Flowers For Your Grave, 12 pm
S2Ep2, Nanny McDead, 1 pm
S2Ep3, Hedge Fund Homeboys, 2 pm
S2Ep4, Hell Hath No Fury, 3 pm
S2Ep5, A Chill Goes Through Her Veins, 4 pm
S2Ep6, Always Buy Retail, 5 pm
S2Ep7, Home is Where the Heart Stops, 8 pm
S1Ep8, Ghosts, 9 pm
S1Ep9, Little Girl Lost, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 3rd
S1Ep10, A Death in the Family, 12 pm
S2Ep1, Deep in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep2, The Double Down, 2 pm
S2Ep3, Inventing the Girl, 3 pm
S2Ep4, Fool Me Once, 4 pm
S2Ep5, When the Bough Breaks, 5 pm
S2Ep6, Vampire Weekend, 8 pm
S2Ep7, Famous Last Words, 9 pm
S2Ep8, Kill the Messenger, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 10th
S2Ep9, Love Me Dead, 12 pm
S2Ep10, One Man's Treasure, 1 pm
S2Ep11, The Fifth Bullet, 2 pm
S2Ep12, A Rose for Everafter, 3 pm
S2Ep13, Sucker Punch, 4 pm
S2Ep14, The Third Man, 5 pm
S2Ep15, Suicide Squeeze, 8 pm
S2Ep16, The Mistress Always Spanks Twice, 9 pm
S2Ep17, Tick, Tick, Tick, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 17th
S2Ep18, Boom, 12 pm
S2Ep19, Wrapped in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep20, The Late Shaft, 2 pm
S2Ep21, Den of Theives, 3 pm
S2Ep22, Overkill, 4 pm
S2Ep23, Food to Die For, 5 pm
S2Ep24, A Deadly Game, 8 pm
S3Ep1, A Deadly Affair, 9 pm

Wednesday, October 24th
S3Ep2, He's Dead, She's Dead, 12 pm
S3Ep3, Under the Gun, 1 pm
S3Ep4, Punked, 2 pm
S3Ep5, Anatomy of a Murder, 3 pm
S3Ep6, Almost Famous, 8 pm
S3Ep7, 3XK, 9 pm
S3Ep8, Murder Most Fowl, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 31st
S3Ep9, Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind, 12 pm
S3Ep10, Last Call, 1 pm
S3Ep11, Nikki Heat, 2 pm
S3Ep12, Poof, You're Dead, 3 pm
S3Ep13, Knockdown, 4 pm
S3Ep14, Lucky Stiff, 5 pm
S3Ep15, The Final Nail, 8 pm
S3Ep16, Setup, 9 pm
S3Ep17, Countdown, 10 pm

Because TNT will only be airing the first three seasons (for now!) expect to see some early flirtations and some super short hair (on the part of both Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion). Plus, Beckett's a redhead?!

'Biggest Loser' Season 14: Jillian Michaels plus Kids

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'The Biggest Loser' is adding Jillian Michaels (again!) and...babies?

Okay, not literal babies. But the show's 14th season will indeed feature the return of Jillian Michaels as well as some kid contestants.

I mean, they had "old" people two seasons ago (remember the old v young teams?) so why not go the other route...really young. Like, you know, a bunch of thirteen year olds. Which is exactly what they've done.



Thirteen is the new cut-off age, although the network has promised that they'll make things "safer" (okay they didn't actually use that word, but I swear that's what they meant!) for the kids. The little ones won't be one the ranch, won't be weighed, and won't be up for elimination. Which sort of makes me wonder what they will be doing...and how they're really on the show at all.

Sure, I think it's admirable that they're not forcing these kids from one extreme to the other (aka toward an eating disorder) and I do think that childhood obesity is a major issue. But, I'm not quite clear on how the kids will factor into the show. Any ideas?

Guess we'll find out in January when 'The Biggest Loser' returns. All I can say is...thank goodness Jillian will be back! I was getting a little tired of only having male coaches. Women can be mean enough to make you work out too.

