The TV Junkie Plan: "Web Soup", "MythBusters", "Top Chef Masters" (1st 1/2), "Tosh.0", "Chelsea Lately", Letterman (Bradley Cooper), Fallon (Jessica Biel, Craig Robinson)
TV Junkie: John Oliver to South Africa; Susie Essman Live Chats; MTV Movie Awards Viewership Drops
Box Office Review: Wow!
As little as a week ago, forecasters were estimating that ($7.2M/$48M) rounded out the top 5.
Weekend Movie Guide: Buy Advance Tickets!
No one is really sure what's going to happen at the box office with Twilight this weekend. My personal take is that it will radically over-perform the early guesses of ~$45M. America, never underestimate the desire and resolve of teenage girls. Didn't you learn anything from ?! Bolt is worth seeing just to hear the grating but hilarious voice of Susie Essman. The addition of Miley Cyrus to the cast, however, is pure Hollywood marketing evil! I Can't Think Straight = forbidden and hot Middle Eastern lesbianism.
TV Junkie: Tuesday
Watching Nip/Tuck has always been a dirty and guilty pleasure. Season five of the show returns tonight on FX and McNamara/Troy are moving the business to our own Los Angeles (as if you haven't been pummeled incessantly by the promos for the last month, and particularly during the World Series). The overpromotion irritates me a bit because it can set up what has been a pretty good show for a fall. Since Nip/Tuck has always...

