This week Alix (@thetvchick) from TheTVChick.com joined us to talk about the latest TV news, DVD releases and the season finales of some of our favorite shows.
TV Show News
We talked about the following stories this week:
- Breaking: ABC Cancels Brothers & Sisters, V, Mr. Sunshine, Four Others
- ABC Renews Body of Proof, Happy Endings, Secret Millionaire, Shark Tank
- Breaking: CBS Cancels $#*! My Dad Says, The Defenders and Mad Love
- FOX Cancels Human Target, Lie To Me, Chicago Code, Two Others
- NBC Cancels Event, Law & Order: LA, Outsourced, Chase
- It's Official: NBC Renews Chuck
- NBC Renews Parenthood, Harry's Law; Passes on Wonder Woman
TV on DVD Picks
For TV on DVD sets being released on Tuesday, May 24th:
Amrie – Melissa & Joey: Season One, Part One
Jason – Southland: The Complete Second Season (Uncensored) (2 DVD Set)
Alix – Agreed on both picks above.
Primetime
We talked about the following seven shows that aired from Monday, May 9th to Sunday, May 15th:
- Chuck – S.4 Ep.23, “Chuck Versus the Last Details”
- The Good Wife – S.2 Ep.22, “Getting Off”
- Happy Endings – S.1 thru Ep.9
- Community – S.2 Ep.23, “A Fist Full of Paintballs” & Ep.24, “For a Few Paintballs More” (Season Finale)
- The Vampire Diaries – S.2 Ep.22, “As I Lay Dying” (Season Finale)
- Nikita – S.1 Ep.22, “Pandora” (Season Finale)
- Smallville – S.10 Ep.21, “Finale” (Series Finale)
Amrie's Reality Check
Amrie and Alix discussed the S.18 season finale of The Amazing Race and gave their thoughts on Survivor S.22 as it headed into the season finale.
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What did you think about the second season finale of The Vampire Diaries? What about how Nikita ended its first season? Did you like the two part second season finale of Community? What did you think of this week's guest? Let us know in the comments, send us an eMail, connect via Twitter, or Like us on Facebook.
I’m really glad Chuck will be have a nice short, FINAL season to wrap things up. This past season, ep 413 was a proper ending, and then the surprise episodes just made things a mess.
I’m still quite a bit behind on Vampire Diaries. This is one of those shows I’m not entirely sure why I’m still watching as I certainly don’t enjoy it as much as other people seem to. In a similar vain, I’m so happy about the way you review Community. I see so many reviews that make this show sound like the most amazing show on the planet. IMO, there are far better comedies, such as Parks & Rec, Happy Endings and The Middle. While it has some really good episodes, the obscure references just make it hard to fully enjoy. That said, I did enjoy the two-part finale, but didn’t find myself caring whether or not Chevy Chase’s character actually returns (I’m sure he will).
The Nikita finale was great and so glad it got picked up. I’m also excited to see that WB is giving it a blu-ray release. I just hope they release it early in the summer and not a week before the new season. I know they want to tie in the promos for the new seasons when these box sets are released, but you need to give people more than a week to watch before the new season starts!
I’m way, way behind on Smallville–too bad that it sounds like it didn’t give the fans what they wanted in the finale. I will catch up one of these days, just need to bring myself to re-start and suffer through the rest of the Lana/Clark/Lex love triangle episodes.
The Good Wife has been amazing this season–the telling off of “Grams” and the elevator stuff in the finale was great. I also love the fake simple small-town lawyer character played by the “Off The Map” woman–hopefully we’ll get more of her and Michael J. Fox’s character next season.