Daenerys Targaryen…Rock Star…Queen…Awesome

THE ANSWER TO FRIDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: Dax Shepherd plays Crosby Braverman on Parenthood

FIRST FIVES: Mike O'Dea, John Romeo, Karen Feldman, Monica Caraffa & Jim Carter

HONORABLE MENTION: James Gabriele

Bonus Trivia Question #1: Papa Was a Rolling Stone was the song from Scandal
Bonus Trivia Question #2: Royal was the song from Reign 

THE NUMBERS 

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

Scandal Season Finale-ABC 3.4/10.4
The Big Bang Theory-CBS 2.6/10.8
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 2.5/8.1
The Big Bang Theory-CBS 2.2/9.6
American Idol-FOX 1.9/7.8

Thursday's Cable Top 5
Big Bang Theory- TBS .9/2.2
Vikings-History .9/2.9
30 For 30-ESPN .8/.18
American Dad-Adult Swim .8/2.1
Pawn Stars-History .8/3.5

Thursday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Scandal Finale-ABC 697,000 Tweets
30 for 30-ESPN 126,000 Tweets
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 70,000 Tweets
The Vampire Diaries-CW 68,000 Tweets
American Idol-FOX 42,000 Tweets

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

20/20-ABC 1.8/8.2
Shark Tank-ABC 1.6/6.4
Dateline-NBC 1.2/6.4
Last Man Standing-ABC 1.1/5.2
Dateline-NBC 1.0/5.4

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings
Hannibal-NBC 44,000 Tweets
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 33,000 Tweets
Shark Tank-ABC 8,000 Tweets
Bellator MMA Live-Spike 6,000 Tweets
Anderson Cooper 360-1,000 Tweets

-The Mad Men season 7 premiere was up 74% with three days of time shifting included against the A18-49 demo.

THE SHOWS 

Silicon Valley

Why did I commit to this one again? I gotta go back and read last weeks post. I was really bored watching this show and made a decision to bag it. Deleted the season pass. Sorry...Sunday's are too competitive and quick, hard decisions need to be made. I'm done.

The Good Wife
Okay, so do you know who who Gabe Lewis is? You probably do and don't realize it. He was Zach on The Office, and he was one of the NSA guys on The Good Wife for the past few eps AND he is on Silicon Valley right now. I guess he got a new agent or something. He's everywhere. Anyway, he did what he needed to do on The Good Wife last night, he got Alicia out of her funk and into kicking ass mode.  YEAH! I love the ass-kicking Alicia. She got the NSA off her back (and off her phones and computers-through the help of Peter, but so what?) and she got Finn taken care of AND set the tone with the DA's office.  Not sure how I feel about Michael J. Fox's partnership with Lockhart Gardner. Can mergers happen THAT fast? I mean really? What about that he took over Will's office? Was that really necessary? Diane and Kalinda better figure something out fast because I don't like what I'm seeing at all.  

Game of Thrones

Sooooo…it was Lord Baylish that poisoned King Joffrey? I think so right? Do you think that he's Sancere's father? We know he loved her Mom, but I don't think they were ever together. Why would Baylish do so much to save Sancere's life? Did I forget that Cersai had another kid? I think I did. Now he's the King. He seems like he could be much better than his brother doesn't he? Let's face it, anyone would be better than Joffrey. Okay, so how F'ed up was it that Jamie raped his sister right next to his dead son? Crazy right? The Sam stuff was boring, the Wilding's are insane, the Hound is a snot rocket blowing thief, and yet I like him, and Prince Oberon's now Tywin's ally. The episode was plodding along and then…KHALEESI!!! Daenerys is just the best. She showed up in Moreen or whatever that place was called and was challenged to a duel with a single horsemen. Liam from Nashville volunteered to kick his ass and pee for his Queen. It totally reminded me of that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indy just shot the guy with the knives. Hilarious. 

Orphan Black

Thank you BBC America. I appreciate the Saturday night premiere of Orphan Black. My husband and I went out to dinner with friends, but I was able to watch the show Sunday morning which was awesome.  Of course, I didn't watch the commercials, but lets put that to the side for a minute. Not sure how many of you took my advice and got up to speed on Orphan Black It's hard to talk about it without giving away the key plot point. I'm begging you all to binge Season 1 so we can talk Season 2 freely. What I can say is that Tatiana Maslany who plays the lead is just mesmerizing. She has really done something amazing here. I just wish I could tell you what it is but that totally gives the entire show away. I'm not sure how long this show can go on, and I'm hoping that the writers/producers don't let it got so long that it jumps the shark, but I'm along for the ride for now. 

