Watching The CW

New Smallville and Supernatural are coming!!

There’s another new ep of Smallville airing on Thursday, January 31. Plus, there’s another new ep on 2/7 and 2/13. It appears there are a couple other eps in the hopper as well, so maybe, just maybe we’ll get to see those before the season ends. I know I haven’t really watched too many eps of Smallville this season, but I’ll definitely catch this one. Mostly because James Marsters will be reprising his role as Braniac, and you know how I love James Marsters. I am still seriously considering borrowing my nephew’s Smallville DVDs as well, so I can just watch everything from the beginning. I think I’ll be able to appreciate it even more then.

Also new on January 31 is an episode of Supernatural. It looks like there are three more eps that haven’t aired yet. One of them, entitled “Dream a Little Dream Of Me” which is scheduled to air on February 7, sounds like it’ll be really fun. They have to go into their dreams to save Bobby, and fight their worse nightmares. Interesting.

I’m really worried about this show. It seems like the CW isn’t giving Supernatural its due. The show is one of the better shows on the network, if you ask me, but for some reason they seem to play it down. I can’t believe they really mean to do that. They must just think that other shows need more promotion. See, that’s me being naive, isn’t it? Since everyone knows that all network execs are evil villains, I should just resign myself to the fact that they want to kill off a perfectly good show just to ruin my day.

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Smallville, Supernatural, James Marsters

Yesterday I was at Jury Duty (you can read about my adventures and new sitcom idea here), and I’m watching people. I’m sitting next to a real estate attorney, who is closing deals on the phone. There are all these strange people and we get to hear everyone’s name called. I love names. One person was named Champagne Young. Isn’t that fun? Another one was named Crystal Gazer. Now, what do you think someone named Crystal Gazer would look like? I pictured a tall, willowy woman with long dark wavy hair all loose around her shoulders. She is wearing a flowy peasant skirt, sandals and a long scarf wrap.

They called her several times, but I was never able to pick her out or anyone I thought fit the name. Finally, towards the end of the day, I was able to see her. Did she look anything like I pictured her? Absolutely not. She was short and heavy, even a little dumpy, probably in her 50s with very short straight blondish hair. I was amazed. Maybe she never realized that her name is Crystal Gazer as in one who gazes into crystals and tells people’s fortunes. Or, you know, whatever.

So, pulling myself back into this blog topic, the CW has released the winter schedule. Here’s the scoop from tvbloggin.com.

According to the CW site, Reaper is moving to 8 pm on Tuesday starting next week (1/15) and re-airing the first ep. Then it’s moving to Thursdays at 9 pm starting on 2/28. Apparently, it’s being paired with Smallville to gain more exposure, and I get that. But I have one question, what’s happening with Supernatural?

Jury duty, the CW, Reaper, Supernatural

I wasn’t at all surprised to see Jenah leave first last night on America’s Next Top Model. I believe I’ve called for her to come in third at least a couple of times over the last few weeks. (It’s OK, you don’t have to congratulate me or anything.) Although, I was sorry when she cried and was talking about having to raise her little sisters by herself. I didn’t know that and it was a bit surprising.

In any case, I wasn’t really surprised to see Saleisha and Chantal as the top two, even though I had some worry a while back that they were grooming Heather for the top spot. I have to say that Saleisha has always been one of my favorites and I thought she and Chantal were among the best.

Which, as it turns out, they were. I thought it was interesting to see that little clip where Saleisha says to Chantal at the very beginning, “Let’s be the last two standing.” It does make you wonder a bit if this whole thing is rigged. I don’t know that I think it is and it doesn’t really matter to me that much. I’ve pretty much always thought American Idol was rigged, and I love that show. I don’t watch reality tv cause I’m truly expecting reality, I watch it cause it’s entertaining. Sometimes. Now that I come to think of it, I do believe that ANTM and AI are the only two reality-type shows that I actually watch. Oh, wait, and Hell’s Kitchen.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. In watching the runway walk, I did think that Saleisha was much stronger than Chantal - although, I really felt sorry for Chantal when that guy fell on her dress. You could just see that she wanted to turn around and help him back up, but realized that she couldn’t do that. Then, when the judges were telling them how they did, even though most of the positive comments went to Saleisha, you could almost see a look in Chantal’s eye that said she was confident she had won. Saleisha, on the other hand, looked hopeful, but unsure, like she didn’t think she really deserved it. I thought that was interesting, cause it does seem like the most confident person should win and, also, I thought maybe they were faking us out by only showing the negative criticism of Chantal. Apparently not.

