US TV Addiction

Know what I'm full of? Glee.

Ok, I know, lame joke, give me the 'L', but you know that expression, 'filled with glee'? That expression is so apt because thats exactly how I feel whenever I watch Glee. I've been meaning to share about this lil' gem of a show for ages, but keep getting sidetracked by the Idol stuff I have to share.

Anyway, I also wanna talk about Glee cos every time I watch it I find myself thinking hey these are great song choices for the Idols. I watched Episode 2 and the lead geek, I mean character, Rachel (dark haired girl below the cheerleader), covered Rihanna's 'Take A Bow' (see vid below) and OMG I could so see Tabby or Sylvia singing it. The minute I watched it, I wanted to show it to either girl so they could learn how to emote like her ....

So many good songs on Glee that the Idols can take a cue from in terms of song selection because the songs they normally do, especially the solos (with arrangements obviously tailored for solo performances), are poised to showcase the singer's vocals.

Here's the vid I mentioned above. Watch.

The character singing is Rachel Berry, played by the very talented Lea Michele. (Yes, they all really sing on the show. No voice stand-ins on this show, most of the actors have theatre backgrounds.)

If you haven't watched Glee, its about time you start ;)

There's just something so appealing about their Zero to Hero stories.

The tagline goes : "A Biting Comedy For The Underdog In All Of Us."

xoxo, s.

ps. You can catch Glee on mio Tv.

pps. Can you tell who're supposed to be the losers in the show? :P love their promo posters. Suddenly its cool to be a Loser ;)

ppps. One more hilarious Glee vid at my other blog :)

TV is BACK!

The TV addict in me is SUPER DUPER happy, because the new fall season has begun in the U.S. which means all the new shows should be filtering our way soon (as soon as 24hrs after its U.S. telecast if you have mio TV woot!)

So many things to watch, so little hours in the day......

(am posting this here instead of summerrstv.wordpress.com cos I find blogspot is so much faster to post in than wordpress...will do a transfer later on)

Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching :

Survivor Samoa

(premiering TONIGHT on Ch5, 6.30pm, encore at 11 I think!)

I'm hoping it'll be as exciting as last season's Survivor Tocantins (to-ken-shins)...awesome gameplay by JT, I'm so glad he won - he's such a sweetheart and I loved to hate the eccentric Coach character too...what was he ON about? slaying dragons etc...bleah...

Please let this season be just as exciting. I found Survivor Marquesas SOOOO boring....snore! And I can't remember half the seasons that went by. The first three seasons of Survivor made the biggest impression on me..oh and the All-star one of course. Ok, enough about Survivor.

The Amazing Race - LOVE THIS SHOW!

I have followed this one season for season :) Can you believe CBS wanted to cancel it after its 2nd season? Then it got nominated for an Emmy and they had to pause for a minute. Then the show WON that Emmy, and they renewed it for a 3rd season. After moving to a better timeslot, it actually brought in YOUNGER viewers for the then-old-ish network and its now a mainstay of the CBS schedule yay!

Premieres Monday 28th Oct, encores on Friday nights (10.30pm, I'm guessing before Survivor, then Survivor will shift to a later spot - reality fridays back to back!) on Channel 5 (no idea what AXN's timings are, but am sure it will appear there too.

Project Runway 6

I didnt believe in this product when I first saw it, I thought it was too niche. But after awhile, dammit I got hooked by all that diva designer behaviour! I love the challenges too, plus, when I was little, it was my dream to be a fashion designer. I can't sew for nuts, so I live vicariously through the show :) Parsons, Mood, NYC!!!!

(Thursdays nights on Ch5)

America's Next Top Model - Cycle 12 (ok, so we're ONE cycle behind America, but I'm hoping I'll still be entertained).

As much as I want to watch the current season of Kate Moss wannabes (calling all short under 6ft models is Cycle 13's big draw), I've enjoyed every season of ANTM and I think Cycle 12 should be no different. I enjoy watching the challenges and the girls bitching. I 'skip' or fastforward Tyra's weird (and gettin' weirder!) antics and the judges' deliberation though. Lazy la, all nonsense anyway, I don't get how Tyra isn't bored saying the same lines over and over again about how you win a contract bla di bla, and 'I only have ONE photo in my hand, and the girl who's name I DO NOT call, will have to return to the bla bla bla bla....'. EVERY WEEK, EVERY SEASON for THIRTEEN SEASONS! No short cut ah? btw, the Idols can do a very good 'Tyra' impersonation :)

The Primetime Emmy Awards!

MONDAY!! screeeeech! LOVE Emmys! Plus this year, guess who's hosting? He's Le.gen.dary...yupe its Neil Patrick Harris! Woot! He's hilarious - who knew Doogie'd grow up to be so funny?

Also I saw the exec producer's interview, apparently this year, they're presenting the show in a different format - by genre instead of by nomation categories, which is great.

But I can't help but feel like they're either trying to one-up or catch up with this year's Oscars. The Academy Awards which aired in March this year was totally different and it blew me away! Their presentation style - all presented like a big musical, starring Hugh Jackman, and each category was explained etc, very simple to digest for a viewer - didn't feel long and boring like previous years.

Moving on to tv series - sooo many....

Gossip Girl (if you've been following my tweets you'll know I'm a big GG fan and super damn excited about this!)

