The last 15 minutes of Breaking Bad were insane! I need a Xanax just thinking about it!

The answer to Friday's Trivia Question: Andy Samberg stars in the new FOX primetime comedy, Brooklyn Nine Nine
The theme for the week was 2013/2014 New Primetime Programs

FIRST FIVES: Michael O' Dea, Mitch Klein, Megan Quirk, Heather Doyle, & Neil Moffatt

Honorable Mention: Rachel Snyder

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

NFL Football-NBC 10.4/25.8 (Man does America love their football or what?)
Football Night in America-NBC 6.5/17.8
Big Brother-CBS 2.4/6.9
The Big Bang Theory-CBS 1.5/7.2
Wipeout-ABC 1.1/3.5

Thursday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

Sunday Night Football (On Thursday)-NBC 848,823
Big Brother-CBS 250,893
Rookie Blue-ABC 36,445
The Vampire Diaries-CW 29,926
Glee-FOX 25,191

Thursday's Cable Top 5

Burn Notice-USA 1.2/3.7
The Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.0/2.6
American Dad-Adult Swim 1.0/1.9
The Big Bang Theory-TBS .9/1.7
Project Runway-Lifetime .7/2.3

Thursday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
Burn Notice-USA 42,020
Project Runway-Lifetime 37,249
Tamar & Vince-WE 30,616
Impact Wrestling-Spike 23,100
Graceland-USA 18,609

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

Dateline-NB 1.2/4.9
20/20-ABC 1.1/4.8
Shark Tank-ABC 1.1/4.0
Betty White's Off Their Rockers-NBC .9/3.7
Blue Bloods-CBS .7/4.3

Friday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
2014 FIFA Cope Mundial-Multiple Nets 230,030
America's Next Top Model-CW
Perfect Score-CW 20,737
Dateline NBC 13,574
20/20 6,779

Friday's Cable Top 5

NA

Friday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
WWE Smackdown-Syfy 84,584
Ghost Adventures-Travel 26,821
Luther-BBC America 13,636
Dear Dumb Diary-Hallmark Channel
Hello Ross-E! 8,230

Late Night Ratings for the week of 8/26/13-8/30/13
Leno-NBC .8/3.5
Letterman-CBS .6/2.5
Kimmel-ABC .5/1.9
Fallon-NBC .5/1.7
Conan-TBS .5/1.0
Ferguson-CBS .3/1.1
Nightline-ABC .3/1.3
Carson Daly-NBC .3/.9

Big Brother
With football running late, I DVR'ed Big Brother and watched late. I was really feeling the tightening of Pilates by then and needed some sleep, so my bullets are short and sweet.  Here's what I got:

• Spencer won HOH and with that he got to distribute 3 "gifts" to those that lost the competition
• The Gift of Friendship was given to McCrae and GinaMarie who had to be tied together for 24 hours. Spencer figured it was best to keep a close eye on McCrae so he had GM do his dirty work.  Funny thing was, GM was only really upset that McCrae was actually not very clean, so she was doing 2 different types of dirty work. McCrae didn't complain much at all about being shackled to GM but after Amanda, anyone's a piece of cake. 
• The Gift of Wealth was given to Andy. He got to smash different piggy banks to win 5 grand, but he only ended up with $94.83
• The Gift of Health was given to Judd and his Grizzly Bear T-shirt. This one was awesome.  Whenever Judd heard the sound (and voice) of the drill Sergeant, he had to stop and do whatever he was told which included, push ups, jumping jacks etc. It was great, it happened in the diary room, in the middle of the night and during the nomination ceremony. Hilarious, especially the insults that went with the exercise.
• Andy's diary room commentary gets more annoying by the day.  I can't wait for the end just so I don't have to hear him in the diary room.
• Spencer nominated McCrae and GM...I'm fine with that. I would have put 2 Exterminators up and backdoored McCrae but whatever. 

