Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is the new MUST SEE show...you gotta watch.

The answer to Thursday's Trivia Question:  While "The Contest" winner was never officially announced the implications as to the order in which the Seinfeld cast went out is as follows: Kramer, Elaine, Jerry & George and this is what I based the answers on BUT any true Seinfeld fan (and there are a bunch of you) will remember that in the series finale, George admitted that he cheated. For those of you that knew that...5 bonus points. 

FIRST FIVES:  Bobby Aguilera, Michael O'Dea, Lance Beitler, Beth Hoff & Dan Realson

Honorable Mention: Kathy Connelly
Ultra Honorable Mention: He Who Shall Not Be Named

Wednesday's Broadcast Top 5

MasterChef-FOX 2.4/6.1
Big Brother-CBS 2.1/6.3
MasterChef-FOX 2.1/5.3
Criminal Minds-CBS 1.2/5.6
Dateline-NBC 1.2/5.4

Wednesday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

Big Brother-CBS 175,152
MasterChef-FOX 40,228
The American Baking Competition-CBS 32,524
WWE Main Event-ION 16,681
Supernatural-CW 11,606

Wednesday's Cable Top 5
The Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.3/3.1
American Dad-Adult Swim 1.0/2.2
Duck Dynasty-A&E .8/2.2
Royal Pains-USA .8/3.5
Necessary Roughness-USA .7/2.6

Wednesday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
Ghost Hunters-Syfy 14,399
South Park-Comedy Central 13,848
Toddlers & Tiaras-TLC 10,900
Nancy Grace-HLN 9,853
Royal Pains-USA 8,745

Late Night Ratings for the week of 6/17/13-6/21/13

Leno .9/3.6
Kimmel .9/2.5

Letterman .5/2.6

Fallon .5/1.8

Nightline .5/1.6
The Daily Show.5/1.2

Ferguson .3/1.3

Carson .3/.9

Colbert .3/.8

Conan .3/.6

Early Morning Ratings for the week of 6/17/13-6/21/13
GMA-1.6/1.9
Today Show-1.5/1.7
CBS This Morning-.7/.8

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
http://www.comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/gad-elmaleh-no-lipsticks-for-nuns
Okay, so you've never heard of Gad Elmaleh, the French comedian that Jerry drove around with this week on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. It doesn't matter that you don't know Gad, it's still a great episode. Gad's the French Jerry Seinfeld who happens to look a LOT like Aidan Quinn. In this episode, Gad and Jerry do a whole lot more than drink coffee, they get French Fries, wear scarves, eat baguettes, get Baked by Melissa cupcakes and make us laugh. Their bits about blowing people off and looking at the bill when it comes to the table are hilarious. Make sure to watch the ENTIRE THING if you want the answer to the SUPER DUPER and the SUPER DUPER ULTRA BONUS trivia questions today! I love this show, it's the first weekly show on the Internet that's truly become appointment viewing for me. I love that it's my new MUST SEE TV...well sort of...I guess it's MUST SEE VIDEO right? (Coincidentally it's on a Thursday too!)  I love it. Great job Jerry!  First, Howard and now this great episode...I'm all about you this week!

The Out List
Another great HBO documentary aired last night. The Out List is only an hour long and features a bunch of famous Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender folks and their powerful stories. Neil Patrick Harris, Suze Orman, Ellen and Cynthia Nixon are just a few people sharing their thoughts about being gay in today's America. This one's pretty short, only an hour but powerful nonetheless, especially given the marriage equality news this week.

Watch What Happens Live
If you're a regular Watch What Happens Live viewer, you saw, live, when Andy Cohen found out that Cher's appearance was confirmed. Andy has been preparing and freaking out all week. Last night was the big night and I don't  EVER remember seeing Andy so nervous or so SWEATY!  You could have showered underneath Andy's upper lip. GROSS, but sweet at the same time.  I don't even think Cher noticed...well, maybe she did. Cher was amazing. Her outfit was great, she was relatively honest about everything and instead of "Pleading the Fifth", Andy made her play "Truth or Cher" Did we learn anything surprising? We learned that Tom Cruise is in Cher's Top 5 Lover List but that was when he wasn't a Scientologist. We learned that Cher is a huge CNN/MSNBC viewer, loves the Long Island Medium, watches old movies and has a boyfriend at the moment.  It was a great show, Andy did a great job and I'm pretty sure Cher had fun. If you tuned in to the after show, you saw the silver fox, Anderson Cooper, show up to pay tribute to Cher and I'm guessing, to keep Andy Cohen calm.

