Stefano is back

the guy's been in a coma on DOOL for a bit now. he was even fired.

after the actor Joe whats'hisface went to Soap Opera Digest bitching about the dismissal, the DOOL writing team snatched him back up and now the guy's coming out of a Marlena-influenced coma.

holla!

Vanity Fair loves GG

See for yourself.

In the new VF issue "The New Wave", GG is showcased.

This photo is ridiculous.

Dexter is filming at fairfax high school

there's five trailers in the parking lot

melrose and fairfax ave

right now.

EW list 1-25

Drumroll please......


25. Miami Vice: Corckett and Tubbs made it cool for guys to have 5 o'clock shadow and wear pastel suits.

24. Star Trek: The Next Generation: To all of the Trekkies out there, sorry we have not seen this show so please feel free to discuss amongst yourselves.

23. The West Wing: Why can't Martin Sheen really be president?

22. The Real World: Of course it is on this list it is also on what?...season 87? For real though, when this show first came out it was groundbreaking, it was really the first reality television show. From Julie and Kevin's race debate to Pedro's battle with AIDS. And of course for every amazing season (San Diego, Miami, Las Vegas), there are bad ones (Philadelphia, London).


21. Roseanne: Who didn't want to be in the Connor household for those Halloween episodes? And you know that Sarah Chalke is still called second Becky.

20. Beverly Hills 90210: The best zip code ever. Before you get all star struck with the glossy new 90210, go back and get to know the original. Fall in love with all of the sideburns, embrace Brenda's subtle bitchniess and Kelly's full out bitchiness. I mean hello, Kelly over dosed on caffeine pills, was a child model, was raped, had a coke problem, got shot, had amnesia, joined a cult, got burnt in a fire and made out with Brandon! And that was just one character! Donna Martin Graduates!!

19. ER: I have a very dear friend who has a choreographed dance to the theme of ER. It is amazing. ER was must see tv, and not just for George Clooney alone. It is still a great show that has a way of shocking us each week. And we still get teary eyed when we think about Mark Greene dying or Carol and Doug finally getting together.

18. American Idol: They should have stopped after the first season. Just sayin'. (E)

17. The Office the U.K. version: Ricky Gervais. Enough said. This might be a LITTLE high on the list, however.


16. Arrested Development: Do yourselves a favor go to target and shell out thirty bucks for all three seasons of this hysterical show, or is you are cheap go to hulu.com and watch them for free. Tell them Tobias Funke the analrapist sent you.

15. The Oprah Winfrey Show: She is the Queen of all Media. Oprah is God.

14. The Daily Show: Want to know why the stoner college dude is talking politics with you? It is because of John Stewart. And that was your moment of Zen.

13. Freaks and Geeks: Maybe you have heard of James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Siegel, Busy Phillips, Linda Cardenelli oh and Judd Apatow? Yea that was the cast of Freaks and Geeks. Now tell us why this show only lasted one season? J still hasn't seen an episode.


12. South Park: The most crass and funniest fourth graders around. Trapped in the closet is a classic episode. And any chow where you can get George Clooney to guest star as a gay dog is ok by us.

11. The Wire: It is in our netflix queue we swear! Is it REALLY this high, though??


10. Buffy The Vampire Slayer: We are beyond excited that our beloved Buffy made the top ten. Bussy kicked ass and gave quips left and right. She went through it all; the tragic love story with Angel, the 2nd season finale still makes us cry a,, her mom died and she is left to care for her sister who is a ball of green energy, and she even died. She saved the world a lot, and our world is a little sadder with Buffy not on.

9. Friends: Who knew that a show about 6 friends who hung out in a coffee shop and with each other would BE such a hit. And who didn't want the Rachel haircut?

8. LOST: We still don't quite understand what is going on, but we love it. No other show has made us scream at the TV, made us drop our jaws, or have hour long conversations after the show has aired to try to figure out what was going on. JJ Abrams= evil genius.

7. The Cosby Show: It is a classic American sitcom. The sweaters alone kill us.

6. Survivor: I don't think I have ever used the word alliance until this show aired. Oh and Elisabeth might be a cohost of the View, but she was first a contestant on this show.


5. Sex and the City: We're a Carrie for sure. I mean come on the shoes alone. It basically turned every women's brunch conversation from tame to super racy. And we love them for it.

4. The X Files: The truth is out there, somewhere we think. Mulder? Scully? Help here?

3. Seinfeld: It was the show about, well nothing, and brought us such comic jems as the puffy shirt, the soup nazi and of course Kramer. We are still trying to forgive them for the lame ending though.

2. The Sopranos: See mafia bosses are just like us, they have problems and whiny families and go to shrinks. And they listen to Journey. J never got into it.

1. The Simspons: It has been on for well, ever and does not look like it is going away anytime soon. We only wish that Springfield was real only so we could drink at Moe's visit the power plant, eat a Krusty burger, oh and get that amazing yellow tan.

Yay Scotty Evans!

Our friend Scott scored a part on L&O: CI and the episode aired on Sunday.

Here's the promo with him mackin on some girl.

Sorry for no audio

CRACKER BARREL SHOUTOUT!!!

From Hannah Montana's new interview with Billboard magazine:
On her show recently being highlighted your show as being great for young women in that it showcases a wide range of body types.
I stress about that stuff like everyone else, but at the end of day, I’m a good ol’ Southern girl that likes her Cracker Barrel at 9 o’clock at night and if I want it, gosh darn, I’m going to eat it. I’m not going to make myself miserable. And for so many girls, you don’t want to be thin because you want the guy to think you’re gorgeous or whatever–you do it all for women, you do it all for a competition. That’s so silly, it’s such a game.

The Emmys: top 10 lists revealed

The ballots have been counted and there's a top 10 Emmys list for Drama & Comedy series. From these nominees, the field is cut down to 5. Maybe things will change this year, and there'll be six, but it's usually 5.

