GOLDEN GLOBESSSSSSS...don't play me off...there's a lot...

The answer to Friday's Trivia Question was: Chris Pratt and Emily Van Camp both starred in Everwood!
First Fives:Elke Raskob, John Romeo, Mike O'Dea, He Who Shall Not Be Named & Allison Shapiro
Honorable Mention: Caryn Vitolo
Bonus Trivia Question: Patton Oswalt's very first acting role was on SEINFELD!!!

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

The Big Bang Theory-CBS 5.6/20.0
The Millers-CBS 3.3/13.6
The Crazy Ones-CBS 2.4/9.6
Two and a Half Men-CBS 2.4/9.4
Elementary-CBS 2.0/9.8

Thursday's Cable Top 5
Pawn Stars-History 1.4/4.8
NBA Basketball-TNT 1.2/3.1
Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.1/2.4
Appalachian Outlaws-History .8/2.7
American Dad-Adult Swim .8/1.9

Thursday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings
Mob Wives-VH1 20,400 Tweets
Community-NBC 18200 Tweets
Parks and Recreation-NBC 14,000 Tweets

The Pro-Football Hall of Fame -NFL Network 11,700 Tweets
The Spoils of Babylon-IFC 4,800 Tweets

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

Shark Tank-ABC 2.1/7.3
20/20-ABC 1.7/6.7
Hawaii Five-0-CBS 1.5/10.4
Last Man Standing-ABC 1.5/7.1
Bones-FOX 1.5/6.7

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

WWE Friday Night Smackdown-Syfy 31,700 Tweets

Oprah's Lifeclass-OWN 15,400 Tweets

The Carrie Diaries-9,000 Tweets

Fashion Police-E! 2,700 Tweets

Arsenio Hall-Syndicated 1,400 Tweets

Late Night Ratings for the Week of 12/30/13-1/3/14

Leno .7/3.0

Letterman .6/2.7

Kimmel.5/2.1

Fallon .5/1.6

Ferguson .4/1.2

Conan .4/.8

Nightline .3/1.4

Carson Daly .3/.8

Golden Globes - E! Red Carpet Coverage 

• Before any of the big stars arrived there was a big red mess on the red carpet. A sprinkler accidentally burst, flooding the place. I watched as workers sopped up the mess. That's how dedicated a reporter I am. I actually watched people mop.
• Giuliana's dress looked like she got it from the US Figure skating woman's champion, but she was also wearing some really expensive ice...a 1.8MM diamond ring that was so big, Ashley Wagner could have actually done a triple axle on it. 
• Kelly Osbourne looked really good to me. She still has that lavender hair but I'm used to it now. I kept thinking that those metal things on her shoulders were the logo Prince used when he was the artist formally known as Prince
• Hayden Panatierre's hair looked like the sprinklers got her, but I LOVED her dress
• I didn't know that Kevin Spacey produced Captain Phillips, did you? Kevin told Ryan Seacrest that he wrote a letter to Woody Allen and gave him a Netflix subscription so he could see his work with hope of a starring role in his next film
• Tatiana Maslany's dress was awesome. If you haven't watched Orphan Black yet, you really need to  
• Sarah Hyland's eyebrows looked way too thick and she was going with a Sound of Music look. She said it was Valentino runway inspired, but I say it was Fraulein Maria inspired
• Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber were both in Tom Ford and looking lovely and annoyed that they had to leave NYC
• I didn't like Zooey Dechanel's dress but Kelly and Ross were apoplectic over it. This time I think I was right
• The chick from 12 Years a Slave, Lupita Nyong'o looked breathtaking in a red Ralph Lauren GORGEOUS dress.  
• Could Lena Dunham look any worse? YELLOW? REALLY? 
• I wonder if all the Mad Men peeps are surprised that the breakout star of their show is Elizabeth Moss 
• Margot Robbie from Wolf of Wall Street couldn't possibly have been wearing any underwear at all and I got the feeling Giulana was trying to set her up with Ryan Seacrest. Did you catch that?
• Robin Wright and her new fiance, Ben Foster, made their debut. He's 15 years younger than her and he sort of looks like Sean Penn to me. 
• The only thing I liked about Amy Adams dress was that it was red
• Isn't it SO weird seeing Bryan Cranston with hair? 
• Kaley Cuoco has officially changed her name to Kaley Cuoco Sweeting. Dress wasn't my thing at all
• Emilia Clarke, Khaleesi, Queen of Dragons, is almost unrecognizable with dark hair. I guess that's a good thing for her, right?  She can still go food shopping and to the dry cleaners without the US Magazine folks following her and putting her in the "Stars....they're just like us" section
• Glad to see Jonah Hill's keeping the weight off 
• I loved the color of Taylor Schlling's dress, but I just think that she should always be wearing orange
• Kerry Washington's SO having a girl and she OF COURSE was wearing Olivia Pope white!
• Julianna Marguiles looked stunning, I loved her hair to the side.
• All of U2 were at the Globes for their song from Mandela and Bono, who is 53 years old looked damn good, the whole band looked damn good. 
• Cate Blanchett looked very old. I didn't love her dress, but she did look very movie starrish and sort of regal
• Leonardo Dicaprio is HOTTTTTTT
• Bradley Cooper had toooo much bronzer on way too much bronzer which was a trend among the men it seems
• Jared Leto tied that hair back, threw on the tux and got on the red carpet. He was rocking it out on the Ellen show on Friday and then put the serious actor look together for the Globes on Sunday
• Olivia Wilde's having a boy, mark my words
• Of course Julia Louis Dreyfus looked amazing in red. I saw Enough Said over the weekend and she was SO good in it.
• Jennifer Lawrence looked stunning from the neck up, her dress looked like when you make a tie dye t-shirt and you use rubber bands
• Drew Barrymore looked hideous in that dress. The face and hair was fine but the weeping willow dress had to go. She ties with Lena Dunham for worst dress
• Julia Roberts looked like she tucked her gap button down into her dress. It looked like as soon as she was done with the show she was going to take the dress off and milk a cow or something
• Taylor Swift says everyone's her best friend. EVERYONE is her best friend. Not sure how she has time for her BF's but okay, if she says so. 
• My FBFF looked very handsome, I didn't see wifey, but maybe she was home with Winnie.
• Emma Roberts looked like a mannnn baby!
• Ryan Seacrest must be taking Qualudes or something (Wolf of Wall Street reference) he kept getting names wrong. Chris PRINE? NO RYAN...Pine...Pine 
• Zoey Saldana's an idiot
• Sofia Vergara always, always looks perfect
• Mila Kunis...hmmmm nothing...I feel nothing
• TIME FOR THE SHOOOOOWWWWWW

