I cannot wait! This show is so funny!

The Secret Life of the American Teenager-The overall message about checking people’s phones that everyone kept bringing up seemed way too much like a public service announcement but that happens a lot on this show. Grace is defending Ricky and Amy and tells Adrian she’s awful. She really is a terrible person. She’s after Ricky and she also sleeps with Ben. Are teenage girls these days really this slutty? I sure hope not. I like that Grace’s character is less selfish, but when she panics when her new boyfriend asks if he can see her phone its obvious that she still has some growing up to do. Meanwhile Amy has been brokenhearted that Ricky won’t talk to her. They end up actually having a grown up conversation. It shows how much the characters have matured and it made me happy. Hopefully the writers keep those two together. And can someone just write Adrian off the show? That girl is so annoying!

Ellen- Reruns: Willow Smith was on Monday’s show. I didn’t realize that Will Smith’s kids were getting so old. She’s 10 and kind of crazy. She’s really cute but her style is very out there. Tuesday was an extremely powerful episode with Ellen’s wife Portia De Rossi. She talks about her book and her struggle with anorexia. I definitely teared up and the way she talked about it struck a familiar cord with me. I never got as bad as her, but in my teens and even in my early 20s I struggled with an eating disorder. It’s one of those things that is so easy to fall back into and interviews like this just remind me of how easy it is to fall back into bad patterns.

 America’s Funniest Home Videos-Sometimes it’s just so nice to giggle. My hubs and I caught an old rerun on tv this week and it cracked us both up. The best one was a little boy who gets his head stuck in a cat house, with the cat still in it. So funny! I wish I had a picture of it because it’s hilarious.

Tia & Tamara-I just found out that they have a new reality show. I don’t know what it is about these twins but I’ve always liked them, even though their sitcoms and movies were incredibly cheesy. The show is following one sister who is planning her wedding (I love weddings!) and one sister who is getting ready to have a baby (I love babies!) so this show is sort of perfect for me.

The first episode I saw was “Last Fling Before the Ring” where Tamera is about to have her bachelorette party. Tamera is upset because Tia won’t come to the bachelorette. Tia makes a good argument against it, “I’m almost 8 months pregnant.” No doubt. Sorry but what crap timing to be knocked up right before your sister’s wedding. BOO.

I’m shocked to learn that Tamera chose not to live with her fiance before getting married. They are definitely in for some changes! Watching them do their registry together was pretty cute. You could see the love there.  I feel bad that the two sisters are dealing with huge life moments at the same time. There’s going to be a lot of toe stepping during this process. It makes me grateful that I don’t have a sister in some ways. There were a lot of mini melt downs and a few unnecessary tears but it was still fun to watch. I will probably dvr the series.

The Lying Game- I did not expect to like this show. I watched it on Hulu when I was bored and I was surprised to discover that I actually liked it. It annoys me that the twin who was brought up by adoptive parents is such an ungrateful snob. How does that happen? Then the twin who ended up in the foster care system is the complete opposite (of course!). All of this is all very predictable but what has drawn me in are the mysteries. The snobby twin, Sutton, tells the hard knocks twin, Emma, that her birth parents knew she was a twin and split them up on purpose. She is on a mission to find their birth parents so she convinces Emma to switch places with her while she runs off to LA to search for them. The episode ends with a cliffhanger, after Sutton doesn’t return from her LA trip, and Emma is attacked by a stranger in the shadows. I will definitely be tuning in to see who Emma’s attacker is.

 Nine Lives of Chloe King-Why did I think last week’s episode was the finale? I’m so glad it wasn’t! The actual finale was Tuesday  nightand it was amazing. Chloe goes off on a day trip with Brian who is searching for his grandmother who his dad said was dead. While Brian is reuniting with his long lost Granny-roo, Chloe gets a text from her long lost Daddy (or so she thinks, but I was skeptical) saying he wants to meet her in SF that night!

Then Chloe confesses to her mom that she’s in love with Brian and poor Alek overhears every word. The rest is just so intense I don’t know if I can give you a play by play. It was by far the best episode yet. I can’t believe Chloe’s mom’s business meeting was with Brian’s evil father. I can’t believe the Order killed Jasmine and her mom. I can’t believe the killer was Alek’s brother. I can’t believe that it was Brian’s grandmother who was the ringleader for the attacks. I can’t believe Chloe lost another one of her lives when she falls for the dad trap. It was really just a bunch of goons and a member of the Order. But mostly, I can’t believe they killed off Brian!

I love Fall. I love the beautiful fall leaves, the crisp fresh air. And new series premieres!

Here are the shows I’m looking forward to this fall:

1. Up All Night- Love Cristina Applegate and Will Arnett. I think the two of them will make a perfect husband/wife duo. I also love seeing a show with the stay at home dad angle. There are quite a few stay at home dads out there and this is the first show I’ve seen in awhile to showcase that.

2. Free Agents-Hank Azaria is great! I’ve loved him since he was Phoebe’s Science Guy on Friends. I don’t know what this show is about,

but I definitely want to see it.

3. Friends With Benefits-This one actually already started and I’ve been tuning in. It’s cute, but it’s not nearly as funny as Happy Endings, and feels like it’s trying to copy it a little bit. But it still entertains me and breaks up the weeknight rerun streak.

4. The Secret Circle-A new CW series starring Brittany Robertson who played Lux on Life Unexpected. I loved her on that show so I

have high hopes for Secret Circle. It’s a show with mystical elements, in this case witches, so I’m pretty sure I’m going to love it.

