Our Favourite Scrubs Moments

In preparation for the return of a new, and I really mean new, season of Scrubs tomorrow night (9pm on ABC), with the help of my friend Heather, we've revisited some of our favourite moments from previous Scrubs seasons... most of which are musical.

Season Three
Sara's choice
This is kind of cheating, but this was the season where in my mind, Scrubs really hit its stride. After two solid seasons of figuring out who the characters are and how they interact, in season three the relationships and interaction of the characters was pitch perfect, and there was a comfortable balance found that inserted just the right amount of zany antics, fantasy sequences and internal monologues from J.D.
This season was like comfort food for me during my first year of university, just the right amount of character and comedy to unwind and get the mind off the school without having to actually think about it too much.

Poison's "Talk Dirty To Me" as sung by Ted and Carla in "My Heavy Meddle"
One of Sara's all time favourite Scrubs moments, also one of Heather's picks!
When Dr. Kelso would not allow Carla to bring a boom box into the room of a coma patient despite the wishes of his living will to hear the song, Carla improvises. And since there's nothing better than hearing a hair metal favourite sung acapella by two very talented folks....


Air Band "More than a Feeling"
Heather's Pick, Sara is also very enthusiastic about Turk's air band antics
From season 5's "My Half Acre"


JD takes a Bath with Toto, and a ride with Sasha
Heather's Pick
From Scrubs's 100th episode "My Way Home"
Oh JD... why did you have to eat the body butter? This moment also features JD's special relationship with Sasha.


"Waiting for my Real Life to Begin"
Heather's Pick
For the finale, this is an apt choice. This is a Scrubs fantasy sequence done right. It's a beautiful song, done well, and makes use of a wide variety of the multi-talented cast members and seemlessly incorporated into the narrative of the show. From season two's "My Philosphy":

Rogers on Demand Online.. the Canadian Hulu?

Rogers recently launched a beta version of a service offered to Canadian akin to the American Hulu at rogersondemand.com. There's a catch, for the moment the service is free, but only if you are an existing Rogers customer. You are required to register in order to view the content and will be asked to provide your account number, or verify your internet connection as part of the registration process.

The content does not even match what's available on the TV version of Rogers on Demand, and there are ads before and during the shows.

With so many other options for online viewing do you really think that Rogers will be able to compete with the free access websites, as well as the official websites that provide free episodes online?

It seems like this effort by Rogers seems futile in a sea of easily accessible content available all over the web?

The Rogers on Demand Online Experiment, what do you think, pass or fail?


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This Week in TV News

Casting News Alan Tudyk will be reprising his role of Alpha in the seventh and eight episodes of Dollhouse's second and final season. These episodes will air Friday December 11 on Fox. (source)

Sneak Peeks - To hype up the revamped incarnation of what was once Scrubs, ABC is offering eight sneak peeks of the premiere episodes. I'm still unsure about this whole new Scrubs thing, but I'll watch to find out. View the previews here



Bringing Bon Temps Home - In July 2010 you will be able to take True Blood home with you. DC Unlimited picked up the rights to manufacture the characters; Sookie Stackhouse, Eric Northman and Bill Compton will be the first figurines to be introduced. (source)

Can't wait? Bring True Blood into your home... actually. HBO is selling a full party kit equipped with a 24 of True Blood, 8 pint glasses and a bottle opener.


Dr. Horrible is Coming for you - But in what medium? In an interview with TVGuide, Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory) who played Dr. Horrible's sweaty sidekick Moist in the webseries provided fans with good news regarding the sequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog:

My understanding is that it might be a movie, but it also might be another Internet thing. I don't quite know. I know they're working on the next installment. It will happen. When I talked to Joss [Whedon], he sort of told me some things, but what he was talking about was so intricate that I would not do it justice if I tried to explain it now! But it will happen and we're all going to be there

Do you think that Dr. Horrible which worked so well as a web series will translate to the big screen, or should it stay online?

In other horrible news, the recently unemployed Eliza Dushku is looking for a part in the Dr. Horrible sequel. (source)
Do you think Whedon will call Dushku in for Dr. Horrible, or should she stop waiting by the telephone?

Want to Sleep with Jason Segal?

Jason Segal performed live with The Swell Season at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA. Nov 18, 2009.

