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Tonight’s Top 10 Shows for Wednesday May 22nd

The Season 3 Finale is finally upon us! DareDevil vs Josh, only one can survive!

Becky, DareDevil, and Josh square off in the semi-final.

The fantastic final four compete to be in the top 3.

Tuesday, September 4 The city of Los Angeles, California, was founded on this date in 1781. The forty-four Spanish settlers who were the first citizens of LA named their new city El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, which translates as The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the [...]

Five become four when a Graham Elliot signature dish proves too much for the minis

Tuesday, August 21 The Marvelettes’ song “Please Mr. Postman,” the first Motown song to reach the #1 position on the U.S. charts, was released on this date in 1961. Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family 8pm) Spencer uncovers Paige’s sordid history with Alison, but Emily is reluctant to heed her warning, Aria tries to help Ezra [...]

A corny dessert challenge destroys another dream…

Second chances are for losers….

Tuesday, July 24 Hell’s Kitchen (Fox 8pm) Ramsay puts the chefs’ communication skills to the test; the contestants face their most important dinner service yet. This batch of contestants are excellent at communication — they have passive-aggressive body language down to an art. Deadliest Catch (The Discovery Channel 8pm) The opilio season comes to a [...]

Monday, July 23 How I Met Your Mother character Robin Sherbatzky (aka Robin Sparkles) would be celebrating her 32nd birthday today, if she were a real person. Which she isn’t. I’m 99.3% sure. Bachelor Pad (ABC 8pm) Premiere: Five super fans join memorable characters the “Bachelor” franchise at the mansion; the men and women couple [...]

We wish “happy trails” to another fallen contestant…

Tuesday, July 17 Disneyland opened on this date in 1955. I can’t snark on that, I freaking love Disneyland. Hell’s Kitchen (Fox 8pm) The remaining contestants have a chance to impress chef Ramsay when they create items for the dinner menu. They will, however, squander that chance in an epic way. I’m sincerely hoping at [...]

Monday, July 16 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail, better known as Il Seraglio, debuted on this date in 1782. Now I want to watch Amadeus for the 50th time. What can I say, I’ve always had a soft spot for Salieri. The Bachelorette (ABC 8pm) The Men Tell All: Memorable bachelors [...]

You won’t seafood like this any time soon!

Monday, July 9 During the Boxer Rebellion, the Governor of Shangxi Province ordered the execution of 45 Christian missionaries and church members, including their children, on this date in 1900. As many of you know, Angel, Spike, Darla and Drusilla took full advantage of the ensuing chaos, snacking on many of the victims, and Spike [...]

A bad pizza stone challenge leads to another “BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE” elimination!

Food Truck Team Challenge followed by Tortellini Cookoff!

Tuesday, July 3 The oldest newspaper still in print in Norway was first published on this date in 1767. Originally called Kongelig allene privilegerede Trondheims Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger, it now goes by the name Adresseavisen, and is the paper that published the highly controversial cartoon that was supposed by many to be a caricature of the [...]

Monday, July 2 WalMart turns fifty today, as the very first WalMart store opened on this date in 1962. Freaking WalMart. The Bachelorette (ABC 8pm) Emily visits Arie, Chris, Jef and Sean in their hometowns. I can’t wait for her to meet all of Jef’s really good male friends. With whom he plays sports ball. [...]

Duuude. Next time one of y’all says some stupid ass basketball cliche I’m gonna slam dunk your heads. That’ll be myyyyyyy funny little prank!

Tuesday, June 26 The Cyclone at Coney Island, the world’s most famous wooden rollercoaster, opened on this date in 1927. It is both an official New York City landmark and a National Historic Landmark. US Olympic Trials (NBC 8pm) Swimming: Live from Omaha, Nebraska They’re holding them in Omaha so that Michael Phelps can chow [...]

Monday, June 25 Our favorite foul-mouthed, cranky-pants, world-traveling, hyper-critical chef, writer, and TV personality, Anthony Bourdain turns fifty-six today. The Bachelorette (ABC 8pm) The group travels to Prague; Emily must decide which men get to take her home to meet their families; Emily addresses Arie’s past relationship with one of the show’s producers. Reality show [...]

The most offal mystery box ever!

First team challenge! Feed the Marines!!!

Tuesday, June 19 The very first Garfield comic strip was published on this date in 1978. Maybe it’s just because I’m used to what they look like now, but the original Jon and Garfield aren’t anything to write home about.  Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC 8pm) Actor Mark Wahlberg; actress Mila Kunis. I didn’t realize Jimmy [...]

Bastage is afraid of his mommy

The final round of auditions wrap up. Wait, and there’s more?!?

Tuesday, June 12 Last night between 11:30 pm and 12 am, the little date numbers on my watch slowly marched forward. That means I’m one day closer to a karmic death through which I will gain a more highly evolved life next time around. That’s probably not an important day in history to you, but [...]

Day one of the MasterChef auditions.

The second season of MasterChef comes to a close.

Well, if you’ve been living under a rock, or on a planet devoid of FOX, I’ll let you know that last night was the finale of season 2 of MasterChef. I won’t fault you for not knowing that, of course…except that if you’re reading this, you probably did know. So, to get you started, we [...]

The top 5 compete, and fail to replicate Gordon Ramsay’s dish

The group tanks Patina, and fillets a salmon.

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The Minichefs host a block party for kids!

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Another one bites the dust, and it’s not who we were hoping for…

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The top 10 are revealed!