Joan Knows Best

Also on Saturday night, and also watched on Sunday morning…Joan & Melissa. I'm a tiny bit suspect these days of this show. It's sort of feeling very contrived or scripted or something. I can't put my finger on it. This week Joan was selling her place in Connecticut and couldn't sleep so she asked Melissa for a sleeping pill. Then weird things started happening. Boxes of Joan's jewelry arrived from QVC, Carmen Electra showed up out of the blue for a styling consult, Joan Skyped Brett, the evil make-up artist, and Tony received Joan's Queen Victoria chair. I've heard that Ambian can have this effect but it all just seemed weird, plus why wouldn't the cameras not have caught that? Also weird, Cooper's Lacrosse coach wasn't playing him because Melissa wouldn't hire his wife who supposedly lied on her resume. WTF? That was weird too. I love Joan and Melissa but things just seem far fetched. 

THE OTHER STUFF 

-I bet Lara Spencer's saying "FINNNNALLLY" Talk about someone paying her dues. Lara was finally promoted from news reader to official co-host on Good Morning America. She will be working along side George Stephanopolous and Robin Roberts every day.

-Face Off has been renewed for a 7th season on Syfy.

-Pretty sure I mentioned that my sister and I have always been obsessed with Mt. Everest. I'm also pretty sure that I mentioned that I was totally psyched for the Everest Jump in May. Not sure if you've heard about the crazy avalanche that occurred up there on Friday. 13 sherpas lost their lives and now Discovery has cancelled the jump. I do think it's the right thing to do, but I was really looking forward to it. 

-It's not really official yet, so not sure if I should or shouldn't report it, but supposedly, Gwen Stefani will take over Christina Aguilera's spinning chair on The Voice. I actually think she'll be REALLY good! Plus her outfits shouldn't disappoint at all.

Monday's Trivia Question: Borrowing from Hollywood Game Night this week and playing TV MashUp...Here's the Example...Archie Bunker and Alex P. Keaton...All in the Family Ties...get it???  Here's today's : Sonny Crockett and Lieutenant Horatio Crane

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The Good Wife…The Mourning Period Begins (Early Edition)

THE ANSWER TO FRIDAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: "Havvvve Ya Met Ted?" That was the pick up line used throughout the entire series. 

FIRST FIVES: Karen Feldman, Todd Walsh, Kara Brennan, John Romeo & Monica Caraffa

HONORABLE MENTION: Alex Nagler

THE NUMBERS 

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

Scandal-ABC 3.1/8.8

Grey's Anatomy-ABC 2.5/8.1

NCAA-CBS 2.5/7.7

American Idol-FOX 1.9/7.9

Hell's Kitchen-FOX 1.8/5.2

Thursday's Cable Top 5
NCAA March Madness 10p-TBS 1.4/3.2
Vikings-History 1.2/3.3
Pawn Stars-History 1.2/4.0
NCAA March Madness 730p-TBS 1.0/3.0
American Dad-Adult Swim .8/2.5

Thursday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Scandal-ABC 463,000 Tweets
The Vampire Diaries-CW 58,000 Tweets
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 51,000 Tweets
American Idol-FOX 26,000 Tweets
Colbert Report-Comedy Central 19,000 Tweets

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

NCAA Basketball-CBS 3.1/9.8
Dateline-NBC 1.4/8.0
20/20-ABC 1.3/7.0
Last Man Standing-ABC 1.3/6.2
Shark Tank-ABC 1.2/5.0

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Top 5 Primetime Twitter Ratings

Hannibal-NBC 50,000 Tweets

WWE Friday Night Smackdown-Syfy 35,000 Tweets

Arsenio Hall-Synd 12,000 Tweets

Tonight Show-9,000 Tweets

Piers Morgan-CNN 6,000 Tweets

THE SHOWS 

The Good Wife

Good TV makes you feel like this…good TV makes you feel ridiculous for grieving for someone that doesn't really exist but Will Gardner existed for all of us didn't he? I haven't really felt the tightening of my heart and the kind of anxiety I felt watching last nights episode of The Good Wife in a long time. The tears didn't really stop. Not hysteria, just slow tears consistently dripping down the cheeks for pretty much the entire hour. I always thought that when The Good Wife ended, Alicia and Will would leave together, not one without the other and definitely not this way. Seeing Kalinda, Diane,  Alicia and everyone who knew Will deal with his death was upsetting, intense and sort of interesting at the same time. Knowing that many of them aren't ever going to get over his loss just broke my heart and yet…life and business and politics and the law kept going on. Diane fired Will's biggest client, Kalinda dangled death in front of Will's killer but preferred to have him live with his pain instead. Cary was forced to conduct a deposition even though he was just processing the news, and Alicia was just searching for answers. Like her, we all wanted Will's final words to mean something, anything and of course…we'll never know what they meant.  Of course through my tears,  I was still able to notice a few things. Things like the weird moment David    flinched when Diane touched his shoulder. The dual meaning of when Diane told Alicia that she loved Will and Will loved her. Things like the dead body not looking at all like Will. Where did I know Finn from? See…life and the show goes on. 

