WAREHOUSE 13 Season Finale Recap: Reset

Syfy best be getting around to announcing a season three of WAREHOUSE 13, and I mean soon.

This show has just gotten better and better as season with each episode and last night’s finale was the culmination of a fantastic season. It incorporated the three things the show needs to remain strong: heart, guts, intuition.

When we left off last week, Pete and Myka were in Egypt and had solved the three challenges posed by the rising Warehouse 2. The two were betrayed by HG who stunned them and escaped.

As “Reset” began, it wasn’t too surprising to see that Myka was the most upset about Helena’s actions.  But as Pete says, being mad and all is fine, but it doesn’t exactly get them out of the currently collapsing Warehouse 2, does it?

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Tonight’s Premiere Week TV Spotlight…Wednesday, September 22, 2010

For so many years Wednesday was kind of a lame night for TV.  Oh how times have changed!

Wednesdays on ABC rival NBC’s Thursday night comedy block. With the THE MIDDLE, MODERN FAMILY and COUGAR TOWN all airing new eps tonight, I’m a happy girl.

Once again there’s just too much TV on tonight (seriously wait until you see this list), so we’re going to have to discuss everyone’s watch, DVR and skip schedule. (It actually helps us to know which shows are our priorities.)

So let’s get to it.  The highlights from tonight’s TV lineup.

The Middle | 8pm on ABC | Season Premiere
“Back to School”
In the Season 2 premiere, Frankie has a hard time getting the kids ready for school, and she’s accused of being overprotective by Brick’s new teacher (Doris Roberts). Meanwhile, Sue may be too enthusiastic about being on the cross-country team. [GMMR: Welcome back Heck family. I know you’ve been missed by many.]

Survivor: Nicaragua | 8pm on CBS
“Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All”
Tempers flare and fights erupt in the La Flor tribe as the younger castaways struggle to overcome potentially dangerous personality conflicts within the group. [GMMR: Sorry that we didn’t talk about last week’s SURVIVOR premiere.  We’re going to talk about it tonight. Anyone with me? Please…um, please?]

Undercovers | 8pm on NBC | Series Premiere
“Pilot”
Married former spies Steven and Samantha Bloom (Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) reenter the world of espionage to track down a friend and fellow agent (Carter MacIntyre), who disappeared while on the trail of an arms dealer, in the series premiere. The pair find that their globe-spanning mission reignites their passion for the job and for each other. [GMMR: There are some great spy show on TV today, but I’m not sure this one is going to stand out against the rest. Time will tell.  Check out our “First Look – Undercovers” for more.] Read more

ONE TREE HILL: You Bastard, You Killed — !

Alright, no spoilers before the jump, but if you watched last night’s ONE TREE HILL — “I Can’t See You, But I Know That You’re There” (the second episode of season 8) — you know two things already…

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PARENTHOOD: No Good Deed

Berkeley, California is a progressive town. With residents who embrace big ideas and even bigger housing prices, the liberal landmark is no stranger to rapid change. This week’s PARENTHOOD was a demonstration of the consequences of change for nuclear families, budding relationships, and small businesses alike. Each branch of the Braverman family tree had its strength tested, with mixed results.

I’ll have a full breakdown of the episode up Wednesday evening, including my thoughts on Adam & Sarah’s workplace dynamic, Crosby & Jasmine’s struggle to trust one another, and Julia’s breakdown of the social politics among five year olds. In the meantime, chime in with your thoughts on Episode 2 of the sophomore season from Berkeley’s most fascinating family.

Where do you stand on the Adam/Sarah disagreement? Whose point of view would you relate to most? How did you feel about the latest events in Crosby & Jasmine’s romance? Will they make it through? For our readers who have children of their own, what would you do if Noel Lessing was left on your doorstep?

RAISING HOPE: Star Lucas Neff Tells Us Why We Should Watch

RAISING HOPE debuts tonight after GLEE and Fox has gone all out to promote the show.

The series follows Jimmy, a young man unexpectedly raising his baby daughter, the result of a one-night stand (with a wanted serial killer who ends up on death row).

Whoops.

