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What's Your Favorite JJ Abrams Series?
Tonight's premiere of Fringe got me thinking about creator/executive producer JJ Abrams and his pretty stellar track record on television.
In the past decade, Abrams has created or co-created four shows (Felicity, Alias, Lost, and now Fringe) and executive-produced two others (Six Degrees and What About Brian). Many of those shows had ratings success and/or significant buzz, and all of them (well, except maybe Six Degrees) had vocal fan followings.
Spies and the BuzzSugar Who Loves Them
Spies are the coolest of the cool. The secret-holders and protectors. The smartest and often the most spry.
Buzz In: Which TV Shows Overstayed Their Welcome?
While some of you longtime Simpsons fans were celebrating the show's 20th-season renewal this week, just as many of you were saying the show should have quit while it was ahead. I've already read one story musing that the end could be near for the show, and some people think that's coming, oh, seven or eight years too late.
We talk a lot around here about shows that get canceled before their time, but what about shows that just hang on too long?
What's Buzzworthy? Addictive TV Shows
Despite all those great reasons to keep the TV on, it really is starting to feel like we're in the summer TV doldrums. The good news: It's the perfect time to catch up on favorite series on DVD. Some series are so addictive, they're meant to be watched straight through; recently, I powered through each of the first two seasons of "Weeds" in about three days each.
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Movie Preview: Bart Got a Room
I saw Bart Got a Room at last year's Tribeca Film Festival and totally enjoyed it — if you'd like, you can read my review (without getting spoiled). Now there's a trailer for it and it's apparently "coming soon." I highly recommend putting this one on the to-see list for some time when you need a pretty light, easy movie that isn't too taxing, isn't too substantial and leaves you feeling good in the end.
Man, I Can't Wait to Whip It!
Get your mind out of the gutter! I'm talking about Whip It!, the film adaptation of Shauna Cross's novel Derby Girl, which just added Alia Shawkat (a.k.a. Maeby Fünke) to the cast.
Alicia Silverstone to Play a Mother — to Maeby! — for ABC
Alicia Silverstone raised some suspicion that she was the mother after being courted by How I Met Your Mother earlier this year — but then there was that whole Britney Spears dustup, and Sarah Chalke stepped in instead. Now, it turns out Silverstone will be playing a mom — just not, you know, that one — in a new ABC comedy pilot.
Silverstone has been cast in the lead in Bad Mother's Handbook.
The Results Are In: Recast Reality Bites
Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!
There are tons of young actors to choose from for this week's recast challenge of Reality Bites, and it was interesting to see the combinations you all came up with.
Victor Garber on Katie Holmes, George Michael, and Being a Spy Daddy
How fantastic is it that Eli Stone has brought Victor Garber back to our TV sets on a near-weekly basis? Garber's been a favorite of mine since his Daddy Warbucks days — though I loved him most as Sydney's dad on Alias — and his role on Eli combines the best of his Broadway background with another tough-as-nails personality. At the TCA press tour, I chatted with Garber for a bit about being back on TV, working with Katie Holmes, and acting alongside George Michael.
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