http://www.tvmonger.com Your television, your blog... Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:57:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out Lost In A Blog for updates, news, and recaps of your favorite television drama! http://www.tvmonger.com/2008/02/01/new-season-of-lost/ Just because the WGA strike has put the cabash on all your favorite primetime dramas and comedies, it doesn't mean there isn't anything to watch this year.  Reality television is taking the networks by storm and a recent Yahoo poll shows that these are the front runners. 1. American Idol (Fox) 2. ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2008/02/01/top-5-reality-shows/ Just hours before Britney Spears entered the UCLA Medical Center for her mental breakdown, Justin Chambers (who plays Dr. Alex Karev on ABC's Grey's Anatomy) was leaving the facility after checking himself in earlier this week.  Apparently the model-turned-actor suffers from a sleep disorder and voluntarily went to the hospital earlier this ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2008/02/01/greys-star-treated-for-exhaustion/ MSNBC reported today that the radical Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Ka. - known to picket funerals of soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq (already gasping) - plans to protest the stateside memorial service for actor Heath Ledger because of his portrayal as a gay cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain."  Hmm, so God ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2008/01/24/baptist-church-to-protest-funeral/ A new gameshow aired on Fox last night.  It's just like Who Wants to be a Millionaire except the contestants know the questions (and answers) before they even begin, they can win up to $500K (rather than a full million), and they are bound to lose much much more (friends, family, spouses).  At first ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2008/01/24/the-moment-of-truth-truthfully-pointless/ Sometimes we don't really think of movie/tv stars as people, they're just celebrities: folks with fatter paychecks and better "weekend clothes."  We track their robotic perfect lives in gossip magazines and entertainment news blogs.  So why is Heath Ledger's unexpected death so upsetting?  I'll tell you why.  It's because he was a talented ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2008/01/23/heath-ledger-1979-2008/ So most everyone has heard that the Golden Globes ceremony (second only to the Oscars in terms of award show popularity) is being replaced this year with a very scaled-down "press conference."  Interestingly enough, E Online reports that the WGA said it wouldn't picket the Globes so long as the ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2008/01/09/ben-silverman-is-a-tool/ In The Criminal Justice System, The People Are Represented By Two Separate Yet Equally Important Groups, The Police Who Investigate Crime, And The District Attorney’s Who Prosecute The Offenders, These Are Their Stories. Da DUN! Most of us could utter that little prime-time drama intro in our sleep.  Even though it's now ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2008/01/04/jeremy-sisto-joins-law-and-order/ So far VH1 is running laps around Mtv when it comes to crazy celebreality shows.  The Rock Of Love with Poison's Bret Michaels searching for love from a pool of very eligible Vegas strippers?  Incredible.  You didn't have to feel bad for the botoxed aging rocker who made a reference to "Every Rose Has ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2007/11/28/the-salt-n-pepa-show-sad-or-entertaining/ Tuesday night, Mary Delgado and man that proposed to her on the 2004 season of ABC's The Bachelor, Byron Velvick, made a surprise appearance on special episode of The Bachelor called "After The Final Rose."  Along with Ryan and Trista, they were one of the show's "success stories," seemingly still smitten with one another.  A mere 24 hours ... http://www.tvmonger.com/2007/11/25/bachelor-finalist-arrested/