Golden Globe Awards

• Amy and Tina changed outfits and hair between the red carpet and their monologue. I liked the show dresses and hair better than the carpet dresses and hair. Their entire monologue rocked, they kicked ASS across the board!  My opening faves: Reese and Julia (in the film section), the George Clooney joke was great what a bummer he wasn't there to appreciate it, but I know even he would have loved it. The guy from Captain Phillips was a limo driver from Minnesota. Who knew? LOVED the Matthew McConaghey joke and BTW...he too was wearing too much bronzer. If you looked around throughout the show, most of the men were wearing way too much bronzer.
• What was with everyone taking SOOOOOO long to get to the stage. Party planner...you're fired 
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE/COMEDY: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) if you didn't see my comment about her dress above, then I will reiterate...it looked like a t-shirt you're going to tie-dye using the rubber band method
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS TV: Jaqueline Bissett for Dancing on the Edge. DAMN I wanted Monica Porter to win. The category is ridiculous. Jaqueline needed to take a bus to get to the stage, she was sitting so far away, and then, I don't know if she was drunk or shocked or what but she couldn't get it together at all. She was a hot mess. 
• Big Mark Ruffalo fan.  If you haven't seen the movie ADORE with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright...see it. 
• BEST MINI SERIES: Behind the Candelabra. Was that Beethoven up there with Jerry Weintraub?
• BEST ACTRESS IN A MINI SERIES OR TV MOVIE: Elizabeth Moss (Top of the Lake) Did she have to start  her accpetance speech with a "Holy Sh*t?" Proof positive that actors are nothing without writers
• Matt Damon, the garbage man, forgot his glasses, but did a great job winging it. Guess he can do okay without writers unlike Elizabeth Moss.
• Gwyneth and Chris alert. First Hawaii and now TOGETHER at the Globes...twice in the same month.
• Jonah and Margot had the wrong cue cards and good for Jonah, kept it real and called it out big time so everyone knew they weren't idiots
• Paula Patton must have had a hard time in the ladies room with that ridiculously unpractical dress. 
• BEST ACTOR IN A TV SERIES DRAMA: No Brainer-Bryan Cranston. OF COURSE!
• Everyone is sitting SOOOO Far from the stage! SOOO ANNOYING
• BEST TV SHOW DRAMA: Breaking Bad OF COURSE
• OMG the real Philomena Lee! Great movie!
• Kate Beckinsale's gorgeous. How does Sean, PDiddy, Puff Daddy, Diddy, Daddy Combs get invited to this stuff all the time?
• BEST SCORE IN A MOTION PICTURE: Alex Ebert for All is Lost. What's going on with the hair? He must be someone, if he's partying on a boat in St. Bart's with Diddy. Let me think about this: "Even a deft pen is a clumsy tool" WTF does that mean?
• If we're not feeling good, I'm pretty sure Diddy'll get us some Cristal. Let it flooowwww Diddy
• BEST ORIGINAL SONG IN A MOTION PICTURE: U2...damn it, I wanted to see Gwyneth and Chris. How does one decide to wear purple sunglasses when they are putting their ensemble together? Bono of course can get away with it...he's Bono damn it, but I"m just curious.
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR TV: Tough category- SHOCKER! Jon Voight! Aaron Paul was soooo gypppped! Jon Voight is 75 years old...do you think that was a dig at Angelina when he mentioned his family?
• Don't you love Robert Downey Jr? 
• BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE: Amy Adams beat out Meryl Streep? WTF 
• Kyra and Kevin...and Sosie!!! Sosie's gorgeous! 
• BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA: Robin Wright (See her in that movie with Naomi Watts, Adore and if you don't, then and only then should you watch House of Cards...WATCH IT) We got to see Robin's boob tape which was exciting. BUT...Tatiana should have won.  
• Jim Carrey's back in town, we've missed you Jim. 
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE: Jared Leto YEAHHHHHHHHH I LOVE HIMMMMMMMMM. You need to see Dallas Buyers Club and then watch the Closer to the Edge video to understand how insanely talented Jared is.
• Emma Thompson's shoes were off and flying and she seemed a bit bombed, but she looked good and was hilarious
• BEST SCREENPLAY: Spike Jonze for HER...see it, then help me with it. 
• Laura Dern needs to eat something
• Julie Bowen and Seth Meyers were cute
• BEST ACTOR TV SERIES COMEDY: Andy Samberg...maybe I need to watch Brooklynn 99 again?
• Love when they go to commercial and we see who's talking to who. Does NBC have a cam online that we can see all that action? I didn't check. Note to self on that for next year. Did you see Matt and Ben discussing who's sleeping over who's house tonight...awww
• Hate Zoe Saldana and hate her dress too
• BEST FOREIGN FILM: The Great Beauty
• FBFF and Melissa as Matt Damon ehhh - not that funny
• BEST ACTOR IN A TV MINI SERIES OR MOVIE: Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra) Michael looked good, didn't see CZJ anywhere but he did thank her so that might mean that their therapist is still on the payroll. 
• Emma Watson's dress was way cooler when you saw it from the back
• BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Frozen
• Colin Farrel's HOT and was awesome in Saving Mr. Banks
• Bono massaging Amy Poehler during her categeory but then making out with him when she won...priceless
• BEST ACTRESS IN TV/COMEDY: Amy Poehler 
• Diane Keaton in her Annie Hall garb, looking good with something blue and weird on her finger nails showed up in person to pay tribute and accept Woody Allen's award. It should be a rule that you have to show up or you don't get it. I can't imagine he liked that friendship song. Oy vey I sort of got doosh chills from her. 
• FYI, no joke, Mia Farrow tweeted right before the Woody section that she was grabbing some ice cream and switching channels to watch Girls 
•  Bennnn...I love Ben and he looked GOOD and seemed to have taken some Spanish classes in order to say Alphonso's Cuaron's name with the right accent
• BEST DIRECTOR OF A MOTION PICTURE: Alphonso Cuaron for Gravity
• Funny...herpes/earpiece just like Oprah/Uma 
• Sosie Bacon's pretty touchy feely with all the celebs, did you notice that?
• Uma looked good. Haven't seen her in a while
• BEST TV SERIES COMEDY/MUSICAL: Brooklyn 99 WHAT??? How can that possibly be? Setting the DVR now. Could I have been so wrong?
• Tie Dye girl's back...
• BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE COMEDY: YEAHHH LEONARDO DICAPRIO!!!!!! Love Joaquin's standing O for Leo. Also Leo's comment about the category.
• Reese's dress looked beautiful as did she. Sooo serious right? 
• Chris Hemsworth and Nicky Lauda made my husband happy...he's probably the only one who knew who Nicky Lauda was. 
• OYYYY I hate not loving what Drew Barrymore's wearing, she also needed to blot a bit. She was VERY shiny. All those hormones can cause excessive oilyness
• BEST MOTION PICTURE COMEDY: American Hustle WOW...it's SO not a comedy. 
• BEST LINE OF THE THE NIGHT: "Like a super model's vagina, lets give a warm welcome to Leonardo DiCaprio" BRILLIANT GIRLS...BRILLIANT
• BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA: Philomenia? Philomena Leo...to many shots I'm sure. Cate Blanchett 
• BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA: Matthew McConaghey Alright, alright, alright! 
• Johnny Depp's a blond now. Doesn't work for me sorry, Dana Moscato.
• BEST MOTION PICTURE DRAMA: 12 Years a Slave. I'm exhausted

