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Wednesday highlights: Tired chefs, bad songs

November 18th, 2009, 8:29 am by The Watcher

Jennifer - Dead chef walking?Interesting bits from tonight’s prime-time schedule:

Cooking without gas: The once-obvious final four of “Top Chef” appears obvious no more. The Voltaggio Brothers and Kevin Gillespie still look like locks, but former Iron Chef Jennifer Carroll seems to have rusted out. Does she go home tonight, or will she limp along for one more week? We find out at 10 on Bravo. (A special note to fans of “Top Chef” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”: The restaurant featured in last Sunday’s episode of “Curb,” L.A. Farm in Santa Monica, is run by former “Top Chef” contestant Stefan Richter.

Wish I hadn’t looked: One of the high points of the Watcher’s week is peeking at the list of songs we’ll be hearing on the upcoming episode of “Glee.” Imagine my glee at seeing that two of tonight’s numbers rank among history’s worst: “(You’re) Having My Baby” and “Endless Love.” I don’t care to hear either, even if sung by Lea Michelle. We’ll hope the rest of the episode is better. 9 on Fox.

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Find out who got booted on ‘Dancing With The Stars’

November 17th, 2009, 7:00 pm by PETER LARSEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

kelly_9slideshow_templateNow we are down to the end: just three celebrities still in the hunt for the mirror ball trophy that goes to the winner of “Dancing With The Stars,” after a fourth star got kicked to the curb on the results show on Tuesday.

As for who left, well, we know, but if you want to find out you’ll have to keep reading, because it really wouldn’t be fair to spoil it for anyone who’s still waiting to watch the episode, now would it?

So to find out whether the singer, the swimsuit model, the grown-up teen icon or the rocker’s daughter left the show tonight, carry on…

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Who leaves ‘Dancing With The Stars’ tonight?

November 17th, 2009, 1:50 pm by PETER LARSEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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The semi-finals of “Dancing With The Stars” on Monday answered a few questions for all of us.

The judges really want to see Mya in the finals. They only want Donny Osmond there if he can deliver enough viewers (and voters) to make it worth their while. And Kelly Osbourne and Joanna Krupa can fight it out in the alley behind the dance studio.

At least that’s what we took away from the scores handed out on Monday. But what did you, the voting viewer, think? For after Mya, it’s really a game of musical chairs for the last two spots in the finals.

Call us crazy, but we’ve got our hunchome, you may indeed call us crazy.)  hes. (And after you see who we picked to go Click through the slide show and see whether or not you agree on who think is safe, and who we think will head home tonight.

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Tuesday highlights: Heroes and villains

November 17th, 2009, 8:39 am by The Watcher

Heather LocklearSome interesting items from tonight’s TV schedule:

The villain: Amanda’s back! Heather Locklear returns to her most famous role as the evil Amanda Woodward on the revival of “Melrose Place.” When we last saw Amanda, she had faked her own death to escape murder charges and fled to a tropical island refuge. Tonight’s two big questions: How do the writers undo all that? And will Heather be enough of  a draw to save this sinking series? Stay tuned. 9 p.m. on the CW.

The hero: After landing on the moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong became an increasingly reclusive figure. British journalist Andrew Smith attempts to profile the American hero in “Being Neil Armstrong.” 8 p.m. on BBC America.

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Poll: Who was best on ‘Dancing With The Stars’?

November 16th, 2009, 9:45 pm by PETER LARSEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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 Tonight there are still four stars orbiting around the mirror ball trophy that goes to the winner of “Dancing With The Stars.” By tomorrow, one more will head back to his or her home galaxy. So who will it be?  Vote in the poll below for the celebrity you think did the best on the show tonight.

 

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Monday highlights: Beginnings and near endings

November 16th, 2009, 10:20 am by The Watcher

Some highlights from the evening’s schedule:

Jean-Cristophe NovelliJust beginning: At 10 p.m Bravo launches “Chef Academy,” starring French/English cooking sensation Jean-Cristophe Novelli. The show follows Novelli as he comes to Los Angeles to launch a cooking school with nine aspiring chefs as his students. It sounds like “Hell’s Kitchen” where everyone gets to stay.

Almost done: “Dancing With the Stars” begins its semifinal week on ABC at 8. We’re down to four couples, and the Watcher figures Kelly Osbourne & Louis Van Amstel have about a 1 percent chance of competing next week.

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‘Amazing Race’: Bogged down in Estonia

November 16th, 2009, 9:55 am by The Watcher

What is a candlebra?For a few minutes Sunday night, I thought “The Amazing Race” would finish the season without Nate “Big Easy” Lofton, who seemed to be sinking irretrievably into the bogs of Estonia.

And it was a good metaphor for the season, which seems to be sinking into a bog of boring Detours. The teams finished the bog Detour in pretty much the same order in which they arrived, with no hope of catching Megan & Cheyne and no hope at all for Matt & Gary.

