Tonight's TV

• The eviction ceremony finds another BB10 houseguest kicked to the curb at 8 tonight on CBS.. 
• Also tonight the new Project Runway gang faces a new challenge at 9, and there's hair and tears flying on Shear Genius at 10pm, only on Bravo.

The Best Made Plans...

Tonight's episode of Big Brother started with Jessie getting a pedicure from Michelle.  Then Memphis & Jessie talk about having Angie & Michelle join them for a 4-way alliance.
Meanwhile, Steven & Renny talk about having lived through Hurricane Katrina, and for the first time we see a sympathetic side to Renny.
When the housemates are woken up early for the Power Of Veto Competition player selection, they look ROUGH.  Renny, of course, throws on a wig and some lipstick for the event.
The Power Of Veto Competition players are: Michelle, Keesha, Libra, Steven, Dan, and Jessie, with Jerry hosting the Big Brother DMV license plate game.
Before the game, Keesha lets it slip in front of Libra that she wants to get POV to save Steven, and he gets upset that she's let that cat out of the bag.  The other girls don't like the fact that Keesha is friends with Steven, and Michelle runs to Jessie & Memphis to tell them Keesha has an alliance with Steven.
During the License To Veto game, Keesha almost gets it, but Michelle wins the Power Of Veto.
After the POV game, Keesha tells Renny that she thinks Libra's a bitch who is always stirring the "drama pot." Keesha then goes to tell Memphis and Jessie that Libra's causing unnecessary drama.
Keesha could be a very savvy player if she's trying to save Steven by getting all the negative attention in the house drawn away from Steven.
Meanwhile, Renny tells Jerry that Libra was talking smack about him during the Food Challenge for being a "slow old man" and Jerry calls Libra a "bitch."  Jerry storms into Libra's room and confronts her, drawing her into a shouting match of he said/she said that eventually draws in Renny into more she said-no-she said.
Steven takes advantage of the hullabaloo to go talk to Jessie about putting Libra up for eviction if he's taken off the block.  Oh - and why doesn't Jessie EVER wear a shirt?  Anyway, Jessie has Steven go get Michelle, and they talk about Michelle using POV to backdoor Libra and have her removed from the house.
Libra clearly has a target on her back, and even though Steven says that Michelle can save Dan (and leave himself on the block) she is leery of using POV to backdoor Libra, afraid that this would put her own butt in jeopardy.  Steven says that it wouldn't make her a target, it would make her a hero, but Michelle's not buying it.
However, at the Veto Ceremony, Michelle decides to NOT use the Power Of Veto, thus destroying the Alliance's plan of backdooring Libra, and leaving Dan and Steven up for eviction.
So, who will be evicted, Dan or Steven?
Tune into Big Brother 10 tomorrow night at 8pm on CBS to find out!

