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		<title>House is FINALLY ending!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<title>Television Reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, my poor neglected blog commenters! I am so sorry! I&#8217;ve been trying to finish this post reviewing the new Fall TV shows, but that required watching 200 hours of television &#8211; not even counting my football games watching &#8211; and I just kept falling more and more behind. But I&#8217;m back and I&#8217;m sure [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, my poor neglected blog commenters! I am so sorry! I&#8217;ve been trying to finish this post reviewing the new Fall TV shows, but that required watching 200 hours of television &#8211; not even counting my football games watching &#8211; and I just kept falling more and more behind. But I&#8217;m back and I&#8217;m sure you will agree, this post was TOTALLY worth the wait! TOTALLY! #Iwillcutyou</p>
<p><strong>Two Broke Girls</strong><br />
This show offends me as a broke person, as a girl, as a watcher of television, and most, importantly, as a Brooklyn native. The set used for this show *supposedly* set in 2011 Brooklyn, looks like the shabby remnants of the Sanford and Son junkyard. On top of that, the premise that a Business school educated Paris Hilton type heiress has to wait tables at a diner and slum it in a basement studio with the wise cracking other &#8220;broke girl,&#8221; is beyond ridiculous. All the characters are horrible stereotypes and the writing is sloppy and unfunny. So, pretty much it&#8217;ll reign on CBS for the next twelve years.</p>
<p><strong>Playboy Club</strong><br />
Oh, I heard this was already canceled. Boo. Why did I force myself to sit through that whole stupid episode?</p>
<p><strong>Free Agents</strong><br />
This show has already been canceled too. And even though I watched all four episodes, I knew it would be canceled. It suffered from the common sitcom malady that the supporting cast was infinitely funnier and more interesting than the whiny, bland leads. There were some funny moments, like the &#8220;Dr. Hu,&#8221; schtick in episode 3. And it was awesome seeing Rupert Giles back on the telly.</p>
<p><strong>Terra Nova</strong><br />
I like this show. I reserved judgment until I saw there was no huge drop off between the series premiere and the second episode, <em>a la</em> Lost. There wasn&#8217;t, in fact, it was even better. And considering a dinosaur eats a dude in the premiere THAT&#8217;S SAYING SOMETHING! The premise is that a hundred years in the future, the Earth is so polluted that there are Chinese like population controls in place everywhere, we all wear masks and the best shot for the future lies 500 billion years in the past. The lead family is a multi racial brood of five (in violation of the population rules.) white cop husband, Indian doctor wife, who gets chosen to go to Terra Nova. The colony is run by a John Locke type madman. There are rebels and his mysterious missing son who seems to lead them and of course, dinosaurs, yo! I totally understood all the science, so I immediately knew that all my sciency friends would hate the show.</p>
<p><strong>Up All Night</strong><br />
Will Arnett lands on his feet after the Running Wilde debacle on Fox. Instead of Felicity, his female lead is the way funnier Christina Appelgate as his wife. He plays a stay at home dad to baby Amy. Appelgate is a TV producer for Maya Rudolph&#8217;s Oprahesque show &#8220;Ava.&#8221; Rudolph is the kooky, overbearing friend/boss who wants her friends back to their partying ways before baby Amy. There are power struggles. It&#8217;s more funny than not, but I doubt it lasts.</p>
<p><strong>Charlie&#8217;s Angel</strong><br />
Did somebody say perposterous? I do not know why on God&#8217;s green dinosaur free earth, they would remake this show. The reason this and the Bionic Woman/Wonder Woman were so awesome in the 70s, was because there were no kick ass women on TV. So the men could drool over the hot babeness and the girls could be like &#8220;hey, I&#8217;m strong, hear me roar.&#8221; We&#8217;re beyond that now. Our female heros need more than a pretty faces and karate chops. And, boy, this show does NOT offer it. Dumb, dumb, dumb. The supposed &#8220;latina&#8221; speaks Spanish like a German. (Here, I&#8217;m assuming Germans speak Spanish poorly.) The first episode featured their take down of a Colombian overlord. Yeah, right.</p>
<p><strong>A Gifted Mind</strong><br />
As you know, I am currently midlife crisising. A signature feature of my mid-life crisis, because I&#8217;m still a hypochondriac AND I have new health insurance, has been going to specialists to rule out conditions I&#8217;ve seen on television. (Funny posts about that to follow.) Anyway, I&#8217;ve been going to doctors nonstop for three weeks and have lots of experience with waiting rooms. So&#8230; when I watch this show about a highly succesful neurosurgeon who has dinner with his ex-wife, who is a community doctor for &#8220;the people.&#8221; But THEN it turns out SHE&#8217;S BEEN DEAD FOR TWO WEEKS! Dun dun dun. Blah blah blah, of course, she convinces him to go to her community center to get some files that she had hidden away and while he is down there a child goes into arrest and he has to rush the boy back to his fancy posh offices to work on him! *Of course* Anyway, I&#8217;m watching this thinking, dude THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH APPOINTMENTS WAITING! The show isn&#8217;t very good. I like the sassy secretary, but mostly this show was better when it was Eli Stone, cause at least then there were dance numbers!</p>
<p><strong>Homeland</strong><br />
This show is intriguing. It follows a CIA agent who suspects that a recently released POW might actually be working for our Afghanistan enemies. But she is hiding a mental disorder that could get her kicked out of the CIA &#8212; or the disorder could be what&#8217;s making her paranoid and this POW guy is perfectly clean! It stars the alien ANNA from V as the POW&#8217;s wife who thought he was dead for 8 years and (of course) has been sleeping with his best friend. The male lead is the detective from Life. So far, it&#8217;s good.</p>
<p><strong>Unforgettable</strong><br />
This show takes a 60 minutes segment about people with a rare recall ability, way too far. Evidently, this woman can see anything &#8212; a crime scene, a picture, a piece of paper, and remember it forever. Oh, and guess what? Her mom has Alzheimers! WHAT? TWIST! Meh. It&#8217;s okay. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll stop watching very soon. </p>
<p><strong>A Person of Interest</strong><br />
This show is about a billionaire who invented a matrix that compiles all the security videos and cookies and internet stuff and can figure out, based on patterns, that certain people are about to be involved in a crime. So he enlists a homeless man, who it turns out is a Navy Seal (groan) to help him save these people or arrest them, because he can&#8217;t figure out who will be the victim or the perpetrator, just that they&#8217;ll be involved. Yawn.</p>