Luckily for Jimmy, he has the help of his mom and dad — who were young parents as well, popping him out at 15 — and his occasionally lucid grandmother — played by the glorious Cloris Leachman — but there are definitely struggles in raising Hope.

I mean, let’s face it, taking care of a baby is hard.

Fox, taking full advantage of this notion, decided to host a “Daddy Decathalon” at The Grove — a popular outdoor shopping center in L.A. — where contestants braved an obstacle-course of baby-related tasks. It was pretty funny to watch. And yes, we captured it on video for your enjoyment.

The cast of RAISING HOPE was on-hand to observe the event and we scored some one-on-one time with leading man Lucas Neff. To hear why he thinks people should be tuning into tonight’s premiere, take a look…

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Live Chat: Let’s Talk About the GLEE Season 2 Premiere

Where my GLEEks at?!

Season two kicks off tonight, and much goes down in the hour.

In addition to new cast members and new romances, there are some kick butt songs and some storyline twists going down in the hour.

So why not come back to Give Me My Remote after the episode ends (9 P.M. EDT) so we can all chat? We’re excited to chat GLEE with you! Join us! UPDATE: We decided to open up the chat early for those who wanted to chat during the show. Join us NOW!!

See you tonight!

13 Things to Know for the Warehouse 13 Finale and Beyond

We’ve got some scoop for you, WAREHOUSE 13 fans!

As those of us who have been watching know, Artie and Pete have worked together more this season and created some very funny moments.

So it’s no surprise that when Eddie McClintock (Pete) and Saul Rubinek (Artie) chatted with us to give out the goods on what we can expect in the season two finale of WAREHOUSE 13 (airing tonight at 9 PM EST), there was a lot of witty banter.

Read below to find out where Pete and Myka will be when the finale begins, what it’s like behind the scenes, whether or not HG will be back in season three and more. And we’re breaking it down Warehouse style, giving you 13 things you need to know!

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Tonight’s Premiere Week Spotlight…Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Hope you’re not too exhausted after last night because we’re back at it tonight.  More new shows and returning favorites will be hitting the air this evening.

I’m going to skip the chit chat and get right to it.

Here are some of the highlights from tonight’s TV schedule.  Let us know what you’ll be watcing LIVE, DVRing or skipping all together.  If your favorites didn’t make it into the lineup, leave a comment and let us know.

Glee | 8pm on Fox | Season Premiere
“Audition”
Season 2 begins with more budget cuts looming and the glee kids reeling from their loss at Regionals. There are new members to recruit, including Sunshine Corazon (Charice) and Sam (Chord Overstreet), but Rachel and Finn don’t see eye to eye on them. Meanwhile, McKinley High has a new football coach, Shannon Beiste (Dot Marie Jones), who immediately shows herself to be a threat to both the glee club and the Cheerios. [GMMR: So happy to have GLEE back. How I’ve missed the McKinley High kids. Fantastic musical numbers tonight including a killer showdown between Lea Michele and guest star Charice.  Want more about tonight’s episode? Check out our GLEE Season Premiere: You Ask, I Answer (spoiler alert)]

Dancing with the Stars | 8pm on ABC
“Elimination Night”
The first results show of the season with performances by Santana, Daughtry and India.Arie and an elimination. [GMMR: Did you all watching last night? Any early favorites?  Any Kate Gosselin’esque grenades that I should check out? I don’t want to watch, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t at least a little intrigued.]

The Biggest Loser | 8pm on NBC | Season Premiere
“Pay it Forward”
In the Season 10 premiere, Bob and Jillian lead community-wide fitness challenges in seven cities as part of the season’s “Pay It Forward” theme. During the tests, three contestants from each city compete to win a spot on the ranch.

One Tree Hill | 8pm on The CW
“I Can’t See You but I Know You’re There”
Clay and Quinn fight for survival after being shot; Julian tries to preoccupy Jamie; Brooke’s legal troubles mount.[GMMR: ONE TREE HILL: Creator Mark Schwahn Spills on Haley’s Pregnancy, Brooke’s Wedding and What He’ll Do Differently in Season 8]

Raising Hope | 9pm on Fox | Series Premiere
“Pilot”
A 23-year-old man must enlist his family to help him raise a baby that is the result of a one-night stand with a wanted felon. [GMMR: As I talked about in the last TV Talk Podcast, I thought that ‘Raising Hope’ was one of the best new comedies of this Fall season.  My gut is telling me it won’t be long for the TV schedule though. Hopefully I’m wrong. It’s worth checking out tonight. Let me know what you think after watching.]
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GLEE Newbies Charice and Chord Overstreet Talk Season 2

GLEEks, today is the day.

