Archive: September 2011 (81-90 of 316)

Sep 23 2011 06:59 PM ET

TV Jukebox: What were your favorite songs in shows this week?

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Have you ever been watching the end of a Vampire Diaries and wondered why you were weeping? Or been humming a random Springsteen song all week before you remember it was featured in Glee? Well, friend, you are not alone. We here at EW have been keeping our eyes and ears open in search of the best music appearing on the small screen this fall season. From that tireless search was born the TV Jukebox. Since the premieres began rolling in, we’ve found songs from perennial earworm provider Grey’s Anatomy, some danceable goodness from Glee and How I Met Your Mother, a surprise entry from still wet-behind-the-ears sitcom Free Agents, and more. Check out our picks below!  READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 04:40 PM ET

TV Leaderboard: 'The Vampire Diaries' tops EW.com reader ratings for premiere week

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For the 2011-2012 season, you may have noticed that EW.com’s recaps have featured a new starred rating for the episode in question. Each Friday, we’ll reveal your highest-rated episodes for the week. The top vote-getter for this week, The CW’s The Vampire Diaries, should prrrrobably not be that huge of a shock given the show’s rabid following, and a strong episode that saw Elena, Alaric, and Damon confronting a hybrid just hours before a full moon. The biggest surprise? The polarizing series premiere of Fox’s New Girl pulled in the most total votes by far, and easily broke into the top five shows. Check out the rest of the list below:  READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 04:27 PM ET

Morgan Freeman calls Tea Party racist

Start mocking-up Shawshank Redemption posters with Hitler mustaches! Shawshank star Morgan Freeman, who also famously played the president in the 1998 popcorn film, Deep Impact, tells Piers Morgan that the Tea Party movement is racist for its efforts to make Barack Obama a one-term president. The Oscar-winning actor said that Obama’s election has made race relations in this country worse, because the Tea Party movement is “a racist thing.” “Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term,” the actor said. “What’s, what does that, what underlines that? ‘Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we … can to get this black man outta here.’”

Freeman dismissed Morgan’s notion that the Tea Party’s motivations were strictly political, and expressed concern over the influence the Tea Partiers were wielding. “It just shows the weak, dark, underside of America,” he said. “We’re supposed to be better than that.” Watch below. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 04:00 PM ET

'Sunday Night Football': Why we're recapping the biggest show on TV

Categories: Sports, Television
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Quick: What’s the biggest show on television right now? Two and a Half Men? Please, one episode does not a season make. Dancing With the Stars? Good try. Glee? Okay, you’re flailing. Try Sunday Night Football. Just this past Sunday, while 12.4 million viewers watched as the television industry dressed up and handed out Emmys, nearly twice as many (23.4 million) tuned in to watch the Falcons edge the Eagles. NBC is paying the NFL approximately $600 million this year alone for the rights to broadcast 20 football games — and it’s the greatest bargain in television. Think about it. Not only does SNF draw weekly audiences that only American Idol can top, but no one is DVR-ing a football game. The Sunday night NFL game might be the final frontier in Event Television. Everyone is watching on Sunday night, and everyone is talking about what happened on Monday morning. Did you see that pass from Tom Brady? What was Andy Reid thinking wasting those timeouts? Who knew Tony Romo had a heart, much less a lung?

At Entertainment Weekly, we have been guilty of ignoring football except during the Super Bowl. (Even then, it was mostly for the commercials.) But our aversion to exercise and physical activity of any kind has deterred us from covering what has long been one of the biggest shows on television. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 01:04 PM ET

Farewell, 'All My Children.' Sniff.

Todd Wawrychuk/ABCOkay, I knew I would get verklempt over the end of All My Children, but I didn’t expect my heart to break even before the final show aired. But it did as I watched Agnes Nixon cry this morning on The View‘s grand goodbye to the long-running ABC soap. It was a fitting tribute with Nixon and many of the actors who embodied her characters.