<p><strong>The New Girl</strong><br />
The problem with this show is the cast. The premise of a girl who breaks up with her boyfriend and moves in with three guys from Craig&#8217;s List is fine. But Zooey Deschanel is just NOT an ugly duckling, no matter how many random props they toss on her face. She&#8217;s a movie star. So, strike 1 &#038; 2. I don&#8217;t buy her as the lost and quirky Jess AND I don&#8217;t believe she&#8217;ll stick around to do a sitcom on Fox for years and years. The men, except the one hapless romantic guy still in love with his ex girlfriend, ARE universally horrible. Heck, one dude already quit the show and they immediately replaced him with an equally horrible guy. That they are BOTH black, led to some twitter consternation a few days ago. Her best friend supermodel? Eye. Roll.</p>
<p><strong>Ringer</strong><br />
I was SO excited about Sarah Michelle Gellar&#8217;s return to television. SO excited. I didn&#8217;t even read anything to find out what the show was about, I just jumped right in&#8230; well, it&#8217;s about twin sisters with a secret past and a complicated, deadly present&#8230; and one takes the other&#8217;s place, but the other is trying to make the world think she&#8217;s dead, so she puts a hit out on her sister and&#8230; sigh&#8230; I fear this show is not good&#8230; but I hate to see Buffy fail, so I watch and tell others to watch&#8230; because I am a terrible person.</p>
<p><strong>Revenge</strong><br />
MAN, Sarah Michelle Gellar woulda been WAY better in this! It&#8217;s about a girl whose dad was setup 15 years ago who is out for&#8230;hold on, let me check my notes&#8230;oh yeah&#8230; REVENGE! Each week she takes out one more person who was part of the conspiracy lo those many years ago. The actress, best known as &#8220;Becca&#8221; on Brothers &#038; Sisters, has about three facial expressions, but she makes do. It&#8217;s set in the Hamptons, and everything is all glamorous, so she gets by. I like the vibe of it &#8212; one vengeance scheme a week, all while the big kahuna lady has a feeling something&#8217;s not quite right with this girl, but can&#8217;t figure it out. My one huge problem is that, dude, it&#8217;s only been 15 years, could she really look SO different that NO ONE recognizes her as the daughter of this man they all obviously spent A LOT of time conspiring to royally screw over? I swear, my elementary school teachers would still recognize me, AND I&#8217;M middle aged!</p>
<p><strong>Pan AM</strong><br />
I watched the premiere. Ugh. Basically, this movie is someone&#8217;s love letter to the olden days of women in girdles. But then, not to upset the feminist gals, they&#8217;ve thrown in a &#8220;and one of the stewardesses is also an international spy!&#8221; Boo. Yawn. Get Cristina Ricci&#8217;s agent on the line!</p>
<p><strong>Prime Suspect</strong><br />
This is a reboot of the 1980s British series which starred Helen Mirren. I didn&#8217;t particularly care for that series, so I wandered warily into this one. But hey! Americans do it better! I like whatever her name is, not Mira Sorvino, but I keep calling her that&#8230;OH Maria Bello? She&#8217;s tough and funny and obviously catches the bad guys! Plus, she, like me, looks like a boss in a hat!</p>
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		<title>Game of Thrones (spoiler alert)</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2011/07/06/game-of-thrones-spoiler-alert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<title>Dear Gib,</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/11/23/dear-gib-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a BILLION dollar idea for us! And I was inspired by this story about this dude beheading his mom while chanting bible verses: We open a law firm dedicated to defending people who get caught by earthly law enforcement while fighting supernatural phenomena! The business from Sam and Dean ALONE&#8230; And yes, I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a BILLION dollar idea for us! And I was inspired by this story about <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/actor_fatally_stabs_mother_with_9vIHMHNhfIILwCHltCFXIL">this dude</a> beheading his mom while chanting bible verses: We open a law firm dedicated to defending people who get caught by earthly law enforcement while fighting supernatural phenomena! </p>
<p>The business from Sam and Dean ALONE&#8230; </p>
<p>And yes, I totally know the difference between real life and TV. TOTALLY!</p>
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		<title>Spanning the Tube</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my! It’s almost Halloween and I haven’t given you my take on the 2010 television landscape! Color me forgetful! Well, let’s get to it, this might be in a weird NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, CW order because that’s how I copied and pasted them from the sites. Also, I must say, I feel like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my! It’s almost Halloween and I haven’t given you my take on the 2010 television landscape! Color me forgetful! </p>
<p>Well, let’s get to it, this might be in a weird NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, CW order because that’s how I copied and pasted them from the sites. Also, I must say, I feel like I’m no longer watching that much TV…scary, I know.  But in my defense, I watch a lot of poker and football shows that aren’t represented in this lineup. </p>
<p>And no, I still don’t watch reality shows. If I want reality I will leave my house and volunteer at a homeless shelter. Or adopt a child. </p>
<p><strong>30 Rock</strong></p>
<p>Ah, the gang’s back! Liz, Trace, Jack, Jenna and even Kenneth who was fired at the end of last season and began this season working at CBS. Sigh, it’s not as great as the first two seasons, but it’s still better than most of the crap out there AND the live episode made my week. Not that alcoholism is funny. And not that I’m an alcoholic. </p>
<p><strong>Chase</strong></p>
<p>I had high hopes for this show. Well, except for the lead being a skinny blond woman, I like law enforcement shows where the lead is a strong woman. Sadly, this show is terrible. I watched one episode and it took three vodka snow cones for me to make it through. Or I should say, I had three vodka snow cones because I would pause it when I got bored and would go make another one.  It’s a whole thing…wait, where was I…don’t watch this show, it’s bad and annoying and frankly, a little bit racist. And I repeat, I am NOT an alcoholic.</p>
<p><strong>Chuck</strong></p>
