Bethenny
She parlayed the Martha Stewart show into doing some work for Bravo, which led to her being one of the Real Housewives of NYC.

I really enjoyed the reruns of Dark Shadows I used to watch on Sci Fi. I'm not too keen on a film, but I was interested back when The CW was developing an update of it.

Dark Shadows.

I never say any promos with neck biting. I assume that would have made things a bit easier.

So weird you say the show's marketed as a vampire show
From the early promos I couldn't figure out WHAT the fuck this show was about. I just remember people with glowy eyes. Friends of mine who know I'm tuned into TV more than them would ask me what the show was even about, but I still had no idea.

Noel, I'd definitely recommend going back to Netflix for the finale of season five. They're fun to watch, since it was the "WB Series Finale." That's before the show switched to UPN, and WB touted it as a series finale because they'd lost out on the show for another season.

Shawn Ryan
"First Impressions" wasn't that great for Ryan, but he did write one of my favorite Angel episodes ever — "Reunion."

Love this show
I got hooked on it last weekend during a marathon, while I was trapped on my couch avoiding the sweltering Manhattan heat. Maybe it's only the gay part of me that loves this show, but I do know good television and I really enjoy it. I watched it back to back with Breaking Bad tonight, and while yeah…

Love her!
This show is really fun, and a lot more intense than other shows of its ilk. Because you can't really fake dancing or get by on your looks like in Idol.

I really dug this episode
I was cracking up the entire time, as goofy as it was. I like it when the show veers into the absurd, though I do prefer when it's absurd and satirical at the same time, like season two.

I agree, the more solid albums are probably those made from 1973 ("Abandoned Luncheonette") to 1982 ("H2O").

I agree, the more solid albums are probably those made from 1973 ("Abandoned Luncheonette") to 1982 ("H2O").

Hall & Oates
I really dig the album H20, with "Maneater" and "One on One" on it. But my favorite song is the non-single "Open All Night." Probably one of my favorite Hall & Oates songs ever.

Because what pop culture media was missing was another essay on "where Britney Spears went wrong."

The sob stories stuck out even MORE to me this time around, because they're usually just sandwiched in. But at the top of the episode, Ryan was like, "THESE THREE PEOPLE HAVE HAD HARD LIVES, WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THEM!"

To be fair to Coulter, I assume it was a "like so and so's younger sister" as to establish a hypothetical relation, because she doesn't have a sister in the films.

Tasy's dance was AWFUL
That opening number was a hot mess and already set me up for a lackluster show. It was like he choreographed a warmup routine from the tour of "Movin' Out."

More sophisticated than BEP
Oh God, yes.

Of course. Only music you personally like deserves a B or higher.

Natalie Wood died from a drowning accident while out with her husband and Christopher Walken, whom she was filming a movie with at the time.