DOWNTON...a little late, but worth the wait!

The answer to Tuesday's Trivia Question:  Vera Bates was Mr. Bates first wife on Downton Abbey.  I thought a lot more of you watched this show...only 5 correct answers...you guys really are missing something great...catch up on it!

FIRST FIVES: Bobby Aguilera, Allison Shapiro, Monica Caraffa, Crystal Kyler & Rachel Snyder
Honorable Mention: none

Sunday's Cable Top 5
Walking Dead 9-10p AMC-6.1/12.2
Walking Dead 8-9p AMC- 2.6/5.4
Talking Dead AMC-2.2/4.1
Real Housewives of Atlanta-Bravo 1.2/2.7
Ax Men-History 1.1/2.9

Monday's Broadcast Top 5

2 Broke Girls-CBS 3.5/10.7
How I Met Your Mother-CBS 3.2/9.0
Mike & Molly-CBS 2.9/10.3
Rules of Engagement-CBS 2.8/8.3
The Bachelor-ABC 2.7/8.3

Monday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

The Bachelor-ABC 212,518
How I Met Your Mother-CBS 79,087
The Following-FOX 66,784
Castle-ABC 55,585
Bones-FOX 54,516

Monday's Cable Top 5 
Pawn Stars-History 1.6/4.7
WWE-USA 1.5/4.2
Teen Mom 2-MTV 1.1/1.8
American Dad-Adult Swim .9/1.9
American Pickers-History .9/3.6

Monday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
WWE Monday Night Raw-USA 268,154
BET Honors-BET 86,444
NBA Basketball-63,445
NHL Hockey-NBC Sports 44,456
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills-Bravo 38,805

-I took the opportunity Tuesday night to catch up on as much as I could. (And I'm still not done)  I didn't watch the President (Please...no judging) I did watch my FBFF's spoof on the State of the Union though and of course it was hilarious...you guys HAVE to check it out...seriously:
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2013/02/boehner-gets-emotional-during-state-of-the-union/

-I wish you guys could see the stupid grin I have on my face when I watch shows that I love.  I had that look for every second of Sunday's 2 hour Downton Abbey.  So much happened this week, that I'm not even sure the best way to go about recapping it all.

Let's talk about Thomas first.  Okay he's gay, we got that. O'Brian and her evil tendrills, totally screwed him over by convincing him to make a move on James. I'm surprised Thomas trusted her, and I'm equally surprised that a blonde's was Thomas's type. Slim pickins I guess.  So, he made a move, James freaked out, Alfred saw the whole thing and O'Brian seized the opportunity and convinced James to insist that Thomas not only resign but that he leave without a reference.  What a BEEEATCH!  I could go on and on, but net/net, Lord Grantham, Mrs. Hughes and even Mr. Bates helped Thomas out.  I loved Lord Grantham's handling of the entire situation. Bottomline is that not only does Thomas stay, he got promoted to a job nobody's ever hear of before...underbutler.  I would have missed Thomas if he had gotten the boot,  even though I hated him.  Plus, who would O'Brian torture if Thomas was gone?

How funny was Mr. Mosley?  OMG I was hysterical when he was talking about cricket and  "cherishing the ball".  Loved how we were lead to believe he was a kick ass cricket player and ended up sucking.  Even his  Dad knew his plight.  Poor guy.  Speaking of the cricket match...where did everyone get their cricket apparel?  Did they have Ye Olde Sports Authority in Downton? Everyone matched so well, even the staff.  If everyone's wearing the same outfit, how do you tell the teams apart? Isn't it hard to play cricket in a sweater vest?

Cousin Rose came to Downton and the second she arrived she made a few calls, headed to London and partied like a rock star with a married man.  Of course The Dowager Countess tricked her daughter and found out the scoop about Rose right away and is sending her away from Downton asap. Same goes for Ethel she's leaving Mrs. Crawley and Downton too.  Lady Violet is the master.

Seems like everyone is over Lady Cybils death pretty quickly, no?  They had the christening, the cricket match and got right back to their regular routine of  getting dressed, eating, taking a walk and getting undressed. Exhausting life right?

Branson has decided to stay on at Downton. Help with the new farming plans and raise baby Cybil with her family.  And finally, after both sneaking trips to London to see the same fertility doctor, (back then, I'm sure there was only one) Matthew and Mary can now officially start baby making.  I can't believe next week is the finale.  It went so fast didn't it?