<p>How is Chuck still on the air? HOW?? I don’t get it? Bionic Woman, Life, the Nine…(hmm…I forgot to make my annual Fisch bet this year…) they all die, BUT CHUCK LIVES? There is no TV God. Alceste says he thinks this season is better than the last, I guess that’s true, but only because last season SUCKED HAIRY…um…there is no non gross way to end that sentence, is there? I apologize. I do love Linda Hamilton. Though…man, she has NOT aged well. Sad face. </p>
<p><strong>Community</strong></p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve blogged about how much I enjoy this show, though I tweet the sentiment quite often. I know not many people watch. In fact, last year I wrote that I thought it was okay, but was certain it would be canceled. I was wrong. After a few anemic episodes, this show came into its own with one of the funniest 22 minutes ever aired on TV with last year’s paintball episode. This year has picked right up where last season left off, with an awesome Betty White cameo AND a hilarious “simulated rocket launch.” I didn’t much care for the last episode, but with a show as tongue-in-cheek as Community, when they hit, they hit and when they miss…well, you still have the paintball episode saved on your DVR.</p>
<p><strong>Law and Order: Los Angeles</strong></p>
<p>I HATE THIS SHOW. I HATE THE COPS. I HATE THE STORYLINES. I HATE THE SETTING. I HATE….THE INTRO. I wish I could take credit for this, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what was off about it until I read the following tweet from <a href="http://basseyworld.wordpress.com/">@basseyworldlive</a> “These are some happy ass murders.” Precisely. The show is colored wrong, the dialogue is off, at no point do you BELIEVE that these actors are law or order! Blah. Terrible. Bring back the New York one, at least those bodies looked real.</p>
<p><strong>Law and Order: SVU</strong></p>
<p>Great double header to open the season, guest starring Malcolm from Lost as a suspect with a TWIST! Now, see? THIS is a Law and Order! Murders, victims, blood, PERPS! TWISTS! Aww, I’m home again.</p>
<p><strong>The Office</strong></p>
<p>Last season was SO bad, I was going to quit. Also, I HATE Erin and her stupid mousey face…but then, I dunno, they’ve regained something this season. That episode where Jim was going to keep adding keys to Dwight’s ring…classic! Reminded me of the good old days of Jim pranks before the crap about Sabre buying them out. I like the Office when they stick to plausible office scenarios, but are funny about it. Michael having to go to Toby for counseling? PERFECT. I’m back.</p>
<p><strong>Outsourced</strong></p>
<p>Look, on the one hand, this show is awful. On the other hand, do you want to be responsible for 12 Indian from India actors losing their jobs? Okay then.</p>
<p><strong>Undercovers</strong></p>
<p>Please, see what I wrote for Outsourced, but change Indian from India to black and 12 to three. </p>
<p><strong>Bones</strong></p>
<p>Yay! I love Bones. I love the characters, I love the storylines, I love the murders, and I love the solutions. I hate Booth’s new girlfriend. If they would just kill her off and have Bones solve the murder, I’d be cool. How great was the David Allen Grier guest spot??? A-MAY-ZING!</p>
<p><strong>Family Guy</strong></p>
<p>I still DVR this. But I still have episodes saved from last season that I haven’t finished. This show is the very definition of hit or miss. When it’s great, I don’t want to miss out, but when it bites, I can’t get through it and they just pile up.</p>
<p><strong>Fringe</strong></p>
<p>This is clearly the show&#8217;s best season. They have their footing, but I am still skeptical about their ability to pull off this double Olivia stuff…especially since Olivia is my least favorite character. But, at least we also kinda get double Walter. I’m in wait and see mode, if they cop out or shank it, I’m definitely quitting the show this season. Definitely! Ooh and Bubbles from The Wire should come back AND QUICK!</p>
<p><strong>Glee</strong></p>
<p>They sing, they dance, there’s a lot of drama set to music and costumes! They had me at “sing.” If you love Broadway and TV, this is the show for you. Also, Sue Sylvester might be one of the greatest TV characters ever. If you don’t love Broadway and TV, well, I feel sorry for you, cause you’re going to burn in hell. What? It’s in the bible. Like toward the back part.</p>
<p><strong>House</strong></p>
<p>Me no likey House and the boss lady being in a relationship. Me really no likey how explicit and prominent those scenes have been. Sadly, I’ll be even more pissed if they break them up. Really, I need them to be together, but have the show never mention it. Ever. </p>
<p><strong>Lie To Me</strong></p>
<p>Sigh. Sometimes this show is great. Sometimes it’s dumb. Like when a bunch of guys are stuck in a mine, but they don’t call engineers to get them out, NO! They CALL CAL LIGHTMAN! Cause he can read faces and get to the truth. Dude. They need a drill and a pulley, rat’s ass about the truth. And this happens A LOT. A Dude drives up to the White House with a bomb…no bomb squad…Lightman Group! <em>COME ON</em>! Also, I don’t get why they fired the black FBI guy. Annoying.</p>
<p><strong>Raising Hope</strong></p>
<p>I really should have put this show first. IT’S BRILLIANT, TOUCHING, HILARIOUS, GENIUS, PERFECT. It’s about a guy who has a one night stand with a serial killer, she is sentenced to death row, finds out she’s pregnant and when she’s executed, the guy is given custody of the baby. Of course, he’s a loser who lives at home with his parents. I laugh so hard when I watch this show, I have to rewind it because I’ve missed stuff. I love it so much, I didn’t even notice that there are no black in it till right this minute. GO WATCH! RIGHT NOW! ALL THE EPS ARE ONLINE AT FOX.COM. No, I’ll wait. GO!</p>
<p><strong>Running Wilde</strong></p>
<p>Um…see what I said about Raising Hope? Take the opposite of all that. He plays a really rich guy trying to impress his hippie ex-girlfriend and her daughter. Blah. Suck. It’s a real shame too because Will Arnett can be funny.</p>
<p><strong>The Simpsons</strong></p>
<p>The Simpsons will always be the Simpsons. The Lisa coaches Bart’s baseball team episode will be a classic.</p>
<p><strong>Shit My Dad Says</strong></p>
<p>I thought the show about a son that has to move back home with his ornery cranky dad was okay. I laughed. It’s not awesome, but it’s a solid “Meh.” And for a CBS comedy, well, that’s like an Emmy. However, since CBS doesn&#8217;t offer the episodes online for free, I can no longer watch it. Oh well.</p>
<p><strong>Blue Bloods</strong></p>
<p>Good to see Tom Brady’s baby mama can still get employment. But, this show about a rabble of Irish working cops is SO formulaic, I feel like I’m in high school physics class. Oh snap! See what I did there? I watched the premiere, never watched again. </p>
<p><strong>CSI</strong></p>
<p>OH MY GOSH, you guys, I QUIT CSI! I don’t even record them anymore! This and Smallville are the only two shows that are still airing that I “used to watch”! Who’s proud of me?</p>
<p><strong>The Defenders</strong></p>
