Posted Sep 3rd 2008 3:02PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Vs., Super Skank Wednesday
Welcome to
Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows:
I Love Money,
Charm School,
New York Goes to Hollywood, and
The Surreal Life. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make
VH1 the network it is today.
I was left rather disappointed with
I Love Money this week. Another one of my "Fantasy
I Love Money" picks went home leaving me with a whopping 140 points. And I was planning on writing a big tribute to Megan's demise but NO! She's still there.
I was so annoyed with
ILM that I started watching
New York Goes to Hollywood again. The show still reeks of artifice with New York going to a nail salon to study Japanese culture or thinking "break a leg" means that the person wants to do her physical harm. However, by the fourth episode, Sister Patterson has entered the scene and is saving the show with her outright rudeness and over-the-top behavior.
So I decided to pit the two women I love to hate against each other for a Vs. piece. This Super Skank Wednesday I give you:
Megan Hausermann Vs. Sister Patterson, The Battle of the Hateful Shrews.
Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: Megan Hausermann Vs. Sister Patterson - VIDEO
Posted May 19th 2008 10:32AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: OpEd, Vs., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reaper, Reality-Free
I've confessed before -- or should I say shouted from the rooftops -- that I am a
Joss Whedon fan.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my all-time favorite shows and I still mourn its loss (the comic books just don't give me my
Buffy fix).
This season, I was hopeful when
Reaper arrived on the scene. It seemed to have some of the same elements that I liked about
Buffy: demon lore, a Scooby gang, a story arc, and a lighthearted, humorous side to a subject that could be very dark.
So how does
Reaper measure up to
Buffy? When I actually did the breakdown, I was pleasantly surprised. A very interesting outcome, indeed....
Continue reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs. Reaper
Posted Apr 24th 2008 2:01PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Vs., TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Big Brother (US)
I've been an avid fan of
Big Brother since it first premiered on CBS. I watched all seasons but one so far (I was away for one summer with no access to a TV) and started reading up on the
live feeds last summer. One of the things I like to do when watching is trying to predict who'll be evicted next. So even if Jackie put a "Who will have the jury votes to win
Big Brother 9?" in her review of
Wednesday's episode, I decided to chime in and give my two cents about both players and make my own prediction. Is my vote the same as yours? Read on!
Continue reading Big Brother face off: Adam vs. Ryan
Posted Apr 21st 2008 8:03PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Vs., Reality-Free
"Welcome to the war." Ben Linus utters those words to John Locke in one of ABC's Lost promos, gun in hand. Since day one, Ben claimed that the freighter folks were going to kill everyone on the island. The show's three-hour finale is only a few weeks away. What do these last episodes of the season hold for the island residents? Can they hold their own against Widmore's team of scientists and thugs? Spoiler Warning: Some details from promos, interviews, and podcasts are mentioned.
Continue reading Lost: The freighties vs. the island dwellers
Posted Mar 24th 2008 4:42PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: The Apprentice, Video, Vs., Celebrities
This coming Thursday, NBC's
The Celebrity Apprentice will come to an end. Either the arrogant Brit or the American Cowboy will hear the words "You're hired."
In an unsurprising move,
Donald Trump decided in last week's episode to have
Piers Morgan and
Trace Adkins face off during the final task. This decision goes against that of CNBC's Erin Burnett and Jim Cramer, brought on to interview the Top 4 contestants, but The Donald knew better than to have
Carol Alt and Trace as the final two contestants. Both are really good contestants and played a clean game but, let's admit it, a live finale with Carol and Trace is not as promising as a Piers and Trace one ratings-wise.
Continue reading The Apprentice: Piers Vs. Trace - VIDEO
Posted Feb 15th 2008 2:41PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Vs.
It's not too surprising when similar shows or movies suddenly appear at the same time, seemingly without one party knowing that the other project was even in the works. In fact, in the pilot for NBC's
Lipstick Jungle -- which looks like ABC's
Cashmere Mafia's twin sister -- the Brooke Shields character is a movie executive who learns that her company, which has been developing a Galileo biography for Leonardo DiCaprio, is competing with a rival studio that's also making a movie about the famous astronomer. In other words, these things happen all the time in show business! That's the case on cable TV now with not one, but two shows about a professional matchmaker.
The shows A&E's
Confessions of a Matchmaker and Bravo's
Millionaire Matchmaker couldn't be more dissimilar in style. They're like different sides of the same coin: heads you're schmoozing in a hot tub with a Malibu millionaire, tails you're riding a Zamboni with a guy who works at a suburban ice-skating rink. That's how diametrically different these matchmaking yentas are! Aside from their passionate desire to make matches that work, the only other factor linking the
Confessions' matchmaker to
Millionaire's is that they share the same name, Patti!
Continue reading Confessions vs. Millionaires (Matchmakers, that is)
Posted Feb 15th 2008 10:02AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: The Apprentice, Video, Vs., TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
A few words to describe the celebrity version of NBC's
The Apprentice: drama, tempers, egos, backstabbing, bitching, arguing, egos and... more egos! This week, the bruised egos are those of
America's Got Talent's Piers Morgan and of
The Apprentice (Season 1) Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth. Since the beginning of the season, both have been strong and opinionated players on their respective teams. Even if they didn't have to work together, Piers and Omarosa were pretty vocal about what they thought of each other. This week, hell broke lose when Trump decided to mix up the teams and the enemies ended up, you guessed it, on the same team!
