AskLatisha.com » TV Talk http://www.asklatisha.com Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:17:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 So You Think You Can Dance, Season Eight http://www.asklatisha.com/so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-eight/ http://www.asklatisha.com/so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-eight/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:48:28 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2753 This Eighth Season of “So You Think You Can Dance” is filled with the most talented top 20 dancers I have ever seen on this show. Every week it’s like you don’t really want to see anyone go because they are so good. I have already lost two favorites that I would have like to see more of, Hip-Hop Dancer Robert and Tap Dancer Nick.

I thought some of the guest Judges this year, seemed like strange choices to judge this kind of dance show and even though they are funny chicks ( Megan Mullally, Debbie Reynolds, Kristen Chenoweth) and it was funny at times to listen to their input. I thought they did not really have anything useful to say that could help cultivate the dancers, kind of like Ellen as Judge on American Idol.

I am so glad Mary Murphy and the Top 20 is back this season, I truly missed them both last Season, but I am glad the show is going half and half, keeping both the Allstar edition of the show and the Top 20. I don’t really have a favorite to win as yet, but whoever does ultimately win will deserve it because they are all incredible dancers. I can also say, I think the lone Broadway dancer  on the show Jess has a real Broadway/movie star power about him, as do Robert and Nick (both eliminated). They are all round entertainers. I also think Tadd, Jordan and Sasha are awesome. I think Clarice is very beautiful, and Marko and Melani make a great coupling. What do you think?

Robert "Woo Man" Taylor Jr

Nick Young

Clarice Ordaz

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-eight/feed/ 0 Hawthorne Summer Premiere Review http://www.asklatisha.com/hawthorne-summer-premiere-review/ http://www.asklatisha.com/hawthorne-summer-premiere-review/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:16:10 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2865 Premiere Date: 14th June 2011

Episode Title: “For Better or Worse”

Episode Summary:

The episode starts at Christina’s and Tom’s backyard wedding. Christina is beautiful, smiling, and happy and her dress is beautiful. The ambience is gorgeous. Then they very soon made us aware that Christina neighbors are about to take a family trip and some workers are about to cut down a tree or something like that. Christina and Tom says their “I dos,” but basking in their wedding bliss is shortlived and immediately you hear a loud crash, a tree has fallen on her neighbors vehicle as they were about to leave.

You see Christina running to the scene in her beautiful wedding dress holding her pregnant belly.

Fast forward to later that night, the family is fine; and Christina and Tom are happily ready to head home and get their wedding night going. Tom is called into a meeting and Christina heads to the parking lot on her own, while talking to Tom on her cell. While still on the cell with Tom, someone who you couldn’t see their face, comes up behind her and smashes her head into her car glass window, then throws her to the ground, punches her, kicks her, really beats her up.

Fast forward a little bit more, Tom and Christina, along with some of their peers are doing everything in their power to save their baby, while Nurse Candy (pretty blonde nurse) is having hers in another room. Meanwhile Detective Nick Renata, a man who deeply cares for Christina, is out there looking for the perpetrator, with the one lead Christina remembered; he had a ring with a red stone in the middle. In the final minutes of that episode, apparently by the end of the night, Detective Nick returns with the ring, gives it to Christina and tells her “sleep well.” Cue the music.

5 Reasons why I watch Hawthorne:

1.) Jada Pinkett Smith is one of my favorite actresses, since “Low Down Dirty Shame.”
2.) Hawthorne does have some compelling stories
3.) There was this one episode in Season One, that took my breath away. Season 1, Episode 9, “Mother’s Day”
4.) Christina Hawthorne is a confident, strong, intelligent woman, a good mom, a hard-worker and a fighter, an epiphany of a women of strength, the kind of woman I’d like to strive to be
5.) The actress Jada Pinkett Smith seems to be that kind of woman too

My Review of Season 3, Episode 1

I think that wedding was a total reflection of what a Christina Hawthorne wedding would be like. At one point Christina was asked if that was her dream wedding and she said yes, you know, I really think she meant that.

At the point, when Christina was being beaten in the parking lot, I thought, wow, that person must really hate her to do something so evil, what could anyone have done to someone so bad, that they deserved something like that.

So as much as trying to save their baby made for good medical drama, I wanted more answers. None was really provided in this first episode and I would feel very angry and cheated if none would be provided in the next one either.

Nevertheless, it was a very interesting way to reintroduce Detective Nick Renata back into the series. Let’s see where it all goes from here.

Season Three, episode Two “Fight or Flight” premieres Tuesday, June 21, at 10/9 c.