After months of waiting, GLEE season 2 premieres this evening. And while we’ve teased some of what’s to come, we still have a few fun things to pass the time until you’re reunited with the kids from New Directions tonight.

Give Me My Remote sat down with new cast members Charice (Sunshine) and Chord Overstreet (Sam) to get their take on their characters, musical performances — do not miss the bathroom scene between Sunshine/Rachel in this season opener — and more.

Check it out…

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CHUCK Season Premiere: Chuck Versus The Anniversary

Welcome back, Chuck Bartowski! It’s been too long, my friend. To say that I’m glad to have you back would be a bit of an understatement.

And to you, our esteemed GIVE ME MY REMOTE readers, many of you who first found us through our mutual love of all things CHUCK, we welcome you back as well. Glad to have you on board again as we join Operation Bartowski on more of their grand adventures.

This season, we’ll be traveling the world and narrowly escaping the bad guys as we accompany Chuck Bartowski on his search for his mother. At the end of last season, in his digitally encrypted afterlife, Stephen Bartowski informed his son that he and Ellie’s mother didn’t walk out on them as children, but rather she was a spy that was taken at the hands of some big bads. (Now whether or not Daddy had his story straight has yet to be seen, but for now it’s what we’ll go with.) Chuck’s dad dedicated his life to finding their mother, a tasks that in death, he left to Chuck.

While I am the first to admit that I sometimes nitpick a little too much on CHUCK (although I prefer to call it tough love), I’m not sure I’ll ever truly understand why this show hasn’t been a bigger hit for NBC. There are just so many facets for TV viewers to love. The blend of the comedy, the drama, the action and the romance – they always seem to get it just right (clearly I’ve removed all references to Daniel Shaw from my personal Intersect). I’m thinking tonight’s season premiere was just what CHUCK fans had been waiting for all summer.

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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Season Premiere: Big Days

So, the season 6 premiere of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER has come and gone. Can we review what we’ve learned?

– Rachel Bilson’s character, Cindy, likes the ladies.

– Guys really dig sundresses.

– If you call “dibs” on a chick, you’re her rightful owner and she’s legally bound to you.

– Marshall’s dad — Dauber from COACH! — has some issues… he cares too much.

– Lily and Marshall may struggle to get pregnant.

– Robin is really broken up over her split with Don… though there’s clearly still chemistry between her and Barney. Did you see his face when she sat down next to him in the white dress? Hmm?

– And, finally, Ted will be the best man at a wedding where he’ll finally meet his future wife… though whose wedding it is, we don’t know.

Anyone else thinking that my second to last bullet point was our biggest hint?

Weigh in below.

And let us know what you thought of the episode in general. Pretty good premiere, no?

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Raising Hope | 9pm on Fox

Series Premiere: A 23-year-old man must enlist his family to help him raise a baby that is the result of a one-night stand with a wanted felon. American treasure Cloris Leachman is a part of the ensemble cast, playing the senile Maw Maw.

HOUSE Season Premiere: Now What?

David Letterman was supposed to follow Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show. Despite a penchant for tweeking NBC executives, Letterman had built a loyal, young audience for his 12:30 Late Night program. As an experienced broadcaster with legitimate comedy chops, the Indiana native never imagined losing out on TV’s most prestigious franchise to Jay Leno. As the battle for Johnny’s chair intensified, Letterman made a final pitch to NBC, addressing their concerns that he did not understand the ramifications of moving to 11:30pm. Changes would have to be made for a larger audience, Letterman agreed. He understood that his persona would have to mature, lest the viewers reject him immediately. With over a decade of experience on their airwaves, Letterman could not fathom why the powers that be could not trust him to make that change in a professional manner.