We're gonna reveal to you the lists and then give our opinion. Some of this might surprise you...

Drama:
The Tudors
Mad Men
House
BOSTON LEGAL
Grey's Anatomy
Friday Night Lights
Dexter
Lost
Damages
The Wire

Boston Legal....wtf. AGAIN? We don't even know what to say. Glad to see Damages and Lost on the list. Where's Rescue Me? And I think the picture above shows you who else should be on :).

Comedy:
Flight of the Conchords
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Two & A Half Men
Entourage
30 Rock
The Office
Ugly Betty
Weeds
Pushing Daisies
FAMILY GUY

Family Guy is shocking. It could be the first animated comedy to make it into the general comedy field. The Simpsons hasn't even done that and that's a better show, as is South Park. Insane. Glad to see Pushing Daisies and Flight of the Conchords being recognized. Actually, quite incredulously overjoyed. Where's How I Met Your Mother, though? Or Desperate Housewives? They both had stellar seasons. We would take out Entourage and Two & a Half Men. Easily.

What are YOUR thoughts?

P.S. If Family Guy can be nominated for comedy, the Hills can be for Best Drama.

SYTYCD: JS performs

Ok, so I'm not surprised about Chris leaving. He could have been cut last week.

HOWEVER, Chelsie? Damn. :(

On a brighter note, Jordin Sparks nailed it.

Jeff Goldblum on Law and Order CI

We just heard that Jeff Goldblum will be taking over for Chris Noth on Law and Order: Criminal Intent. We are also scratching our heads about this. First Noth was Mike logan on Law and Order then he of course was Mr. Big on Sex adn the City and then he came back to the Mike Logan role for CI. We hope that this is not permanent. I think Vincent D'Ofnorio's Dective Goren is wacky enough for the whole show. No idea when the switch happens but it will be for 8 episodes.

and what is up with all of the Big Chill people getting work lately? Love it.

The EW List continues 50-26

50. Baywatch: It brought us the slow-mo run on the beach, Pamela Anderson and more importantly David Hasselhoff. Admit it you have pretended to be a Baywatch Life guard.

49. Twin Peaks: Oh David Lynch. You are the master of confusion and the weirdness. It also leads to one of our favorite sayings: "I'm have a twin peaks experience". This is obviously only for the 1st season, we're assuming.

48. Ally McBeal: Yes it had the dancing baby, but it also had, Lucy Liu, Portia De Rossi and Calista Flockhart. And a same sex bathroom, which in our opinion is creepy. It also lead the way for women wearing short skirts in the workplace. Why is this not on DVD yet, btw?!


47. 30 Rock: Need proof that this show is genius? Just watch this clip:



46. Homicide Life on the Street: Way better than NYPD Blue, but with half the audience.


45. Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David created Seinfeld and took his unique style of comedy, comedy about nothing into this HBO classic. You know that you shouldn't be laughing at say holocaust survivors, but damn it He just makes it so funny.

44. Jeopardy!: What is: do do do do do do do do do do do do dododododo do do do do do do do do du du do boom boom. (Sidenote from E I have a friend whose goal is to get on Jeopardy and if he does not know the answer to final Jeopardy he is going to put my name. So I've got that going for me)

43. Late Night With Conan O'Brien: We cannot wait for him to take over the Tonight Show. And he kept us laughing during the writer's strike. And his opening at the Emmy's was the best ever.



42. LA Law: My mom loved this show. Oooo Did we just date ourselves? Plus, someone fell down a frakkin elevator shaft!


41. Frasier: Although we would have rather seen a spinoff with Norm and Cliff, Frasier was still pretty funny. What was even better when he and David Hyde Pierce, Niles on the show, go on the Simpsons as Side Show Bob and his brother. Yes we know different show.

40. Mr. Show: One of the best sketch comedy shows on TV. Ever. Oh and you can thank them for brining us Tenacious D and therefore Jack Black. If you are not a Jack Black fan, then here are the men you can blame.

39. Six Feet Under: Yes it is about death and funerals, but it is also about family a fucked up one at that. Probably the best openings of any show on TV, and then of course there was the twist of all twists, they killed Nate (Narm! Narm!). Also gave us our introduction to Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and Rainn Wilson (The Office). J has friends who watched that series finale montage incessantly, while bawling their eyes out.

38. Beavis and Butt-Head: We said butt, Heh he he heh heh


37. NYPD Blue: Sipowicz's ass. Urgh we just threw up a little.

36. Thirtysomething: The original Brothers & Sisters. That's sayin a lot. Well that is also saying that yuppies from every generation have problems. Shocker.


35. CSI: We never looked at crime scenes the same thing and get bummed when we have jury duty and the forensics and their scientists aren't as cool as Grissom and clan.

34. 24: Jack Bauer never really has a good day. Thank god he can run around LA with a gun and scream I am a CTU Agent. Always amazes us that he can get around LA so quickly when we try to drive oh say from the Valley to Hollywood it takes us an hour. Not Jack Bauer though.

33. My So- Called Life: Only on for one season yet it is still the best teen angst drama ever. Claire Danes seethed with teenage angst, and Jordan Catalano oh I mean Jared Leto was the dyslexic heartthrob every girl wanted to save. Fun trivia time: does anyone recognize Angela's sister as the brunette vixen on Greek? Mmmhmm. This is one entry on EW's list that should have been MUCH much higher.


32. Gilmore Girls: Oh how we miss the fast paced pop cultured ridden dialogue from Lorelei and Rory. Who didn't want to live in that household?

31. The Civil War: Sorry it was on PBS and about history, we kinda missed it.

30. Late Show with David Letterman: When it comes down to it Dave is always better than Jay. Hence why he is higher on the list. We love when he interviews celebrities he could care less about, Paris Hilton, Spencer Pratt just to name two.

