Gilmore Girls - Go, Bulldogs!
Lorelai and Christopher attend Parents’ Weekend at Yale and find Emily and Richard are also there; and Christopher treats Rory’s Daily News staff to an expensive lunch where the liquor flows too freely.

Nip/Tuck - Merrill Bobolit
Sean and Christian receive an unexpected visit from Dr. Merrill Bobolit (Joey Slotnick), who’s out of jail and in need of their professional services. Meanwhile, Escobar Gallardo (Robert LaSardo) blackmails the surgeons.

House - Que Sera Sera
A 600-pound man (Pruitt Taylor Vince) is brought into the hospital in a coma. He wakes up soon enough, appears to have recovered and demands to be released. But the reason for the coma remains unclear.

I am having a CRAZY busy day, but I had to quickly pass along this awesome news…well awesome to fans of The Office (which I know most of you are). Thanks to tanster for alerting me to this news.

“Producer’s Cut” To Be Web-Exclusive Event On NBC.com On November 9th

BURBANK, Calif. November 6, 2006 NBC’s Emmy-winning comedy “The Office” (Thursdays, 8:30 9:00pm ET/PT) will offer fans a first-ever, web-exclusive “producer’s cut” on November 9th. The episode will include additional scenes and extra footage not shown in the broadcast version. Viewers can log onto NBC.com at 9:00pm (PT) on November 9th to see the web-exclusive event.

The announcement was made today by Vivi Zigler, executive vice president NBC digital entertainment and new media.

“This is a first-of-its-kind and a real bonus for fans of ‘The Office,’” said Zigler. “It’s also a natural for this show which has continually pushed the envelope in the digital landscape. We’re seeing an incredible audience reaction to the evolving digital extensions of our programming and anticipate this being one of their favorites.”

In the pivotal November 9th episode, Jan (Melora Hardin) tells Michael (Steve Carell) that the Scranton Branch will be shutting down and Michael strives to keep his staff’s spirits up. Meanwhile, everyone privately begins to envision how their lives will change in the aftermath. Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, David Denman, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling also star, and Ed Helms (”The Daily Show”), Rashida Jones (”Wanted”) and Charles Esten (”Whose Line Is It Anyway?”) guest-star.

UPDATE: My sources tell me that the “producer’s cut” will remain on NBC.com for at least one week.

Original Source: Futon Critic

WARNING! This post contains minor spoilers for tonight’s episode of Prison Break.

Ok friends, I’m giving you plenty of warning so you have no excuses. You must, and let me capitalize it for emphasis, MUST, watch Prison Break tonight. I was lucky enough to catch an early look at tonight’s episode (thank you Fox), and there’s so much that happens that you are going to be really bummed if you miss it.

Of course I don’t want to spoil too much for you, but I’ll give you a few hints to wet your appetite.

Reunited and it feels so good…or not. Yes, as Prison Break fans probably know from the promos, Michael and Sarah reunite tonight for the first time since before Michael broke out of prison and Sarah’s life turned to sh…um, before things started going down hill for her. But don’t expect Dr. Tequila Tancredi to forgive and forget so easily. One thing is for sure, there is NO denying these are hot, Hot, HOT for each other.

Last week we saw Lincoln and LJ being arrested outside a train station in Arizona. Does this mean the end of the road for Linc? Is he headed back to Fox River and The Chair? Well…not exactly. But the capture of the father/son duo does lead to yet another interesting turn. It seems that even more people are interested in Michael and Lincoln’s whereabouts than we originally thought.

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We’ve seen T-Bag in some unsavory positions before, but tonight is just plain old gross. Bellick and Geary are willing to go the distance to get Westmoreland’s money from T-Bag, and nothing seems off limits. The ‘ew’ factor is high so don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Oh and did I mention that Mahone and Michael come face-to-face tonight?! If there were a contest for most intense stares, these guys would definitely make it to the finals.

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And this isn’t so much as a spoiler as it is fact. Wentworth Miller is ridiculously hot. Check out these pics from tonight’s episode.

Thanks to JustJared.com for the pics and videos. Make sure you head over to JustJared for more exclusive pics from Prison Break: Rendezvous

So there are a few teasers for tonight’s episode. As always, GMMR will be back tomorrow with a full recap of Prison Break.

Title: “Torn”
Original Airdate: 10/3/2006

Previously, Sharon Agathan becomes a lieutenant in the Colonial Fleet. Col Tigh’s one eye leads him on a one way mission. Kara thought she was a mom which was only slightly less horrifying than finding out she wasn’t. Tigh killed his wife for collaborating and blames everyone else for it.

