'MasterChef' - Gordon Ramsay Gets Very Mad About
Some Bad Potatoes (VIDEO)

post from TV Squad on 11 August 2010 04:10:35 AM. © TV Squad

Steak, eggs. potatoes. Everyone likes these things, right? It's pretty hard to go wrong with these ingredients. Unless you mess one of the most basic elements up.

On 'MasterChef' (Tue., 9PM ET on Fox). contestant David makes "Poached Egg & Steak Over Whipped Potatoes -- With Red Wine Mushroom Sauce.' ... Great! Sounds good! Unfortunately, David ruins the easiest part of this dish: the mashed potatoes.

Um, we don't mean to brag here, but even your current humble 'TV Squad' writer can make really good mashed potatoes. It's incredibly easy. Boil some spuds, mush them up, and then add milk and butter. It might be the easiest thing to make ... ever. But David can't handle doing it, and then Gordon Ramsay gets mad.

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Review - White Collar Season 2 Episode 5
Unfinished Business

post from The TV Obsessed on 11 August 2010 03:08:57 AM. © The TV Obsessed

White Collar never gets my blood pumping like I do with other shows in the same genre, but "Unfinished Business" went a smidgen beyond the usual fun, entering another level of quality.

The episode took an interesting turn when Neal, posing as someone who the FBI thinks is a bond currier, is actually given a gun and a target: insurance investigator Sara Ellis (Hilarie Burton), who had testified against Neal in an unsuccessful trial, and helped the FBI earlier in the day. There are some tense moments in between and crisp dialogue between Neal and Sara before the typical criminal catching ending. The subplot of Neal investigating Kate's death was well on its way with the black box recording going to Sara's office and eventually her house, but the ending threw me off. Neal had plenty of opportunities to take the envelope and clearly could have, right up until the end. Why didn't he? If the writers are going for the angle that Sara affected Neal so much through the course of the episode that he'd give up the search, I'm not buying it. But it's probably something else... maybe.

From what I've read, the internet is up in arms about Hilarie Burton. There are a vocal bunch of haters, mostly for her OTH work (which was on par as far as WB shows went) and her media behavior after being knocked up by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and a supporters here and there, though not as fervent in expressing their opinions. Sara Ellis, undoubtedly, gets good writing--from creator Jeff Eastin--and Hilarie Burton isn't bad, nor is she particularly good. I was fine with her, but the bigger point is that guests--even recurring characters--will never change the makeup of the show. I doubt Sara will be poking her head in every week, so overexposure shouldn't be a problem, and her appearances should act a jolt to the series.

Once again, Elizabeth was stuck into the episode awkwardly. Either have her do something meaningful or don't feature her at all. Plunking Tiffani Thiessen in front of a blue/green screen, having a useless exchange with Peter over the phone has zero--or negative--impact on the episode. Hopefully, it's something contractual and not a lack of tact on the part of the producers.

Score: 9.0/10

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Bing Moves into TV and other Entertainment with
New Search Vertical

post from TVissimo | Internet and Television Convergence Discussion Blog on 11 August 2010 03:08:46 AM. © TVissimo | Internet and Television Convergence Discussion Blog

As Mashable reports, Microsoft?s search engine has become more media-focused with the launch of Bing Entertainment, a new vertical centering on music, movies, TV and games. The goal behind the new destination is to make it easier to find what movie to watch, what music to listen to, what casual games to play: ?Spend less time searching for entertainment and more time doing the stuff you love.? This is also our objective at Tvissimo.

Bing Music allows users to preview entire songs from the 5+ million song library, plus get lyrics, artist profiles, upcoming concerts and events, and purchase tracks through iTunes, Zune or Amazon. Bing Movies brings together visual search results with customer reviews, showtimes, in-line movie trailers, one-click purchasing, related Facebook and Twitter updates, plus Bing Maps integration for planning an evening out.

Bing TV looks at more than 1,500 shows and 20,000 full TV episodes from partners including Hulu, CBS, Viacom and others. Along with access to episodes and reviews, users can also socialize search results and episodes via Facebook, Twitter, instant messenger or e-mail. Bing Games aggregates reviews, cheats and walkthroughs for console and PC titles as well as providing 100 playable casual games right in-line. There is certainly a market in TV related search.

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Corrie! the stage play - £10 tickets

post from Coronation Street Blog on 11 August 2010 03:08:43 AM. © Coronation Street Blog

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'White Collar' - 'Unfinished Business' Recap

post from TV Squad on 11 August 2010 03:08:22 AM. © TV Squad

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(S02E05) "Explain to me why you slicked back your hair? An amateur version of 'Grease'? I do think you'd make a sublime Danny Zuko."

