So, as a kid, I LOVED Steven Seagal.  Heck, I even took martial arts (not completly due to him, but they always intrigued me).  Well, Steven Seagal has a new movie coming out next week.  I was so looking forward to watching the movie, but I was so disappointed!  Of course the movie was predictable, but the worst thing was that it was poorly acted.  This weekend I’m going to have to go find Under Seige or even Fire Down Below…anything to get The Keeper out of my mind.

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I’ve always had a special place in my heart for House.  It was the first pilot I ever saw.  (One benefit my job has is that I get to see the pilots early.)  Last night was a very intriguing episode.  It felt like it could be a stand alone movie.  With a little bit more back story…  It was very good though.

House was in the asylum, battling against a man who could hold his own against him.  House tried to battle the powers that be…then he tried to rally his troops (the other mentally ill patients).  Then he needed to “fix” one of the patients, and that turned out disastrous.  In the end, House decides he really needs help.  I’m intrigued to see where they go from here.  I’m nervous that they are toeing the line…and may be jumping the shark soon.

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Rae Weisz

It seems like it’s been forever since Signal Hill CW held an open casting call for America’s Next Top Model, although it’s only been five monthes.  That night back in March, my co-workers and I spent five or six hours sitting there, watching as 66 girls paraded onto our little runway.  Then that next day we had to hurry and make sure everyone’s pictures were there…that the DVDs were transferred properly…the entire 20-something page packet was filled out.  Then, we didn’t think much about that night until recently when the cast for America’s Next Top Model Cycle 13 was announced.  Lo and behold, one of our top three finalists made it on the show.  We were stunned, and couldn’t wait to find out more. 

Now, as I’m waiting til the September 9th premiere, I can’t believe that I’m actually looking forward to watching America’s Next Top Model…I’ve only seen the show twice…and that was leading up to our local casting call.  I had wanted to make sure I (as the official videographer) was doing everything right.  I wanted the girls that showed up to have their shot at fame.  I wanted the casting directors to watch the video and maybe find one person they’d like.  Guess what?  They found one.  Now I can’t wait til September 9th and watch America’s Next Top Model to see our local Rochester girl, Rae.  I guess we all know who I’ll be rooting for!  Go Rae!!!

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Whoo-Hoo!  Heroes is back on Mondays this fall!  If I am to understand correctly, the Heroes saga is coming to an end.  I’m glad that they are trying to end the show gracefully rather than hanging on and jumping the shark horribly. 

Mondays also bring us the show Trauma.  It looks like a cross between ER and any of the crime procedural shows that are on TV right now.  It’ll be interesting to see if that works out.

Tuesdays are when Biggest Loser airs…not my kind of show, but it seems like it works…it has a following.

Mercy and Law & Order:SVU are on Wednesday’s slate.  Most people know what Law & Order:SVU is…Mercy on the other hand…it’s a medical show.  Seems kind of like ER or Trauma.  Except it’s told from the nurses point of view.  A little bit different.  We’ll have to see.

Thursday nights are comedy nights.  Saturday Night Live Thursday (switching to Community), Parks and Recreation, The Office, and the return of 30 Rock.  Now I’m not a comedy person.  Community looks interesting, though.  With Chevy Chase, it whould be interesting…all set in a community college.  I could see that one taking off.  I’ve tried watching Parks and Rec, but it was like torture.  I was never an Office fan, but have come around.  It’s a good show actually.

Friday nights are Law & Order and Southland.  Normally Friday nights are a death sentence for a show.  I think Law & Order can withstand it though.  And Southland seems like a good pairing.  We’ll have to see how it plays out.

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I just wanted to post something quickly about FOX 47′s new fall line up.

First thing first…House.  Last season ends with House checking himself into the insane asylum.  The promos for the fall are great…”House, is that you?…Yes, how many friends do you have in the nut house?”  And Lie to Me!  Tim Roth is great!

Then, So You Think You Can Dance? is coming back for a fall season.  How cool is that?  I’m curious as to how they’re going to pull that off.  Going straight from a summer season, into a fall season.

And Glee…if you saw my post yesterday, you can tell how excited I am!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have the second episode and I am so pumped to watch it.  I am not a person who is musical, but this is still a me type show.  I was always one of the underdogs in high school.

Then Bones and Fringe are back.  Thursdays are going to be GREAT!!!  And FOX must LOVE Bones, too.  They picked it up for two more seasons. 

Brothers seems good, but it’s not really my kind of show.  Til Death is back, and that’s cool.  They’re going back to the basics with the show.  Dollhouse is also on Fridays.  Should be interesting.