NEWS & INFORMATION

-How does a show get cancelled after just 2 episodes? ABC's programming/development team must have seen a ton of pilots, had a ton of meetings on which ones went to series and when to launch them and The Assets lasted just 2 airings. How does that happen? Maybe go with the Amazon Prime approach...let America (or me) help you choose!  No idea how much time and money was spent to greenlight The Assets, but I'm betting too much. Someone needs to film a show about the making of a show...how it gets picked up, cast etc. I mean we all would love that. THATS THE SHOW...get it?

-Everyone's getting out their Superbowl stuff. Getting ready for the big game, ordering their food, planning the parties etc. The networks are no different. Animal Planet's got Puppy Bowl . The Hallmark Channel now has Kitten Bowl and now Nat Geo Wild announced the Fish Bowl. CBS is airing an interactive countdown special where viewers can vote for their favorite Super Bowl Commercials. http://www.cbs.com/superbowl/commercials/  Here in the Tri-State area,  I can now buy Super Bowl hats, t-shirts, shot glasses and napkins at CVS, Shop Rite and Target. It's getting crazy and we're 3 weeks out.  More to come I'm sure.

-For any of you guys that have been reading this blog for a while now, you know that when Kelly Ripa was searching for a new co-host, I used to blog about the show all the time. I still DVR it but I don't watch EVERY day, it all depends on the guests. If you recall though, I used to freak the F out about how awful Kelly's clothes were. To be honest, in general they aren't much better, but when she's good, I gotta give the shout out. It's only fair. On Friday's show, Kelly wore a great sweater. I loved it so much that I contacted my buddy at ABC to find out where I could get it. So Kelly Ripa and Kelly's stylist, finally...a thumbs UP.

-Sundance has confirmed that they'll be running the second season of the super weird, super creepy show, The Returned. I guess that's good news right? I won't be watching season two, but good for all of you that will be.  Also coming back is the second season of The Writers Room which was pretty good.

-I really want to watch HitRecord on Pivot, January 18th, because one of my current faves, Joseph Gordon Levitt is producing and starring in it, but unfortunately, Cablevision aka Optimum, doesn't have Pivot yet in its lineup.  I'm guessing it'll be available online though. Pivot's already renewed the show for a second season, I hope I think it's as good as Pivot thinks it is.

-HBO's making the first 2 episodes of Girls season three available for FREE on YouTube today.  Pretty cool of them and pretty smart at connecting where I'm betting most of the shows fan base views the show.

Monday's Trivia Question: What TV show did Golden Globe winner Leonardo DiCaprio first get our attention and what was his character's name 

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Golden Globes Night! I apologize in advance for how long my post is.

The answer to Friday's Trivia Question:  Bill Pullman played the President in the movie Independence Day.  

FIRST FIVES:Lance Beitler, Elke Raskob, Mary Ryan, He Who Shall Not Be Named, & Dan Realson

Honorable Mention: Monica Caffara

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

The Big Bang Theory-CBS 6.3/19.7 (I find this unbelievable)

Two and a Half Men-CBS 4.2/14.3

Person of Interest-CBS 3.3/15.5

Grey's Anatomy-AB 3.1/9.2
Scandal-ABC 2.8/8.3

Thursday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

Scandal-ABC 150,964

The Big Bang Theory-CBS 121,282

Grey's Anatomy-ABC ABC 119,372

Critics' Choice Movie Awards-CW 75,034

1600 Penn-NBC 51,303

Thursday's Cable Top 5

The Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.3/2.8

Tangled-Disney 1.0/4.2

Buckwild-MTV 1.0/1.9

Movie-FX 1.0/1.9

Family Guy-.9/1.7

Thursday's Cable Trendrr Top 5

Buckwild-MTV 131,051
NBA Basketball-TNT 121,790

NBA Basketball-TNT 113,284

Beyond Scared Straight-A&E 41,429

Impractical Jokers-Tru-23,114

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

Shark Tank-ABC 2.0/6.8

Undercover Boss-CBS 1.8/9.0

Blue Bloods-CBS 1.6/11.1

CSI NY-CBS 10.7

Last Man Standing-ABC 1.5/7.0

Friday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

Fringe-FOX 44,808
Shark Tank-ABC 34,372
1600 Penn-NBC 24,512

Undercover Boss-CBS 24,500

Blue Bloods-CBS 23,490

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Cable Trendrr Top 5

NBA Basketball-ESPN 552,215

NBA Basketball-ESPN 251,437

WWE-Syfy 84,846

Piers Morgan-CNN 43,212

Ghost Adventures-Travel 34,000

Wow what a Sunday. I have to admit, I think I was couch bound for 12 hours.  I started off with the Knick game, then the Falcons/Seahawks, then the Patriots/Texans which lead right into E! Red Carpet and then Golden Globes.  For someone like me...a perfect day.  