Jessie Revels in POWER

Jessie clearly has allowed the power of being HOH to his head in the Big Brother 10 house.  As he prances around congratulating himself, Renny's in the Diary Room: "My biggest nightmare," she says  "Jessie winning Head Of Household."
♦ Meanwhile: Dan, Steven and Angie with her tadpole eyebrows find themselves on one side of the house, clearly out-numbered.  And does Steven make a fatal error when the rest of the house goes up to see Jessie's HOH room?  Ollie, April, Libra, Michelle, and Memphis stay in the room to implant the "Steven and Dan must go" thought into Jessie's mind, but Jessie really, really wants to put Renny up for eviction.  Can he see past his bulging biceps to see that putting Renny up this week is not a strategic plan: Dan should be the one to go next.
♦ While almost everyone is in the HOH room, Jessie grabs the remote, and sees Steven walking around downstairs, instead of coming up to see his room - Jessie says that Steven dis-respected him by doing that.
♦ Out in the courtyard, Jerry reveals that his wife of 54 years has Parkinsons.  Touching yes.  Sympathy points also - probably.  Remember, he knows how to play this game.
♦ Dan finally brings up the fact that Steven is gay, and Steven says in a Diary aside that he assumes everyone knows he's gay, he just doens't bring it up.  Dan asks Steven lots of questions about being gay, and one has to wonder how an urban twenty-something like Dan has never known any gay people before.
♦ Steven bonds with Keesha over their love of dogs, while Angie comes up to the HOH room to plead her case.  She says that her alliance with Brian wasn't an alliance, that she was 'just talking' to him.  While she talks, a clearly hostile Jessie clicks through the rooms on the close-circuit tv.  To me, that was disrespectful.
♦ Jessie sports a cheesy fake mustache and an even cheesier fake French accent to announce the Food Competition: it's a "Quit Your Wine-ing" competition where the house is divided into two teams and must fill up wine bottles from a leaky giant cask in five minutes.  Renny sees a wine-theme and was hoping for a drinking challenge, and while we're all sure it's fake wine, Ollie nervously says he is afraid to take a sip for fear of instantly turning into an alcoholic.  Oh Please, miss thang. 
♦ The winning team of Ollie, Jerry, Angie, Michelle, and Steven get to eat food for the next week.   The losing team has to eat slop, and they immediately go at each other's throats.  Keesha gloats as friends April and Libra are the ones sniping at each other.
♦ Dan tries to use the "can I use your bathroom?" trick with Jessie, like April did with Jerry - but Dan's plan to get Jessie alone is foiled when Jessie doens't follow him upstairs.  Jessie finally shows up - but with Ollie, and an awkward Dan says he "takes a long time" in the bathroom once he finally gets some privacy.  You can only imagine what's going through muscleboy Jessie's pea brain when he hears that...
♦ Libra questions Memphis for being un-emotional, and he says that his dad left him when he was two.  Then at 15, his dad contacted him again, only to have him die three months later.  And then he had his heart-broken and he became emotionally un-available.  Now, however, he says that he's "head over heels" in love with his current girlfriend.  He says he doesn't show emotion in the house, because he sees it as a sign of weakness.
♦ Dan finally gets a moment of Jessie's time in the HOH room, and Dan pleads his case, trying to stay off the chopping block.  It must not have worked, however, because at the Eviction Nomination Ceremony, Jessie nominates Dan and Steven.   As Renny is estatic to be spared for the week, Jessie calls out Steven for disrespecting him by not visiting his HOH room.  Steven makes another mistake by bold-face lying that he was asleep while everyone went upstairs.  Could this be what gets Steven evicted?

♦ Can Steven win POV and save his cowboy ass?  Tune in Tuesday at 9pm on CBS for the Power Of Veto competition.

Buh-Bye BrianBB10 First Eviction

After a freakin’ long recap, the Chenbot starts the show by introducing the studio audience to the houseguests – one of the things that the producers have done differently this season – they brought back a live audience for the eviction ceremony.

Before the ceremony, some clips of the past few days are shown, including a pasty white Dan without a shirt, a sock-puppet show orchestrated by Brian (sock-puppet Brian admits to having made thousands of alliances during the first few hours in the house, while sock-puppet Ollie is nothing but a guy out for sock-April’s breasts…. Sock-Renny was funny, however), we also see a clip of Ollie and April (the real ones, not the sock ones) kissing in bed and saying how much they like each other’s lips, and Keesha and April get into the first Fight About Nothing.

At the eviction ceremony, Renny and Brian are in the big green chairs, flanked by their housemates. Renny looks like she’s attending Smurfette’s funeral, whereas Brian is going for an up-dated Miami Vice look, like he's headed to Ladies Night at the Ramada Inn.

The voting takes place, and the only person who votes to boot Renny is Brian’s butt-monkey Dan. Even Steven, who obviously has a crush on “you make me laugh” Brian, votes the strongest player out the door.

Dan is clearly sickened when Brian leaves, and Renny is nearly dumb-struck.