'Bones': Season 8, New Tonight. Premiere.

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'Bones' is back! The show's eighth season is premiering tonight on FOX at 8/7 C.

FOX's decision to have it's shows return a week earlier than most other networks may be one of their smartest moves yet. Monday nights are going to be a tough crowd this year...'How I Met Your Mother' and 'Dancing with the Stars' will be 'Bones' main competition in the same time-slot.

'Castle', a show which attracts the same type as viewers as 'Bones', had a strong season last year. Arguably last season was one of 'Bones' weakest. There was a combination of:

a shortened season (due to Emily Deschanel's pregnancy)

writing said pregnancy into the series (meaning fewer case investigation with the show's lead duo)

a decrease in chemistry between the two main characters (unclear if this is because Deschanel and Boreanaz can play subtext better than they can play main text)

'Castle', meanwhile, offered:

a moving PTSD episode (leading to a PRISM award win by Katic and Huertas)

a rift between it's two main characters (which only lead fans to want them to get together more)

further investigation into the murder which propels the series (that of Beckett's mother)

a coupling of the show's main characters that was intense and steamy (proving that Fillion and Katic can do main text as well as they can do subtext)

If fans of both shows are going to choose only one series to watch this season, it's probably going to be 'Castle'. Because of that, it makes perfect sense to start airing episodes of 'Bones' tonight (a full week before the premiere of 'Castle'). If the season opener of 'Bones' is strong enough, it may sway some of the audience toward watching 'Bones' live each week, and leaving 'Castle' the the DVR.

The premiere episode of 'Bones' promises a couple of things: a blonde Brennan, a pissed-off Booth, a reveal of which members of the gang have been aiding fugitive Brennan, and a reunion.

Grey's Anatomy S9Ep1: Going Going Gone Recap

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'Grey's Anatomy' is back in an episode that's as good as it is confusing.

As a quick reminder, last season ended with a bang. Literally. A plane carrying a team of doctors that included Meredith, Cristina, Derek, Mark, Lexie, and Arizona crashed. In the sob filled finale, Lexie died while pinned under the plane. Cristina injured her arm, Arizona was bleeding badly from her leg, Derek had a damaged hand, and Mark had some serious internal injuries.

You'd expect the premiere episode to pick up right after the crash, but instead the episode leapt several months ahead.


This leap was clearly done to increase the suspense throughout the episode: the viewer didn't know who had lived/who had died, and how each person was impacted. Unfortunately, it also made the episode slightly confusing. There's a thin line between being intrigued and being irritated. Luckily, this episode verged on the intriguing side.

The episode was intercut with numerous home video style flashbacks. The first one was filming Derek and Mark getting ready for Derek's first wedding. As with the rest of the videos, it featured Sloane prominently. This foreshadowed things to come.

We see a timid intern trying to avoid her mean resident nicknamed "Medusa". As the intern slowly approaches Meredith and Bailey, it is clear that Meredith is the resident in the question.

Meredith as a mean resident? It actually makes a lot of sense. Regardless of how the plane crash impacted her, Meredith was trained by Bailey...and they called her 'The Nazi' in the first two season's of the show.

Derek is back in the hospital dressed in scrubs. This alleviates our concern that he'd never be able to perform surgery again. Except it turns out that although he has been cleared for surgery he has yet to perform a single operation. He's nervous about his hand clenching at a crucial moment. Having hand seizures while said hand is inside someone's brain probably isn't the safest.

But today he wants to perform his first surgery. Callie asks him if he's sure he want to do it today of all days, but he insists that he needs it. What is so big about today?

When he walks into the surgery Callie is standing there along with the other surgical staff and they give him a standing ovation. Despite the fact that he says that "it's a wonderful day to save lives" Derek finds himself unable to complete the surgery. His hand shakes--whether it's mental or physical remains to be seen.

Alex is back to his Season One ways; he's making out with random interns in the supply closets. It seems he has delayed going to Hopkins because he has been covering Peds. Arizona is apparently gone. We don't know what's going on: Is she dead? Has she had a nervous breakdown?