As you know when it comes to award shows, I bag paragraphs and go for the bullet point format, so here we go:

• Giuliana Rancic...hideous. 
• Claire Danes, gave birth a month ago and looked skinny and amazing in her red Versace dress. Her biggest concern for the night...LEAKAGE! (I'm not joking, she said it herself!)
• Megan Fox was a total bitch to Ryan Seacrest
• Katherine McPhee blew everyone out of the water with her ultra sexy black number
• Everyone from LA was obsessed with how "cold" it was.  I checked the temp in Beverly Hills at showtime and it was 55 degrees they'd never make it here in NYC if they think 55 is freezing
• Lena Dunhan does nothing for me. I don't like her, her dress, or her show.
• Julia Louis Dreyfus is 52 years old. Amazing right?
• Hayden Panatierre's white gown was one of my favorites of the night 
• Kelly Osbourne's still going with that gray/lavender hair, I really think it's time to move on.
• I don't understand why anyone chooses those skin colored dresses. Amy Adams's dress was boring!
• How hot did Bradley Cooper look? I heart him. I more than heart him.
• Miayam Bialik...hideous
• The mani cam is the stupidest thing ever
• Daniel Craig and Rachel Weitz looked like old Hollywood royalty
• Lucy Liu...ewwww horrible
• Hated Jessica Chastain's dress and hair.  
• I always confuse Rosario Dawson and Zoey Saldana. Only one of them slept with Bradley Cooper...I think
• Jennifer Lawrence's Dior dress wasn't a good choice at all. 
• Nicole Kidman's Alexander McQueen's dress was very interesting, I really liked it and normally I hate her choices. 
• I don't know how all the stars kept it in check when they got to Al Roker, but nobody brought up is PIP incident.  
• Hugh Jackman's wife looks like she could be his Mom
• Is there any award show Taylor Swift DOESN't go to?
• Eva Longoria went with the Angelina Jolie sexy leg dress and it worked just as well for her as it did for Angie.
• I think it's time for George to dump Stacey Keibler. If I'm sick of her, he's gotta be too.
• Ben Affleck remembered to tuck his shirt in.
• Adele needs to call Claire Danes for tips on losing the baby weight
• Kristen Bell is huge already, I bet Dax is secretly concerned.
• ER Reunion of Doug and Carol when George Clooney interrupted  Ryan Seacrest's interview of Julianna Marguiles to say hi was my fave Red Carpet moment.

