Variety reports that Fox has ordered an additional 10 episodes of Kitchen Nightmares.
“To be doing well and moving up on that night and against that competition is nothing short of miraculous,” said Fox’s Mike Darnell. “I think this show is going to be on this network for a long time.”
Online Nation, which saw a ridiculously low viewership of just 580,000 people in what was to be its final broadcast, has been cancelled by The CW, effective immediately. Apparently it’s dragging down the (dead) Sunday night lineup or something.
In its place, Aliens in America will be airing, which seems completely out of place in that time slot, but it does revert back to what The WB has historically done on Sunday night in terms of promoting its other nights with reruns.
It’s unclear why CW Now has not also been cancelled or just how much life it has left in it, as it, too, is well under 1 million viewers.
In The Bachelor 11 episode 2, McCarten was the first bachelorette to kiss Brad (badly), Solisa tried way too hard to impress Brad, Michele fell and got a concussion, the girls decided they hated Jenni and tattled on her, and we said goodbye to three women (Michelle, Erin, and Mallory).
Stephy, McCarten, Jenni, Lindsey, Sarah, and DeAnna went on the first group date. They’re going to a circus where there will be a lot of participation. They started off by petting the elephants. Then they went to the luxury box (there’s a luxury box at the circus?). After that, they get to interact with circus people, which Jenni says is her element. Jenni asks what Brad’s thoughts are about a long distance relationship because she wants to finish the cheerleading season. Stephy’s been single for a long time and is looking for someone like her dad.
Brad is the official guest ringmaster and walks out on the stage with the women. He takes McCarten to the side and tries to figure out what she’s feeling. She says she’s feeling more than a friend vibe but doesn’t need a rose to feel safe. After the circus, one of the circus guys come out and gives Brad the rose. He gives it to Stephy because she really put herself out there.
Hillary gets the one-on-one date with Brad. She says she wants to get the first kiss (so she thinks, as two others have already kissed him) so she can brag about it. He breaks out a million dollar necklace to let her wear for the date. They go to San Francisco for the night by private jet and limo. He says he chose her because he thinks she’s a fun girl. At dinner, Sheena gets emotional but says she’s not going to cry. Afterwards, though, she does become an emotional wreck, which confuses him but lets him know she’s got true feelings for him. He gives her a rose. At the end of the date, they do end up kissing. Then she says she’s falling in love with him in her confessional.
McCarten couldn’t care less whether Hillary leaves or not, and DeAnna’s just as cold. They openly and willingly admit it to her face when she gets back.
Kristy, Sheena, Jade, Bettina, and Solisa go on the second group date, which is sailing. Solisa gives Brad a lap dance. Sheena and Brad are racing in the water, and she cuts him off and gets in trouble by the water cops, which I’m assuming are about as dangerous as the mall police. This gives Bettina the chance to get some time alone with him. She finally takes the opportunity to tell him she’s divorced. He’s shocked (so is this a bad thing or not?). He gives the rose to Kristy.
Brad’s twin brother Chad comes to help him out. Brad asks Chad to pretend to be him. He’s going to use this as a test to see who’s there for him and who’s not. Given the limited amount of time he’s spent with them so far, this is a lame test and a pitiful thing to base a decision on, though many of them will be able to tell the difference. McCarten and Lindsey don’t notice, but Chad thinks that given more time McCarten would have figured it out. Sheena notices and says he looks and sounds different but takes a little bit to completely catch on. Kristy notices before Chad even gets a chance to sit down. Sarah notices something’s off but doesn’t figure it out.
Roses:
Hillary (already received a rose)
Stephy (already received a rose)
Kristy (already received a rose)
Sheena
McCarten
Jenni
Jade
DeAnna
Bettina
Sent home:
Lindsey
Solisa
Sarah
I’ve been wondering when he’d send Solisa home, but the idiotic twin twist screwed both Lindsey and Sarah.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Bachelor 11 episode 4.
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In Bionic Woman Episode 3, Sarah begged Jaime to help her because she’s sick and dying, and Jaime’s the only one who can help her.
Jaime’s running at top speed, which appears it’s about training or stopping some criminals, but it’s actually about stopping Becca from being with some guy. Or as she says, it’s about the fact that she lied about it. Not buying it. Not entirely anyway.
Jay busts Sarah. We’ll see how long she remains trapped.
Jonas shows Jaime a video of an American doctor, Mark Stevens, being held hostage in Paraguay. The government doesn’t care because it’s Paraguay, but this team is able to get involved.
Sarah tells Jonas she doesn’t want anything from him, including his help in getting better.
