A Veronica Mars Reunion…Francis Capra Joins HEROES

VERONICA MARS favorite bad boy (no, not Logan Echolls…the other bad boy – Weevil) is joining HEROES.  According to TV Guide, Francis Capra who is best known for his role as  Eli ‘Weevil’ Navarro on the dearly departed VERONICA MARS will be joining the NBC series as an one of those pesky evil doers.  The show is keeping tight lipped on details about that character but we do know that his name is Jesse and he will cross paths with Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia).

It’s no secret that the cast and the writers of HEROES were big fans of VM.  I think we’ll see Jesse and Elle (Kristen Bell) share at least a few on-screen moments together.  I don’t think they (or we) will be able to resist.

Now I know what you’re thinking.  MOONLIGHT is over so why not throw Jason Dohring into the mix?  That boy knows how to play evil.  But I think it’s a little too weird.  I’m all for having Jason back on my TV every week, but it’s just too soon for him to star along side Kristen Bell.  Someday though…someday.

Are you VERONICA MARS fans excited about having Weevil back on TV?  Do HEROES fans even care?

Wanna Watch THE MOLE With Me Tonight?

I have the second episode of THE MOLE at my fingertips…just a few clicks away, but I’m not going to watch it. I’d rather wait until tonight’s broadcast and watch it on my nice big HDTV screen rather than on my dinky little computer. Yes, that’s how much I love this show.

So if you’re watching THE MOLE at 10pm tonight, stop by GMMR and feel free to comment along and let us know who YOU think might be THE MOLE. I’m going to be posting clues, facts and notes throughout. Hopefully I won’t be the only one playing along at home.

Random MOLE watching…

Up Hill Battle…Mark & Kristen
Take a 2 person bike up the hill and beat the ‘Goal Oriented’ team and win exemption.

Goal Oriented….Everyone else – Bobby, Paul, Craig, Victoria, Nicole, Ali, Alex Clay & Liz
Beat a soccer team and get up the hill, before the ‘Up Hill Battle’ team and put $35k in the pot

• Why isn’t Mark playing soccer? Isn’t he a soccer coach?
• The little kids soccer players are good, really good. But Nicole can’t stop one goal?
• Bobby is this tall lanky guy and he can’t seem to be walk more than 5 minutes?
• Craig kicked the ball into his own goal, but I just think that he’s a bad sportsman, not The Mole
• Bobby and Paul (if they are not The Mole) need to get a set. They suck.
• Liz is old and is getting called out by Paul for her lack of effort. Paul has kicked it in early weeks in a row.

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What to Watch…Monday, June 9, 2008

It’s Monday…Monday…Monday! If you’re not a fan of reality TV then there’s slim pickins’ for you tonight my friend. There’s always reruns, or (dare I say it?) a book! For those of us who enjoy our summer dose of reality TV there are actually a few quality shows to choose from tonight.

American Gladiators | 8pm on NBC
The men’s match features a science teacher and a Columbine survivor. In the ladies’ skirmish, a military vet squares off against a crime reporter. Lou Ferrigno, star of the TV show “The Incredible Hulk” (1978-82), makes an appearance.

The Bachelorette | 8pm on ABC
DeAnna accuses the nine remaining bachelors of refusing to take the competition seriously, but first she invites them to compete in a singing contest. The prize: a one-on-one date that includes a private performance by Natasha Bedingfield.

Nashville Star | 9pm on NBC | Season Premiere
Season 6 kicks up its heels with audition highlights and a performance by Taylor Swift. In addition, the Top 12 finalists are revealed, and later the field is cut to 10. Billy Ray Cyrus hosts. Jewel, John Rich and Jeffrey Steele are the judges.

The Mole | 10pm on ABC
The contestants play soccer against a daunting local team, Bobby rides a wheelbarrow in search of missing pigs, and another player is “executed. [I’m going to be opening a post about THE MOLE tonight a little before 10pm so if you want to watch along with me and feel free to stop by and share your thoughts on the clues and who you think The Mole is…at least this week.]