29. The Shield: Great show, we just don't watch it.

28. The Larry Sanders Show: Don't judge us. Again, never seen an episode. I guess we need to go on hulu.com

27. Law and Order: Dun Dun. It is the noise that spun off well numerous spin offs. You can basically turn on a TV at any time of the day and somewhere Law & Order will be on. Dick Wolf is one rich bitch. This entry is oddly low on the rating todem pole as well.


26. Chapelle's Show: Speaking of rich bitches. He made Rick James famous again (I'm Rick James Bitch!), made Wayne Brady gansta (Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?) and had a blind black man the head of the KKK. Then he had a breakdown and left the show. Whenever you want to come back Dave we are ready for you.

Love it or Hate it Nashville Star

A Friend of the Couch's has some thoughts on Nashville Star. Check it out Here:

http://tvslant.blogspot.com/

90210 Scoop

Our scores on the lot for 90210 (yes we have sources and spies) have just given us a little piece of gossip. The lockers in West Bev are going to be blue! A light Blue, no more grey lockers.

(and yes we will try to get better scoop we swear, but hey you get what ya get when ya can get it)

Another one on Damages

I tried to get into Damages, but then it lost me. I have heard that it is amazing though and only going to get better with the addition of Timothy Olyphant. I have loved him since GO and enjoy his sports reports on indie 103.1 in the am.

Also joining the cast this season is William Hurt. Little bit of a Big Chill reunion.

Damages should be premiering January of 2009.

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Real Housewives of Atlanta confirmed

Bravo has confirmed a new set of Housewives: Atlanta.

Now, this has been going on for almost 2 years. They were casting for this, trying to find a gated community for it, back when I cast Yo Momma. However, it never worked out until they decided to not solely use one neighborhood and feature some promiment black women.

Of course, we'll be watching.

SYTYCD: Chelsea & Mark

All you can say is wow.

THE best performance of the night. I know I spoke about the first Busta performance as being great, but this killed it. My roommate and I had to watch it three times.

if you're watching SYTYCD right now

Was just blown away by Charington & Twitch. Plus, the song was hot.

Did I spell her name correctly?

Oh well.

Bromance Auditions

This is for you, Randy:
Become the newest member ofBrody Jenner’s entourage -& Executive Producer Ryan Seacrest Present a new show starring“The Hills’”Brody Jenner and you!

Seeking all types of guys, 21yrs Bros selected to participate on MTV's BROMANCE will be flown to Los Angeles, move into a mansion, and live the celebrity highlife!

You will have the opportunity to party with beautiful women and get to see whatit's like to be a part of Brody's Entourage.

NOW CASTING!

If you want to “Bromance” with “The Hills” breakout star, Brody Jenner…

HOW TO APPLY
To schedule an interview and to find out more information aboutbecoming a bro, please email us atbrocasting@gmail.com

Don’t forget to include your name, phone number, contact information, and your myspace link or personal website. We can’t wait to meet you!

EW New Classics 75-51

75. Project Runway: Without it we would not have the catch phrases, make it work, hot tranny mess and whatever Heidi says when they are voted off. And the musical that Santino makes about Tim Gunn and Andre. Priceless. Lighten up, it’s just fashion.

74. Wiseguy: Another one we have never heard of.

73. OZ: The 67th reason why we would never want to go to prison is OZ.

72. Newsradio: Dave Foley, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney, Joe Rogan and the late Phil Hartman made well New radio funny.

71. Friday Night Lights: It is the show that no one watches but should.

70. Everybody Loves Raymond: It brought the family sitcom back, even though we did not think it was funny. So I guess you can say the couch did not love Raymond. Hey you can’t please everyone

69. The Colbert Report: Truthiness. Stephen Colbert took his stellar reporting from the Daily show and carried it over to his own news show, which is almost as good as Jon Stewart. We said almost.

68. Jackass: As my nephew would say falling is always funny, but so are fart jokes, and stapling parts of your body that should not be stapled, underwear made out of bees, and basically beating the shit out of your friends.

67. Planet Earth: Now we have not seen this yet but we heard it is amazing in high def, and not that was not just from our stoner friends.

66. Grey’s Anatomy: Oh Grey’s. We have had a rocky relationship with you. We watched you when you were the midseason replacement, we endured your new fans when they all jumped on the bandwagon, we stayed with you during the crappy 4th season (that you pulled out in the end) and more importantly we have not punched Meredith in the face. Now about the whole Mc so and so thing. We are over it.

65. Family Guy: Probably the only show on the list that was cancelled and then thanks to the Cartoon Network and DVD sales did FOX beg to get them back and then signed it’s creator to a $100 million deal. All of this for a show where the men have balls as chins.

64. The Osbournes: SHARRRRRON! The original celeb reality show showed us that eh Prince of Darkness was just a normal Dad. Well a normal Dad that swears a lot and sometimes eats the heads off of bats. Well ok he just did it that once… but still…

63. Mystery Science Theatre 3000: A Man, and two robots enter a movie theatre, watch some B-D movies and make comments on them. No it is not a joke; it was Mystery Science Theatre 3000. You have them to thank every time you watch a bad movie and make fun of it. (Armageddon).

62. House: He is mean, grumpy, a pill popper, snarky and walks with a cane. He is also the best doctor on TV right now. Just imagine if he were at Seattle Grace he would rip Meredith a new one. Oh and if you have heard of his name before it is also because it’s a noun.

61. The Office (the American version): One of the funniest shows on TV at the moment. Yes we know that there was a British version and trust us the people that tell you that the British version was funny are only trying to sound cool. Michael cooked his foot in a George Forman Grill. What more do you need to say? That’s what she said.