The small plane they’re on scares Jaime, who is afraid of flying to begin with, and being drunk and feeling guilty about lying to her sister about what she’s actually doing don’t seem to help.
Jaime uses her bionic strength to stop a propeller, allowing them access to the building. After breaking in, Antonio’s plan is simple: get caught. The terrorists tie them up and take them to the hostage, threatening to kill her if he doesn’t help. Antonio instructs Jaime to lose the fear and go bionic, and when the time is right, they take out the bad guys.
Jay says he wants Sarah back. She says she doesn’t trust Jonas but tells Jay she wants proof they’ve made advancements that could help her.
Antonio wants to kill Stevens because of the knowledge he has (blueprints for bionics, which he was kidnapped to decode). Jaime refuses. She gets shot and falls while running away but manages to escape with him.
Meanwhile, back at home, Jaime’s friend shows up, the friend who Jaime told Becca she was going away with. The fact that she’s lying is getting more and more obvious.
While Stevens is working on getting the bullet out of her, Jaime continues to obsess about lies. As they keep talking, he says he wouldn’t have told about her because of what the terrorists could have done with that information. Then he breaks the bad news to her. The drive talked about a 5 year projection, where the bionics cease to function. Meaning she’s going to die. She tells him it’s good (huh?) to hear the truth for once.
Jay returns to Sarah without a fix. As I was wondering how the heck she could actually be held like she was, she breaks free and escapes.
Antonio finds Jaime and again wants to kill Stevens. She again refuses and says he’ll have to go through her first. He’s more than willing to oblige, and they fight each other. Eventually, she wins the fight.
Jaime goes to Jonas to cry about him not telling her that she’s going to die, and he says 5 years is a lifetime in technology. He tells her he’ll find a way to fix it.
When she gets home, Becca says she deserves to know, but it doesn’t make a difference. She’s probably going to have to tell her at some point, but that point is not tonight.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Bionic Woman episode 5 The Education of Jaime Sommers, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.
In Kid Nation episode 4, the producers tried to stir up trouble with the introduction of religion, Taylor and most of her yellow district continued to do whatever they wanted (which is nothing), and the town again complained about Taylor’s lack of leadership.
Zach goes into Taylor’s bunkhouse to wake people up and tell them they need to cook breakfast. They refuse.
The pioneer journal suggests district elections. If nothing else, Taylor’s gotta go, but it will be interesting to see whether she’s got enough popularity with enough people to stay in charge. Laurel and Mike have done a good enough job that I’d be okay with them sticking around.
As they’re about to break the news, a food fight breaks out. There’s much happiness from the townsfolk. Sophia asks how many of the town council are confident, and none of them are.
The green district, despite the fact that they always lose the showdowns, is a very good district and discusses things maturely, coming to the conclusion that, although they have people like Michael, Sophia, and Morgan, Laurel should stay in charge.
Mike asks whether anyone from the red district wants to oppose him. Guylan raises his hand. Who?
Anjay asks whether anyone wants to oppose him, and Olivia, who doesn’t like him, decides she does.
Taylor asks for another (another) chance. Zach says he’ll oppose her, and he’s the best pick. He says he’s getting tired of “Deal with it.” He asks people to tell him they agree with him, which they do.
The showdown is about politics. Each district will send out one person at a time to smash pinatas. In some of the pinatas is a picture of a US President. They must bring the pictures back to their council leaders, who will put them in historical order. Mike’s pretty confident, but everybody else doesn’t have an idea. Green gets off to a fast start. Blue team’s smaller members prove problematic. Taylor has no clue, but Zach tells her the right order. Green gets all the pictures first but takes a long time to put them in order. By a split second, Laurel outruns Taylor, but she’s wrong. Yellow district gets theirs right and is the upper class. Going back to their original order, green finally gets out of the laborer class and takes second to become the mechants. Red team takes third place and are the cooks. With 15 seconds left, blue finishes, getting a reward for the town.
The first choice is a BBQ. The second choice is toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash, and floss. The council takes the dental choice, an unpopular but good decision. Taylor tells the other council members if they want meat, they can kill a chicken, which is a spot on assessment. As with the pizza, Mike again makes it clear he disagrees with the council’s non-food choice.
Taylor’s confident because she has all the girls on her side. Zach realizes this and pitches his case to the girls, telling them it’s their choice between Taylor letting them be lazy or someone doing a good job. Markelle tears down Taylor’s poster and starts shouting for people to vote Taylor out. He then rips it up, and Leila, who made the poster, gets upset and cries. Greg, who from time to time shows he’s mostly just putting on a tough guy act, goes to comfort her.