Breaking Bad
Uh Oh, problem with the meth...it's not blue! That'll cause all sorts of trouble overseas and Lydia was freaking out about it.  Todd seemed relatively confident that he could fix the problem, but he'd need Mr. White to tutor him a bit. Walter called Todd and just as I suspected, asked Todd's uncle to take Jesse out. So they did some bartering...some tutoring for some killing.  The rest of the episode was so intense, wasn't it? I don't really want to give anything away, but O...M...G... the rest of the episode took place in the desert and just when we thought the JIG WAS UP and we knew where things were going...BOOM. That's all I'm going to say. WOW! Only 3 episodes left and I still have NO idea at all what's going to happen.

Real Housewives of NJ
If I didn't love Joe Gorga before, I sure do now, the guy irons!  Not many guys that do that these days. Can't believe I'm typing this, but poooor Melissa Gorga. If I woke up on my birthday and the first two things I saw were my husbands b@lls and my sister-in-law, who I can't stands face, I'd crawl back into bed and wait until next years birthday. That's how Melissa's birthday morning started out and the first gift she got from Teresa was panties with peace signs on them. What sister-in-law would give that kind of gift? The guys hung out at the pool and pissed off all of the other Miraval guests by being loud and rude...you know... themselves.  While the guys were pissing off everyone at the pool, the girls took a "zen-ist" tennis class.  Joe Gorga toasted Joe Giudice and it was nice to see. Then the gang had to do one of those trust me/trust you things up on a high wire. Of course Teresa and her bro did it and were fine but then it was time for Melissa and Teresa to do it and of course they had trouble leaning on each other.  Caroline couldn't take everything being so good and had to push for everyone to start fighting again which of course they did.  This bunch doesn't need any excuses to fight with each other. Thanks Caroline.  She makes me nuts these days.

The White Queen
Is anyone out there watching this one?  I sure hope so, because, now, I do need someone to start explaining things.  I had hopes that the series would stay simple, but after this weeks episode I'm totally baffled. Not sure at all who's King, who's Queen and whose heir is next in line. Without the Internet, I don't even understand how all of the players involved knew who was supposed to be what. Back then without phones,  everyone relied on notes or word of mouth for accurate news of what was happening outside castle walls. Queen Elizabeth heard from her sons that her husband was missing and she is no longer Queen and within seconds she was on the run and in fear of her and her families life.  All that AND she was in labor.  Not sure how I felt with the directors choice of camera angle during the birth of the prince.  The Queen delivered standing up and the camera between the legs shot wasn't really necessary buddy.   

NEWS & INFORMATION

-Sons of Anarchy fans...tomorrow is the night. Jax and Clay and all the guys of SAMCRO will be back in our lives. FX is launching Anarchy Afterword, a live web post show to talk about all things SOA.  Not sure we've ever discussed my love of this show. I discovered it last December when I went to Las Vegas for my friends wedding.  I watched all 5 seasons of it over Xmas break, so this is the first season I'm actually watching it live and I'm out of my mind excited.  For all of you 50 Shades fans who have no idea who Charlie Hunnam is, now's the time to get on the bandwagon, but I recommend starting at the beginning. This show's awesome.

-Project Runway All Stars returns on 10/24 with a new judge, new mentors and some new/old faces. Sort of surprising that Alyssa Milano will be hosting the third season. Marie Claire's fashion editor Zanna Roberts Rassi will be a new mentor but Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman will be back as judges.  Some of  the guest judges will be: Abigail Breslin, Gabourey Sidibe, Kristin Chenoweth, Elisabeth Moss and Michael Urie. Anyone still watch this one? 

-The season premieres of Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League at their new home, FXX, delivered 757,000 and 786,000 viewers which was up 8%  vs. last years premieres on FX.  Now I know what the extra X is for! Xtra viewers.  I'm betting FOX hopes so.