-On Monday nights Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,  Kyle and Lisa hashed out all their differences before Lisa threw the typical, over the top, tea party at her over the top new house that looks like a hotel and has been named and prominently labeled "Villa Rosa".  Taylor arrived with a vibrator as a hostess gift which just seemed weird to me and then, leave it to Brandi to make things weirder when adding butt beads and a threesome to the conversation.  I'm sure it's all for shock value, especially with this bunch of women.  Lisa hired the young hot waiters from Sur, her restaurant and her spin-off, to look hot and work the party.  Camille showed up late and brought a house warming gift and Pandora's wedding gift which according to my calculations is a year late. Couldn't Camille have sent Pandora the gift directly? Hasn't she heard of UPS or Fed Ex? Of course the Adrienne/Brandi lawsuit came up at the party which lead to yet another screaming match and this time it was Brandi who stormed out of the house.   Kim called at the last minute to apologize for not making it as her dog hit her in her new nose...allegedly.  Oh and Yolanda couldn't make it either...she was off feeling bad about not being able to afford a stable of horses for her daughter.  A) I don't believe she can't afford a stable of horses and if she can't...sell some lemons and B) Why does 1 girl need more than 1 horse? Next week...another party and another huge blowout...and that's just a guess.

Ever since Cougar Town moved to TBS, Courtney Cox's outfits have become skimpier and skimpier  Sure she has a nice rack, but there were 3 different times during last nights episode where I thought for sure there'd be a wardrobe malfunction, and fines issued from the FCC.  Anyway, in this "very special" Valentines episode, Grayson got hit in the mouth with a hockey puck which caused Jules to suffer from insomnia and do crazy things in the middle of the night keeping everyone else up.  For Valentines Day, Bobby gave Grayson his "Jules Rules" notebook which came in handy for Grayson until he started feeling guilty about it and returned the book.  I'm sort of getting annoyed with how mean Ellie is to Andy.  I know he gets her, but to run and hide from your man so that you don't have to sleep with him is just plain mean. I know it's "the joke" but I need to see her soft spot every once in a while.  I don't even want to go into the reason Travis and his new girlfriend were hanging from harnesses because it's just creepy.

NEWS & INFORMATION:

-Some cool YouTube facts:

• 2/05 YouTube launches
• 4/05 First video is uploaded ("me at the zoo")
• 10/06 Google buys YouTube for 1.65 billion
• 6/07 YouTube launches in 9 countries
• 10/08 1 billion daily views (11,574 video views per second!)
• 5/10 2 billion daily views (23,148 video views per second!)
• 5/11 3 billion daily views (34,722 video views per second!)
• 1/12 4 billion daily views (46,296 video views per second!)
• 12/12 first video to hit 1 billion views (Gangnam Style by Psy)
• There are currently 800 million monthly unique visitors (more than the entire population of Europe)
• 72 hours of video is uploaded every minute (That's equivalent to a decade a day)
• There are 1 million partner program members
• YouTube is the #2 search engine and is bigger than Bing/Yahoo/Ask and AOL combined
• There are 4 billion hours of video viewed each month which is equivalent to 450,000 years.

-Style network renewed its 2 biggest hits, Giuliana & Bill and Tia & Tamera.  I'm so over Giuliana & Bill.  Actually I'm more over Giuliana than I am Bill.  I only see Olive Oyl when I look at Giuliana and she really needs to eat some food.  Sorry...that's how I feel. 

-Mark Balelo one of the auction house owners on Storage Wars died yesterday. He was 40 years old and had been arrested over the weekend for alleged possession of an illegal substance.

-Tonight is another massive night of programming...just a reminder...Survivor is BACK tonight! Fans vs. Favorites.  Wednesday's are a killer now especially already being behind...Code Red Alert still in affect for me.

Wednesday's Trivia Question: On this Valentines Day eve, a Valentines themed question...What were Mr. & Mrs. Hart's first names on Hart to Hart? What was their drivers name?  What was their dog's name?

WWTM-Kristy

http://watchingwaytoomuch.com

kristy@watchingwaytoomuch.com

kristy.carruba@watchingwaytoomuch.com

Apparently Nobody got CBS's Memo...

The answer to Friday's Trivia Question: Howard Stern's "Fartman" appeared on the MTV VMA's in 1992 with Luke Perry.