Late Night TV… 

• The Late Show with David Letterman | 11:35pm on CBS:  Tom Brokaw, Gnarls Barkley
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 11:35pm on NBC: Russell Brand, Bill Engvall, Aimee Mann
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | 11:00pm on Comedy Central: Sen. Jim Webb
• The Colbert Report | 11:30pm on Comedy Central: Phil Weiss
• Chelsea Lately | 11:30pm on E!: Evan Handler, Josh Wolf, Heather McDonald, Kim Coles
• Jimmy Kimmel Live | 12:05am on ABC: Johnny Knoxville, Sean Stephenson, Death Cab for Cutie (R 5/22/08)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 12:35am on CBS: Betty White, Evan Handler, MGMT
• Late Night with Conan O’Brien | 12:35am on NBC:  Kate Hudson, Robert Smigel, James Hunter
• Last Call with Carson Daly | 1:35am on NBC:  Moby

What will YOU be watching tonight?

TV Talk with GMMR & Ducky: Podcast #23

Kath and Dan are back to talk the Season 4 finale of LOST. Yes, 2 Idiots Talk Lost is in full effect! We also take viewer questions about the new Sex & the City movie (no major spoilers so don’t worry), Battlestar Galactica, The Mole, Ugly Betty, the premiere of In Plain Sight, plus Kath’s update on Project: Supernatural and much more.

And if you are fan of SYTYCD check out our SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Podcast recorded after the Top 20 reveal show on Thursday.

It’s TV Talk with GMMR & Ducky #23!

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Battlestar Galactica Recap: Hub

I’m woefully behind on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Like 2 weeks behind. Lucky for me, it’s going be nearing 100 degrees here in Boston tomorrow so I can stay in my nice air conditioned apartment and play catch up. For all you BSG fans out there, please enjoy this week’s recap courtesy of our favorite Texan, Jo.

Title: “Hub”
GMMR Recapper: JoSince I recap BSG, I don’t usually read reviews from other sources because I don’t want to be influenced. I’ve been loving this season of Battlestar. But other official journalists have been hating, though I can’t see why. Even in these slower paced episodes, they stay on the plots at hand with character development. It’s been emotional, tense, and EMMY WORTHY. Unfortunately Emmy voters don’t actually watch TV so Katee Sackhoff, Edward James Olmos and the like will watch someone else take home their gold. This week’s acting prize should go to Mary McDonnell. Her portrayal of President Roslin has been a gambit of emotion and a beautiful character arc that a lesser actress couldn’t have done. Roslin went from Secretary of Education to reluctant President, to dying leader to prophetess and now the hardcore AIRLOCK! Roslin. And yet, deep down inside, she’s just Laura.

39,673? Seriously who died last week? Besides the Cylon Natalie? Last week was all about Galactica and Bill “Husker” Adama chilling in the black void waiting on his woman. This week- the flip side. Roslin, Dreamy Roslin, Baltar, Helo and a thousand Sharons.

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SWINGTOWN Premiere: Let Freedom Swing

Did anyone else feel like they needed to take a shower after watching last night’s premiere of SWINGTOWN?  While I was intrigued by the sexy and provocative new drama from CBS I can’t say I felt necessary good about watching it.  There was a bit of grit and grime that made me happy that I don’t remember the four year that I was alive in the 70’s.

SWINGTOWN brings us back to the 70’s, a complex decade that was the bridge between the free spirited, openess of the 60’s and the more conservative 1980’s.  It was a time when the lines of social and moral ethics were often blurred – which clearly led to a hell of a good time.

The Miller Family – husband Bruce, wife Susan, their teenaged daughter Laurie and then pre-teen son B.J. have just moved to a new neighborhood in the suburbs of Chicago. A bigger house by the lake, they are the envy of all their friends.  Especially their former next door neighbors, The Thompsons. But after just one night in their new home the Millers realize that although they may be just a few blocks away from their old house, they may soon be a lot further away than that from their old lives. And they have their new neighbors, The Deckers, to thank, or perhaps blame, for that.

