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5 Things You Didn't Know About BROTHERS & SISTERS Star Gilles Marini
He moved to America with $400 dollars in his pocket. Just how badly did Gilles Marini want to make it to America, the country that he calls “the big dream,” and represents “the sky is the limit.” He picked up and left his native France speaking not a word of english, and with a mere $400 in his pocket. “As soon as I got to America a lot of people really helped me out and trusted me,” explained the actor on a recent one-on-one with the TV Addict. “People I will always remember, people who will always have a place in my heart. ” His revealing role in SEX AND THE CITY was not his first big gig. Although best known as the casanova in the beach house next door to Samantha in the SEX AND THE CITY movie, Marini actually found his way onto Hollywood’s radar with small parts... More »
Today's TV Addict Top 5: Things You Can Do Tonight That Don't Involve Braving a Horde of Teenager Girls at a Movie Theater
Catch up with Thursday night TV. After-all, if last night’s disappointing ratings for FRINGE, COMMUNITY and PARKS AND RECREATION are any indication, many of you were otherwise occupied. Seriously, what is up with that? Watch UGLY BETTY. A show which not only has enjoyed a creative resurgence this season thanks to some interesting story-lines for the always awesome Ana Ortiz, Michael Urie and Vanessa Williams. But thanks to the time-slot that viewers forgot, now finds itself on the verge of cancellation. [Update] Thanks to frequent contributor John who responded, “I WOULD watch UGLY BETTY, but it’s preempted tonight for Shrek the Third . Instead, how about MONK, WHITE COLLAR, SMALLVILLE, LAW AND ORDER and MEDIUM.” Pick up a book. You know, those paper things that gave Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner a career. Enjoy the company of actual real-life people. Remember them? They’re just like the people you... More »
TV Ratings: Thursday November 19, 2009
Source: MediaWeek , Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS Survivor: Samoa 11.59 3.5/10 FOX Bones 9.43 2.5/7 ABC FlashForward 8.16 2.4/7 NBC Community 5.05 2.0/6 CW The Vampire Diaries 3.66 1.6/5 8:30PM NBC Parks and Recreation 4.61 2.0/6 9PM CBS CSI 14.85 3.5/9 ABC Grey’s Anatomy 13.61 4.9/13 NBC The Office 7.42 3.7/9 FOX FRINGE 6.04 2.1/5 CW Supernatural 2.79 1.3/3 9:30PM NBC 30 Rock 5.85 2.9/7 10PM CBS The Mentalist 15.95 3.8/11 ABC Private Practice 8.44 2.9/9 NBC The Jay Leno Show 4.70 1.6/5 More »
Post Your Favorite TV Quote of the Week
It’s Friday and if you’re a frequent visitor to theTVaddict.com — you know what that means! Time to post your FAVORITE TV QUOTES OF THE WEEK! New to theTVaddict.com? No idea what I’m talking about? Simply post your favorite quotes of the week in the comments below and check back Sunday to see the winners. Odds are they’ll look something like this . More »
You Be the Critic: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, SUPERNATURAL, COMMUNITY, PARKS AND RECREATION, THE OFFICE, 30 ROCK, FLASH FORWARD, GREY'S ANATOMY, PRIVATE PRACTICE, SURVIVOR, CSI and THE MENTALIST
Having not had the chance to watch even a single-frame of Thursday TV — short of an early sneak peek of last night’s FRINGE — this TV Addict finds himself once again passing the buck to all of you — my far smarter and better looking readers — to post away with your thoughts on last night’s instalments of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, SUPERNATURAL, COMMUNITY, PARKS AND RECREATION, THE OFFICE, 30 ROCK, BONES, FRINGE, FLASH FORWARD, GREY’S ANATOMY, PRIVATE PRACTICE, SURVIVOR, CSI and THE MENTALIST.* Full disclosure: We don’t actually watch SURVIVOR, CSI or THE MENTALIST, we’re just being polite! More »
Good News, Bad News: CHUCK, OPRAH, TRAUMA & More!