FIRST FIVES: He Who Shall Not Be Named, Ed Ziskind, Dan Realson, Jen Ragusa & Monica Caraffa

Honorable Mention: James Gabriele

Thursday's Broadcast Top 5

Big Bang Theory-CBS 6.1/18.8
Two and a Half Men-CBS 4.1.14.1
American Idol-FOX 4.1/13.1
Person of Interest-CBS 3.2/15.1
Grey's Anatomy-ABC 3.1/8.8

Thursday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
Scandal-ABC 340,242
The Vampire Diaries-CW 223,595
Glee-FOX 172,540
American Idol-FOX 141,268

Community-NBC 126,823

Thursday's Cable Top 5

The Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.5/3.1
Buckwild-MTV 1.5/2.7
NBA Basketball-TNT 1.1/2.6
Impractical Jokers-Tru 1.0/2.0
Suits-USA 1.0/3.0

Thursday's Cable Trendrr Top 5

NBA Basketball-TNT 270,134
Buckwild-MTV 179,815
NBA Basketball-TNT 76,163
Suits-USA 49,248
Project Runway-Lifetime 45,373

Friday's Broadcast Top 5

Shark Tank-ABC 1.9/6.1
CSI NY-CBS 1.6/9.4
Last Man Standing-ABC 1.6/7.3
Blue Bloods-CBS 1.5/11.1
Dateline-NBC 1.5/7.0

Friday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5

Shark Tank-ABC 39,303
Touch-FOX 34,187
Blue Bloods-CBS 33,054
CSI NY-CBS 29,809
Nikita-CW 23,100

Friday's Cable Top 5
NA

Friday's Cable Trendrr Top 5

NBA Basketball-ESPN 179,224

WWE Smackdown-Syfy 71,116

NBA Basketball-ESPN 65,696

Spartacus-Starz 18,486

Gold Rush-Discovery 17,397

Grammy's Red Carpet

Let's just start Grammy coverage with this: Nobody got CBS's memo, or if they did, they pretty much ignored it!

• Loved Ryan Seacrest's suit, pretty sure he was paying homage to my 90201'ers as his hair was very Brandon Walsh/Dylan McKay
• Giuliana didn't get it right, hated the beige dress and the hair looked like she got out of the shower and did nothing at all to it
• Theme of the night appeared to be cutouts and cleavage
• Kelly Osbourne looked amazing even with the lavender hair
• Ross Matthews was wearing Leonardo DiCaprio's outfit from Catch Me if You Can
• Justin Timberlake looked better than at the SAGs, but his bow tie was too big and  droopy
• Mumford & Sons could be the guys from Moonshiners
• Amber Rose, Wiz Khalifia's woman/baby mama (are they married) looked really pretty even though she is way pregnant and bald
• "Celebrities" I didn't know: Lupe Fiasco, Al Walser (Astronaut guy), Estelle,  Bonnie McKee, Diplo, Lisa D'mato, Kaskade
• "Celebrities" I've heard of but if you played me their music I'd have no clue: Janelle Monae, Deadmau5, Nas, Pharell
• The mani cam pisses me off EXCEPT when the fingers walking the mini carpet are wearing massive diamonds, rubies, emeralds or sapphires
• I love how Kelly Osbourne says buddy for body
• UGH Chris Brown gets way too much camera time.
• So glad I now know which FUN guy is Lena Dunaham's BF.
• Wow...Carrie Underwood's bling was insane...381 carats...31 million bucks
• You heard it hear first...well second if you watched the red carpet: Ne-Yo in talks with  X Factor 
• Are The Lumineers a one hit wonder?  I only know the Hey Ho song.
• The blond in Little Big Town girls hair STILL drives me nuts.  It's SO flat across the top and SO puffy  everywhere else
• I had no idea Miranda Lambert was so hilarious, she never really smiles.
• Trey Songz bow tie had a piercing...never saw that before.
• NPH and David looking great..
• Taylor Swift had a bit of a Hansel and Gretel look going actually she'd be Gretel right?
• J Lo showed a ton of skin but if I read the CBS Memo again, I think she adhered to all their rules and requests
• Is Florence Welch a stegosaurus? What was with that wacky green dress? 
• Adele...Oy Adele.  We love the voice so much we'll let you get away with your completely ridiculous outfits.
• Quest Love needs a special sparkly Afro pick specifically for award shows
• Adam Levine looking oh so HOT.  I'm convinced that fellow band member, James Valentine would be pretty cute if he would submit himself to a makeover
• Dave Grohl really seems like his hair is in his way and bothers him and he only won't cut it because he's a rock star.
• Keith Urban looked like he had JUST got his hair freshly highlighted
• FloRida's Earring was bigger than his lobe apparently "Ray" the jeweler hooked him up big time.
• Faith Hill wore braces and was obviously trying to hide them with all that weird lip/mouth movement...suggestion Faith...INVISILINE!!! If teenage girls in Tenafly NJ can wear them, pretty sure you can afford them too!
• Kaley Cuoco didn't try very hard.  Leggings a T-Shirt and a sparkly jacket? She could have done better no?
• Every time I see Sting and Trudi I think 2 things: I can't believe they are STILL together and I can't believe how insanely good Sting looks.
• Kelly Rowland's dress was one of my favorites of the evening
• Beyonce looked pretty subdued in her black & white dress
• Robyn Rhianna Fenty looked very pretty but I could totally see her nips, CBS is already thinking about how they could reword the dress code memo for next year
• Katy Perry said her look was inspired by Priscilla Presley...I don't remember Priscilla Presley having boobs like that, but they inspire me and I'm sure they inspire John Mayer.

