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Big Love, The New Season Sundays at 9PM on HBO

Sponsor — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:16:28 -0800

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New Season of Damages Starts Tonight on FX

Sponsor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:47:37 -0800

FX’s Damages,starring Emmy-Award Winner Glenn Close and Rose Byrne, Premieres Tonight at 10PM ET/PT. Watch this exclusive scene from the upcoming season.

"24" Recap: Season Premiere, Part II

BuzzSugar — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:24:27 -0800

On “24,” the third and fourth hours of Day 6 are tense and shocking! Just when I was getting used to the pace of the show, Monday night’s ending rapidly accelerated the story line. Not that I’m complaining, because it’s very exciting. (In case you missed it, check out my recap of Part I of the season premiere.)

As the third hour begins, Jack and Assad are following the suicide bomber’s handler, Masheer, while CTU scrambles to track their location. Assad and Jack take separate cars and Jack crashes into Masheer, totaling his car. Assad pulls up behind the “accident” and offers to give Masheer a ride. When Masheer’s not looking, Assad calls Jack and secretly keeps the phone on, so Jack can patch him through to CTU and Assad can convey, through conversation, clues about his whereabouts. When Assad drops off Masheer, CTU sends in a team, and Masheer chooses to detonate a hand grenade, killing himself and destroying much of his laptop. Still, Jack and the team manage to search the computer’s hard drive.

Amidst this physical drama, Curtis can’t seem to get past Assad as a known, ruthless terrorist. Jack suspects Curtis has some kind of a past with Assad and asks Chloe to investigate. To find out what happens, read more

Back in the Oval Office, Fayed has offered President Palmer a new bargain: Fayed will cease his attacks on the U.S. if the President agrees to release 110 terrorists from a detention facility, and the President ultimately agrees. As the detainees line up and board buses, one sketchy prison guard gets on an empty bus and drives away.

From the remnants of Masheer's hard drive, CTU discovers information in Arabic and Russian about “suitcase nukes,” nuclear weapons developed by the Soviet Union in the 1980s. All but one were destroyed years ago, and the remaining nuke was obtained by a nuclear scientist, Namir, who also happens to be one of the terrorists being released from the detention facility. Assad figures out that Fayed already has the suitcase nuke in his possession; he only needs Namir to reprogram the trigger. Assad points out, “The bombings were designed so your government would free this man,” to which Jack responds, “Son of a bitch!” In the next scene, the sketchy prison guard goes to the back of his bus and opens a door to reveal a crouching Namir. The guard tells him to go, that Fayed is waiting for him.

Meanwhile, Ahmed has taken the Wallace family - including the teenage Scott and his parents, Ray and Jillian - hostage. Having badly injured his leg, Ahmed is unable to deliver “the package” to Fayed, so he forces Ray to deliver it for him. Ahmed tells Ray that if anything goes wrong, or if he calls the police, his wife and son will die. Ray goes to the designated place and hands a box full of money over to a man who then demands more money. Ray, unable to get more money, asks the man if he can see “the item” to make sure he has it. When the man shows him the component, Ray kills the man and flees.

He then calls Ahmed and demands Ahmed release his wife and son, saying that if he doesn’t, he won’t bring the component to Fayed. Ahmed agrees only to releasing Jillian, who promptly calls the police when she gets into her car. She speaks with Jack Bauer himself, and he and his team head over to the GN’s house.

Having met with a highly respected Ambassador who knows Assad and his history, the President feels assured that Assad is in the U.S. to seek peace. He offers Assad full pardon if he will help the U.S. find and destroy Fayed. Assad says he will need the offer in writing.

Back at CTU, there’s some more bickering between Milo and Morris, and Chloe thinks it’s because there’s jealousy there: She used to date Milo and now she’s with Morris. At the same time, she and Nadia have their own catty power struggle going on. Anyone else think Chloe sounds like Napoleon Dynamite sometimes? When Nadia suggests something, Chloe says, “Like I’m already doing?” I half-expected her to follow with an exasperated “God!”

While in the detainment center, Sandra Palmer's boyfriend Walid has a new buddy who makes this ominous comment: “By the end of the day, they will pay.” Hearing the man speaking Arabic with another detainee, Walid notices that they repeat one phrase in particular, and he tells Sandra to find out what it means.

Ray has successfully delivered the component to Fayed, and his men take him hostage. Ray begs Fayed to call Ahmed and release his son, so Fayed calls Ahmed but tells him that the boy knows too much, and he needs to kill him. Fortunately, Jack, Curtis, and company bust in and take control. Jack shoots Ahmed and Scott tells everyone Fayed’s address, which he overheard Ahmed tell Ray on the phone. A squad moves out toward Fayed’s location, and the written offer for Assad’s pardon arrives at the house. Jack receives a phone call from Chloe, who tells him that when Curtis was in the army just after Desert Storm, Assad’s men ambushed Curtis’ squad, injuring Curtis. The next day, Assad sent a video of the soldiers begging for their lives before Assad personally beheaded them.

