Year: 2011

US TV

Preview: New Girl

7 September 2011 Rob Buckley 7 Comments

In the US: Tuesdays, 9/8c, Fox. Starts 20th September
In the UK: Acquired by E4

There is a law, apparently, than whenever one refers to Zooey Deschanel and in particular her performance in her new Fox sitcom, New Girl, one must describe her as adorable. Am I a law-breaker?

No.

So New Girl sees adorable hipster Zooey Deschanel come home from work early to surprise her boyfriend, only to discover he’s cheating on her. She moves out and finds an apartment on Craigslist that’s shared by three guys. When they discover most of her friends are models, she’s given a quick invite to move in, and before you know it, the adorable, clueless-about-men Zooey is being taught how to pull and date by her new friends as they help her get on her feet again. And in return, they learn a little something about women from her, too.

Is there a big problem with the show? Well, one maybe.

There’s way too much singing. Cue the trailer.

Continue reading “Preview: New Girl”

Wednesday’s “TV dinners” news

7 September 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

  • Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger to get bigger roles in The Expendables 2

Theatre

British TV

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Sitting Tennant

Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant (week 32, 2011)

6 September 2011 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Sister Chastity's Sitting Tennant

It was a very close thing this week. Very close. Both Hebbie and Sister Chastity sent in lots of lovely pics of David Tennant on the Christian O’Connell Absolute Radio show. Many of them will be featuring in future Sitting Tennants. But it was this pic from Sister Chastity that won the day. Ten points to her!

  1. Hebbie: 225
  2. Sister Chastity: 200
  3. Erin C: 100
  4. Rullsenberg: 55
  5. Janice: 20
  6. esgaril: 10
  7. theriverlady, Toby: 5

In comments land, it was a tie between Janice and SK for the 10 points, with SK obviously responding to both the implicit and the explicit. Good luck this week everyone!

  1. Marie: 175
  2. Rullsenberg: 170
  3. SK: 130
  4. Toby: 100
  5. Electric Dragon: 95
  6. Jane Henry: 50
  7. Lisa G: 45
  8. theriverlady: 35
  9. Virpi: 25
  10. Hebbie: 20
  11. Joe B, Janice: 15
  12. whoficwriter, Jeri: 10
  13. kallan: 5

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable and doesn’t obviously infringe copyright, it will appear in the Sitting Tennant gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.

The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.

You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.

Sitting Tennant

Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant (week 32, 2011)

6 September 2011 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Sister Chastity's Sitting Tennant

It was a very close thing this week. Very close. Both Hebbie and Sister Chastity sent in lots of lovely pics of David Tennant on the Christian O’Connell Absolute Radio show. Many of them will be featuring in future Sitting Tennants. But it was this pic from Sister Chastity that won the day. Ten points to her!

  1. Hebbie: 225
  2. Sister Chastity: 200
  3. Erin C: 100
  4. Rullsenberg: 55
  5. Janice: 20
  6. esgaril: 10
  7. theriverlady, Toby: 5

In comments land, it was a tie between Janice and SK for the 10 points, with SK obviously responding to both the implicit and the explicit. Good luck this week everyone!

  1. Marie: 175
  2. Rullsenberg: 170
  3. SK: 130
  4. Toby: 100
  5. Electric Dragon: 95
  6. Jane Henry: 50
  7. Lisa G: 45
  8. theriverlady: 35
  9. Virpi: 25
  10. Hebbie: 20
  11. Joe B, Janice: 15
  12. whoficwriter, Jeri: 10
  13. kallan: 5

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable and doesn’t obviously infringe copyright, it will appear in the Sitting Tennant gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.

The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.

You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.