-Two big announcements over the weekend. 1) The 2020 Olympics will officially be held in Tokyo and 2) Bruno Mars will be this years Super Bowl Half Time performer. I saw Bruno on tour this past Summer and he was awesome.  Guessing Jay Z and Justin passed? I thought for sure since the game was here in NJ a local celeb would be playing, but Bruno's from Hawaii. Not sure how he'll do in Rutherford in February, but he rocked Newark in July a few months ago.

-I'm really looking forward to all of your comments and feedback on a lot of the new shows this season. I'm not sure how I feel about the new Michael J. Fox show on NBC. I really need to see a few more episodes before I make an official Season Pass ruling. I'm happy that Marie from Breaking Bad has a job and I was even happier to see that Candice Bergen and Charles Grodin were cast as Mike's parents, but the pilot made me nervous. Lets see what you think.

-According to Mashable, the average US smartphone user downloads 32.8 apps. How you download .8 of an app, I'll never know.  The US is 8th in most apps downloaded around the world. Here's the top 10 comparison.
South Korea- 37.4 free apps and 2.7 paid apps with a total of 40.1 apps
Switzerland-30.4 free apps and 9.4 paid apps with a total of 39.8 apps
Sweden-30.4 free apps and 8.9 paid apps with a total of 39.3 apps
Singapore-31.2 free apps and 6.3 paid apps with a total of 37.7 apps
Japan-18.9 free apps and 17.5 paid apps with a total of 36.4 apps
Australia-22.5 free apps and 10.9 paid apps with a total of 33.4 apps
Denmark-26.6 free apps and 6.3 paid apps with a total of 32.9 apps
US-25.3 free apps and 7.5 paid apps with a total of 32.8 apps
Norway-23.2 apps and 9.3 paid apps with a total of 32.5 apps
France-28.7 apps and 3.5 paid apps with a total of  32.2 apps
The Global average- 20.6 free apps and 5.6 paid apps with a total of 26.2 apps.

-I've made some big TV recommendations over the past 18 months and I hope I've steered you right more times than not. Orphan Black is another one of those shows you need to watch and now is THE perfect time. BBC is rerunning the first season on Saturday nights at 10pm. TiVO it and catch up...you have plenty of time. The new season doesn't even start until April 2014. I can't tell you ANYTHING about it because once you know the twist it ruins things...just watch it. Money back guarantee, I swear.

Monday's Trivia Question: Name any of the 3 songs that played in last nights Breaking Bad.

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The answer to Friday's Trivia Question: There were actually 2 winners of So You Think You Can Dance in 2012. I don't watch this one so I admit I had to look it up myself.  Eliana Girard and Chehon Wespi were the 2 winners last season.

FIRST FIVES: Michael O'Dea, Jim Carter, Andrea Walters, Monica Caraffa & Caryn Vitolo

Honorable Mention: Dani Jackel

The theme was Reality Show Winners of 2012.  

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

Big Brother-CBS 2.5/7.0
The Big Bang Theory-CBS 2.2/8.4
Two and a Half Men-CBS 2.0/7.1
Hollywood Game Night-NBC 1.5/4.7
The Winner Is-NBC 1.4/5.1

Thursday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

Big Brother-CBS 227,310

America's Got Talent-NBC 46,040

Glee-FOX 33,711

The Vampire Diaries-CW 29,362

The Big Bang Theory-CBS 29,150

Thursday's Cable Top 5

Alien Sharks-Discovery 1.5/3.1
Pawn Stars-History 1.4/4.9
NFL Pre-Season Football-ESPN 1.2/3.1
Sharkpocalypse-Discovery 1.2/2.6
The Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.0/2.6

Thursday's Cable Trendrr Top 5

Monday Night Football (On Thursday)- ESPN 133,237

Spawn of Jaws: Sharktweeto-Discovery 102,858

Sharkpocalypse-Discovery 95,927

Alien Sharks-Discovery 94,589

Project Runway-Lifetime 57,749

Friday's Broadcast Top 5
Shark Tank-ABC 1.8/6.2
Dateline-NBC 1.6/6.3
Would You Fall For That?-ABC 1.5/5.0
20/20-ABC 1.4/5.0
Blue Bloods-CBS 1.1/6.1

