Gilmore Girls Loses it’s Creators

April 20th update: It’s official…Amy Sherman-Palladino is leaving Gilmore Girls. Unforuntately, the news is real and legit this time. For more on this sucky news, check out The Ausiello Report.

Gilmore Girls will go on, and it will continue to be great. The creator may be leaving, but Gilmore Girls mega-fans (like Row 1 stud ShutUpRob) won’t be going anywhere.

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Michael Ausiello is reporting that Gilmore Girls creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, has opted NOT to renew her contract with the show. ASP will be leaving Gilmore Girls at the end of this season. Her husband Dan has decided to leave with her. Everyone knows that Amy is the heart and soul of Gilmore Girls, and her presence will surely be felt. One can only hope that Sherman-Palladino has been grooming a new show runner to carry on in her place. This news definitely falls into the sucky category.

Breaking News!! NBC Supersizes the Season Finale of The Office

In a press release issued today, NBC has announced that the season finale of The Office will in fact be Supersized!!  Looks like our efforts paid off.  I’m sure this has much more to do with the quality writing and superb acting than our little petition, but either way this is fantastic news!! 

So what does this mean?  I know that we were really hoping for a truly supersized season finale, as in one hour, but I’ll take what I can get.  The show will be an extra ten minutes long, running from 9:20-10pm on Thursday, May 11th.

Did you know that the season finale was written by Steve Carell?  Guess he really wet his chops writing the screenplay for Threat level Midnight.  Check out the press release about the finale as well as a brief episode description (contains minor spoilers):

IN SUPER-SIZED SEASON FINALE WRITTEN BY SERIES STAR STEVE CARELL, ‘OFFICE’ MATES LET IT ROLL — In the super-sized season finale, Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) and the Dunder Mifflin crew hold a “Casino Night” for charity in their warehouse — and take some big gambles. Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Melora Hardin and David Denham also star. The episode was written by series star Steve Carell.

Thanks to everyone that took the time to sign the Supersize The Office petition.  If nothing else, it was was great for the writers, producers and actors to see how much their fans appreciate them.

A special thanks to James from Northern Attack for taking my little idea and making it happen. You rock!! Thanks also to Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey & Brian Baumgartner for supporting our efforts and directing people to the petition.  Love you guys!!!

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Dwight Schrute Bobblehead Now Available

 Looks like NBC does listen the fans of The Office!! 

Yes Office fans, after overwhelming demand the bobblehead is finally here! The infamous Dwight Schrute bobblehead made its debut appearance on the Valentine’s Day episode of “The Office”. Upon finding Angela’s gift on his desk (a bobblehead made in his likeness) he exclaimed, “It’s me! I’m the bobblehead! Yes!” Her gift really “rocked the house.”

Click here to buy your very own Dwight Schrute Bobblehead.

P.S.  NBC thanks for the bobblehead, but what about the Supersized Season Finale of The Office?

It’s Marshall Flinkman’s World & We Just Live In It

 

 

 

Alias Recap: SOS/Maternal Instinct (Contains Alias Spoilers)

 

It’s the moment you have waited for…Alias is back!!!!  It’s the final 6 episodes, so expect the unexpected.  I’ve done my very best to recap last night’s 2 hour episode, but damn, it was tough.  I forgot how complicated this show is.  I guess when I am just watching it, and I get lost or confused about their missions, I can just blow past it. But when I am recapping the entire episode for someone who may or may not have seen it…dude, it is tough. 

I’ve done my best.  Honestly.  I don’t know how those TWOPers do it.  Then again, if I were getting paid for this, I might be more inclined to watch the show a few more times and write a crazy detailed recap.  But for now, my only goal is to get this puppy posted before midnight so I can go to bed (note: yeah, didn’t quite make it.  I had to shut it down around midnight and resume this morning).

Previously on Alias…
Um, yeah, previously there were 4 and a ½ seasons full on mystery, suspense, and intrigue, so if this is your first time watching or reading about Alias, you might want to take an Alias 101 course. 