60. Xena Warrior Princess: Sadly never watched. Or take away the sadly and just we never watched it.

59. Battlestar Gallatica: The best Frakin’s sci fi show since Star Trek.

58. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Sadly we are more excited for when Conan will be taking over next year.

57. The Amazing Race: There is a reason why this wins best reality competition every year. Cause it is so damn good!

56. Desperate Housewives: Bored suburbia housewives gossip and sleep with gardeners. Oh and there are secrets.

55. Pee-Wee’s Playhouse: Loved this as a kid and stoner’s across the world love it still now. Who hasn’t had a secret word of the day and then scream when someone else says it.

54. Moonlighting: Yes Bruce Willis was once on a nighttime television show.

53. Will and Grace: Revolutionalized TV by being the first show to really focus on two gay characters and the women who love them. Honestly we would take or leave Will and Grace, but Jack and Karen? Never.

52. Felicity: I have a personal attachment to this show since she and I went to college at the same time, but I did not chop my hair off. This was JJ Abram’s first show on television and if you like us watch td you rehe rest of his shows you see that he loves using the same people over and over (Greg Gunenburg we are looking at you)

51. Melrose Place: It was a Spinoff of 90210, oh yea, Grant Show dated Kelly then moved to Melrose Place, but it wasn’t a hot until Heather Locklear showed up that it got good. And hello Marcia Cross blew the place up!


We will be back tomorrow with more. Cause you know you love it!

Celebrity Family Feud: Coco is ridiculous

Super Password to continue on

Short and sweet and to the point.

Super Password. 6 more episodes. CBS.

Jessica Simpson still does that mouth thing

You know, when she hits a high note and opens her mouth real awkwardly wide.

She sang on The View this morning. Take a look:

Who wears short shorts?

Chuck Bass wears short shorts!

We're assuming this is for the Hamptons stint of GG?

Praying....

EW's the New Classics

One thing that always tends to irk the couch is that when top ten lists come out very rarely do they include shows from the last 25 years. Well this week Entertainment Weekly is posting what they think are the top 100 new classic tv shows. And of course the couch being the couch has an opinion on some. For the full list pick up an issue of Entertainment Weekly.

100. Saved by the Bell: We would have never have known that caffeine was basically a street drug if it was not for Jesse Spano getting so excited. Put your mind to it go for it get down and break a sweat. You know what we are talking about.

99. The Bachelor: I have a friend who is obsessed with this show and each season picks the final two. I am amazed that people still watch this show and even more amazed that people think that they can find true love on TV. You are an evil genius the Bachelor.

98. MacGyver: If we were stranded on a deserted island we would want McGyver with us, or at least the DVDs of the show. Hello?! He could make a raft out of a branch, palm leaves, gum and floss.

97. Party of Five: Most. Depressing. Show. Ever. But also an amazing show. There was a Fox and a Wolf on it, get it Mathew Fox and Scott Wolf. Wa wa wa. This show also holds a record for the shortest amount of time it takes someone to become an alcoholic. Seriously Bailey turned into one within like an episode.

96. The Aresenio Hall Show: Woo woo woo woo. That should be like the Dog fist pumping thing.

95. Designing Women: Oh the Sugabaker women. I miss those shoulder pads. And Delta Burke.

94. Married…With Children: Al and Peggy Bundy were the parents that you or one of your friends had. The Cleavers they definitely were not. And anytime we see a guy sitting on a couch with his hand down his pants (not in a sexual way) we think of Al.

93. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: I think it is safe to say that they are responsible for turning manly men in Metrosexuals. Oh and the term manscaping. If anyone can tell us what Jai Rodriguez’s speciality was then we will give you a cookie.

92. The Ben Stiller Show: Yup before Ben Stiller became Mr. Hollywood he had his own show on FOX starring then nobodies, Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, oh and Judd Apatow was involved. And it was totally cancelled after one season.

91. Mad Men: We don’t watch this, but I am guessing we should.

90. Dawson’s Creek: Those Damn River kids. The show followed four kids from Cape Cod (where Worcester was a black hole) who used lingo that would make you break out a dictionary, who made out with each other and were way to angsty for words. It brought us the Joey, Dawson, Jen love triangle, the Joey, Pacey, love triangle, and the Jen, Jack and Grams show (which come on is just like Three’s Company). Also Joey’s side smile and Dawson’s unusually large head. It’s just lipstick and hairspray Dawson. Thank you Mrs. Tom Cruise.

89. Spongebob Squarepants: He lives in a pineapple under the sea, his best friend is a starfish and his snail meows. That is all you really need to know.

88. Malcolm in the Middle: watch a pre-teen grow into an awkward midget before your very eyes.

87: Deadwood: *tumbleweeds*

86: Prime Suspect: Helen Mirren won about every major award for this show, oh and she has an Oscar. Basically a no brainer.

85 Kids in the Hall: It’s Canadian comedy eh?

84. Northern Exposure: really?

83. Absolutely Fabulous: British comedy at its finest. Who doesn't like a good martini sipped on by an old cranky chain-smoking woman?

82. The Hills: The best real fake reality show ever. I mean come on no way Justin Bobby is a real person. And the Lauren Heidi feud may go down as one of the best ones ever.

81. Murphy Brown: You know a show is a classic when a a real Vice President addresses as TV character like a real person. When Murphy Brown decided to have a baby sans husband Republicans everywhere got their panties in a bunch none more so than the man who can not spell potato.

80. King of the Hill: Mike Judge has helped this go on for 13 seasons. THIRTEEN. Wow.

79. The Comeback: It is in our net flix queue.

78. I’ll Fly Away: We have never heard of this until now.

77. The Golden Girls: Thank you for being a friend. There would be no Sex and the City if it were not for Blanch, Rose, Sophia and Dorothy. Remember that. HOWEVER, why the HELL is it this low on the list? Desperate Housewives, which ranks higher, came from this show. As did Sex & The City. That's some big big BIG BS.