Friday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
America's Next Top Model-CW 49,014
Santa Diabla-Telemundo 11,919
Dateline-NBC 10,742
La Tempestad-Univision 6,672
Bones-FOX 6,550

Friday's Cable Top 5
NA

Friday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
WWE Smackdown-Syfy 76,177
The Great White Gauntlet-Discovery 47,177
Fashion Police-E! 21,233
Piers Morgan Live-CNN 18,867
MLB Baseball-WGN America 11,264

Big Brother Bullets

• Funny, Aaryn couldn't believe what GM said about Candice's Mom not wanting her, but had no clue that all the racist remarks that came out of her own mouth were probably just as hurtful. 
• BB showed us all how Judd got backdoored...Helen! Of course! And who wins big time from that move? Aaryn.  If Aaryn wins this thing I will lose my mind. 
• Judd's pleading for his life was brutal for me to watch I can only imagine how tough it was on everyone in the house. Now I know why there was so much crying after he left.
• Helen's first pep talk of the show was truly unbelievable. She made Aaryn think that what SHE did by getting rid of Judd will help her win the game, when it was really Helen pulling all the strings. 
• Who thinks of these competitions? Roll a ball down a giant banana into a cup? 
• McCrae beating Amanda was a smart move even though Amanda had a nervous breakdown over it. 
• Helen's second pep talk, this time to Amanda, showed us all how Helen speaks to her children didn't it? OMG, Helen's not even a target yet? 
• Andy finally gets an HOH! Did we miss his "Who Wants To See My HOH Room?" moment? 
• Loved the clip of everyone saying that they are glad Andy won because they are BFF's with him. Hilarious.
• Everyone loves Andy so much that they volunteered to be a Have Not this week.  
• Andy took the easy way out though. Didn't listen to Helen (who was 100% right ) about putting Amanda and McCrae up.  Bad move Andy. You just made yourself another target for Helen. 
• I guess Helen's puppet master skill were lost on Andy.  Could have also jus lost him the game. 

Breaking Bad
How GOOD was it to see Walter White back on your TV last night? I don't even know what to say.  I didn't see the cancer coming back at all as an option but damn that was a great curve ball to throw our way.  Bring us all back to the beginning.  Hank was just out of his mind now that he knows about Walt, but how insane was that scene in the garage between the two of them? Pretty intense? The car wash scene at the beginning...also brilliant. I loved how it started off light and sort of funny with Walt analyzing the air fresheners but then it turned quickly when Lydia showed up begging Walt to come back to the business, but then Skylar kicked her butt outta there. Have an A1 day Lydia! Jessie's out of his mind, racked with guilt and throwing drug money out his car window onto the doorsteps of strangers. Isn't this all so bittersweet. One of the best dramas ever and while we don't want it all to end, we can't wait to see how it ends? 7 episodes left, I can't wait and I will be devastated when it's over.

The White Queen
Starz really wants a slice of the the "must see" ultra competitive, programming pie.  They've had some respectable entries, but they seem to always fall just a bit short. That's sort of how I feel about The White Queen. Think of this one as Game of Thrones ULTRA light. Every one's gorgeous, there's a war (The War of the Roses) but not much battle or blood so far.  There's sex and nudity, but extremely tame compared to GOT.  There's some magic, but the kind you sort of understand.  I liked The White Queen...it wasn't confusing at all. My brain didn't have to do any overtime.   Two families vying for power, The Lancasters (Not the Lannisters) and the Yorks. Pretty simple, so it's easy to keep track of. Based on the first episode, I know who the enemies are and who they aren't.  Of course there are beautiful costumes and great hairstyles that include some crazy braids, and even a Princess Leia Cinnamon bun, for Lady Rivers. The best of the "do's" though, was the evil Dutchess Cecily's enormous buttlike headpiece.  Sure it's a BIT ridiculous that King Edward fell in love with commoner, Elizabeth Gray and secretly married her all before the first commercial break, but for a Saturday Night if you're not going out to a yummy dinner or checking out a movie...you really could get into The White Queen, I did. It's definitely NOT Sunday worthy, but Saturday...it's perfect!