As Brian goes out to talk to the Chenbot, she asks him why he created so many alliances so quickly. He says “Funny how fast things happen in this game” and that he tried to put three weeks worth of Big Brother scheming into one week. The Chenbot then asks Brian who the “most underestimated person” in the house is, and Brian doesn’t hesitate to name his Alpha-dog rival, Memphis.

For you Brian fans, he will be appearing Thursday morning on the CBS Early Show, and then also on the 3pm installment of “House Calls” at CBS dot com.

The remaining houseguests don’t get a chance to mourn Brian’s departure, as they’re hustled out to the courtyard for the next Head Of Household competition. By guessing how many pillows were on the Bear Bed in the Honey Challenge, Jessie becomes the second HOH. Neither Dan or Renny appear too thrilled with this turn of events.

The next episode of Big Brother season ten will be Sunday night at 8pm Eastern.

Power Of Veto

Brian is a snake in the grass. And sometimes the snake in the grass gets run over by the lawnmower...

Renny irritates the hell out of me, but Jessie's immature eye rolls irritate me too (and hello, who hasn't heard the story of King Solomon and cutting the baby in half?)
That whole honey & pillows & teddy bears & feathers mess was hilarious! Seeing Renny slooowly crawl through the honey cracked me up, but when she got covered with feathers and looked like Big Bird's albino cousin, I about peed myself!
Good for Jessie to win Power Of Veto! And HELLO boys - when he did the shirt-ripping when he won. Mmmm... Frankly, I don't think he's as sexy as HE thinks he is, but you can't beat a shirtless honey-coated muscle boy, honey.
Anyone else notice that April's "real boobs" almost made a guest appearance while crawling out of the honey pit?
I just have to say: Can you imagine the poor CBS summer interns who had to clean that honey & feathers mess up??? Expletive deleted!!!
Brian tries to play the whole house, but the house rebels, and after they realize that Brian has told Jerry to put Memphis on the elimination block, the house (minus Brian & Dan) go tell Jerry what's going on. Jerry is upset, and doesn't want to go back on his word to Brian, but at the elimination/power of veto meeting, Jessie takes himself off the block - and while Brian thinks Jerry's playing along to the end, it's Brian's neck on the chopping block next to Renny.
I think that Libra and Ollie came out as strong players in this episode, for being able to play the game. Yes, Memphis and Jessie certainly are physically strong contenders, and Dan & Brian's alliance isn't totally over yet, but Libra and Ollie certainly have gained some respect from me.
I love Libra's parting line about Brian, "He was a mystery, now he's history."

This was some great drama from the producers of Big Brother! My only complaint - not enough Steven!

Who will go home - Brian or Renny?
Tune into Big Brother 10 at 8pm Wednesday for the LIVE elimination ceremony!

BB10 Season Premiere Recap

While The Chenbot tells us that this season is back to basics, we're already thrown for a curve of Big Brother business as usual when the 13 new houseguests have to select a Head Of Household before they even enter the house - only based on a first impression of looks.
So, let's have our first impression on the houseguests:

Angie is a 29 year old Korean-American pharmaceutical sales rep, who has a mentally handicapped brother.

April, 30, has real breasts. The promos show her as the OCD one, but that hasn't been discussed in the show yet.

Brian, 27, joined the Airforce because he said they got to sleep in hotels instead of tents like the Army. He now is in "telecommunications" - which he fesses up to being cell phones.

Dan is a 24 year old Catholic school teacher from Michigan, who says he likes being Catholic because you can do whatever you want , then go to confession, and it's wiped away.

Jerry, the 75 year old great-grandfather is a huge Big Brother fan, never having missed an episode during the first 9 seasons. He proclaims himself as the oldest man on a reality TV show, has been married for 54 years.

Jessie, 22, is the youngest contestant, and is a natural body-builder. He's afraid his physique may be a hindrance, putting off other contestants.

