2013 Critics’ Choice Television Awards Nominations Announced

who should we vote for?

Forget the other awards shows, this is the one that matters! (Mostly because our founder, KP, is a member of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association who vote for these awards!)

Share your TwoCents, in the comments below, on who you think he should vote for this year.

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) today announced nominations for the 3rd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards, which will be held the evening of Monday, June 10, 2013 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. For the first time the award show will be webcast live on UStream at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/critics-choice-television-awards.

Fan favorite actress and stand-up comedian Retta, currently appearing as Donna Meagle on Parks and Recreation, will host. She has appeared in numerous films and television shows, and has performed on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend.

HBO led the networks in most nominations with 21, followed closely by FX, which collected 19. Topping the list of nominated series are The Big Bang Theory (CBS) and American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) with six nominations each. Other series with multiple nominations include Parks and Recreation (NBC) and Top of the Lake (Sundance) with five each and The Americans (FX), Breaking Bad (AMC), Game of Thrones (HBO), The Good Wife (CBS), Louie (FX), New Girl (FOX) and Political Animals (USA) with four each.

Grimm – Recap & Review – Goodnight, Sweet Grimm

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Grimm
Goodnight, Sweet Grimm

Original Air Date: May 21, 2013

Wyner C – Senior Reviewer
wyner@thetwocentscorp.com

“And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”

Crazed Zombies are creating havoc in Portland, Grimm – destroying property, whacking people, acting like they’re on bath salts. If they were in NYC, they’d fit right in – next to the crazy man who, every weekend, loudly hurl insults at no one on the subway. We’re a bunch of nuts here in the City but we draw the line when it comes to the (Not)Dead – Portland, Grimm has a leg up on that craziness.

Case of the week: Zombified civilians terrorizing Portland, Grimm; doing the bidding of their voodoo master: a Cracher-Mortel aka Baron Samedi aka Top Hat. Baron is working for Eric, Renard’s royal brother who so happens to be in Portland, Grimm.

Dancing With The Stars – Recap & Review – Finale

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Dancing With The Stars
Finale

Original Air Date May 21, 2013

Colleen – TwoCents Reviewer
Colleen@thetwocentscorp.com

Tonight is the night! This is the second part to the finals! For those of us who have been fans throughout the season, this is the night we have been waiting for. At the end of the two hour finale, there will be one couple standing and they will win the coveted mirror ball trophy.

I love the finale shows. They are one big party and they bring back all the cast members from this season, celebrity and professional. We are able to see if and how the couples that were voted off in the previous weeks may have improved since they left the show. What do you love most about the finale shows?

Unaired Episodes of “666 Park Avenue” and “Zero Hour” To Air Saturdays This Summer

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ABC has scheduled to air the remaining episode of its canceled series “666 Park Avenue” and “Zero Hour.”

“Zero Hour” will return at 8 p.m. ET on June 15 with a double-bill, before “666 Park Avenue” returns in the 9 p.m. slot on June 22.

Zero Hour was canceled after only three episodes back in March, while “666 Park Avenue” was canceled after seven episodes last fall.

Revolution – Recap & Review – Clue

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Revolution
Clue

Original Air Date: May 20, 2013

Vincent C. – TwoCents Reviewer
Vincent@thetwocentscorp.com

Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick! Tonight’s episode of Revolution involved a murder mystery (actually, two murders) and will end with a somewhat surprising reveal of a traitor in Miles’ crew.

We start off with Monroe “politely” trying to get Nora to divulge where Miles is. He has given her a fancy white dress and invited her to a fancy dinner. She refuses. She is tortured for 21 days. At first, there is some waterboarding, but it progresses to drugging her with some type of hallucinogen. Sanborn, one of Flynn’s scientists is the one to drug Nora. Nora eventually tells them that Miles is in Atlanta, Tom Neville has betrayed Monroe, and Rachel Matheson is heading toward Colorado to reach the Tower.

Dancing With The Stars – Recap & Review – Finals, Part One

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Dancing With The Stars
Finals, Part One

Original Air Date May 20, 2013

Colleen – TwoCents Reviewer
Colleen@thetwocentscorp.com

Tonight is the first part of the finals for this season of Dancing With The Stars. This is first of the nights that we have all been waiting for. Each of the remaining couples: Karina & Jacoby, Val & Zendaya, Kellie & Derek and Aly & Mark will have the chance to dance THREE dances this evening. After they dance, the viewers will have one more last chance to vote for their favorite couple. Will your favorite couple bring their “A Game” and win the coveted mirror ball trophy tomorrow night? We are about to see them all dance their hearts out one last time….

At the top of the show, we find out that Val had been injured an hour previous to show time during the last rehearsal. He has nasty gashes, on his face, but he is all patched up and ready to go. How do you think this will affect his and Zendaya’s performance tonight? Or will they be able to get past it?

Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio Join The X Factor Judges’ Panel

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Simon Cowell will be surrounded by women when THE X FACTOR returns for its third season this fall on FOX. Grammy Award-winning artist Kelly Rowland and international pop star Paulina Rubio join him and Demi Lovato as judges on the hit singing competition series.

Simon Cowell said today, “It’s taken more than a decade, but I’m delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!). Paulina and Kelly both have great taste and massive experience in the music industry and together with Demi, this is going to be a fun panel. It just feels like the time to do something different.”

New Star Wars Animated TV Series To Premiere 2014 on Disney

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Production has begun on Star Wars Rebels, an exciting, all-new animated television series based on one of the greatest entertainment franchises of all time. Scheduled to premiere in fall 2014 as a one-hour special telecast on Disney Channel, it will be followed by a series on Disney XD channels around the world.

Leading the development of the series is a creative team of exceptional talent. Screenwriter/producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) is an executive producer on Star Wars Rebels and will write the premiere episode. He is joined by Dave Filoni as executive producer, who served as supervising director of the ®Emmy nominated Star Wars: The Clone Wars since 2008. Executive producer Greg Weisman brings with him a wealth of animation experience with credits such as Young Justice, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Gargoyles.

Mad Men – Recap & Review – The Crash

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Mad Men
The Crash

Original Air Date: May 19, 2013

Ryan O – Staff Writer
ryano@thetwocentscorp.com

This was a drug episode. It was unsettling and unnerving. Additionally, the episode portrays Don as a victim in a few different ways that might serve as a counterweight to last week’s portrayal of Don as a supreme dillhole.

Also, a lot of weird stuff happened, some of it drug-related, some not. Don has some serious flashbacks to his time as a teenager in the whorehouse.

Doctor Who Renewed for Season 8

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The BBC has ordered an eighth season of Doctor Who.

According to the BBC, executive producer Steven Moffat is already “plotting a brand new run of adventures for the Doctor.” But season 8 isn’t all that show fans have to look forward to. On November 23, Doctor Who will celebrate it’s 50th anniversary with a special starring Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman joined by David Tennant, Billie Piper, John Hurt, Jemma Redgrave, and Joanna Page.

The festivities continue later this year with An Adventure in Space and Time, a TV-movie about the genesis of the long-running series, and the annual Christmas special in December.