<p>I watched the first episode of this show about two Las Vegas defense attorneys. The law? ALL WRONG. It was mildly amusing, but Jerry O’Connell is TV show death, so I won’t bother watching it again. NO way it lasts. (Dawn has pretty much just guaranteed syndication.)</p>
<p><strong>The Good Wife</strong></p>
<p>I’m glad I didn’t quit this show when I said that I would! It’s SOOO good. Mr. Big is still not that big a part of the show, which is boss because I hate him, but the other characters: Calinda, the PI, Alicia, the cheated on wife, the partners…oh so so good! You should be watching. And heck, you can pick it up right in the middle…so start watching!</p>
<p><strong>Hawaii Five-O</strong></p>
<p>I like this show. It’s a cop show, it’s set in Hawaii. It’s been uneven so far…hated the gun running storyline, loved the hostage taking storyline…Lines. They had two back to back…but I’ll be interested to see if they do more back storytelling rather than “crime of the weeks.”</p>
<p><strong>The Mentalist</strong></p>
<p>Last year, I thought I loved this show, then I started watching Castle and I see how derivative The Mentalist is…I’ll probably quit it soon, if they don’t go back to letting the Mentalist search for his wife’s killer. There are too many “crimes of the week” shows out there that do it so much better than The Mentalist. Let Jane be unique and maybe I’ll get back into it. Also, why CBS doesn&#8217;t offer episodes of this show online, I can&#8217;t understand. It&#8217;s driving me batty since my DVR missed the first episode of the season. However, the fact that it hasn&#8217;t changed my understanding of anything&#8230;well, bad sign.</p>
<p><strong>Mike &#038; Molly</strong></p>
<p>I watched the first two episodes of this sitcom about “Plus-sized love.” But that’s all it was, fat joke after fat joke. Blah. </p>
<p><strong>Brothers &#038; Sisters</strong></p>
<p>I have been promising to quit this show for three seasons. But I mean it this time, I’m done with the annoying limousine liberal Walker clan! Totally! Done. I’m leaving! For real this time!</p>
<p><strong>Castle</strong></p>
<p>I love Castle! I love his face, and his words and his mom and his house and his job. And I love Beckett and the other cops and I love their crimes. I HATE HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND. Well, and his daughter, but that sounds kinda mean to say…so…I HATE HIS GIRLFRIEND! This show is so funny and witty, I could watch it for hours and hours…and have!</p>
<p><strong>Cougartown</strong></p>
<p>DON’T JUDGE ME! It’s funny! I swear. I KNOW I KNOW…it just is. The cast and the writing…dude, what can I say. It’s funny.</p>
<p><strong>Desperate Housewives</strong></p>
<p>Sigh. I was SO excited to see Vanessa Williams join the cast… but the writers have already let me down. Why would she BE CHASING a contractor! AND WHY WOULD SHE GIVE UP? VOMIT. Vanessa Williams is amazing, she deserves better than the crap treatment black women get on network television. And fuck is up with replacing Gabrielle’s fat daughter with a skinny one? This show is doing the MOST to make me hate myself! But it won’t work! I have self esteem! You hear that MARC CHERRY! I love my fat black woman self and you can’t stop me! </p>
<p><strong>Detroit 187</strong></p>
<p>This show had a chance to really stand out. It could have done an amazing episode…instead, it copped out and is now just an okay cop show. I don’t really get the point of it – I mean, they have solved every homicide so far, but my sense about real Detroit homicides, is that the problem is they keep racking them up, but they never solve them…am I wrong? Plus, the scenery is so damn depressing.</p>
<p><strong>Grey’s Anatomy</strong></p>
<p>This season is so weak. Yet, I am so invested in these characters that I still cry almost every episode. I’m a sap. But if you aren’t also already similarly invested, there’s no need to start watching. Unless, you’re gonna rent all the past seasons…which are awesomesauce!</p>
<p><strong>The Middle</strong></p>
<p>I go back and forth on this show. You should know I HATE Patricia Heaton. But I kinda like the Janitor and I love the kids, so…I watch. It makes me laugh. I’m not saying you need to watch though…</p>
<p><strong>Modern Family</strong></p>
<p>I am MAD at this show right now. Making fun of Tom Brady getting hurt… THE DAMN HELL ASS NERVE! But it’s usually pretty hilarious, so I will assume someone just had an off day. I will recommend this show…but I’m keeping my eye on it! Hear that? Modern Family? WATCH Yourselves!</p>
<p><strong>My Generation</strong></p>
<p>I actually liked this show. However, since the “documentary” about ten kids who graduated high school in 2000, has already been canceled, not much more needs to be said. Plus, it did kinda make me feel old.</p>
<p><strong>No Ordinary Family</strong></p>
<p>THIS SHOW IS SOOOOOO TERRIBLE. I MEAN CRINGE TERRIBLE. Like you watch them and you can actually see them thinking “oh, I need to act all upset now, so I will contort my face in an upset manner” ARRRGGHHH. I JUST DON’T GET IT. Superpowers are supposed to make a show cool, these idiots find a way to make them make the show WORSE. CANCEL THIS! PLEASE! Or recast it&#8230;I known some Indian from India actors that may need work soon.</p>
<p><strong>Private Practice</strong> </p>
<p>This is another one of my about to be cut shows. I do not like what they’ve done with Dell or Maya or Sam or Naomi in the last 15 episodes. I’m actually all kinds of mad. Do not start watching this show under any circumstances. Or rent the old DVDs. See? Told ya I was mad.</p>
<p><strong>Gossip Girl</strong></p>
<p>So far, this season is better than the last. I like the Blair/Chuck feud. I find Serena and Dan increasingly annoying, but I’ll still watch for the snappy angry dialogue. </p>
<p><strong>Life Unexpected</strong></p>
<p>Cute show. I still watch. It may be on the verge of jumping the proverbial shark with this teacher/student love affair thing… And then I&#8217;ll stop. It already takes all I have to remember that I watch. If it starts being gross, I&#8217;m out like sprout.</p>
<p><strong>Vampire Diaries</strong></p>
<p>This is currently my favorite drama.  I know, everyone is over the vampire thing…but they somehow make it new and fresh and funny and deliciously evil again. It’s set in a small town called Mystic Falls and there are two brothers, who are both vampires because they both fell in love with the same woman 175 years ago AND SHE WAS A VAMPIRE AND TURNED THEM! AND NOW in present day there is a young high school girl that LOOKS just like THAT VAMP! And no one knows WHY! Okay, that may sound weird, but I promise, it’s good.</p>
<p><strong>Empire Boardwalk</strong></p>
<p>Four episodes in and I don’t know what or why I’m watching. But I’ll keep watching cause it’s HBO and I REFUSE to be all left out of the “hype” again like with Dexter and Mad Men. I will suffer through because I am desperate to be cool. Wait…I don’t think I’m supposed to admit that… fucking Marc Cherry is inside my head!! </p>
