Sorry I’ve been MIA a lot over the past few days.  I am having some MAJOR internet issues at my new place.  I can’t seem to be able to stay online for more than 1 minute at a time.  It’s so frustrating, especially given that I work from home and I feel like an asshat for having to tell my boss that I can’t get online - again.  It sucks.  They are supposedly coming by to check out the connection today, but who knows when they will be there.  I wanted to let you all know that this is why GMMR has been pretty quiet over the past few days.  Right now I’m at my local Starbucks sittting on the floor in the corner (this place is busy today).  I’m going to have to head back home soon and wait for the cable guy.  Welcome to my life!!

Hopefully my internet will be back later today.  I have a good amount of work to catch up on (for my real job) so I’ll be working this weekend, and I’ll be updating GMMR too.

Thanks for your patience and for all the kind emails!

We are T-minus one week away from an all new episode of The Office. To get us properly excited for next week’s show, your favorite and mine - Paul Lieberstein - will be hosting an Office marathon tonight. I’m so excited to go back and revisit some of my favorite episodes. If you are a spoiler whore (like myself) then check out Yahoo! TV for scenes from next week’s all new ep.

On a sadder note, I believe Season 3 of The Office has officially wrapped. What a long strange trip its been. It’s sad to think that the Dunder Mifflinites aren’t on set filming new episodes for us Even more scary is the prospect that the Season 3 fate of Jim and Pam is known to a select few. Since John wrapped earlier than most of the cast whatever goes down with JAM has been set in stone. To Greg Daniels and crew…we dealt with Stamford, we dealt with Karen (when we thought she would be gone after 10 eps), and we even dealt with Pam briefly returning to Roy. We’ve stuck by you all season so please give us a happy ending to help us get through the summer. That is all.

On to The Office Thursday where Michael Scott is the funniest man alive and where comments are like the coins Dwight puts into the vending maching to get his desk supplies back.

Tonight on The Office…
MARATHON! Toby (Paul Lieberstein) hosts an Office marathon featuring some of the worst HR nightmares from Dunder Mifflin (that had to be a tough choice):

Diversity Day (the show that started by insane love for all things Dunder Mifflin)
Despite creating the need for a diversity seminar, Michael feels he’s the best candidate to run one, which he does after the facilitator leaves.Health Care (because Meredith still has a vagina)
Michael promises a surprise to distract the troops from Dwight’s dictatorial choosing of a cut-rate health-care plan

Sexual Harassment (Phyllis and her one night stand - what a floozy)
Michael fears a review of the company’s sexual-harassment policies will curb the conviviality that he believes exists in the office.

The Injury (you burnt YOUR foot on a George Foreman grill)
Michael tries to get extra sympathy from his staff after he burns his foot on a portable cooking grill. Dwight emerges as the primary caregiver—to Michael’s chagrin.

Gay Witch Hunt (we meet Karen and Andy while my heart breaks for Jam)
A sensitivity firestorm ensues when Michael heedlessly outs a gay Dunder Mifflin employee. Meanwhile, some details about Jim and Pam’s complicated relationship come to light.

Click here to find out what times The Office eps are airing in your area,

Evan Almighty…
The long awaited trailer for Steve Carell’s new blockbuster comedy, Evan Almighty, is going to premiere tonight during The Office marathon. Not sure when it’s going to run, but you’ll be watching the whole marathon anyway, so I’m sure you’ll catch it.

From the Desk of Meredith Palmer…
Alright STOP, collaborate and listen Kate is back with a brand new…um, blog? Yes she is. Kate doesn’t have any inside scoop on the upcoming episodes but we do find out how she spends her free time - going to big movie premieres and handing out awards. If you are in Los Angeles, then head over to IO West and check out Kate in The Lampshades on April 7th - you’ll have a blast. (Kate’s Blog)

Blades of Glory Premiere…
Jenna Fischer’s new movie Blades of Glory had its L.A. premiere last night, and most of the Scranton branch was there to support her. This movie is going to be huge and I’m so excited for Jenna. We are so happy for you Fancy New Beesly!! Check out some pics from the premiere.

I also stumbled upon this video from last night’s premiere. It’s poorly produced and not all that entertaining, but it does feature the cast of The Office so it’s worth checking out.