This man is talented, funny, and confident. Check this out:



Again, for any of you who are willing to try it the number is 1 315 329 6673. Please, if you or anyone you know called, let us know what happens in the comment below!

CHUCK - Two New Official Promos

The new year is just around the corner, and so is the return of Chuck to NBC and I can't wait!

In the meantime, NBC has released two new official promos, this really is a brand new Chuck.

"No More Mister Nice Spy"


"Evil Doers Beware"

Katee Sackhoff is back in Action

Katee Sackhoff's appearance last night on The Big Bang Theory was disappointingly short, although seeing Starbuck in a bubble bath dispensing dating advice was a treat.

The good news is that Sackhoff has found herself a new home on the eighth season FOX's action hit 24 as Dana Walsh. My knowledge of Jack Bauer is limited to having only caught an episode here and there during the shows first few seasons which my boyfriend was watching religiously. Despite that I just may tune in to check out Katee's new digs.

Also joining the cast, teen heartthrob of the '90s, Freddie Prinze Jr. My eleven year old self would ecstatic!

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LOST Primiere Date & Casting Details

The final season of LOST is set to return February 2, 2010 at 9pm on ABC.

This season will introduce Nestor Carbonell's Richard Alpert, Ken Leung's Miles, Jeff Fahey's Frank Lapidus and Zuleikha Robinson's Ilana as season regulars. Ilana's character is rumoured to have close personal ties to the island.

Former regular Emilie de Ravin will reprise her role full time as Claire. While Henry Ian Cusick's Desmond will no longer be a regular, but don't panic, he will still be present in season six as a heavily featured recurring character.

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This Week in TV News

ActuallyNPH - Neil Patrick Harris got twitter and his tweets are actually a pleasure to read. Better yet, he's using his 140 characters to link us to pictures of himself (yay!) with guest stars working on HIMYM. Icing on the cake; picture posted of Zach Woodlee (see photo to the right), choreographer for FOX's musical hit Glee is choreographing HIMYM's 100th episode's musical number. These guys look good together, do we see Glee in NPH's future?


Power Comedy Couple - Amy Poehler's hilarious husband Will Arnett (Arrested Development) will be guest staring on one episode of Parks and Recreation in January. (source)

Playing with Dolls - FOX has launched a Dollhouse themed web game in anticipation of the show's December 4th return. The game begins on the Rossum Corperation homepage, the mysterious entity behind the Dollhouses. Check out arg.net for more info on the game. Click on the "ditch the tech" logo to the left to receive a message, possibly from rebels attempting to prevent the post-apocalyptic future depicted in the un-aired "Epitaph One"



Kickstart my TARDIS - "Waters of Mars" the first installment in the series of specials to end the story of David Tennant's tenth Doctor aired on the BBC this past Sunday and will be appearing on BBC America (and hopefully the CBC) in December. Russel T. Davies has been quite busy stirring up new ideas for the BBC. After the devastatingly heartbreaking five-part mini-season, Davies intends on creating a re-vamped fourth season of Torchwood.

CHUCK: Premiere Date & Preview

It's official! NBC announced that Chuck will return Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 9pm. Chuck will premiere with back to back episodes the day after NBC airs an NFL playoff double header allowing for heavy promotion during the event to expand Chuck's already fervent cult-like audience base. The early return will allow the show to air a week before the return of 24 on FOX in the competing time slot.

Following the premiere, Chuck will return to it's Monday night time slot on January 11 at 8pm.

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Chuck Season 3 Preview here:

The Office - Where do we go from here?

Stop reading here unless you want to be completely spoiled for last night's episode of The Office, "Murder".

"Murder" was an excellent episode of The Office. It was outlandish, ridiculous, but nothing unbelievable (*cough* Michael driving into a river because his GPS told him to *cough*). Some highlights of the wacky side of this episode include; Dwight getting into a physical fight with... himself. Andy asking out Erin, and then somehow managing to screw it up even after she says yes, Angela as Voodoo Mama JuJu, a stand off at fake gunpoint between Michael, Dwight, Andy and Pam, and tons of really bad southern accents. It was also one of the most somber episodes we have been treated to in a long time.

