Favorite Scene of the Day: Desmond Harrington in Dexter

Dexter's Joey Quinn is a great character. Some week he is incredibly hot, and other weeks totally replusive. I guess that speaks to the talent of actor Desmond Harrington. Desmond, who has juggled roles on both Dexter and Gossip Girl the past few seasons is one of televisions most interesting and talented actors. Thanks to Braxnis for sending on the caps below!

Steve Howey in 'Shameless'

Although Reba was an average sit-com it did excel with it's casting. Steve Howey, besides being adorable, was always a stand out playing Van. Steve has been working steadily since Reba went off the air and is currently on screen as Kev in the new series from Showtime, 'Shameless'. I have yet to see an episode, but reviews and word of mouth have been great. Thanks to JAD poster Garth11 for the great caps!







Last two caps via Superherofan

Favorite Scenes Of The Week:

Luke Kleintank in The Young And The Restless.


Although I am not currently watching The Young And The Restless, I do love actor Luke Kleintank. Being fairly new to the cast, Luke, like most new actors on soaps had his introductory underwear scene earlier this week. Although not everyone's cup of tea, I love Luke's hair!










Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right




Thanks to WinterBoyy for the caps!

Last Nights GLEE

Last nights Duets episode of GLEE was the best episode in a long time. Although a couple of the cast was MIA (Puck & Sue) the rest of the cast all got a chance to shine. This is the GLEE most of us fell in love with. Great character development, great music (from Broadway to Motown to Pop) the entire cast was able to shine. My favorite duets were Santana and Mercedes and Tina and Mike. (Harry Shum Jr!!!).

Having Chord Overstreet shirtless was icing on the cake! Thanks to Superherofan for these great caps!

Thumbs Down to Fox TV

I must first admit I have not seen 1 episode of the Fox Drama Lone Star. I did however look forward to it's premier given the positive reviews I had read. Although TNT is looking to bring back the feel of the 80's super soap DALLAS (Below), Lone Star was Fox television's new drama set in the Oil industry in Texas.

I have the first two episodes of the show on my DVR and am not sure whether to watch. By all accounts the show was well done and the shows creators went all out this past week to save their show. I thumbs down Fox for not giving the show more of a chance. Some of television's biggest hits took awhile to find an audience, Cheers took several before it got it's footing. Even the mega hit DALLAS, a show which took CBS too new heights over 14 seasons had low ratings from 1978 through 1980 until the show took off with 'Who Shot J.R. Networks don't seem to have the patience they once had. Shows don't stand a chance. Lone Star was up against ratings Juggernaut Dancing With The Stars not to mention Monday Night Football and the CBS Comedy line up. Not sure what Fox could have put on that would have done better. Maybe Fox should have premiered the show in August and given it a month to build before Dancing came back on.

My dream job would be that of a network programmer and although I know money is the name of the game I also know that some shows need more support than others. Why would any of us invest in a show on Fox only to have it pulled after 2 weeks. Thumbs down Fox TV, Lone Star never stood a chance!

Boris Kodjoe in Soul Food

From 2000 to 20054, Boris Kodjoe played Damon Carter (recurring in Seasons 1 and 5; regular cast in Seasons 2-4) on Showtime's Soulfood. Based on the film, Soul Food followed the triumphs, struggles, and rivalries of the Josephs, a tight-knit African American family living in Chicago, Illinois. The tv series, which picked up after the events of the film, was the longest running drama with a predominantly Black cast in the history of North American prime-time television.












Thanks to Scenes From Male Skins for the video downloads!

It's Premiere Month!

Here are a few of the shows whose return I am looking forward to:

Vampire Diaries:

Vampire Diaries actually began this past week but I did not watch. I am however about half way through season 1 on DVD. I bought the set due to great word of mouth and Ian Somerhalder. I am loving it due to great storytelling, great pacing and Steven R. McQueen (Steve's grandson). If you turn away from all things Vampire you should give this show a try. It is on the WB so it is not 'True Blood' but it is still sexy, disturbing and addictive.

Glee:
Other Asian! YUM!
My only complaint, why when 'Brittany' and 'Santana' have become series regulars does Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jr) remain not???


Brothers & Sisters:
If a show ever needed a time warp jump it is 'Brothers & Sisters'. Always one of my favorite shows, last season was down right depressing (except for Gilles Marini whose 'stunt' casting actually paid off). I for one will not miss Rob Lowe. Initially he was a great addition, but you could recently clearly see, that with the exception of his scenes with Matthew Rhys, he had little to no interest in being part of an ensemble show. I wish the writers had sent Luke Macfarlane off with him. I know most fans love 'Scotty' but I think the writers have sacrificed 'Kevin' due to the positive audience reaction to 'Scotty'. 'Kevin', once one of the shows best characters is, with 'Scotty', written as a selfish whiny bore. It is time for Matthew Rhys to have the restriction of a husband lifted from his character. It is also looking like this could be the shows last year. I am hoping the limited episode number means they are cutting costs to help keep the show, not cut it lose. So few family dramas like Brothers & Sisters survive, I would hate to lose this one too soon.


Grey's Anatomy:
I look forward to the September 23 season premiere of 'Grey's Anatomy' with trepidation. I love the show but hated the season 6 finale. Over the top, manipulative and sensational are the words that came to mind when I watched. This show, so well well written, so well acted has a reputation of being an over the top soap, but I always felt the writing and acting (especially by Pompeo, Chambers and Oh) kept it real. The season finale told critics the show is indeed what they have been calling it. Hopefully series creator and writer Shonda Rhimes will ground the show again in character driven drama without going for 'sweeps stunts' whenever she gets the chance.