Comedy Central had another great hour of animation last night, who caught the ridiculously funny and accurate Facebook-Tron episode of "South Park"? "Ugly Americans" also delivered excellent weirdness, explaining in further detail more reasons why New Jersey is such a bizarre place.
TV Junkie: New 'FlashForward' and 'Fringe' Tonight
TV Junkie: Fox News/Palin Hit Integrity Lows
The TV Junkie Plan: "X-Play", "FlashForward", "Fringe", "LA Ink", "Rotten Tomatoes", "Chelsea Handler" (Sklar brothers), Letterman (Sam Worthington), Fallon (Ricky Gervais and Mary Lynn Rajskub)
Fairfax Boulevard is Actually in Silver Lake
That's local geography according to Hollywood film editing, at least. Michael Schneider at Franklin Avenue has been following ABC's FlashFoward closely, debunking the show's geography with real geography, which is always amusing. "The two characters in this car had been downtown at the Coroner's Office. They found a clue and decided to head to Silver Lake. So they drive... down Fairfax, in front of the old Johnie's at Wilshire and Fairfax," he writes. Later, trick-or-treating in the West Valley quickly turns into a scene at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary. Also, in this world of L.A., there is no MTA, it's the UTA, as in Urban Transit Authority.
TV Junkie: Oprah Move? 'Gossip Girl' Boycott; 'NUMB3RS' Numbered
Today's big scuttlebutt is that Oprah may relocate her show from Chicago to Los Angeles by 2011. While this might be more convenient for Oprah and TV executives, we think TV is more competitive and more interesting when it is produced in more locations. If the entertainment industry doesn't want to be labelled as a "bi-coastal elitist" then it should be aware of how this appears.
TV Junkie: Get Ready for More Letterman Preversion Jokes; 'Arrested Development' Movie; 'FlashForward' Everywhere
OK, so the Letterman stuff happened like a million years ago last week but get ready for a fresh round of jokes this week as Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Craig Ferguson finally have their chance to rise and take the bait. Will Ferguson actually take some potshots at his boss?
TV Junkie: 'FlashForward' Premieres; B.J. Novak Video; ABC Comedy Does Well
Featured Series Premiere for Tonight:
FlashForward (8pm on ABC): ABC knows "Lost" will be going away so it's trying to line up a similarly addictive (and weird) replacement and they've settled on "FlashForward" for the moment - hell, it even has Dominic Monaghan from "Lost". For 2 minutes and 17 seconds, everyone in the world passes out/goes into a trance and experiences their life 6 months in the future. Why did this happen? Is that really the future? Etc.

