Mad Men update

AHHHH....
I did not know that while watching MM off of On Demand you cannot tape 2 other shows. So...
smack in the middle of the finale the channel clicks over to Lipstick Jungle and Private Practice (which I should stop taping cause it sucks). Damn....gotta watch the rest later....
more to come......

Broadway Update

West Side Story is set to play a year run at the Palace Theater with previews starting Feb 23, 2009. I know what I'm getting Mom for Christmas!!

You'll wanna go see this with us.....

Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham has been tapped to play Miss Adelaide in the forthcoming Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls. She will join previously announced star Oliver Platt as Nathan Detroit in the new production, directed by Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo. Guys and Dolls will begin previews on February 3, 2009, at the newly refurbished Nederlander Theatre, and is set to open on March 1.

woo-hoo

SPOILER ALERT.........

I hear a death is in the script over at GG. Hmmm....care to make a guess? My money is on Bart Bass to pave the way for my fav couple on the show (see pic).

Tina Fey Tuesday

Liz Lemon and Karen Walker.....what could be better??

Who says this is only about tv??

On facebook this morning:

"Suzanne Baffer is thinking she has bronchitis and is off to the Dr. :( "

where's Mad Men?

my DVR doesn't want me to watch cable tv. It stopped recording Army Wives and Mad Men. damn!! Maybe it's the universe trying to tell me something? too much t.v. maybe?
ok, I'll read tonight :)

recent t.v. random updates

Amazing Race:
"She totally pushed my sports bra off the balcony"- divorcee chick. I want to switch teams, these girls are so annoying. At least the pitstop and detour's were interesting.

90210:
Getting better by the episode. Inspired by Never Been Kissed a new girl (narc) arrives at West Bev, Adrianna spirals out of control and may wind up dead after feeling the guilt for getting Bug Eyes in trouble with the law, Ethans got a new baby mama when a class experiment pairs him with Annie, Scary movies and Dixon don't mix much to Silvers dismay.

Bros/Sis:
Ojai foods is in the financial gutter and Tommy is pulling out all the stops. Sarah and Saul wind up leaving the family business for greener pastures, but not after Sarah takes a stand against the board and backs Tommy's decisions. Wow...Justin finally opens up to Rebecca about his time at war, only after the guys life he saved winds up opening old wounds. Kevin steps back into the closet in order to get ahead in his job. way to go Kev.

DWTS:
Rocco shook what his mamma gave him in order to stick around another week. Although I don't think it's going to do any good. Cloris actually rocked the floor last night with an outstanding performance....and I'm quoting Len!! bye bye Rocco!

Dirty Sexy Money:
Little Lucy Liu is a sneaky one, sleeping with Jeremy to get the inside scoop on the Darlings for her case as the prosecuting attorney against Letitia. After a fight at Ellens funeral, Nick and Brian have a throwdown and wind up in Jail. Brian proceeds to tell Nick that Letitia's innocent cause Tripp killed the dad. So....Nick winds up representing her case. In the meantime he needs to pick who will take over her role in the family business. I kinda thought he'd pick Karen to piss of Simon, but he wound up picking Brian. It really didn't even matter cause at the press conference Tripp picked Nick!!! wtf...Lisa was pissed! no babymaking for them!

I'm obsessed with this song

Spiralling by Keane

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t.v. superlatives thus far

Most Improved from last season:
Sarah Connor, Terminator

Down the Drain:
Desperate Housewives

Best NEW show:
Priveleged
Gary Unmarried

Must Watch:
Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Lipstick Jungle, Greys

Skip over on Tivo until a lazy Sunday:
Army Wives, ER, Private Practice, 90210

Favorite Couples:
Kirby and Nico, Chuck and Blair, Justin and Rebecca

Worst Couples:
Serena and Dan, Victory and Joe, Kelly and that English teacher dude

Want to shoot my t.v. when ..... is on camera:
Spencer Pratt, Johnny Bananas, any 90210 girl except Silver and Kelly

more to come....
reccomend categories please!

smoking keeps the weight off

90210's Shenae Grimes purchasing like 10 packs of menthols in L.A.

Maybe if she lays off the sticks she can gain a little much needed weight.