• Taylor Swift's opening was amazing and I admit it...I love the song and will listen to it forever and ever and ever  What a spectacle.  Great way to start the night off. Did you catch her sort of making fun of Harry Styles with that British accent? 
• LL's a classy guy...loved his monologue.
• Rhianna's and Chris Brown, AHHHHHHHH.  
• Ed Sheerhan and Elton John singing "A Team" amazing.  Elton's pretty cool to collaborate on an up and comers tune instead of his own.  I love that guy.
• Pepsi: Tate Stevens, Beyonce & Hunter Hayes
• Target: Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake 
• Bud Light: Justin Timberlake 
• I want to thank CBS for their idea of a good Valentines Day gift for me from my husband...but I had some other ideas instead
• J-Lo can really "Strike a Pose" perfectly can't she? 
• Pop Solo Performance: Adele "Set Fire to the Rain"
• Fun. LOVE THEM, hate the shoes, love the rain, but was a tiny bit nervous about water and electricity...TV magic?
• John Mayer and Bonnie Raitt...so happy John's back and speaking. He had a bit of a bow tie issue, but I'm letting him slide
• I like the Miranda song without Dierks, he looked like he was struggling bit with the song or with the song or something. Miranda did a better job with Dierks's song.  
• LL on Bandstand...Loved that clip!
• Miguel and Wiz Khalifa were really cool...I saw Miguel when I went to Jimmy Fallon and he's actually an amazing dancer.
• Best Country Solo Performance: Carrie Underwood
• Song of the Year: FUN. We Are Young
• Johnny Depp couldn't seem to button his sleeves but really...who cares???
• Moonshiners/Mumford and Sons...I know SO many people love these guys, but I don't and I don't get that everyone does...Sting and Trudi don't get it either. 
• Why does everyone high 5 Jay-Z when Beyonce walks out on stage? 
• Justin Timberlake RULES...I mean C'MON.
• Best Urban Contemporary Album: Frank Ocean.  As long as it's not Chris Brown, I'm happy. 
• Best Rock Performance: Lonely Boy/The Black Keys. I had no idea they were just 2 people.
• Maroon 5 and Alicia Keys together again..."Daylight" and "Girl is on Fire" very cool versions. Pretty sure I saw undercurvature which if you read the CBS Memo is against the rules
• Best Pop Vocal Album: Kelly Clarkson shocked but so happy and adorable and I need to know what she said to John Mayer when she was walking to the podium.
• Rhianna was good, but I'm just not into her.
• Rap/Sung Collaboration: No Church in the Wild/Jay-Z/Kanye/Frank Ocean and The Dream
• Okay so was that scary medicine man playing with the The Black Keys Dr. John? Was he sleeping or channelling some spirits to wake him out of his trance? 
• Kelly Clarkson sang her butt off...Patti Page and Carole King would be happy with that tribute. 
• Best Country Album: Zac Brown Band/Uncaged-Zac swapped hats to accept the award. Note to Zac, the beanie's actually better.
• I loved the Bob Marley tribute: Bruno Mars & Sting...Locked out of Heaven and Walking on the Moon and THEN some Bob Marley?  Pretty sure CBS was having a heart attack with Rhianna's undercurvature during that one.  
• Did you see Melissa Etheridge with her super long hair during the Lumineers performance? Not a good look for her at all.
• Edward Scissorhands is all I see when Jack White performs. 
• Best New Artist: FUN.
• When the art started appearing on Carrie Underwoods dress, you gotta admit, it looked like ovaries and fallopian tubes from health class and all those pamphlets in the doctors office. C'mon you know I'm right   Pretty cool dress though right? 
• Prince presenting Record of the Year to Goyte...sorry but that win bums me out.  I hate that song.  Another one I just never got.  For the record...Prince is 54 years old.  He looks pretty damn good, even with the pimp cane.
• What...Ryan Seacrest is ALSO the honorary chairman of the Grammy foundation...what is that job number 853?
• Teachers getting acknowledged...yeah!
• Zac Brown, Alabama Shakes, Elton, Mavis Staples, and even the Mumfords..the tribute to Levon Helms of The Band...too good and then we got the Mavis screw up at the end which I found enjoyable.
• Juanes did a great job on "Your Song" He could sing the phone book to me...I'd listen  
• Frank Ocean could lose the headband.
• Album of the Year: Babel/Mumford & Sons
• LL closes the show with Travis Barker on drums...gotta be honest...I fell asleep during that performance...sorry LL...you did  a great job hosting but I'm done.