Clear History
Did you guys happen to watch Clear History on HBO Saturday night? I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I basically got Curb Your Enthusiasm, sort of. Larry David played a guy named Nathan Flomm who looked like Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies.  Long crazy gray hair, no glasses and a long crazy gray beard.  Nathan made the hugest mistake of his life by quitting his job as the head of marketing for a small electric car company run by Jon Hamm (who you know I hate).  The reason he quit...he hated the name Hamm gave the car..."The Howard", after his son. Of course in true Larry David fashion,  when he quit, he lost his 10% share in the company which of course ended up being worth billions of dollars. The world found out what an idiot Nathan Flomm was, SO, he moved to Martha's Vineyard, cut his hair, shaved his beard, got some new glasses and started a new life with a new name, Rollie.  Of course he was still the same guy even though he looked totally different. In true Larry David fashion, Jon Hamm and his wife Kate Hudson, move to the island and more Larry David lunacy ensues.  Of course the movie had a great cast. In addition to Hamm and Hudson were: JB Smoove, Bill Hader, a nearly unrecognizable Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, and more, but I guess I was hoping for something other than Larry being Larry.  I didn't love this one and I'm upset that I didn't.  I wanted to. What did you think?

NEWS & INFORMATION

-I honestly don't care at all about Jay Leno's final Tonight Show episode on 2/6/14. Of course I do care when my FBFF, Jimmy Fallon takes over for him and moves to 11:35pm each night which is much better for me personally to keep up with my pal 2 B. Anyone know that date yet?  

-Homeland Season 3 premiere's on September 29th, but you HAVE to watch the trailer. Holy crap it looks SO juicy. The trailer alone stressed me out just like the show does every week. So many questions are raised too. Wait til you see it. Check it out: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXOUIsu-E0Q

- There really hasn't been much of an impact on CBS's ratings during the first week of the Time Warner Cable blackout.  Compared to the 7 day period the week prior to the blackout, CBS was flat against A1849, and compared to the same week last Summer, CBS is actually up 33% against A1849. The ratings are telling the whole story though. My friends lives have been impacted, but as we discovered last week when I learned how to use Facetime, where there's a will, there's a way and people will find a way to watch what they want to watch. Unauthorized downloads of Under the Dome rose 34%.  While overall the networks ratings weren't hurt, Under the Dome was down 7% last week.  Let's see what happens when football season starts. I'll be shocked if this isn't all solved before the first regular season kickoff. 

-If the Time Warner/CBS battle wasn't enough, now there's also danger of a Dish/Disney/ABC/ESPN battle.  This one expires on September 30th and seems to be getting ugly already.  Uh Oh.

-For all of you Breaking Bad fans who happen to also be Mythbusters fans, you may want to check in with Adam and Jamie.  The guys are dedicating tonight's entire episode to one of the best dramas of all time.  The gang tests out scenes from the show to see just how much damage Walter White's favorite chemical , Mercury Fulminate, can do.  Based on the clip I watched...a LOT! http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/breaking-bad-mythbusters-crossover-reaches-explosive-conclusion-video-109811

-I gave the producers a great title idea for the 2nd Sharknado movie, Sharknado 2: Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple, but they are going with Sharknado: The Second One instead. Hate it.

Monday's Trivia Question: I just started watching Dexter, only 2 episodes so far, but I'm in. I have 8 seasons ahead of me which could take some time, but...Michael C. Hall who plays Dexter starred in another awesome show. Name the show and his character's name.  You need BOTH for the credit. This is the last week of August Trivia, so get those answers in! 

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