The Glee Project: The Day After

I may get this in under the wire. 


Next week's video is up.


I think it's almost as cute as last year's "Sexuality" video. When Aylin mentioned "lesbians," I thought they had paired her up with Lily for the DRAMA! but it seems she's paired with Shanna. I'm not sure who won the challenge though, so I'm going with what one poster over on Television Without Pity said: It was Principal Figgins. 

The Glee Project: The Day After

Entertainment Weekly has an interview with eliminated Gleekabe Maxfield.

Next week's music video is up on YouTube.

Not a spoiler, just an observation: Based on the video, I'm guessing Abraham wins the homework challenge.

At Television Without Pity's The Glee Project forum boards, a poster made a comment about the video that I think is a spoiler. So all I'll say is to watch it carefully.

I Made It Through the Wilderness…

Last time on The Glee Project: Everyone got slushied! Courtesy of Max “Karofsky” Adler! They did a mash up of “Under Pressure” and “Ice, Ice Baby”. Unfortunately, Cameron and Alex failed to connect while Marissa was only good, not great. But Marissa failed to impress Ryan and she was sent home. Six Gleekabes remain—who doesn’t get a gold star tonight? Find out!

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Hate on Me…

Last time on “The Glee Project”: It was time for duets! Marissa won the homework challenge and got to pick her partner. She chose Samuel and the two sang “Don’t You Want Me, Baby”. Damian and Matheus teamed up for “Lady is a Tramp” while Alex donned drag to sing “Nowadays” with Hannah. After Marissa kisses Samuel in their video, Lindsay plants one on Cameron during “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” He calls mom after freaking out but it’s Matheus who goes home. Seven Gleekabes remain, who sings their way home tonight? Find out!

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That’s One Small Step for Man…

Last time on Doctor Who: Blew. Our. Minds. Within the first fifteen minutes, the Doctor was reunited with Amy, Rory and River in America. He was then shot by an astronaut and died. Then the Doctor—a younger version—comes back. They all go to 1969, where they meet Nixon and former FBI agent Canton. As Amy encounters the Silence, Canton joins the gang in saving the world.

Oh, and Amy’s pregnant.

We can proceed:

Is It Getting Ugly for Betty?

It was announced that ABC is shelving Thursday night staple "Ugly Betty" come March 26th. It will be replaced with Christina Applegate's sitcom, Samantha Who? Her show has been without a home since The Bachelor premiered and ABC decided to continue running the show in two hour blocks. Applegate will share the hour with Megan Mullally's new show. It was a bit of a shock as Ugly Betty was one of ABC's biggest hits, but a decline in ratings was cited in the article. 

And frankly, I'm afraid I can see why. 

Now, I'm the type of person who likes a show and will defend it no matter what the writing on the wall says. Sadly, the writing on the wall for Betty isn't good. I love the website Television Without Pity and they recap Ugly Betty. I wasn't too thrilled when the recaps for this season were taking over by recapper Jacob. He used to do Doctor Who and while I know the show is brilliant, even I can find ways to snark about it (my Moron's Guide to Doctor Who). Jacob however decided to use the time to write his thesis paper. I wanted snark not commentary on how the show matched up with various poets. However, his work on "Love and Monsters" was pretty good so I decided to give him a second chance. His open hatred of the show, though, put me off again. 

But his latest recaplet made points that cannot be ignored even by me--since the original show runners left after the writer's strike last season, Ugly Betty hasn't been as good as it used to be. It is as if the writers did not even watch Season 1. Betty was a smart, determined girl who found herself in odd situations she had to get out of. It seems now that she's gotten dumber from working at Mode, more likely to create more messes than she solves while her usually supportive family suddenly hates her for deciding to have a career. There's a way to show the difficulty in balancing family and work without having to make ultimatums, show. Bring back the loving, supportive Papi. Bring back the smart Betty. Good lord, I even miss WALTER. During this hiatus, I hope the show runners watch Season 1 and realize why we loved Betty. 

And hopefully, Ugly Betty will get a fourth season and she will dazzle us again.