Battlestar Galactica – Summer DVD Review – Colonial Day

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Battlestar Galactica
Colonial Day

#2 (Top 10 Happiest Episodes)
Season 1, Episode 11

Brittany – Associate Staff Writer
brittany@thetwocentscorp.com

Slowly but surely we’re reaching the end of our Battlestar Galactica recaps as July slips into August and Fall television slowly begins. After next week, I’ll be gearing up for Mad Men so fear not – you can find me there. For now though, we still have ‘Colonial Day’ to discuss and why I’ve picked it for the second happiest episode of the series.

Sports Night – Summer DVD Review – Dear Louise

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Sports Night
Dear Louise

Season 1, Episode 7

JD – Associate Staff Writer
jd@thetwocentscorp.com

In this episode of Sports Night, Dan has writers block, Isaac is planning to add a dungeon and a moat to his house, and Dana gets down to Boogie Shoes.

I’m JD. Those stories and more under the link.

Leverage – Recap & Review – The Order 23 Job

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Leverage
The Order 23 Job

Original Air Date: July 29, 2009

Brittany Frederick – Associate Staff Writer
brittanyw@thetwocentscorp.com

This would be the latest show to take a spin on the Bernie Madoff scandal, as we open at the sentencing of a hedge fund manager. Bruce McGill plays a guy who’s royally pissed and wants to shoot the dude, except for Nate takes the gun from him first. See, Nate thinks they can recover the missing money and get it back to the victims.

YOU Can Be on Mad Men!

i have been madmened

Ok, not really – unless you have a really good agent and some talent.

However, we can now “Mad Men” ourselves thanks to AMC! This isn’t one of those upload a photo and we’ll change you into them deals – it’s more of designing your own cartoon person!

I think I’d look cool in a Mad Men cartoon!

Send us yours at madmenme@thetwocents.com and we’ll post them soon!

Food Network Looking For New Iron Chef

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Kitchen Stadium once again opens its doors to find a new culinary warrior in the sizzling primetime series The Next Iron Chef, it was announced today by Bob Tuschman, Senior Vice President, Programming and Production, Food Network. Hosted by Alton Brown (Good Eats, Iron Chef America), the reality competition premieres on Sunday, October 4th at 9pm ET/PT and will challenge ten top chefs from around the country in a series of demanding situations, testing their culinary skills and mental toughness.

“It’s thrilling to see what these ten top chefs can create when pushed to their limits in this series,” said Bob Tuschman, Senior Vice President, Programming and Production for Food Network. “These world class chefs display extraordinary culinary skills and creativity as they battle it out for the supreme title of Iron Chef.”

Get GLEEful At A Mall Near You

The cast of the new fall comedy GLEE is hitting the road this summer in search of “Gleeks” at a mall near you! Cast members Cory Monteith, Lea Michele, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, Dianna Agron and Mark Salling will make appearances exclusively at Hot Topic stores in select cities across the country to sign autographs, hold Q&A sessions and give fans a sneak peek at the new season of GLEE.

The tour kicks off Monday, Aug. 17 at the Natick Mall Hot Topic in Boston . For more information, go to fox.com/glee.

GLEE premieres Wednesday, Sept. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. A special extended director’s cut of the pilot will air Wednesday, Sept. 2 (8:58-10:00 PM ET/PT) with encore episodes airing for three Fridays beginning Sept. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

*Note from TheTwoCents – pay attention to the actual addresses. When they say New York – it’s actually a New Jersey spot. Washington DC is actually in Virginia, etc.*

“The Gleek Tour” stops are as follows:

Strangers With Candy – Summer DVD Review – Feather in the Storm

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Strangers With Candy
Feather in the Storm

Season 1, Episode 8

Theresa – Staff Writer
theresa@thetwocentscorp.com

Much like the caramelized potato Principal Blackman’s female companion can’t reach in the opening sequence, popularity and success is always evading poor Jerri Blank. Now paired with a new pet, Japanese chicken Suki, Jerri’s new plan is to join the debate team. Unfortunately, according to Mr. Noblet, “slim arguments come from slim hips”, and Jerri is just too fat.

After a strange pep talk from Mr. Jellineck, Jerri decides to become bulimic. Well, sort of a bulimic-anorexic pill-popper exercise freak. She gets down to 85 pounds by the time Jellineck comes over to speak to her family about her problem. Jerri’s stepmother tells him to leave and then punishes Jerri for her anorexia by sending her to bed without dinner.

Keen Eddie – Summer DVD Review – Sticky Fingers

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Keen Eddie
Sticky Fingers

Season 1, Episode 8

Nicola – Associate Staff Writer
nicola@thetwocentscorp.com

Eddie and Pippin are having a little “girl talk” on the tube – like how many Pippin gets and how few Eddie does. “You know who else is not having sex with you? London.” Well put, Pippin. He manages to get a phone number before the next stop, but he also loses his wallet.

His wallet makes its way to the home base of some credit card forgers, who now happen to have all his ID. Worth it, Pippin?

Follow “Castle” On Twitter

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It’s summertime, and New York City is hot and humid. With his deadline closing in, famous crime-mystery novelist Richard Castle is working to finish his Nikki Heat novel, “Heat Wave.” The city offers a wealth of distractions for a procrastinating author, and since his 15-year-old daughter, Alexis, introduced him to Twitter, Castle has become addicted.

Castle and Alexis take off for their house in the Hamptons, and what starts as a respite for Castle turns into yet another mystery for him to help solve. And this time, he tweets his theories to his followers.

Alfre Woodard Joins CBS’ Three Rivers

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Four-time Emmy Award winner and three-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner Alfre Woodard (“Miss Ever’s Boys”) has joined the cast of the medical drama THREE RIVERS, which premieres Sunday, Oct. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Woodard will play Dr. Sophia Jordan a brilliant surgeon at the top of her field and head of surgery for the hospital. She has a vast amount of experience, training all around the world, which gives her an extremely diverse point-of-view.

Woodard’s television credits include Emmy Award winning performances in “Hill Street Blues,” “L.A. Law,” “Miss Ever’s Boys” and “The Practice.” She has starred in numerous feature films including “Cross Creek,” for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, Tyler Perry’s “The Family That Preys” and “Radio.”