A quick refresher…The Prophet 5 people, led by Peyton (Amy Acker) have Syd on a cargo ship somewhere on the ocean.

We first seen Sydney Bristow as she tries to figure out where the hell she is.  Not much time for that since she quickly encounters the Prophet 5 gang (P5ers). She manages to elude them and finds herself in the navigation room of the ship.  In between contractions, or some other pain associated with the baby, Sydney finds the frequency to communicate with APO, and informs them of her location. The P5ers manage to bust down the door, but Sydney is already gone.  Peyton instructs her people to find and erase Sydney’s transmission.

Over at APO, Jack is trying to track down Sydney.  Marshall can retrieve Sydney’s transmission, but about half way through the file is erased from the system.  Jack knows what’s up and gathers all the APOers in the conference room.  Thomas, Rachel, Sloane, Marshall and Dixon (who is rockin’ the sweet Billy Dee William do) all listen as Jack informs them that someone within the CIA was the one who intercepted and erased Sydney’s transmission.  There mission, if they choose to accept it, is to infiltrate the CIA servers, and find the missing transmission.  Jack reminds everyone that this mission is a form of treason…like that matters to the APOers.

Masrhsall and Dixon go undercover on a CIA visitor tour in order to get inside of Langley, and help Rachel and Thomas locate the right server.  Question: has Marshall’s codename always been Merlin, because I never picked up on that….and I love it.

Rachel is doing her thing and making her way into the servers.  Thomas does his job, and then takes it upon himself to check out a few classified CIA files.  I mean, if he’s already there, why not, right?  Shocker, another Alias character with a dual agenda.  Thomas is looking up the file of a dead woman.  We later learn that the woman is Amanda Grace – Tom’s deceased wife.  While there, he takes a good glance at some guy whose picture was in dead Mrs. Grace’s file.  Interesting.  What are you up to Thomas Grace.  My mom always said never to trust a guy with the last name GRACE.  I should have listened.

Rachel finally come across the transmission, but it’s been removed from the computer.  The only way to retrieve it is to physically steal the hard drive.  Jack instructs her to do so all the while knowing that removing the hard drive would result in a security lockdown of the CIA.  She does, and the lockdown is in full effect.

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Ace Young is Booted From American Idol

American Idol is ready to kick another kid off the island, but who will it be. The contestants are split into two groups. On one side of the stage we have Elliott, Kellie and Katharine. On the other, Chris, Paris and Ace. Taylor, we quickly learn, is safe. Woo hoo!! Soul Patrol!!

The bottom three this week is OMG OMG OMG Chris Daughtry, Paris Bennett, and Ace Young. OMG…Chris, are you kidding me?! I am going to throw up….Seacrest just get to the damn results already. Whew…Ace Young is outta here, as Daniel Powter pays in the background. You had a bad day…

Ace Young is no longer in the running to be America’s Next Top..oh, wrong show…I mean, American Idol. Bye bye Ace!!

Can we PLEASE talk about Chris Daughtry? I am beyond shocked. I think next week’s theme is going to be tough for my little rocker boy. See, Andrea Bocelli is going to be coaching the Idol kids next week as they tackle the world’s greatest love songs. That’s going to be one hell of a show. I must say, I really love how the celebrities are being utilized this season.

Ok, I have to get back to Alias. I’m trying to recap the show, and let me tell ya, it’s NOT easy to recap Alias. So much going on, I can hardly keep up.

John Krasinski on Conan: 4/24/06

For those of you who missed it the first time around, NBC is replaying John Krasinski’s appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien this Monday.  John was super adorable (per usual) and talked a bit about his time as Conan’s intern, as well as his hometown of Newton, MA (holla)!

You should definitely watch John on Conan LIVE, but if you are looking for an immediate J. Kras fix, then I know a little site where you can watch it…click here.

And just for the record, it’s been 4 months since John Krasinski agreed to meet me at the Cask & Flagon for a drink.  Still waiting buddy!!!

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