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Noel Crane is in da House

November 1st, 2005 · No Comments

Well, not exactly. Scott Foley, who played Noel Crane in the television show Felicity, is the guest on this week’s episode of House on AXN.
Scott is now more known as Jennifer Garner’s (Alias) ex-husband. After his stint on Felicity Scott has appeared on several shows but none has taken off like his previous [...]

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Whedonverse Reloaded

October 31st, 2005 · No Comments

First it was Buffy, then came Angel. Fans of Joss Whedon and his mythology can rejoice as Star World started showing Angelon its daily 5 pm (Manila, HK, Singapore, China time) schedule. They were showing the penultimate season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer up until last week and as I write this, the [...]

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Iron Chef America on Lifestyle Network

October 29th, 2005 · No Comments

I just adore the original Japanese Iron Chef. It used to be on the cable channel etc and now it’s on RPN 9 at 7pm on Wednesdays. When it was shown by the Food Network in the US, it became such a cult hit that it had several incarnations.
Lifestyle Network is now showing [...]

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Col. Hogan and Agent 86 back-to-back

October 29th, 2005 · No Comments

Star World, an entertainment channel on cable and satellite, has started showing classic American television shows Hogan’s Heroes and Get Smart on Sunday mornings at 9 o’clock. They’re showing them in the original B&W.
Incidentally, Don Adams, the actor who played Maxwell Smart – Agent 86, died a month ago (September 25). He also [...]

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Improv Wizards

October 28th, 2005 · No Comments

Star World is showing Whose Line Is It Anyway? everyday at 4:30pm. This is such a treat as the cast always provides smart and entertaining improv comedy in each and every show.
The government channel PTV 4 (then, now NBN 4) used to air the original British version of this show nearly 10 years ago. [...]

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Jon Jon Briones on “Las Vegas”

October 20th, 2005 · No Comments

AXN in Asia just started showing the NBC show Las Vegas starring James Caan and Josh Duhamel. I was watching the 7th episode with mah Bebe the other day.
As soon as one of the characters said, “I saw red!” I knew he was Pinoy. When his wife called him “Cosme” it sealed [...]

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Hotelier ends

September 30th, 2005 · No Comments

This is just a quick post on the k-drama Hotelier being shown on GMA -7.
It’s the end already! I only got to watch an episode two weeks ago and the one for today. I really wanted to see the dubbed version even though I have a copy of the series thanks to Luthien [...]

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Emmy Awards 2005

September 21st, 2005 · No Comments

So I was not able to watch the Emmys. I got caught in a meeting and dinner with friends. Saying that, here are my comments on some of the winners:
Best Supporting Actor (Comedy) – Brad Garrett, Everybody Loves Raymond
This is Brad Garrett’s third win for his character Robert. I love Brad on [...]

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Favorite TV Shows of the Moment

July 22nd, 2004 · 1 Comment

Late Night with Conan O’Brien - There is something to be said about this Irish-American bloke.  The show can be pretty juvenile but that is what makes it rock!  Plus The Max Weinberg 7 is the best band on late night.  My favorite gag right now is Frankenstein wastes a minute of our time.  That is [...]

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