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‘Housewives of O.C.’ update: Thursday’s a repeat

November 24th, 2009, 1:23 pm by RICHARD CHANG, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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The season 5 cast of “The Real Housewives of Orange County.” Photo by Richard Chang/The Register.

Greetings, fans and haters of “The Real Housewives of Orange County.”

We have just learned that Thursday night’s episode of “Real Housewives” will be a repeat of last week’s show. That episode, titled “It Ends in Coto de Caza,” featured a sexy lingerie show and original “housewife” Jeana Keough leaving the show, in case you haven’t been keeping track.

Bravo will broadcast another original episode of “Real Housewives” on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 10 p.m.

As for other holidays, Bravo will run repeats of “Real Housewives of O.C.” on Thursday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) and Thursday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve). So you avid viewers can celebrate with family and go out and have fun without guilt.

In other “Housewives” news, the season 5 premiere was the highest rated episode in all of series history, according to Nielsen Media Research. The Nov. 5 episode attracted 2.58 million viewers, which tops the previous high by 44 percent and represents double-digit growth over season 4’s premiere.

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Who will win ‘Dancing With The Stars’ tonight?

November 24th, 2009, 12:45 pm by PETER LARSEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

final3_slideshow_templateAt last the finale of “Dancing With Stars” is here, with the final three couples learning their fate when the last episode airs on ABC from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. tonight.

Will Mya, by far the best dancer of the bunch, hang on for the win? Will the toothsome Donny Osmond, who for a spell lived in Orange County, come from behind to catch her? Can the likeable Kelly Osbourne prove that ladylike elegance can come from the home of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne?

Well, we do have our opinions, so click on through the slide show and see how we predict it will end tonight …

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Tuesday highlights: Donny, aliens win

November 24th, 2009, 9:13 am by The Watcher

Elizabeth MitchellNotable events on tonight’s prime-time schedule:

ABC gets the lion’s share of our attention tonight, as two of its shows wrap up their fall schedules.

“Dancing With the Stars” (9 p.m.) - The ninth season concludes tonight, and from the Watcher’s seat, a Donny Osmond victory seems certain. If Donny and partner Kym Johnson could close a six-point gap on Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough, how do Mya & Dmitri Chaplin make a two-point lead stand up? Having said that, regular readers know how cloudy the Watcher’s crystal ball can be. The coronation takes place in a two-hour extravaganza.

“V” (8 p.m.) - The Watcher had high hopes for “V,” based on the first few minutes that ABC released online. The show after those first few minutes has proven a disappointment. The story has unfolded much too quickly, stripping it of its air of mystery. Further, Elizabeth Mitchell’s character is the only one I care about. “V” finishes its four-week fall run tonight. The series returns in the spring, but I don’t think I will.

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Poll: Who deserves to win ‘Dancing With The Stars’?

November 23rd, 2009, 9:15 pm by PETER LARSEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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And now the end is near, and so they face that final curtain.  That’s right, folks, “Dancing With The Stars” is down to the final three celebrities on the dance floor, who took the stage for the last full night of performances on Monday.

We know you’ve got opinions on how they did, so it’s time, the last time, to vote in our poll for which star danced the best this week. Was it Mya, the pop singer, Donny Osmond, the grown-up teen idol, or Kelly Osbourne, the rocker’s daughter all cleaned up for the dance floor? Vote and we shall see!

 

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Monday highlights: Finale day, fateful day

November 23rd, 2009, 9:29 am by The Watcher

The President and First Lady arrive in DallasNoteworthy offerings on Monday’s prime-time menu:

2009: The big event tonight, of course, is the first night of the two-part finale of “Dancing With the Stars.” The three remaining couples - Mya & Dmitry Chaplin, Kelly Osbourne & Louis Van Amstel and Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson - will dance three times each. It’s also the fans’ last chance to vote. Tuesday night brings a final dance and the crowning of the champion. The action starts at 8 on ABC.

1963: For the 46th anniversary of President John Kennedy’s assassionation, the National Geographic Channel has put together archival footage, much of it rarely seen, for a two-hour special on the events of Nov. 23, 1963. “The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination” begins at 9.

2009: The final episode of “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ airs at 9 on TLC, and the Watcher says, “good riddance.” A once charming little show has been ruined by over-commercialization and the conversion of Jon and Kate Gosselin from overwhelmed parents to a public embarrassment. We assume that Kate and/or kids will return at some point in some new format, but who knows where or when?

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‘Amazing Race’: Not buying the fake

November 23rd, 2009, 8:49 am by The Watcher

Still racingWith two more episodes of “The Amazing Race” still to come, we weren’t buying the sad music accompanying Brian & Ericka’s arrival at the Pit Stop Sunday night. The odds were heavily in favor of the leg ending without an elimination, and our suspicions proved correct.

Miss America and hubby were saved, although for how long? With next week’s episode taking place entirely in Prague, the couple will not benefit from an airport equalizer and must complete the Speed Bump. That means one of the other three teams will need to make a mjaor mistake for Brian & Ericka to catch up.

