Who’s Coming to SNL First This Season

who's opening the season?

Leticia – TwoCents Reporter
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Saturday Night Live will be premiering their 37th season on NBC on September 24th. The premier will open with four consecutive shows that will be highlighted by special guest appearances and musical performances.

Alex Baldwin will be hosting this premier marking his 16th appearance. Baldwin has received many award recognitions such as two Emmys, three Golden Globes, five SAG Awards and a Televison Critics Association Award which he received for his significant role on NBC’s 30 Rock.

On the night of this premier there will be a musical performance from the three-time Grammy Award winning band, RadioHead. They will be returning for their second performance and have recently released their new album “The King Of Limbs.’

Another great performer  hosting SNL will be CBS’ “Mike and Molly” star, Melissa McCarthy. She will be making her first appearance on Saturday Night Live as a host on October 1st.

That night will also be the debut of a musical performance made by the six time Grammy award winning trio, Lady Antebellum. The band who’s single “Just A Kiss” is topping the charts and  have reached double and triple platinum status and spawned several number one hits, including “Need You Now” as reported by  the NBC press release. Their newest album “Own the Night” will be released on September thirteen.

Celebrate Clone Wars’ Return With Contest

In anticipation of the upcoming fourth season premiere of the hit series Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network, Hasbro and the network are joining forces for an exciting fan promotion.  Starting today, Cartoon Network viewers will have the opportunity to check out CartoonNetwork.com/toys to enter for a chance to win one of 500 Hasbro STAR WARS ULTIMATE FX LIGHTSABERS to be given away over a two-week period.

The all-new ULTIMATE FX LIGHTSABER features a progressive light-up “blade” with vibrant LED lighting, allowing kids to experience the Force in a whole new way.  The sweepstakes page will expand the week of September 5 to offer fans a sneak peek of Season Four of the series premiering on Friday, September 16 at 8 p.m. (et/pt) and the opportunity to enter for a chance to win a $1,000 grand prize. Full details and rules for the sweepstakes will be available at CartoonNetwork.com/toys.

Pretty Little Liars – Recap & Review – Over My Dead Body

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Pretty Little Liars
Over My Dead Body

Original Air Date: Aug 30, 2011

Emily – TwoCents Reviewer
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It’s the season finale already! What? It went way too fast for us Pretty Little Liars fanatics! (By the way, sorry there were no recap last week, I was away on vacation and there was no space left in the car to bring my laptop!) Anyway, what a way to end the summer season, right? I am still processing everything that happened, what with all the backstabbing, tension, and yes, lies that came up… Let’s try to make sense of it all!

Creepy Dolls

Still in shock over the disappearance of Dr.Sullivan, the girls start the episode in a panic, and it’s all downhill from there. In a cool homage to the books, the girls get dolls from A! If they don’t do what the dolls tell them to do, the doctor is going to die.

Degrassi- Recap & Review – Take A Bow (Part One and Two)

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Degrassi
Take A Bow (Part One and Two)

Original Air Date: Aug 29-30, 2011

Karen Belgrad – Senior Editor
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thetwocentscorp.com

We’re winding down this summer season of Degrassi! After these two episodes, we’ve only got two more left until hiatus. Are you ready?

Tonight was a more sentimental episode than we’ve seen as of late. Sure there were teen hormones a-plenty, but friendship was really the overriding theme.

The Closer – Recap & Review – Death Warrant

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The Closer
Death Warrant

Original Air Date: Aug 29, 2011

Will – Sr. Reviewer
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This weeks episode of The Closer was awesome! That is the only word I can come up with! We saw Captain Raydor kick some serious butt this week! This weeks episode was all about a murder for hire. It was a big case with lots of people and lots of excitement. The show starts off with Brenda going to the county jail to talk to a snitch who has some information about a murder for hire in exchange for a deal.

Design Star – Recap & Review – Look For Less Challenge

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Design Star
Look for Less Challenge

Original Air Date: Aug 29, 2011

Patricia Morris Buckley – Sr. Staff Writer
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Only four designers left. Can you believe it? In two weeks we’ll have our winner. I hope you have a favorite by now. I know I do (I’ll tell you at the end).

I really liked this week’s challenge. Each contestant had $2,500, two days and a studio apartment (no sleeping area) to make look high-end with little cash outlay. They already had some furniture, and a nice TV, which helped a lot. They also each could use a carpenter.

Weeds – Recap & Review – System Overhead

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Weeds
System Overhead

Original Air Date: Aug 29, 2011

Melanie – TTC Reviewer
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This season of Weeds has been a vast improvement on last season’s road-trip escape which mostly fell flat with fans of the series. Now set up in New York, we’re getting back to the same problems that made previous seasons of Weeds so great, and creating some new ones as the boys work to stretch their roles as more mature individuals.

Part of that stretching has gotten them both into situations that only a mother like Nancy, with her ability to manipulate the system and work the angles, can get them out of. But this only works when the boys listen and stay out-of-the-way, and with especially Silas’s attempts at asserting his equality, that’s easier than it sounds.

The TTC Weekly Supplement – Ending Aug 28

MjL – TwoCents News Editor
MjL@thetwocentscorp.com

Each week TTC gathers all the interesting pieces of entertainment news that you might have missed last week and compiles it into a single post. This way, just like a vitamin supplement, you start the week with a fortified shot of all going-ons of the TV industry.

Oh this came late (can the Midwest blame Irene?), but here’s this week’s waterlogged  TV supplement….

Warehouse 13 – Recap & Review – The 40th Floor

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Warehouse 13
The 40th Floor

Original Air Date: Aug 29, 2011

Rachel M – Senior Staff Writer
rachelm@thetwocentscorp.com

“Since the days of Warehouse 2 the Regents have been it’s protectors.” Artie gives us major foreshadowing that this episode will be about Sally and her evil bosses, as well as the mysterious Regents. She is using the doorknob she snagged off Claudia and Steve to torture Regents that she’s captured for secrets that she wants. Then she kills them. Lovely.

Furthermore, it appears she’s been on a spree against the Regents for almost a year, killing four and a fifth is missing. Yikes! Okay team, get cracking!

DWTS Announces New Cast, Partners, and Dates

MjL – TwoCents News Editor
MjL@thetwocentscorp.com

A dynamic lineup of stars – including a U.S. veteran, an NBA champion, a film and TV star, a TV host and journalist, a Grammy-nominated singer, a supermodel, a reality TV star, a showbiz legacy and activist, and a World Cup star — will take the stage for the two-hour season premiere of “Dancing with the Stars,” MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

All 12 couples will dance for the first time on live national television on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, either performing the Cha Cha or The Viennese Waltz. Airing on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET.), a live, one-hour special, “Dancing with the Stars: Meet the Cast,” will feature the most exciting moments from Monday night’s performances, with commentary from the judges and never-before-seen footage from the teams’ first weeks of training. Then, on the season premiere of “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show,” TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 20 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET), the couple with the lowest combined judges’ scores and public votes for their performance will be sent home in the season’s first elimination.