Bailey's boyfriend has left to attend his out of state medical program but he is visiting her a lot. And they're having sex. A lot. She seems really happy. So happy in fact, that Webber admits to her that she is no longer called 'The Nazi'. She has a new--less scary--nickname. She begs him to tell her what it is, but he awkwardly refuses. Seems like the ex-Chief is still afraid of the wrath of Bailey.

Everyone at the hospital keeps on mentioning 5 o'clock as though something major is happening at that time. As soon as the camera pans to Mark Sloane lying on a hospital bed, attached to numerous wires and monitors, it's clear that the 5 o'clock deadline has to do with him. Sloane is in a coma and based on his wishes he doesn't want to be kept on life support for more than 30 days. The 30 days are up at 5 o'clock and the doctors realize the severity of that situation: at 5 o'clock Mark Sloane will die.

Cristina is now at her new job in Minnesota and it's clear she's not happy. Despite her displeasure with her supervisors and the climate, even Cristina is aware that 5 o'clock is approaching. Despite the fact that she and Meredith talk often via video conference it's soon clear that they have yet to visit each other. Presumably because they've both terrified of flying after the plane crash.

Although Callie wasn't in the plane crash it is clear she has been emotionally impacted as well. She is trying to hold it together--even going so far as sitting at Sloane's bedside and joking that she's taking her top off (in hopes of snapping him out of the coma). However, she breaks a couple of times during the episode. Her tension is evident when Owen introduces her to the new Peds surgery resident (Dr. Barnett) who is "replacing" Arizona. Does that mean she actually died in the crash?

It's especially heartbreaking when minutes later we see Callie crouched in a supply closet sobbing. Is she crying because Arizona is dead? In the middle of her emotional breakdown the supply closet door swings open and Alex pushes an intern inside. They begin making out but stop abruptly when they catch sight of Callie. She screams at them to "get out!". The intern promptly leaves, but Alex hovers in the doorway. Callie continues to order him "out" but instead he closes the door and leans against it. Alex may have reverted to some of his old ways, but he isn't the jerk he once was. He still cares about his friends.

Dr. Webber prepares to turn off Sloane's life support while Callie and Derek watch. Although it makes one wonder if Sloane has no other family, it is certainly true that Callie and Derek are the closest things to family he has at the hospital. Except for Lexie that is.

In an incredibly sad flashback, we see a home movie shot at Callie and Arizona's wedding. The videographer asks Sloane who he thinks he'll be with when he's old and grey. He admits he doesn't think he'll be with anyone, but if there is one person he's with it would be Lexie Grey. Since Lexie died in the plane crash and Sloane is about to die this statement is all the more powerful.

As Mark is dying his friends and colleagues gather close. While Callie and Derek are the only ones in the actual room, Bailey and her boyfriend, Webber, Alex and Meredith all gather close. The horribly depressing scene is briefly interrupted by a slightly comedic moment. Bailey, who has been trying to find out her new nickname for most of the episode, is abruptly told by Alex that her new nickname is BCB, or Booty Call Bailey due to the excitement (and copious amounts of sex) she experiences when her boyfriend visits.

Meredith can't deal with the stress of waiting for Mark's death. She announces that she's going to see Cristina and rushes out of the hospital.

At the airport Meredith catches a glimpse of Alex and gets his attention. She's mad at him because he's leaving without saying good bye to her. He yells that he can't stick around just because everyone else is leaving and she doesn't want to be alone. As Alex heads to his plane he catches sight of Owen.

Meredith gets on the plane, but freaks out just as it is getting ready to takeoff. It is clear that she is having flashbacks to the crash.

Back in Joe's bar Meredith calls Cristina over her iPad. They both takes shots together, states apart but facing each other as always. Meredith is shocked when Alex sits down next to her. He admits that he couldn't get on his plane and that he's not leaving. He asks Cristina to tell Owen that he wants his job back. He tells her that he saw Owen at the airport and assumes that Owen's coming to visit her--

But he isn't. We see April working at her family's pig farm. Owen approaches and tells her that she has her job back. He said he's made too many bad decisions and lost too many people. He wants her back at the hospital.

