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One of the challenges for this season of Smallville is how the writers are going to have the kids do what they did in high school now that they are not living or taking classes in the same places anymore. Logistically, the writers have decided to employ the 24 model of travel, where people can [...]

Wow, so I guess I spoke too soon when I called last week’s Survivor boring, because for the second week in a row we got a bunch of filler and not too much action. We did get a new twist to the game, but overall it was actually a slower episode than last week. I [...]

This past Thursday marked the return of The OC from a month-long hiatus, but it seems even longer than that. I would have to say that I am pretty excited to have the Newport kids grace our screen once again. At times, you might even call my enthusiasm embarrassing and yes, pathetic. But hey, I’m [...]

Oh Veronica Mars, you really do suck me in with that spell of yours. Most of the comments and the e-mail I get about the show are centered around me getting the Season 1 DVD so I can have a better appreciation for the show. I am sure it would be nice, but I don’t [...]

Last week, when I did my recap of Smallville, I mentioned that we were going to have an appearance by Buffy Summers. Well, it turns out that I was wrong, we were going to have an appearance by Buffy Saunders. The episode was still going to feature vampires, but it looks like the Buffy we [...]

We all love The Amazing Race, but there are a lot of people who may never get a chance to play themselves. Maybe they are too lazy to apply. Maybe they can’t find a partner to play with. Maybe they say that can’t find a partner to play with but really just have no friends. [...]

Well, it’s now officially Halloween. TVgasm celebrations this weekend included dinner in San Gabriel and parties in Los Feliz and Hollywood. I didn’t really do anything that much different from any other weekend, but I did have on a Nixon mask. I am contemplating a visit to the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival to see as [...]

So, when I first mentioned that Vampire Bats was going to be appearing on CBS, I thought that Lucy Lawless had been typecast into roles as women who are trying to stop flying creatures from destroying the earth. When I looked to see that CBS has finally put up some promotional material for the special, [...]

There was a lot of action last week on Survivor, and I am sure they weren’t going to be able to repeat the amount of excitement that was in an episode that had two double tribal councils, but quite honestly, I was expecting a little more than what we received this past week. I haven’t [...]

After last week’s America’s Next Top Model, you sort of had to wonder if there would be any drama left for this week. We have narrowed the field down enough that we are getting to the point where you could make a case that any of the remaining girls could be the next top model. [...]

madeyoulaugh lets us know we’ve arrived If you’ve read TVgasm at all, you have probably figured out that our main offices are in Los Angeles. This is good because LA remains the showbiz capital of the world, and wherever you find “the business”, you find the people who are desperately trying to get into the [...]

I reminded everybody last week, but I wanted to remind everybody about the TVgasm Halloween Costume Contest that we’re having this year. Some people wrote in question just how TV-themed the ensemble has to be and the answer is “not much.” We just wanted to give our readers a chance at some participation and a [...]

This week’s Smallville was very highly anticipated because it featured the appearance of Aquaman. I am not a huge fan of these cameo episodes, because the characters usually come and go in one episode, and you never see them again. Yes, that is really what a cameo is all about, but I think doing it [...]

So far, I have really enjoyed my Veronica Mars baptism by fire. Part of the problem with recapping a show that has so many ardent fans is that you are going to sometimes reveal that your knowledge is lacking and people will take you to task for that. But most people have been very nice [...]

TVgasm has made it a tradition of liveblogging some of the more, how do I say it, um…shitty offerings of the Tiffany Network. It started with Spring Break Shark Attack, continued with Locusts and culminated with our seminal work on Riding the Bus With My Sister. We promised to cover the recent Martha Stewart made-for-TV [...]

One of the biggest challenges for the producers of Survivor is that there is constant pressure to keep the game fresh. Much like Big Brother, there is always a worry that if they don’t put twists in the game, the game will get repetitive and the ratings will go down. When it comes to adding [...]

So, quite obviously, I am very late on my recappage for the week, and it’s quite a shame, because the latest installment of America’s Next Top Model was one for the ages. This entire season has been great, but when you get not one, but two different cat fights, with two different participants in each [...]

Season 2 of Scrubs is coming to DVD, and to help with some promotion ahead of the release November 15th, they want some input on which television advertisement they should use the week leading up to the release. We normally don’t pass along these offers, but there is a drawing for a free DVD, so [...]

Halloween is a wonderful time. As a kid, you got to trick or treat and get free candy. When you grew older, you got to vandalize and steal candy from the kids who would trick or treat. Now, as adults, it makes a perfect opportunity to get sloshed and play dress up without bothering anybody [...]

