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On 2/20/2018 at 5:08 PM, P.J. said:

 

Ditto for Britton. Nashville was flawed from the minute they cast the low key and charisma free lead, and now 911 is trying to sell her as some mommy sex goddess, or at least that what it seemed to be after like 3 episodes, when I gave up. 

Praise.

Although, oddly, I liked her in Nashville the most. I just remembered what an odd fit she was on Spin City, sucking the energy out of the room.

I'm thinking also of various nineties film actresses:

Julia Ormond

Monica Potter

Gretchen Mol

And how many times can they push Sienna Miller? 

16 hours ago, SFK said:

 

I certainly remember it from the '80s/'90s, maybe early '00s.  I can see the set in my head but I don't remember what was that last event.  The yacht club seemed to take its place/purpose.  Not sure if the Inn was around in the '70s.

 

I still have it on tape somewhere, like I literally recorded it with a camcorder off of the TV lol, but it was a memorable episode at the Inn around '95/'96.  All of the rich characters (Phoebe, Palmer, Marian, Enid, Adam, Erica, nouveau Tad) had gathered to elect a man of the year IIRC, and Adam sways the crowd that it should be Erica.

I remember Jack staying there in the very early 90s when Erica lost custody of Bianca. 

11 hours ago, Franko said:

If I'm not mistaken, The Chateau was introduced in 1970 as Nick Davis' place. I want to say it was gone for good after the gas pipe explosion in 1987 (?).

 

 

Nevertheless, the Chateau lived on into the '90s in at least one corner of fandom -- it was the "location" of the "How to Host a Murder" party game.

 

Now, when did The Goalpost disappear? Just prior to the Chicken Shack showing up?

I'm going to offer some time in the mid-90s when the coffee house Julia worked at briefly came along (a la Starbucks). There was also McKay's. And then everyone needed to go eat at Holidays (Hayley and Mateo's place) before it was destroyed for SOS. What was the name of the place Krystal took over towards the end of the series' run?

Was it BJ's or am I just being ironic?

First of all, the new season looks good. This show really grew on me the first season.

One thing irritates me though. The original show took place in Indianapolis. They went to great pains to mimic the original set, so for the first episodes, I assumed we were looking at Ann Romano's old apartment with new tenants in Indianapolis. But somewhere along the way, (I forget where), we learn they are actually in LA (and this trailer has shots of LA). Why? I haven't found a purpose for setting the show in LA vs. Indy. It's not as if there aren't or can't be Cubans in Indianapolis. And I probably wouldn't think twice if they hadn't made the apartment similar. Does this bother anyone else? Thoughts?

For me, the most touching moment was with Schneider, when he refers to her as "Annie" for the first time.

I can certainly understand where the character was coming from regarding "I should've done better." As parents, we often feel responsible in some way for the failings of our children, even if not truly our fault. There's always a "What if I...?" in there somewhere; certainly this would have been the case for Ann Romano, who cared enough for her children to get them out of a poor situation and divorcing their father.

7 hours ago, DaytimeFan said:

 

The theme for Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives encapsulates Los Angeles in the 1980s - all those stores on Rodeo Drive (Bijan, Fred, the old Ralph Lauren Polo - those scream 1980s to me), the smorgasbord of 1980s actors, all those status symbols (the Petrossian caviar, the Dom Perignon champagne), this opening has it all and then some:

 

 

And the seriously underappreciated Laura Branigan...what a voice...gone too soon.

So we have a post-TC Suzanne Somers, post-H2H Stefanie Powers and a post-Dallas Mary Crosby with a pre-Silence Anthony Hopkins, pre-Unsolved Mysteries Stack and a pre-Murphy Brown Candice Bergen. What an odd moment in all of their careers!  

And I can't get over how LONG this is. You would never find a theme song running this long nowadays.

3 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

Back to You (Fox, 2007-08)

 

 

I feel that this sitcom was more a victim of bad timing - read: the 2007 WGA strike - than anything else. Despite the talent on both sides of the camera, Fox didn't give the show enough of a chance - even after the writers' strike was settled.

 

In hindsight, everything worked out well for many of the people on BTY. Patricia Heaton and Ty Burrell landed on ABC on The Middle and Modern Family, respectively. Both shows are now in their ninth seasons. Josh Gad has gone on to a successful stage and film career. Kelsey Grammer and Fred Willard still pop up on shows and commercials. 

 

Plus, as a fan of The Middle, I can't imagine it without Patty Heaton. Frankie Heck is a much better role for her than BTY's Kelly Carr was.

I liked this one too, although I don't remember that being the opening sequence. Remember when they changed the actress playing the daughter towards the end of the season? 