1. The Secret Life of the American Teenager: This week’s episode was just meh. I couldn’t really get into the storylines at all. Good for Ricky’s mom for going back to AA, but honestly I could care less about her character. Ben manages to resist Adrian’s “charms”. Let’s face it, Ben has never been very attracted to Adrian and only got with her to make Amy jealous, so I’m not surprised there. Nothing else really stood out to me, but I’m intrigued by next week’s episode preview. Ricky better not be all lame and leave. Can those two just get along please?

2. House Hunters International-They had a family that had a million dollar budget for their vacation home. I would give anything for a budget like that for one home let alone a vacation home! They ended up with a drool worthy home in Panama. I wonder if we watch House Hunters long enough, if somehow we’ll be able to magically afford that beautiful Table Rock real estate.

3. Ellen (Rerun)-I really loved the rerun Wednesday about twits & Ask. It’s clever, it’s almost dirty sounding. I love it. Favorite quote of the episode? “You might be a lesbian if you kissed George Clooney and you don’t remember it!” Oh Ellen you crack me up!
On Thursday Ellen had one of my favorite How I Met Your Mother stars, Alyson Hannigan who plays Lily, on the show. Any show that has any HIMYM characters on it makes me automatically love it.

4. Nine Lives of Chloe King-We left off with Chloe kissing Alex (yay!). This week Brian is pissed after spotting Chloe kissing Alex and Alex is pissed that Chloe still has feelings for Brian. Oh teenage love. Chloe needs to tell her Mom about the fact that she’s not human. It’s driving me crazy!

I always complain that summer tv means boring reruns. But with the lovely invention that is a DVR, I’ve been able to reccord daytime talk shows, something I rarely watch in the fall. I’ve been really getting into Ellen again, and I remember how much I love her show. Talk shows are also so much better when you can fast forward through the millions of commercials and interviews with not so interesting people. I’m also getting into the Doctors and Dr. Oz. They’re great programs to watch while folding laundry or doing pilates and my daily stretches.

I’m still catching up on older episodes of True Blood since I don’t have HBO (Thank you for streaming video Netflix!) but I’ve already become a fan. I love the Sookie Stackhouse books so I knew I would like the show. It definitely deviates from the books but sometimes that’s a good thing. I love the characters and the writers have done a great job with the casting.

I stumbled across the up and coming official True Blood Fan Club website. It’s still a work in progress but they’ve got a great banner up so far. I would like to see them add an about section for each of the characters on the show. It would also be great if they did interviews with the cast, and maybe sneak peaks of future episodes. A must have would be a photo gallery of all of that delicious man candy that is the main appeal of the show.

Some extras that would be fun for the site would be a forum for fans, where fans could post about their favorite episodes, or where they think the storyline should go or just chat with other fans. The site could also have quizzes, such as “Which True Blood Character Are You?” or other fun things like that.

I’m looking forward to checking back in with the fan club website and seeing what they come up with!

I’m so excited that Happy Endings has been renewed. This show is hilarious. I love all of the classic quotes. The gay guy with the terrible apartment and all his furniture has casters and wheels. “Stop focusing on what you don’t have and focus on what you do have, that chair is made out of a barrel!” God I love that guy. The show is hilarious and definitely deserves a second season. Can’t wait to tune in!

All I can say is that this episode was an equal mix of awesome and torture. I predicted the end, that Barney would be the one getting married, and Ted is the best man. I also predicted that Lily was pregnant, to which I got teary eyed. I’m so happy that’s where the storyline went! Especially after the heartfelt speech Marshal gives about how life has been so terrible this past year.

So now that it’s been revealed that Barney is getting married, I wonder what the writers will do next season. Will he marry Nora or Robin? I have to say I would probably be happier with either, but Robin makes the most sense. There are also some theories that Nora is the mother, and that Ted meets her at Barney’s wedding. I find this one  a little far fetched since I would definitely think that her taking courses at the college would have come up with Barney. But she is Robin’s friend so it would make sense that she would be at the wedding. But why wouldn’t Ted meet her prior to that?

I am so relieved that Ted didn’t end up back with Zoey. Bleck! She was just plain terrible and I’m glad that Robin and Barney stopped it. I can’t wait until next season, and it’s going to be absolute torture to wait until fall for the next season.

I love this new show! I’m always skeptical about new shows but this one started with a bang. I love all of the actors, their characters crack me up, and the show doesn’t feel like it’s trying too hard. The actors are dressed normally; they don’t have the token black guy wearing hip hop clothing trying to be street. They are just normal people. It’s a group of friends, and two of the friends are supposed to get married but she runs out on him on their wedding day. The show is about how they all try to stay friends despite this huge change in their lives. It’s a lot funnier than the premise makes it sound, I promise!

I love that the writers are finally talking about Ted and Zoey. They are showcasing just how bad they are for each other. UGH I can’t stand that girl! But I know eventually they will break up. I just hope they don’t stretch it out for too long.

Barney’s story about the exploding meatball sub was frustrating. He said that he was mad at Marshall for leaving GNB because he didn’t get the chance to give him the exploding meatball sub. I liked the interaction between Barney and Robin and how she called him out for really being upset about his dad and having abandonment issues. The biggest complaint with the episode is the flash forward 10 years later, where Barney is pretending to die. He even says he has thousands of unpaid medical bills because his disability appeal didn’t go through. What the hell? Was that a real flash forward? If so, it puts a giant hole in the theory that he’s with Robin since his place seems like his regular bachelor pad. If he doesn’t end up with Robin I am severely disappointed.

I loved Marshall and Lily’s storyline. Marshall was extremely irresponsible for quitting and taking an unpaid job without checking it out with Lily. I love that she never had to show him her lack of support. She proved she was human when she flipped out at the airport and it made me love them as a couple even more.

Overall this episode fell a little flat, but I know it’s just building towards the finale of what has been an amazing season. I can’t wait for the next episode!