The Mentalist – Recap & Review – Bloodstream

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The Mentalist
Bloodstream

Original Air Date: Mar 10, 2011.

Liz – Staff Writer
liz@thetwocentscorp.com

Doctor Micah Newton was brained to death at a golfing range not far from his hospital, with just one hit to the head. LaRoche shows on the scene to badger Lisbon about whether she knows anything about Hightower’s whereabouts. Understandably, she’s pretty annoyed since she’s trying to work and declares the minute someone is appointed to take over Hightower’s job she’s going to get him banned. As it turns out, LaRoche was that very morning assigned to take over Hightower’s position. He subsequently puts Cho in charge of the team. Oh, snap.

New Epic Family Adventure Series “Terra Nova” To Premiere In Fall 2011

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The new epic family adventure series TERRA NOVA will now launch with its series premiere in fall 2011 on FOX, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

“TERRA NOVA is one of the most ambitious television series ever produced,” said Reilly. “The cutting-edge visual effects used to create the world of TERRA NOVA, which is of massive scope and scale, require more time to be realized. This aspect of the series is essential, so we are pushing back the special early preview date to give the visual effects team the time needed for their ground-breaking work.”

Eliminated American Idol Finalists Will Take One More Bow Each Week on “Live! With Regis and Kelly”

after elimination idols will face "the reg"

NEW YORK, NY — March 11, 2011 — Beginning on Monday, March 14, “American Idol” fans will get one more chance to see the show’s finalists after their Thursday elimination with weekly performances on “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly.”

Each week, as the finalists are voted off one-by-one, they’ll travel to New York to chat with LIVE hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, and perform on the LIVE stage. On Monday, March 14, ASHTON JONES will stop by to sing the Diana Ross tune, “When You Tell Me That You Love Me.”

“LIVE! with Regis and Kelly” airs weekday morning in national syndication. Check local listings for time and station.

American Red Cross To Help Japan Quake Victims

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Television isn’t always fun, and I’m not speaking about the poor writing on Mr. Sunshine.

Over the past evening and into this morning, an enormous 8.9 earthquake hit Japan. Devastation is being reported on all news networks. You can keep up to date on sites such as CNN.

Many celebrities from the world of television are tweeting their love and thoughts to those affected – both in Japan and to all the folks bracing for tsunami related destruction across the Pacific. We have two of our TwoCents family heading out to Hawaii soon and so it’s keen in our minds right now too. Star Trek’s George Takei tweeted a link for helping to find people in Japan.

We at TheTwoCents join the rest of the world in sending our thoughts out to all those affected. You can do your part by going to the American Red Cross and sending some much needed financial help to the area.

American Idol – Recap & Review – Top 13 Results

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American Idol
Top 13 Results

Original Air Date: Mar 10, 2011

Patricia Morris Buckley – Sr. Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com

Two pieces of news were dropped during the results show – one very unexpected and another beyond predictable.

The shocking news had me really concerned – Casey Abrams is in the hospital. This is two weeks after he’d been the hospital complaining of stomach aches. But the news this morning says he’s doing fine. In fact he tweeted that he’d gotten another blood transfusion and felt better. Rumor is that he has a bleeding ulcer. I just hope it isn’t anything that would prevent him from being on the show.

Now for the predictable news: Who got the boot. But we’ll get to that in a moment (as Ryan would say).

The Big Bang Theory – Recap & Review – The Prestidigitation Approximation

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The Big Bang Theory
The Prestidigitation Approximation

Original Air Date: Mar 10, 2011

Theresa – Staff Writer
theresa@thetwocentscorp.com

First, Priya talks Leonard into getting contact lenses. Then she makes him buy new clothes. And then she wants him to ditch Penny?? I have a problem with this.

Leonard and Priya are still more or less in their honeymoon phase when Priya starts pulling all of these requests out in quick succession. Leonard is very happy about the contacts (even though he can’t see) and the clothes (even though Penny could never get him to lose the hoodie), but he doesn’t think him hanging out with Penny is really a big deal. He tells Priya they’re just friends, but after some pouting, Priya gets him to agree to tell Penny he can’t spend time with her anymore.

YO! Yo Gabba Gabba Is Coming Back

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Nickelodeon has picked up 13 new half-hour episodes of the critically acclaimed live-action preschool series, Yo Gabba Gabba!

W!LDBRAIN Entertainment, the award-winning entertainment company and one of the world’s foremost producers of animation will re-team with Yo Gabba Gabba! co-creators Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz of The Magic Store to produce a fourth season of the critically acclaimed series for Nickelodeon. Production will commence this summer in Los Angeles.

Season four will feature an exciting new roster of musical talent and celebrities for the “Super Music Friends Show” and “Dancey Dance” segments.

Bones – Recap & Review – The Killer In The Crosshairs

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Bones
The Killer in the Crosshairs

Original Air Date: Mar 10, 2011

Karen – Sr Staff Writer
Karen@thetwocentscorp.com

Our sniper, Broadsky, the one who thankfully eliminated the Gravedigger, is back to killing some more bad guys. Booth is not happy about it and even more so that Bones is comparing him to Broadsky. On a more fun note, Angela’s dad is back and he is the one who wants to name the baby!

Remember…Angela’s name is so bad that she had to change it.

Rules Of Engagement – Recap & Review – Anniversary Chicken

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Rules of Engagement
Anniversary Chicken

Original Air Date: Mar 10, 2011

Karen – Sr Staff Writer
Karen@thetwocentscorp.com

It’s Jeff and Audrey’s anniversary and Jeff is all smug because he finally remembered it (after 16 yrs) and he thinks Audrey forgot. So he plans on rubbing the rare occasion in her face…oh this can’t be good.

Also going on tonight we have Timmy hanging out with Russ on a date, and he, is the translator.

Mr. Sunshine – Recap & Review – Crystal on Ice

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Mr. Sunshine
Crystal on Ice

Original Air Date: Mar 10, 2011

Patricia Morris Buckley – Sr. Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com

Finally, there’s a really funny character on Mr. Sunshine: The electronic billboard outside the center. This thing is a goldmine of quips, witticisms and puns.

Please, keep this character and perhaps even beef up its role (can a billboard be the star of a show?).