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		<title>Emmy&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/08/29/emmys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. If Neil Patrick Harris is nominated, he should win. Period. End of effing story. 2. I can&#8217;t wait till black people get invented, so they can be on TV shows and win Emmy&#8217;s. 3. I&#8217;m glad the Indian lady from The Good Wife won one. Suck it, Whitey. Yeah, I said it. 4. On [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. If Neil Patrick Harris is nominated, he should win. Period. End of effing story.<br />
2. I can&#8217;t wait till black people get invented, so they can be on TV shows and win Emmy&#8217;s.<br />
3. I&#8217;m glad the Indian lady from The Good Wife won one. Suck it, Whitey. Yeah, I said it.<br />
4. On the one hand, it would have been a nice &#8220;Fuck you, NBC,&#8221; if the Conan Obrien hosted Tonight Show had won. On the other hand, that show sucked.<br />
5. Do you guys know that my mom LOVES Jimmy Fallon? Like tried to fight-me-in-AC-because-I-said-his-show-was-boring-and-wanted-to-change-the-channel-LOVE.<br />
6. I&#8217;m glad George Clooney does charitable work and whatnot, but is it wrong that I&#8217;d prefer he just sit there and look pretty? I can&#8217;t stand the condescension. That&#8217;s a harder word to spell than you&#8217;d you think. Don&#8217;t tell Clooney, he&#8217;ll get all judgy about public school education.<br />
7. I tweeted a lot about the Emmy&#8217;s. If you care you can go here. <a href="http://twitter.com/realdawnsummers">But you don&#8217;t, do you? </a><br />
8. I&#8217;ve never seen the Big Bang. The Emmys think that dude is better than Alec Baldwin. Obviously, I can&#8217;t judge fairly, but Alec Baldwin is pretty dang good.<br />
9. I&#8217;m in one of those &#8220;when I&#8217;m rich and famous, I&#8217;m going to destroy the following people&#8221; kind of moods. I&#8217;m logging off now. Please leave Angela lots of comments if she guest blogs.<br />
10. Madmen still sucks.</p>
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		<title>True Blood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dude. DUDE. WTF?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dude. DUDE. WTF?</p>
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		<title>John Stamos to join cast of Glee</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/06/10/john-stamos-to-join-cast-of-glee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOOOOOOO! BOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Don&#8217;t they understand that, except for Sue Sylvester and *maybe* Will Shuster, we don&#8217;t give a flying fig about the adults in the Mckinley universe?? (Although, how hilarious would it be if Taye Diggs played one of Rachel&#8217;s gay dads?) John Stamos is a casting fail. Plus, he&#8217;s not even coming in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BOOOOOOO! BOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t they understand that, except for Sue Sylvester and *maybe* Will Shuster, we don&#8217;t give a flying fig about the adults in the Mckinley universe?? (Although, how hilarious would it be if Taye Diggs played one of Rachel&#8217;s gay dads?) <a href="http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/full-house-favorite-joins-glee--1310/blog_entry">John Stamos is a casting fail.</a> Plus, he&#8217;s not even coming in as a teacher? </p>
<p>Eyeroll.</p>
<p>BRING IN ZAC EFRON!!!!</p>
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		<title>Lost</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/05/24/lost-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 04:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get a text from Vinnay at the end of the show saying and I quote: &#8220;I just finished watching the finale. It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve watched. What did I miss&#8221;? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Right Julius Goat? Also, I&#8217;ve decided to live the rest of my life as if I am already dead. Beware.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I get a text from <a href="http://www.runner-runner-rebuy.com/">Vinnay </a>at the end of the show saying and I quote: &#8220;I just finished watching the finale. It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve watched. What did I miss&#8221;?</p>
<p>Nothing. Absolutely nothing.</p>
<p>Right <a href="http://jgoat.blogspot.com/">Julius Goat?</a></p>
<p>Also, I&#8217;ve decided to live the rest of my life as if I am already dead. Beware.</p>
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		<title>TV News</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/05/16/tv-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 05:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good News: Heroes and Flash Forward have been canceled. Yay! Bad News: Chuck has been renewed (sorry Anwyn), Mercy has been canceled and so has Better Off Ted and Law &#038; Order. Boo. And yeah, I know Law &#038; Order sucked with Jack as DA, but NBC could have at least let them get the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good News: <a href="http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/2010/05/mercy-canceled-by-nbc-report-says.html">Heroes </a>and Flash Forward have been canceled. Yay!<br />
Bad News: Chuck has been renewed (<a href="http://www.anwyn.com/">sorry Anwyn</a>), Mercy has been canceled <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/3005230/canceled_tv_shows_2010_list_runs_the.html">and so has Better Off Ted and Law &#038; Order.</a> Boo. </p>
<p>And yeah, I know Law &#038; Order sucked with Jack as DA, but NBC could have at least let them get the record and *then* drop the axe. So. Boo.</p>
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		<title>The End of an Era</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/05/14/the-end-of-an-era/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law and Order has been canceled!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_en_ot/us_tv_law___order">Law and Order has been canceled! </a></p>
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		<title>Quote of the Year</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/04/24/quote-of-the-year-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is America. None of us are supposed to be here! &#8211; 30 Rock]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is America. None of us are supposed to be here! &#8211; 30 Rock</p>
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		<title>Better three years late</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/03/27/better-three-years-late/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;than never. Fox to cancel 24 after the current dreadful season.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;than never. </p>
<p>Fox to cancel <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100327/ap_en_tv/us_tv24">24 after the current dreadful season.</a></p>