76. In Living Color: J. Lo was a fly girl Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey were regulars on it. Basically an all black sketch show which had people cracking up in the 90’s. Homey Don’t play that.

how the HELL is Lipstick Jungle doing this?

After Mary Tyler Moore signed onto a few episodes, I thought that was the apocalypse. Now Rosie Perez has signed on for several episodes.

How much $$$ is LJ payin?!

2008 BET AWARDS

Did you watch last night?

Holy cow. Let's just say this. If you didn't you missed an epic medley of estrogen proportions. And we loved it.

Not only did Alicia look fantastic, but she brought out SWV, TLC, and En Vogue! Not just En Vogue, but the 4 original members of En Vogue. Including Dawn Robinson.

Wow.

Other than that, Keyshia felt awkward, Chris Brown and Ciara almost nailed on stage, and Fergie made yet another appearance.

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Project Runway's Next Big Move

Not only is this upcoming season the last that will be on Bravo but it is also the last for the production company Magical Elves. As of next season's Project Runway which is season six Bunim Murrary will be producing it. Yup the people that bring you the Real World will bring you hot tranny messes. I think that they have some experience with that.

And for S and G's here is this:

It's Showtime for Clooney

George Clooney is developing a comedy for Showtime. (I bet now you think the headline is funny, or lame, or funny lame.) His production company Smoke House productions is producing the Fall of Bob, a half hour comedy where the main character jumps from a building and as his life flashes before his eyes he narrates the stories. Yea we are going with this is a dark comedy.

Can you say duh?

Disney is planning on making a Camp Rock 2. Now I am not 13 and definitely not considered a "tween" so I missed this one. And I only really know who the Jonas Brothers are because I sadly read Perez Hilton.

So there you can give this news to your younger sister, cousin, gay nephew...they will love you for it.


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First Look Fringe

I think that if I were ever to meet or even see JJ Abrams in person I would turn into a blubbering idiot by professing my love for everything that he does. Yes I even like What About Brian? Well parts of it anyway. Really how does this man’s brain work? Why is he a freakin genius?

This week I got to see THE pilot of the fall season, Fringe. Why the capital “the” you ask? Because they spent around 10 million dollars to make it, it is JJ Abrams, it is pegged as the new X Files and for purely selfish reasons it takes place in Boston and Joshua Jackson is in it.

Why is it called Fringe? Well because the show deals with the Fringe sciences, you know not the science class you took in high school.

The pilot is two hours and I did think run a little long but it was all still great. The basic premise is a plane lands in Boston and everyone on board is dead, in a really gross way. Now the fun part why did everyone on the plane melt and can they save another agent whose skin has become like plastic and clear, by the way.

Enter Joshua Jackson and his whack job father. His Dad has been in a mental institution for years.

Won’t go into to many details, but there are twists, secret romances, and acid trip, something very matrix like and the creepy black dude from LOST.

If you are a fan of JJ’s like we are then you will enjoy Fringe. Check it out this fall.

DK on Nashville Star?

While them performing on a country show doesn't make that much sense, especially on a show that has ATROCIOUS talent (they should really be ashamed of themselves), DK still rocked it out last night.

And, of course, I'm posting it:

ABDC: Fanny Pak

Love.
Them.


Plus, they gain major points for using Kylie. Duh.

This shocks us

Heather Locklear has entered rehab for psychological issues.

This shocks and saddens us :( At least she's receiving treatment, however.

However, it does make us bring up some fond memories:

The Pregnant fools on GMA

Makes you wonder, right? (that's my deep statement for the day)

Remember this?: The Match Game

With the news of TBS bringing back The Match Game (genius idea, btw) with the likes of Sarah Silverman, Rashida Jones, etc, we thought we'd remind you of the humor behind the show.

hell just froze over

did you feel the cold air?

yeah, Tyra just won Best Informative Talk Show.

and told everyone to kiss her ass.

This is no joke

NBC sent this to Jamie Lynn Spears.

No joke.

SYTYCD

You could see it a mile away.

SPOILERS BTW

Marquois: that surprised me. I thought Chris would have left.

However, moroccan chick. The sexy Spanish tango dancer. She shouldn't have even been in the top 20. That shocked me when she was chosen for the show. I thought she had amateur talent, not something that would set the stage on fire.

What did you think about Flo Rida? Eh for me.

That opening number, though. DAMN!!! They killed it!!

It's all beginning!

So I just walked to get a breakfast burrito and saw Lori Loughlin heading to her wardrobe fitting for the new 90210. Oh couchers I would love to be able to say that I can give you the latest and greatest info on it, but we moved offices yesterday. SO instead of having a clear view of the wardrobe and makeup trailers I am now on the third floor with a view of Bristol Farms. But trust me I will try my best


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Brian Williams to fill-in for this week's Meet the Press

This Sunday, NBC news anchor Brian Williams will be filling-in for Meet the Press.

No permanent replacement has been chosen just yet, however. Brian would be a good fit, it'll be interesting to see what happens.

Rainbow seen over Capitol Hill during Russert's funeral

This is unbelievable, and incredibly touching.

Janet throws herself in the ring

Miss Jackson is developing a new reality series for MTV with 25/7 Productions. It'll be finding the "new Janet". Someone who embodies her at a younger age. Janet will be mentoring the aspiring singers/dancers.

The prize is still being ironed out, but it could include a spot on her upcoming tour.

Quite ironic that she's doing a show, since she was paroding Making the Band earlier this year in promotion for her new album.



Yes, it's huge star power to have her involved, but it still remains to be seen HOW involved she'll be (Jlo's Dance Life rings a bell). Do we really need another competition show, especially on a network that already has America's best dance crew AND Born to Rock or whatever that derivative show was?