-I woke up in the middle of the night and for some reason watched Girls.  Again, I hate this show.  I mean there's no way that guy would have slept with Hannah, no way anyone's playing naked ping pong, and no way he'd leave her in his million dollar home alone and yes...I'll watch and complain again next week too!

-I finished the entire first season of House of Cards in exactly a week and it was a fun ride. I have mixed feelings about binge viewing a NEW show vs. binge viewing to catch up on an old or existing show.  While there is the instant gratification factor, there is nobody to talk to about the show. Every one's consuming the episodes at a different rate and I have learned my lesson about spoiling an episode or a series for that matter. With that fear in my mind, I found myself going on forums to see what strangers were saying about the show, but somehow that just doesn't feel the same to me as speaking to my friends and to all of you guys about it as we consume an episode together. Interesting to see the affect this type of distribution has on series television as a whole. I will say that overall, I did really like the show. Is it the best thing ever? No. It's good, there's some stuff that's a little far fetched, but I don't know if I would have noticed as much if I wasn't consuming it the way I did.  Either way, its interesting to see how this all unfolds.  Netflix is holding the viewing data close to the vest which is another reason they piss me off. This show suckered me back to them, now lets see if they keep me.  Verdicts still out.

-All caught up on Nashville and thank goodness I did...WOW!  SPOILER ALERT: Teddy cheated first?  Didn't really see that coming, but Mrs. Brad Paisley knows what Teddy needs more than Rayna does I guess. We needed Rayna to dump Teddy anyway...he's a borefest and her other options are way better. Liam and Deacon...either one would be fine by me. Just as I was about to get my wish, Deacon and Rayna finally getting back to business...who shows up to ruin everything? Teddy. OMG what a killbuzz that guy is.  At least he came asking for a divorce but his timing sucked.  Did you guys know that the actress who plays Scarlett, Clare Bowen, is Australian?  You'd never know by her southern accent would you? Every time I watch Nashville I want to break out my cowboy boots and wear them with everything I own.  Jeans, skirts, sweats, PJ's...in Nashville its the norm, but in NYC, Basking Ridge and Tenafly NJ where I live...I can only imagine the looks I'd get.  I still really want to do it anyway.

I admit it, I did watch Justin Bieber on SNL. I didn't stay awake for it, I watched it on Sunday AM, which is what I bet most of his core audience probably did as well.  Beliebers go to bed early.  Ratings wise, he didn't do that well, down 4% vs. Adam Levine's numbers.  Performance wise, I'd say he did okay. There was really only one skit that had me laughing out loud though.  The protective brother skit.  Mainly because Justin was doing everything in his power to hold back his own laughter.  If you didn't see it, here's the clip:

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/protective-brother/n32602

NEWS & INFORMATION

-That was fast...Do No Harm's cancelled.  It only aired twice, but it apparently did enough harm and is DOA.  Still like to understand how that happens.  It gets the greenlight as a pilot, then it gets picked up and scheduled and then makes it onto primetime television and then just like that...it's dead.  I don't do medical, so I didn't even check it out, but I did hear it wasn't good at all.  How does that happen?  

-Lots going on over at Up All Night, the show isn't being cancelled but a complete overall is in the works. First and foremost, Christina Applegate is leaving the show, not sure why, but they are talking about Lisa Kudrow replacing her.  Not sure if they are pulling a Darren Stevens or an Aunt Viv or if she'll just be a new wife or something.  They are also changing the format from single camera to multi-camera and hiring a new showrunner.  I'd just cancel the show if it were me, but who knows why networks do the things they do (see above).

Monday's Trivia Question: Nothing to do with TV...but I heard that the Pope is resigning. First time since 1450 or something....without looking it up...anyone know his name (His Pope name.) I am coming clean...I had to look this one up.

WWTM-Kristy

http://watchingwaytoomuch.com

kristy@watchingwaytoomuch.com

kristy.carruba@watchingwaytoomuch.com