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The Sopranos, 4/13/06, HBOClick on the picture to play (QuickTime 7 required) EdHill has graciously taken over recapping The Sopranos for us, but for those of you who may not watch the show, I thought I would share a little clip from this past week’s episode. The recap is still coming, and I don’t want [...]

I really enjoy the entire season of 24 from the four hours in two days premiere to the finale, and all of the hard perimeters and sockets in between. There is something special about these last four or five hours, however. The show already has plenty of suspense, but the producers know we are on [...]

When I started TVgasm with B-side almost two years ago, I had always promised myself that I would never post about Will and Grace. There are many reasons, but basically it’s just not funny any more. Since there are only four episodes left in the series, you would think that I would be able to [...]

A few weeks ago, Smallville featured a show that was basically a ripoff of Flatliners and I thought that perhaps the writers had given up on all originality knowing that their new network would probably want them anyway. Last week, I was surprised that the episode seemed fairly original and very creepy, despite Tom Welling [...]

Media executives have been trying to harness the power of the internet for a long time, but when most people still had a dial up modem the experience for these crossover promotional campaigns was less than ideal. Now that most of the country can get broadband for $20 or less, people are once again starting [...]

This week’s episode of The OC promised to provide us with a lot of answers. For years, the writers sort of neglected the fact that Theresa lied about her miscarriage. Most of us never really believed that Ryan was the father because Theresa wasn’t exactly the most chaste woman at the time, but the Ryan [...]

Although I have enjoyed the last couple of weeks, I was starting to get worried about Veronica Mars. It has been as funny and clever as ever, but some things were troubling, and they go far beyond my dread at having to hear all the gushing should Logan and Veronica get together. No, I was [...]

A few months back, I mentioned about casting for Camp Steve-O, where Steve-O of Jackass fame promised to makeover your parents. He must have been having a hard time finding people who wanted to send their mom and dad to to his summer camp because now he’s asking you to submit names of your friends. [...]

One of the most difficult parts about watching America’s Next Top Model this year is that I knew that my favorite, Danielle, could not win. No, I haven’t lost my love of all things Sara, but without the “h” she is somehow a little less appealing, not that I wouldn’t return her phone calls should [...]

America’s Next Top Model, 4/19/06, UPNClick on the picture to play (QuickTime 7 required) I have not been super efficient with my posting this week so the ANTM recap is a little late, but I thought I would post a little Clipgasm action from last night’s show. Jade’s mother visited the show, and if you [...]

After last week’s episode of Smallville broke new ground for unoriginality and general lack of excitement, it almost seemed like the writers were just going to pack it in for the rest of the season, knowing that they are probably going to be picked up for next season since a new network is going to [...]

I love The OC, but like many other fans, sometimes I go nuts when the writers leave what is potentially a great story line dangling in the wind. For example, at the end of the first season, Ryan went to live with Theresa, who was pregnant with what we thought was his child. Theresa told [...]

Did you ever think that there was something missing in your life? Did you ever get out of bed and think “If only I was more like Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, my life would have more meaning”? Have you actually thought about dressing up like a Transylvania hooker to make money, but never got [...]

While it is still bugging me trying to figure out why kids in Newport, who all happen to be really smart and possess the ability to make it into Top 20 schools, would limit themselves to applying to only one college, I have decided to not let that bother me. The show has seen worse [...]

As I’ve always said, one of the things that I love about Veronica Mars is that the show is able to juggle so many story lines with a lot of skill. As you dig deeper into the mystery, it only gets more complicated. While this makes it very difficult to turn somebody onto the show [...]

The Amazing Race, 4/12/06, CBSClick on the picture to play Far be it from me laugh at the plight of sexagenarians, but when I saw Fran bungee jump on this week’s episode of The Amazing Race, I couldn’t stop chuckling. I think it was very brave of Fran to conquer her fears, but how can [...]

America’s Next Top Model, 4/12/06, UPNClick on the picture to play Now I know that all of you TVgasm readers love America’s Next Top Model, and even though it goes up against The Amazing Race, we recap both shows and so you aren’t going to miss anything. This week, Tyra introduced a bunch of people [...]

Last week on America’s Next Top Model, I was very upset because Mollie Sue was eliminated. I generally don’t care what shenanigans the producers pull to discover the next top model, but in general I want them to start out with a good face. After that, a slamming body and good pictures would be next, [...]

Jerry Springer, 4/12/06, Syndication (WB)Click on the picture to play Nobody really talks about The Jerry Springer Show much anymore because, well, the novelty has really worn off. Then again, you can only look away for so long. The premise of this show was “Cowboys and Waffles”. I have no clue what that is supposed [...]

Last week marked the end for the great love of Smallville. Actually, they kind of told us that it was great love, but it was really sort of mediocre. I am talking about Clark and Lana. I would pretend that I cared about what happened to them, but their whole song and dance ceased being [...]