Continue reading Celebrity Apprentice: Piers Vs. Omarosa - VIDEOS
Posted Feb 6th 2008 12:02PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Lost, Vs.
Last week's riveting Lost premiere brought the Jack-Locke conflict to an entirely new level. This time, all of the survivors (including some of the Others) were forced to choose sides. It wasn't an easy decision, and there were some surprising choices. Each side has its benefits and its drawbacks. Let's take a closer look at these new teams!
Continue reading Team Jack vs. Team Locke
Posted Feb 5th 2008 7:03PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: The Apprentice, Video, Vs., TV Squad Polls, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Even if you don't watch
The Celebrity Apprentice, it's pretty much a given that you watched this week's preview (after the jump) during which we see
Stephen Baldwin tell Donald Trump that he can't continue working with Piers Morgan.
Let's face it, Baldwin and the
America's Got Talent judge have not been seeing eye to eye from the very beginning of the show. Even if they somewhat worked well together on the tasks, their business relationship was pretty much a hate-hate one or at least a "I'm tolerating you because I have to." But in light of the
Vincent Pastore fiasco from last week, Baldwin has had enough and may give The Donald his resignation... or will he?
Continue reading Will Stephen Baldwin leave Celebrity Apprentice this Thursday? - VIDEO
Posted Feb 1st 2008 10:19AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, The Apprentice, Video, Vs., Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
If you watched
The Celebrity Apprentice this week, you probably still are thinking and talking about that boardroom scene (and I use that latter word here to
mean both "a subdivision of the episode" and "
an exhibition of anger or indecorous behavior"). Even if it looked childish at times, we have to admit that this was one of the most entertaining boardroom ever!
In short, during the task America's Got Talent's Piers Morgan, who was project manager for the men's team, sent The Sopranos' Vincent Pastore over the women's team to spy on them. Of course, it backfired: Vinnie, who did it willingly (see the first video after the jump), eventually admitted to the ladies that he was sent there to spy but that he now wanted to be a double agent; and, later on the episode, Vinnie and Piers had a major argument about the "rat project". In the boardroom, Vinnie revealed to Trump what had happened. This was followed by more argument between Piers and Vinnie, and comments from the women, the other men, Trump and his children.
Continue reading Celebrity Apprentice: Piers Vs. Vinnie - VIDEO
Posted Dec 19th 2007 11:07AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Vs., Watercooler Talk, Chuck, Reaper
Being a fan of both
Chuck and
Reaper, I've had this discussion with friends before: if I had to work either at the Buy More or Work Bench, which one would I prefer and why? I'm sure many fans already discussed this somewhere on the web but when I read the "
Battle of the Box Stores" blurb in the December 7 edition of
Entertainment Weekly, I thought it was about time we had the same discussion here at TV Squad.
Continue reading Buy More Vs. Work Bench
Posted Nov 9th 2007 12:02PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Vs., Watercooler Talk, Angel, Moonlight
When
Moonlight first aired, TV fans couldn't help themselves but to compare the series with
Angel. Both series have a good looking vampire as its lead and said main character is an investigator. At first glance,
Moonlight's lead vampire, Mick St. John, may sound like an Angel clone. Let's compare, shall we?
Continue reading Angel Vs. Mick St. John
Posted Jul 13th 2007 10:17AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Programming, Vs., Game Show
This week, two networks premiered game shows that are really similar. NBC launched
The Singing Bee while FOX premiered
Don't Forget the Lyrics. Which one will last longer? Will both tank? Or maybe both will survive thanks to their lead in:
America's Got Talent and
So You Think You Can Dance, respectively.
Now that both premieres aired it's time to decide if you'll be a singing bee or you'll try to not forget the lyrics.
Continue reading The Singing Bee Vs. Don't Forget the Lyrics
Posted May 4th 2007 10:25AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Programming, Grey's Anatomy, Vs.
Less than two weeks ago, we pondered if the spin-off would be better than
Grey's Anatomy based on the information and spoilers that had leaked so far. Now that the
two Grey's Anatomy's episodes serving to launch the potential spin-off have aired, it is time to revisit our "
Grey's Anatomy vs. the spin-off" article and reflect on if we were right or not and decide what series is better based on what aired last night.
Continue reading Grey's Anatomy vs. the spin-off - Part 2
Posted Apr 23rd 2007 12:01PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Grey's Anatomy, Vs.
News about the
Grey's Anatomy spinoff have been pouring in since late February when it was announced that
Grey's character Addison would possibly get her own show. Since then, fans and critics have been speculating as to whether this was a good or a bad idea.
Earlier this week,
ABC gave official details about the two episodes that will serve as a test to see if the spinoff will indeed be part of their 2007-2008 lineup or if Addison will stay at Seattle Grace.
Even if the two-hour spinoff episodes will only air on May 3, we can already start speculating as what series we will like better:
Grey's Anatomy or
Private Practice (the spinoff's tentative title).
Continue reading Grey's Anatomy vs. the spinoff
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