Are you still watching the Olympics

For the first week I was all about the Olympics and watching Phelps and Gymnastics every night and not spoiling the results. However, now that he is finished swimming and the girls are done owning faces Im kind of over it. Besides Misty May and Kerri Walsh winning gold, there really isnt anything left that I care about. Ive even started spoiling the results because lets be honest, I couldnt not get online between 4 and 12 am every night here on the west cost anymore. And I thought it was supposed to be LIVE??? HA thats a different complaint. So I ask, is anyone still watching as intently as they were during the first week?

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The Hill's Tomfoolery

Ok let me first just say that I dont really understand The Hills. I watched the first season or so and kept up with it spiraticaly after that and then basically let the 3rd season fall by the wayside. That being said, I did watch the premiere on Monday and it was hillarious. I think I paused on Laurens face (pictured above) about 100 times because I couldnt stop laughing. I dont mind Lauren (I wont be calling her L.C) and I kind of actually like Whitney, even with their awkward staged conversations aside, but the rest of the cast just kills me. The set up confrontations to whatever is going on with Heidi and Spencer (do they really think we buy anything they do anymore??) I just cant stand. I read that the raitings have gone down so maybe its time to let the show go....


Thoughts?

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Welcome to The Best TV Blog Ever!

Ive been a fan of blogs for a long time and there plenty of blogs dedicated to Hollywood gossip which are fun but there inst really that much for TV and TV related news, reviews and gossip. I hope this will be a place for people to share their opinions on whats happening in the TV world and to show that there is more to TV than Lost and Gossip Girl. Help spread the word about this blog and lets have some fun!

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If you could resolve the Zack story....

If you could finish the Zack story, how would you do it?

Would he slowly fade out of the group?
Would it all be a dream?
Would he have somehow been coerced?
Would he be the mad scientist behind bars helping the rest of the Squints?
Would we find out he didn't do it at all?
Would he...?

If you could write the ending, no matter what you think of the beginning, how would you do it?

That's the question that drives the Zacksplanation script project between myself and Jamie Frevele. We have different passions and opinions about the Season 3 plot. We have different ideas on how to resolve it. What have different takes on pretty much everything. And with that, each of us wrote a script continuing the story.

We're going to post them on-line next week, one week before the premier. But first, I want to hear how you guys would handle the story!

**Disclaimer**
We are not affiliated with Fox, Bones, any production company, etc. This is simply a fan project, a la fanfiction. It's just happens to look like a script. We're geeks. We're writing geeks. We're wannabee TV writing geeks. But no harm, infringement...please don't hurt us or pass off our work like episode sides. It's all in fun, but we worked really hard on it!

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Theaters, Hollywood Studio's Close To $1 Billion
3D Deal

According to Bloomberg, the Digital Cinema Integration Partners and Hollywood studios' are close to a huge $1 billion deal that would see 14, 000 theater screens owned by Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., and Cinemark Holdings Inc., equipped with 3D display technology. Agreements with all of Hollywood's major studios should be reached in a "relatively short period of time", and those close to the deal say the plan is to recoup the funding through higher ticket prices for 3D shows. All 14, 000 screens in question are located in the United States and Canada, so we can look forward to a life-like theater experience in the near future by the looks of it.

Via Bloomberg

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Mitsubishi Reveals 7 New MZW/MXW/MX LCD HDTV's,
Coming To Japan This Fall

Mitsubishi has revealed three new LCD TV lineups in Japan-Real MZW series, Real MXW series, and Real MX series-bringing a total of 7 new models to the Mitsub family. The Real MZW series consists of two higher-end models, the 40-inch LCD-40MZW200 and the 46-inch LCD-46MZW200, both slated for an October 21 release. Prominent features include 1080p, a 10-bit Diamond panel with 120 Hz technology, 15000:1 contrast ratio, 16-bit video processing, and HDMI CEC compatibility.

The 37-inch LCD-37MXW200 and 42-inch LCD-42MXW200 make up the MXW series, hitting Japan September 1. Slightly cheaper than the MZW series, these two models are the mid-range sets, delivering a full HD picture, running on Mitsub's Diamond Engine, and featuring 'auto turn' technology which lets you swivel the TV's viewing angle using the remote control. The MX series consists of the 19-inch LCD-19ATL20, 26-inch LCD-26MX20, and 32-inch LCD-32MX11 and seem to be ideal for a bedroom or possibly kitchen HDTV. These are the three cheapest models of the seven and only display 720p resolution. Japan will see the MX series released October 21.