• 2 MAIN TAKE AWAYS-TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER SHOULD BE NAMED OFFICIAL LIFETIME CO-HOSTS OF THE GOLDEN GLOBES & BRADLEY COOPER IS HOT.
• Bill Murray looked like a skinny Santa Claus
• Taylor Swift sat next to Richard Gere and looked like she had no idea who he was
• Amy Poehler and Tina Fey's opening was amazing. The James Cameron joke...awesome
• They let Mel Gibson in? 
• Best Supporting Actor (Film): Christoph Waltz-Django Unchained 
• Best Supporting Actress (TV) : Maggie Smith-Downton Abbey
• Sam Fox & Francesca Eastwood were Mr. & Miss Golden Globes aka stage traffic controllers
•  Amy Poehler and Tina Fey seem like they'd be funny Moms
• I thought the Hollywood Foreign Press lady was bombing but she sorta killed
• Rosario Dawson is NOT Zoey Saldana
• Best Actor in a Drama (TV) Damien Lewis/Homeland...forgot he's British (again), which makes his acting, that much more amazing.  
• Salma Hayek and Paul Rudd messed up READING the nominees for Best TV Drama, those moments are what make award shows so much fun to watch.
• Best TV Drama-Homeland. 
• Loved JLo's dress
• Checked Facebook During Best Original Score
• I didn't know any of the Best Songs other than Skyfall, so I was glad Adele won, but I felt bad for Jon Bon Jovi, he could have used some good news.
• I can never remember what Jessica Alba is famous for.
• Jack Bauer should join the 3rd season of Homeland
• Now whenever I see Kevin Costner I think of his Whitney Houston eulogy
• Bill Clinton's at the Globes? Shouldn't he be home taking care of Hillary?
• Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell toooooo funny
• Tommy Lee Jones looked miserable. Maybe he didn't like the food or his shirt was itchy?
• Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical-Jennifer Lawrence/Sliver Linings Playbook
• Best Supporting Actor (TV) Ed Harris no way! Mandy Patinkin was there he should have won, that's bogus.  
• Jamie Foxx's hair looked like a football helmet or something
• Best Supporting Actress (Film)  Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables (I'm not a fan)
• Best Screenplay-Quentin Tarantino
• Was Jeremy Irons on his way to his second job as an orchestra conductor?
• Debra Messing's hair colorist left too much dye on her forehead
• Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical (TV) Don Cheadle/House of Lies. REALLY??? WTF?
• Rocky and The Terminator were cute presenting Best Foreign Film. Ones had too much botox and ones had not enough
• Best Foreign Film-Amour BOGUS, The Intouchables was amazing
• Lea Michelle is from my town, Tenafly NJ. Trust me, there aren't any Tenafly people as tan as she is right now
• Best Actress in a Drama (TV)- Claire Danes of course. I will say it again..Clarie Danes had a baby 4 weeks ago!
• Sasha Baron Cohen isn't funny
• Jason Bateman is one of my favorite Jason's
• If you've never watched Aziz Ansari's stand-up, you should, he's really freaking funny
• Best Actress in a Comedy (TV) - Lena Dunham, I'm so bummed, I really can't stand her
• Oh and Lena...get shoes that fit or that you can walk in.  It wasn't cute that you couldn't walk properly to get your award.
• I need to rewatch Jodie Foster's speech there was a lot there: privacy, I think she came out, I think she retired, I think she begged her Mom to go to the other side. Not sure if it was a train wreck or brilliant
• Best Director-Ben Affleck YEAH, YEAH, YEAH 
• I wonder if Jen and Ben bumped into JLo at the Globes.
• I can't believe my FBFF, Jimmy Fallon presented with Jay Leno.  I can't stand Jay Leno.
• Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical-GIRLS UGH I really don't get it
• Sidney Bristow almost got to give Will Tippen the Best Actor in a Comedy Award but he didn't win..she gave it to Hugh Jackman...I think Arvin Sloane's behind this.
• Best Actor -Comedy/Musical-Hugh Jackman/Les Miserables
• Best Comedy/Musical-Les Miserables
• Best Actress/Drama-Jessica Chastain/Zero Dark Thirty
• Best Actor/Drama-Daniel Day Lewis/Lincoln
• I sort of forgot about Julia Roberts, she was as big of a surprise as President Clinton
• Best Movie/Drama-SHOCKER...ARGO won best picture (Another Alias alumni...Victor Garber was in Argo, so pretty much almost everyone from Alias was at the Globes last night)
• Show finished EXACTLY at 11...take that Academy.

Friday night Cinemax premiered a new show called Banshee.  The premise is a bit contrived. Basically, this nameless guy gets out of jail after 15 years and goes to get the girl and the money he left behind.  To find the girl, he needs the help of an old transvestite friend who gives up her address in Banshee, PA pretty easily.  The nameless guy obviously has a past and some guy named Rabbit is after him the second he gets out of prison.  On his way to Banshee, no name steals a car, and a motorcycle, is involved in a shoot out on the streets of NYC, meets a bartender/ex con named Sugar, and the about to be sworn in, Banshee Sheriff who has come from Oregon to run the police department because an ex-Amish bad guy named Koi Proctor runs everything in Banshee and the Mayor needed an outsider to turn the town around. (I know that was a lot...but I'm pretty sure that was, in fact NOT a run on sentence) While the new sheriff is eating a steak, two of Koi's guys come into the bar and start trouble. Nameless kills all of them REALLY violently.  To make a long story short, he takes the sheriff-to-be's identity and becomes Lucas Hood, Sheriff of Banshee. He finds the girl who is now married with 2 kids, one of which, I'm pretty sure is Lucas's.  There's way way more to this story, add in an Amish component (the Amish are pretty "hot" these days), and the ultra hot dude playing Lucas,  Antony Starr who looks amazing with his shirt off and you have a winner in my opinion. There were some pretty graphic sex scenes and the show is pretty violent, but I did give this one a Season Pass.  Not sure how many of you have Cinemax, but I'm betting you'll be hearing more about this show and its star. Oh and one more thing...it's on Friday night which is awesome...for once a good show NOT on Sunday night!

NEWS & INFORMATION

-Survivor announced the fans vs. favorites cast on Friday afternoon.  I'd forgotten some of the "favorites" already, which makes me question how Jeff Probst and the producers define a "favorite", but there are some interesting people coming back.  Malcolm, Dawn, Brenda, Phillip, Cochran and Brandon Hantz, Russell's nephew are all coming back to give it another shot.