I am fairly positive that we here at TVgasm were responsible for giving Charles Logan the moniker President Pussy, and with all due respect to Vincent Pastore, being a President Pussy makes you a really Big Pussy. Therefore, when it was revealed on last week’s episode of 24 that whole President Pussy thing might have [...]

Well, I have to say, The OC really surprised me this week. A few weeks back I shared my pen pal Margot’s master plan to have Seth, Summer, Marissa, and Ryan all go to different campuses of the Claremont Colleges. Well, I was wrong, but really, I shouldn’t have been expecting any less. This is, [...]

Although I am sure that fans of Veronica Mars know that the show is switching time slots to Tuesdays at 9PM Eastern (check local listings) starting tomorrow, April 11th, but the new time slot is also an opportunity for those who have not been enlightened to take the Veronica Mars plunge. Listen, I am not [...]

The Tyra Show, 4/6/06, Syndication (UPN)Click on Tyra to play For this edition of Clipgasm, we visit the set of The Tyra Show, where she recently had guests on to talk about their phobias. We all have irrational fears about different things and for me it’s public restrooms. I don’t normally like to make fun [...]

Recently US Weekly linked together two of the most annoying American Idol stars in recent memory by reporting that Kellie Pickler and Constantine Maroulis are an item. We have commented on a lot of unholy unions before, but this would be among the most unholy of them all. However, as much as we may enjoy [...]

OK, so here’s the deal. We are working on a big site redesign. My sister is in town this weekend. I’m lazy. All three factors mean there won’t be a full Sopranos recap this week, and probably not next week either. I couldn’t leave people without anything to discuss, so enjoy this cop out post [...]

I like to pretend that I have a decent feel for what is going on with America’s Next Top Model, but every now and then an episode comes around that really makes me wonder what in the hell is going on. These models may not make it to the cover of Victoria’s Secret, and it [...]

Although I enjoy giving the producers of The OC a good-natured ribbing every now and then, the truth remains that show has really picked up the last few weeks. When Josh Schwartz said things are some great things coming down the pipe, I admit that my first reaction was to laugh, but after seeing this [...]

Congratulations to Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators for winning their first NCAA basketball championship over UCLA 73-57. As a person who went crazy during Syracuse’s first championship three years ago, I can tell you that the feeling is amazing for all of the people who have rooted for their team for so many years, [...]

Our sassy, angst-ridden, teenage crime fighting machine Veronica Marshas plenty of talents, one of them being the uncanny ability to create enemies. Now although there are several times when Veronica has made an enemy because she was too quick to judge somebody or they grow tired of how she acts like she is the smartest [...]

It’s been quite awhile since we have been graced with an episode of Smallville. It’s kind of too bad because I thought that things had become sort of interesting. Just in case you thought things were going to be going back to normal, we were thrown another little twist. In other news, we’re still trying [...]

For those of you who visited TVgasm on April 1st, you were in for a rude awakening as we redesigned the site in the mold of one the least readable sites out there. Maybe it would have been OK, but all of the posts were even more self-absorbed than normal, and weren’t very original to [...]

Despite what you may have heard, HBO’s new documentary All Aboard! Rosie’s Family Cruise (check local listings), is not a chronicle of Ms. O’Donnell’s playful romp through a 2,000 passenger oceanliner telling people that she “HAS TO GO TO THE BAFROOM!!” and checking to make sure there are no broken toilet seats. It’s not just [...]

Recently, the Associated Press did a feature interview on Josh Shwartz. I am not sure what warranted a feature interview for a show that has been dipping in the ratings since it was created, but I guess whenever you can beat out the WB and UPN for a solid fourth place in your time slot, [...]

Last week on America’s Next Top Model, Jade put the rest of the competition on notice that she was there to compete and there to win. We may have thought that she was just another mannish-looking, over-the-hill diva with no chance to win, but she showed us that she is a mannish-looking, over-the-hill diva that [...]

I forgot to write about the first episode of NBC’s new series Heist last week, but since it was created by the Cullen brothers, who created the short-lived series Lucky for FX and several episodes, including last week’s pilot, are going to be directed by Doug Liman, I thought I would give it a try. [...]

Last week’s episode of The Sopranos really didn’t do much to advance the plot, although it was very interesting to see which of Tony’s captains decided to step up in his absence. That honor goes to Silvio, but his decision to step up and take care of Tony’s business as well as Carmela and the [...]

Is it too much of an exaggeration that it is becoming difficult to breathe during episodes of 24? It’s not that the toxic centox nerve gas is actually coming through your television, but the last few weeks have been so intense that sometimes I forget to take a breath. Actually, sometimes I am afraid to [...]

I’ll spare you the same old song and dance introduction about The OC goes through phases of being sucky and being great. The show might have lost the magic that made it a cultural sensation, so it helps to go into with an attitude that the writers are just trying to get through four seasons, [...]