It also looks like Mitsubishi is working on an LCD TV/Blu-ray player/Blu-ray recorder combo with a development timeline leading to an official release this fall.

Read more-MZW Series
Read more-MX/MXW Series

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LeRoi Moore Of The Dave Matthews Band, R.I.P.

LeRoi Moore, the saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, passed away yesterday afternoon. The cause of his death is unknown, but they think it's related to his June 30th ATV crash. He suffered a broken rib and a punctured lung from the crash and had just started rehabbing his injury...So sad. R.I.P. LeRoi.

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Olympics Ratings Still Soaring...

I knew the Olympics numbers were record breaking, but I didn't realize they were this high.

Here are the 10 Highest Rated Broadcast Network Prime-time shows for last week according to Nielsen Online:
1. Summer Olympics (Tuesday), NBC, 34 million
2. Summer Olympics (Saturday), NBC, 31.6 million
3. Summer Olympics (Monday), NBC, 30.2 million
4. Summer Olympics (Thursday), NBC, 29.7 million
5. Summer Olympics (Wednesday), NBC, 27.7 million
6. Summer Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 27.2 million
7. Summer Olympics (Friday), NBC, 26.1 million
8. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8.1 million
9. NCIS, CBS, 7.2 million
10. 60 Minutes, 7.1 million

I can't believe Two and a Half Men is lumped in there...still scratching my head about that one.

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Paley Center Premiere Week 2008; Which Series Are
You Dying to See... Or Can't Wait to Be Canned

Once again, the Paley Center for Media is offering a week-long series of screenings of new and returning series this year. The premiere episode screening series, kicking off in Los Angeles on September 5th (and in New York on September 4th), will feature network-oriented screening nights and small panel discussions.The schedule for the Beverly Hills-based location of the Paley Center is as

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We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes...

My new favorite show is Dexter. I know after such a long time away (and really, I don't even have a good excuse!), I should be delivering something much more eloquent and thought-provoking, but honestly: I've gotten nothin.' After watching the complete second season back-to-back in only a few days, though I admit the "I am Jack's inappropriate affect"-esque voice over does grate on me, I have really never felt more in tune with a character.

I admit when Showtime first premiered Dexter, I was not immediately sold. I didn't realize the complexity of the character (though I should have guessed, considering some of their other programming), and assumed it would be quite vanilla-- just some forensics investigator who doesn't trust the justice system for which he works, so he takes matters into his own hands to get criminals off the streets. And to a degree, that is true. But there is much more to Dexter Morgan than just the seeming-vigilante that meets the eye.
Whether you believe it was things in Dexter's childhood (sitting in his mother's blood, gripping tight to his brother, perhaps?) or something innate that was just born when he was that makes him the person he is probably gets determined by whether you believe in nature versus nurture in general. Are we destined to be violent criminals or are we made that way, and if we know certain facets of our personalities-- of our psyches-- can we hold them at bay, ultimately becoming someone different? What's fascinating to me is to watch him, already at terms with who he is and what he does, still struggle to make sense of the events (and the people) of his past. He doesn't come out and ask the expositional "Why me; why am I like this?" that many viewers were undoubtedly wondering at the start of the series, but the questioning is still in the little things he does-- like a tick, really.

As meticulous as he is about keeping his crime scenes evidence-free, he is just as compulsively cautious about appearing like any "normal" guy to his friends, girlfriends (save for one who was even nuttier than him!), and co-workers. He does not fit the stereotypical profile of a serial killer; he does not harbor that desire to get caught that pops up with taunting letters to the authorities or cryptic comments to those in his inner circle. Quite the opposite, he is obsessive about covering his tracks and allowing himself the ability to continue his work, even when it means pointing the finger at someone completely removed from his crimes. Therefore, it will be extremely interesting to watch Dexter unravel in the upcoming episodes, when he begins to act on impulse and break his own pattern of kills. It is ensured that as he escalates, he will grow sloppier (as of which we have already seen hints in season two), and Dexter the series will have to adapt as Dexter the man begins to take a new course.

In gearing up for season three, which I have decided to start recapping here (along with 30 Rock, which is hands down my favorite comedy show), I came across a short quiz online. Basically I was asked to look at a few inkblots (something to which I was no stranger as a child, being constantly tested in nursery and pre-school to see if I had what it took to be in the "gifted" program in elementary) and write one or two lines about what I saw and then rate how it made me feel on a 1-10 scale of "sad to happy." When it was all said and done, my results said: "Your answers indicate that you are the kind of person who doesn't generally have violent thoughts, but you're only young; there's still time." Well, duh.

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