POSTS TAGGED: MTV

The Challenge

The exes seem to be getting along, except the ones who fall on each other’s heads.


The Challenge

Go cry, Emo Abe.


Jersey Shore

Everyone wins Worst in Show


MiniCaps

SSDD


The Challenge

Knees are busted, teeth are chipped, big holes are dug in the sand.


Teen Mom

… I don’t get this title at all


The Challenge

Vinny is a brainless slab of beef, and Wes is a luckless pile of turkey.


The Challenge

In which one cast member reminds us why these people don’t have real jobs.


Teen Mom

It’s court day, and Jenelle seriously looks like a Vegas stripper on a day off. Big hair, white sort of dressy sweatpants, and a white vee-neck Victoria’s Secret PINK shirt. Stay classy, kids in America.


The Challenge

I have to assume that jumping into the water without any kind of surfactant would just make them wet and sticky. But I’ve never swum in the Dominican Republic. Maybe their water is special. Or maybe these people are just really, really slippery.


Watercooler

Friday, January 27 20/20 (ABC, 9 pm) When a woman tries to divorce her husband, TV producer Richard Shenkman, he reacts with a violent rampage that includes stalking, burning a house to the ground, and kidnapping his estranged wife at gunpoint. I think there’s still some love there. Does this ticket say “slap some raw [...]


Teen Mom

We don’t call him Randelicious for nothing, babe. He’s hot, and he knows that all Chelsea’s moping will not unfuck this situation.


The Challenge

Honey is surprisingly slippery.


Watercooler

Thursday, January 26 Do whu na-ow? 30 Rock (NBC, 8 pm) Tracy leads a protest defending idiots everywhere. Phaedra Parks immediately volunteers to mobilize her fellow idiot Atlantans. American Idol (Fox, 8 pm) Hopefuls audition for the judges in Galveston, Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas—especially the fail. The Finder (Fox, 9pm) A NASA scientist [...]


Watercooler

Tuesday, January 24th  Nothing stops The Blob! The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8 pm) The teams compete in a battering ram challenge to win rights to the gym. Battering ram? I AM a battering ram! All Star Dealers (Discovery, 8 pm) A treasure hunt through Dennis Rodman’s storage facility. Not it! The Rosie Show (OWN, 7 [...]


Watercooler

Monday, January 23 The Bachelor (ABC, 8 pm) Jennifer and Rachel get one-on-one dates; Ben takes eight lucky ladies horseback riding; Ben surprises a bachelorette at the after party; Emily warns Ben about one of the women. Courtney’s fiendish plot to rule the world unaccountably requires the destruction of a greasy-haired young man named Ben… [...]


Teen Mom

***SunniSideUp is on break this week. Please enjoy your newest recapper as a sub, CannedGinger! Welcome to the family, girl! Greetings Gasmii! I’m thrilled to be writing my first official foray into the fun world of recapping — one day I was reading this site compulsively to avoid hurting my co-workers, and just one year [...]


Watercooler

Friday, January 20th Shark Tank (ABC, 8 pm) NBA champion Bill Walton helps a triathlete pitch his idea for a unique water bottle. He wears a Bottle Boy suit. Oh, Bill. Star Wars: Clone Wars (Cartoon Network, 8 pm) Obi-Wan enters a prison, disguised as a convict, in order to extract information; Obi-Wan must work [...]


Watercooler

Thursday, Jan. 19 American Idol (8 pm) Stability is the keyword for this season as the judges’ panel remains the same for the second straight year, the first time the panel has been the same in consecutive seasons since the addition of the (short-lived) fourth judge following season seven. “We’re holding stable” seems like a [...]


Watercooler

Wednesday, Jan. 18th Whitney (ABC, 8 pm) Happily unmarried Whitney (Whitney Cummings) and Alex (Chris D’Elia) seek advice from their friends when they realize they are close to relationship boredom. Well, at least their circle of friends isn’t an adorably quirky bunch. Oh. Brain trust. American Idol (Fox, 8 pm) Auditions in Atlanta. This. Again. [...]


Watercooler

Tuesday, Jan. 17 Glee (Fox, 8 pm) Finn’s plans for after graduation surprise his friends. A spin-off show in which he goes to college that lasts six episodes before being canceled? Snooki, look out! Taboo (National Geographic Channel) Humans have an inherent urge to fight. In some cultures, the boundaries of what is considered acceptable [...]


Watercooler

Monday, Jan. 16 The Rosie Show (OWN, 7 pm) Rehearsal for Rosie’s Theater Kids. Has Oprah got a theater charity yet? Then get me one, fool, before she thinks of it! What’s it spelling? L, I, M, O, R, I, D,E, O, F, S, H, A, M, E. Oh, no! The Bachelor (ABC, 8 pm) [...]