Baseship. Baltar joins FigmentSix on the beach as once again he asks her what she is. Is she a chip in his head? A part of his own imagination? An angel of god sent to help him, she answers again. He hates that answer and wakes up in his bright and blurry room. The music is on the eerie side. Xena and Caprica Six ask Baltar if he knows the way to Earth. He says no until they confess he’s useless to them. So he pulls a Baltar special, feeding them the right mixture of truth and lies to save his life.

41,422. Exactly 13 less than last week. Remember Apollo told Adama that 13 people went missing?

Outside Galactica. The Vipers are on a training mission. Major!Apollo tries to tag out Kat but can’t. Starbuck ignores Apollo’s instruction to stay in formation and takes off after Kat. But instead, she collides their Vipers. Back on the hanger deck, the Chief and Cally take a look at Starbuck’s viper damage. The other pilots are amazed she landed it without a drop of fuel. Except Apollo who’s ticked off. They have an old school screaming match on the hanger deck. Ah, good memories. Apollo grounds her. Meanwhile, drunk angry Tigh gets drunker and angrier. He chases who he thinks is Ellen through the hall. A tiny cute voice yells “Kara, Kara” as Kacey runs up to Starbuck with her arms outstretched. Now that she’s not Baby ‘Buck, she’s not as creepy to me. Starbuck ignores the child and tells her real mom that she wants nothing to do with them.

Now the moment we’ve been waiting for. Fat!Apollo is back to PHAT!Apollo. And yes, I’ve been waiting for a long time to use that joke. Here’s to hoping they vented the fat suit into space.

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Title: “Trust, Lust, and Must”
Original Air Date: 11/2/2006

Last week we found out Betty’s dad was in the U.S. illegally. This week, we find out Ignacio is being investigated for possible deportation. The lawyer willing to represent him wants $20,000 as a retainer, a sum that stuns that Suarez clan.

Over on the ground floor of the Mode offices, Daniel’s got his eye on another stunner: Salma Hayek (who produces the show) popping up a guest star. After a coffee accident in the elevator, in which she proves to be aggressive, outspoken, and ample-breasted, Daniel appears to be smitten by saucy Salma.

“No, you cannot submit my apartment for ‘Pimp Yo House’,” Wilhelmina instructs her daughter, Nico, who had the impudence to call during her important meeting about the “Must Mode” issue of fashion must-haves for 2007. After turning up the previous week in Wilhelmina’s office, her daughter is staying with her while she’s between boarding schools.

That night, Wilhelmina talks to her surly progeny, disdaining Nico’s dinner of Captain Crisp cereal. “Cap’n,” Nico corrects her mother. “I don’t think he’s an official maritime officer.” Right — next thing you’ll be telling me Captain Horatio McCallister was really just a skipper.

Familial affairs aren’t much rosier at Casa Suarez, where Hilda and Betty are rooting through old documents and photos for info that could help Ignacio’s immigration case. Betty stumbles upon a photo of her mother, holding the hand of a man who’s torn out of the picture. When Betty asks her dad about it, he gets irritated by her line of questions and goes for a walk.

Hilda, however, comes up with a brilliant idea. Betty can sell Herbalux to help raise dough for her dad’s legal fees. Considering Betty’s chumminess with all her officemates, she’s thrilled to help. And if you buy that, then you’ll buy how interested Marc is in sampling the wares Betty brings to the office. Unless it’s “Taye Diggs covered in baby oil,” he doesn’t care. (GMMR’s ed note: “Bravo to Marc for that visual)

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I had so hoped to have a full episode recap live by now, but as luck would have it I’m crazy busy this morning. And until that lottery number comes up I’ve got to try to keep my real job.

So in absence of a real recap, I thought we could chat about some of the best moments of last night. I’ll start - in no particular order…

• Ryan having issues with Zach Braff
• Union of the monkey
• Drunk!Jim
• Sweaty!Jim
• ANDY…ANDY…ANDY - My love for Andy grows from week to week. I think Ed Helms fits it PERFECTLY with this show and I find myself wanting more and more of him.
• The Office: The Musical (are we going to hear Jim & Andy sing every week? Me? I’m not a complainer)
• The brilliance of Steve Carell and how he plays Michael’s antics to pure perfection. Even when he’s at this worst, you still want to hug Michael, and THAT is what makes him such a great character
• Roy 2.0 because…damn
• Fancy New Beesly - the best part of FNB is that I don’t think she truly realizes how much she is changing, and I love that
• Mr. & Mrs. Kaling - I never would have known they weren’t legit actors. Kudos!
• The blue busty gal
• Ryan saving money for an Xbox
• “I’m rejecting your kiss”
• “Oh Holy Mother of God” and “So good”
• “These are not my shoes”
• “Tuna!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?” (best line of the night)
• Text messaging!