Jack runs outside to find Curtis holding a gun to Assad’s face. Jack, raising his gun, pleads with Curtis not to “do this,” and Curtis says he “can’t let this animal live.” The two have a tense standoff before Jack shoots Curtis in the throat! Now, “24” asks a lot of me – both time-wise and with the suspension of disbelief. This was a trying moment. Why on earth couldn’t Jack have hit Curtis anywhere else but the throat? The leg? His bulletproof vest, perhaps? Anyway, Curtis goes down and Jack freaks out: throws up, cries, talks to Bill Buchanan about how he just can’t do this anymore, etc. In that moment, the government team goes in shooting Fayed and his men. Namir, having sufficiently wired the nuke, detonates it, and a mushroom cloud appears.

As the team at CTU watches the explosion on the news, Nadia translates the Arabic phrase overheard by Walid, which basically works out to “Five visitors,” with “visitors” being code for “weapons.” Thus, Bill Buchanan rapidly determines, there are four more suitcase nukes out there, and they have to find them.

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TV Tonight: "The Hills" Season 2 Premiere

BuzzSugar — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:43:25 -0800

If the Golden Globe Awards just aren't vapidly Hollywood enough for you, don't worry: Season two of "The Hills" premieres tonight at 10 p.m. on MTV. This reality show follows Lauren Conrad, formerly of "Laguna Beach," as she tries to make it in the big city. This season includes lots of Brody Jenner and, judging from the trailer, a pregnancy scare. Check out the clip below and tell me: Will you watch "The Hills?"

"24" Recap: Season Premiere, Part I

BuzzSugar — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:43:22 -0800

In the two-hour season premiere of “24,” suicide bombers have been terrorizing the U.S., and the president is struggling to figure out what to do. The president for the past two years has been Wayne Palmer, brother to former President David Palmer, who was assassinated in the shocking Season 5 opener. According to government research, a man named Hamir Al-Assad is responsible for the terrorist attacks, and this is where our hero Jack Bauer comes in.

Jack has been in a Chinese prison for 20 months, tortured and beaten. President Palmer negotiates for his release, because Jack is the only bargaining piece the government has to use in finding Assad’s whereabouts. Another known terrorist, Abu Fayed, has promised to disclose Assad’s location if the U.S. will hand over Jack Bauer. Apparently, Jack had tortured and killed Fayed’s brother years ago, and Fayed wants revenge. So basically, President Palmer negotiates Jack’s release from the Chinese prison so he can send Jack off to be tortured and killed by Fayed. In return, the President will find and kill Assad, thus ending the terrorism. But that's only the beginning, so read more

Jack returns to the U.S. looking haggard, twitchy, and shaken. In many ways, the arrangement is fine by him, as he points out, he didn’t want to “die for nothing” in the Chinese prison. Bill Buchanan and Curtis Manning drop Jack off at Fayed’s meeting point, and with a squeeze of Jack’s shoulder, Bill leaves Jack handcuffed to a building, awaiting his executioners. Fayed arrives with his cronies and tells Jack he’s waited a long time for this.

Meanwhile, back in President Palmer’s camp, there is a new presidential advisor in town, Tom Lennox (the great Peter MacNichol). In the nationwide search for Assad, Tom has called for the imprisonment of Muslim Americans in general, sending them off to what Karen (who is now Bill Buchanan’s wife?!) calls “concentration camps.” Tom, delivering the tag line for probably the entire season, insists “security has a price.”

Tom isn’t making any friends with his tactics. Sister to the late David Palmer and the current President, Sandra Palmer is a lawyer now working for the Islamic-American Alliance, and apparently romantically involved with the Alliance’s leader, Walid Al-Rezani. When the FBI arrives to search the IAA’s personnel files, Sandra calls her brother, the President, and then swiftly erases the files from the database, supposedly to protect the employees’ privacy. When complaining to her brother, Sandra acknowledges that the search warrant is Tom Lennox’s doing and claims Tom “treats the Constitution like a list of suggestions.” She reminds Wayne that while David was alive, he never liked or trusted Tom. Still, Sandra is arrested for having deleted the files, and her boyfriend Walid is taken in as well.

The CTU, in a move that seems stupid, even for TV government agencies, has given Fayed access to all of their radio and satellite surveillance, so Fayed can make sure the government is not planning any sneaky attacks during or after the Jack exchange. Yet Chloe’s obnoxious boyfriend Morris has access to a private satellite and manages to get a picture of Jack and Fayed’s location, though not before Fayed’s men detect the satellite activity. He says he’ll have to think about keeping up his end of the bargain with revealing Assad’s location, and thus Chloe and Morris may have “sacrificed Jack for nothing.”