I’m taking a deep breathe and getting ready to watch the finale. How about you? And I’m with you every step of the way — I’ll be back to EW.com to discuss the finale later today.

(By the way, fans can actually buy a limited edition print of the cast photo you see here, which was taken on the last day of production.)

UPDATE: Now that we’ve all watched the final episode, here’s what I think: READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 12:44 PM ET

New 'Office' boss: Did Dunder Mifflin make the right choice?

Categories: Television, The Office
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Angela’s cat is out of the bag. Spoiler Alert! On last night’s season premiere of The Office, we learned that the new boss would be played by none other than… READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 12:01 PM ET

Gary Johnson and neighbor's two dogs win Republican presidential debate

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If the Republican presidential campaign were Survivor, last night’s debate in Florida was the episode where the most savvy competitors form an alliance against the energetic rival who keeps on winning Immunity. Frontrunner Rick Perry weathered a barrage of criticism from all sides, as Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum attacked him relentlessly for his policies as Texas governor. Romney and Perry took turns citing passages of each others’ books as evidence of flip-flopping, and Santorum hit Perry from the far right on Texas’ “soft” policy on illegal immigration. (Because when it comes to leadership on illegal immigration, the nation looks to Pennsylvania!) READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 11:19 AM ET

Fall TV Fridays: What to watch live? What to DVR?

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For many, Fridays are for going out and kicking the weekend off right. For me however, Fridays are for Fringe. Though the cult series starts back up tonight, I don’t need to see the latest episode to know I’ll be tuning in for the entire season. It’s not the only show that fills up my Fridays though. Check out my schedule below and then share your picks in the comments!

8 p.m. — 9 p.m.
LIVE: Nikita (CW): I missed out on most of this show last season since it conflicted with Bones on Thursdays, but now that it’s on a new day and time, I’m ready to tune in. (Premieres tonight)
DVR: Chuck (NBC): Admittedly, I haven’t watched consistently throughout the years, but with the series entering its final season, I can’t help but feel a little nostalgic. Guess it’s never too late, right? (Premieres Oct. 21) READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 09:00 AM ET

Elmo and Cookie Monster re-enact 'The Office,' 'CSI: Miami,' and more! -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

It’s one thing to meet that actor who was once in that one movie you liked, but it’s another to meet the folks that taught you how to count. Elmo and Cookie Monster made the trip from Sesame Street to the EW offices to tell us about their new season (which starts next Monday), and we couldn’t have been more excited had it been Johnny Depp sword-fighting with a time-traveling Theodore Roosevelt. In honor of their upcoming slate of guest stars, the two of them took us through their interpretations of some of TV’s biggest shows — including The Big Bang Theory, CSI: Miami, and The Office (which, coincidentally, name-checked Sesame Street in its premiere last night) and we have to say, Cookie Monster would actually make a pretty good replacement for Michael Scott. Check out the video below and watch as your adult and childhood television viewing habits collide. (By the way, I’m the Muppet in the middle.)  READ FULL STORY »

Sep 23 2011 01:00 AM ET

'Whitney' series premiere: The jokes feel not-so-fresh, but is there hope for this show?

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My favorite part of tonight’s Whitney debut from title star Whitney Cummings came really early on when she says in voice over, “Whitney is taped in front of a live studio audience. You heard me.” It made me think of Reginald Veljohnson making a similar announcement over the sax-heavy end credits of Family Matters, only with a twist. That little wink gave me hope that this might be the type of savvy, self-aware sitcom that’s able to lightly mock the laugh-tracked, multi-camera format that NBC seems to have mostly abandoned.

But that wasn’t the only throwback. I’m sure this show wants to entertain while cleverly shining a light on the modern relationship and the evolving differences between men and women. The most important thing for Whitney is to feel current, relevant. Unfortunately, the humor here felt tired, very Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. The whole time, I kept expecting a joke about a toilet seat, and whether it had been left up. READ FULL STORY »

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