And then one last thing.  Human Target is greatt!

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Okay, so I went to Vegas last week for our annual FOX Promotions Executive Conference.  What fun!!!  Well, we are always given copies of the pilots before we go so we can watch them before we head on out to the conference.  That way, we can talk about them and learn what FOX is doing to promote them, and what they would like us, on a local level, to do.  Well, the entire conference was all about Glee, FOX’s newest show that previewed after American Idol this last May.  And FOX has been doing a great job of keeping it in the public’s mind.  So our people were trying to get us all revved up about Glee.  They were doing a great job.  (I have my own Glee t-shirt, hat, notebook, pen, pencil, pom-poms, and foam finger to prove it.)  Well, on Day 2 of the conference (my last day) they said they had a surprise and boy did they.  They brought out Jane Lynch & Matthew Morrison, two of the stars of Glee.  What fun!!!  They were extremely nice and great sports about standing around to meet each of us and get their pictures taken with us.  What a way to start ou a new show.  I know that I will be faithfully watching Glee from now on.  Thanks FOX!  And thanks Jane Lynch & Matthew Morrison!!! 

Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch & Me!!!

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Sorry for those who would read me on a faithful basis.  I am some personal issues, now I’m back at it.

It’s summer, and though it a sweeps month, there’s not much on.  Two shows I’ve been trying to watch are The Listener and The Philanthropist.  The Listener is good, but I don’t think it’s going to make it.  There have been so many shows like it…Quantum Leap, Journeyman and Early Edition to name a few.  It seems like it’s a good show, but I don’t think it’ll last.  Now The Philanthropist, on the other hand, is intriguing.  Right now, both episodes have had narrators.  I don’t really care for that, but I think it works in this case.  At any rate, both of those shows seem very interesting.  I can’t wait to see how they play out.

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I have had great respect for Donald Trump.  I have an even greater respect for him now.  Last week, there was an intervention for Dennis Rodman.  I am going to have to look it up what has happened with him since the start of the show.  This week, Donald Trump fired Khloe Kardashian because she had to miss time from the tasks because she had a DUI and he did not want someone like that working for him, even in this aspect.  He didn’t want Khloe’s charity to take the hit, so he donated $20,000 to her charity even though he fired her.  I really have a new respect for him.

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I was really excited for Celebrity Apprentice to start.  I mean really excited.  The first episode was great.  The guys team proved to be idiotic.  Andrew Dice Clay was quickly voted off.  The next week, my opinion changed.  One of the people I was excited to see among the list of celebrities was Scott Hamilton.  Great guy!  I LOVED to watch him skate.  Then suddenly I come to watch the episode where he was the project manager.  Scott Hamilton turned out to be an idiot.  He completely ignored pertinant advice from Tom Green.  Someone who I have never been a fan of.  Tom and Scott fought like you wouldn’t believe.  And I was taking Tom’s side.  I would never have guessed that.  Well, Scott was fired.  This week Tom was the PM.  Guess what?  He turned into a complete idiot.  Him and Dennis Rodman took off and got drunk.  Then Tom showed up late and Dennis just didn’t show up.  Tom was fired.  Dennis was given strict advice from Donald Trump to shape up or he’d be next.  And who’s turning out to be my favorite on the guy’s team?  Jesse James…Wow…wonder what next week will bring and if the guys will ever shape their act up.

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So, according to USA’s website

“Debuting Summer 2009, Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG award winner Tony Shalhoub returns as the obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk in the 8th and final season of the hit comedy series Monk. With 16 brand-new laugh-inducing episodes, the final season promises to be a memorable one for all Monk fans. So tune in to USA Network this summer and watch one of the most successfulseries in basic cable history give its final fairwell.”

I have to sawy that I have LOVED Monk, as many of you may know.  I still find the passing of Dr. Kroger extremely sad.  Last night I was watching Reba on DVD.  In that episode, Stanley Kamel (Dr. Kroger) played Reba and Van’s boss.  It was sad just to see him.

Last Friday, Kevin Dorfman, Monk’s annoying neighbor, was killed.  You knew it was coming when you saw Kevin in one of the opening scenes with the magician (Steve Valentine, another wonderfully freaky actor).  At the end of the episode, Monk and Natalie were watching Kevin’s video will.  I’m worried that Monk is going to jump the shark by having Monk, who has always had money struggles, inherit Kevin’s money.  (Kevin won the lottery in an earlier season.)  We’ll just have to wait and see.  I mean, last year would have been such a great ending to the show, but…

We’ll have to wait and see.

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