Callie walks into her apartment, devastated after Mark's death. She opens the door to a bedroom and we see Arizona, lying in bed, her back facing the door. Callie tells Arizona that she needs to "snap out of it" and reminds her that their daughter just lost a father, and Callie just lost her best friend. Arizona turns around and yells at Callie that she can't forgive her because she cut off her leg. She yanks back the blanket and we see that one of Arizona's legs has been amputated.

And the episode ends.

The entire episode is relatively sob inducing. Sloane's death and the devastation of his friends is heartbreaking to watch. Discovering Arizona's amputation at the very end of the episode makes the whole thing even more anxiety provoking.

Side notes: We're introduced to some new members of the cast. It seems clear that two interns, Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) and Heather (Tina Majorino) will become central this season. The first appendectomy, designed to be failed by a weak intern (remember George's experience in Season One of 'Grey's'?), was performed by Dr. Wilson. This made her the most central new cast member of this episode.

Say Goodbye to Mark Sloane & Lexie Grey

People's Choice Awards 2013!

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The People's Choice Awards are in! Apparently that's all the motivation I need to update this blog. I don't need anything as major as the Emmys to get my act together. A meaningless ceremony (otherwise known as a popularity contest where those who win are those who understand the internet and tweens best) is all it takes. So, I guess take note or something?

Anyway, GET EXCITED.

The televised show isn't until January 9th, 2013 but you can vote for the nominees now.*

*If you voted before you weren't actually casting a "ballot" (that seems too serious a term for this event) but rather indicating who you wanted to be nominated. Now that they actually are nominated they need your vote again to actually win. Aww, democracy at work.

 Since this blog focuses on television, here are the TV nominees (along with some slightly snide commentary)...

Favorite Network TV Comedy
~Glee (at best this is a dramedy)
~The Big Bang Theory (please no)
~New Girl (acceptable)
~How I Met Your Mother (acceptable)
~Modern Family (please dear God, not again)

Favorite Network TV Drama
~Grimm (eh)
~Grey's Anatomy (acceptable)
~Gossip Girl (not happening. oh wait, tweens!)
~Once Upon a Time (acceptable, not that I watch this)
~Revenge (I don't know what's more intense than a drama, but this is it)

Favorite Cable TV Comedy
~Awkward (hilarious)
~Hot in Cleveland (oh Betty White)
~It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (always acceptable...for awards, not for political correctness)
~Melissa & Joey (um? no Baby Daddy?)
~Psych (all right)

Favorite Cable TV Drama
~Leverage (where is Rizzoli & Isles?)
~Burn Notice (definitely)
~Pretty Little Liars (this isn't season one anymore tweens)
~The Walking Dead (completely)
~White Collar (okay)

Favorite Premium Cable TV Show
~Dexter (after this season? well deserved)
~Game of Thrones (meh)
~Homeland (obviously)
~Spartacus (I don't even know what this is)
~True Blood (wait! Is it 2008?)

Favorite TV Crime Drama
~Bones (I love you Hart Hanson, but this season?)
~Castle (yes, please)
~Criminal Minds (questionable)
~CSI (no)
~NCIS (I don't think so)

Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy Show
~Doctor Who (clarification would be helpful)
~Once Upon a Time (why do they get two categories?)
~Supernatural (no)
~The Vampire Diaries (tweens)
~The Walking Dead (yes)

Favorite Comedic TV Actor
~Chris Colfer (is it comedy?)
~Jesse Tyler Ferguson (don't you have an Emmy?)
~Jim Parsons (Emmy?)
~Neil Patrick Harris (please)
~Ty Burrell (Emmy)

Favorite Comedic TV Actress
~Jane Lynch (okay)
~Kaley Cuoco (not this year)
~Lea Michele (no)
~Sofia Vergara (Emmy?)
~Zooey Deschanel (this seems likely)

Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
~Ian Somerhalder (maybe)
~Jared Padalecki (who?)
~Jensen Ackles (next year)
~Nathan Fillion (yes please. also, Twitter)
~Paul Wesley (possible)

Favorite Dramatic TV Actress
~Ellen Pompeo (good crier)
~Emily Deschanel (wait, no Boreanaz?)
~Ginnifer Goodwin (possible)
~Nina Dobrev (maybe)
~Stana Katic (she wasn't here last year!)