It looks like the people of Smallville are finally beginning to settle down after their last natural disaster. Lex Luthor pulled some strings with FEMA to pump reconstruction money into the town, and things are getting back to normal. That’s not to say that everything is going to be the same as before the meteor [...]

Now that Survivor is in its fourth week, I think I have almost come to terms with the idea of these people running around and decimating historical landmarks that have managed to survive for centuries. This is not like Palau where the majority of manmade structures were the remains of the battles between the allies [...]

It seems like I am always thanking the TVgasm readers for something or other, and I have to say that I once again have all of my thanks to give for finally pushing me into the world that is Veronica Mars. In retrospect, I never should have needed the push in the first place. After [...]

The Los Angeles blog scene isn’t quite up to snuff with what’s going on in New York, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t get a chance to get together every now and then, especially for a good cause. So, when B-Side and I were asked to submit some of our thoughts for a special [...]

Well, I was happy to see that the people that run the UPN 13 network in Los Angeles came to their senses this Wednesday and decided that it wouldn’t be a wise idea to ruin their best night of television, and kept their lineup strong with America’s Next Top Model at the 8PM time slot [...]

Yes, I know. I am a jerk because I am not cranking out these Smallville posts in a timely fashion. I thank all of you for your e-mails asking me when the next one was coming out, and I appreciate that your e-mails were all polite, even when I said the recap would be up [...]

If you are anything like me – and to be quite honest I hope you are not too much like me because I am kind of a jerk, and I don’t want to think all of the people who read my babblings about Top Model are jerks – you were quite distraught over being pre-empted [...]

Well folks, B-Side is a little backed up these days. No, he is getting plenty of fiber – OK, I don’t know if he is or not, but the regularity I am talking about is TVgasm posts. With The OC on hiatus, I thought I would give hizzoner a little bit of a break and [...]

So, we all knew that The OC was going to get pre-empted for the baseball playoffs, but tonight, America’s Next Top Model is also being pushed aside. Personally, I am going to pick Tyra and the girls anytime, but in Los Angeles, the men in tight pants must be extra appealing, because even though Yankees [...]

Once again, I must chastise myself for slacking on my Battlestar Galactica review. I know people don’t like hearing excuses, but it really was difficult to blog from outside of Jack Murphy Qualcomm Stadium. I am also just very lazy. This episode marks the last installment of the second season and if we are taking [...]

Among the season premieres that have come our way over the last couple of weeks, there were few that I had anticipated more than Smallville. Sometimes I am afraid that Smallville will always be doomed by obscurity, and that mass appreciation will come too late. Then again, I really can’t complain that much since Smallville [...]

So far this season, it looks like the third time is once again the charm for The OC. There are still plenty of things that we can’t really explain, but they are doing a little bit of a better job on knowing when to get in and out of story lines and how long they [...]

I should have probably done this yesterday, but last night marked the season premiere for the fifth season of Smallville. Yes, I will be recapping the episodes, but since the WB has decided that they must air this program on Thursdays at 8PM, they will usually come on the weekend. To get everybody excited about [...]

Sorry about the extraordinarily lame title for this latest episode of America’s Next Top Model. I have been starting a lot of recaps with apologies lately, so I figured that one more time ain’t going to hurt. I probably could have spent a few more minutes thinking of a better title, but “Extreme Makeover: Model [...]

Entering their senior years, the teenage protagonists that make up The OC had a lot to look forward to. During the day they would rule the school and the evening time would bring unprecedented levels of debauchery as they could start getting into the “18 and over” nights at The Bait Shop. Ryan and Seth [...]

America’s Next Top Model Cycle 5 started out with a bang this week when Tyra and company introduced us to our new set of wannabe divas. I like selection shows as much as the next guy, but unless it is your first time watching a particular series, you pretty much know how things are going [...]

Well, TVgasm was on a little bit of a field trip last night, so my recap of The OC is going to come on Saturday, and some of your other favorites may be delayed as well. I didn’t want to leave people hanging, so I thought that I would try and make up for it [...]

I have been anticipating the new season of America’s Next Top Model for some time, and it couldn’t have come on a better day. After lamenting all of the bad things that happened on Tuesday, everybody in the TVgasm offices, nay everybody in America, needed a pick me up. While some people were still hoping [...]

By now, everybody knows that I have a certain affliction for Tyra Banks. This affliction is not so encompassing that I have no control of my mental faculties, and I have therefore not spent any time watching her new show. I think she has what it takes to do her type of show, and if [...]

It’s been over two months since the finale of the first season of Dancing With the Stars, the reality show that took the first month of the summer reality season by storm. If you haven’t been keeping up with what’s going on, it goes like this. A bunch of celebrities learn to dance with professional [...]