On another note, these are the same creators who went on to do Modern Family, so it all worked out in the end.

4 hours ago, Nothin'ButAttitude said:

Oh this warmed my heart...

Going back and watching the hearing, and I am so proud of Congressman Jeffries. You Know that it is KILLING Sessions that he had to answer to a Black man.  It was obviously killing him (too) that Jeffries is very astute and pinning his ass to the wall. 

Oh I cannot wait for that gnome to go down along with Orange Julius.

At first, this started like a sketch from SNL, but the read at the end is priceless. 

Thank you, Congressman Jeffries, for bringing us back on track from Moore, trips to Asia, and other diversions.

On 11/8/2017 at 7:45 PM, ChitHappens said:

I forget about Miss Driver. She is positively delicious as Lorraine. Love her and her accent makes the character even better. Just adore her!  

+1

Those last moments?

Megan Mulally, come collect your Emmy.

I think the last half of Season 3 through the beginning of this Season 4 has been the best it's been in a long time. It's not got the whiplash inducing cliffhangers each episode had in its first season, but it's more solid all the way around. Everyone has their own storyline, and everyone is more integrated than ever before.

18 hours ago, YRfan23 said:

Had know idea the Olsen Twins appeared on the show....(They incorrectly say it's DOOL though)

 

Ya gotta love that plug at the beginning for their show, "Two of a Kind."

"Friday night, right?" 

Another showpiece for Sean Hayes. The guy has always turned in some great comedic work, but he's showing some very touching work in this season as well. 

Snootch. lol

I cannot believe we aren't talking about this...

43 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:

I have now seen both the premiere and the second episode and I enjoyed both, but I preferred the second episode by a country mile - I am Trump'd out and the premiere was too political.

 

The scenes with Sean Hayes and the magnets were hilarious.

 +1

The physical comedy all around on the second episode was aces, but Hayes may have just earned another Emmy nom. 

Also Ben Platt. Guest Emmy Nom.

On 9/22/2017 at 4:32 PM, DRW50 said:

 

Everything she was involved with was a flop. Could they not get anyone better?

I would hardly call 2 Broke Girls a flop. It lasted for six seasons and had decent ratings the first few years.

17 hours ago, DRW50 said:

 

I tend to wonder how much was down to how different he was to most men on AMC up to that point, especially those in Natalie's life. I sometimes wonder if it was also a tacit admission to how much of Natalie's personality they had seeped away over the years. 

I enjoyed Trevor. He was different than most men in soaps period. He did tend to be self-righteous once he became a lawyer. Of course, Collins and Kiberd couldn't stand one another.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

If 227 had gotten another season and they'd needed a white friend of Regina King's to try to sing rap, Taylor would have fit right in. 

 

 

 How oddly specific!

Maaaarrrry.

Because OLTL#1 Fan wanted to know...

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/29/534916080/ohio-town-struggles-to-afford-life-saving-drug-for-opioid-overdoses

This is the town I grew up next to and lived in for 22 years so my children could attend a progressive school there. This is also the town JD Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, grew up in and writes about in that book. This is the town and surrounding area where a Democrat has not won the Presidential election since Kennedy. This is the town where I walked the streets for Obama in '08, and we came 137 votes shy of securing victory. There are many many good people there who outweigh the "bad;" so many struggling. So many just looking for ways to turn it around. 

The problem is very real...from all sides...

7 hours ago, marceline said:

Poland's First Lady ain't here for Snatchgrabber.

 

 

DAAAAAAMMMNN!

21 hours ago, John said:

These actors werent bad

wonder why they were recast

Aliki Prince was recast, because he was "too comedic" and they wanted to go in a more serious direction. I don't think he was around for much longer after this episode.

Interestingly enough, both he and Dondre Whitfield were on Cosby. Of course, Dondre was recurring as Vanessa's Robert.

I do not remember when Irene Ng left, but I did like her quite a bit. Obviously green, but not in a 'bad" way. 

I liked first Brian too, (Greg Gordon?) but given the direction that character went, I can see why they went with Borlenghi. The first actor had a more clean-cut look, and it made more sense for Borlenghi to be Trask's brother, Brian.

This all takes me back.

33 minutes ago, Pine Charles said:

 

OMG. First Terrence and First An LI...almost forgot they weren't originally portrayed by Dondre Whitfield and Lindsay Price.

Thx

trump-wrestling-video-cnn-twitter.html

never-ending...

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Equally (if not more) disgraceful?  The excuses his base will dream up, no doubt, to justify his comment.

"He fired the first shot"

"they can dish it, but they can't take it"

just some thoughts...