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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Top 20 Revealed

Find out who made this year’s Top 20? Did your favorites make it? Click here to find out: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Top 20 (June 4, 2009)

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Next week the real competition begins. Your top ten guys and your top ten girls will be paired up and will the real dancing will begin. So I think it’s about time we got to know the Season 4 contestants of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.

Here are your Top Ten Girls…

Rayven Armijo (28) is a Contemporary/Ballet dancer from La Puente, CA. Armijo is a mentor to children and assists them with their educational goals and in dance. Armijo is proud that many have gone on to attend LA County High School for the Performing Arts.

Comfort Fedoke (20) is a Hip-Hop dancer raised in Lagos, Nigeria, now living in Dallas, TX. She is a graduate of Booker T. Washington Performing Arts High School. Fedoke was a featured performer for the past few years on “Dallas Dance Club 21,” the local Dallas dance television show.

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The TV Talk Podcast: So You Think You Can Dance Edition – Top 20 Revealed

Tonight we kick off the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Edition of the TV Talk Podcast. Each week Ducky and I will be sharing our ‘expert’ opinions (ha) on the hottest summer reality show. Last night the Top 20 dancers for Season 4 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE were revealed and we certainly have something to say about it (don’t we always?)

For those of you looking for our more traditional TV Talk podcast, don’t fret, we’ve already recorded it for this week and it will be available this weekend. Yes, two podcasts in one week. Stop the presses!

If you enjoy the TV Talk Podcast why not give this SYTYCD Edition a shot. Maybe you’ll like the podcast enough to give the show a chance. The real competition begins next week so it’s the perfect time to join in and watch with Ducky and I throughout the summer.

It’s TV Talk with GMMR & Ducky: So You Think You Can Dance Edition!

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TV Talk Podcast – Got a Question for Us?

Rumor has it there will be a little podcasting going on tonight. You want in on the action? If you have any questions for Ducky and/or me leave a comment on this post, or you can leave us a voice message question which allows YOU to be part of the TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky.

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A Close-Up on SWINGTOWN

Tonight marks the premiere of CBS’s new 70’s drama SWINGTOWN. Early reviews are positive, but what matters is what YOU think of the show. So plan on tuning in tonight at 10pm on CBS. And if you want to learn a little more about the show before hitting that sacred ‘record’ button on the remote, here’s a a rundown and a few SWINGTOWN clips for you to check out.

What’s it all about….
After moving to an upscale lakeside Chicago suburb in July of 1976, Susan and Bruce Miller must confront temptation in the form of their provocative new neighbors, Tom and Trina Decker, while not abandoning their old friends Janet and Roger Thompson. As the adult couples evaluate whether to embrace or avoid newfound personal freedoms, the curious Miller and Thompson children begin to discover and assert their own morality and sexual identities as they come of age in a world on the precipice of change. In a shifting social climate – defined by its music, fashion and style – everyone in SWINGTOWN is confronted with personal choices, experimentation and attitudes.

Get a Sneak Peek…
The following video clips contain spoilers for the premiere SWINGTOWN. If you watch you will be spoiled…I’m just letting you know.
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What to Watch…Thursday, June 5, 2008

Thursdays have always been a great night for television and it looks like that still holds true for Thursdays this summer. There’s a few great shows to choose from tonight including the series premiere of SWINGTOWN which has been a long time coming and FEAR ITSELF, a new horror summer horror series which features FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS breakout star Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke). And if your a sports fan there’s probably no need to tell you that the NBC Finals start tonight!!

Here’s just a few shows that might be worthy of TiVoing…

NBA Finals (Lakers vs. Celtics) | 10pm on ABC
The Los Angeles Lakers will be coming to my town on Boston to take on the Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Celtics have been abysmal on the road during the playoffs so it’s probably a good thing that the finals kick off here tonight. Pre-game starts at 8:30pm and locally here in Boston at 8pm on ABC.

Last Comic Standing | 8:30pm on NBC
Guest scouts French Stewart and Joshua Gomez (CHUCK) size up talent in San Francisco. In addition, Dave Foley and Richard Kind judge jokesters in Toronto. A Top 10 countdown of the season’s most-memorable auditions rounds out the episode.

