Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, American Idol, How I Met Your Mother, Judges, TV Squad Lists, Chuck, Reaper, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory, TV Squad Ten So what's a second banana? Well they're certainly not second best. No, in fact they're often the main reason to tune into a particular s...

Paula Abdul is going to be damned if no one notices her on the red carpet for the Grammys. Middle Eastern designer Basil Soda was the mastermind behind the brightly-colored creation sported by bouffant-wearing Paula. The 46-year-old pop singer's dress was by the same designer who dressed Katy Perry....

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Host, Predictions and Trends, News and Gossip For this edition of American Idol , the crew traveled to New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of my favorite things about the auditions is seeing the expressions on the judges' fa...

Filed under: Programming, OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Contestants, Host, News and Gossip, TV Squad Ten Is this season of American Idol everything you dreamed it would be? Or are you thinking it's the same-old-same-old we've all seen before? I fall into both camps, so decided to put together my list...

Filed under: American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Host The first 20 seconds of this show have already freaked me out. Ryan and Simon are in the back of a limo and they're just flirting. They're smiling and giggling, and it feels like I'm looking in on a first date. Moving on...

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Judges, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances (S08E01) it's that time of year again: American Idol auditions. It's the good, bad and tone-deaf all vying for their chance to be the next Taylor Hicks! Or... you know, someone else. So let's get started: We open up with...

Filed under: American Idol, Watercooler Talk, Interviews, Judges The premiere of American Idol 's new season is tonight; can you stand it? Last year brought us a format change with the addition of instruments; this year, we have a new judge. Controversy has been following Kara DioGuardi since she wa...

Filed under: OpEd, Festivus, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten Ah, 2009. Come in, come in! Have a seat at my crystal ball. Oh, I know it's cracked, but don't worry -- it's still useful. You are so young, so virile, my little new year. You are also ripe...ripe for me to predict your future. I see plenty in ...

Smoke em' if you got em' on the water, limey bastard! Here's American Idol's cranky bitch Simon Cowell, taking a well deserved break from psychologically torturing Paula Abdul (he's no fool - it's better ratings when she seems completely off her beam) by enjoying a cancer stick while jet-skiing......

Filed under: American Idol, News and Gossip For those of who actually care about American Idol -- and you have the random body part that Randy Jackson signed and haven't washed since to prove it -- there are some changes coming to the new millennium's answer to The Gong Show. Fox officials will conf...