Keesha, 29, is a vegetarian Hooters Girl.

Libra, 31, is an Obama-supporter and mother of three, who brings a nice maturity to the women's side of the equation in the house.

Memphis, is a 25 year old "mixologist" -- his term, he says he's NOT a bartender, he's a chef for alcholics. I immediately don't like him.

Michelle, 28, is a Realtor from a large, loud East Coast Portugese family.

Ollie is a 27 year old preacher's son. He doesn't drink, smoke, or curse. His CBS bio says his father is a faith healer who speaks in tongues.

Renny is a 53 year old New Orleans socialite and beauty salon owner. She's brash and in your face, and while she was second-place for the Head Of House vote based on first impressions, once she opened her mouth, she quickly creates friction in the house. As the oldest woman, you'd think she'd be the most mature, but that baton clearly is carried by Libra.

Then there's Steven, the sexy 35 year old gay rodeo cowboy whose truck blew up the day he left to come to the Big Brother house. He doesn't come out to the other housemates during the first introductions, but he's certainly one of the stronger players in the first challenge.

For that first challenge, the house has to split into two teams of six - with one person being left out of the challenge. Jessie bows out voluntarily, a fact he quickly regrets when he learns the prize of the challenge is a vintage car.
The challenge is a typical contrived only-on-Big Brother game, with one team winning FOOD for the week while the losing team must eat SLOP. Memphis and Steven are the last two contestants up for the car, and Steven bows out so Memphis can win the vintage Camaro.
After getting to feel April's real breasts during the introductions, then falling out of the car during the challenge, Jerry is announced as the first Head Of House, and he must nominate 2 people for evicition.
But first, they have their first evening together. Brian and Dan make an early alliance with Ollie, and Brian goes and tries to bond with Jerry over their shared military history. Brian says he wants Renny on the block for eviction, and when Jerry suggests Dan, Brian tells him to spare Dan.
That night, Renny is out of control, and an early-to-bed Jessie has a major problem with Renny's hyena laugh and pranks. Renny tells muscleboy Jessie to "lighten up", and Jessie cracks on Renny's age, which certainly doesn't endear him to 75 year old Jerry.
Brian and Jerry create a secret signal - crossing forearms into an X (for Big Brother 10), as a symbol that they need to talk, for their alliance.
At the first elimination nomination ceremony, Jerry says "I am here to stay" as he nominates Renny and Jessie for elimination, based on their conflict from the previous night - and tells the rest of the housemates that he's throwing the eviction on them, to decide who goes first.
Personally, I hope it's Renny. While I don't think Jessie is the strongest competitor (who takes themself out of the first challenge as a strategy?), his little nipple peeks are easy on the eyes, where Renny is hard on the ears!

First head of house, Jerry:

My only critique of the first episode is that all contestants weren't given equal time - certainly the men were focused on more - aside from Renny annoying the hell out of everyone, including me, most of the women didn't make a standout first appearance.

The next episode of Big Brother 10 airs at 9pm on Tuesday, on CBS.

So, Big Brother fans, will you be watching the Live Feeds at CBS dot com or the Big Brother After Dark program on Showtime?

Big Brother Preview

Big Brother 10 premieres tomorrow night, and this week The Early Show on CBS had a few sneak previews. The executive producers of the show say there are no "twists" to this season - that it's going back to the basics for Season Ten, with 13 strangers (7 men, 6 women) locked up in a soundstage house with tons of cameras and microphones recording their every move.
Julie "The Chenbot" Chen is still the host, and she took The Early Show on a tour of the house before the contestants moved in: the outside porch is meant to look like an "everyhouse" in middle America, and the inside takes us through the decades, from a 50's diner-themed kitchen to bedrooms inspired by the Summer Of Love and the Wild 80's (complete with a Devo-hat lamp!).
Of course, for all the background scenery, it will be for the personalities of the contestants that will or will not bring back viewers back after the first episode.
Last season, I couldn't find anyone to root for, and never in a million years would have guessed that fish-face Adam would have won (I predicted him getting the boot after the first few episodes!) so this season I'm looking for an underdog who isn't a total jerk to throw my support behind. What about you - what do you look for in a contestant to root for on Big Brother?

