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Buzz In: What Summer TV Shows Are You Still Watching?

BuzzSugar — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:32:15 -0700

It's almost Labor Day weekend, and you know what that means! No, not the last of beach weather or the beginning of a new school year - Fall TV is almost back! I'm beyond thrilled to get back into the worlds of my favorite shows, whether it's the juicy salaciousness of Gossip Girl, the dramatics of Grey's Anatomy, or the deadpan hilarity of The Office. I've missed my TV friends.

That said, there are a few Summer shows that I've become addicted to, and will certainly miss once the new TV season starts up. Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List is already over, and I'm kinda sad about it. I loved watching her ridiculous antics week after week. Mad Men is still going strong, and you know how I feel about that show because I tell you every week in my rundown posts.

I'm still totally hooked on Army Wives, and I actually think this season is better than the first. This isn't often the case with second seasons, and I gotta say Lifetime continues to impress me with this show. Finally: Swingtown. It's not necessarily high-quality television, but somewhere along the way I got hooked on this show, and I find myself hoping some network will pick up the series if CBS does not.

What are you still watching? Or has your TV been dark all Summer (except for the Olympics)?

My Life on the D-List photo courtesy of Bravo
Army Wives photo courtesy of Lifetime
Swingtown photo courtesy of CBS

TV Tonight: The D-List and the A-List on Bravo

BuzzSugar — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:30:14 -0700

Tonight brings a double dose of Kathy Griffin to our TVs, as she first launches another season of celebrity bottom-feeding with the premiere of My Life on the D-List on Bravo, then rockets to the top of the heap to host the network's first-annual A-List Awards.

I've said it before: Griffin is a love-her or hate-her kind of comedian, and as one who trends more toward love, I'm totally looking forward to the fourth season of D-List. This season will find her opening the Oprah-inspired Kathy Griffin Leadership Academy and officiating at a wedding, among other things - and, come on, you've got to be a little curious about how that ceremony turned out.

The A-List Awards themselves, meanwhile, sound like a fantastic train-wreck - anything with a Real Housewives catfight and an absurdly rambling Lauren Hutton can't be that classy. But hey, at least it'll be a chance to see our favorite Top Chefs - and Ted Allen! - all dressed up, right? And I'm intrigued by the news of a charity fashion show from the Project Runway peeps.

The night kicks off with the Tim Gunn-hosted red carpet show at 8:30 p.m. EDT and PDT, followed by the D-List premiere and then A-List Awards. Will you be tuning in for any of it? To see a preview from Griffin's A-List opening number and a scene from the D-List premiere, just read more.

Photo and videos courtesy of Bravo

TV Tonight: "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:29:00 -0700

I'm convinced that most people aren't wishy-washy about Kathy Griffin: You either love her or you hate her. For the most part, I love her; sure, her antics are annoying, but they're also endearing.

While I can take or leave her stand-up, I have a soft spot for her Bravo reality show, "My Life on the D-List," which starts its new season tonight. As E! TV critic Kristin Veitch wrote, Griffin "works twice as hard to get half as far," and while she probably qualifies as at least C-list now, it's still funny and a little sad to watch her stand next to a poster advertising her show at Carnegie Hall and have passers-by say "who are you?"

This season has a bit of a twist (which I assume is tongue-in-cheek, though you never really know with her): She's given up on dating for love and is now dating for fame, asking her fans to help her choose a potential suitor. The options: Sanjaya, Prince William, Mario Lopez, K-Fed and Larry Birkhead. (I'd vote Lopez, if only because - as Griffin's site points out - one of their celebrity couple names could be "Gropez.") To watch a clip of her attempting to put her new dating strategy to use with a big-deal New York chef, read more

Photo courtesy of Bravo