Good News: NBC has announced that CHUCK will return on January 10th with two back-to-back episodes before moving to its regular Monday at 8PM time-slot on January 11th. Bad News: For Morgan Grimes, whose girlfriend Anna Wu (Julia Ling) was conspicuously left off NBC’s announcement press release and appears to be a victim of NBC’s downsizing. [Ausiello] Good News: After 25 years, THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW will come to an end on September 9, 2011. Bad News: For many Americans, who will soon be left scratching their head as to what books they should be reading and how to throw an intimate dinner party for eight on a budget. [EW] Good News: NBC is bringing the lowly-rated TRAUMA back from the dead. Bad News: For the Peacock Network, whose desperate attempt to triage the bleeding that is their primetime lineup speaks volumes about their current woes. [TheLiveFeed] Good News: Steven... More »
The 2 Coolest Things You Will SEE & HEAR All Day! Guaranteed.
SEE this astoundingly cool LOST poster, which is just one of a collection of 37 must-see-them-to-believe-them minimalist TV posters that you can check out here . Art that goes hand-in-hand with the coolest news you will HEAR all day, thanks to @franklinavenue , who broke the news via twitter that LOST is officially returning for what we pray will be an epic final season on Tuesday February 2 at 9PM on ABC. According to reports, the night will kick off with an hour-long recap at 8PM followed by the two-hour premiere from 9PM to 11PM. The series will then air at its regular time, Tuesdays at 9PM. Thanks to @deekayw for the Tip! More »
Today's TV Addict Top 5: Spoiler Pics from THE SIMPSONS, GLEE, THE BIG BANG THEORY, COUGAR TOWN and BETTER OFF TED
When Principal Skinner gets fed up with Bart’s constant pranks, he reveals to him that there is a former Springfield Elementary student who is hailed as the best prankster ever. Enter Andy Hamilton (guest voice Jonah Hill), who at 19-years-old still hasn’t grown out of his pranking days in THE SIMPSONS November 22 episode entitled “Pranks and Greens.” Because threesomes are, like you know so last week, leave it to creator Ryan Murphy to up the ante by putting the entire McKinley High gang in bed together…. when New Directions performs in a local commercial in the December 2nd episode of GLEE entitled “Mattress.” What’s the only thing more shocking than BATTELSTAR GALACTICA star Katee Sackhoff showing up as a vision in Wolowtiz’s bathtub to offer up relationship advice? How about Wolowitz in a relationship! Which is the situation he finds himself in on the Monday November 23 episode of... More »
TV Ratings: Wednesday November 18, 2009
Source: MediaWeek , Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM NBC Mercy 7.79 2.0/6 CBS New Adventures Old Christine 7.45 2.2/7 ABC Modern Family (R) 6.16 1.9/6 FOX So You Think You Can Dance 5.68 2.1/6 CW America’s Next Top Model 3.66 1.7/5 8:30PM CBS Gary Unmarried 7.17 2.5/7 ABC The Middle 7.10 2.4/7 9PM CBS Criminal Minds 13.47 3.7/9 ABC Modern Family 9.16 3.7/10 NBC Law & Order: SVU 8.43 2.6/7 FOX Glee 7.29 3.2/8 CW America’s Next Top Model (Clip Show) 1.81 0.8/2 9:30PM ABC Cougar Town 7.90 3.2/8 10PM CBS CSI: NY 13.68 3.2/9 ABC Robin Roberts Special: Janet Jackson 6.64 2.3/7 NBC The Jay Leno Show 4.83 1.4/4 More »
FRINGE FUN! Just How Good of an OBSERVER Are You?