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Someone at ABC has leaked the title for the upcoming Grey’s Anatomy spin-off. Are you ready? Are you sure? Ok here we go. Drum roll please….it’s Private Practice*. Ugh, my thoughts exactly. I don’t know what goes into naming a show, but I think someone needs to hit that 30 second rewind button on the TiVo and try again. To me, Private Practice screams cheesy soap opera. Am I wrong? Then again, does the title of the show really matter?

News of the title came via our friends over at BuddyTV who also mentioned that the ABC big wigs cautioned that the title is only tentative and may change (they’ve got to test it with the public first I’m sure).

Kate Walsh will be leading the cast of Private Practice which includes Tim Daly (The Nine), Taye Diggs (Rent), Amy Brennerman (Judging Amy), Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars) among others.

“The spin off is being touted for its stand alone premise that will take Walsh’s character out of the realm of nightmarish medical emergencies and incorporated hospital trysts into a setting they think less hardcore medical drama fans will appreciate. In that sense, the proposed name for the Grey’s Anatomy spin off is quite apt, indeed.”

No word on when Private Practice will premiere on the ABC schedule, but the premise and perhaps some of the characters will be introduced during the 2 hour Grey’s Anatomy season finale on May 10.

Let’s hear it. Private Practice. Love it or hate it?!

As predicted in today’s “Watchlist” there was a screw up with my DVR and Friday Night Lights didn’t record.  Nor did American Idol.  Great…just great.  The only thing that could make this night worse was if I find out that Sanjaya was staying around another week.  Oh damn

I’ve received a bunch of emails telling me how fantastic Friday Night Lights was tonight. Please don’t spoil me.  I beg of you.  I plan on watching tonight’s episode on NBC.com tomorrow.   Ugh…this blows.

Maybe Supernatural fans shouldn’t be afraid for themselves but rather for Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. Why? Because my boy Ducky is going to be ravishing them with his eyes on Thursday when he spends the day on the set of the show. Yes, the Duckster will be there as they shoot the part II of the season finale. I’m sure he will be on his best behavior. Rumor has it that Jeffrey Dean Morgan will be there as well. I’ve never watched the show (it’s too spooky for me), but I have seen Jared and Jensen in person and those two boys are fine with a capital hot as hell. And JDM…I mean Denny?! Come one now, you know my love for him.

And you wonder why the GMMR|Ducky podcasts are so sporadic…the boy is so bust hobnobbing with the stars.

More on Ducky’s Supernatural set visit

Ok maybe I’m not heading into a deluxe apartment in the sky but I did move into a new apartment yesterday. In case you are thinking about moving - don’t. It’s a horrible and exhausting experience even if you had fabulous movers like I did. The whole day sucked (except of course when I got flowers delivered from Ducky. How CUTE is he?!)

But the move is the reason that GMMR was quiet yesterday and will be for some of today. See I have priorities and planned ahead by insisting that my TV and internet be set up yesterday. Unfortunately there were some installation issues and the guy won’t be coming back until later today (between 11-5…they do make it convenient don’t they).  I missed American Idol House - everything, but I did get in some reading (it’s highly overrated). I’m at Starbucks right now blogging - I’m such a cliche. Ha ha.

As soon as I can get back online I’ll be sure be back to posting. Meanwhile, I’m going to leave you in the capable hands of my best blogging buddies. And as always, if you come across some interesting TV news, make sure you drop me a line and let me know all about it.

It’s good to have friends…

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The TV Addict

Search Slacking…
If you are really looking to procrastinate, you should do what I do when I’m slacking and use the search box below to look for your favorite celebs or TV shows online.  WARNING - it can be addictive. Just enter a name and use the “On TV” button to find out upcoming TV appearances for that celeb or show. Use the “On Video” button to look for videos of that celeb or show online from sources such as YouTube, Daily Motion, Veoh et cetera (Community Video) as well vids directly from the networks (Network Video).  I think it’s a cool tool and I’ve been using it on GMMR for some time now, but I just realized I really never told you what it does. Try it out…if you like it then I’ll keep using it. If you don’t like it, let me know about that too.

Friday Night Lights - Mud Bowl
With the final game before the state championships looming, an unforeseen event jeopardizes the Panthers’ home-turf advantage. Meanwhile, Taylor fears his players are losing grasp of the true spirit of football.
I have dinner plans tonight and I’m unreasonably nervous about my DVR freaking out and NOT recording ‘Friday Night Lights’.

Lost - Expose
Hurley begins to suspect that Sawyer might be involved in a mystery surrounding two fellow survivors, and Sun learns the truth about her kidnapping attempt by the Others. Flashbacks follow Nikki and Paulo (Kiele Sanchez, Rodrigo Santoro).ke.