Big Brother 10 Cast Announced

So the winter season of Big Brother really irritated me.... but I have to admit I'm curious about the new season of BB. Part of that interest was that CBS didn't leak the cast information early, which created some mystery and suspense for me.
Now the cast has been announced on the CBS Big Brother 10 web-page, and with the thirteen housemates - who range in age from 22 to 75: there's a Hooter's girl, a staunch Democrat and an adamant Republican, and several hot guys to provide eye candy, including an openly gay rodeo cowboy who is smokin' hot.... could we have a Future Ex-Husband in Steven?

Million Dollar Questions

So last night on Million Dollar Password, there were again two "celebrities" who I'd never heard of.
And again there was one good Password player, and one not so great.
At least I got that Monique Coleman was from High School Musical - I never did figure out where the other dude was from. Monique wasn't quite in the realm of Rosie O'Donnell greatness when it came to being a Password celeb, but she left the other "celebrity" guy looking like an idiot.
Monique proceeded to the Million Dollar Round with both contestants, and she had good rapport with both, but the first guy, Patrick, was just a hoot. He had a thousand times more charisma than the alleged "celebrity" guy, and Bravo should snatch Patrick up for his own series.

But I guess my question is - why can't CBS get better celebrities for this hit game show? I know that Neil Patrick Harris is on a CBS sitcom, and Rachel Ray is on Food Network (owned by CBS) but there doesn't seem to be much cross-promotion here. I mean, can't you see CSI's William Peterson trying to stretch "near" into two syllables to get someone to reply "far"? Or maybe a daytime diva like Young & Restless' Melody Thomas Scott or Bold & Beautiful's Susan Flannery? Of course, my personal choice would be Guiding Light's fireball Kim Zimmer! Now she would make a great game show contestant!
I just think that CBS is not utilizing their own goldmine of talents.
Of course, I still want Rosie back on a regular basis on Password - and still think the producers should steal my idea of a Password season finale with Rosie & NPH! Now that would be a kick-ass show!
Who would you like to see as a Million Dollar Password celebrity?

Edge Of Night

Anyone else remember The Edge Of Night?
This classic Proctor & Gamble show was the first half-hour soap opera (previously, television soaps were 15 minute episodes), premiered in 1956, airing with sister-show As The World Turns. In 1975, the show moved from CBS to ABC, where it ran until 1984. I still remember the final episode!
The premise of the show was different from other daytime dramas, in that the story arcs revolved around mysteries and crime, and I thought it was a compelling premise.
My favorite characters were Sky (Larkin Malloy) & Raven (Sharon Gabet)- a pair of private detectives, he so suave and dashing, she a tiny tempest, like an Erica Kane. Other couples were the venerable pair of Mike (Forrest Compton) & Nancy (Ann Flood), and the young lovers Jody (played by Lori Laughlin in her pre-Full House days) & Gavin (Mark Arnold).
During the last few years of the show Daytime Emmy-nominee Lois Kibbee, who played town matriarch Geraldine Saxon, also co-wrote the show with longtime scribe Henry Slesar - someone I always admired. He goes into my "soap opera writer's hall of fame" in my head along with Agnes Nixon and Douglas Marland. Yes, when I was in high school, I wanted to be just like Henry Slesar and Douglas Marland when I grew up!

Steven Plays For A Million

Tonight, Steven Weber joins The Reege
on Million Dollar Password, at 8pm on CBS.

That's Ms. Marler to you!

Gina Tognoni looking HOT in red on the Red Carpet at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy awards. Pictured with her on-screen mother, Maeve Kincaid (Vanessa).