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Do you think Nikita and Alex had a contingency plan for something like this? I know one thing is for sure; tonight’s finale will reveal a lot of surprises and answer some questions. I also heard one of the principal characters is going to die tonight. Who, who? Are you a Nikita fan? Will you watch?

Tonight i’m also watching The Mentalist and maybe Vampire Diaries.

In other t.v news, looks like there is a possibility NBC’s Chuck might get a Season Five afterall. Read article. Keep your fingers cross, Chuck fans! We’ll know soon enough.

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/what-you-watching-tonight/feed/ 0 Human Target Gets Cancel http://www.asklatisha.com/human-target-gets-cancel/ http://www.asklatisha.com/human-target-gets-cancel/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 16:12:55 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2631
You  hear about TV shows getting canned here or there around this time of year, but since this is my blog and I’m pressed for time these days, I’ll only be sharing about the shows I watched, Human Target being one of them.

I thought it was cool, moderately entertaining, didn’t like the revamp of Season Two, so much, those two chicks I could have done without, especially the character Ilsa Pucci. Have to say, not surprised about the cancellation though, it was a cool show, but not good enough to pull high ratings and live a long happy life.

This is a cancellation that doesn’t bother me one way or the other. I will however miss seeing these two guys (seen below) on TV. I’m looking forward to see what their next projects will be.

Did you watch Human Target? Is this cancellation a surprise to you?

 

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/human-target-gets-cancel/feed/ 0 I’m thinking of canceling my Vampire Diaries Season Pass (A Little Bit of Rambling) http://www.asklatisha.com/i%e2%80%99m-thinking-of-canceling-my-vampire-diaries-season-pass-a-little-bit-of-rambling/ http://www.asklatisha.com/i%e2%80%99m-thinking-of-canceling-my-vampire-diaries-season-pass-a-little-bit-of-rambling/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:34:57 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2482 Not that the show has disappointed me or diminished in quality or mystery in anyway. When last I watched, it was still pretty interesting; although the relationship between Stephen and Elena was starting to bore and irritate me a bit. Unfortunately just like with the dumb Twilight series, I began rooting for the doomed relationship (Team Jacob/Team Damon).

Just to talk about the Twilight series a little. I think the first flick was a little below alright but it didn’t suck; it was just a little dumb. With the introduction of the love triangle in New Moon I thought it might get a little more interesting and even a bit sexy (at least the trailers had that vibe), however, it turned out to be a pointless, pathetic and selfish (Bella), pointless, lovesick and irrational (Bella and Edward), disappointing film with one sexy hunk (Jacob :)), dumb characters (The Volturi and the entire character line-up) and two wasted hours of my life. I know I mentioned pointless twice, not a typo.

 I thought that Jacob was a really sweet guy, friend and hero when Bella really needed one and I enjoyed the friendly banter between the two, in my opinion he is a much more sensible choice for Bella to fall in love with, but she selfishly misused his love for her and dishonestly led him on.

There is this one scene between the two of them where Bella stupidly hurts herself and she feels blood on her forehead and apologizes, then Jacob says “Bella, you’re apologizing for bleeding?” I just think with Jacob, she could of have something closer to a normal less intense life.   Listen to me rattle on about this stuff like its real, it’s a good thing this is my blog and I can say whatever I want. Nevertheless, my apologies for my longwinded yet miniature Twilight review.

Hottie!

As for Vampire Diaries’ Damon; he is or was a bad guy for hundreds of years, spilling many innocent blood, but his love for Elena has given him a change of heart. Does that undo what he did or who he was? Why do we always root for the bad guys?

 I think it’s because they are often sexier and more intriguing, thus that is the case here. Nevertheless, should I continue to watch the show in hopes that something evolves between these two characters?

To be honest, this t.v show doesn’t add to my life in anyway. I’m not sure I’m into the direction its heading. The only thing to keep me watching and chop it up to a guilty pleasure is the hopes that something (not necessarily sex) happened between Damon and Elena, and that’s not very likely to happen, and if it does. Where would the story go from there? What would happen to Stephen and Damon’s relationship? More drama!

Right now I have 5 unwatched VD episodes in my Tivo recordings; I’ve just not been in the VD mode lately. Lately I’ve desired feel-good wholesome entertainment. Not love triangle, blood spilling, supernatural creatures at war type stuff.

