Heroes - Back to Season One

Once Upon A Time in Texas: It must say something about this show that the only truly redeeming episode of the season is a repeat of a storyline from three years ago.

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Don't Forget to Tivo - Tuesday 11/3

Basic:

• ABC has the series premiere of V at 8, Dancing with the Stars at 9 and at 10The Forgotten
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8, NCIS: Los Angeles at 9 and The Good Wife at 10
  
• NBC has a new The Biggest Loser at 8 and The Jay Leno Show at 10
• Fox has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8
• CW has a new 90210 at 8 and Melrose Place at 9

• A&E has a new Parking Wars at 10 & 10:30
• APL has a new Weird, True & Freaky at 9 & 9:30 and Lost Tapes at 10 & 10:30
• BBCA has a new Dragons' Den at 9
• Bravo has the special Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel at 9 and the season premiere of Tabatha's Salon Takeover at 10
• DISC has a new Dirty Jobs at 9 and Ghost Lab at 10
• FOOD has a new Chopped at 10
• FX has a new Sons of Anarchy at 10
• HIST has a new The Universe at 9
• LIFE has a new Sherri at 10
• MTV has a new The Hills at 10 and The City at 10:30
• NatGeo ha a new Explorer at 10
• Oxygen has a new The Naughy Kitchen with Chef Blythe Beck at 10
• SyFy has a new Scare Tactics at 9
• TLC has a new 18 Kids and Counting at 9 and The Little Couple at 10
• WE has a new Secret Live of Women at 10
  

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Gossip Girl - Tripp On Love

The Grandfather, Part II: Tripp's election night party causes everyone to spontaneously become completely awesome.

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'Gossip Girl' Recap: 'The Grandfather: Part II'

Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) must have been missing from the Gossip Girl universe because he was super busy working on his cousin, Tripp's (Aaron Tveit), congressional election.[...] Read more!

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"Oh, my Lord. . . and Taylor!"

I struck while the iron was hot last night.  I saw those Popular DVDs on my kitchen counter, snapped them up and moved them right into the TV room.  Not only that, but I put two of them immediately into the DVD player.  Cued up and ready to go.  I was Popular-ready in case of extreme post-season baseball boredom.

And I needed it.  It became apparent early on that the Phillies were going to win and drag this dreadfully dull World Series into another game.  I bailed by the end of the third inning.  Popular, Season 1, Disc 1 was ready to go. 

The apprehension quickly set in.  What if it wasn't as good as I remembered?  What if it's dated?  What if Mary Cherry wasn't the third greatest supporting character in television history* as I so fondly remember her?

The first episode was the pilot.  It features a rather frightening indie-folk singer riding around on a sofa in the back of a pick-up truck over the titles and at other odd transitional moments in the show.  I don't like this. However, we should never pass final judgment based solely on the pilot.  As a matter of fact, if there were a television watchers' ten commandments, that one would be high on the list, equivalent say, to not coveting thy neighbor's wife.

Despite the scary indie singer, the pilot was at about 87% of Popular's potential.  The indie singer was gone by episode 2 which, of course, is the first "real" episode, as we seasoned viewers all know.  By this episode, Popular was swinging forward into full-on greatness.  And Mary Cherry?  In one of her earliest moments, she is at cheerleader try-outs.  After being show the routine, Mary Cherry asks, "Do we have to do those splits?  I'm a Christian."  Third greatest supporting character EVER!

On the topic of a show that is at the other end of the spectrum from Popular, the weather has changed here in Arizona.  It's down from 120 to about 90 and that's got me thinking of cool mountain air.  You know what that means!  Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman!  I think it's time to dig out the Dr. Quinn DVDs and start a winter-long viewing of them.  Oh my Lord and Taylor, I love Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman!
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*The first greatest supporting character would be Howard Borden from The Bob Newhart Show.  Bill Dailey defined the scene stealing second banana in the world of sitcoms both as Howard, and in his earlier work on I Dream of Jeannie.  Next, in my opinion, is Ted Baxter from The Mary Tyler Moore Show.  Really, you could pick any of the supporting characters from The MTM Show, but Ted Knight made Ted Baxter into the classic lovable boob.  It was a shame about Mr. Knight's involvement with Too Close for Comfort.  Let's just not talk about it.  Mary Cherry is, perhaps, an obscure choice for third, but this character is unmatched in the pool of stereotypical teen characters:  not attractive, stylish, talented or smart enough to be popular on her own, but rich enough to buy her way in; a stalker veneered in sweetness.  Leslie Grossman ripped up the screen in her portrayal.

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'Heroes' Recap: 'Once Upon A Time In Texas'

Heroes: Turns out in a small town in Texas where Hiro is staring at Charlie through the window of "The Burnt Toast" diner Hiro is not arrested for indecent exposure.[...] Read more!

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TV's Dr. Drew saves a dying high school football
player

On TV, Dr. Drew Pinsky saves people from drugs and sex. But, the Celebrity Rehab host came out of the stands at California high school football game last weekend to save the life of a dying player.

Pinsky was watching his son Doug play football at Pasadena Polytechnic when a Poly player took a shot to the head. I played football for years, and these things happen. There's no indication that malice was involved in the related hit.

The injured player, Jackson Allan, came off the field and headed to the bench to talk to his coaching staff and teammates. But, as is often the case with concussions and other head injuries, the brain can be deceptive. The condition quickly grew more serious, and paramedics were called.

But, Pinsky got there first to find Allan in a coma -- no longer breathing.

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Top WTF Moments From Gossip Girl Episode "The
Grandfather Part II"

Political scandals! Early relationship gaffes on late night shows! This week's Gossip Girl had some less typical subject matter, but not every week can have a threesome, you know? (That's next week). Still, it felt like this week was laying groundwork for future episodes, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of WTF moments to discuss. Want to talk about the Upper East Siders beyond this week's installment? Join the XOXO Gossip Girl group in the BuzzSugar Community!
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Review: Castle - Famous Last Words

(S02E07) I'm with Beckett here: I really enjoy watching Castle be a dad. I'm very far away from being the parent of a teenager myself, but I feel like people should be taking notes from him. Well, except for the part where she had to put parental controls on his computer. But otherwise, he strikes a nice balance between relating to her and not trying to be the "cool dad." I was impressed last week with how he didn't just let that drunk girl crash on their couch and made Alexis call her parents, despite her protests, and this week, when he made her go to school despite the fact that she was being helpful.

Since that happened at the beginning of the episode, and the entire thing was peppered with Alexis/Castle interactions, I was definitely predisposed to like this episode. It continued to be a strong episode to -- despite the fact that the subject matter made me really uncomfortable.

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This Heroes spoiler makes no sense at all

Recently we told you about the major death that was happening on Heroes this season. The only clues we were told were that it was one of the original characters from the first season and it was a male. Well, it looks like the actor has been named, and if it's true then it doesn't make any sense at all.

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