America’s Next Top Model -The Girl Who Takes Credit
The models get tips on what fashions to wear and not to wear, and then create department-store displays in which they are the mannequins. Later, the ladies participate in a gender-swapping photo shoot that requires them to pose as men.

American Idol
Gwen Stefani and Akon perform “The Sweet Escape,” and one of the 10 remaining finalists is voted off. Please let it me Sanjaya…please please please!!!

Title: “Top Secret”
Original Airdate: March 27, 2007
GMMR Recapper: LaLa

Ok, so I know this has nothing to do with the show, but I cannot start a recap of an episode with this title without a giving a brief shout out to one of my all time favorite silly comedies from the 80’s, “Top Secret”. Oh, how I love that wonderfully absurd little movie, starring a very young Val Kilmer as an Elvis-type rock star getting into trouble with Nazis. But of course, I completely digress.

Or… do I? That movie had some wacky dream sequences, and of course, in this episode of House, our favorite cranky doc was having some pretty wild dreams of his own. Maybe I missed something, but I didn’t feel like they ever really explained why House was having premonitions about people and events before they happened, or why it was causing House to not be able to pee for 3 days straight. By the way, this show always finds a way to do at least one disturbing and gross thing per episode and this one was no exception, what with House having to catheterize himself in order to finally pee. And then with the urine everywhere…. Yuck. Sorry House, I don’t care what you say, but falling into a puddle of urine IS a big deal and really really gross. Blech.

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LaLa wrote a fantastic and timely recap of Monday’s episode of 24, but since I didn’t have access to GMMR yesterday I’m just getting around to posting it now…sorry.

Title: 8:00 – 9:00pm
Original Airdate: 3/26/07
GMMR Recapper: LaLa

Don’t you hate it when, right after you’ve woken up out of a life threatening coma just in time to stop a totally unjustified and constitutionally illegal U.S. Military strike against the Middle East, your gosh darn, ridiculously evil Vice President decides to try to destroy you and remove you from office as a result? Ain’t that just a kicker? Yeah, if you read my column for last week’s episode, you already know how I feel about Demon Daniels and his totally one-dimensional, absurd chicanery which no sane Presidential Cabinet would go along with because it’s incredibly illegal. So, that being said again, let’s move on to the other parts of this episode that weren’t completely preposterous. (although, I can’t leave without mentioning Jack’s reaction to hearing what Demon Daniels wanted to do: “What, is he trying to start World War 3?!” Thank you, Captain State the Obvious!)
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Michelle really outdoes herself with this week’s recap. I was laughing my ass off. Well played. Only one more week until the season finale. Ugh, I really hate this time of year.

Title: “Fin del Camino”
Original Airdate: March 26, 2007
GMMR Recapper: Michelle

Would you be impressed if I were able to write the entire recap for this episode all in the form of a series of questions? Isn’t it a rather appropriate tribute for a show that has left us guessing, in a good way, for every episode this season? Do you think I can do it? Will you be too annoyed by the format to read it? Can I allow this negative assumption to get in the way of my creative process?

Why is T-Bag in Panama? Why won’t Michael’s conscience let him rest so he doesn’t feel the need to leave his boat and his brother on a quest for T-Bag? Doesn’t Lincoln know that if he follows his brother, bad things are bound to happen? When Michael tracks T-Bag to the hotel, how much does he have to pay the little kid to set off the caps in the metal garbage can so he can fake out the “Feds” who are trailing T-Bag and make them reveal their guns when they mistake the exploding cap sounds for gunshots? Does Sucre, who shows up later with Bellick and meets Michael, really believe that his desire to kill Bellick is stronger than his desire to find Maricruz, or that Upstanding Citizen Michael will really help him kill Bellick? What will T-Bag do when he is forced to leave his hotel room after Bellick pulls the fire alarm? When the Feds follow T-Bag, and Michael & Crew follow the feds, and Mahone follows all of them, and then Lincoln follows all of them, why does it remind me of some nursery school song? What is the name of that song, anyway? Why does an angry Lincoln tackle Mahone? Did you forget, like I did, that Mahone killed Lincoln’s dad earlier this season? Is this like “You killed my father, prepare to die,” a la “The Princess Bride”? Is Lincoln’s real last name Montoya? (GMMR: OMG I was thinking the exact same thing during this scene)

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