-Starting tonight, NBC is giving viewers the opportunity for a 1 hour sneak peak of Smash before the official 2nd season premiere on 2/4. If you want to see it will be available on every platform possible. So check out NBC.com, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon, Xbox and on demand if you're interested.

-Sometimes, you have to know when enough is enough.  I sort of feel that way with vampires.  I'm never going to stop watching The Vampire Diaries, but when I read that the CW greenlit a Klaus spin-off called, The Originals, I was actually sort of bummed about it.  I mean, I love Klaus, but do we need MORE vampires?  When did Twilight come out? 5-6 years of vampires is enough already isn't it?  Of course I could be proven wrong and if anyone can hold his own, it's Joseph Morgan, the guy that plays Klaus, but I'm worried we are going to experience (if we haven't already) vampire saturation or vampire overload or something.  I guess it will all depend on how good the story is, hotter vampires than Damon, Stefan, Klaus, Elijah and Elena and a lot of shirtlessness.

-Big news Dexter fans, the show is returning for its 8th season 3 months early on 6/29.  Not sure yet if the 8th season is the last season, but from what I've read, the decision will be made sooner than later.  Immediately following it will be a new show called Ray Donovan  Homeland returns as originally scheduled on 9/29.  Masters of Sex will premiere right after Homeland that night.  Episodes won't be back until early 2014 which is a bit of a bummer as I really love that show, but then again, I'm sure I could use the time back.  The Big C: Hereafter will air a 4 episode wrap-up beginning on 4/29 and Nurse Jackie and The Borgia's will be back on 4/14.  All of these dates have been added to the listings on the right for your convenience.

-Miss New York took the Miss America crown on Saturday night.

Monday's Trivia Question: Before Robin Givens married and divorced Mike Tyson, she starred on this ABC show as Darlene Merriman.  Name the show.

WWTM-Kristy

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WATCHING WAY TOO MUCH 1/16/12

Pretty sure only us Verizoners (or are we Verizonites???) are the only ones working today…so not sure how many of you will read and respond…

Answer to Friday’s Trivia Question: The Einstein’s got the Einstein question wrong but won THE OFFICE trivia question

Only 3 people got it right: Mike Pierro, Rhonda Bitterman & Sean Peters

Thursday’s Broadcast Top 5

THE BIG BANG THEORY-CBS 5.2/15.9

ROB-CBS 4.1/13.4 (I AM LITERALLY IN SHOCK BY THIS)

GREY’S ANATOMY-ABC 3.8/10.5

PERSON OF INTEREST-CBS 3.2/14.7

THE MENTALIST-CBS 2.7/13.4

Thursday’s Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (KF)-CW 106,401

THE BIG BANG THEORY-CBS 65,217

GREY’S ANATOMY- ABC 42,785

30 ROCK (KF)-NBC 25,717

THE SECRET CIRCLE-CW 22,126

Thursday’s Cable Top 5

JERSEY SHORE-MTV 3.8/6.4

BIG BANG THEORY-TBS 1.5/3.2

AFTER THE FIRST 48-A&E 1.0/2.3

BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT-A&E 1.0/2.2

NBA-TNT .7/1.7

Thursday’s Cable Trendrr Top 5

JERSEY SHORE-MTV 311,785

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS-Nick 67,092

BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT-A&E 66,006

BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES-WE 31,872

RUGRATS-Teen Nick 29,528

-Friday’s Broadcast Top 5

BLUE BLOODS-CBS 1.8/11.8

CSI NY-CBS 1.7/10.4

EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER-ABC 1.7/6.4

20/20-ABC 1.7/5.5

KITCHEN NIGHMARES-FOX 1.7/3.8

Friday’s Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS-Nick 71,280

WWE SMACKDOWN-Syfy 41,634

RUGRATS-Teen Nick 24,590

HEY ARNOLD-Teen Nick 20,302

106 & PARK-BET 14,654

-Friday’s Cable Top 5

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-Friday’s Cable Trendrr Top 5

ONE LIFE TO LIVE-ABC 39,464

SUPERNATURAL-CW 33,132

FRINGE-CW 27,499

LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON-NBC 17,164

TODAY SHOW-NBC 11,472

-NEW FEATURE FOR MONDAY’S ONLY:

