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Saturday Night Live - "Annette Benning/Gwen Stefani/Akon" - 7.5/10 Although SNL can still get a little stale at times, they seem to be headed towards brighter days with Jason Sudeikis, Andy Samberg, Keenan Thompson and Kristen Wiig on the cast. The political cold-open and monologue were God awful, but it was mostly gravy from there on in. Funny sketches included an awesome re-edit of the "Apocalypto" trailer, a Robert Smigel cartoon "Diddy's Kiddies", "Good Morning, I Hate This Town", the SNL Digital Short, "Consumer Beware" and the resurgent "Weekend Update", which is not only funny but also pulled off professionally under Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers.

(hed) p.e. - Back To Base X - 8/10 Best Tracks: Novus Ordus Clitorus, White Collars, Peer Pressure, Daze Or War.

Eden is too hot to die. Take Niki/Jessica instead. :@

That was better, but still way off from previous seasons. I'm getting more and more comfortable with this season being the last. Hopefully the musical episode kicks some ass. Still, there were some good moments this time, the best being Kelso telling Jack his shirt looks gay.

Okay that was fucking awesome, one of the best "O.C." episodes yet. Ryan's Taylor obsession, Che chaining himself to Summer, Seth tracking Che down, Bullet... all awesome. I really hope next week's episode isn't the "It's A Wonderful Life" knock off they seemed to indicate it would be in the preview. I've already seen one bad version of that this week, and no one is going to touch when "Popular" did it anyway.

I haven't seen that many movies this year, so odds are the best picks won't be in my nominations. Nonetheless: Music Awards * Group/Artist of the Year: Arctic Monkeys, The Roots, Sufjan Stevens. * Album of the Year: Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere, Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood * Song of the Year: Gnarls Barkley - Crazy, Outkast - PJ & Rooster, Lil Wayne - Shooter * Best New Group/Artist: Arctic Monkets, Gnarls Barkley * Best Soundtrack: Marie Antoinette * Video of the Year: Erm... I'm stretching here because I don't dig watching the music channels much anymore... OK Go - Here It Goes, Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces. Country * Best Country Group/Artist: Dixie Chicks * Best Country Song: Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice * Best Country Album: Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way (Notice the depth of my country knowledge. >_>) Pop * Best Pop Group/Artist: The Pipettes * Best Pop Song: Beyonce - Deja Vu * Best Pop Album: The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes Rap * Best Rap Group/Artist: Lupe Fiasco, Cadence Weapon, The Roots * Best Rap Song: Outkast - PJ & Rooster, K-Os - Valhalla, Lil Wayne - Shooter * Best Rap Album: The Roots - Game Theory, K-Os - Atlantis, Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor Rock * Best Rock Group/Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arctic Monkeys. * Best Rock Song: TV On the Radio - Wolf Like Me, Evanescence - Call Me When You're Sober, Audioslave - Moth * Best Rock Album: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, Sam Roberts - Chemical City. Television Awards * Best Drama: House, Lost, 24. * Best Comedy: Scrubs, The Office, Corner Gas. * Best Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie: At the Hotel * Best Actor: Hugh Laurie for House, Kiefer Sutherland for 24, Jason Isaacs for Brotherhood * Best Actress: Erin Daniels for The L Word, Kristen Bell for Veronica Mars, Katee Sackhoff for Battlestar Galactica. * Best Supporting Actor: John C. McGinley for Scrubs, Jason Dohring for Veronica Mars, Neil Patrick Harris for How I Met Your Mother. * Best Supporting Actress: Sarah Chalke for Scrubs, Sarah Paulson for Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip, Autumn Reeser for The O.C. Film Awards * Best Picture: The Departed, Borat, The Prestige. * Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola. * Best Leading Actor: Leonardo Dicaprio for The Departed, Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat, Adam Sandler for Click. * Best Leading Actress: Natalie Portman for V for Vendetta, Helen Mirren for The Queen, Anne Hathaway for The Devil Wears Prada. * Best Supporting Actor: Matt Damon for The Departed, Johnny Depp for POTC2, Hugh Jackman for The Prestige. * Best Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson for The Prestige, Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada, Jacinda Barrett for The Last Kiss. * Best Screenplay: Clerks II, The Departed, The Prestige. * Best Special Effects: X-3, Superman Returns, Mission Impossible 3.

Terrible for the first 10 minutes, and probably the worst season premiere yet. But at least it got focused in the last half. Auspicious start though; if the rest of the episodes are gonna be like this I hope it's the last season.

Is it really more intelligent than Fraiser? Because America has created a few 'intelligent' comedies over the years.

Come on, "Wolf Like Me" 8/10? Maybe the song, but aren't we letting our biases get in the way just a tad? The video is dull.

Okay Reilly is starting to appear a mere mortal. "Raines" and "Black Donnellys" should have spots specifically tailored for them, not just kept as late season replacements. And am I to assume that since it appears nowhere on the press release that "The Singles Table" is either going to air in the summer or not at all? Because that sucks. :@ EDIT:

Zaun-y is back. He was good this year, but this season is gonna be the test of whether he can function full time. This year he won't have Bengie to handle 40-50% of the games.

I wonder if the 21,000 units sold for Tom Waits is 7,000 3CD sets, or 63,000 CD's.

Just about anything (except maybe MTV) gets better musical acts than SNL lately.

The conclusion to the rapist angle was great, but mostly because it has concluded and we can get to a murder mystery again. Thank God they gave Logan his balls back, but I don't see what they'll do to bring the crazy sarcastic Logan back. Second half of the season looks good though.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - 7/10 Soylent Green - 4/10