So You Think You Can Dance | 8pm on Fox
The first round of callbacks in Las Vegas results in the selection of the top 20 finalists: 10 males and 10 females. After this week the 10 guys and 10 girls will be paired together and the competition will begin.

Swingtown | 10pm on CBS | Series Premiere
In the series opener, Susan and Bruce Miller move into an upscale Chicago suburb, where they are introduced to the concept of an open marriage by their sexy new neighbors, who invite them to a swinger party at their house.

Fear Itself | 10pm on NBC | Series Premiere
In the premiere episode of this horror-anthology series, four criminals are snowbound in a spooky fort with three seductive women who harbor deadly secrets. Jeffrey Pierce and Jesse Plemons (‘Friday Night Lights’) star. Breck Eisner directed.

What will YOU be watching tonight?

Travis Wall’s Undercover SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Audition

Hands down the best audition of last night’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was from a very familiar face…even if we didn’t recognize him at the time. Travis Wall, a S2 contestant and now a SYTYCD choreographer, had a little fun with the judges when he decided to go incognito and audition in Milwaukee. Yes, that’s Travis under all that wig and makeup.

It may have all been in good fun, but damn…that kid can dance.

You know what big fans of Travis Wall we are here at GMMR so this was a special treat for us. And for those of you who want to know what Travis looks like when he’s not in drag, here’s the two of us a few weeks ago in NYC.

Related posts: Upfront Memories ‘08 – Dancing with the Stars of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE…Final Auditions

The 2008 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE auditions are over! OVAH!! Tomorrow night it’s all about Vegas and the Top Ten Boys and Top Ten Girls will be revealed. Can I get a hells yeah?!

Tonight’s final audition episode featured some of the best (and worst) that Milwaukee had to offer as well as a few highlights from auditions from previous cities. There are some really talented dancers this year and I couldn’t be more excited to see them all in Vegas tomorrow night.

But here were some of the standouts from me from tonight’s episode…

I have to give it up for Boston boy, Michael Kim. Although I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little over all the poppers this season. These guys are talented, and I enjoy watching them, but for some reason I feel like we’ve seen so many poppers (and contemporary dancers) that I felt like I’ve been missing the other genres…desperately. But Michael has some great moves and I hope he can handle the choreography in Vegas.

Janette Manrara and Romulo Villaverd had some of the sickest moves I have ever seen from Latin dancers, or I guess any style dancers for that matter. It was incredible to see what they were able to do. The trust that must exist to pull this stuff off! And not for nothing, but how painful must have been to get to this place. Janette has moved on to Vegas but the judges passed on her partner, Romulo.

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Mr. Doctor Miranda Bailey Joining PRISON BREAK

Veteran actor, Cress Williams, who most recently portrayed the husband of Dr. Bailey (Chandra Wilson) on GREY’S ANATOMY will be joining the cast of PRISON BREAK next season. According to TVGuide.com, ‘Williams will play Wyatt, the latest assassin employed by The Company to brings brothers Michael and Lincoln’s seemingly endless run to an end’.

PRISON BREAK returns for Season 4 on Monday, Aug. 25, with a two-hour episode.

You think maybe Dr. Bailey was the surgeon who sewed Sara Tancredi’s head back on to her body? Maybe.

Enter to Win! THE BILL ENGVALL SHOW S1 on DVD

THE BILL ENGVALL SHOW is returning for its second season on June 12th at 9pm on TBS. And I’ve got 5, count ’em 5, copies of S1 of THE BILL ENGVALL SHOW on DVD to give away to GMMR readers.

For those of you haven’t yet seen it,THE BILL ENGVALL SHOW stars Engvall as Bill Pearson, a family counselor whose own family could maybe use a little dose of counseling. He works with dysfunctional families all day and comes home to what he sees as perfection, but in reality they are somewhat absurd, unpredictable and just as mixed up as any other family.

To enter: Leave a comment telling us your favorite fictional TV family and why.

Winning: Five winners will be chosen at random from all valid entries. Please make sure to include a working email address in the field provide when leaving a comment.

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