I love that line, and the dialogue is just one of the many, many reasons that 'White Collar' has suddenly become one of the most fun, entertaining shows on television. It's certainly better than anything on the networks this summer (sorry fans of 'Bachelor Pad') and it's a solid cable offering too.

I'm not saying it's going to be in an Emmy battle with 'Mad Men' and 'Breaking Bad,' but for pure entertainment value it has become "must-see" in its own way.

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'America's Got Talent' - 'Episode 521' YouTube
Special Recap

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(S05E21) "Next, something we have never done before." - Nick

It's not entirely true that this week's twist is something they have never done before. It is similar to what they did with MySpace, no? I'm not a fan of this YouTube acts week. These acts didn't have to go through the same stressful and gruesome process the other acts had to go through, so I don't want them to get a free pass to the Top 24. But, as Nick pointed out in his intro, some big stars have started on YouTube, so why not give a bunch of YouTube acts a chance?

One thing is certain, as Piers said: It's the most unpredictable show they have ever done, as this is sort of the audition for the acts. We know nothing about them and are not attached to any as we are/were with the other acts.

In this YouTube special episode, one of the acts featured on the 'AGT' YouTube page was selected by public votes while the 11 others were chosen by the judges. Were the picks interesting? Did we end up with mostly singers? Were the performers, who are used to performing from the comfort of their homes, able to perform on stage? My answers: Yes and no, no, and no for most of them.

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On 'Pretty Little Liars,' We Get Closer to
Learning the Identity of "A"(VIDEO)

post from TV Squad on 11 August 2010 03:08:22 AM. © TV Squad

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On 'Pretty Little Liars,' We Get Closer to Learning the Identity of

Who is "A'?

[Spoiler alert.]

All season long, the series 'Pretty Little Liars' (Tue., 8PM ET on ABC) has been occupied with a single question. And like we said, the question is this: Who ... is ... "A"?

"A" is the mysterious person who threatens to reveal the girls' darkest secrets. "A" constantly texts and attacks the girls. And now, on the latest episode, the girls go away to camp for a birthday party; which is an activity called "glamping." (That means "glamour" mashed up with "camping.") And while they're away, the identity of "A" becomes more clear.

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What to TiVo: Wednesday

8:00 The Middle (repeat)
8:30 The Middle (repeat)
9:00 Modern Family (repeat)
9:30 Cougar Town (repeat)
10:00 Castle (repeat)
12:05 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guests Jason Schwartzman and Joanna Newsom)

8:00 Big Brother (new)
9:00 Criminal Minds (repeat)
10:00 CSI: NY (repeat)
11:35 The Late Show With David Letterman (repeat, with guests Eminem and Jay-Z)
12:37 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guests Maggie Gyllenhaal and Betty White)

8:00 So You Think You Can Dance (new)

8:00 Minute to Win It (new)
9:00 America's Got Talent (new)
10:00 Law & Order: SVU (repeat)
11:35 The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guest Jason Statham)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guest Michael Cera)

1960s Handbook - Berkeley Sit-ins

In September of 1964, the University of California, Berkeley, banned students from using campus property to raise funds or generate support for off-campus political causes. On Sep. 29, when eight students were expelled for violating the ban, several hundred demonstrators organized a campus sit-in. Two days later, police charged former grad student Jack Weinberg with trespassing after he attempted to raise money for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. As Weinberg was carted off campus in a police car, students thwarted the vehicle's path. Over the course of the next 32 hours, as many as 3,500 protesters crowded around the captive car, rocking it and denouncing the university from its roof.

The school eventually lifted the ban but retained the right to discipline students arrested for political activity. The battle came to a head in December, when the university threatened to discipline four students who had organized the police car protest. On Dec. 2, around 5,000 demonstrators rallied at Sproul Hall, the U.C. Berkeley administration building, to protest the university's disciplinary actions. Among the demonstrators was folk singer Joan Baez, who sang, "Have love as you do this thing, and it will succeed."

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'Flipping Out' - 'Hot Streak, Lots of Baggage'
(Season Premiere) Recap

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(S04E01) When Jeff Lewis referred to the changes in his business early on in the season premiere of 'Flipping Out,' for a while there it seemed like it was all for the better.

After all, the Ryan Brown smoke screen had been lifted -- a Google search snafu that resulted in business never reaching Jeff because it was diverted to Ryan -- and the job offers were up four times what they'd been before. But enough about the work, what about the baby in the office?

Well, it wasn't Jenni and Jeff's. That much hadn't changed. No, it was Jett's. Between the baby -- an occasional visitor -- and the unruly dogs and willful cats, the Jeff Lewis office was more a variation on last season than a real change.

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