Author: Guest Columnist

By Dan Renzi

by Dan Renzi Simon has had it. I feel for the guy, in a way; he’s dug his own grave, with this whole American Idol thing. There was a time, long ago, when he used to sit in a nice office, perhaps with a lovely view of The Thames River or Big Ben or whatever, [...]

By Dan Renzi I’m not sure if I’ll ever forgive North Carolina for what they put me through. Going to the small-ish city of Greensboro was a gamble for American Idol; usually these less-than-cosmopolitan places don’t produce the best talent. (Remember the Detroit auditions from a few seasons ago?  The worst!)  But North Carolina did [...]

by FauxMichael The Google home page word of the day is aberrant: abnormal. There’s your education. Now, let’s make fun of ABC Sports! We open with Don Cheadle in a soundstage getting deep on our asses again – he did this to us last night at dinner. In person is one thing, but I have [...]

by FauxMichael When TVgasm asked me to do a recap for Monday Night Football, the first thing I thought was, is there any way I can get some free sex out of this? B-Side informed me I’d still have to pay, and while I was disappointed, frankly the whole naughty factor still hooks me in [...]

By Erica In the latest episode of Veronica Mars, Wallace takes over mystery-of-the-week duties and figures out who hit his new crush’s car, while Veronica starts investigating the school bus accident. Reporters once again descend on Neptune. But the scariest part of this episode was learning that Dick Casablancas and his father, Big Dick Casablancas, [...]

By Erica From I Heart TV The second season of Veronica Mars premiered on Wednesday night with a ratings increase over last year’s pilot of 16%, and it was well worth the wait. A lot happened over Veronica’s summer, and we hear about it all in about a million different flashbacks. Veronica’s with Duncan now! [...]

By FauxMichael One never knows what one will run into at a Hollywood party, but one thing is certain: free booze. To put it mildly, I had my share, so only now am I really gathering my thoughts. I’m not sure how exactly to go about this and still successfully plug my new website YAYsports! [...]

By EdHill You know, when I sat down to write this, it occurred to me how negative I have been about Kill Reality in all my previous recaps. Who am I to cast aspersions on these people? Trishelle and Tonya both have moms that love them right? Sure, Jenna Lewis made a homemade porno tape, pretended it was [...]

By EdHill We start this week of Kill Reality where we left off last week — where we leave off every week actually — with our drunk, coked-up reality stars screaming and throwing garbage on the walls. Imagine a Cops episode only without any actual Cops. Jonny Fairplay starts the show on another fake rampage, running [...]

Now before I get into the recap of Wednesday’s night So You Think You Can Dance, let’s talk for a moment about Lauren Sanchez’s recent nuptials to Ben Affleck’s agent. I, for one, didn’t realize that Laurvira had been married until I picked up last week’s copy of the bible, I mean People magazine, and [...]

By EdHill You know, I’m not even sure where to begin this week. To be honest, after finding out the truth about what went on behind camera (or in some cases, in front of the camera but never aired) on Kill Reality it kind of makes watching people whack potato chip bags around seem kind [...]

[by Betty White] It’s week six of “So You Think You Can Dance” and it is two hours. Again! Another Wednesday night down the drain. Clearly it’s never going to just be a one hour show, so it’s time for me to let it go. Ok, it’s gone. This week, we’re treated to a red [...]

[by Erica, you can read her blog at http://ihearttv.blogspot.com] Who says a vapid television show portraying your even more vapid existence won’t be good for your career? According to an article in Women’s Wear Daily, it looks like college dropout LC, of Laguna Beach, might make it to the working world after all. MTV camera [...]

By Ed Hill So let me ask a question to all you loyal TVgasm readers out there. What were you doing 8 months ago today? I know what I was doing. Sitting in my family’s living room opening presents. I can picture it now…. (wavy lines) Well whattya know, I got the new God of [...]

By EdHill When last we left the Stars of Kill Reality, E!’s hottest new reality show (after the amazing Taradise), everyone was acting like an idiot and purposely creating overblown and fake drama for the cameras. Suffice it to say, this week picks up exactly where we left off. After last week’s realization that I [...]

By EdHill So Kill Reality is a show where they take a bunch of C-list wannabe-celebrity reality stars and have them live together and make a B-list horror film. This show has TVgasm written all over it. I mean what’s more pathetic than a talentless reality star whore (cough..Omarosa..cough) trying to milk every inch of [...]

[by Betty White] Am I the only person still watching So You Think You Can Dance? I certainly would have given up on this pile of poo after the first, maybe second episode, but here I am cheerily watching and writing for TVgasm. It’s episode five of SYTYCD, and on this week’s episode we finally [...]

By EdHill Wow, can you believe it’s been only a week since the last Brat Camp? Yeah, well, it’s acutally been two weeks because last week was a two-hour Peter Jennings retrospective. Thanks for paying attention. But in that two-week period we haven’t exactly been brat-less (or is it Brat Camp-less?), because our troubled teens [...]

[by Erica, you can read her blog at http://ihearttv.blogspot.com.] The Real World/Road Rules blog reports that the girls of Real World Austin have posed for Stuff Magazine. The pictures actually look pretty good, particularly Melinda’s–if Playboy hasn’t called her yet, they probably will now. I guess all those times prancing around the house in her [...]

[by Betty White] Before we get to the recap of Wednesday’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” let’s discuss the shocking announcement that came earlier this week. Even though we were teased and promised a guest appearance by “American Idol” judge and general moron Paula Abdul, she’s backing out. Paula was supposed to be a [...]