Overall, even though I didn’t call it, I’m glad Saleisha won, cause I think she’s adorable and I think that she really was one of the best there, especially role model-wise. Good luck, Saleisha!!

America’s Next Top Model, Tyra Banks, Saleisha, American Idol, Hell’s Kitchen

Wow, I really didn’t think Bianca would be going anywhere this week on America’s Next Top Model. I’m really off my game. My game’s left the country. And the way she left, with Tyra telling her that she just didn’t have the natural chops to be a model and the other girls were pretty much there. Yikes! That hurt me and I wasn’t even there. I know Bianca has been a first class bitca, but still and all, it seemed pretty harsh to me.

I really thought it would be Jenah, cause she’s been whining so much about being homesick. When she was saying about how she just wanted it to be over cause she missed her bed and family, etc., I was thinking, honey, when it’s over, if you win, you’re not really going back to that bed. And then Miss J told her the same thing, but they still kept her over Bianca. Well, maybe she’ll be that unknown third person like I said a couple of weeks ago. I mean she even admitted that she doesn’t know who she is, so how the heck can she excpect the rest of us to have a clue.

So the Top 3 are Saleisha, Jenah and Chantal. I think either Chantal or Saleisha would make a great Cover Girl, cause they are both so upbeat and fresh-faced, which seems like Cover Girl to me, plus both would do well in Seventeen magazine, cause they both look young. Well, of course, they both are young, but still sometimes models and actresses look a lot older than they really are, probably from their unusual lifestyles and, maybe, all the makeup. It can’t be good for your skin to be constantly covering it with tons of makeup. I don’t know where that came from. Just another weird little side effect from having my brain.

Anyway, if I’m picking a winner now . . . um, I still don’t know. But its not Jenah.

America’s Next Top Model, Tyra Banks, J Alexander, Cover Girl, Seventeen magazine

OK, so this has nothing to do with the CW, but I just wanted to share.

It may come as a surprise to some of you, but I really love American Idol. I know, its stupid, but I love it. At first, I didn’t. I used to have a very hard time watching the first few weeks when everyone makes fools out of themselves. Honestly, sometimes I still have to leave the room when that happens. But I love when the real competition kicks in. Last year was a bit lacklustre, except for Sanjaya, who was at least interesting. But my fav of the season was Chris Sligh. He just made the Top 10 when he was eliminated, so I got to see him in the concert and I think he was the best one there.

His CD, which was put out with his band, Half Past Forever, just before he went on Idol (I believe) is called Take a Chance on Something Beautiful and its one of my favorite CDs. I listen to it constantly (well, except for right now when I am listening to Christmas music, of course). There’s something about his voice that makes me think of Chris Daughtry singing with his prior band, Absent Element. Don’t misunderstand me, the two bands are nothing alike, but just something about the tone of Sligh’s voice reminds me of Chris Daughtry’s voice on that album.

Anyway, below is a link to Sligh’s myspace, which has some of his new songs and, personally, I like them. So go take a listen and see what you think.

There is a fantastic interview with Kristen Bell at TVGuide.com and she will be doing 13 episodes of Heroes but this wont infere with her voiceover duties at Gossip Girl.

Ausiello as a wee Supernatural scoop regarding the demon whom Dean sold his soul to last season - just tell me it has a happy ending!

The CW, Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars, Heroes, Ask Ausiello, TVGuide.com, Supernatural

Kristin E!Online breaks the news that Mrs. Alexander Luther will be returning to Smallville and her return will involve cloning. What do we think about that? Are we happy that Lana will be returning in one form or another after last season’s finale?

The CW, Watch with Kristin, E!Online, Smallville, Lana Luther

Digging back into even more Superman heritage it is reported on TVGuide that Helen Slater will play Clark’s bio-mother. Yes, the former Supergirl will now be Supermom. I wonder if she has any tips for Laura Vandervoort?

Gossip Girls is now going to debut on September 19th moving up a week to grab our attention before the premier of Bionic Woman.