Its been so long since I've been this excited about a tv series since the days of Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, Charmed and Buffy (are you seeing the trend? I belong to the WB (now CW) crowd. I heart The Frog (he was the mascot for the now defunct WB network in the US).

Season 3 promises to be ahem eye opening - Chuck's dating Blair, we all saw that at the end of last season. But apparently this doesn't last long - he's meant to share a guy-guy kiss with someone - acks! - so will Chuck go gay? Poor Blair.

mio TV season pass - JUST started on Thursday! eek! I've purchased it and its sitting there patiently waiting for me to finish my Princess Party duties ...GG is SO my reward tomorrow night!

Vampire Diaries!! NEW HOT SHOW. UBER HOT CAST.

See my review here.

Beautiful Life.

Mischa Barton (who's been crashing and burning with mental breakdowns and a bad nickname by Perez ('Mushy' eversince that photo of her cellulite laden thighs made it to the tabloid hall of fame) *evil Perez*) is headlining this show that is... well, crashing and burning if reviews are to be believed. But hey, critics were wrong about The O.C. (so wrong!) and One Tree Hill at first too....so I'm gonna watch it and decide for myself if its really a train wreck.

---somebody please air this - mio? ch5? starworld? somebody? anybody? doesn't bode well for a show when the international market didn't pick it up...hrm...

Eastwick

Its about 3 witches who just got their powers and are learning to use them. Sound like Charmed? A little. But the witches are older - Rebecca Romjin and post-Lipstick Jungle-Lindsay Price. I'm interested but not in a hurry.

mio TV

Glee

Reviews for this are like crazy good all over the place. I just 'ordered' it on mio TV. Now I gotta find time to actually watch it.

Flash Forward

Watch these promos that Channel 5 did. Solid awesome promos. I'm SO EXCITED about the show now (and I had no clue what it was or taht it was even coming!)

Seen the promos? Nuff said.

what else....

Ooh, Ghost Whisperer season 4 is coming up on mio TV.

And Heroes Season 4.

And Desperate Housewives Season ? (6 now? lemme go count my DH notebooks - I have one for every season :) thank you Ch5!).

And all them crime shows - Criminal Minds (seriously the BEST crime show ever!), The Mentalist (omg love Simon Baker's toussled blonde hair!), CSI, CSI:Miami, Without A Trace, Cold Case.

Seriously, I need a non-sleep patch. There just isn't time for sleep with all this good tv going on, and of course there's Idol. Not to mention my day job as Mommy. Oops, gotta run, my oven timer has buzzed, my princess cupcakes are ready! Ding!

xoxo, s.

Idle on Idol, catch up on TV

Its been all busy as a bee behind the scenes on the Idol front; what with the whole MJ leaving, Nurul coming in, major Top 13 press conference on Monday, 8Days cover shoot on Tuesday, Vocal training, choreo sessions, profile shoots, key checks, etc etc etc happening every day.....plus an upcoming roadshow on Saturday.

Its tough just keeping up with them. *Phew* typing that was tiring....

But today (technically yesterday since its already 1am on Thursday), with no LIVE show to attend, I suddenly felt like I was on a mini holiday.

So what does a TV addict do on a mini holiday? Watch more TV la doh!

I've just watched the new CW series Vampire Diaries, the first episode of America's Next Top Model (Cycle 12 I think, which was aired in the US earlier this year, they're on to Cycle 13 right now, which is dubbed the 'Kate Moss' season cos they are looking for a 'short' model LOL!), Melrose Place and very soon Gossip Girl Season 3.

Check out reviews for us tv shows at my other blog - will be following the new season/slate of tv shows over there .... www.summerrstv.wordpress.com .... and leave your comments.

So far, have seen Vampire Diaries and I'm likin' it! Very refreshing!

What shows are you looking forward to this season? I personally cannot wait to catch - Beautiful Life (the Mushy oops Mischa Barton New York model vehicle), the latest seasons of Survivor, Amazing Race and Project Runway, plus Eastwick (3 witches, like Charmed but less cotton candy, and the witches are older - hey we're talkin' Rebecca Romjin and Lindsay Price who are HAWT k!) and new seasons of Desperate Housewives and Ghost Whisperer (wat! I LIKE ok...its the touching stories that get me! And c'mon, what other series has a husband that comes back from the dead and inhabits another man's body, thus giving the couple a 2nd chance at romance?? <-- sweet rite?)

xoxo, s.

ps. in case you're wondering whether I've become a pirate ....hellooo...i'm very law abiding waaan...am watching them on either Channel 5, mio TV or Starworld la....(yes, I have both Starhub and SingTel services - how not to? TV ADDICT remember?)

Gossip Girl Season 3 premieres in US in less than a month!

OMG, I so wish I lived in the US like now. Gossip Girl's 3rd season is coming back in less than a month!

I can only hope mio TV has Season 3 lined up for us here in Singapore. I'm all prepared to pay for the entire season like NOW. I mean HELLO, this is Gossip Girl we are talkin' about here! Transfer funds immediately!

Check out this awesome promo for the upcoming premiere! Soooo whetting my appetite! Sexay!! What's S doing fraternising with bad company? tsk....I so want to know how her top got undone!

xoxo, s.