[by Erica, you can read her blog at http://ihearttv.blogspot.com] If Janice Dickinson hanging her ass out a window on The Surreal Life was too raunchy (or just too disturbing) for you, you might be interested in a new show currently still in the audition stage. Pulpit Masters will be a 10-part weekly series featuring 12 [...]

[by copygodd. you can read his blog at http://copygodd.blogspot.com.] Ah, the sacrifices I make for my 5-9 regular TVgasm readers. (You know who you are.) Two-plus hours spent watching and taking notes from my Tivoed RAW. Seven Rolling Rocks. One-plus vicodin. Three-plus snark-filled hours of hunt-and-peck. All to bring you this crap: Tonight kicked off [...]

[By Betty White] For Wednesday’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance I sat down with my bowl of popcorn to watch the Tivo recording at 8:20 p.m., in order to not waste my time with commercials, only to realize at 9:00 p.m. that the show was an hour an a half AGAIN. Is [...]

By EdHill I have to admit: I haven’t been watching Brat Camp at all this summer. I mean, with 3 hours a week of Big Brother and the live feeds on top of that, there’s only so many hours in a day. But when you’re offered a guest spot on TVgasm by the enigmatic B-Side [...]

[by Erica, you can read her blog at http://ihearttv.blogspot.com] A few days ago, J-Unit posted about his Veronica Mars skepticism. Since I started watching the show I’ve encountered this same skepticism from a lot of my friends, all avid TV watchers who I know would love the show. I’ve heard “yeah, I know, I’ve heard [...]

[by c-godd, you can read his blog at http://copygodd.blogspot.com] (Before I get started on this week’s recap, I just wanted to say a special thanks to everyone who left comments last week. The response was positive enough that J-Unit and B-Side have agreed to make this a weekly gig. Hopefully, B-Side will soon regale us [...]

[by Erica, you can read her blog at http://ihearttv.blogspot.com] Rachel Robinson and Veronica Portillo (the lesbianish couple featured on Bunim/Murray’s Road Rules and the Challenges) may have sworn off competing in the Real World/Road Rules competitions, but don’t let that fool you into believing they’re done with reality television. According to the Bunim/Murray site, Rachel [...]

[by Erica] I sat down to watch the premiere episode of Situation:Comedy (in which amateur writers vie for a chance at an NBC pilot) tonight, and it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Although no contestant reached Gulager-like proportions of oddity or hilarity, they were all likeable enough. The premises of [...]

[by Betty White] It’s Week Two of So You Think You Can Dance and there is still no sign of Paula Abdul, who, the commercials teased, would be making a guest appearance. When the previews for SYTYCD started airing, I thought this meant that Paula would be on the first show, but there has been [...]

[by Guest Columnist Erica; you can read her blog at ihearttv.blogspot.com] An article in today’s New York Times addresses the Dancing With the Stars judging controversy. If watching B-list actors prancing around isn’t your thing, you might not know that many viewers were “offended” when soap opera star Kelly Monaco beat out John O’Hurley, frequent [...]

[TVgasm's WWE coverage is brought to you by c-godd] This weeks’ Monday Night RAW took place in Gund Arena in beautiful Cleveland, Ohio. I grew up in c-bus, so seeing The Gund on TV was something of a homecoming for me. Meaning the crowd was filled with fat, pasty-white Midwesterners. (Man, I miss having funnel-cake [...]

[by Guest Columnist Erica; you can read her blog at ihearttv.blogspot.com] It fascinates me that Sean Hayes, star of Will & Grace, is out there promoting his new show Situation: Comedy just as W & G is facing scorn and criticism over its 15 Emmy nominations. Nearly every article I read about the Emmys sees [...]

By Guest Columnist Betty White In case anyone has been living under a rock (or just been away from your TV set), this week was the two-hour-premiere-episode of So You Think You Can Dance – brought to you by the PRODUCERS OF AMERICAN IDOL. Now frankly, I’m surprised it took so long to get a [...]

[Doing guest coverage of The Cut is sg-dub. You can read his blog at http://weakisht.blogspot.com/.] Let me first say that yes, I know that almost every new reality show is merely derivative of past reality shows. I’m cool with that, as long as they are well done. Even before seeing one second of Tommy Hilfiger’s [...]

[jadedbitch continues with our Bachelor recaps. You can read his blog at http://www.jadedbitch.com/.] At long last, it is the final episode of The Bachelor! Before Charlie decides on live television who he will pick, we have to endure Krisily and Sarah visiting Charlie’s home and family in Montalk. The first to arrive is Krisily, who [...]

[jadedbitch continues with our Bachelor recaps. You can read his blog at http://www.jadedbitch.com/.] So sayeth Anitra during one of many pointless clips shown throughout last night’s Women Tell All special. I couldn’t decide if that would make a better title or Geitan’s remark that, “These are Bitchelorettes, not Bachelorettes!” We join Chris Harrison in the [...]

[jadedbitch continues with our Bachelor recaps. You can read his blog at http://www.jadedbitch.com/.] “Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya…” You can’t say “Aruba” without thinking of that song. Anyone who disagrees is a damn liar. On this week’s Bachelor, Charlie brings the three remaining girls to a tropical paradise for an exotic overnight date. [...]

[Bachelor recaps are written by jadedbitch. You can read his blog at http://www.jadedbitch.com/.] Our boy Charlie has had some time to “get to know” his potential sweethearts, but now we have to get to some real business, and you know what that menans… It’s time for the hometown visit episode! (re: the episode where the [...]