The Middle 6.10: Pam Freakin’ Staggs

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$1 million on Wheel of Fortune? http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2015/01/08/the-middle-season-6-episode-10-recap-p

New Girl 4.12: “Shark”

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Anyone insecure about their new tailor? http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2015/01/07/new-girl-season-4-episode-12-recap-sha

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 1/6/15

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Each week, I check out FUSE’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality.

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
2. Maroon 5 – “Animals”
3. Tove Lo – “Habits (Stay High)”
4. Hozier – “Take Me to Church”
5. Sam Smith – “I’m Not the Only One”
6. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
7. Mr. Probz – “Waves”
8. Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd – “Love Me Harder”
9. Calvin Harris ft. John Newman – “Blame”
10. Selena Gomez – “The Heart Wants What It Wants”
11. Nick Jonas – “Jealous”
12. Big Sean ft. E40- “IDFWU”
13. I LOVE MAKONNEN ft. Drake – “Tuesday (Remix)”
14. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
15. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
16. Chris Brown ft. Usher and Rick Ross – “New Flame”
17. Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”
18. Alesso ft. Tove Lo – “Heroes (We Could Be)”
19. One Direction – “Night Changes”
20. Meghan Trainor – “Lips Are Movin”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Love Me Harder
2. Take Me to Church
3. Jealous
4. Bang Bang
5. Habits (Stay High)
6. Blank Space
7. Uptown Funk
8. Blame
9. Waves
10. Centuries
11. IDFWU
12. Don’t
13. I’m Not the Only One
14. The Heart Wants What It Wants
15. Heroes (We Could Be)
16. Tuesday (Remix)
17. Animals
18. Night Changes
19. Lips Are Movin
20. New Flame

Bob’s Burgers 5.8: “Midday Run”

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Lot of halls, and a lot of hair, in this episode: http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2015/01/05/bobs-burgers-season-5-episode-8-recap-

What Won TV? – December 28, 2014-January 3, 2015

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Caught some football
Monday – Jeopardy!
Tuesday – At least we had 13 episodes of Selfie.
Wednesday – Jeopardy!
Thursday – Jeopardy!
Friday – Jeopardy!
Saturday – A little football

What Won TV? – December 21-December 27, 2014

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – The Affair
Monday – Jeopardy!
Tuesday – Jeopardy!
Wednesday – Jeopardy!
Thursday – Doctor Who
Friday – Jeopardy!
Saturday – SNL Vintage

Mulaney 1.8: “It’s a Wonderful Home Alone”

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There was a new episode of Mulaney last night, in case you were wondering: http://www.starpulse.com/news/Jeffrey_Malone/2014/12/22/mulaney-season-1-episode-8-recap-john-

SNL Recap December 20, 2014: Amy Adams: One Direction

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SNL: Amy Adams, One Direction (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)

This review was originally posted on Starpulse in December 2014.

The 2014 Christmas episode of “Saturday Night Live” took most of its inspiration from the holiday season, as “SNL” Christmas episodes are wont to do.  Sometimes that resulted in sticking too close to tradition, while other times that tradition was rebelled against, resulting in memorably experimental Christmas sketches.  It was one of those episodes where you take the good and you take the bad.  In her second outing, Amy Adams was the sort of host who slotted in naturally to whatever role she was given without overshadowing the cast.  Musical guest One Direction did what they do, surely pleasing their fans but not making any new ones.  And it would not have been a Christmas episode without cameos, some of which were surprising and welcome and others which were welcome enough but a little too predictable.

A Very Somber Christmas with Sam Smith – Bringing in Mike Myers to reprise Dr. Evil, perhaps the most intrinsically ridiculous villain of all time, allowed for “SNL” to really get at what North Korea is all about: Kim Jong-un and his cronies categorically have no idea how to take a joke.  Evil’s Lorne Michaels-inspired “Throw me a frickin’ bone here” attitude was exactly the sort of mediation that this situation needed. B+

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What Won TV? – December 14-December 20, 2014

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In this feature, I look back at each day of the past week and determine what shows “won TV” for the night. That is, I consider every episode of television I watched that aired on a particular day and declare which was the best.

Sunday – Bob’s Burgers
Monday – Jeopardy!
Tuesday – Total Riff Off
Wednesday – Jeopardy!
Thursday – The Eric Andre Show
Friday – In the spirit of season finales, it’s a tie between Comedy Bang! Bang! and The Birthday Boys.
Saturday – SNL, thanks to evil doctors and rodents

VH1 Top 20 of 2014

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Each week, I check out VH1’s Top 20 countdown, and then I rearrange the songs based on my estimation of their quality. Then at the end of the year, when VH1 unveils their annual top 20 (or 40), I do the same thing with the year-end list.

Original Version
1. John Legend – “All of Me”
2. Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
3. Paramore – “Ain’t It Fun”
4. Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
5. Tove Lo – “Habits”
6. Nico & Vinz – “Am I Wrong”
7. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
8. Jason Derulo – “Talk Dirty”
9. Magic! – “Rude”
10. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
11. Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
12. Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
13. Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – “Dark Horse”
14. Lorde – “Team”
15. Eminem ft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
16. Maroon 5 – “Maps”
17. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith – “Latch”
18. Ed Sheeran – “Don’t”
19. Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
20. One Direction – “Story Of My Life”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Dark Horse
2. Fancy
3. Happy
4. Boom Clap
5. Latch
6. Ain’t It Fun
7. Habits
8. Shake It Off
9. Stay With Me
10. Team
11. The Monster
12. Don’t
13. Timber
14. Am I Wrong
15. Maps
16. All About That Bass
17. Rude
18. Talk Dirty
19. All of Me
20. Story of My Life

(P.S. Where was “Chandelier”?)

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