Comic Book Men – Recap & Review – Con Men

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Comic Book Men
Con Men
Original Air Date: Mar 7, 2013

Jeff L – Señor Staff Writer
JeffL@thetwocentscorp.com

This week’s episode centered around a long-time Secret Stash customer’s comics auction. Early in the episode the customer explains to Walt that he’s got some very expensive medical bills and needs to sell the comics collection he’s been building over his entire lifetime.

Walt, Ming and Mike jump to his aid and go through his entire collection. What he originally described as “maybe 25 boxes” turned into over 70 long boxes of comics and the auction ends up raising over $27,000.

Community – Recap & Review – Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations

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Community
Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations

Original Air Date: Mar 7, 2013

Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

The group talks about their Thanksgiving plans and how bummed they are to have to spend the holiday with their families. Shirley invites everyone to her place and everyone’s on board except Jeff. He’s going to his father’s house that day. Britta feels vindicated and invites herself to Jeff’s dad’s as Jeff’s therapist. Jeff makes it clear he doesn’t want her there. Good call, dude.

Everyone but Jeff shows up at Shirley’s (Abed brings a 2-year-old package of 7 layer Mexican dip as a hostess gift, how lovely) while Jeff shows up at his dad’s door, gets cold feet and takes off. Britta and Jeff talk on the phone, and she tells him that he needs to come back because she’s already sitting on the elder Winger’s couch.

1600 Penn – Recap & Review – Live From The Lincoln Bedroom

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1600 Penn
Live From The Lincoln Bedroom

Original Air Date: Mar 7, 2013

Colleen – TwoCents Reviewer
Colleen@thetwocentscorp.com

We start tonight’s episode with Marshall giving his briefing as he usually does as press secretary. A reporter asks about Skip and his pod casts. Does the White House have any comment? Marshall seems surprised at first, but recovers from it quickly. He calls it a “politically ticking time bomb.” Marshall runs upstairs and bursts into a room marked “recording in progress” where Skip is doing his next pod cast. I cannot wait to see what happens tonight…..

American Idol – Recap & Review – Solo Round Results

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American Idol
Solo Round Results

Original Air Date: Mar 7, 2013

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

Wow – the Idol producers have found a new way to make results shows longer. Thursday night the Top 10 were announced and as each contestant learned they would be going on, they had to sing a “victory song” followed by more criticism from the judges (usually only one).

That’s how you make announcing 10 names last two hours. We started with the Top 5 men. Ryan told each contestant backstage, then they came out to the stage. The audience and the judges then learned who had made it through.

CBS Announces Golden Boy and Vegas Time Period Moves

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GOLDEN BOY, CBS’s new drama about the meteoric rise of an ambitious cop who becomes the youngest police commissioner in the history of New York City, will remain on Tuesdays (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), after two special previews in the time period.

CBS previously announced that GOLDEN BOY would move to Friday (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) after the preview broadcasts on Feb. 26 and March 3. An original episode of GOLDEN BOY will still air this first Friday (March 8) at 9:00 PM, ET/PT as planned.

CBS will give the freshman drama VEGAS a look in a new time period, moving it to Friday (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) beginning April 5, following the Network’s coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.

American Idol – Recap & Review – Solo Round II, The Men

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American Idol
Solo Round II, The Men

Original Air Date: Mar 6, 2013

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

Finally the men get a chance to sing live. Not an easy task, yet several of them definitely made it look easy. But within 24 hours, only five of them will be left. So this couldn’t be more critical because the judges no longer have the last say.

Survivor: Caramoan – Recap & Review – Kill or Be Killed

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Survivor: Caramoan
Kill or Be Killed

Original Air Date: Mar 6, 2013

Ryan O – Staff Writer
ryano@thetwocentscorp.com

Someone gets injured and leaves the game. I won’t mention who it was here but it dramatically shifts the power structure for one tribe. Meanwhile, and much less importantly, Phillip is handing out membership to Stealth R Us like they’re AOL membership CDs and it’s 1998.

Really, it’s just a big nothing of an episode. Two major things happen but it feels like nothing happens. It could be because I don’t really like any of the Fans.

Jane Lynch and Wilmer Valderrama Join New Fox Animated Comedy Series

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Emmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch (GLEE) and fan favorite Wilmer Valderrama (“That ’70s Show”) will lend their arresting voices as series regulars to the new animated comedy series MURDER POLICE on FOX. From David A. Goodman (FAMILY GUY) and rising writer/animator Jason Ruiz, the inter-office workplace comedy series follows a dedicated, but inept detective and his colleagues – some perverted, some corrupt, some just plain lazy – in a twisted city precinct.

MURDER POLICE, scheduled to debut during the 2013-2014 season, also features the voices of Will Sasso (“The Three Stooges,” “MADtv”), Chi McBride (“Golden Boy,” “Human Target”), Peter Atencio (“Key and Peele”), Justina Machado (“Private Practice,” “Six Feet Under”) and Jason Ruiz.

NCIS – Recap & Review – Prime Suspect

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NCIS
Prime Suspect

Original Air Date: Mar 5, 2013

Maria – Associate Staff Writer
maria@thetwocentscorp.com

Very Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (resident trickster) and Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget are thrust together on a case involving Lance Corporal Douglas Alexander, who stole $120,000.

Meanwhile, Gibbs starts an unofficial investigation into a serial killer nicknamed “Dead Rose Slasher” when his barber reveals concerns that his son may be involved.

“Community” Characters To Be Immortalized as Puppets in Upcoming Episode

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NBC announced today that the characters of its acclaimed comedy “Community” will be immortalized as puppets in an upcoming episode airing later this spring. In the episode, the study group takes a wild balloon ride that crash lands in the woods and they end up spending a little time with a friendly mountain man, played by Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”). The announcement was made tonight at the annual PaleyFest panel presentation for “Community” in Beverly Hills, sponsored by the Paley Center for Media.

As the study group recounts their adventures in the woods, which has left them all feeling a little awkward with one another, Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) encourages them to speak about their experience with the use of puppets. The puppets include characters Jeff (Joel McHale), Pierce (Chevy Chase), Britta (Gillian Jacobs), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown), Abed (Danny Pudi), Annie (Alison Brie), Troy (Donald Glover) and Chang (Ken Jeong).