Fayed, meanwhile, gets started on torturing Jack, and there emerges the great revelation: Assad has come to the U.S. to stop the terrorist attacks, which were not Assad’s doing but Fayed’s! This means that when Fayed gives CTU Assad’s location, the government will then go and strike an innocent man, and Fayed’s terrorist attacks will simply continue. Fayed tells Jack, “You will die for nothing.” This causes Jack’s old CTU mojo to kick in again. As Fayed leaves the room to make a phone call (convenient, that), Jack pretends to be dead so the guard will come over to investigate. When the man leans down, Jack disgustingly bites into his neck and rips off a chunk of his throat. Ewwwwww! He then uses the man’s keys to escape and drives to Assad’s house to save him. But first, the obligatory phone call with CTU and the President, in which he tells them to stop the air strike on Assad’s house, and, as usual, they disregard Jack’s advice, this time because he has been in a Chinese prison for nearly two years. So, it’s Jack’s responsibility to save Assad himself.

Elsewhere in this tangled web we are introduced to Ahmed, a young Arab-American who initially seems like an innocent victim of the FBI’s racial profiling when government agents arrest his father. His narrow-minded neighbor think this means Ahmed is a terrorist, and tries to beat him up, but his nice-guy neighbors, a dad and his teenage son, come to his rescue, and tell Ahmed to stay with them. Later, however, Ahmed is on the phone with Fayed, frantic because his father really is innocent and knows nothing of whatever plan Ahmed and Fayed have. Ahmed returns to his house, where the mean neighbor again comes by. After a scuffle, Ahmed takes out a gun and shoots the mean neighbor.

Jack busts into Assad’s house and explains everything, helping Assad to realize that one of his own men must have been helping Fayed and betraying him. Assad figures out which of his men is the mole, and the men flee the house just before the government bombs it. Finding an abandoned house, Assad and Jack interrogate the mole to find out Fayed’s plans. Jack tries torturing the man but stops. Assad, however, thinks there’s still some info left to squeeze out, continues to torture and then kill the mole. Jack, watching from the doorway, says, “I don’t know how to do this anymore.” Assad assures him, “You’ll remember.”

The two set out to find the next suicide bomber, according to the information given up by the mole. They identify the man with the bomb on a subway platform. Jack boards the subway with the bomber, ultimately shoving him out the back of the subway just as he detonates the bomb. The explosion recedes behind the subway and nobody is hurt. Having saved everyone for the moment, Jack flees the subway car. One of Fayed’s men calls to inform him that the bomb did not go off in the designated location, and Fayed says it’s okay since his other attacks went off without a hitch. The CTU, intercepting that cell phone call, now have evidence that Jack was right all along about Fayed being behind the attacks, and that they were wrong to have bombed Assad’s house. President Palmer has another moment of agonizing self-doubt, and says the statement most laughably obvious for “24”: “This is going to get much worse.”

Tune in tonight for the next two hours of “24”! Until then, check out the Kiefer Knows Jack group to discuss.

Buzz-Worthy Video: Sneak Peek at Chuck Season 3!

BuzzSugar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:24 -0800

I was so excited yesterday to learn that Chuck's third season premiere has been scheduled - and it's less than two months away. Still, the big two-hour kickoff can't come soon enough for me, especially after last year's epic finale. If you feel my pain, then you need to check out this sneak peek at the upcoming season. Zach Levi (sporting a new, shorter 'do) presents a very sweet message thanking his fans for all their support before showing a brand-new clip.

Even though Chuck has been given an upgrade, he's just as goofy and lovable as ever. Casey and Sarah are back undercover as our hero tries to play debonair once again - only this time he's actually got a few skills. We also get a taste for that famous sexual tension between Chuck and Sarah. I'm already counting the days so to check it out just read more.

Photo courtesy of NBC

Buzz In: What Did You Think of the Ugly Betty Season Premiere?

BuzzSugar — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:30:00 -0700

The fourth season of Ugly Betty kicked off this week, with a two-hour premiere on Friday night. ABC hasn't exactly been heavily marketing the show, and many - including me - are worried that the new time slot could be a death sentence. I was happy to have Betty back in my living room, and I'm already loving the new work dynamic between her and Matt. Plus, I was excited to see more of Justin, and while I think it's high time for Betty's braces to come off, I'm glad they didn't dive right into the makeover we all know is coming.

So what are your thoughts on the premiere? Did you come back to Betty on Friday nights, or are you throwing in the towel?

TV Tonight: 30 Rock Season 4 Premiere

BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:30:00 -0700

Nearly all the Fall TV shows have had their premieres, but there's one more we've all been waiting for: the fourth season premiere of 30 Rock! As we saw earlier this week in the behind-the-scenes clip from tonight's episode, Jack makes Liz go on a talent search for new stars of TGS, upsetting Tracy and Jenna. A strike ensues, and Steve Buscemi guests stars again (yay!).

