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Link Time! 9/11

BuzzSugar — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:30:42 -0700

Please don't panic about Dollhouse yet. - TV with MeeVee
Kevin Smith has seen JJ Abrams's Star Trek movie (even though we haven't even seen a full-length trailer!) and is blown away with Chris Pine's performance as Kirk. - MTV Movies Blog
If not Stephen Colbert, what other pop culture icon would you send into space to represent us? - Popwatch
Elvis Costello's new variety show looks to be pretty bizarre. - Vulture
The full studio version of Kanye's "Love Lockdown": Love it or leave it? - PopSugar
Travel back in time with this homage to Meg Ryan's earlier - perhaps better - roles. - FilmExperience
Top Design: Whose bomb shelter was best? - CasaSugar
I'm intrigued by this review from the Toronto Film Festival of the movie Me and Orson Welles, starring Zac Efron and Claire Danes, mostly because I had no idea that movie was completed already. - Cinematical
See the difference between HD and standard iTunes downloads. - TV Squad

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Link Time! 9/4

BuzzSugar — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:30:59 -0700

Anthony Edwards is returning to ER - in flashbacks. - TV Squad
Uh-oh: Michael Cera says he hasn't heard about an Arrested Development movie. - Slashfilm
Top Design's second season is off to a promising start. - CasaSugar
A new live track from Spoon! - Stereogum
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is getting read aloud - in full! - in NYC. - Pop Candy
The political side of our Curtis Sittenfeld interview. - CitizenSugar
Remembering Bill Melendez, Peanuts animator and voice of Snoopy. - Popwatch

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Bravo's Schedule: Runway in July, Shows on Mondays, More

BuzzSugar — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:30:27 -0700

Yesterday, we got a sense for what Lifetime has planned for Project Runway when it gets the rights to air the show in November (pending a lawsuit, of course). Today, we got a taste of what Bravo has in mind for the fifth season of Runway - plus the rest of the network's programming plans, including more Shear Genius and Top Design.

Runway's fifth season is now set to premiere on Bravo in July, presumably with the final designers showing off their collections at New York Fashion Week in September. While that seems like it will be a quick turnaround between the Bravo and Lifetime seasons, it's actually about the same amount of time the show took off between seasons two and three.

Among the other announcements:

Bravo has launched MoviesWithoutPity, a spinoff of TelevisionWithoutPity.
Flipping Out, My Life on the D List, and Shear Genius all will return this Summer.
Bravo will start having original programming on Monday nights for the first time.
Both Real Housewives series - Orange County and NYC - will return, and they'll have a third spinoff: The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Speaking of Housewives, Jo De La Rosa's dating show is a go. Date My Ex, as it's known, will follow Jo looking for love - apparently with her ex, Slade, right by her side.
Top Design will return in the Fall with new host India Hicks - though Todd Oldham is sticking around as a mentor to the designers. All the judges from the first season will be returning, too (hooray, more questionable fashion from Kelly Wearstler!).
The Millionaire Matchmaker, Million Dollar Listing, and Tim Gunn's Guide to Style all will be back at some point.

Bravo also announced a couple of new shows in development. To see what they are, just read more.

The Rachel Zoe Project - this show about the famed stylist will officially be airing, though no premiere date has been set.
Donatella - This series will focus on Donatella Arpaia, a New York restaurateur and Zagat-dubbed "hostess with the mostess" as she attempts to triple her culinary empire over a six-month period.
Miami Social - This South Beach-set series will follow young Miami professionals as they work hard and play harder.
Tabatha's Salon Takeover - Yay, Tabatha from Shear Genius is still working on her very own show! This is just a tentative title, but it basically explains the concept: Tabatha travels around the country to rescue troubled salons.

What do you think? Do any of the new shows sound like winners to you?

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Bravo Signs Up Shear Genius, Top Design, Hey B*tches!

BuzzSugar — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:29:14 -0800

From Top Chef to The Real Housewives of Orange County to Project Runway, reality programming has been Bravo's strong suit of late. The network just announced a winter lineup chock full of what it does best, and it's also bringing back two of its attempts to clone Runway - Top Design and Shear Genius - for another round. Some of the highlights:

Top Design, the seriously lackluster interior design show that I watched faithfully every week despite its mediocrity, is getting another chance - but not without a makeover of its own. Magical Elves, the folks behind Runway, are taking over the production on the show. No word on whether Todd Oldham and Jonathan Adler are returning.
Shear Genuis, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be getting any major changes for its second season, and that's just fine with me. Despite my initial resistance, I loved this show's over-the-top craziness, not to mention Dr. Boogie's booties.
Bravo has two new reality shows scheduled to start in January: Millionaire Matchmaker, a Flipping Out-style show focusing on high-end matchmaker Patti Stanger, and Make Me a Supermodel, a modeling competition hosted by Niki Taylor and Tyson Beckford. Supermodel will air Thursdays at 10, while Matchmaker will take over the Real Housewives time slot after its season finale.
Bravo also has a pilot in the works for Hey B*tches!, a show based on YouTube video blogger William Sledd and his "Ask a Gay Man" show. The potential show would focus on his move from Kentucky to New York City.