Emmy Winner Gina Tognoni

(Dinah, Guiding Light)
for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Congrats to Gina Tognoni for her win last night at the Daytime Emmys.
I was sad that Van Hansis didn't win in his category, but excited for Ms. Tognoni.

The Red Carpet Pre-Show on SoapNet suffered from way too many technical problems. Were summer interns running the show or what? With SoapNet being owned by ABC/Disney, frankly I expected better.
The actual broadcast of the 35th Annual Daytime Emmys on ABC went much smoother, but overall it was a fairly boring telecast. ABC cut the show from 3 hours to 2 hours after the Emmy nominations were announced (CBS led the pack with most nominations), to include a sneak preview of SoapNet's new summer show: MVP, the Canadian hockey take on Footballers Wives.
MVP seemed to be a pretty generic, if well-produced, soap. The preview wasn't enough to make me tune into its regular time slot of 11pm Thursdays on SoapNet, however.
General Hospital, an ABC soap, won for Best Daytime Drama beating out Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary nomination, so that must've made Brian Frons (ABC Daytime head honcho) happy at least.

Daytime Emmys Tonight

Several cast members from Guiding Light
at the Daytime Emmy Creative Craft Awards:
Bonnie Dennison (Daisy), Caitlin VanZandt (Ashlee),
Murray Bartlett (Cyrus) and Jessica Leccia (Natalia)

Tonight the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are on ABC, from 8-10pm, after the Red Carpet Pre-Show from 6-8pm on SoapNet.

Some of my favorites I hope get the Emmy:
Daniel Cosgrove (Bill, Guiding Light) for Supporting Actor.
Gina Tognoni (Dinah, Guiding Light) for Supporting Actress.
Jennifer Landon (ex-Gwen & Cleo, As The World Turns) for Younger Actress (hey she not only played a cheesy singer but that cheesy singer's psycho stalker).
Outstanding Drama Series: Guiding Light

And the one I'm really rooting for:
Van Hansis (Luke, As The World Turns) for Younger Actor.

Whoopi and Tony

The last time I watched the Tony Awards, Rosie O'Donnell hosted. She loves Broadway so much, and had such fun with it.
But I love Whoopi Goldberg also - and I think she was the best Oscar host ever.
So along with a hope of catching a glimpse of Cheyenne Jackson, I will be tuning in for the Whoopsmeister.
For a full list of nominees for the 62nd annual Tony Awards, visit the CBS website.

Snarkless Tidbits

Our intrepid Reality TV reporter Reeyala T Bytes has taken some time off, so I'm going to fill in with some TV tidbits...

• I was SO thrilled for Top Chef Stephanie this week. I was rooting equally for Steph and Richard right up to the final episode, but I think Richard hit the nail on the head when he said he "choked" in the finale. I mean, the pickled radish got more compliments than the slab of pork fat it was sitting on. Yay Stephanie for being the first female Top Chef!
• The Top Chef producers really had me nervous that they might pick sourpuss Lisa as the winner. I'm so glad they didn't reward a surly season of bad cooking with any undeserved accolades. Oh - and Lisa, congrats on the bronze. Because I know you'd call me on it if I didn't wish you congratulations.
• Next Wednesday night: the Top Chef: Chicago Reunion Special!
  
• Had a couple great laughs with Kathy Griffin on My Life On The D-List last night. It was amusing to watch her awards-show-date and Apple Computers co-founder Steve Wozniak pay more attention to a little iGadget than to the lookin-hot Kathy in the limo. I hope it was just the producers of the show playing it up for laughs, and he actually was a more-doting date.
• Bravo's A-List Awards last night was quite entertaining, although they could have just as well called it the Gay List Awards. They even made a joke about their audience being women and gay men. Best part of the evening: Kathy Griffin's opening number - a classic!
  They should have had her close the show with an equally stunning number, but the Myanmar Project Runway Fashion Show was fun. And Kathy's dress clearly was the best - but Nikki Blonsky's was a close second!
• Speaking of dresses, though - Caroline Rhea's outfit on the A-List Awards: um, honey, NO! It was so un-flattering for your fuller-figure, and the shoulder collar thingy made you look like a hunch back! Get thee to the person who designed Nikki's Myanmar dress!
  