So what to you think, delete them, cancel the season pass and move on? Besides doing that would fit into two of my 2011 goals, to fill my mind with more positive things and watch tv less, read more. I was just keeping the recordings there just in case I got in the VD mood again. Other stuff I have canceled season passes for lately (late last year) because I wasn’t feeling the drama and direction the shows were heading are The Good Wife (got too political for me, it’s a shame, I really loved the first season) and Hellcats (Too much drama and sex for me).

I think I’ve made my decision. Still let me know what you think? Thanks for bearing with my rambling.

Hot Guy! Dumb Franchise!

Are they any shows you are thinking you should stop watching?

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/i%e2%80%99m-thinking-of-canceling-my-vampire-diaries-season-pass-a-little-bit-of-rambling/feed/ 0 This Week’s Holiday TV Guide-What to watch? http://www.asklatisha.com/this-weeks-holiday-tv-guide-what-to-watch/ http://www.asklatisha.com/this-weeks-holiday-tv-guide-what-to-watch/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:59:01 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2452 Already got the holiday spirit? I know I do. I’m excited to delve into the world of holiday, heart-warming and sometimes thought provoking t.v movies and specials; and I want to offer you whatever information I gather on where to go, what to watch and when. If you are a Christmas fanatic, like I am and you really love Christmas movies and specials as much as I do, please feel free to come back every week for info on what’s on that week. Also hit up my comment box and tell me what you are going to watch, what you watched and what did you think? Let me know. Looking forward to hearing you. Have a great week.

Friday 12th- Thursday 18th 

This week Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas begins; all Christmas movies all month long. I love Hallmark.

 Friday 12th

Disney Movie Premiere- 8 P.M, The Disney Channel

Avalon High- This new Disney Channel movie follows Allie, a teen girl who’s thrilled when her parents, traveling professors who teach King Arthur’s legend, tell her that she’ll get to stay at her new school until she graduates. But shortly after arriving at Avalon High, she discovers a few uncanny similarities between King Arthur’s legacy and her new high school. Is it a modern-day Camelot?

Followed by:

Wizards of Waverly Place -9: 45 P.M, The Disney Channel

 Alex Tells the World- In the premiere of its fourth season, after escaping from a government agency that was holding them captive, the Russos return home to find they no longer have contact with the wizard world.

9:00 P.M, Hallmark Channel

A Family Thanksgiving- An ambitious attorney striving to become partner at her New York law firm bumps her head and wakes up in an alternate reality as a wife and mother of two. She unexpectedly finds great joy in having a family and, after being pulled back into the real world, is far less fulfilled as a single woman living only for her career. Realizing how much she is sacrificing, she sets a new direction in life to make room for love and family. Stars Daphne Zuniga and Faye Dunaway.

Saturday 13th

Hallmark Channel

 6:00 A.M- Finding John Christmas- A mysterious stranger is photographed as he performs an act of bravery. The town, curious to know his identity, labels him “John Christmas.” Nurse Kathleen McCallister is especially interested in him because she believes he is her brother who has been missing for 25 years. Emmy« Award winner Peter Falk reprises his role as Max the angel. Stars Valerie Bertinelli, William Russ and Peter Falk.

8:00 A.M- When Angels Come to Town- Emmy« Award winner Peter Falk reprises his role as Max the angel in this heartwarming holiday drama about two very different families who need his help at Christmas. This time, Max’s job is at stake when his heavenly supervisor comes to earth to discipline him for contacting the wrong family in need. Also stars Katey Sagal, Tammy Blanchard, and Seann Gallagher.

10:00 A.M-What I Did For Love- A big city attorney doesn’t know what he’s in for when his fiance brings him back to her small hometown of Pine Gap to meet her family during the holidays. Once there he must survive not only the rigors of country-life but also her father, a tough and weathered lawyer-loather rancher. Stars Jeremy London, Dorie Barton and Sally Struthers.

12: 00 P.M- Moonlight & Mistletoe- Having grown up with Christmas year-round in a quaint New England town named Santaville with her dad playing Santa, a young woman has lost her Christmas spirit. When her dad is injured she returns home to find Santaville in financial trouble. In her effort to help her dad save his beloved Santaville, she is able to reconcile her past and find love in her future. Stars Tom Arnold, Candace Cameron Burre, and Barbara Niven

2:00 P.M- A Family Thanksgiving

4: 00 P.M- The Good Witch-When Cassandra Nightengale moves into a small town’s supposedly “haunted house” and opens an aromatherapy shop, she changes the lives of the local residents with her magical ways. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter. 