News & Information:

-Apparently NBC and the Hannibal producers are trying to get David Bowie to appear as Hannibal's uncle in season two of the show. David Bowie released an album this year and didn't tour, didn't make any appearances, didn't do any press...nothing.  If Bowie does Hannibal,  I'll be shocked and sort of annoyed about it too. I would think the music would come first, but who knows? Bowie is 66 years old and maybe he just can't party like a rock star anymore. Maybe he's just sitting home with Iman chillin?  Whatever, I'd like to see him or hear from him and get the scoop, so I hope he shows up somewhere soon...I don't even know what he looks like right now. Has anyone seen Bowie anywhere?  

-Johnny Depp's getting out and promoting his new film, The Lone Ranger. We all know JD is an interesting guy, so I guess it makes sense to me that it makes no sense at all for him to be promoting it on CBS This Morning this coming Sunday. I mean is connecting with the grandparent market the way to go for this film? Cause that's who'll be watching on Sunday morning while they are eating their bagels and lox...grandma and grandpa.  Take my advice if you want the movie to open big,  go on Howard or Andy or pick a Jimmy.  You can't go wrong with either one of um, but then again, The Lone Ranger will be big regardless of where Johnny promotes it, so maybe grandparents are the way to go...new market.  

-Anyone out there have the Ovation network? I don't. At least I don't think I do, but if you do, you'll be able to check out Smash since they just picked up the rights to the show.  Too bad they didn't save the show from cancellation, that might have actually brought the network some viewers. 

-ESPY Nominees were announced yesterday. Here are the two big categories:

Best Male Athlete: Miguel Cabrera, LeBron James, Michael Phelps & Adrian Peterson. LeBron's gotta win that one...no brainer. 

Best Female Athlete: Gabby Douglas, Missy Franklin, Brittney Griner & Serena Williams. 

I'm going with Serena.

Here's the link to go vote: http://espn.go.com/espys/2013/ before the show airs on July 17th. 

-Brian Austin Green will be joining Anger Management as a series regular. Isn't it amazing that out of all of the original BH90210'ers, Brian Austin Green seems to be the most successful? He's really the only one who continues to get jobs, big ones that is.  I love BAG, but I am a HUGE Jason Priestly fan and just can't understand why he isn't as successful as BAG. 

Don't forget to submit your WWTMMY Best Actor in a Drama nominees before Monday when we switch nominees.  I have a lot of great nominees so far, but want more...so SEND THEM IN! 

Friday's REALLY EASY Trivia Question: With Cher's appearance on last night's Watch What Happens Live I feel the need to ask a Cher question and since SO many of you are complaining that my questions are too hard now, here's a softball...Name both of Cher's kids and their Dads. Worth a total of 4 points. 

Friday's SUPER DUPER BONUS (10 Points) Trivia Question: Name the young actor in the Honda commercial featured in this weeks Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. 

Friday's SUPER DUPER ULTRA BONUS QUESTION (15 Points) Name the 1976 TV movie this actor starred in and his female co-star. 

Have a great weekend!

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Happy Endings, The Voice, Parenthood and X Factor

The answer to Tuesday's Trivia Question: Billy Crystal played Jody Dallas on the show Soap.  One of the first openly gay characters on television.

FIRST FIVES: Jim Wall, Dan Realson, Allison Shapiro, Lance Beitler & Lori DeCillis

Sunday's Cable Top 5
Walking Dead (10-11p)-AMC 5.1/9.5
Walking Dead (9-10p)-AMC 1.6/3.2
Breaking Amish-TLC 1.3/3.3
Walking Dead (8-9p)-AMC 1.1/2.4
Long Island Medium-TLC 1.1/2.9

Monday's Broadcast Top 5
The Voice-NBC 4.2/11.9
Presidential Debate #3-NBC 3.9/10.8
Presidential Debate #3-ABC 2.8/10.2
Dancing with the Stars-ABC 2.4/13.2
Presidential Debate #3-CBS 2.2/7.5

Monday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
MLB Playoffs Giants/Cardinals-FOX 322,250
Presidential Debate #3 - NBC 206,766
Presidential Debate #3 - CBS 190,966
Presidential Debate #3 - ABC 175,204
Presidential Debate #3 - Univision 156,266