There IS work after MIT

Men In Trees lead and Anne Heche's main man, James Tupper, has signed onto Samantha Who? for at least 3 episodes.

He'll be playing a love interest for Christina Applegate. I think he's a good fit for the show, especially if he plays crunchy ying to Samantha's high-strung yang.

I Survived Mario Lopez

The Hooters girl who hooked up with Mario Lopez while he was dating Karina (seen below), is actually a contestant on the new gameshow, I Survived a Japanese Game Show.

Meaghan Cooper.

no joke.

Karina tears up on Chelsea

First off, she's much more well-spoken than we thought she'd be.

Secondly, how is Mario L People's hottest bachelor when he's cheated on two previous significant others?...Hello! Ali Landry, the honeymoon!

In case you missed it: Obama on The View

Weeds Season 4 Episode 1

You know the Couch has your back.

Here's the Season 4 Premiere of Weeds. Enjoy!






Albert Brooks is a genius casting choice, fyi.

Congrats to Jimmy Kimmel

for his contract extension to 2010

we hear folks at ABC are VERY happy with his recent performance....

Rocco's lookin for YOU

Chef Rocco DiSpirito Wants to Cook
with YOU in YOUR KITCHEN!
If you are planning an important meal or
want to share a significant moment over
food, then A&E and celebrity chef
Rocco DiSpirito can solve your
cooking emergency!
Invite Rocco into your kitchen, and he
will teach you what to cook, where to find
the ingredients and how to prepare the
ideal meal for your special occasion.
• Are you planning a big announcement?
• Do you have a personal ‘hero’ you wish to thank?
• Are you celebrating a major life event?
• A soldier’s homecoming or a reunion?
• Want to reveal your dramatic weight loss?
• Do you need to impress someone or tell someone that you’re
sorry?
A&E is looking for people in the Los Angeles area who need Rocco’s
help.
To apply for the show, email CookWithRocco@gmail.com and include
your name, age, phone number, a recent photo and tell us why you need
to cook with Rocco. Or call our casting hotline 818-752-5559.

Ever wonder where Shiri Appleby's been?

Wonder no more!

She just signed onto ER as a new recurring character, playing an intern.

There are actually 4 new interns this year.

If this is some way of spinning off the show.....grrr...

Um....

And Chloe from 24 just showed up on The Middleman!

The Middleman

It's on ABC Family. at 8pm, repeats at 9pm and midnight tonight.

After seeing the first half hour, I'm kind of hooked. Even the subtitles describing each location ala L&O and the X-Files crack me up.

Enjoy!

Reality Bites Back

Just saw the teaser for this new comedy central show, Reality Bites back and it is hysterical. If you love reality, hate it or make your living from it then you need to watch this. It basically has comedians spoofing all sorts of reality show, from the Biggest Loser, American Gladiators to the Amazing Race. Premieres July 17th on Comedy Central.

Need a TV break?

No, we're not going insane, we promise.

Try this out:

Letterman pokes fun at Spencer

b/c you love Disney music videos

Disney had just announced the premiere dates for each music video, included Miley's "7 Things". Woo WOO!

• Friday, June 13: "One World," The Cheetah Girls (5:55 pm/ET)
• Saturday, June 14: "Sneakernight," Vanessa Hudgens
• Friday, June 20: "Burnin' Up," Jonas Brothers. Premieres right after Camp Rock, so there's really no way the kids'll miss this one.
• Saturday, June 28: "7 Things," Miley Cyrus (7:55 pm/ET). Brett Ratner directed, so expect big action from the petite star.
• Tuesday, July 1: "Real Gone," Billy Ray Cyrus
• Friday, July 11: "Dance Me If You Can," The Cheetah Girls
• Friday, August 1: "Cheetah Love," The Cheetah Girls
• Saturday, August 2: "Could You Be the One," Tony Oller

Melinda Clarke to guest star on Chuck

You remember Chuck right? Cute guy who works for the "geek squad" gets the CIA info downloaded into his brain so now he is a spy, well they just landed an amazing guest start. Yup Julie Copper Nichol, Marissa and Caitlin's sassy, boy friend stealing, cougar of a mom will be on Chuck. And we can't wait.

SYTYCD: No Air

Hands down the best performance of the night (i haven't seen mia's choreography yet, so calm down :))



They're the oddest couple, even underdogs, yet they nailed it!

Get Ready all you Hot Tranny Messes

Project Runway is back July 16th! It has been gone for too long. Not sure yet what the new season will be bringing us I doubt they could duplicate Christian. Also wondering what this season will be like since it will be the last on Bravo. One thing is for sure we will be tuned in!

This reeks of American Juniors

Take the above video, age them, put knives in their hands, and place them in a kitchen, and you've got the latest show Bravo is developing.

In an effort to keep afloat after Lifetime stole Project Runway, Bravo's spinoffing Top Chef into Top Chef Juniors.

Yes. A teen cooking competition.

Casting is about to begin and there's no airdate set.

Will there be a smores competition?

90210 Update

Just took a walk around the lot and walked past racks and racks of clothes. Yup all for the 90210 kids.

Hopefully will be able to give you more in depth scoop as we can.

GG spinoff a no-go

Nevermind about the spinoff.

The producers have denied all stories about it.

Phew! Let Jenny battle with Blair and find more sexually ambiguous boyfriends, thanks.

possible Jenny spinoff?

I'm guilty of it. I have read The It Girl series. Okay, just one of them, so sue me.

HOWEVER, Jenny should not get a spinoff of gossip girl so early. News broke today that the producers are mulling the idea over.

It's too soon. Remember when Kaitlyn was going to get her own show off of the OC? Yeah.....big success.

Say no to Jenny!!!

