THE ANSWER TO WEDNESDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: Michael Stahan was #92 on the NY Giants
FIRST FIVES: Mike O'Dea, Megan Quirk, Jim Sontag, John Romeo & James Gabriele HONORABLE MENTION Jim Carter Bonus Goldberg Trivia Question #1: The cereal Adam was eating was Count Chocula.Bonus Goldberg Trivia Question #2: The song in the episode was "Eye of the Tiger."
THE NUMBERS
Tuesdays Broadcast Top 5
The Voice-NBC 3.0/11.7
NCIS LA-CBS 2.4/15.1
NCIS-CBS 2.3/16.8
About a Boy-NBC 2.1/7.4
Person of Interest-CBS 1.9/11.5
Tuesday's Cable Top 5
Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.3/3.2
The Game-BET 1.2/2.7
Family Guy-Adult Swim 1.1/2.3
Little Couple-TLC 1.0/3.2
Tuesday's Twitter Top 5 Primetime Ratings
Glee-FOX 55,000 TweetsThe Voice-NBC 51,000 Tweets
Bad Girls All Star Battle-Oxygen 49,000 Tweets
The Mindy Project-FOX 23,000 Tweets
About a Boy-NBC 2,000 Tweets THE SHOWS Survivor
WTF was that? Were you as confused by tribal council as I was? Forget Sarah's dirty pink bra, Trish's super annoying beachfront yoga class and Woo's skeletoes. Were LJ and Tony ever even in play? Not that I saw. Why on earth would they not only play the idols, but play them for each other when they weren't even on the chopping block? I'm fine with Sarah being voted out don't get me wrong. She let the power go to her head super fast which is bad game play, she should have known better. I just didn't get the entire tribal council thing and I watched it all twice!
Suburgatory
Well, now we know about Dallas's southern huge-haired family and that very strange sound she makes when she's stressing. To help her out, Tessa got permission from George to miss school and jumped into a 78 Trans-Am we never knew Dallas owned and headed down somewhere very southern for her Mom's funeral. That family was a crazy piece of work and while we didn't actually meet Mom, we did find out she was a total b*tch. Dallas gave Tessa a southern makeover which was hilarious. Note to Jeremy Sisto: You don't need the botox. Please stop. You have great hair, a great face, a great body, who cares if you have some lines in the forehead? George, Fred and Noah went on a group date but only Fred was somewhat successful and of course he was just in wingman mode. Glad Noah's back though. Note to ABC, the cookie chick simulating what she was simulating was a little awkward for a Mom and her 12 year old during the 8:30pm hour, but we got through it. Could have used some of Tessa's Mallomars, but we got through it all snack free.Modern Family
I wish last nights episode of Modern Family ran on Tuesday night instead of Wednesday, it would have been better for April Fools Day. Cam got me, I'm assuming he got all of you guys too right? I was completely convinced that he really loved and was touched by the soap carving cake topper that his Dad created with old, arthritic hands proving that he truly loves his son. Of course Mitch hated the cake topper and did everything possible to get rid of it. Mitch had already used his 3 wedding vetoes (I need to keep that veto thing in mind for future compromises and negotiations) so there was no way the cake topper was leaving. What we didn't know was that Cam intentionally served up the cake topper just to get Mitch to agree to another veto and then vetoed the wedding band who wasn't being cooperative. Damn that was a good plan. I really couldn't believe that after 5 years Gloria's ex-employer would let her just come in and cut hair AND let Phil help shampoo strangers, but that IS what happened and it was all sort of stupid as was the entire Manny/Luke storyline from the episode.Flipping Out
If I were Jenni, I would have never allowed myself to be filmed anywhere near Mark Paul Gossalear's wife Cat. Both women were pregnant but Jenni must have gained 50 pounds and Cat gained 8. Hate women like that. Thank god Jenni had a girl and went with Aliana and not Tassos Nassos. That would have just been cruel but I think they were serious. They sure had way too many people in that delivery room if you ask me. In addition to the doctors and nurses, I counted 4 other people. Jenni's Mom, Sister, BFF and husband. Really? Whether Zoila's "B*tch" bling was real or not didn't matter it was hilarious because everything Zoila does or says is hilarious and again, not enough Zoila this week. Lisa G and her husband were back complaining about money. If they are going to torture Jeff, why did they hire him back? TV?Nashville
Of course Maddie's video leaked out and now has 1,000,000 views. Now everyone knows that Deacon's her Dad. Good for Rayna, Deacon and Teddy for going on GMA and setting the record straight with the truth. Wish more celebrities and politicians would take that route. What I didn't realize was that it was Luke who leaked the video. I knew he was too good to be true. They always are. Is it me or is Hayden Panatierre's hair looking ultra artificial lately? If it only takes Gunnar a few minutes to write a song and he gets a royalty check for 400K wouldn't he just write more songs? That's all I do. Sit and write and ka-chiiiiing! I like Juliette and Avery a lot, but I sort of like that Charlie Wentworth guy. Scarlett's evil, horrible Mom's in town and that was enough to throw Scarlett over the edge. Too bad she lost it on Juliette's stage. More trouble for Rayna and that label of hers now.THE OTHER STUFF
-All we need, another set top box. There are so many now that it would make my head explode if I actually wanted or needed one, but Amazon released their Amazon Fire version. With it you can watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Watch ESPN, Showtime Anytime, Crackle, Bloomberg TV, Pandora, Vevo and I Heart Radio. I'm sure more content distributors will join soon. Anyway, the tiny box is only $99 bucks. So if you don't have a smart TV or a Chromocast or any of the other options, this one might be for you.
-The Peabody Awards are the oldest honors in broadcasting. They recognize and celebrate excellence in storytelling. Winners were announced yesterday. The ones I care about are:
Breaking Bad, Orange is the New Black, Scandal, The Returned, House of Cards, Orphan Black, The Bridge, Broadchurch, A Chefs Life & Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Obviously my recommendations can be trusted since the first 6 programs are currently on my binge list. Ahhhh validation, it's a great feeling.
-Not sure what's going on with ABC's Astronaut Wives Club but it's been pulled from it's July launch and pushed back to midseason 14-15. Not good news for that cast.
-I've been reading ALL the comments, TV blogs (yes there are others, but mine is all you really need to worry about) and critics thoughts about Monday's How I Met Your Mother. It's funny, the immediate reaction wasn't good. Now with 2 days of processing and grieving and analyzing, people are reacting to own their reactions. I'm still not sure where I stand but somebody posted their "perfect ending." I would have been happy with this one. What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0caCEG1nH3E Thursday's Trivia Question: I had to look it up…I confess. See if you can answer this one without looking it up though. Will Wheaton is getting his own Talk Soup for Geeks show over on Syfy. He plays himself on The Big Bang Theory, but what was his characters name on Star Trek the Next Generation? WWTM-Kristy Like me on Facebook at Watching Way Too Much
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