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		<title>Television Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/01/21/television-thursday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few words able to get me to watch a new television show: written by Joss Whedon, starring Dylan McDermott and &#8220;a Gilmore Girls for the new decade.&#8221; Ok, that&#8217;s a lot of words. But so it is I came to DVR the new show &#8220;Life Unexpected.&#8221; The last one. It is not written [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are few words able to get me to watch a new television show: written by Joss Whedon, starring Dylan McDermott and &#8220;a Gilmore Girls for the new decade.&#8221; Ok, that&#8217;s a lot of words. But so it is I came to DVR the new show &#8220;Life Unexpected.&#8221; The last one. It is not written by Joss nor does it star Dylan. I liked it! Not at all what I was expecting&#8230;blond girl from two dark haired parents always gives me pause. It involves A LOT of white people&#8230;but it&#8217;s set in Portland, so&#8230;what are you gonna do. Basically, a 16 year old foster kid tries to get emancipation, but she needs her birth parents&#8217; signature. Once she gets them, the judge is all, well, if you&#8217;ve got signatures, you&#8217;ve got birth parents: No soup for you and sentences the girl to the joint custody for former high school paramours who havent spoken in 16 years. Hijinks. Something. We&#8217;ll see.</p>
<p>New Chuck. Ok, the new Chuck 2.0 isn&#8217;t *the worst* he still needs to flash before he gets all super spy&#8230;but his whiny voice irritates me and I can&#8217;t stand the will they/won&#8217;t they with Sarah. Enough already. She is WAY out of his league! End of story. Bring back sandwich girl, so she can leave Ted Mosby alone.</p>
<p>How I Met Your mother: How awesome was the Barney musical?? HONESTLY!!!! I hate that it looks like &#8220;the Mother&#8221; is going to be a blond. Sigh. Still held on to the hope it was gonna be Robin.</p>
<p>30 Rock. This new hypersexual Liz Lemon has GOT to go.</p>
<p>Parks and Recreation&#8230;is still airing? Why?</p>
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		<title>Tonight Show Feud</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2010/01/14/tonight-show-feud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, is anyone on Team Leno? Ooh and now the drama get ratcheted up! But I&#8217;ve learned O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s reps now believe that Zucker wants to jettison Conan altogether and put Jay back at The Tonight Show at its usual starting time. So, to prevent O&#8217;Brien competing at NBC or elsewhere with Leno&#8217;s attempt to lure [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/If-Tonight-Show-Moves-Conan-Will-Quit-2163">So, is anyone on Team Leno?</a></p>
<p>Ooh and now the <a href="http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/jeff-zucker-threatens-to-ice-conan-ill-keep-you-off-the-air-for-3-12-years/">drama get ratcheted up!</a></p>
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But I&#8217;ve learned O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s reps now believe that Zucker wants to jettison Conan altogether and put Jay back at The Tonight Show at its usual starting time. So, to prevent O&#8217;Brien competing at NBC or elsewhere with Leno&#8217;s attempt to lure back his late night audience, NBCU&#8217;s Zucker has come up with this plot to &#8220;ice&#8221; Conan for the length of his NBC Tonight Show contract. It&#8217;s dastardly, it&#8217;s cowardly, and it could be damn effective. But there&#8217;s no way Team Conan says they&#8217;re going to let that happen. Bad enough NBCU horribly humiliated Conan and, as he so rightly pointed out in his statement, will damage The Tonight Show by moving it down a half-hour. With the 12:05 AM start, its ratings will never recover. After NBC made that decision, the phones at his WME agency rang off the hook with calls from every network, cable, and pay channel looking to hire O&#8217;Brien. And there&#8217;s every reason for him to flee. But, if Conan exits voluntarily or involuntarily, it will take at least a year before a new show is readied and on the air. He risks losing his fan base during that time. And he&#8217;ll be forever tagged by the failure. So now it&#8217;s open warfare between NBC and O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s reps.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Making Tae and Gib happy with one stroke</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/08/19/making-tae-and-gib-happy-with-one-stroke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Um&#8230;yeah, that sounded a little dirty&#8230;but whatevs&#8230; OK, Let&#8217;s talk about Harper&#8217;s Island people who have seen it! Meet ya in the comment section.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um&#8230;yeah, that sounded a little dirty&#8230;but whatevs&#8230;<br />
OK, Let&#8217;s talk about Harper&#8217;s Island people who have seen it! Meet ya in the comment section.</p>
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		<title>Harper&#8217;s Island</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/08/18/harpers-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. So well done! A thumb and a half up. I deduct half a thumb because they went the safe route on a certain thing that is anathema in our culture, but if they were being true to the story, would have gone through with. I am being purposefully cagey because you should all see [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. So well done! A thumb and a half up. I deduct half a thumb because they went the safe route on a certain thing that is anathema in our culture, but if they were being true to the story, would have gone through with. I am being purposefully cagey because <a href="http://www.tv.com/harpers-island/show/75276/summary.html?q=Harper%27s%20Island&#038;tag=search_results;title;1">you should all see it.</a><br />
Not for children or pregnant women. </p>
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		<title>No! I&#8217;m not ready</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/08/09/no-im-not-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am watching the Hall of Fame game, instead of sleeping, like a sane person in my position would do. Just saw my first commercial for the new Heroes season. Made me nauseous. I&#8217;m not ready for Fall, dammit! I&#8217;m liking my summer of virtually no television! But I won&#8217;t want to fall behind&#8230;waaa. Stupid [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am watching the Hall of Fame game, instead of sleeping, like a sane person in my position would do. Just saw my first commercial for the new Heroes season. Made me nauseous. I&#8217;m not ready for Fall, dammit! I&#8217;m liking my summer of virtually no television! But I won&#8217;t want to fall behind&#8230;waaa.<br />
