Sex and the City 2...too much

As a loyal SATC fan I felt it necessary to see the sequel to the first movie. Believe me it was not because I wanted to. The first movie should have been the only movie because it left us through and through fans with a sense of closure for each of the four characters. Bottom line the sequel was an obvious money maker. And I predict it will be number one this Memorial Day weekend.

In a word, the sequel was 'eh.' I don't even have much to say about it.

The first hour played out like one of the episodes. The theme being 'The Terrible Twos' has Carrie struggling to keep the sparkle in her two year, childless, marriage to big; Miranda is dealing with a sexist boss; Charlotte is overwhelmed with motherhood despite a full time nanny and Samantha is still dealing with menopause.

Also, in the first hour our favorite gay sidekicks Anthony and Stanford tie the knot in an elaborate ceremony complete with swans, a Dior tux, a show choir and Liza Minnelli singing 'Single Ladies' (yes, its a show stopper). I'm so happy for those two. And, don't tell me you didn't see that coming. Carrie even dons a tux to serve as Stanny's best man.

The second hour plus is a total fail. Its campy and contrived. The ladies, in need of a 'rich' vacation, head off to Abu Dhabi for an all expenses paid trip courtesy of the the Sheikh who produced Smith's latest masterpiece. Madness ensues. There's camels, butlers, karoke, shopping and an Aiden.

Its almost as if the Middle East sequence is a dream or a mirage of some sorts. Carrie is off her rocker.

I'll spare you from the spoiler alerts because if you are a true fan you are going to see it too.

Let's just say there is one thing Michael Patrick King does well with these characters, he always manages to bring them full circle.

Scherzinger was a shoe in!

Congrats Nicole and Derek! I knew you could do it. The lead singer of the Pussy Cat Dolls and her debonair male partner took home the coveted mirror ball trophy Tuesday night on the season finale of Dancing With the Stars beating out the obnoxious ESPN reporter Erin Andrews (thank the high heavens) and the lyrical yet masculine figure skater Evan Lysacek.

Though, its true Nicole had an unfair advantage with years of experience in a girl band and as a multifaceted performer. However, she continuously argued that ballroom dancing was a completely different feat.

The PCD singer now joins the ranks of Kelly Monaco, Drew Lachey, Emmitt Smith, Apolo Anton Ohno and Helio Castroneves.

Your complete cancellation list:

In case you've lost track here's list of network shows that have axed or have run their course (for the record the count is 84):

‘Til Death (FOX)

10 Things I Hate About You (ABC Family)

24 (FOX)

Accidentally on Purpose (CBS)

As the World Turns (CBS)

At the Movies (Syndicated)

The Beautiful Life (CW)

Ben 10: Alien Force (Cartoon Network)

Better Off Ted (ABC)

The Bill Engvall Show (TBS)

Bill Moyers Journal (PBS)

Blonde Charity Mafia (CW)

The Bonnie Hunt Show (syndicated)

Brotherhood (Showtime)

Brothers (FOX)

The Cleaner (A&E)

Cold Case (CBS)

The Deep End (ABC)

Defying Gravity (ABC)

Dollhouse (FOX)

Eastwick (ABC)

ECW (Syfy)

Find My Family (ABC)

FlashForward (ABC)

Flight of the Conchords (HBO)

Fly Girls (The CW)

The forgotten (ABC)

Gary Unmarried (CBS)

Ghost Whisperer (CBS)

The Goode Family (ABC)

The Great American Road Trip (NBC)

Guiding Light (CBS)

Hank (ABC)

Happy Town (ABC)

Head Case (Starz)

Here Come the Newlyweds (NBC)

Heroes (NBC)

High Society (The CW)

The Hills (MTV)

Hitched or Ditched (FOX)

I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (NBC)

The Jay Leno Show (NBC)-the 10 p.m. show

The Jeff Dunham Show (Comedy Central)

Joe Buck Live (HBO)

Jon & Kate Plus Eight (TLC)

Kings (NBC)

Law & Order (NBC)

Legend of the Seeker (Syndicated)

Lincoln Heights (ABC Family)

The Listener (NBC)

Lost (ABC)

Melrose Place (The CW)

Mental (FOX)

Mercy (NBC) (Noooooooooo!)

Miami Medical (CBS)

Monk (USA)

More to Love (FOX)

The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)

Nip/Tuck (FX)

Numb3rs (CBS)

Past Life (FOX)

The Philanthropist (NBC)

Raising the Bar (TNT)

Reno 911! (Comedy Central)

Rita Rocks (Lifetime)

Robin Hood (2006) (BBC)

Romantically Challenged (ABC)

Ruby & the Rockits (ABC Family)

The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)

Saving Grace (TNT)

Scrubs (ABC) -Again

Sons of Tucson (FOX)

The Superstars (ABC)

Surviving Suburbia (ABC)

Survivors (BBC)

There Goes the Neighborhood (CBS)

Three Rivers (CBS)

The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC)

Trauma (NBC)

The Tudors (Showtime)

The Tyra Banks Show (CW)

Ugly Betty (ABC)

The Wanda Sykes Show (FOX)

Grey's finale gives viewers palpitations

WARNING: This blog entry may contain spoiler alerts.