Some Casting News

Here's some casting news to brighten your day

Seth Green has signed onto My Name is Earl for an episode or two. Glad to see the man's still working after his throat exploded on Grey's. My stomach just got queasy.

Jamie Kennedy is now a regular on Ghost Whisperer.

Chew on that for a second.

Remember this? Barbra & Rosie

Their 1st meet

Where is Nat?

Ok so I am not totally sold on the 90210 spinoff yet. I stress yet. They are going to be filming on the lot that I am currently working on so if you hear about some crazed person stalking Donna or Kelly or Jessica Walters, then yes it was me.

Anyway, in order to get the original 90210 fans into this new spinoff they are looking for the real Nat aka Joe E. Tata. A casting notice went out today looking for his representation. I hope that this is the real deal. And to think I remember the day Nat got his own head turn at the beginning of the show. Think they will bring those back?



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Is this Really Necessary?

First Whitney from the Hills gets a spinoff show and now Brody gets one as well called Bromance. Yup you read that correctly Bromance. This six episode show will have guy competing to become part of Brody's posse. Oh and it gets better. Did you ever feel that something was missing from reality show eliminations, you know like a hot tub? Yea there will be hot tub eliminations. Jenner is an executive producer on this show along with Ryan Seacrest. So yea thank these geniuses for this show.

Bret Michaels is on The View

and I want to poke my eyes out.

we love betty white

With her upcoming appearance on Million Dollar Password this Thursday at 8pm, on CBS, we thought we'd get a little nostalgic.



Ignore the shaky nature of the video...

Good job, Heroes.

Good job, good job.

Nice casting news. Hopefully there's a Veronica Mars reunion soon.

Francis Capra is joining Heroes in a recurring role, named Jesse. He'll be an evil-doer. WOO!

FOX to run the ENTIRE first season of Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

Yes, you read that correctly.

In what we think is a particularly savvy and smart move, FOX will rerun the entire 1st season of Terminator: SCC for 2 straight weeks. One episode each night.

Other networks should use this strategy in order to build up interest in shows that had to break because of the strike, aka Dirty Sexy Money, Reaper, Pushing Daisies, etc.

Don't you think?

Here's the schedule:
Sunday, Aug. 10: "Pilot"
Monday, Aug. 11: "Gnothi Seauton"
Tuesday, Aug. 12: "The Turk"
Wednesday, Aug. 13: "Heavy Metal"
Sunday, Aug. 17: "Queen’s Gambit"
Monday, Aug. 18: "Dungeons and Dragons"
Tuesday, Aug. 19: "The Demon Hand"
Wednesday, Aug. 20: "Vick’s Chip"
Sunday, Aug. 24: "What He Beheld"

This might actually make us watch!

Natasha Bedingfield on The Bachelorette tonight

8pm
ABC

She'll be singing her new single, "Soulmate". makes me tear up.

Celebrity Family Feud contestants revealed

Judging from the list of people they've brought together, it's a lot of has-beens. To say the least. HOWEVER, Look at Episode 3 in particular....YES!

• Episode 1
-Christopher Knight/Adrianne Curry and family vs. the Teutul family (American Chopper)
-Margaret Cho and family vs. Corbin Bernsen and family
• Episode 2
-Bill Engvall and family vs. Larry the Cable Guy and family
-Mo'Nique and family vs. Vivica A. Fox and family
• Episode 3
-Ice-T and family vs. Joan Rivers/Melissa Rivers and family
-Raven-Symoné and family vs. Wayne Newton and family
• Episode 4
-The Kardashian/Jenner family (including Kim Kardashian and Bruce Jenner) vs. Deion Sanders and family
-Ed McMahon and family vs. Tiki Barber and family
• Episode 5
-The primary cast of My Name Is Earl (including Jason Lee, pictured, and Jamie Pressly) vs. the secondary cast of Earl (including Tim Stack and show creator Greg Garcia)
-The cast of The Office (including Creed Bratton and Brian Baumgartner) vs. the cast of American Gladiators (including Titan and Venom)
• Episode 6
-Vincent Pastore and family vs. the cast of The Girls Next Door (including Holly, Bridget, and Kendra)
-Kathie Lee Gifford and family vs. Duane "Dog" Chapman and family (Dog the Bounty Hunter)

They just need to make Scream 4 and call it a day

VH1 is looking for actresses who aren't afraid to scream.

The cable network has greenlighted "Scream Queens," a series from Lionsgate that will gather 10 unknown actresses to compete for a "major" role in a horror movie from Lionsgate Films. The contestants will compete in challenges and be schooled by acting coach John Homa (who??). Their skills and progress will be judged by an unnamed director from Lionsgate's roster.

"Horror films have dominated the pop culture landscape for decades and along the way have produced some of the biggest names in Hollywood," said Jeff Olde, VH1's executive vp original programming and production.

We are SO excited for this. However, it's doubtful this will do anything for the winner's career.

SYTYCD Top 20

Summer TV Preview

It's June so you know what that means, that it is June. What did you think we were going to say that Flag Day was coming up? June is like the buffer month for the real fun of July.

So now that the regular season shows have ended (the strike really screwed us this year) you might think about putting down that remote control and heading outside. Think again people, hate to tell you but the "outdoors" are hot, full of bugs and pollution. Stay inside, eat a popsicle, watch some TV, and we the couch are here to tell you what you should be watching this summer.

Worth the cost of the AC.
Wipeout on ABC at 8pm starting June 24th. Yea we are most excited about this one. If you love MXC that is on Spike Tv well hello to the American version. for those of you not familiar with that show, it is basically Japanese people playing the most outrageous games which usually leaves them in a puddle of mud. Sadly there is no Guy Le Douche to commentate.


In Plain Sight on USA at 10pm starting June 1st. Mary McCormack plays a U.S. Marshall working in the witness protection program. The first episode was humorous and we can't wait to find out what happens to her sister and the suitcase full of cocaine.

