THE ANSWER TO TUESDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: Jim Nantz was the CBS Sportscaster who had a cameo in the How I Met Your Mother Finale
FIRST FIVES: Larry Price, Lance Beitler, James Schiro, Megan Quirk & Mike Pierro HONORABLE MENTION: James GabrieleTHE NUMBERS
Sunday's Cable Top 5 Walking Dead Season Finale-AMC 8.0/15.6
Talking Dead Season Finale-AMC 3.7/7.3
Real Housewives of Atlanta-Bravo 1.7/3.9
Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.1/2.6
Sunday Night Movie-ABC Family 1.1/2.3
Monday's Broadcast Top 5
How I Met Your Mother Series Finale-CBS 5.3/12.9
The Voice-NBC 3.4/12.0
The Blacklist-NBC 2.8/11.3
Friends with Better Lives-CBS 2.7/7.9
Dancing with the Stars-ABC 2.2/13.6
Monday's Cable Top 5
WWE Monday Night Raw-USA 1.5/4.3
T.I. and Tiny-VH1 1.2/2.2
Black Ink Crew-VH1 1.2/2.2
Basketball Wives-VH1 1.1/2.1
Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.0/2.5
Monday's Top 5 Nielsen Twitter Ratings How I Met Your Mother-CBS 624,000 Tweets WWE Monday Night Raw-USA 169,000 Tweets Basketball Wives LA-136,000 Tweets Dancing with the Stars-ABC 124,000 Tweets The Voice-NBC 95,000 Tweets
THE SHOWS Glee I guess there's just no more adults, no more Lima, no more McKinley. Everyone's in NYC together. I got nervous that they were back to singing songs nobody would know or care about when the first song was "Downtown" and the second one was "You Make Me Feel So Young," but they got back on track with Imagine Dragons and Great Big World but I still blipped through "People" at the end. Rachel's gotten to be THE most annoying person on television. I don't like anything about her anymore. NOTHING. Blaine's smothering Kurt and cooking breakfast in a wife beater, boxers and loafers. Not a great look at all. Adam Lambert's a great therapist and Sam finally got cute again. Mercedes is back because she NEEDS to be in NYC and everyone's living in 2 apartments. I really am ready for Glee to be O…V…E…R.
The Goldbergs
Not the BEST episode of the season, but even a mediocre episode of The Goldbergs leaves me with that stupid smile on my face. Remember the Presidential Fitness Test? The one Reagan and Ahhhnold made us take? Yeah I do too. UGH. Adam wanted a note from home so he didn't have to do those pull-ups and you know Bev Goldberg. She'll do ANYTHING for her son. If that meant getting a note from Reagan himself, she'd do it. So she hit the capitol and annoyed the COMPtroller so much that she was able to get something with a presidential seal on it getting out of the test but Murray got Adam to do that pull-up and Adam got Murray to swim. This week it was actually the Erica/Barry/French pen pal story that got the most laughs. Erica had Barry saying crazy stuff in French, mainly about cat farts. It was funny, but ya had to be there. Did you catch the cereal Barry was eating? 10 points if you did and of course 10 points for the song! Oh...the COMPtroller was right COMPtrol...isn't a word. Dallas It's all about John Ross. Everyone keeps telling this guy that he's just like his Daddy and while we see glimpses of good, we are seeing him become his Dad right before our own eyes. He's making enemies all over the place. Inside the family, outside the family doesn't really matter. Problem is that when you have enemies you have to be SO careful and John Ross isn't that careful. There are cameras everywhere and one of um caught him going down on Emma. Sure he really didn't want to do it, but she's a crazy horny b*tch and blackmail makes for interesting bedfellows, so down he went. Just because he was being blackmailed didn't mean he couldn't turn the tables and do some of his own. He had some photos of a judge in a whorehouse and used them to commit his Mom to a looney bin, getting her shares and voting to take the company public just so he could have controlling interest of the company. Poor Sue Ellen. I could have told her from that first flask alert that she'd be stumbling around her house in a couple of episodes. What I don't get is why Bobby and Christopher always look so shocked by what goes on with John Ross. Jesse Metcalf's so good looking but his character is SO boring that I just skip past any scenes with him in them now. Anna Lyn McCord, her kid, her husband. Come on Christopher...get some b*lls!
Resurrection
I'm still watching. So far, just like The Returned, not a lot of answers. Just more questions, more dead people turning up and more freaked out towns people. The creep factor's not too bad yet, but I still feel like it's going to get there and I'm going to bail just like I did with The Returned. All the dead people aren't sleeping and their still eating their loved ones out of house and home but not much else. Turns out that the pastors ex who just came back committed suicide so that was something different, but again, no answers as to why they're all coming back and what their plan is. If they are aliens I'm out. Just sayin.