6:00 P.M- The Good Witch’s Garden- Good witch Cassie Nightingale has finally found a home at stately Grey House and her relationship with handsome police chief Jake Russell is blossoming, when mysterious stranger Nick Chasen arrives in town. Nick claims to be a long lost relative of the house’s original owner and soon threatens the new life Cassie has found. Sequel to the popular Hallmark Channel original The Good Witch.Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

8:00 P.M- The Good Witch’s Gift-Cassandra ôCassieö Nightingale always has a few tricks up her sleeve, but is surprised when her handsome fiancT, chief of police Jake Russell, proposes they set their wedding date for Christmas Eveùonly six days away! The two hurry to plan the wedding, but run trouble into when a criminal from Jake’s past returns to town. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

10:00 P.M-The Good Witch’s Gift

Sunday 14th

Hallmark 

12:00 A.M- The Good Witch’s Gift

2: 00 A.M- The Good Witch

4:00 A.M- The Good Witch’s Garden

6:00 A.M- Moonlight & Mistletoe

8:00 A.M-The Most Wonderful Time of the Year- The overwhelming tasks that go along with Christmas have taken the joy out of the holidays for busy single mom Jennifer Cullen. Then her Uncle Ralph arrives at her home with the young, handsome Morgan Derby. Morgan’s love of Christmas, and life, is contagious and as Jennifer glumly navigates through the holidays, she soon realizes that what she needs most is right under her nose. Stars Henry Winkler, Brooke Burns and Warren Christie.

10:00 A.M- A Season For Miracles - With a little help from an angel, Christmas miracles happen for a homeless family. Stars Patty Duke, Laura Dern, Carla Gugino, Lynn Redgrave, and Kathy Baker.

12:00 P.M- Fallen Angel- A high-powered Los Angeles lawyer returns to his deceased fathers home in Maine where he is reunited with his past. Stars Gary Sinise, and Joely Richardson.

2:00 P.M-Silver Bells- Anne Heche and Tate Donovan star in an adaptation of Luanne Rice’s holiday tale about a widower who finds love in New York City.

4:00 P.M- All I Want for Christmas-A nine-year-old boy enters a corporate-sponsored contest in which entrants are asked for their greatest Christmas wish. Unbeknownst to his widowed, mother he asks the contest organizers to help her find a new husband. Stars Gail O’Grady, Robert Mailhouse, Jimmy ‘Jax’ Pinchack, and Greg Germann.

6:00 P.M- The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

8:00 P.M- The Good Witch’s Gift

10:00 P.M- A Season For Miracles

Monday 15th

Hallmark

12:00 A.M- Silver Bells

2:00 A.M- Fallen Angel

4:00 A.M- The Ultimate Gift- When his wealthy grandfather dies, trust fund baby Jason Stevens anticipates a big inheritance. Instead, his grandfather has devised a crash course on life with twelve tasks–or “gifts”– designed to challenge Jason in improbable ways, sending him on a journey of self-discovery and forcing him to determine what is most important in life: money or happiness. Stars James Garner, Bill Cobbs and Abigail Breslin.

6:00 A.M- One Magic Christmas-Award-winning actress Mary Steenburgen stars as Ginny Grainger, a young mother who rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie. Stars Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton.

8:00 A.M- A Christmas Visitor-An unexpected visitor enters the lives of two grieving parents to help them remember the joys of Christmas. Stars Meredith Baxter and William Devane.

4:00 P.M- One Magic Christmas

6:00 P.M- The National Tree- A majestic spruce which represents cherished memories of happier times for a father and son becomes a source of inspiration and pride for the entire nation. Based on the novel by David Kranes. Stars Andrew McCarthy, Kari Matchett and Evan Williams.

8:00 P.M- The Ultimate Gift

10:00 P.M- A Christmas Visitor

Tuesday 16th

Hallmark

12:00 A.M- The Three Gifts – As their orphanage is being renovated, three orphan boys who are known for being trouble makers temporarily move in with Jack and Cherie Green over the Christmas Holiday. The Greens are unable to have children and Jack is wary of fatherhood. As his feelings change, however, Jack and Cheri are able to give the children the greatest Christmas give they’ve ever known. Stars Dean Cain, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mimi Kennedy and Reginald VelJohnson.

2:00 A.M- What I Did For Love

4:00 A.M- The Christmas Gift- In this modern day Christmas classic, a family learns the true meaning of the Christmas spirit in the most unexpected of places. Stars John Denver and Jane Kaczmarek.