And don’t even get me started on the 15-hour wait for the ferry from Stockholm to Tallin. There may have been production reasons for it, but to the viewer that layover made no sense. Why not just start the teams mid-morning or early afternoon?

The Roadblock was a little better, although all of the teams were able to decipher the blank scroll in reasonable time. (Any time you’re confronted with invisible ink, your first instinct should be to heat the paper. Just be careful not to set it on fire.)

It’s too bad, because we are left with an excellent final four: Megan & Cheyne are strong; Meghan is one of the most impressively athletic women we’ve seen on the show. Flight Time & Big Easy are one of the most fun and likeable teams ever; Sam & Dan’s brotherly feuding is entertaining; and Brian & Ericka seem perpetually doomed but keep scratching to stay in the game.

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Friday highlights: Time to compete

November 13th, 2009, 11:59 am by The Watcher

Such a nice boyWhat do you want to do Marty? I don’t know, what do you want to do?

The classic 1955 Oscar winner “Marty” is on MGM-HD tonight, if you get it, but otherwise it’s a typically slow Friday night. Some highlights:

Bridal battle: TLC unwraps “Battle of the Wedding Planners,” a series that pits three wedding planners against each other in a bid to win one couple’s business. Sounds like HGTV’s “Designers Challenge” for the bridal crowd. It premieres at 10 p.m.

Sports galore: The Watcher doesn’t typically recommend sports viewing, but tonight offers an unusual number of interesting matchups. In college football, it’s West Virgina vs. Cincinnati on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. The NBA offers the Lakers at the Nuggets, on both ESPN and KCAL beginning at 7:30. Then there is the MLS playoffs, with the Galaxy hosting Houston in the Western Conference finals. Play on!

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‘Survivor: Samoa’: Russell, the wizard

November 13th, 2009, 11:25 am by The Watcher

KellyPoor Kelly Sharbaugh.

Not only did she get the boot from “Survivor: Samoa” Thursday night with just four of the 11 votes cast, she spent nine weeks on the show as the Invisible Girl.

I’m sure Kelly said something before her parting words; I just can’t remember what it was.

The co-engineers of Kelly’s ouster were Russell and Shambo. Russell, the Shaman of Samoa, found his second Hidden Immunity Idol without the benefit of a clue.

If you hate Russell boasting about how much smarter he is than everyone else on the show, you have to really hate that he’s right. His ability to stay on with his bull-in-a-china-shop strategy makes me wonder how he would fare against stronger competition. I guess we’ll find out next season.

Shambo advanced Kelly’s name as a substitute for Laura, who won Individual Immunity. Shambo continues to be the mole in old Galu for the ex-Foa Foans, although I’m not sure how that will pay off for her in the end. But then, she’s at the tail end of the Galu alliance, so I suppose being last of five is better than being last of seven.

Next week’s mad dash for the HII, should be a lot of fun. My money’s on Russell.

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‘Real Housewives’ Watchalong: Lift your glasses

November 13th, 2009, 8:00 am by The Watcher

The new kid in town: Alexis BellinoDid you hear about the “Real Housewives of Orange County” drinking game?

Every time the gals take a drink, you take a drink. If you’re still upright at the end of the hour, you check into rehab.

Fun times.

Speaking of overimbibers, we begin episode two right where we left episode one, with the five Housewives pouring down the drinks at the St. Regis Monarch Beach.

The ostensible reason for this gathering is to celebrate Lynne’s new jewelry business, but in truth the producers just wanted to get Tamra and Gretchen in the same room to resume their fight from last year’s reunion show. In the same room and drunk.

Tamra and Gretchen do not disappoint. We are treated to the terms “whore,” “nipple,” “vajayjay,” “bitch,” “(bleep 1)” and “(bleep 2)” in short order.

Priceless repartee. One imagines the Algonquin Round Table was much the same.

In a brief confessional, Lynne moans, “This was supposed to be my great dinner party,” and feigns being upset. A legitimate acting career is not in her future.

Finally, Tamra declares, “I quit,” and for a moment we are hopeful that she’s talking about the show.

But no, this is merely the signal for the gals to break into cliques, with Vicki following Tamra out of the suite while Lynne and Jeana stay behind to help Gretchen bad-mouth the departees.

Tamra and Vicki stomp through the tastefully beige halls of the St. Regis, loudly proclaiming Gretchen to be a gold-digging, lying, tramp – as if that is some newly discovered surprise to us all.

Back in the elegant suite, Gretchen and Jeana come to the conclusion that Tamra is a crazy, judgmental, white-trash bitch.

(Folks, do consider the St. Regis as the site for your next drunken catfight with your gold-digging white-trash friends.)

The blow-up concluded, we spin forward a few days to a backyard tanning party at Gretchen’s joint in Laguna Niguel.

Do I even need to report that drinking plays an important role?

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