Greg and Zach are mentioned as the top choices for a gold star.
The current council’s last act of business is to award the gold star. Greg finally gets the gold star he’s been working toward. He says he’s going to use the money for college.
Laurel stays in power because nobody runs against her.
Blue District Votes
Anjay
Olivia
Anjay
Olivia
Anjay
Olivia
Anjay
Anjay
Anjay
Anjay
By a vote of 7-3, Anjay is reelected to the town council. Olivia says she’ll run again if given the chance. Anjay says he’ll respect her opinions in the future. She says she doesn’t believe him. This is exactly why she wasn’t elected. It seemed more about a personal conflict than anything else.
Red District Votes
Guylan
Mike
Guylan
Guylan
Guylan
Guylan
Guylan
Guylan
Guylan
Guylan
Guylan wins in a landslide 9-1. I still don’t know who he is, though, considering it’s episode 5 and we haven’t even seen him before as far as I know.
Yellow District Votes
Taylor
Zach
Taylor
Zach
Taylor
Zach
Zach
Taylor
Zach
Zach wins by a vote of 5-4. It’s about time.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Kid Nation Episode 6 Bonanza Is Disgusting, which airs at 8/7c on CBS.
Here’s 6 minutes of preview video clips for Heroes Season 2 Episode 5 Fight or Flight. As usual, this contains spoilers.
Scenes include:
Suresh and Parkman trying to figure out how to help Molly after she collapsed.
Elle (Kristen Bell) shows up in Ireland looking for Peter.
Micah playing the piano and chatting with Monica, who learns just by watching him play.
Peter wants to open the box.
In case you missed it, don’t forget to check out Part 1 of the previews for this week’s episode, and as always, stay tuned to dingoRUE for a live blog when the show airs.
The Race 2 is a production of ICTV that’s structured similarly to The Amazing Race. Watch The Race 2 online.
If you haven’t seen The Race 2 yet, now’s as good a time as any to catch up. I’m not gonna spoil it up front, but here’s the drama I’ve been waiting for. After a bit of a slow start, the last half of this special 90 minute episode is excellent.
In The Race 2 Episode 3, Jon & Jenna got a big break and coasted to first, Dave & Matt continued to get on people’s nerves (but in a good way), and Drew & Vanessa finally ended up in last place. The current top three appear to be the most likely contenders for the win.
Dave & Matt attempt to rationalize how coming in second is better than coming in first. But anyway, at the end of the day, they are pretty similar to Rob & Amber, except that they’re going out of their way to screw with people’s minds. The other teams hate them so much that there’s always the risk they’ll lose focus on the race and start focusing more on the competition. They snoop around in Daniel & Jeff’s car hoping they’d get caught, which they did, creating paranoia among the other teams that something’s wrong with their cars. They then plant drawings in the middle of the night, and leave notes telling them they did things to their cars (i.e. put a banana in their tailpipe). Completely valid gameplan, but the tailpipe bit pushed the envelope a bit much, resulting in a time penalty that dropped them from second to last. Seemingly harsh, but I’m not surprised they finally did go too far, not that it’ll slow them down any.
Teams depart in the order in which they arrived, except Dave & Matt, with the penalty.
First: Jon & Jenna
Second: Sadie & Ginalola
Third: Hal & Matilda
Fourth: Daniel & Jeff
Fifth: Dave & Matt
They must first head to the fire training grounds on West Ave, where they must each complete a training exercise. One teammate must put on truck gear and connect the truck to the fire hydrant; the other teammate must put on full gear and crawl through a smoky building to rescue a dummy. Jon & Jenna make it look easy and finish just as Sadie & Ginalola arrive. Hal & Matilda and Daniel & Jeff arrive at the same time, and both teams appear to struggle just to find the clue. Sadie finishes pretty quickly, but for Ginalola, it’s not quite so easy, which backs up the other teams because it’s first come first served, particularly bad news for Dave & Matt, who show up as Ginalola’s struggling through the rescue training. As Jon did with her, Sadie helps Hal, all in an effort to get rid of Dave & Matt. As they’re leaving, Sadie & Ginalola get directions from the fireman how to get to the next location, something Jon & Jenna failed to do and ended up getting lost. Dave & Matt eavesdrop, in addition to taking notes while the others are doing the task. As they leave for the next destination, they believe they’ve made up some ground.
The next destination is the Sa-Sa-Na Loft Monument, which they must figure out is known locally as the Indian girl monument. Teams must search from a scenic outlook for a person holding a banner with The Race logo. Despite getting lost, Jon & Jenna arrive first. The rest of the teams arrive in the same order as they started. Sadie & Ginalola show up and find out how long Jon & Jenna have been there, so they go back to move the car. While they’re gone, Jon & Jenna find the clue and take off. They also make sure not to drive right up to the person just so the others don’t see their car. Smart play, but so much for the alliance. Jeff & Daniel arrive as the others are leaving (Hal & Matilda have caught up and are now following Sadie & Ginalola to the banner). Dave & Matt are still well behind.
Up next is a stop at the Tioga county office building, where they must use a map to answer 11 questions about the villages, which are depicted in murals throughout the building. The last remaining mural is where they must go to find the next pitstop. Jon & Jenna have answered two questions by the time Sadie & Ginalola and Hal & Matilda arrive. Jon proposes they work together. Hmm. But he does say not to help Daniel & Jeff if they arrive before everyone’s finished.
Just as I was thinking Dave & Matt were toast, through a combination of Daniel & Jeff getting lost and Dave & Matt running red lights on purpose, Dave & Matt arrive seconds ahead, so it’s anybody’s race for last place. Daniel & Jeff go off on a wild goose chase, and the other teams insist on hiding the map from Dave & Matt, a cheap but valid tactic, even if it is the exact same thing they’re all so upset about having done to them. When they ask if blocking the map is against the rules, they’re told the map can be used as they wish. So they step away and plot to grab the map. This eventually degrades into a shoving match, and in the commotion, they take the map and run. Or try to run anyway, as they’re stopped pretty quickly off camera, which then leads to a shouting match. As a result of this, teams are separated and allowed to view the map individually in two minute intervals. However, it’s not long before all the other teams get back together and start sharing information again, leaving Dave & Matt on their own with a limited time to view the map. This task has definitely made for good TV, but it’s been way too easy for everyone to abuse.
Jon & Jenna figure it out to be Waverly. He tries explaining it to Sadie & Ginalola but is told it’s not his turn at the map. He does tell it to everyone else before leaving, though. The other teams must spend at least two minutes looking at the map before they leave. Nobody’s completely convinced that this answer is actually correct, but they seem to just be going on faith, knowing that if they’re wrong, they’ll at least have a bunch of other wrong people with them. A large factor is no doubt that they just want to get as far away from Dave & Matt as possible.
On the way, Sadie & Ginalola get suspicious that they were given incorrect information, particularly since Jon & Jenna were so quick to ditch them earlier. While everybody else is travelling to Waverly, Dave & Matt choose it as their 10th mural eliminated. They can’t figure out the last one to eliminate, so they just decide to go to Candor since it’s closer, which is the very last one that the other teams eliminated, though they continue to debate the whole time there whether they should go there or to Newark Valley.
Sadie & Ginalola do the math while driving and also eliminate Waverly and stop Hal & Matilda to ask them. Jeff & Daniel see these two teams on the side of the road and stop to find out what’s going on. They all decide to go to Candor.
Jon & Jenna arrive at the building in Waverly but aren’t able to find anything or anyone. After wandering around for a while, they decide they need to turn around and head back to Owego to look at the map again. They decide to go to Candor and figure out why the first answer was wrong, doing the math that the others did quite some time ago.
Even up to 1/4 mile away from the pitstop, Dave and Matt are still debating where they should go. They stop to ask someone about the old coal barn in Candor (which as it turns out is indeed the pitstop for this leg of the race) and don’t get a positive response, so they switch gears and decide to go to Newark Valley. After they leave the gas station, then the locals start discussing where the barn is… right down the road. Of course, when they arrive in Newark Valley (9 miles away), they find out that’s not right. Back to Owego it is, where they again decide to go to Candor, but this time they’re both in agreement.
Hal & Matilda break off from the group and go the right way. They discover the pitstop first. The other two teams in their group, who don’t know where they disappeared to, are 2 miles away, placing them closer than any of the other teams.
After the first three teams arrive, they begin talking about everybody being a team against Dave & Matt again. Because that worked out so well last time, when all four teams drove the wrong way because they were in such a hurry to beat them. Dave & Matt refuse to stop at the same gas station as they did the first time since they got nowhere, but Jon & Jenna do stop there. They get a good response from multiple people. In the end, that’s enough.
At the pitstop:
First: Hal & Matilda
Second: Daniel & Jeff
Third: Sadie & Ginalola
Fourth: Jon & Jenna
Fifth: Dave & Matt (eliminated)
The best team got beat. Tough way to lose, but at least it was because they messed up and not because they weren’t given a chance as I feared would happen.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Race 2 episode 5.