·         Week of 1/13 Trendrr -Broadcast Top 5

REPUBLICAN DEBATE-ABC 1,650,029

MEET THE PRESS-NBC 586,460

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES-CW 546,967

FAMILY GUY-FOX 422,837

THE BIG BANG THEORY-CBS 341,402

·         Week of 1/13 Trendrr-Cable Top 5

JERSEY SHORE-MTV 1,374,056

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS-ABC Family 750,975

WWE RAW-USA 520,373

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS-Nic 442,917

WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE-Disney 306,641

-Last night was all about the GOLDEN GLOBES for me…luckily the Giant game ended exactly in time for the show to start and of course I was watching the Red Carpet coverage on my Ipad so I could see all of the dresses.  I still haven’t determined who looked especially gorgeous, but, here are my random thoughts on the show:

·         Not enough Ricky

·         Madonna’s arms are disturbing, but Madonna was awesome…next year, maybe she should host

·         Best line of the night (in my opinion) Seth Rogan’s when he walked out with the stunning Kate Beckinsale and said “Hello, I’m Seth Rogan, and I am currently trying to conceal a massive erection” CLASSIC

·         Angelina needs to eat and watch AMERICAN IDOL as I don’t think she has a clue who Ryan Seacrest is

·         Martin Henderson is a Little Person who was the victim of a Dwarf Tossing incident

·         Many American celebrities seem to now have some sort of hybrid type of Euro accent

·         Super slow talking is now a trend???

·         Matt LeBlanc won for playing himself in a mediocre show…we can’t really take that too seriously…he did also get nominated for his role in JOEY and I am not positive but I don’t think he was ever nominated for playing Joey on FRIENDS…but I would need to check on that one

·         How in the world are Peter Dinklage and Eric Stonestreet in the same category? (But SO happy Peter Dinklage won and I learned that he is from NJ!)

·         Yeah for HOMELAND and Claire Danes but how does Damien Lewis NOT win and Kelsey Grammar does?

·         Jessica Lange must have driven to the awards in a convertible…what was up with that hair?

·         Totally loved Ricky Gervais’s dis to Kim Kardashian in the opening Monologue

·         Best Hair award is a tie between Ashton’s new do and Rob Lowe’s

·         Was Rob Lowe THAT tan or was Julianne Moore just sooooo pearly white?

·         Why have you guys never corrected me on DOWNTON ABBEY…I have been typing/saying DOWNTOWN ABBEY

·         Diane Lane is still so beautiful

·         Jimmy Fallon rules and needs to come sleep over my house

·         Tim Robbins was looking pretty good

·         Michelle Williams too

·         Jessica Biel’s dress was hideous and where was her engagement ring?

·         I love Meryl Streep…she can do no wrong, so don’t even go there.

·         What is up with Tilda Swinton?

·         Even with all of the accolades, still don’t know if I could sit through THE ARTIST

·         Is there anyone cooler than George Clooney?  Don’t think so

-If you were like me this weekend…you watched a lot of football!  How insane was the 49ers/Saints game?  Truly one of the most amazing games I have seen in years.  The Patriots/Broncos game…OY VEY…Tebowtime is O…V…E…R…Gotta be honest…I didn’t watch the Baltimore/Texas game as I was busy having a bit of a life but of course Giants/Packers yesterday was awesome.  Funny…Jets fans will usually root for the Giants, but Giants fans wouldn’t be caught dead rooting for the Jets…just another annoying nuance of being a Jet fan I guess…

-As I predicted…WORK IT on ABC has been cancelled after 2 episodes…again…how in the world this show was given valuable network TV time is beyond me…but I am definitely not always right about these things…!ROB! which is just as bad and even more offensive in some ways, did huge numbers on Thursday with a 4.1 and 13.4 million viewers.  Are people really that lazy that they just didn’t change the channel after THE BIG BANG THEORY?  Or…maybe they were like me and just wanted to check it out to see if it was as bad as they thought it would be…I guess this Thursday will be the true test…

-On Friday’s LIVE WITH KELLY, Apollo Anton Ono, the speed skater, was the co-host, and he was surprisingly…really good! Kelly was totally into him and he was really funny and seriously…he could definitely bag the speed skating thing for co-host chair…Gelman…hope you added him to the short list.

-30 ROCK…Liz Lemon has a boyfriend but his face hasn’t been revealed yet…from what I am reading it’s James Mardsen who is super cute…I loved him in 27 DRESSES

-I know I have posted a few charts and facts about texting lately…This one is actually another good one…again the surprising thing for me here is that the number of texts has gone down from 2010 to 2011 among 13-17 year olds but has gone up with the older generations…especially the 55+ demo…it is up 33% versus last year. 

-For all of the GAME OF THRONES fans out there, you will be happy to know that the season 2 premiere is just 76 days away… the official date is 4/1!  Can’t wait!

Monday’s Trivia Question:  While there was tons of great football all weekend and of course the GLOBES, but there was also a MISS AMERICA PAGEANT that I purposely missed …who won?

WWTM-Kristy