I'm still seeking a sedative after last night's season finale of Grey's Anatomy. After two lackluster seasons plagued with behind the scenes drama this season has definitely upped the ante with some heart stopping drama and action.

Last night's two-hour blood pumping, bullet infested, tear-jerker contained essentially every element of drama in the screenwriter's handbook. Its as if Shonda Rimes broke out her Mad Lib book to conjure up this ratings gem.

In a nutshell: Meredith finds out shes pregnant; but doesn't tell Derek right away because he is stressed. Cristina gets into an elevator and instructs an older man to Derek's office when he asks where he can find the chief. Enter mayhem. On his way he shoots an intern and then continues on to shoot almost every single intern. No problem though, because they are due for a new set of interns next season and only one or two really stood out (aka-that one with the really pretty blue eyes!). Mandy Moore makes a surprise cameo as a cool patient who helps Miranda (Sort of. I was soooo disappointed in her!) Derek gets shot. Cristina has to save his life (blue eyes helps save the day). Owen gets shot; Meredith has to help him and while helping she has a miscarriage. Derek lives. The original chief (Richard) talks down the shooter who set out to kill Richard. Its a wrap. Phewww. What a ride. This was perhaps one of the best season finales I have ever watched! Top that Lost!!!

WATCH IT HERE:
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(Miss) USA!, USA!...Rima Fakih?

The excitement (if you can call it that) over the Donald Trump sponsored Miss USA pageant has died down since the days of Tara Connor. However, this year's pageant was plagued with racy photos shot by the Miss Universe organization themselves (so not big deal right?)! Sort of. It did make me more inclined to tune in.

Now that some of the better Sunday night shows have ended I was forced to watch the pageant (well not forced but there was nothing else on!). What a bore! I only tuned in for the aesthetics, oh, and the lousy answers to those tricky questions. One of the contestants (I forget who now because I have a short attention span) had to respond to the flak created by the scandalous photos...her answer was banal-'I think they're beautiful.'

The only reason NBC broadcasts it is because they have a working relationship with The Donald-who by the way, put together quite the panel of judges. They had Mrs. Trump (aka Malania Trump), Johnny Weir, Tara Connor (do something bad and you get to be a judge), Carmelo Anthony, Oscar Nunez (from The Office), Paula Deen and Suze Yalof Schwartz and Paul Ruffin (no clue who those last two are).

I'm pretty sure I dodge the talent portion due to my late start but the rest of the show contained a lot of random posing and a wicked cheesy choreographed dance-ish thing to Trace Adkins (poor guy).

The hosts were even more boring than the contestants. Trump hooked Celebrity Apprentice contestant Curtis Stone with the gig and Today Show fourth stringer (and former NBC30 anchor) Natalie Morales awkwardly recited cheesy lines from the teleprompter to help move the show along.

So after all the hard work the winner is.... Arab American, Rima Fakih, who claimed she had to sell her car (American made-she added) in order to compete in the pageant.

I'm going to put it out there and say she was the last person I thought would win. She seemed to be ill-prepared for the should health insurance cover birth control question. That didn't seem to effect her score (aahmmm rigged).

Articles are circulating today acknowledging Fakih as the first Arab American to win the pageant and using the publicity to attack immigration laws and controversy plaguing the country recently. Please, she just wants the fame and fortune associated with being Miss USA (if any) and the chance to compete in Miss Universe (good luck [sarcasm]).

aaaand cancel...

ABC has finally scratched Scrubs off the schedule for good. The network also announced the cancellation of Better off Ted, Flashforward and Romantically Challenged (duh, is anyone surprised). However, don't worry sci-fi fans, they did keep V on for a second season.

The American Broadcasting Company is one of the stronger networks these days which is why they have the ability to introduce a slew of new shows to us and then quickly take them away when ratings don't compare to gems like Desperate Housewives, Lost of DWTS.

I'm not sorry to see any of these clunkers go. What really got me was the departure of Ugly Better, which seemed to come in like a lion and sneak out like a lamb. What a bust!

Nothing worse than being a mid-season replacement.

Haveee Mercy!

You got to love a good cliffhanger! That's what season finales are all about right? Well Veronica has quite the big one on her hands. Wednesday night's season finale of Mercy was chocked full of shockers.