Want to know what Sledd's all about? You can watch a clip of his YouTube show if you read more

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The Buzz Reel: The Week's Best and Worst TV

BuzzSugar — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:24:54 -0700

Every week on BuzzSugar's weekly clip show, The Buzz Reel, I round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement.

On this week's Buzz Reel, we examine the puzzling career choices - and hair dos - on some of our favorite shows, including "House," "American Idol," "Family Guy," and more. To watch this week's episode, read more

BuzzReel 9 - Television's Best and Worst

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TV Tonight: "Top Design"

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:39:05 -0700

I've been indifferent about "Top Design" all season, but all of a sudden, I find myself sucked in. Sure, the show has its problems (the judging really shouldn't take half an hour), but now that the competition is down to the final four, I'm pretty stoked to see who wins. Andrea is freakishly calm and has never really screwed up, Goil builds cool things and has an endless collection of colored eyeglasses, Carisa's obnoxious attitude at least makes for interesting TV, and - though I didn't even notice him until midway through the season - I'm starting to think Matt could be the dark-horse favorite. Besides, I'm oddly compelled to see what judge and resident fashion disaster Kelly Wearstler is wearing each week.

From the video clips I've seen of tonight's episode, I think the challenge could be the best of the season. It seems the designers each are assigned an element (earth, fire, air, water) and must design a hotel room that embodies that element. This clip shows the designers sketching and shopping, and to see the first few minutes of tonight's episode (after some footage from last week), read more

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The Buzz Reel: The Week's Best and Worst TV

BuzzSugar — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:51:54 -0700

Every week on BuzzSugar's weekly clip show, The Buzz Reel, I round up the week's best, funniest, strangest, and most embarrassing moments in television for your amusement.

On this week's Buzz Reel, we delve deeper into "Dancing With the Stars" and that whole "American Idol" crying girl thing, and we revisit some of the week's best scenes from "Top Design" and "Andy Barker, PI." To watch this week's episode, read more

TV Tonight: "Project Runway" Season 3 Marathon

BuzzSugar — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:09:02 -0800

Maybe it's a tie-in for New York Fashion Week, or maybe it's just another way to promote "Top Design," but either way, I'm excited that Bravo's showing a marathon of the third season of "Project Runway" today. The 11-episode run kicks off at 10 a.m. Eastern and Pacific with the third challenge of the season, in which the designers had to kit out both models and dogs. The marathon wraps up with the finale at 8 p.m., leading into two episodes (a repeat of last week's premiere and one new episode) of "Top Design." I might have to turn on the "Runway" marathon just to see Angela's horrifying "jubilee jumbles" outfit and Vincent's general craziness one more time. To see a promo for season three, read more

What Did You Think of "Top Design"?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:34:30 -0800

Last night, Bravo debuted its new competition reality show, "Top Design," which is like "Project Runway" for interior designers. What did you think of the new series?

TV Tonight: "Top Design"

BuzzSugar — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:00:49 -0800

Bravo continues its Wednesday night competition-reality show reign tonight with the premiere of "Top Design," wherein 12 architects and designers compete for a cash prize and a plum spot at one of New York's biggest interior design showcases. It starts after the "Top Chef" finale and moves into the chefs' time slot next week.

I'm not quite sure what to think about this one. On the one hand, I've never met a home design show I didn't like. (Ever wonder who's watching the "Flip That House" marathon at 2 a.m. on a Saturday? That's me.) But I've also met an awful lot of home design shows, and Bravo's going to have to do something great to make this one stand out from the TLC/A&E/HGTV pack. It needs the Tim Gunn factor, if you will, and while I love host Todd Oldham, I'm not sure about the line the judges will be using to send away rejected contestants: "See you later, decorator."

The whole Top Whatever formula is also starting to feel a little played out, especially with "Shear Genius" set to premiere later this year. What's next - gardening, manicuring, ice sculpting? For more on the show and a video sneak peek, read more

The dozen designers look to be a fun group just teeming with potential personality clashes, and Bravo's never failed to, er, "make it work" so far. I'll be checking out the first few episodes at least, so if you watch, drop by and let me know what you think. Bravo has already posted several clips, including an introduction to the designers and a six-part (!) conversation between Tim Gunn and head judge Jonathan Adler. Here's a glimpse at the first challenge, in which the designers pair up to decorate a room for a mystery celebrity.