I'm so happy that NBC's Thursday night comedy block is complete again (Community starts at 8, followed by Parks and Recreation and The Office).

On the other hand, 30 Rock's return does pose a bit of a problem; it goes up against Grey's Anatomy and Fringe (can you say TiVo fight?). Will you be watching?

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Desperate Housewives Rundown Season 6 Premiere "Nice Is Different Than Good"

BuzzSugar — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:30:36 -0700

The season six premiere of Desperate Housewives opens with Mike's much-anticipated wedding and then takes us on a series of flashbacks to the weeks leading up to the big event.

With Edie out of the picture and a new housewife on the block, Mike's marriage isn't the only scandal happening on Wisteria Lane. To chat about the exciting season premiere, just read more.

Susan - She's been avoiding Katherine since she and Mike got back together but is forced to see her when she stops by Bree's house. Hiding behind Lynette, she manages to avoid a confrontation until a delivery man leaves Susan's wedding dress at Katherine's house, leaving her no choice but to go over and pick it up. When Susan stops by, Katherine opens the door wearing the dress - and teases her by cooking red pasta sauce dangerously close to the dress. It's obvious that Katherine is upset about the wedding, but Susan is determined that it be her special day. Susan might have more than Katherine to worry about with Julie back in town being courted by Danny, the new housewife's son.

Bree - Still estranged from Orson and toying with an affair with her divorce lawyer Carl, Bree struggles with her adulterous feelings. When Orson begs her to rethink the divorce and consider counseling, she realizes that "guilt is a small price to pay for happiness" and books a hotel room for a rendezvous with Carl - in clean sheets, of course.

Gaby - Carlos's niece Mariana is living at the house and pushing Gaby's patience. Gaby sees right through Mariana's tricks and tries to keep her teenage ways under control by monitoring what she wears to school and implementing a 10 p.m. curfew. Gaby sees a lot of her teenage self in Mariana and doesn't want her to have to go through the same struggles that she did, so she signs papers to legalize her and Carlos's guardianship over Mariana.

Lynette - Three months pregnant with twins and realizing she'll be 60 years old when they graduate from high school, Lynette is stressed out about the idea of adding two more to the family. In the waiting room at the doctor's office, she scares a young new mom-to-be out of her elation with details about saggy boobs, constant breastfeeding, and absent husbands. Later, she and Tom are together for the first ultrasound, and when she doesn't show any excitement for the babies, Tom confronts her. She breaks down and says she doesn't love the babies liked she loved their other kids. Tom assures her that once she holds them she will, but she doesn't seem too convinced.

Katherine - Crazed from losing Mike, Katherine is a mix of depressed and resentful. She and Susan still haven't spoken since the breakup, and she intends to get a public apology from Susan - at her and Mike's wedding. Susan refuses and locks her in a closet before the ceremony, but she manages to get out and meet them in the aisle after the ceremony. Even after Susan gives in and apologizes in front of the entire church, it's pretty clear that Katherine won't be letting go of her heartbreak, or resentment for Susan, any time soon.

Angie - The mysterious new housewife on the block (spitfire Drea de Matteo) brings her husband Nick and son Danny to Fairview. We see that, obviously, they left some dark past behind when we get a glimpse of some pretty gnarly scars on Angie's back. But Angie won't be the only one stirring things up since Danny seems to have a sordid past too. After he and Julie go on a date and get in a fight and he goes missing after Mike and Susan's wedding, we are left to wonder who mysteriously strangled Julie and escaped the scene.

What did you think of the season premiere? Was there enough crazy and intrigue to keep you watching another season?

Meet Scrubs's New Docs on the Block

BuzzSugar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:30:04 -0800

Now that Scrubs has an official premiere date (just a few weeks away!), it's time to check out the fresh meat we can expect for season 9. We already know that Bill Lawrence is taking the show in a new direction, this time focusing on the med students as Dr. Cox, Turk, and J.D. take their positions as mentors. We can expect to see those three in December, along with Eliza Coupe as Denise.

And now, on to the newbies. First there's Lucy (Kerry Bishe), who's been described as a go-getter and the first in her blue-collar family to attend med school. Then there's Cole (Dave Franco - yes, James's bro) who's supposedly overconfident and a little spoiled, which probably means it won't take long for Dr. Cox to knock him down a peg or two. Rounding out the trio is Drew (Michael Mosely) who's a bit older than the other two, and is returning to med school after dropping out years ago.

Though I thought Scrubs had a very poetic and fitting finale last season, I'm hopeful about breathing new life into the show. What about you - are you excited to see the new faces?

For more photos of the doctors old and new, just read more.

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