1. Briggs (aka Dawson as he will always be known to me) is engaged to his old mafioso girlfriend (played by Jennifer Eposito).
2. Chloe is going to be a doctor. There is always one nurse who gets inspired to step up her game and be a doctor (Maura Tierney on ER).
3-4. Chris left for Afghanistan to head up a hospital and then there is a terrorist attack (probably near where he is) and Mike is probably going to get hit by a car and all this goes down while Veronica is in the the bath. So is she going to loose both the men she is stringing along and hoarding attention from?

Prediction: Chris gets severely injured, maybe temporarily paralyzed, and Veronica nurses him back to health and they fall back in love. Then, Chris comes back because he realizes he misses her too much and can't take the risk of being away from her at war. Or he dies. I don't know but now we have to wait until September to find out!!!!

Viewer's unhappy with Happy Town...and they 'sweep' it under the rug

Those midseason replacements are a tough sell. I wasn't quite sure what Happy Town was because based on the commercials it appeared to be the opposite of flowers and sunshine. I also have a fine tuned TV bomb radar and knew it would pass the test. After just two episodes ABC has decided to can the show and instead air episodes of Primetime's: What Would You Do? The remaining five episodes will air sometime in June during Sweeps.

Speaking of Sweeps we've got some killer season finale's coming up including Desperate Housewives (don't do it Eddie), Mercy (on tonight), Chuck (In two weeks. I joined the bandwagon at the end of the season but now I have follow it to the end.) and the list goes on and on. What are you looking forward to watching?

Real Housewives of NJ some bigger, drama better

Last night was the season premiere of the motherload of all other Real Housewives-New Jersey! I love these broads not because I want their hair or their finely manicured nails but because they are outrageous.

Last season ended with drama instead of dessert. The ladies decided to dig up some dirt Danielle (without a doubt one of the most hated housewife along with Jo, NeNe and Ramona). I'm sure you've all seen this clip on various entertainment shows. Nonetheless, all the women are back and by the looks of the preview clip package good things are coming (or should we say bad things that make good TV).

Last night's episode pretty much caught us up on whats been happening during the ladies down time. Teresa and Jacqueline are preggers (one's a boy and I hear the other's is a girl). Dina has a new horrifying cat and is trying to be drama free-we'll see. Caroline's husband got skinny (check out the back then photo galleries on Bravo's website-hilarious). And Danielle is craaaazy; even her daughter's call her out on it. She is going to be nothing but trouble this season. There are clips of what appears to be a scuffle at the Brownstone (sounds like another stellar finale for season 2).

Teresa is by far the most hilarious of the housewives because she just says the first thing that comes to mind. She made the first episode.

I can tell Bravo was chomping at the bit to get the NJ season rolling because the lackluster New York season isn't even over and they are moving on. Also, I'm quite curious about the success of the Beveryly Hills franchise (featuring Nicole Ritchie's mother).

Anywho, I love most of the housewives (can't really stomach the Atlanta bunch) and I'm fist pumping with joy over the start of the New Jersey season.

Mondays at 10.

Ghost Hunters + Norwich State Hospital=creeeeepy

The season finale of Ghost Hunters featuring the Norwich State Hospital will air at 9 p.m. Wednesday on the Syfy Channel.

The show visited the Norwich State Hospital property back in March.

For more information, visit www.norwichbulletin.com

Is Coco loco?

Conan O'Brien looks like he's been through hell. He has been through the network ringer. The unshaven, untucked and slightly unforgiving O'Brien appeared on 60 Minutes last night with Steve Kroft. Conan's payoff from NBC forbade him from giving interviews that would appear prior to May 1. So, of course CBS schedules the interview to appear May 2. Zing!

Kroft didn't hold back and Conan was receptive to most of his observations and questions. Coco compared his split from NBC to a marriage breaking up and said NBC 'broke his heart.' Conan's wife, Liza, admitted to Kroft that it was hard to watch.

O'Brien made a cool $32 million for exiting the Tonight Show post; but its easy to get a sense that any amount of money wouldn't make the situation easier to swallow. He calls his relationship with NBC 'toxic.' However, he tried to stay cool when Kroft dared to ask if Conan thought he got screwed. He simply said, 'No, I didn't. I'm fine.' (who wants to bet that was hard to say)

In a word, he calls it 'incomprehensible.'

Although Jay Leno appeared on Oprah back in January, I think Conan got the final word on this matter with his primetime appearance. Conan also admitted he has yet to hear from Jay. Jay told Oprah he would talk to Conan after things had quieted down. (What would Jay say anyway. Sorry I took my job back and got you dumped from the network even though I said I was leaving and gave you my job.)

Conan's not dummy (He's a Harvard grad). And he's taking this all in stride the best he knows how by selling out a 40 city comedy tour around the U.S. including one at Mohegan Sun in June. Rumor is tickets are hard to come by.

Go Coco!


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