10. Every time Sacha Baron Cohen does something — anything, really — we really do have to stop and ask: Has he gone too far? When it involves injuries at a bingo tournament, maybe so.
9. The devastating cliffhanger at the end of Medium's season finale on NBC had Michael Slezak cheering CBS for wisely picking up the underrated show.
8. Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club is as big a success for PopWatch as Pam, Oscar and Toby's Finer Things Club was on The Office. This week he goes back in time to examine the original Land of the Lost.
7. Marc Bernardin argued semantics over Buffy the Vampire Slayer being placed at No. 2 on the list of 25 Women Who Shook Sci-Fi. Vampires are fantasy, he says. Point taken. But there's no arguing with No. 1: Sigourney Weaver's iconic badass, Ripley, in the Alien franchise.
6. With TV season over, Whitney Pastorek is looking forward to catching up on her reading list this summer.
5. Mandi Bierly saw the trailer for New Moon, and got all hot and bothered by a certain Wolf Pack member's ab-a-liciousness. So much so that she wrote about it twice.
4. Up is out in theaters and it's pretty darn great. Go seeit already! Then you can join your fellow PopWatchers and share your thoughts on where it ranks on the list of best Pixar flicksof all-time. The general consensus so far: Pretty high.
3. Sacha Baron Cohen punk'd Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards. Perhaps youheard about it. The was-he-in-on-it-or-not fallout captivated justabout everyone. Especially our live-bloggers.
2. Jillian may or may not be attracted to jerks, but The Bachelorette host Chris Harrison assures us she is a great judge of character. If you say so, sir!
1. The final two American Idol finalists to visit Idolatry – third-place finisher Danny Gokey and champ Kris Allen — droppedby and chatted up Michael Slezak. Now, let the slow clap begin for Slezak, executive producer Jason Averett and the rest of the Idolatry crew for a fine, fine season in AI commentary.
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Bruno has definitely had an eventful week. Not only with Eminem, but with an impending lawsuit.
And of course…SPEIDI. Hopefully they go away next week.
http://tvdonewright.com/2009/06/05/did-abc-spoil-a-lost-return/
Idolatry is just fabulous and I hate to hear that it is over for the season. Would love if they could do just one more Idolatry wrap-up show with Michael discussing the Adam, Danny and Kris interviews. Would also love to get Kristen’s take on all three. Is there any chance this will happen?
Ditto to Christie. I would love to hear an Idolatry wrap-up since all of them have now been interviewed and the “aftermath” is over. Please?
Thank you Michael Slezak for all of your Idol recaps, articles and commentaries. Also, thanks to Michael, Jason Averett and everyone who worked on Idolatry. I am having withdrawals already!! I cannot wait until the next season of American Idol, but I will miss watching and listening to Allison, Kris and Adam (and Anoop and Matt as well). Please keep us updated with their journeys, and rest up until it starts all over again!!
Slezak, you’re entertaining but your dialogue with Kristen (and Kristen w/glasses) kept me watching “Idolatry” the most this year! I’d consider watching any show you two do videos on just to see what you come up with to make fun of!
Keep up the good work! And thanks for recognizing the true, undiscovered talents of this year’s IDOL instead of jumping on the bandwagon!
Idolatry rules!
I hope that it wins some Web Emmys.
I also would love to have them make one more episode where they talk about some of the stuff since AI ended, like how the AI/19 people have seemingly tossed Kris under the bus while the judges keep talking out of turn as it were.
I’d also love to see a new interview with Wonder Girl aka Allison (Surprise!) when the AI tour rolls into town near the EW HQ.
Regardless, Idolatry was great this season, and I’m so glad that I finally realized that it was more than just interviews with the booted Idol contestants.
come on…one more for the road!!
Come one…one more for the road!!