On tonight’s fantastic installment of FRINGE , a young woman’s abduction will set off a chain of events that will change everything. And at the center of said abduction is everybody’s favorite follicular challenged anti-hero: The Observer. Actually, make that Observers . Yes, tonight’s episode entitled “August” is the tale FRINGE fanatics have been clamouring for, as executive producers/writers J.H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner finally peel back the curtain on this mysterious group of men, who as it would turn out, do a helluva lot more simply observe. What exactly do they do (or why they do it), well, we’re not quite at liberty to share those details. But what we can do is help prepare you for tonight’s episode by offering up a little challenge guaranteed to hone your observational skills. In the above line-up, you may-or-may-not observe that five Observers do not exactly belong. Post away with your... More »
Candid Cory Monteith: The GLEE Star Talks about the Future of Finn, the Perils of Fame and the Wild Ride that Comes with Starring on a Hit Show
Cory Monteith and the TV Addict, 11.18.09 Toronto It may surprise you to learn that GLEE star Cory Monteith and the TV Addict go way back. Before he became everyone’s favorite singing jock, Monteith and his fellow GLEE clubbers were hangin’ with me on the set of what would soon become the most buzzed about show in recent memory, asking what I and several other reporters thought of their little “we’re singin’ and dancin’ and we’re not gonna be the next COP ROCK” show. Okay, frankly, none of them are old enough to remember COP ROCK. But I digress. During that meeting back in March , the cast wanted to know if we, the TV journalists with our fingers on the pulse of the pop-culture beat, thought this show would connect with a large enough audience to prevent it from tap dancing to an early grave. They seemed genuinely concerned... More »
Tonight's TV Addict Must Watch: MODERN FAMILY
Move over Bluths, the Dunphy-Pritchett family is in the house. And with tonight’s hilarious seventh episode, the hit ABC sitcom MODERN FAMILY (9PM ABC and CityTV in Canada) inches that much closer to solidifying its status as the ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT heir apparent. Thanks in no small part to tonight’s introduction of the most inappropriate (albeit funny) family crush since George-Michael and Maeby Bluth. And the arrival of two giant movie stars — Edward Norton and Elizabeth Banks — who in the grand tradition of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT agree to tackle a few less than flattering roles. With Norton playing an aging rock-star has-been hired by Claire to surprise Phil and Banks dropping by as Cameron and Mitchell’s party-going friend Sal. (Cameron on Bank’s Sal, “Hanging out with her is like an Amsterdam Saturday night every day of the week.” Adds Mitchell, “Ironically Sal is not allowed back in Amsterdam.” Chimes in... More »
TV Ratings: Tuesday November 17, 2009
Source: MediaWeek , Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS NCIS 19.63 3.9/11 ABC V 8.99 2.9/8 NBC Merry Madagascar 8.96 2.9/8 FOX So You Think You Can Dance 6.44 2.5/7 CW 90210 2.14 1.1/3 8:30PM NBC The Biggest Loser 9.64 3.6/10 9PM ABC Dancing with the Stars Results 15.49 3.2/8 CBS NCIS: Los Angeles 15.21 3.4/9 NBC The Biggest Loser 9.43 3.7/10 FOX So You Think You Can Dance 5.46 2.3/6 CW Melrose Place 1.57 0.8/2 10PM CBS The Good Wife 12.77 2.6/7 ABC The Forgotten 6.80 1.7/5 NBC The Jay Leno Show 5.67 1.8/6 More »
TV Ratings: Monday November 16, 2009
Source: MediaWeek , Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM ABC Dancing with the Stars 18.10 3.7/9 FOX House 12.95 5.1/13 CBS How I Met Your Mother 8.44 3.5/9 NBC Heroes 5.07 2.2/6 CW One Tree Hill 2.63 1.2/3 8:30PM CBS Accidentally on Purpose 7.76 3.0/7 9PM ABC Dancing with the Stars 19.38 4.1/10 CBS Two and a Half Men 14.07 4.8/12 FOX Lie to Me 7.80 2.9/7 NBC Trauma 5.16 1.8/4 CW Gossip Girl 2.24 1.2/2 9:30PM CBS The Big Bang Theory 13.49 5.1/12 10PM CBS CSI: Miami 13.49 3.8/10 ABC Castle 10.86 2.6/7 NBC The Jay Leno Show 4.46 1.4/4 More »
First Look: The SCRUBS Season 9 Premiere
On December 1st, school is back in session. Sacred Heart Medical School that is. And here with your first look at the back-to-back SCRUBS season premiere featuring the return of J.D, Turk, Dr. Cox, Eliot Reed, Dr. Kelso and Intern Denise is theTVaddict.com. More photos of which can be found after the jump. More »
In Defense of Last Night's HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
In his critique of Monday night’s HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER , Time Magazine’s James Poniewozik took the writers to task for delivering a Barney-centric episode that has “decided to simply wipe out a major character arc [Barney and Robin's relationship] and grant itself a do-over.” Our take: We’re okay with that. For unlike many critics — who earlier today took to the internets to express their disdain for last night’s tour-de-force/Emmy winning performance by one Neil Patrick Harris that had Barney opening up his “playbook” by revealing the many scams, flim-flams and bamboozles that he has employs to lie, cheat, and steal his way into a women’s heart (for one night only) — we loved every minute of it. Sure, in theory Barney and Robin as a couple was a nice idea. But if Homer Simpson taught us anything, it’s that in theory , communism worked. In reality, said... More »
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