Non-elimination aside, Sunday’s episode was an excellent one, with cab-stealing, alliance-breaking, a challenging Detour and an amusing Road Block. Anyone unclear on who is the brains in the Meghan & Cheyne pairing?

And we learned another “Amazing Race” rule: Never take the subway.

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Cult movie ‘The Room’ set for midnight screening in O.C.

November 20th, 2009, 12:56 pm by PETER LARSEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Six years after “The Room” debuted and then very quickly disappeared from theaters, the low-budget over-the-top drama is a cult hit on the midnight movie circuit.

The creation of eccentric writer-director-star Tommy Wiseau plays regularly in more than 60 cities around the country, as well as in London, Australia, and the Netherlands.

And as of 11:55 p.m. Saturday, it will make its Orange County debut with a screening at the Regency South Coast Village in Santa Ana.

Adopted by lovers of unintentional comedy, “The Room” is more or less a love triangle in which Wiseau’s girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend, played by Greg Sestero.

We had run into the pair at Comic-Con in San Diego this summer, and Sestero, who had promised to keep in touch in case the film ever made it to Orange County, happily rang us up this week to talk about its ongoing cult success.

“It played in theaters here in Los Angeles (in 2003) and it was kind of an average response,” Sestero says of how this all got started. “And then towards the end of the run, it was seen by a bunch of USC film students, and Loyola Marymount students, and they just loved it so much that Laemmle theaters started showing it once a month at the Sunset 5.”

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Friday highlights: Weddings and winners

November 20th, 2009, 9:38 am by The Watcher

The winnerSome recommended viewing from tonight’s prime-time schedule:

They do: TLC trots out another new reality series in its quest to find the next “What Not to Wear.” This time we get “Happily Ever Faster,” which details the comings and goings at a Las Vegas wedding chapel. Sounds like it could be fun. Once, anyway. It begins at 10.

If you missed it: What a nice moment to see Irina Shabayeva burst into tears upon winning “Project Runway” Thursday night. We picked Mean-a Irina to win it all, and felt better about it after seeing her not be nasty for a few seconds. If you missed the finale, it repeats tonight at 10 on Lifetime.

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‘Real Housewives’ Watchalong: Dull on the rocks

November 20th, 2009, 2:08 am by The Watcher

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Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends. Or maybe it just seems that way. Once again The Watcher will bull his way through an entire episode of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” so you don’t have to.

Previews indicate this will be one of most boring outings on record. The Watcher is tempted to eschew his usual hard liquor accompaniment in favor of caffeine. Or DDT.

But that’s the coward’s way out. We must gather our courage and soldier ahead.

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Last week on “RHOC”: Fighting and whining prevailed. Tonight, no doubt, will be considerably different.

We notice that Alexis does not yet merit a spot in the “RHOC” credits sequence. Of course, she hasn’t been drunk or fought with another Housewife yet, so she hasn’t earned one.

The episode opens in the familiar Orange County community of Scottsdale, Ariz. We watch an SUV pull into the – get this – Hotel Valley Ho, a place the producers could not possibly have picked accidentally.

Gretchen and Slade emerge from the car, Slade now sporting the subtitle “Gretchen’s boyfriend,” and check into the Valley Ho. I may never tire of typing “Valley Ho.”

And why are we in Scottsdale, you ask? Gretchen is here to see her girlfriend Kelly. Oh, Kelly. I completely forgot she lived there. It all makes perfect sense now.

If you have a paper bag or wastebasket nearby, please grab it, because we are about to launch a vomit-inducing sequence detailing how much Gretchen and Slade are in love and how genuine their relationship is and not completely faked for TV or for the now-broke Slade to grab hold of some of Gretchen’s inheritance from her dead fiancé, Jeff.

Gretchen anticipates our skepticism: “If I had to fall in love with anybody, why did it have to be Slade Smiley, right?” Right.

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‘Survivor: Samoa’: More fun at Tribal Council

November 20th, 2009, 1:22 am by The Watcher

Laura hits the roadRocket scientist John calculated the correct answer when he complained about his alliance mates’ lack of “analytical ability” during Thursday’s episode of “Survivor: Samoa.”

In other words, they aren’t too bright.

And so the ex-Galu alliance lost another member to crafty Russell and his former-Foa Foa pals. At a dramatic Tribal Council, the first vote ended in a 5-5 tie between Laura and Natalie. In the re-vote, John switched his ballot to Laura, and finished off his Galu alliance in the process.

John calculated that it would be better to end up in sixth place rather than take a 50-50 shot at regaining control of the game at a 1-in-8 risk of ending in 10th place.

Too much math? It was for the rocket scientist.

Of course, John is still in the game, and anything can happen - like Russell and pals coasting to the finish, with a Hidden Immunity Idol in hand and a huge advantage in strategic thinking.

The core Galuvians remaining - Dave, Monica and Brett - need a miracle to survive the next three TCs. Then John will.

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