Lifetime's Making A Scripted Series Set Behind The Scenes At A Dating Show
Yes, I know that Marti Noxon is responsible for a lot of the worst excesses of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and yes, I know that Burning Love is already the only dating show spoof we probably ever need and...
View ArticleThe Banality Of The First Evil
Unfortunately, I had to miss the recording of last week's Extra Hot Great -- and, thanks to a Time Warner Cable area outage, everything else that happened on the internet for about four hours -- so I...
View ArticleBattle Of The Fin(n)s: The Law vs. The Military
In our previous Battle Of The Fin(n)s, Detective Odafin Tutuola fended off Meadow Soprano ex-BF Finn DeTrolio to retain his Fin(n) title. But another ex-BF -- a Buffy ex-BF -- is about to take the...
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In Giles We Trust
It's difficult to describe the joy with which I reacted to Giles's appearance in the doorway of the magic shop during Buffy The Vampire Slayer's sixth-season finale. I don't know that I can do justice...
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Actually, That Cut Is The Deepest
My recollection of the half-dozen episodes that end Buffy's Season 2 isn't accurate, and thank goodness. I remembered it as "Passion," a couple dullish MOTW episodes with the odd cutaway to Angel...
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Congratulations, Class Of 1999
It's not possible for me to start watching the last quarter of Buffy's third season and not keep going until the end. It has a majestic, sad momentum to it, and though some of the suspense is lost --...
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Should You Try To Make It Work With Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce?
What Is This Thing? Abby McCarthy is the mega-bestselling author of the Girlfriends' Guide To self-help books. But her latest volume -- which promises to teach readers "how to love your husband and...
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Attention, TV: Women Don't Sleep In Their Bras
Poor Abby McCarthy isn't having the greatest divorce. Her ex is living with a CW actress (and no, not one who plays a mom). Her brother can't stop judging her for not having tried harder to make...
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TCA 2015: Zero Gravity Sex? All Right! Also, Slutty Royals And Magicians.
The Expanse (Syfy) 7 Three words: zero gravity sex. Do we really need more? Probably, honestly, because sex in space kind of looks like regular sex but higher, plus there's a carefully placed sheet...
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Uncoupled
It's not that what we're being told is happening is unrealistic. Ripped from heaven, returned to a world where her mother is still dead and the obligations that belonged to Joyce now fall to her,...
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Should You Peer Behind The Reality Dating Show Curtain With UnREAL?
What Is This Thing? Think a reality dating show just happens? Oh ho ho, you are so naïve! Every "spontaneous" event at Everlasting -- in which an eligible bachelor winnows a field of a couple of dozen...
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UnREAL's Breeda Wool On Faith And Amy's Future, The Food In Vancouver, And...
Our Players Hello, I'm UnREAL star Breeda Wool. Hello, I'm West Coast Editor Tara Ariano. The Talk Congratulations on the success of the show and the early renewal. I assume that if you know anything...
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UnREAL Doesn't Care That Chris Harrison Thinks It's 'Terrible'
Remember a couple of days ago when Bachelor/ette host Chris Harrison threw some ill-advised shade at UnREAL? Several key members of the UnREAL staff have had a chance to respond, and basically, they...
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Does Code Black Have Encouraging Vital Signs?
What Is This Thing? If by "This Thing" you mean a code black, opening title cards tell us it's "[a]n influx of patients so great there aren't enough resources to treat them," and that while most ERs...
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