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MTV Mondays are (sadly) becoming must-see TV for me again tonight, with the return of two of my favorite guilty pleasures: "My Super Sweet 16" and "Engaged & Underage." Neither is exactly classy television, but both are weirdly addictive. I love the spectacle and the excess of the spoiled brats on "Sweet 16," and I both curse their indulgent parents and wonder what it would have been like to Read more
Every Friday, I round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement. Did you miss David Bowie on "Extras"? Fear not! Here are all his clips from the episode — including the "chubby little loser" song, of course. On this week's episode of "Armed and Famous," La Toya Jackson went undercover as a prostitute. That pretty much makes fun of Read more
Following the horrifying success of "My Super Sweet Sixteen," MTV is premiering a new reality show focused on bratty young people planning lavish events — in this case, weddings. The weekly series, called "Engaged and Underage," follows young couples between the ages of 18 and 22 as they gear up for their nuptials. Meanwhile, the parents protest noisily, seeing as how most of them can't legally Read more
Glee goes Latin this week when guest star Ricky Martin stops by to shake it and teach Mr. Schue a thing about Spanish (which, despite being a Spanish teacher, he does not know). A couple more people find out about Finn and Rachel's engagement, though Mercedes and Sam are still far more unclear about their relationship. Sue also announces a highly frightening desire to be a mother while clawing at Read more
MTV's 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom attract tons of viewers, as well as criticism that they glorify teen pregnancy. For its next young-people-growing-up-fast docuseries, MTV is leaving the babies out. Starting after the honeymoon, Married Young will follow young couples in their first year of marriage. If this all sounds familiar, that's because the network ran the series Engaged & Underage a Read more
Real men know how to work the remote control (to open a beer), use an iron (for a grilled cheese, duh), and make a meal (pour milk directly into the cereal box). But real men don't buy girls. That's the simple message behind Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's new anti-sex trafficking PSA campaign "Real Men Don't Buy Girls." Trying to catch your Read more