Lindsay

I couldn't deal with Resurrection or Oprah's Paycheck to Paycheck Town Hall after The Good Wife. I needed some brainless bullish*t before bed, so I went with Lindsay Lohan instead. The show started out the normal way. Lots of people. Lindsay's surrounded with people. Of course she's got Oprah and if Oprah tells you to stop the nonsense, you stop it. Matt, assistant #1, was finally getting his morning and evening meetings with Lindsay, so he didn't quit like he said he would. Matt fired Hollie, assistant  #2, for drinking in front of Lindsay and for being unable to build clothing racks from Bed Bath and Beyond. He also moved Lindsay's Porsche into a garage since she kept on getting parking tickets. He must be exhausted from all the hard work. AJ, Lindsay's health and life coach was up at the apartment getting Lindsay on track, with some breakfast, some list making,  and some pole dancing. Lindsay's sober coach was packing it up since his 30 day gig was over. They filmed Lindsay's appearance on Jimmy Fallon and she seemed to have it together. Jimmy was dressed like the little girl character he plays and off camera it was awkward seeing him running around like that. Lindsay's veneer broke off her tooth and there was all sorts of discussion on whether or not to give an addict anesthesia (they gave it to her). Then just when I thought I was in good shape for bed, Lindsay got busy with her community service and we met a little boy named Donovan. Lindsay worked and played with this cutie and when it was time for her to leave, he got teary, she got teary and I got teary. I think it was when he thanked her for hugging him that I lost it. Oy Vey, now I'm crying during Lindsay Lohan. I blame you Will Gardner! 

Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Back
I know that most reality shows aren't really real. Scripted reality right?  I don't know what to make of the season opener of Joan & Melissa. I do know one thing though. I used to be able to watch it with my 12 year old and now…not a chance. In the season opener, Joan did the Kris Jenner show (before it got cancelled) and was so impressed by the set, the 375 crew members (who are now out of work) and the fact that it all started with Kim Kardashian's sex tape. So much so,  that she wanted a piece of the action. I can't believe Joan would want Melissa to be in a sex tape, but she did suggest it and when she turned her Mom down Joan decided SHE was going to make one. COME ON.  I know Joan's outrageous, but an 80 year old celebrity sex tape. Is there a market for that? Joan thought so. She researched it, she watched some porn, interviewed naked porn stars, and even held a casting call for her co-star. SUPER AWKWARD! I wasn't laughing, and I wasn't having fun at all. I'm know prude and I love Joan, but I don't need to see an 80 year old woman in bed with Kim's ex.  So that's what was going on with Joan. While all that was happening, Melissa's been in a long distance relationship with that super hot British guy, Duncan. Problem is, she's pushing for more from him and he's never leaving London, so there really isn't much of a future there. Melissa kind of broke up with him. For some reason Duncan called Lynn who showed up with her huge saggy boobs hanging out. She got  drunk and kissed him. When Melissa came to her senses and showed up at Duncan's hotel room, Lynn was in his bed. That had to be planned right? I doubt anything happened but Melissa's been through enough. Lynn's an idiot. I hope things get better this season. I'm going to be bummed if I end up deleting this Season Pass. 

Vikings
Okay…the coolest woman on TV has gotta be Lagertha. Any woman that can kick as much viking ass sporting some serious braids is all right by me. That girl can FIGHT. I hope her plan was to leave her son, Bjorn, with his Dad and go back and kill that horrible husband of hers. If she does, it'll free her up to head back to Ragnar where she belongs. These vikings have some crazy good battle skills don't they? An ax in the head from a 100 feet away…pretty impressive. Lots of crazy killing this week. I wonder what they use to get blood stains out of their clothes. There's so much of it all over their faces and clothes. It's very distracting.  I'm not sure I totally get what's going on with the priest guy. I really need him back with Ragnar. 

THE OTHER STUFF 

-GMA news…Josh Elliot, the news anchor is leaving to go to NBC Sports.  Current ABC news correspondent,  Amy Robach has reportedly been tapped to replace Elliot. First Sam, now Josh and also Cynthia McFadden's leaving Nightline. What's going on over there in the news department?

-Chelsea Handler doesn't want to renew her contract on E! when it expires at the end of the year. She hasn't been happy at the network and hasn't kept that a secret at all. Personally,  I couldn't care less where she ends up as I'm really not a fan of hers at all, but I do think it could be interesting business wise. She could do a daily show via Netflix or something other new distribution channel. I'll be paying attention for that reason and that reason only. The options are really endless these days.

-Apparently some fairy tales don't end in happily ever after. ABC cancelled Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. I need to go back and check, but I believe I called this one from the get go. We had all never seen anything like Once Upon a Time that's what made it so cool and different. We all didn't need second option, not when there's so much other good stuff on these days. Do you think the days of the CSI, Law and Order and NCIS franchise type thing are over?

-Syfy gave Helix some good news on Friday and renewed it for another season for all you fans of that one.

-Apparently NPH and Jason Segel have done "The Confrontation" from Les Mis before, but during their appearance with the rest of the cast on Inside the Actors Studio, they performed it again. Check it out…it is Legen…WAIT FOR IT…DARY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz1MwhjTWIw

Monday's How I Met Your Mother Trivia Question: Which one of Ted's girlfriends left him for a baking fellowship in Germany.

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