Chasing Maria Menounos
It's only 22 minutes, it's easy to watch and it's just so nuts. Maria's father is obsessed with Maria marrying a Greek guy. Maria's been with Keven (I hate the way he spells his name) for 16 years. This guy seems to good to be true. (So did Dean McDermott and look what happened with him) He does everything for Maria, EVERYTHING. He even has no issues with Maria's parents living in their home with them. Keven's a saint. He's even decided to convert to Greek Orthodox for her. Now the hard part…telling his Mom. A Roman Catholic Italian Mom. She's going to freak out next week if he gets the b*lls to tell her.
Cougar Town Season Finale
There's something about Cougar Town that I really enjoy. It's not the best sitcom ever made or anything, but it's a lot cuter and funnier than people give it credit for. Maybe now that we all need a new "gang" to hang out with, we should take a look at the Cougar Town gang with an open mind. Sure they're a bunch of over drinkers who barely work at all, but they're sweet and you actually feel the love and devotion they have for each other. Maybe I'm just feeling sentimental. It's been an emotional few days between The Good Wife, How I Met Your Mother and Lindsay Lohan. In the season ender, Jules had her yearly physical and borrowed Laurie's pee for obvious reasons. When the doctor called telling Jules that she/Laurie was pregnant, she had to find a way to break the news. Nobody seemed to be too upset that Travis knocked Laurie up. The guy doesn't have a job and he's only 22 years old, but since Jules was his age when she got married and had Travis, all seemed right in the world. So I guess next season's finale will include a wacky birth episode.
THE OTHER STUFF
-Yesterday was April 1st, so I wasn't sure if the Michael Strahan story was true. I hate posting anything that isn't confirmed but supposedly Michael will be doing double duty. Good Morning America and Live with Kelly and Michael. Nobody really knows exactly WHAT he'll be doing over there, but with Josh and Sam gone they need a guy and they need one fast. Michael's a guy and he's geographically convenient to boot. I say spend a year with rotating guests hosts like Kelly did. That might get the ratings up. Worked for Kelly.
-Are you guys 24 fans? I was when it was on. I don't think I watched the last season, but I don't remember why. For anyone who has never watched 24, now's your chance. The show is now available on Amazon Prime. Jack Bauer is one of the best characters ever. He's pretty much indestructible, he never eats, sleeps or goes to the bathroom and is still able to save the world from evil forces in 24 hours. I think I may add 24 to the Binge List. Check it out.
-Comedy Central launched it's Watch App yesterday. I haven't downloaded it yet, but it does have full episodes of The Daily Show, Colbert, South Park and more. I don't have time to be a devoted Daily Show disciple and I'm really not a news person at all, but I've always enjoyed Jon Stewart so maybe this will be a way I can stay closer to him.
-It's at least a year away, and I rarely write about shows until they're actually on the air, but Netflix is about to start production on a 10 episode drama called Narcos. It's a story of Pablo Escobar and the rise of the Medellin drug cartel. No idea at all who is starring in it, but it's got great people and Netflix behind it and I'm calling it now…this is going to be a JUICY one!
-I can't remember if I've every written about Friday Night Tykes. If I haven't, I apologize. I should have it's worth mentioning and was renewed by Esquire for a 2nd season. These coaches aren't at all like Coach Eric Taylor and sometimes it's hard to watch, but it's compelling enough to suck you in.
-Okay for those of us that are Game of Thrones fans, Sunday night can't get here fast enough. For anyone who has wanted to jump on the GOT bandwagon, here's your chance. Of course you have to call in sick to work on Friday and blow off all of Saturday and Sunday's plans, but if you're up for the challenge, get your snacks, get comfortable and turn on HBO2 at 9am Friday morning for a Game of Thrones marathon. All 3 seasons, in a row an you'll be done in time for the start of Season 4. If I could…I would, but I've got a busy weekend already. If anyone does it…let me know.
Wanna know how much time you've spent watching so much TV? Check out this website. It calculates it and makes you feel like a big loser. I gave up pretty fast mainly because you have to type in the shows. There isn't a list to pick from. It's still eye opening and unsettling which is why I got out fast. http://tiii.me/
Wednesday's Trivia Question: I'm being asked for an EASY non How I Met Your Mother trivia question…Easy one: Name the NFL Team Michael Strahan played for. Harder one...what was his number.
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