Monday's Cable Top 5 
Monday Night Football-ESPN 4.5/10.6
Presidential Debate #3 -FOX News 2.3/11.4
Presidential Debate #3-CNN 1.9/5.8
WWE-USA 1.4/3.5
Presidential Debate #3-MSNBC 1.1/4.0

Monday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
The Bad Girls Club-Oxygen 439,022
Presidential Debate #3 - MSNBC 221,478
Presidential Debate #3 - FOX News 214,185
Monday Night Football-ESPN 213,823
WWE Monday Night Raw-USA 207,622

Final Battle Round night on The Voice. Only Drooptina had a steal left and Adam's done already, so first up was Team Drooptina.  First up was Adriana, the chick who was held at gunpoint in her home vs.back up singer Jordan Pruitt.  They performed Katy Perry's "Hot and Cold" and were both equally amazing.  My choice was Adriana and Saggy agreed with me. Total bummer that nobody BUT Saggy had a steal to use.  2nd round of the night...Kelly vs Michaela performing Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You". They both did a great job, I liked Michaela better even with her Cameron Diaz in "Something About Mary" hair.  Michaela won the battle and Droopy didn't use her steal on Adriana, but she's young and she'll turn up somewhere soon I'm sure.  The last battle, was Titanium performed by Chevonne and Avery for Team CeeLo. They were truly amazing, no way I could pick a winner and thank goodness I didn't have to.  CeeLo chose Avery and Droopy stole Chevonne, so she stays on the show.  Next week, a new part of the competition...The Knockout Rounds which will cut teams from 8 to 5...can't wait!


So many people I know and so many WWTM readers watch Happy Endings and ALWAYS tell me how funny it is.  I checked it out when it first started and I thought it was a Friends wannabe and bagged it. The timing worked out for me to check it out for a second time last night for the season premiere.  I was open to it, I actually wanted to like it and wanted to laugh and I just didn't.  The entire Penny in a body cast and Max "Miserying" her storyline was really just plain stupid.  What kind of BFF would actually keep their bud in a body cast one second longer than necessary just to get some cheap thrills with the physical therapist...come on. Dave faking being a stay at home husband also lame.
Alex and Dave casually dating and then not casually dating did nothing for me.  All I was hoping for the entire time was for Brian Austin Green to come back and see Penny, and he never showed up. I'm usually right about these things. I'm not sure if I'm really missing something in Happy Endings or what, but I honestly don't think it's that great or at least the premiere wasn't.  Not sure what to do now...

A special edition of the X Factor to bring people up to speed on who the final 16 are before the show takes a break for the World Series aired last night.  If you remember, last week with the MLB Playoffs, the show was delayed and then cut short during Demi Lovato's picks.  Demi chose Jennel, Willie, Paige & Cece. Nick and Jillian were sent home.  OMG the tears...the suspense, the Coldplay "Fix You" soundtrack underscore..could they have made it any more dramatic?  I'm just happy that the Cece/Paige war will continue.  For me, that's been the most compelling part of the show so far.  Simon's picks were of course the last to be revealed.  Sister C, Lyric 145, Lylas and Emblem3 were all put through and Dope Crisis, and Playback were sent home.  I'm obsessed with Queen what's her name, the girl with the headphones and sparkly eyepatch.  Has it been revealed yet if the eyepatch is a fashion statement or medical necessity?  I don't think so, but enquiring minds want to know.

Parenthood is killing me.  Just killing me.  Of course, Max's speech for Student Council President was the exact same day and time as Christina's surgery.  Hattie covered for her parents and was awesome, as was Max and the kids elected him President.  Everything's great right?  This is Parenthood...nope...while Christina's surgery went well, she is going to have to go through chemo therapy.  Devastating news that they chose not to share with Hattie so that she would head back to Cornell and not worry about her Mom.  I loved how the brothers and sisters were all there for Adam during Christina's surgery.  It felt right and real.  In addition to all of that,  Sarah and Drew moved in with Mark which didn't go that smoothly especially because Mark didn't have cable. (Can you believe he prefers reading books instead of watching Bravo?) Luke Cafferty from Friday Night Lights, aka Brian, had a decent date with Amber but didn't take her up on her offer to come in for a sleepover (not the Jimmy Fallon kind...the other kind).  He wants to go slow, which is a new concept for Amber.  Next week chemo therapy...Oyyyyy

And now, herrrrreeeees the Ed Dancing With the Stars update!