Teen Mom

Two’fer Tuesday on Teen Mom 2 tonight but I wish they’d play something good, like some Prince or some Elvis.


Watercooler

Tuesday, Jan. 10 Oh great. Now they have to go to the bathroom. Texas Multi Mamas (WE, 8 pm) Casey takes her quads on a road trip. Remember your helmet! Work It (ABC, 8:30 pm) When the guys make their first attempts at sales, they are surprised to discover that Lee’s experience is no competition [...]


Watercooler

Monday, Jan. 9 The Bachelor (ABC, 8 pm) Twelve bachelorettes try out for a community theater production written by children. That’s totally meta, considering that the Bachelor’s story arcs are written for children. Antiques Roadshow (PBS, 8 pm) A 1960 first edition copy of “To Kill a Mockingbird”; collection of bronzes; rare 1924 Gibson F-5 [...]


Watercooler

Saturday, Jan. 7 My Cat From Hell (Animal Planet, 8 pm) A cat named Kleo keeps Tim from proposing to his girlfriend. Kleo has no opposable thumbs. How much control over Tim can she possibly have? Cops (Fox, 8 pm) A homeless man refuses to leave the handicap stall in a store bathroom. Who can [...]


Teen Mom

Chelsea and Randy meet at a diner and luckily, Journey doesn’t kick on at the jukebox


Watercooler

Friday, Jan. 6 E! News! (E!, 7 pm) A team of reporters cover television, film and music, as well as the celebrity party scene. Is Jessica Biel pregnant? Is Justin Timberlake the father? Aren’t Ryan Seacrest’s teeth shiny tonight? Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC, 8 pm) Ty and the team head to Iowa to help [...]


Watercooler

Thursday, Jan. 5 What’s spellcheck ever done for me? Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC, 6 pm) Large prizes draw contestants to the America’s Trezured Dollz pageant in Nashville, Tenn. Candice? Are you sure you spelled the name of that pageant right? Project Runway All Stars (Lifetime, 9 pm) Guest judges include famed fashionista Miss Piggy and [...]


Teen Mom

I swear if next week’s double episode of Teen Mom2 is this boring, so help me I am going to write the whole recap as if Yoda I am.


Watercooler

Tuesday, Jan. 2 Celebrity Wife Swap (ABC, 9 pm) Gayle Haggard, wife of former TV evangelist Ted Haggard, trades lives with Steffanie Sampson, who is engaged to actor Gary Busey and rejects organized religion. After experiencing Gary Busey lovin’, Gayle refuses to swap back. Rooint! Work It (ABC, 8:30 pm) When unemployed best friends Lee [...]


Watercooler

Monday, Jan. 2nd Hold on. Just let me get rid of this bimbo… The Bachelor (ABC, 8 pm) Ben Flajnik returns to the mansion for the season’s first cocktail party; a septuagenarian confesses her love for Ben; a bachelorette shows up at the mansion on a horse. Ben and Levi the horse have been spotted [...]


Watercooler

Sat., Dec. 31 Strange Sex: The Year’s Best (TLC, 8 pm) The top-10 strangest sex stories impart the strangest, most-unusual instances of relationships and sexual practices. Freak babies, freak families, freak brides, freak sex. Go “impart” your freaks somewhere else, TLC. The Bourne Ultimatum (CBS, 8:30 pm) Jason Bourne continues his international quest to uncover [...]


Watercooler

Friday, Dec. 30th The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (ABC, 8 pm) Children join forces with the lion mystic Aslan to free the land of Narnia from the White Witch’s wintry spell. Based on the novel by C.S. Lewis. Pevensie has got to be the most unlikely last name ever. Need to Know (PBS, [...]


Teen Mom

Randy is dropping the dime on Chelsea, finally! He’s making her marinate in these choices. I wonder if he went and did some therapy ala Tony Soprano on the down low? If so, bra-vo, Randy.


Watercooler

Thursday, Dec. 29th Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8 pm) While other members of the Peanuts gang plan a holiday celebration, Charlie Brown struggles with “War and Peace”. I think there’s mad sexual tension between Charlie Brown and Lucy. Vampire Diaries (CW, 8 pm) Elena is left feeling conflicted after Rebekah opens up to [...]


Watercooler

Wednesday, Dec. 28th Dr. Phil (Own, 8 pm) A woman leaves her husband for another man and now lives in a tent; a woman learns her husband was living a secret life for almost a year. For the last 12 months, he was known at the TGI Friday’s as “Eduardo.” Modern Family (ABC, 9 pm) [...]


Watercooler

Tuesday, Dec. 27 Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (ABC Family, 6 pm) A poor boy and his grandfather win a tour through the marvelous factory of a wily confectioner. The good version. Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (ABC Family, 6 pm) A poor boy and four spoiled children win a tour through the [...]