Stupid choices.</p>
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		<title>And the winners should be&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/07/16/and-the-winners-should-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless somebody wants me to hurt my TV. My choices (and witty commentary) are in bold, below the fold. In other news, I think I may be over TV. My DVRs are full again (unwatched Weeds, PADs, My Boys&#8217;, Harper&#8217;s Island, King of the Hills,&#8217; etc.) Alceste told me there was a good new Better [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/30-rock-and-mad-men-top-emmy-nominations/?hp">Unless somebody wants me to hurt my TV.</a>  My choices (and witty commentary) are in bold, below the fold. In other news, I think I may be over TV. My DVRs are full again (unwatched Weeds, PADs, My Boys&#8217;, Harper&#8217;s Island, King of the Hills,&#8217; etc.)  Alceste told me there was a good new Better off Ted and yet, I still went out to play poker and then twittered for two hours when I got home instead of watching&#8230;perhaps if TV had more of *me* on it&#8230;</p>
<p>List of Major Categories: </p>
<p>Outstanding Comedy Series<br />
Family Guy<br />
<strong>30 Rock</strong><br />
Weeds (GARBAGE with a french accent)<br />
How I Met Your Mother<br />
The Office (The Joe Biden of television shows)<br />
Flight of the Conchords (quirky with a New Zealand accent.)<br />
Entourage (Garbage with a Brooklyn accent.)</p>
<p>Outstanding Drama Series<br />
Mad Men (SUCKS TOO)<br />
Breaking Bad (SUCKS)<br />
Lost (Craptacular)<br />
Damages (SUCKS MORE)<br />
Dexter (SUPER SUCKS)<br />
Big Love (SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS (get it, cause he has three wives?))<br />
<strong>House</strong> (Hmm&#8230;and the winner is&#8230;)<br />
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Lead Actor in a Drama<br />
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad<br />
<strong>Hugh Laurie, House</strong><br />
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment<br />
Michael C. Hall, Dexter<br />
Jon Hamm, Mad Men<br />
Simon Baker, The Mentalist</p>
<p>Lead Actress in a Drama<br />
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men<br />
Glenn Close, Damages<br />
Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters<br />
<strong>Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU</strong> (Uh, least bad of BAD choices. OK, I wouldn&#8217;t vomit if Glenn Close won, BUT THAT SHOW SUCKS!)<br />
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer<br />
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace</p>
<p>Lead Actor in a Comedy<br />
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory<br />
<strong>Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock</strong><br />
Steve Carell, The Office (WHY THE HELL IS HE STILL GETTING NOMINATED FOR THIS CRAP???!!)<br />
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men<br />
Tony Shalhoub, Monk (WHY THE HELL IS HE STILL GETTING NOMINATED FOR THIS CRAP???!!)<br />
Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords</p>
<p>Lead Actress in a Comedy<br />
Toni Collette, United States of Tara<br />
<strong>Tina Fey, 30 Rock</strong><br />
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine (WHY THE HELL IS SHE GETTING NOMINATED FOR THIS CRAP???!!)<br />
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program<br />
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds (WHY THE HELL IS SHE STILL GETTING NOMINATED FOR THIS CRAP???!!)<br />
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?</p>
<p>Best Reality Competition<br />
The Amazing Race<br />
American Idol<br />
Dancing With the Stars (No clue, really, but L&#8217;il Kim was on this and I like her.)<br />
Project Runway<br />
Top Chef</p>
<p>Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series<br />
The Colbert Report<br />
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Uh&#8230;I guess?)<br />
Late Show With David Letterman<br />
Real Time With Bill Maher<br />
Saturday Night Live </p>
<p>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series<br />
William Shatner, Boston Legal (WHY THE HELL IS HE STILL GETTING NOMINATED FOR THIS CRAP???!!)<br />
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal<br />
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad<br />
William Hurt, Damages<br />
Michael Emerson, Lost (Who is this? I pick him by default since I don&#8217;t know for sure he sucks)<br />
John Slattery, Mad Men </p>
<p>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series<br />
Rose Byrne, Damages<br />
Sandra Oh, Greyâ€™s Anatomy<br />
<strong>Chandra Wilson, Greyâ€™s Anatomy</strong> (Seriously, I WILL BREAK TVS if she doesn&#8217;t get it this year!!!!! If you aren&#8217;t scared YOU AREN&#8217;T PAYING ATTENTION!!)<br />
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment<br />
Hope Davis, In Treatment<br />
Cherry Jones, 24 (VOMIT! SUCKS!)</p>
<p>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series<br />
Kevin Dillon, Entourage<br />
<strong>Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother</strong> (LEGENDARY! LIKE ME!)<br />
Rainn Wilson, The Office (Would it be wrong it I tweeted rainn that he should just drop out now? Defeat with dignity.)<br />
<strong>Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock</strong> (Aww&#8230;um&#8230;can there be a tie?)<br />
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock<br />
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men (WHY THE HELL IS HE STILL GETTING NOMINATED FOR THIS CRAP???!!)</p>
<p>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series<br />
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies<br />
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live<br />
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live<br />
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock<br />
<strong>Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty</strong> (And NO, it&#8217;s not because she is the most black of the choices. Racists.)<br />
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds</p>
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		<title>I love a country where&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/22/i-love-a-country-where/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 05:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Miss America competition is no longer aired on network television, but the national middle school spelling bee is given a host and shown live on ABC.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Miss America competition is no longer aired on network television, but the national middle school spelling bee is given a host and shown live on ABC.</p>