HOUSE may be an 8pm scripted drama, but the schism between the pro-Huddy and anti-Huddy factions is reminiscent of the late night battles of the early 1990’s. The Season 7 Premiere pulled the trigger on Hugh Laurie & Lisa Edelstein’s onscreen romance, with no immediate end in sight. Director Greg Yaitanes and writer Doris Egan crafted a story to introduce House & Cuddy as a mature, communicative couple. There were demonstrations of passion, affection, and old-fashioned chivalry. Unfortunately, the premiere will do little to retain long-term viewers who have spoken out loudly against the Huddy storyline.

From my perspective, I believe that House’s producers and writers thought carefully about how to present House & Cuddy’s romance to a wider audience. Just as David Letterman and his team put together a plan for the demands of 11:30, I saw compromises being made to appease both pro and anti-Huddy fans. By retaining House’s acerbic wit and Cuddy’s type-A tendencies, mixing in a broken champagne bottle and an uncomfortably warm bath, they drew a line in the sand. This is the show WE want to make. These are characters that YOU love. Please TRUST us.

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LONE STAR’s James Wolk & Eloise Mumford: Keeping Up the Con, Living Two Lives

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been asked by many readers (and many friends) what the best new show of the Fall TV season is. Every time, I’ve given the same answer: LONE STAR.

This series from Fox follows the experiences of Bob Allen, a Texas based con-man who is delicately balancing his two very different lives. In Dallas, he’s Robert, a key player in an oil company run by the powerful family of his wife, Cat (Friday Night Lights‘ Adrianne Palicki). But back in Midland, TX, he’s the sweet and charming boyfriend of Lindsay, with whom he shares a home and none of his secrets.

Bob has made many mistakes in his life, but his biggest one might have been falling in love with two beautiful woman. To end the con and live life on the straight and narrow would mean giving up his relationship with one of the ladies he adores. Can he keep his artful lies on track or is he doomed to lose everything?

Not too long ago, I sat down with a couple of LONE STAR’s leads – James Wolk (Bob) and Eloise Mumford (Lindsay). Listen in as we talk about the show, its interesting take on a love triangle, and what Robert’s motivations are in continuing this dangerous game…

Stay tuned to GMMR for more of my chat with James and Eloise.

(I hadn’t planned on posting the video, but these two were just too pretty and I would have felt selfish if I didn’t share.)

Make sure you tune in to LONE STAR tonight at 9pm on Fox.

HOUSE Producer Katie Jacobs on House and Cuddy’s Naked Time, Plus the Season 7 Plan for 13 and Cameron Too

At the end of last season, HOUSE executive producers David Shore and Katie Jacobs made it quite clear that our favorite cranky doc and his boss, Lisa Cuddy, were finally going to give this romantic relationship thing a try.

And, as Jacobs tells GIVE ME MY REMOTE in the interview clip below, that’s exactly what they’re doing.

The seventh season premieres this evening with a lot of “naked time” between the two, which Jacobs is comfortable with, explaining that it feels like the right juncture in House’s life for this to happen. Last season, he battled with his addiction and sort of conquered it, she says.

So getting into it with Cuddy — for real this time — is only natural now, no?

Regarding all the aforementioned nakedness, Jacobs muses: “They need very little beyond each other’s company at this point in the relationship to make them happy. It’s been so long and coming.”

And hopefully, HOUSE’s viewers will feel the same, especially since tonight’s opener focuses heavily on their new union. “The first episode is sort of left of center,” she reveals. “It’s not one of our typical medical mysteries. We get right back to [the show’s regular format] in episode 2, but we decided that the audience might want to know, these are not just strangers. They’ve been, you know, thinking about this. How do they exactly come together? And so, the first episode does take place immediately following the season finale [when Cuddy confessed her love] and just the next couple days right after.”

Excited?

Watch the clip below for more from Jacobs on what HOUSE’s other players — 13, Foreman, Chase and Taub — will be up to this year, whether we’ll still be seeing Jennifer Morrison (Cameron) return now that she’s been cast on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and what happens when Cuddy decides HOUSE needs a new lady doctor on his team.

Will decisions be made differently because they’re now sleeping together?

See for yourself…

Thoughts?

HOUSE season 7 premieres tonight, Monday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. on FOX.

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