• The fabulous Cheyenne Jackson was on the CBS Early Show this morning, singing from Xanadu, publicizing the Tony Awards. Cheyenne, pictured above, has a great voice, and certainly is easy on the eyes.
• Love the official Xanadu on Broadway website, by the way!
• Did anyone else catch the premiere of the new Sci-Fi show Charlie Jade last week? Interesting concept of multiple parallel universes, with a noir detective twist. The atmosphere of Charlie's universe kind of reminded me of Bladerunner sometimes.
  
• Tonight's Doctor Who on Sci-Fi Channel is called "The Unicorn and the Wasp" where The Doctor and Donna travel to 1926 Britain and join forces with none other than Agatha Christie to solve a murder.
• The mid-season-ending episode of Battlestar Galactica airs tonight @ 10pm on the Sci-Fi Channel. Newly installed President Lee "Apollo" Adama has to deal with Colonial issues while kidnapped-by-the-Cylons Laura Roslin is used as bait to draw out the Final Five. Sci-Fi Channel has not scheduled the second half of the final season yet, so tonight's cliffhanger is it for the foreseeable future. Frak!
  

Rosie & Reege

Rosie O'Donnell is certainly in her element in front of a live audience. She had such charm and pizazz on tonight's Million Dollar Password - and it's hard to upstage Regis Philbin!
Ro and contestant Dante Mercadante had great chemistry and rapport, I was surprised he stopped at $50,000 instead of going for the million!
Poor Tony Hawk couldn't hold a candle to Rosie, just like last week Neil Patrick Harris outshone Rachel Ray. Can you imagine a Password with Ro and NPH?

Anyone else find themselves yelling at the TV?
"Drugstore, Tony! Drugstore!"

Million Dollar Premiere

CBS says:

Regis Philbin returns to prime time to host MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD. Watch Neil Patrick Harris and Rachael Ray on a modern update of one of television's greatest game shows, premiering Sunday, June 1 at 8pm pt/et.

Mo says: Personally, I despise Rachel Ray and secretly hope Reege drops her in a vat of boiling EVOO, while NPK yells "Yum-Oh!" but still, I'll be tuning in tonight to see the premiere of this "new" game show.

CBS Summer Shows

I think I'm less excited about Swingtown than I am about Million Dollar Password.
I mean, other than having Grant Show take off his shirt frequently (at least it's set in the 70's when men had chest hair, and Show's sporting a fuzzy chest for a change), Swingtown doesn't appeal to me that much, in spite of the umteenzillion promos for it on CBS.
Oh - and if you're wondering where you've seen the other male lead (pictured above) , it's Jack Davenport who played Commodore Norrington in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Million Dollar Password, on the other hand (premieres Sunday at 8pm) has the Reege, who I strangely like doing gameshows - so long as they don't try to cram it down our throats six times a week a la Millionaire. The previews for this show look fun, and am looking forward to seeing out actors Rosie O'Donnell and Neil Patrick Harris show off their natural comedic skills.

CSI Season Finale Tonight!

It's good-bye Mr. Green Eyes tonight,
as CSI Warrick Brown leaves the building.

Tonight's Season Finales:
CSI (9pm CBS)
ER (10pm NBC)
Without A Trace (10pm CBS)

CBS Fall Line-up

Ooh-lah-Leonard!

CBS has unveiled their new fall TV schedule, and I must say I'm under-whelmed by the descriptions of the news shows...
At least the three CSI's in their same time-slots, and those lovable geeks from Big Bang Theory are returning! (Is it wrong to have a crush on Johnny Galecki?)