VOTE

'Castle' is coming to TNT

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The time we've all been waiting for has finally come...'Castle' is officially entering syndication.

So, when is 'Castle' coming to TNT?

The first marathon will air...
September 26th, 2012! 

I know, I know, everyone promised you this would happen in April, but sometimes TV is...tricky. TNT actually bought the syndication rights last year, but so far they've only aired one (relatively) short 8-episode marathon. This time it is definitely happening! How do we know? Well, for one thing TNT has finally started airing spots promising said reruns (see below).

After this initial airing of NINE back-to-back episodes, 'Castle' will continue to air every Wednesday night in sequential order.

Here's the current schedule of 'Castle' episodes on TNT:

Wednesday, Sept 26
S1Ep1, Flowers For Your Grave, 12 pm
S2Ep2, Nanny McDead, 1 pm
S2Ep3, Hedge Fund Homeboys, 2 pm
S2Ep4, Hell Hath No Fury, 3 pm
S2Ep5, A Chill Goes Through Her Veins, 4 pm
S2Ep6, Always Buy Retail, 5 pm
S2Ep7, Home is Where the Heart Stops, 8 pm
S1Ep8, Ghosts, 9 pm
S1Ep9, Little Girl Lost, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 3rd
S1Ep10, A Death in the Family, 12 pm
S2Ep1, Deep in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep2, The Double Down, 2 pm
S2Ep3, Inventing the Girl, 3 pm
S2Ep4, Fool Me Once, 4 pm
S2Ep5, When the Bough Breaks, 5 pm
S2Ep6, Vampire Weekend, 8 pm
S2Ep7, Famous Last Words, 9 pm
S2Ep8, Kill the Messenger, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 10th
S2Ep9, Love Me Dead, 12 pm
S2Ep10, One Man's Treasure, 1 pm
S2Ep11, The Fifth Bullet, 2 pm
S2Ep12, A Rose for Everafter, 3 pm
S2Ep13, Sucker Punch, 4 pm
S2Ep14, The Third Man, 5 pm
S2Ep15, Suicide Squeeze, 8 pm
S2Ep16, The Mistress Always Spanks Twice, 9 pm
S2Ep17, Tick, Tick, Tick, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 17th
S2Ep18, Boom, 12 pm
S2Ep19, Wrapped in Death, 1 pm
S2Ep20, The Late Shaft, 2 pm
S2Ep21, Den of Theives, 3 pm
S2Ep22, Overkill, 4 pm
S2Ep23, Food to Die For, 5 pm
S2Ep24, A Deadly Game, 8 pm
S3Ep1, A Deadly Affair, 9 pm

Wednesday, October 24th
S3Ep2, He's Dead, She's Dead, 12 pm
S3Ep3, Under the Gun, 1 pm
S3Ep4, Punked, 2 pm
S3Ep5, Anatomy of a Murder, 3 pm
S3Ep6, Almost Famous, 8 pm
S3Ep7, 3XK, 9 pm
S3Ep8, Murder Most Fowl, 10 pm

Wednesday, October 31st
S3Ep9, Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind, 12 pm
S3Ep10, Last Call, 1 pm
S3Ep11, Nikki Heat, 2 pm
S3Ep12, Poof, You're Dead, 3 pm
S3Ep13, Knockdown, 4 pm
S3Ep14, Lucky Stiff, 5 pm
S3Ep15, The Final Nail, 8 pm
S3Ep16, Setup, 9 pm
S3Ep17, Countdown, 10 pm

Because TNT will only be airing the first three seasons (for now!) expect to see some early flirtations and some super short hair (on the part of both Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion). Plus, Beckett's a redhead?!