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To join this summer’s breakout hit, “Switched At Birth,” the network has given the greenlight to an additional season of “Make it or Break It” and a back-order pick-up of “The Lying Game,” it was announced today by Michael Riley, president ABC Family. Riley also announced development of four new pilots, including two dramas, “Bunheads” and “Intercept,” and two comedies, “Baby Daddy” and “Village People.”
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Original Air Date: Sep 15, 2011
Melanie-TwoCents Reviewer
melanie@thetwocentscorp.com
What happens when a recently orphaned teen returns to her parent’s hometown and discovers she’s a witch? Not only that, but there are others who need her to form their perfect circle of six, magnifiying their power. And if that’s not enough, there’s a mystery surrounding an accident that caused several deaths in their parents’ circle.
This is the premise of the new CW series, The Secret Circle, which follows Cassie as she discovers her ancestry. So what does the series have in store for us? Continue reading
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Original Air Date: Sep 15, 2011
Ky – TwoCents Reviewer
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The Birthday. Wherein all sorts of Big Bad Vampire Stuff goes down. Ripper! Stefan is Klaus’ lapdog, Elena and Damon are friends/enemies/friends, Caroline throws a party, and Jeremy’s seeing dead people problem gets scarier.
A girl in spaghetti straps and short shorts comes plopping out of a grand white house in Tennessee and we know she’s gonna die looooooooooooong before Klaus shows up. He’s looking for Ray Sutton (or at least that’s what it sounds like past the marbles in his mouth—the boy doesn’t always enunciate) and informs us that Ray Sutton is a werewolf with a sinister hint dropped cool cat Klaus style. And then Stefan is CREEPY outside the door Short Shorts Girl’s friend tries to escape through and then Short Shorts Girl and her friend die screaming.
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Original Air Date: Sep 15, 2011
Anne – Associate Editor
anne@thetwocentscorp.com
Welcome to cycle 17 of ANTM! This round we have a group of All-Stars. Going all the way back to cycle 1, we have some of the strongest personalities from each season. I have decided to wipe the slate clean and not dislike someone just because I didn’t during their regular run on the show. Except for one. Can you guess? If you’ve followed my recent reviews, it’s not much a secret. But more on that later. Let’s jump right into the action.
We are treated to one of Tyra’s little vignettes. In this one she is dreaming and having a nightmare about former contestants. But each one is her pretending to be them and she is mimicking their mannerisms quite humorously. She awakens to find herself surrounded by the real models, all demanding that she do an All-Stars cycle. Gee, I wonder. The opening was as tastily cheesy as it is every season. I roll my eyes, but I laugh anyway.
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Up All Night
Pilot
Original Air Date: Sep 14, 2011
Caitlin – Associate Staff Writer
caitlin@thetwocentscorp.com
Welcome to the new fall season and to one of its first new shows- Up All Night! I’ll be covering it this season, and apologize for the delay in this review- I was just able to watch the pilot tonight, but should catch all future episodes live. For now, let’s get things rolling.
In the first scene of the series, a couple anxiously waits for the results of their pregnancy test (Or two tests, actually). Seeing as how the entire show is based on them as new parents, I’m going to let you take your own wild guesses as to the results.
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Original Air Date: Sep 14, 2011
Ryan O – Senior Reviewer
ryano@thetwocentscorp.com
Welcome back for the 23rd season. Also back? Redemption Island. And Ozzy. And Coach. Ugh. The show thought we really wanted to see Coach a THIRD time? REALLY? Good grief.
Well, let’s dig in and hope Coach gets eliminated quickly. (Spoiler: Not this episode.)
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Original Air Date: Sep 14, 2011
Ryan O – TwoCents Senior Reviewer
ryano@thetwocentscorp.com
It’s a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory episode! With special surprise guests that are cool and a real surprise! Plus! Double elimination!
Someone who should’ve gone home a while ago, does! And someone who thinks a lot of themself continues to leave no impression. And, finally, we have an elimination challenge with an individual winner.
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I have watched It’s Always Sunny since the beginning. Rob McElhenney is one of the reasons why I keep watching season after season. He’s the easiest to look at, he’s funny and he seems very personable. Though most known for Sunny, he also had a recurring role on Lost. He’s also had a handful of movie roles over the years. Lately he’s also made the news because he put on 50 pounds over the hiatus just because he thought it would be funny for the show. When he’s not acting, he’s at home with his wife, Kaitlin Olson, who plays Dee on Sunny. Their little boy, Axel, just turned one last week! Happy Birthday, Axel! When I had the opportunity to participate on a conference call with Rob and his co-star, Glenn Howerton, I couldn’t say no. Unfortunately, Glenn couldn’t make the call because his wife was in labor. Congratulation! I was right about Rob being personable, he was incredible easy to talk to as we chatter about the show.
TheTwoCents: How much of the show is scripted versus you guys just riffin’?
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Original Air Date: Sep 13, 2011
Anne – Associate Editor
anne@thetwocentscorp.com
When I found out that Sarah Michelle Gellar, here-to-forth referred to as SMG, was returning to television, I was ecstatic. I am probably one of the world’s biggest Buffy fans. No joke. I worshipped the ground she slayed on. After an eight year absence, I believe she returned full force. Rested and renewed. This is good, since she technically has 3 separate roles to play (Bridget, Bridget pretending to be Siobhan, and Siobhan). I was mostly very pleased with the pilot. Mostly.
Not only was SMG great, but the supporting cast as well. This is the best thing I have seen Ioan Gruffudd in since Titanic. Nestor Carbonell moves over from Lost just fine (Richard Alpert still hasn’t aged a day!). And they’re all very nice to look at, of course! It’s really seeming like it’s going to be a great show…let’s just hope the ratings stay up so we don’t get FOXed.
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Sons of Anarchy
Booster
Original Air Date: Sep 13, 2011
Lyssa G – Reviewer
Lyssa@thetwocentscorp.com
Welcome to week two of Sons of Anarchy. Last week we saw our favorite outlaws getting back to their roots in Charming. They are getting back to their families, starting new ones with Opie and Lyla getting married.
We start to see how Jax has changed after his time inside. All he seems to want is to get back to the basics, he wants to get back to his family and potentially out of SAMCRO.
TheTwoCents 