Girl Power TV

The planned Gossip Girl spin off on Lily Van Der Woodsen’s life as a young woman is slowly taking shape. They have, as of this week, found the girl who will play young Lily and she is none other than Brittany Snow.

The spin off will feature Lily as a rebellious teenager in the 80’s. And Brittany, who is a big fan of the original series, is thrilled to play her. What the actress also looks forward to are the fashionable 80’s clothes she will get to wear on the set.

Brittany has been seen in movies like “Hairspray” and “John Tucker Must Die”.

The spin off will first air as an episode in Gossip Girl on its May 11th broadcast.

It’s been years since Nurse Carol left the hospital….have you been missing her? Nurse Carol is, of course, the character Julianna Marguilies played on ER for about five years. She was an integral part of the show, until she left to pursue a different career direction.

With the show closing this season, many of its main characters have committed to coming back for at least one episode.

Julianna Marguilies actually had no intention of returning. Except that his small screen partner on the series, George Clooney, have expressed he will do an episode.

The actress said —

“I said from the beginning I would come back if George came back. But I was pretty sure George wasn’t going to come back. It felt as though a lifetime had happened since then… (but) nothing had happened since then… Half the crew is still there, God bless them. We were all family. It was like coming home.”

And what a reunion it will be.

Their characters, the nurse and the doctor, are reportedly blissfully married with twin kids. Cute huh?

The actress further said that their brief return will be hush-hush and they will not use this chance to milk the show for promotions.

“We wanted it quiet because neither George nor I wanted to sit on talk shows getting people to watch the final episode of E.R… It’s the last thing George needs

Their ER episode is expected to air sometime April.

I haven’t been watching the series since the main characters left, but for sure, I will be tuning to them in April!

After months of wondering whether I should give it up or stay put because of Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), I have finally decided that last week was gonna be my last week of watching Grey’s Anatomy….and its sister show Private Practice (which I actually didn’t even bother watching then).

The show is heading nowhere. No, wait a minute, the show is heading somewhere that does not make any sense anymore. Last week’s killer was Derek’s sudden breakdown — killing his patient, making mistakes with the procedure and becoming involved with Sloane in a brawl. What lead Derek to do all that? Was he not having the best day previously, excited about proposing to Meredith? Where did the stress come from? It just doesn’t make sense anymore.

So, I am finally giving it up.

My reason for sticking around (Dr. Hunt) isn’t even being give justifiable storylines. There really is no reason to stick around anymore.

Nicolette Sheridan has been with Desperate Housewives from the very beginning. Last year, rumors of her leaving the show was actually downplayed saying it was just as good as that —- rumors.

But this past week, news of her character being killed off in the finale have become louder and louder.  And more recently, ABC executives have announced that her character, the seductress Edie Britt, will actually be taken off the program.

Sources say, her character will be killed off, with no chance of returning. The writers of the show insist that writing off the Edie character was essential to the show’s progress.

The decision to do this seems to be okay with the actress as it was reported there were no hard feelings.

 Anybody else watching United States of Tara on Showtime? If you have been tuning to it the last month, then you should have already met all of her personalities —- Alice, Buck (who is a guy) and T. My favorite would have to be T because she can relate to the kids the best, being a teenager personality herself.

According to E! Online though, Tara is getting a new personality very soon. This has been confirmed by the creator of Tara herself, Diablo Cody, who says there could be other alters and a fourth personality may be springing up. This new character should be revealed at the end of the latest episode airing in the next two weeks.

Who do you suppose will it be and what will Tara’s fourth alter be like? I’m guessing it’s someone older, a senior citizen?

Inspite of the efforts at Fox, it seems this match-up with Terminator and Dollhouse is not going to work longterm. Here is the ratings for last week’s episode, which was the return of Terminator from hiatus and the season premiere of Dollhouse:

 8-9 PM

Ghost Whisperer (CBS) — 10.35M
Wife Swap (ABC) — 4.27M
Howie Do It (NBC) — 3.93M
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox) — 3.71M
Everybody Hates Chris/The Game (The CW) — 1.45M

9-10 PM

Flashpoint (CBS) — 8.86M
Supernanny (ABC) — 6.1M
Dollhouse (Fox) — 4.72M
Friday Night Lights (NBC) — 3.46M
13: Fear Is Real (The CW) — .95M

Terminator, a sophomore series hoping to get a big boost and a renewal, had a disappointing week, considering that it used to average around 5Million viewers before it went on a hiatus.

Dollhouse, on the other hand, seems to have done better. Except that the ratings indicated the all time lowest premiere results for any new show this season, following NBC’s Crusoe (which has already been canceled if I remember correctly.)

Dollhouse premiered on Fox the other night to what unfortunately is a disappointing opening.

The storyline is weak and uninteresting, but I guess one has to hope it will get better in the following episodes, so I am holding out actual judgment until I’ve seen a few more.

The biggest disappointment for me, though, lies in Elisa Dushku’s performance. Her character calls for versatility because Echo is programmed to have the mind and personality of different types of people, depending on the situation. But it doesn’t seem as though Dushku portrays this well. I am not convinced. Even when she acts doe-eyed while her character is not on assignment, it looks forced and spaced.

Does Dollhouse have what it takes to be a hit? Was the bar and expectations so high for this series that many ended up disappointed?

Did you watch Dollhouse last night and enjoyed it?

It seems the move from Wednesday nights to Thursday nights following Grey’s Anatomy has given sophomore series, Private Practice,  a big boost in ratings.

The show has been up nine percent its usual ratings after moving to Thursdays at the beginning of this year. The push from Grey’s Anatomy has helped this series a lot, not that it was in any danger in the first place.

This weeks episode even sealed the show’s rankings as Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice did a cross-over.

Addison returns from California to Seattle Grace to seek the help of her ex-husband, Derek. She wants him to save her brother from dying from a rare brain condition, which turned out to be successful.

On the other hand, while conveniently there in Seattle Grace, Addie helps Derek save a pregnant mother from losing both her life and her baby’s life by doing a complicated procedure. It, too, turned out successful.

Did you watch the cross-over this week? Did you like seeing Addison back in her old place of work?

Yesterday’s big news in the TV world is the unconfirmed departure of Katherine Heigl and TR Knight from Grey’s Anatomy.  I say unconfirmed because the powers that be are not saying anything after the news broke out and called this one a slip-up from cast member, James Pickens (the Chief) who has been told by one executive as someone who doesn’t know what he is saying.

Whether or not this is true, isn’t anyone suspecting what really is behind all these drama? Could it be a way to generate buzz and pick up ratings? Admittedly, the show is losing a lot of its viewers, you could say that after five seasons, the show may be need something like this to sustain its viewership. Which could be why there is controversy after controversy surrounding Grey’s Anatomy.

Because this new and very anticipated Joss Whedon show is premiering this coming week, Fox has been going on the offensive giving Dollhouse the much needed boost and promo. This after observations that the network was already killing the program even before it started its run, by putting it on a dangerous time slot of Friday nights.

Anyway, the new promos are pretty kick-ass and has been airing on television. One of the promos included a back to back feature with The Sarah Conor Chronicles. If you have not seen it, here’s a video below:

Making it more interesting, Fox also has released a series of promo pictures with a naked Eliza Dushku, which many fans have already started talking about. Are you one of those eager to watch Dollhouse this week?