Ok, I’m stopping now, because I could pretty much rattle off every moment of this episode. Ok…your turn - GO!!

A big GMMR shout out to my good friend Murph who just passed the MA Bar. Woo hoo!! So proud of you buddy. It’s always good to have a friend that makes more money than me AND who can get me out of jail if the need arises. You do specialize in restraining orders, right?

Come on everyone…wish Murph the best!!

Yeah, I know GMMR is a TV site, but I’ve decided to make a rule that if there is a movie coming out that stars people from TV then I can talk about it. Isn’t that a good rule. Yes, I thought so.

And there is no better time for this new rule since the trailer for Evan Almighty has just been released. Lucky for us, this movie stars two, count ‘em two of our favorite TV peeps. Steve Carell (The Office) and Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls). The two play a married couple dealing with the fallout after God (Morgan Freeman) contacts Congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

The movie is set for a Summer release, but you can watch the trailer NOW.

Just a reminder that tonight is the 4th season premiere of The OC. The Newpsies are back…let the shenanigans begin! Sorry, I was just trying to see if I could work the word shenanigans into GMMR today.

Check out GMMR’s take on The OC Season 4 and catch up with OC creator Josh Schwartz in this great Zap2it interview. And if you want to heard from Ryan, Seth and Summer then check out these new cast interviews on Hollywood.com
If you haven’t already checked out tonight’s episode on MySpace, then make sure you watch tonight. I think you’ll find the show a bit more entertaining than last season. But then again, at the end of last season Mischa Barton was killed off, and that my friends - was pure entertainment.

Let me know if you are planning on watching The OC this season. I’m thinking about taking on recaps, but I want to make sure you all want to read them.

Since last week we were faced with our first repeat of the season, I thought I could sneak by without an ‘Office Thursday’ post. Yeah, I was wrong. Based on the number of emails I received, I will try to never miss an OT again. So back my popular demand, I give you this week’s installment of ‘Office Thursday on Give Me My Remote’. And since I skipped last week I present you Office Thursday - Supersized!!! (and as always, check back throughout the day for updates)
LIVE ‘Office’ chat tonight at BuddyTV.com…

Before we get started, just a reminder that we will be having our weekly Office chat at BuddyTV.com tonight. It’s sooo much fun watching the show with all of you each week. If you are watching the East Coast airing of the show, and want to join us, make sure you click the following link to set a reminder. We are usually there around 8pm EST. GiveMeMyRemote’s LIVE Office Chat at BuddyTV.com

Tonight on A Very Special Episode of The Office…
“Diwali”: Michael suggests that his desk jockeys support Kelly by taking in Indian culture and flavors at the Hindu Festival of Lights celebration. Meanwhile, work becomes a drinking game at the Stamford branch. (GMMR note: Uh oh…that’s all I’m going to say…uh oh)
If you have any will power at all you will avoid Yahoo TV. They have seven, yes, seven clips from tonight’s show. Per usual, I swore that I wouldn’t watch the clips, be I’ll be damned if I made it about 4 minutes before I was watching (and wiping the tears of laughter from my eyes). Oh this is going to be a good one. (Yahoo TV Clips)

TV Guide also has a clip from tonight’s show. It’s VERY similar to one of the Yahoo clips, so if you watch all of those first, you probably don’t need to check this one out. I feel guilty passing these along. If you didn’t know they were there, you wouldn’t be tempted. Sorry. (TV Guide Clip)

Pink the color, pink the person, basically anything that is Mindy Kaling…
Guess what? Tonight IS Kelly Kapoor Story Hour! Well, technically it’s only a half hour, but ugh, you know what just, shuutt it. Mindy Kaling (Kelly) wrote this script at the urging of Greg Daniels after he attended a Diwali party Mindy threw for the cast and crew last year. And Office nepotism strikes again when Mindy’s parents show up as Mr. & Mrs. Kapoor - gotta love it! For those of you who have been reading the spoilers, you know there is lot going down in tonight’s episode. TV Guide gets Minday talking about tonight’s ep, and the teases are just plain cruel. Is it 8:30pm yet? (Q&A with Mindy Kaling)

Meredith Sobers up enough to write…
Kate Flannery (Meredith) is back with the 7th installment of her weekly TV Guide blog. Is Meredith giving up the booze? Why do Office fans scare Kate? And find out where you can see Kate perform with The Lampshades this week!! Leave her comments and show the love.

