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Posted September 09th 2009 05:26:24 pm by Jose
Categories: Fox

"Glee" 9 p.m. on Fox

The Glee club tackles Kanye West's "Gold Digger" and try to make it to the regionals. Entertainment Weekly says actress Jane Lynch who plays the cheerleading coach "hits more one-liners than Henny Youngman at a slow-pitch softball game." I like the musical numbers and the wacky cast of characters.

Glee

Posted August 30th 2009 06:13:00 pm by Jose
Categories: Fox

 

 

Okay Gleeks (Glee fans), Glee premieres Sept. 9 on Fox at 9 p.m.

You can watch the pilot at Hulu.com. Also on the web site is a video featuring the character Mercedes (Amber Riley) singing Jazmine Sullivan's "Bust Your Windows." There are also behind-the-scenes extras. 

 

 

"American Idol"

Posted May 25th 2009 09:01:06 pm by Jose
Categories: Fox

It's been a few weeks since Kris Allen won "American Idol." Columns, blogs, TV chat shows have debated if the right person won. Even Kris Allen weighed in and on several interviews said he believes that Adam Lambert should have won.

Kris, you are a nice guy. But you are wrong. The right person won. The people voted for you. And they wouldn't have voted for you if they didn't love you.

I downloaded both Kris' and Adam' season singles from iTunes. I have to say while I really enjoyed watching Adam Lambert perform, I really like listening to Kris on my iPod. Kris Allen, you truly deserved to win American Idol.  

You can watch some great interviews with the finalists on Idolatry at EW.com

American Idol

Posted April 22nd 2009 11:01:14 pm by Jose
Categories: Fox

 

Okay, I am really enjoying this season of "American Idol." Here are some of the reasons:

1. I have finally started to understand Paula Adbul's gibberish. It makes sense to me. She's the Ying to Simon's Yang. She gushes, he rolls his eyes. She slurs out something, he grimaces.

2. Simon is usually right in his critiques of the contestants and the show wouldn't be as good without him.

3. The top 7 singers are really good singers -- they all have interesting, and unique voices. Lil Rounds can sing -- she just can't pick a song that suits her. Anoop is a good singer too and he seems like such a likeable guy. Matt is also a good singer but a lot of his performances are hit and miss. I am rooting for Adam and Allison but it's looking like it will be an all-male top 4.  

4. Did you watch that dance number that Paula Abdul choreographed tonight? That was a lot of fun. Paula's got some mad choreography skills. Her singing voice is like a squeaky toy but the girl can dance.

Head scratching moments:

1. Where have all the stars gone? It used to be you would get a celebrity singer to come in each week and work with the contestants. What gives? Have they run out of stars?

2. Was that the best they could do for star power last night? KC and the Sunshine Band? Thelma Houston? What was Thelma Houston wearing? I think she stole Big Bird's costume from Sesame Street.

Overall, I enjoyed the show. I can't wait until next week. Allison and Adam, I'm rooting for you.

Here is a YouTube video of Adam Lambert singing. It's just a photo of Paula and Simon giving him a standing ovation but you can hear Adam. Come on Fox let YouTube post the videos.

King of the Hill

Posted November 05th 2008 10:38:51 am by Jose
Categories: Fox, Cable

King of the Hill

Cartoon Network has just announced that King of the Hill will join its Adult Swim lineup in January. The show will air at 10 p.m. every night.

"With King of the Hill joining Family Guy in our Adult Swim lineup we now have two of the greatest animated series ever made," said Mike Lazzo, senior vice president of programming and production for Adult Swim.

King of the Hill is in its 12th season on Fox and it was recently reported that this will be its final season on the network.

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Herald-Journal Entertainment Editor Jose Franco loves TV and watching DVDs on TV. As a kid, he watched as much TV as he could on his parents' black-and-white set with the bunny-rabbit antenna. On clear days, the family could watch ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. He loved watching everything from "Good Times" and "Happy Days" to "The Waltons" and "Three's Company," from "Land of the Lost" to Porky Pig cartoons. Saturdays were spent watching "American Bandstand," "Soul Train" and a Saturday afternoon movie like "Creature from the Black Lagoon." He didn't get cable and color TV until college in the 1980s and was surprised to hear all the colorful words you could say on television. It was the birth of MTV and music videos. Over the years, his taste in television shows has expanded and become more refined, but he does admit to enjoying an occasional "Who's the Boss?" marathon. His favorite shows, at the moment, include "The Sopranos," "Weeds," "Nip/Tuck," "Big Brother," "Friday Night Lights," "Prison Break," "Lost," "Ugly Betty" and "Heroes." His Netflix list is filled with TV shows he's yet to watch such as "The Wire" and "House." Not enough hours in the day, he says. He loves TV so much that he even mourned when "Rome" and "Gilmore Girls" went off the air. And he thinks there's nothing better than sharing his thoughts on a favorite TV show around the watercooler at work.