Check out SciFi to see how excited Eric Kripke is about the forthcoming season of Supernatural. (He even teases us with an anti-Christmas urban legend - how cute would Dean be in a Santa hat?).

The CW, Smallville, Helen Slater, TVGuide, Gossip Girl, Supernatural, Eric Kripke, SciFi

The powers-that-be at Smallville are going for a hat trick of supermen: Tom Welling, Christopher Reeves and now Dean Cain. SpoilerFix reports that Cain will be guest staring as a possible baddie - Dr. Curtis Knox. The good (or dodgy) doctor has an obsession with meteors and can cure those affected.

Uber TV geek Ausiello has his live press tour diary over at TVGuide.com and you can read all about his thoughts on the new CW season ahead.

The CW, Smallville, Tom Welling, Christopher Reeves, Dean Cain, TVGuide, Ausiello

Talk about saving the best till last can’t believe we’ll have to wait till Oct 4th for the Winchester brothers to resurface!

Tuesday Sept 18th - Beauty and the Geek
Wednesday Sept 19th - America’s Next Top Model
Friday Sept 21st - Friday Night Smackdown
Tuesday Sept 25th - Reaper
Wednesday Sept 26th - Gossip Girl
Thursday Sept 27th - Smallville
Monday Oct 1st - Everybody Hates Chris, Aliens in America, Girlfriends and The Game
Thursday Oct 4th - Supernatural

* New shows in italics and the show I am most excited about in bold

The CW, 2007//8 Season, Beauty and the Geek, ANTM, America’s Next Top Model, Friday Night Smackdown, Gossip Girl, Smallville, Everybody Hates Chris, Aliens in America, Girlfriends , The Game, Supernatural

Lovely interview with Ray Wise over at SciFi about how his whole career was leading up to playing the devil. I think the powers-that-be made a wise choice in Wise as having such an experienced character actor will bring much depth to a light and frothy show (think Buffy and how they were packed to the gills with solid actors). Of course it also helps to have input from cinematic meister Kevin Smith who really knows how to handle the “slacker” genre.

The CW, Reaper, Ray Wise, Kevin Smith, Buffy, SciFi

TVGuide’s Matt Roush has some praise for the forthcoming season of scripted shows on the CW. He is excited about Reaper and positively glowing about Aliens in America.

Apparently all us Supernatural fans are getting our knickers into a twist over the two new female characters that will be regulars in the third season. In an interview Eric Kripke, series creator, addresses our fears and promises that “We are not turning into One Tree Hill with monsters”. There seems to be a fair amount of hand holding going out to us fans to reassure us that Ruby and Bella will be rivals, or equals, to the Winchester brothers BUT not love interests.

The CW, Supernatural, TV Guide, Matt Roush, Ausiello, Reaper, Aliens in America

I am marking off the days on my calendar till the fall 2007 season kicks off, in the meantime there is a repeat of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 7 (I think) and the odd spoiler about my favorite shows…

Check out Watch with Kristin on EOnline for scoops about a mysterious blond stranger saving Lex and the other hunter chick to be joining the Winchester brothers.

BTW, I totally agree with kg’s comments about how the Supernatural chicks must not upset the balance between Dean and Sam. I think Lauren Cohan should be an interesting addition to the team (but maybe I am biased as she went to school in Britain).

The CW, Supernatural, America’s Next Top Model, Smallville, Lauren Cohan

The lovely Ausiello at TVGuide.com has news of the actress who will be playing Ruby the Demon Hunter in third season of Supernatural - Katie Cassidy (daughter of David).

The CW, Supernatural, Katie Cassidy, David Cassidy

It looks as if spoiler season is kicking in as SciFi reports that a cousin for Clark has been cast, and we can look forward to Canadian actress Laura Vandervoort as Kara (aka Supergirl). Over at SpoilerFix it looks as if Dean and Sam will be joined by a husband and wife hunting team, and rumors of two female series regulars going by the monikers Ruby and Bela. But, more importantly Supernatural will be doing something creative with the seven deadly sins and give who their spin on vampires, werewolves and genies it will be something to look forward to.

The CW, SciFi.com, Smallville, Supergirl, Laura Vandervoort, SpoilerFix, Supernatural