Lights, Camera, Action…..
Right before the start of the season, I got an anonymous email from someone claiming to have inside scoop on S3 of The Office. Among the supposed spoilers was the news that Harold Ramis, Robby Benson and JJ Abrams would be directing episodes this season. I saw Abrams name and thought, “nah”, these must be foilers. But then, a few weeks later, it was announced that Ramis would indeed be directing this year’s ONE HOUR Christmas episode (yes, I said ONE HOUR), and my mind wandered back to that email. But I still thought…lucky guess?

Then, just this week, it was revealed that one of my personal TV heroes, JJ Abrams, would in be directing an episode of The Office later this season. JJ Abrams?! The man who brought us Felicity, Alias and Lost is going to be behind the camera on my favorite show?! Amazing!! I’m so excited. All I know is that JJ better have some good Jim/Pam scenes to direct because this guy knows a thing or two about TV super couples. JJ is the guy behind Ben/Felicity/Noel (played by Scott Foley - just a little tidbit that might interest SOME of you), and Sydney/Vaughn. And if we thought Jim and Pam were up against some tough odds, try falling in love while being chased by international terrorists. Roy, Karen and Stamford are a walk in the park in comparison. And the most important aspect of JJ Abrams directing? A guaranteed cameo by Greg Grunberg!!

I don’t want to take credit for JJ’s decision to direct an episode, but let’s face it, we know THIS had to have some impact, right?

Oh and back to the anonymous email I received. In case there is some truth to it, let it be known that GMMR is the FIRST to break the news that Kevin Bacon will be guest starring and keep your eyes peeled for an Office/House crossover. I know, I know…but the director stuff was real, so you never know.
The Ladies of The Office get glam…
The gorgeous women of Dunder Mifflin were out on the town last night attending the ‘06 Women’s Image Network Honors Awards. Check out these smokin’ pics of Jenna, Angela, Kate and Melora. (Images courtesy of Wireimage and Getty Images)

Rainn Wilson on life, in Life…
Rainn Wilson was recently interview by Life Magazine. Check out this mini Q&A and get to learn a little more about the man behind Dwight Schurte.

* Weekends are for: - “Lovin”
* Stay in or go out? - “I’m content to be home and watch really good things that TiVo recorded for me. For some reason, it thinks I want to watch Spanish soap operas.
* Favorite outfit? - “Jeans, man sandals, and glasses. I’m too lazy to put in my contacts.”
* Typical workout: - “I can’t answer that because ‘typical’ doesn’t go with ‘workout’ i
you’re talking about me.”
* Brunch item: “Nirvana’s Incesticide, Oh, you said brunch item. I heard grunge item.
A nice fruit bowl made of fruit like you see at cheesy weddings.”
* Music for a Sunday drive: “God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols.”
* Dinner party conversation: “The crazy stuff I can get my 2 year old kid to do. I
love to wield my fahterly influence for comedy’s sake.”

And Ode to Jim & Pam…
The first ever JAM-inspired song has been released. Click here to listen to Prospect Mali’s “Silence”. The first time I heard this song I had NO IDEA that it was inspired by Jim and Pam, and I thought MY GOD I need to send to Jenna Fischer NOW!! But of course, she already knew about it because, well, she’s Jenna Fischer.

SLiTHER on DVD…
It’s been an Office-filled Halloween week. So why not cap it off with a hella-scary movie, SLiTHER. SLiTHER was written and directed by James Gunn, who many of you know is Jenna Fischer’s husband. Click here to buy SLiTHER on DVD, but prepared to be freaked out - it was scary. Funny…but scary!!

Brian Baumgartner - metrosexual…
I usually like to include a new fanvid near the end of ever Office Thursday post, but today I thought I would server up a little something extra.  Check out this awesome pic of Brian Baumgartner (Kevin) getting a mani while prepping for the Emmys.  How on Earth I hadn’t found this pic is beyond me!  You know I love Kevin (and Brian seems pretty damn cool too).  I love this picture so much because it’s so ANTI-Kevin Malone, although Kev does like the occasional footbath.

Show your Dunder Mifflin Pride…
NBC recently released a bunch of NEW Office T-shirts. Click here to head over to OfficeTally.com to check ‘em out. I’m thinking a shirt with JKras’s face on the front might be a bit too much for me (this coming from a girl who is wearing a Flonkerton hoodie to her office today).

And as always, you can find a bunch of “The Office” related tees, mugs, sweatshirts, and more at the Give Me My Remote Online Store