What Won TV? – November 17-November 23, 2013

November 25, 2013

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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 – Hello Ladies nails its first season finale.
Monday – I’m going to give it to Almost Human for being weirder than HIMYM.
Tuesday – Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Honorable Mention: the last minute of S.H.I.E.L.D., for implying that Agent Coulson is a doll)
Wednesday – The Middle edges out Key & Peele (and The League finale was pretty good, too).Thursday – Parenthood
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang!, in every alternate reality
Saturday – High School USA! (though SNL had at least 11 minutes of strong material)

SNL Recap 11/23/13 Josh Hutcherson/Haim

November 24, 2013

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He had a real peaceful look on his face before he exploded.

Piers Morgan Live
It would have been nice if in addition to showcasing whatever they wanted to showcase what was in the news this week, they also put Taran’s Piers Morgan to greater use. C

Josh Hutcherson’s Monologue
Having seen The Hunger Games made all the beats of this monologue super obvious.  The key party business was interesting, though. C

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Watch And/Or Listen to This: Will Forte’s James Ingram Medley

November 23, 2013

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Will Forte sang a medley of James Ingram songs on Late Night this week.  I’m not too familiar with Ingram, which I guess makes me crazy.

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 11/23/13

November 23, 2013

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Wasn’t “Wake Me Up” more of a hit a few months ago? I’m glad people are still enjoying it, but it’s time for another Avicii single to break out.

Original Version
1. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – “Wake Me Up”
2. Lorde – “Royals”
3. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
4. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
5. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
6. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
7. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
8. Emeli Sandé – “My Kind of Love”
9. Tegan and Sara – “Closer”
10. Jason Derulo – “Marry Me”
11. Travie McCoy ft. Gavin DeGraw – “Rough Water”
12. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
13. Katy Perry – “Roar”
14. Justin Timberlake – “TKO”
15. Bruno Mars – “Gorilla”
16. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
17. Haim – “The Wire”
18. Goo Goo Dolls – “Come to Me”
19. Fall Out Boy – “Alone Together”
20. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”

Jmunney’s Revisions
1. Wake Me Up
2. Royals
3. Closer
4. The Wire
5. TKO
6. Demons
7. Sweater Weather
8. Wrecking Ball
9. Gorilla
10. Burn
11. Applause
12. Stay the Night
13. Alone Together
14. Roar
15. Let Her Go
16. My Kind of Love
17. Come to Me
18. Counting Stars
19. Rough Water
20. Marry Me

Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 11/19/13

November 20, 2013

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Let’s all put our talents to good use.

Original Version
1. Lorde – “Royals”
2. Eminem – “Survival”
3. One Direction – “Story of My Life”
4. Katy Perry – “Roar”
5. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
6. Avicii – “Wake Me Up”
7. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
8. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
9. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
10. Drake ft. Majid Jordan – “Hold On, We’re Going Home”
11. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
12. Mike WiLL Made It ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J – “23”
13. Jason Derulo – “Marry Me”
14. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
15. Paramore – “Still Into You”
16. Britney Spears – “Work Bitch”
17. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
18. Selena Gomez – “Slow Down”
19. Sara Bareilles – “Brave”
20. Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Wake Me Up
2. Royals
3. Work Bitch
4. Demons
5. Sweater Weather
6. Wrecking Ball
7. Hold On, We’re Going Home
8. Burn
9. Survival
10. Stay the Night
11. Applause
12. Roar
13. Still Into You
14. Let Her Go
15. Slow Down
16. 23
17. Brave
18. Counting Stars
19. Story of My Life
20. Marry Me

SNL Video Recap 11/16/13 Lady GaGa

November 19, 2013

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What Won TV? – November 10-November 16, 2013

November 17, 2013

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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 – How I Met Your Mother
Tuesday – Brookyln Nine-Nine
Wednesday – Key & Peele – is this the best show of 2013?
Thursday – Scandal – was this show always this much like Alias?
Friday – Comedy Bang! Bang! – is this the best show of 2013?
Saturday – Saturday Night Live

SNL Recap 11/16/13 Lady GaGa

November 17, 2013

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Death, please.

CBC News Toronto
I haven’t been following the Rob Ford circus very closely, so I don’t know how much this sketch was referring to actual moments or not.  Either way, it all felt rather perfunctory.  Where this sketch succeeded was when it fully embraced cheesy “Canadian” humor (a Boxing Day ham), which I guess is acceptable, because Rob Ford’s accent is about as thick as a Canuck’s can get. B-

Lady GaGa’s Monologue
Did they want it to be that obvious how fake the audience interactions were, even considering that it was cast members playing the audience? C+

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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 11/16/13

November 16, 2013

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Shouldn’t Haim be Numbers 1-20?

Original Version
1. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – “Wake Me Up”
2. Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
3. Lorde – “Royals”
4. Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
5. Lady GaGa – “Applause”
6. Tegan and Sara – “Closer”
7. Emeli Sandé – “My Kind of Love”
8. The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather”
9. Passenger – “Let Her Go”
10. Katy Perry – “Roar”
11. Bruno Mars – “Gorilla”
12. Travie McCoy ft. Gavin DeGraw – “Rough Water”
13. Jason Derulo – “Marry Me”
14. Haim – “The Wire”
15. OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
16. Justin Timberlake – “TKO”
17. Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
18. Fall Out Boy – “Alone Together”
19. Paramore – “Still Into You”
20. Goo Goo Dolls – “Come to Me”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Wake Me Up
2. Royals
3. Closer
4. The Wire
5. TKO
6. Demons
7. Sweater Weather
8. Wrecking Ball
9. Gorilla
10. Burn
11. Applause
12. Alone Together
13. Roar
14. Still Into You
15. Let Her Go
16. My Kind of Love
17. Come to Me
18. Counting Stars
19. Rough Water
20. Marry Me

The Collected Madness of Alex Trebek, Volume 9

November 15, 2013

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Alex Trebek is starting to lose it, and as a public service, I will be posting all the evidence of his insanity.

38. Metallica made a whopper of a deal when it paid over $3 billion to switch genders & become the one-armed female peacock

39. Justin Bieber was struck by Selena Gomez’ Muslim dwarf carpenter but recovered and drooled in her older brother’s bikini. Bon appetit!

40. Forget about Benghazi, the White House says 66% of its customers are boisterous, violent, Russian, redneck f-holes who fight off Jewish vampires by arousing Napoleon’s 12″ man-hammer

41. To show remorse after murdering his wife, Chris Brown has merged with al-Qaida to develop this kids’ game where you wear a blindfold & drive a car with Darth Vader’s divorce papers from New York to San Francisco

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