Kathy Griffin My Life on the D List premieres on Bravo on June 12th at 9pm, one of our favorite shows on Bravo and Kathy is always hysterical.

My Boys on TBS at 9:30 starting June 12th. PJ and the boys are back and even better we get to see who she went on the Italy trip with! Plus, if you're a baseball fan, this is the show for you. And if you ever need to have a douchebag intervention with anyone, rent last season.


30 Days on FX at 10pm starting June 3rd. We seriously stopped eating McDonald's after watching Super Size Me and after watching the premiere episode we still are not going into a mine shaft.

Do you now feel lost in life with out Randy saying yo dawg, Paula being drunk, Simon being mean and Seacrest "outing" himself everyweek? Well then here is the solution. Nashville Star, yup the American Idol for strictly country musicians. On NBC starting June 9th at 9:30pm.

Also worth watching:
Weeds on Showtime at 10pm starting June 16th followed by Secret Diary of a Call Girl at 10:30pm. Those new posters floating around are H-o-T!


Law and Order Criminal Intent, yes we know the only new episodes of Law and Order thanks commercials, on USA at 9pm starting this Sunday, June 8th.
I Survived a Japanese Game Show on ABC at 9pm beginning June 24th. An even CRAZIER version of Wipeout.
The Mole on ABC, airing now, Mondays at 10pm. Dr. Nicole might go down as one of the craziest reality "characters" of our time. Just wait til she threatens someone's life...

As for everything else, go out side and get a tan. (yea we know we contradict ourselves but trust us the rest is bad) But of course couchers wear SPF, sunburns are not fun.

And, if you get the chance, just download all of the Gossip Girl episodes off of Itunes. You'll be glad you did.

Dexter gains a veteran cop

Jimmy Smits is joining Showtime's Dexter!!!!

He'll be on 10 of the 12 episodes for the 3rd season.

We can barely contain our excitement!

Smits will play Miguel Prado, an "ambitious and charismatic assistant district attorney" who comes from one of Miami's most politically powerful and beloved sugar cane dynasties families. Dexter will join forces with crime-buster Prado to track a murderer who affects both of their lives directly.

Nice!!!

Archuleta scores a record deal

Who didn't see this coming?

David Archuleta has signed a record deal (duh) with 19 Recordings/Jive Records (double duh).

Maybe it'll include Disney covers. Like, "Circle of Life".

Lauren Hutton wants to kill someone w/ that globe

That's what she's thinking when she's speaking

Flex & The City

Watch female bodybuilders re-enact this lovely "gray" scene

More videos from the "Flex and the City" channel at Heavy.com

HBO leads TCA nods

Gossip Girl was snubbed.

Now that we got that out of our system, let's look at the TCA nominations shall we? (aka the Television Critics Association)

"The Wire" led the noms with program of the year and top drama noms. John Adams also found itself receiving some nominations, helping HBO gain 10 nominations total.

Other dramas nominated are: AMC's Mad Men, FX's (ridiculously good) Damages, Friday Night Lights, and LOST (woo!). Comedies included: 30 Rock & The Office, The Colbert Report (random, yet justified), The Daily Show with John Stewart, and HBO's Flight of the Conchords (we hear cheers from Bryan and Lauren).

Congrats to all of the nominees! As you can see, barely any major network programs were nominated, which should make for a very interesting Emmy season...

Smallville: Green Arrow News!

It's official! Passions' old Fox, aka Justin Hartley, will be joining Smallville this upcoming season as a SERIES REGULAR. He'll be reprising his role as Green Arrow.

This should definitely help the fact that Luther is leaving.

Who should do dancing with the stars?

Any suggestions?

Greet meets Cordelia yet again

Our favorite bitch, Charisma Carpenter, will be reprising her role on Greek in this upcoming fall's season premiere.

She'll help out the sorority kick out a troublemaker.

We love anything she does, although we think she'd be an amazing contender for Dancing with the Stars.

Denise Richards: It's Complicated &...

FAKE.

That entire episode last night reeked of bullsh*t. Wow.

And was that even a journalist? Her last name wasn't even on the screen, let alone her place of work.

Did Denise really call her the C word? So classy! I bet no one will bully your kids now. Nope.

If i had heard her say "set the record straight" one more time...

Summer Preview...

is coming soon! Like this week. So hang on couchers we will be giving you the list of what you should be watching this summer. Cause if you are like us you hate the heat, extreme sun but love AC, popsicles and TV.

The Mole TONIGHT 10pm

One of our favorite reality shows is making a comeback. The Mole returns on ABC at 10pm tonight!

We love scheming, so consider us IN!

Universal Goes up in Smoke

E here. So Saturday night I wake up to explosions, no this is not a metaphor like actually explosions and then fire trucks and cop cars speeding down my street. After hearing that for the fourth time I stumbled off of my couch (yes one half of the couch was asleep on a couch) and look out the window to see nothing but the dawn. I wake up that morning and think wow it is really over cast. Check the news and nope Universal Studios is on fire.


The back lot caught fire early Sunday morning, torching the ing Kong exhibit (a giant motorized gorilla attacks your subway car), courthouse square which was the home of the clocktower in Back to the Future and they shot a lot of the Ghost Whisperer there, and some video vaults. J will be happy to know that the Desparate Housewives set is fine.

Oh and if anyone is looking for King Kong's ashes I am pretty sure they are all over my driveway.

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The Other LOST Endings

Hopefully by now you all have seen the mind blowing finale that was LOST. We are still cleaning up the mess that our heads made while they exploded hence why we have yet to blog about it. Sorry couchers. Anyway check out the link below to see the other people they had in the casket up they shot three endings.

Personally after watching this, duh it was Locke, that is the only way it would make sense and be amazing.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4963236

Octagon Recruitment