Guilty Pleasure Week continues.  This is the week where the stars picked their guilty pleasures songs and no one gets eliminated. 

After Melissa Rycroft and Tony danced to Britney Spears’ Toxic, Host Tom and Judge Len got into it a bit.  Fun to watch but there’s nothing to see here.   Move along.  The judges felt Melissa was grittier than normal which they liked and rewarded her for it.

Shawn Johnson and Derek danced to the theme from Titanic.  Shawn was the sexiest she’s ever been and Derek dies at the end.  Which seems fair to me (and likely the other dancers) since Derek has never gotten stuck with a Cloris Leachman, Steve Wozniak or Kirstie Alley type.  His partners always have the potential to win – which they have, three times!

Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina came back from their slip-up the week before and danced to Give it to me Baby.  We saw some googly eyes during their packages the last two nights so they could be a couple to watch.  But strangely, Carrie Ann pointed out that they need to work on how they work together as a team and I agree.  Chemisty off the dance floor but not on it.

Sabrina Bryan and Louie danced to So This Is Love from Cinderella. It was elegant and prop-less.  Well, except for a shoe of course.  They simply told the story of Cinderella and got the highest scores of the night.

Team Gangnam Style danced their freestyle.  Maks and Kristie, Gilles and Peta, Emmitt and Cheryl, Kelly and Val.  Thumbs up to Maks for putting Gilles in his place when he tried to weigh in on choregraphy during the package.  You are not the pro, Gilles.

Overall, the judges loved Team Gangnam Style, but it was no Team Call Me Maybe from the night before.

At the moment, it’s Kelly Monaco who should be going home.  But I won’t officially handicap this week since there’s no elimination. Instead, let’s take a look at Carrie Ann’s fall from grace. 

See you next week!

On Monday night's Watch What Happen's Live, Andy Cohen's guests were Jamie Lyn Siegler and Scott Baio.  You'd think that Scott Baio would have been the highlight of the show for me, and don't get me wrong he was awesome. You could tell he had never seen WWHL before, but he was a great sport.  He played "Plead the Fifth" and "Andy loves Crotchy." He had no idea who the Housewives were or who Honey Boo Boo is.  While he was great, it was something that Jamie Lyn Siegler revealed that got me obsessively googling.  Jamie Lyn and her friends are REALLY into Big Brother (like someone else I know) and apparently there is a company called "Reality Rush" that will put together any reality experience for any large group. (For a small nominal fee I'm sure). Jamie and 12 of her friends, just finished a 3 day game of Big Brother.  What's even cooler was that Dan from Big Brother flew in and came to their game.  SOOOO JEALOUS!  According to the website, it's currently only available on the west coast, but if it EVER comes to NYC...I am so playing!  Check it out!  http://www.realityrush.com/

Monday night's 3rd Presidential Debate was seen by 59.2 million people (not me though).  This was 2.7 million more viewers than in 2008

I can breathe a sigh of relief for a few weeks...my FBFF's show, Guys with Kids received an order for 5 more scripts.  While it's not the news we wanted (a full season order is the holy grail) it's still good news.  Now if Jimmy would just stop by to go over some script ideas, I think we'd probably make a good team on this project.  Congrats Jimmy...celebratory snacks and surprises are awaiting you in Tenafly NJ!!!

Good news for two of CBS's primetime drama's, Vegas and Elementary, both received full season orders yesterday from CBS.

For any of you Breaking Bad fans, you HAVE to see this parody...OMG it's BRILLIANT!  Check it out!  You'll be singing it all day!

Yesterday, Apple announced a smaller, thinner iPad mini, a Mac Mini, a new Macbook Pro, and a ande thinner faster iMac.  I'm sure EVERYONE will chuck their bigger, fatter, slower stuff all of  this smaller, thinner stuff because everyone just does whatever Apple wants them to do .  I admit it, I have an iPhone, an iPad, a MacBook Pro laptop and an IMac desktop, but I'm not chucking any of them just because Apple has new versions.  Will there ever be Apple backlash? Stock price dropped a bit yesterday.  I don't know...something about it all made me angry.  I wonder what Steve would say about all this.  This video cheered me up...and made me feel a bit stupid.

Wednesday's Trivia Question: With Scott Baio's resurgence lately, I thought we would do a Scott Baio trivia question:  On Happy Days, what was Chachi's signature line?

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