The game for which this episode was titled incorporated the entire ensemble of the characters in the office as they each took on a role for the game. The ensemble cast and the magic that happens when they all interact is one of the aspects of the show that truly make it special, reminiscent of such classics as "Office Olympics". This episode was very office based and allowed all the characters to have a role in the main plot.

But here's the bad news, rumours have been circulating that Dunder Mifflin will be declaring bankruptcy. Despite their efforts neither Jim or Michael manage to get a response from the frantic corporate office in New York. Things go from bad to worse when David Wallace tells Jim that Dunder Mifflin is likely to be insolvent by the end of the year, then he hangs up.

This is jarring not only for Jim who now alone holds the harsh reality of the future of the company, but for us as Office viewers. What does the end of Dunder Mifflin mean for the show? Realistically, it would mean the end of the series. I wouldn't have a problem with a carefully planned end of the series (although I would miss it terribly). I don't see how the writers can get out of this one without a completely unrealistic "saves the day" moment, I also cannot imagine how the series could continue as we know it if the company goes under. Perhaps a reemergence of the Michael Scott Paper Company?

I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Where do you think the show will go from here? And does this mean we're nearing the end of The Office?

New Poster Art for "Caprica"

Syfy just released the sexy new poster art for Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica that will deal with the invention of the cylons and the early struggles with the new technology.

Mark Stern, executive vice president of original content for Syfy and co-head of Universal Cable Productions commented on the Eve and the apple metaphor explaining that Caprica "deals with our relationship to technology and the question of 'When is too much knowledge a bad thing?' Knowledge and technology can turn against you and can be dangerous weapons".

Caprica has been given an order of 19 hours kicked off with a two hour pilot that has already been released on DVD. The show will air through March 2010 then break, resuming with the ten additional hours in the second half of the year.

The highly anticipated prequel to the epic Battlestar Galactica is set to hit the air Jan 22, 2010 on SyFy. Canadian Space Channel promises to air the show but has not published a premiere date on it's website.


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TV Round-Up

Since I seem to have other things going on in my life apart of TV (blasphemy I know) I've gotten behind on updating this blog. Here's a round-up of a few exciting bits of what's been going on.

We all saw it coming, Joss Whedon + Friday night slot = cancellation. FOX finally dropped the other foot and announced the cancellation of Dollhouse.

Whedon reflects on the cancellation of Dollhouse and promises another project in the near future.

More Chuck news! Any morsel is good news in anticipation of the third season. Seasoned action and sci-fi vet Robert Patrick(Terminator, X-Files and much much more) will be appearing as Col. Keller, a mysterious figure from Casey's past.

Micheal Trucco (Battlestar Galactica) has joined the cast of Facing Kate a new pilot for U.S.A. alongside HIMYM alum Virginia Williams.

James Franco to guest star on 30 Rock

Aussiello Files:
"Ready for the latest twist in the incredibly wild and unpredictable career of one James Franco? Sources confirm to me exclusively that the Spider-Man/Milk actor will follow up his upcoming arc on General Hospital with a guest appearance on 30 Rock.

NBC declined to comment, but a Rock-solid insider tells me that Franco (playing himself) will be involved in a faux romance with Jane Krakowski’s Jenna — a relationship engineered by their respective agents. Sound familiar? It’s probably because this is the storyline Tina Fey floated by me at the Emmys way back in September.

”[Jenna gets] into a high-profile relationship with a movie star that is arranged by their agents,” Fey explained at the time (watch the video of our exchange below).

Franco is scheduled to start work on his Rock eppy this week."

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David Tennant scores a pilot with NBC

We can't get enough of him as the Doctor, but as David Tennant will soon be retiring from BBC's Doctor Who as the tenth doctor he just might find himself a spot in American television on NBC.

From THR:
"No longer will American TV audiences be asking doctor who?

Popular British actor David Tennant, best known for playing the title role in the BBC's long-running sci-fi series "Doctor Who," is set to make his American television debut as the title character in NBC's hourlong pilot "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer."

Written by Andrew Leeds and David Lampson, "Rex" centers on Rex Alexander (Tennant), a top Chicago litigator who begins suffering panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court."

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Chuck: Zachary Levi to direct an episode

Chuck star Zachary Levi will be directing an episode this season. After much teasing on twitter and in interviews with Levi, he appears to be slated to direct episode 9 "Chuck Versus the Beard".

















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