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		<title>YAY</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/18/yay-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC picks up second season of Better Off Ted! The renewals and pick-ups are flying fast and furious this weekend. On the heels of Fox&#8217;s big Dollhouse reprieve, ABC has handed second-season renewals to Castle and Better Off Ted. via Alceste]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ABC picks up second season of <a href="http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/05/breaking-abc-re.html">Better Off Ted!</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The renewals and pick-ups are flying fast and furious this weekend. On the heels of Fox&#8217;s big Dollhouse reprieve, ABC has handed second-season renewals to Castle and Better Off Ted. </p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://the-misanthrope.blogspot.com/">via Alceste</a></p>
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		<title>Lost Blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/14/lost-blogging-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 04:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, kudos&#8230;you skipped right over the shark and decided to jump the whole damn ocean. Good job, guys.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, kudos&#8230;you skipped right over the shark and decided to jump the whole damn ocean.</p>
<p>Good job, guys.</p>
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		<title>House Blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/13/house-blogging-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 03:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really? *This* is the storyline you steal from Grey&#8217;s Anatomy? Talking dead? Couldn&#8217;t you have gone with bomb in the ER? At least then stuff blows up. Boo.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really? *This* is the storyline you steal from Grey&#8217;s Anatomy? Talking dead? Couldn&#8217;t you have gone with bomb in the ER? At least then stuff blows up. Boo.</p>
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		<title>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy Blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/13/greys-anatomy-blogging-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 02:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did anyone else puke their guts out? I mean honestly. And Lord what happened to Izzie and George? Sad. Yarf.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did anyone else puke their guts out? I mean <em>honestly.</em>  And Lord what <em>happened </em>to Izzie and George?  Sad. Yarf.</p>
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		<title>Chuck blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/13/chuck-blogging-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This season was wretched. It deserves to be canceled. That is all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This season was wretched. It deserves to be canceled. That is all.</p>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/07/update-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My TV show has been a HUGE hit over on facebook. It now has a title &#8220;Kickin&#8217; It&#8221; and might feature children, dressed as clowns, punching businessmen in the junk rather than kicking them&#8230;though that would present some problems for our title&#8230;stay tuned. (BTW, I am still laughing hysterically at the thought.)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My TV show has been a HUGE hit over on facebook. It now has a title &#8220;Kickin&#8217; It&#8221; and might feature children, dressed as clowns, punching businessmen in the junk rather than kicking them&#8230;though that would present some problems for our title&#8230;stay tuned.</p>
<p>(BTW, I am still laughing hysterically at the thought.)</p>
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		<title>Totally random thought that has been cracking me up all day</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/07/totally-random-thought-that-has-been-cracking-me-up-all-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would love to see a TV show where the cameras follow a little kid around office buildings in New York as he randomly kicks businessmen wearing suits in the nuts. I mean, honestly! I could watch *that* show for hours!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would love to see a TV show where the cameras follow a  little kid around office buildings in New York as he randomly kicks businessmen wearing suits in the nuts.</p>
<p>I mean, honestly! I could watch *that* show for hours!!</p>
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		<title>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy Blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/05/greys-anatomy-blogging-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wait, a six year old shoots her father 17 times and she gets to just go home with her mom? Seattle must be nice. Great episode though: &#8220;When we get it right, &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry is redemption.&#8217;&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wait, a six year old shoots her father 17 times and she gets to just go home with her mom? Seattle must be nice.</p>
<p>Great episode though: &#8220;When we get it right, &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry is redemption.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Not so random thought</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/05/05/not-so-random-thought-261/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 02:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cast of Prison Break should all get Emmys just for being able to film this whole season without busting out into laughter during every scene. Brava, gentlemen, brava.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The cast of Prison Break should all get Emmys just for being able to film this whole season without busting out into laughter during every scene. Brava, gentlemen, brava.</p>
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		<title>Supernatural blogging</title>
		<link>http://www.clareified.com/2009/04/22/supernatural-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Summers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dawn doesn&#8217;t know if it was more awesome watching the guy microwave his own head until it exploded or watching the security guard get chopped in half by the elevator. She does know that she will be up screaming all night until she figures it out. &#8220;Angel or not, I will stab you in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dawn doesn&#8217;t know if it was more awesome watching the guy microwave his own head until it exploded or watching the security guard get chopped in half by the elevator. She does know that she will be up screaming all night until she figures it out.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Angel or not, I will stab you in the face.&#8221; </em>- Dean</p>
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