According to Ausiello, Patricia Arquette asked for some time off, which resulted in a special story line. Jeffrey Tambor will be taking her place for the episode! Somehow, Allison DuBois hands her ability to be a medium to his character, which means that Patricia Arquette gets to skip most of the fi...

Filed under: Television/Film Well, Top Chef Season Five has come to an end, although the conclusion feels far from satisfying to me. Watching the episode last night, I was practically screaming at Carla, begging her not to surrender to Casey's influence (why on earth would she sous vide something wh...

  So, we finally got to see the episode that had all the publicity photos from NBC. The episode Patricia Arquette directed. The episode she did with her son. And I thought it was more than worth the wait. If you didn’t catch the open mic, here’s the recap post: 10:00 A commentary ab...

We’ve had Smoke Monsters, mysterious ‘Others’ and buttons that save the world, but with the Island having disappeared things have seriously gotten weird. Now we take a look at the fantastically mind-bending Lost and its best moments as it flashes back onto our screens this weekend with the sta...

“Return to Queens Boulevard” Season Five, Episode 12 Airdate: November 24th, 2008 I have never gotten more flak as a television critic than when I have the gall to criticize Entourage. It’s a sore spot for me: it’s a show that people keep trying to convince me is just male wish fulfi...

“Return to Queens Boulevard” November 24th, 2008 In the interest of full disclosure, I despised the fourth season of Entourage. It was, to my mind, a show with the absolute worst sense of direction: nowhere. They finished the movie, an admittedly really intriguing little exercise for the...

Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Food/Home/DIY, Episode Reviews (S05E02) And as the contest resumes, the 17 chefs have now been whittled down to 15 as episode two unfolds. After watching the second installment of Top Chef New York, it's clear this is going to be a good season. Tough competitors, gr...

“Play’n with Fire” November 16th, 2008 It has been a good many episodes since I last discussed Entourage, a period explained by a variety of reasons. Perhaps first and foremost, I don’t quite have time: while Mad Men left a gap in my Sunday nights, other commitments have mean...

Audrina Partridge confirms to People magazine that there will be a fifth season of MTV's top rated reality show, The Hills. "There is going to be a fifth season," Patridge tells PEOPLE. "We just found out." Patridge, who recently filmed the thriller Sorority Row with Rumer Willis, adds that - despit...

“Business Trip” November 13th, 2008 When episodes like “Business Trip” end up being solid entries into a season, it’s not really because of anything they do in an isolated fashion. This is an episode that is all about whether or not the rest of the season has properly b...