WATCHING WAY TOO MUCH 12/16/11

Julianne Phillips, Bruce Springsteen’s first wife starred on SISTERS which was the story of 4 sisters (duh) who all had boys names.  Julianne played Frankie, Sela Ward played Teddy, Swoosie Kurtz played Alex and Elizabeth Hoffman played Georgie.  George Clooney was on the show for awhile and so was Ashley Judd.

FIRST FIVES: Tom Donnelly, Kerri Tocci, Brett Blattman, Neil Strahl & Gerald Piscopo

BONUS: Neil Strahl, Shari Dabby & Rhonda Bitterman

Wednesday’s Broadcast Top 5

CRIMINAL MINDS-CBS 3.4/12.7

X FACTOR (CFF)-FOX 3.4/10.6

SURVIVOR (CFF)-CBS 3.1/10.7

CSI-CBS 3.0/12.1

BARBARA WALTERS SPECIAL-ABC 2.3/8.3

Wednesday’s Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

X FACTOR (CFF)-FOX 298,390

VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW-CW 28,060

CRIMINAL MINDS-CBS 27,393

SURVIVOR (CFF)-CBS 19,699

MODERN FAMILY (CFF)-ABC 16,097

Wednesday’s Cable Top 5

AMERICAN HORROR STORY-FX 1.4/2.5

MOONSHINERS-Discovery 1.2/2.5

SONS OF GUNS-Discovery 1.1/2.3

FUNNIEST COMMERCIALS OF 2011-TBS 1.1/2.6

PSYCH-USA 1.1/3.0

Wednesday’s Cable Trendrr Top 5

AMERICAN HORROR STORY-FX 122,590

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS-Nick 53,934

SOUTH PARK-Comedy Central 25,063

PSYCH-USA 25,035

106 & PARK-BET 23,580

-SPOILER ALERT: As I predicted, Marcus Canty was sent packing last night on X FACTOR.  The final 3 are Josh, Melanie and Chris which I am happy with.  In addition, last night Florence and the Machine and Nicole Scherzinger performed…ehhh…they were both okay. 

-Hoping I was the first to break the Howard Stern news yesterday to all of you…as you guys know, I am a HUGE Howard Stern fan, and to date I have yet to watch one episode of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, but I will SO be watching this Summer when he is the new judge.  The show is moving to NY so Howard will still be doing his radio show every day.  Howard will be making the trips around the country to find talent with the rest of the judging team as well.  Another reason to look forward to Summer…sleepaway camp, BIG BROTHER, LBI and now, Howard Stern on AGT!  It can’t get here fast enough for me.  I’m betting that a lot of people who are probably upset by this announcement will be pleasantly surprised by Howard when he begins his stint on the show.  Also loving how NBC, a company that once fired him, is literally moving mountains to hire him now when they need his help.  Irony at its finest!

-EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER has been cancelled.  It’s final show will air in January.  Pretty sure I have never seen an episode of this one…not a big makeover person really, whether its houses or people…I like the reveal but would rather fast forward to it than sit through the process…just not my thing at all. 

-LIVE WITH KELLY update…on Wednesday Bryant Gumbel sat with Kelly.  Never been a fan of his.  He always rubbed me the wrong way which is what I hear about him in general… people either love him or hate him and I don’t HATE him, but he just isn’t my guy.  I will say that obviously he is a pro, he was good with Kelly, but he wasn’t THAT good.  Yesterday was Michael Buble.  I highly doubt that Buble would give up his real job for this gig, but he was good on the show and he seemed to have a major mancrush on Robert Downey Jr. who was the guest yesterday.  It was all very cute. 

-I finally got to watch the BARBARA WALTERS 10 MOST FACINATING PEOPLE show…not so fascinating

-GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS came out yesterday:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball & Warhorse (Loved The Help & Moneyball)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Rooney Mara, Meryl Streep & Tilda Swinton (Viola HAS to win)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Ryan Gosling & Brad Pitt (I know he won’t win, but I pick Brad)

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

50/50, The Artist, Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris, My Week & Marilyn (Didn’t love 50/50, Hated Bridesmaids and thought Midnight in Paris was ok)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR
MUSICAL

Jodie Foster, Charlize Theron, Kristen Wiig, Michelle Williams & Kate Winslet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY
OR MUSICAL

Jean Dujardin, Brendan Gleeson, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ryan Gosling, & Owen Wilson

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
American Horror Story, Boardwalk Empire, Leverage, Boss, Game of Thrones & Homeland (I don’t watch any of these except Boss…I am going to check out Homeland this weekend)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –
DRAMA

Claire Danes, Mireille Enos, Julianna Margulies, Madeleine Stowe, & Callie Thorne (routing for Madeleine Stowe)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Steve Buscemi, Bryan Cranston, Kelsey Grammer, Jeremy Irons, Damian Lewis (I only watch Kelsey so I guess I have to route for him, but I don’t really want to)

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Enlightened, Episodes, Glee, Modern Family & New Girl (Modern Family has to win)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –
COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Laura Dern, Zooey Deschanel, Tina Fey, Laura Linney & Amy Poehler (Huge Parks & Rec fan…go Amy!)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES –
COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Alec Baldwin, David Duchovny, Johnny Galecki, Thomas Jane & Matt Leblanc  (Gotta route for Matt Leblanc)

WWTM-Weekend Movie Rental suggestion: GO Starring Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf, Jay Mohr, Timothy Olyphant and a host of others.  This is a great movie about a drug deal shown from 3 different viewpoints.  It’s a good one if you haven’t seen it.

Friday’s Trivia Question: I loved the show PARTY OF FIVE (so did my sister, my nieces name is Bailey) We all remember Charlie and Bailey Salinger and even Julia and Claudia Salinger…but what was the name of the youngest Salinger?

Have a great weekend everyone!

WWTM-Kristy