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Quick Take: TNT’s THE GREAT ESCAPE is worth your time!

June 24, 2012 Amrie

Tonight on TNT, after an exciting all new episode of FALLING SKIES, be sure to stick around for the premiere of TNT’s first foray into the reality world – THE GREAT ESCAPE (Sunday, 10/9c). NFL Network’s Rich Eisen hosts this show where three teams (the red, blue, and green teams) must escape from some of the most inescapable places in the world. In tonight’s premiere, three teams of two must solve riddles, find clues, and keep out of sight of

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Quick Take: DOGS IN THE CITY

June 6, 2012 Amrie

Have you guys checked out DOGS IN THE CITY yet? I saw someone online compare Justin to a GQ version of Cesar Milan, with his Manhattan base, and his charm, and I totally agree. The premiere episode was fun with that scary, SCARY woman whose dog was a biter (blood bites or no blood bites). In tonight’s all new episode we meet a dog that LITERALLY does not stop barking, to the point where I wanted to throw my TV

Quick Take: JANE BY DESIGN is back tonight!

June 5, 2012 Amrie

Time to admit it – I fell hard for JANE BY DESIGN in the first half of its freshman season. There are so many dynamics being played with in this show – sister/brother, best friends, enemies, new loves, mentors, you name it, they’ve got it covered! When the show returns tonight to finish out the season, we dive right back into Jane’s crazy double life, and it turns out we aren’t the only ones who’ve waited for months to see

Tuesday Premiere: THE L.A. COMPLEX on The CW

April 24, 2012 Amrie

I have to admit, I was surprised when I watched THE L.A. COMPLEX’s season premiere, airing on The CW tonight at 9/8c. It was funny, the actors were acting, rather than just reading lines and looking pretty, the setting is beautiful – this could be a surprise must-see show for me! Check out a preview of tonight’s show and let us know – are you checking out THE L.A. COMPLEX, starring Cassie Steele (never better) and Jewel Staite (she’s the

Quick Take: Courtney K likes APARTMENT 23 and thinks you will, too!

April 11, 2012 CourtneyK

Roommate horror stories. If you don’t have one, you’re in the minority. Most of them consist of missing food, bounced rent/bill checks, dirty dish and trash standoffs, filthy living conditions; but the Bitch in Apartment 23 takes the cake. Well not so much “takes the cake,” but more like “screws her new roommates fiancé on it.” Meet Chloe (Krysten Ritter), the Bitch in question. She cons prospective tenants into handing over security, and first/last month’s rent then tortures them until

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Quick Take: Catch MISSING on ABC tonight!

March 15, 2012 Amrie

Tonight on ABC (8/7c before an all new GREY’S ANATOMY), Ashley Judd returns to TV (almost 2 decades after SISTERS) as a “mother, looking for her son” in the all new spy-action drama MISSING. Judd plays Becca Winstone, a former CIA operative who left the spy world when her husband, fellow spy Paul (nice surprise to see Sean Bean), was killed in an explosion, in front of their then-8-year-old son Michael. Cut to 10 years later, and Becca is struggling

Quick Take: CourtneyK enjoys ALCATRAZ!

January 16, 2012 CourtneyK

Have you ever questioned history? If you’re an alternate-theory fan, you’ve probably posed the question: What if the history of Alcatraz Prison is not what we’ve been told all these years? FOX is upping their game of dark and twisted by debuting a full two-hour ALCATRAZ evening, Monday at 8/7c. Worth noting? I’m a big supporter of airing a pilot and second episode back to back; I feel it plants a firmer hold in the viewership….especially if the show is

Tune In Alert: Purina Incredible Dog Challenge National Finals

January 13, 2012 Amrie

Every now and then, there’s something totally off the wall that I find myself heading to my parents’ to watch with my dad. Sometimes it’s an INCOME PROPERTY or YARD CRASHERS marathon; other times, it’s the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge National Finals. We manage to spend hours watching dogs dive and dash through obstacles courses that I would never be able to train our dog Charlie to do. EVER. This weekend, the 14th annual event airs, Sunday on NBC at

JANE BY DESIGN Quick Take – we think you should watch!

January 3, 2012 CourtneyK

See Jane. See Jane be a talented high school student making her own smashing clothes. See Jane have a sexy best friend, Billy; see Jane and Billy be social outcasts. (It’s so unrealistic, these two are SO adorable but hey, it’s television.) Jane and brother, Nick have money troubles. Before you can say, “Welcome to the Club”; Jane applies for an internship at a prestigious fashion house and mistakenly gets hired not as the unpaid intern, but as a salaried

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Quick Take: The Return of HAPPY ENDINGS

September 28, 2011 CourtneyK

Last year, a plucky little show debuted with so little fanfare and double entendre that initially had me grimacing. With her infinite wisdom, Amrie (in all CAPS I believe) recommended I give at least one episode. I fell in belly-laughing love. The rest, as they say, is history! Tonight, much to my giggling delight is the season premiere of HAPPY ENDINGS on ABC at 9:30/8:30c, after MODERN FAMILY. The opening sequence is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen,