Head Snaps: TV Tango's Blog
- David Tutera's Top 10 Wedding Tips
- Mike Vicic - Sun Sep 27th, 2009
Need some fresh, money-saving, elegant ideas to make your wedding as unique as you are? David Tutera is here to help! Tonight at 9PM, WE starts airing the second season of his wedding makeover series, My Fair Wedding, as he helps a Brooklyn bride create a Diamond White Wedding. Plus, early next year, you can buy his new book, The Big White Book of Weddings: The How-To Guide for the Savvy, Stylish Bride.
- Top 10 TV Character Comas
- Cason Murphy - Fri Sep 25th, 2009
Tonight, you don't have to be a psychic to find the return of Medium as it makes its high profile switch from NBC to its new home at CBS. The finale of last season left viewers searching for answers as Allison DuBois dropped off into a coma after a critical surgery. To get in the mood, we dug through some medical files of characters from series and made-for-TV-movies to find 10 of the most notable coma cases.
- FOX Finds Its Funny Bone: 2009 Fall Preview
- Abe Fried-Tanzer - Thu Sep 24th, 2009
With two new series premiering this weekend, we're taking a look at FOX's new Fall programs -- three comedies. Every show finds its inspiration somewhere, and we decided to compare them side-by-side with some of FOX's most notable past and current programming. Just find the new series on the left-hand side and then read across to see if that show has anything in common with some of your fave FOX series!
- The Cosby Show 25th Anniversary Giveaway
- Lamont Huxtable - Wed Sep 23rd, 2009
To help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Cosby Show, TV Tango is giving away a 25th Anniversary DVD set (all 8 seasons); a script; and "The Cosby Show" hat to some lucky (and knowledgeable) reader.
- FX Snax
- Mike Vicic - Mon Sep 21st, 2009
When you're watching Sons of Anarchy or It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FX likes to give you a little video snack during commercials. It's usually some short clip about a movie in theaters or on DVD -- sometimes with Dave Holmes providing a behind-the-scenes look at a key scene. FX might start calling these videos "FX Snax."
- Primetime Emmy Primer & Ballots
- Mike Vicic - Sun Sep 20th, 2009
Celebs are arriving on the red carpet, and your guests will soon arrive with red velvet cupcakes for your Emmy party. We know you don't have much time left -- about three hours -- and we thought we'd help you out. We've listed the nominations for 19 of tonight's major categories here. If you want a true Emmy ballot (with check boxes), we recommend the full official ballot at emmys.com (all 28 categories for the enthusiasts) or the ballot of the most popular categories from the TV Addict (11 categories).
- Emmys with Abe: Primetime Predictions
- Abe Fried-Tanzer - Fri Sep 18th, 2009
This Sunday night at 8pm, CBS presents the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Members of the Academy of Television Arts and Science have voted and the winners will be revealed live. It's always a surprising night, and viewers' choice favorites often aren't the eventual victors. Here's an insider's look at who deserves to take home a trophy, and who will actually win come Sunday night.
- TV Tango Tally: 2009 NBC Fall Preview
- Abe Fried-Tanzer - Thu Sep 17th, 2009
As the Fall season begins, we're previewing NBC's new slate of scripted fare, which includes one comedy (Community) and two dramas (Mercy; Trauma). To give you an idea of what to expect, we're comparing them with some of the Peacock's most notable past and current series -- Friends, The West Wing, The Office and Heroes. Find out what these unlikely combinations of shows have in common!
- 42 Late-Night TV Series and Their First Guests
- Mike Vicic - Mon Sep 14th, 2009
After months of buzz, weeks of commercials, and days of practice, The Jay Leno Show debuts tonight with Jerry Seinfeld as Jay's first guest. In honor of this event, TV Tango went through the archives and found 42 first guests of late-night TV — all since Late Night with David Letterman premiered back in February 1982.
- Class Clowns with Caps & Gowns: 10 Child Sitcom Stars Who Got College Degrees
- Cason Murphy - Fri Sep 11th, 2009
It's September - and the symphony of electronic pencil sharpeners starting up means only one thing: school is back in session. Every so often, one of TV's child stars roams the halls of a university. We are flipping back through the yearbook pages to look at 10 scholastic sitcom stars that nabbed some impressive degrees and what they have (or in some cases, haven't) done with them since.