6:00 A.M- The Three Gifts

8:00 A.M- The National Tree

4:00 P.M- Christmas in Canaan – In the rising heat of the Civil Rights Movement, Daniel Burton a widowed farmer struggling to make ends meet, forces his young son, DJ, who has begun to show racist tendencies, to spend time with his black classmate, Rodney, leading to an unexpected friendship. As the years pass and racial tensions in their town build, an unforgettable Christmas will teach the boys the importance of hope and the true meaning of family. Based on a novel co-written by Kenny Rogers. Stars Billy Ray Cyrus, Zak Ludwig, and Jaishon Fisher.

6:00 P.M- What I Did For Love

 8:00 P.M- The Christmas Card - Moved by an anonymous Christmas card sent to the front lines of Afghanistan, lonely career militarist Captain Cody Cullen travels to the small town of Nevada City to meet the card’s sender, Faith Spelman. Stars Ed Asner, John Newton, and Alice Evans.

10:00 P.M-  Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle - Feeling in over his head when it comes to being a single dad to twin six-year-olds, Seth Webster is in desperate need of a nanny. And it may not be just coincidence when, just as the perfect housekeeper shows up, other important things begin to fall into place as well. Mrs. Merkle, or æMrs. Miracle,’ as the twins dub her, not only cooks and cleans, but wields a mighty snowball-throwing arm and always seems to know the right thing to do, which is just what this family needs. Stars James Van Der Beek, Erin Karpluk, and Doris Roberts.

Wednesday 17th

12:00 A.M- Christmas in Canaan

2:00 A.M- Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue – Three children fight to get their innocent father out of jail in time for Christmas. Stars Robert Urich.

4:00 A.M- Mr. St. Nick – Deciding it’s time to pass the torch on to his son, Nick St. Nicholas, Santa learns that his son has a few plans of his own. When things go terribly wrong, only a miracle can stop Christmas from becoming a dim memory forever. Stars Kelsey Grammer, Ana Ortiz, Charles Durning, and Katherine Helmond. Nick

6:00 P.M- Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle

8:00 P.M- The Christmas Card

4:00 P.M- Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

6:00 P.M- Mr. St. Nick

8:00 P.M- Naughty or Nice – George Lopez stars as an antagonistic sports-radio DJ challenged to be nice on the air by an ill boy, whose condition improves with the jock’s new approach.

10:00 P.M- All I Want For Christmas

Thursday 18th

Hallmark

12:00 A.M- Ebbie - In this updated retelling of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” ruthless business-woman and shopping store owner Elizabeth “Ebbie” Scrooge is taught the true spirit of Christmas by three Spirits who visit her. Stars Susan Lucci.

2:00 A.M- Christmas Carol, A (2004) – Inspired by a stage musical which used to be presented annually at New York’s Madison Square Garden, this Christmas Carol stars Kelsey Grammer as tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge, who sees the errors of his ways just in time to oversee the best Christmas ever for his long-suffering clerk Bob Cratchit. Also stars Jason Alexander, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski and Geraldine Chaplin.

4:00 P.M- Ms. Scrooge- The classic Dickens tale gets a refreshing modern update in this heartwarming holiday treasure starring Cicely Tyson. Miserly-banker Ebenita Scrooge is given the opportunity to examine her life, in a way only three special Christmas ghosts can. Also stars Katherine Helmond and Michael Beach.

6:00 P.M- Naughty & Nice

 8:00 P.M- Ms. Scrooge

 4:00 P.M- A Christmas Carol (2004)

 6:00 P.M- Ebbie

 8:00 P.M- Karroll’s Christmas – Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting cards for a living, this proves to be a hinderance. Stars Tom Everett Scott, Wallace Shawn and Larry Miller.

 10:00 P.M- Karoll’s Christmas

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/this-weeks-holiday-tv-guide-what-to-watch/feed/ 0 TV Newsweek- Fall Season Sneak Peeks-tugs at my heartstrings http://www.asklatisha.com/tv-newsweek-fall-season-sneak-peeks-tugs-at-my-heartstrings/ http://www.asklatisha.com/tv-newsweek-fall-season-sneak-peeks-tugs-at-my-heartstrings/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 11:14:45 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2411 Here are two fall season new series sneak peeks, that has caught my attention in an emotional way.

Still think U.S Marshall Annie Frost looks like a carbon copy of U.S Marshall Mary Shannon (In Plain Sight) and Det. Grace Hanadarko (Saving Grace). Anyway, I just might watch. Anyway, way better role for Kelli Giddish (Past Life). It’s good to see Jesse Metcalfe (cutie from Desperate Housewives) back on t.v again.

Looks really interesting. I love a good lawyer series. My favorite show back in the day was Matlock.

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