November 7, 2008
BuddyTV picks the top 15 places to grab a bite with our favorite TV restaurants.
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The people of Camden may not be that bright, but they love their beer and crabs. There's a danger of getting involved in a bar fight at the Crab Shack, but if not, you'll enjoy some delicious crustaceans served by the Crabman himself. Wash them down with a cold beer and you're guaranteed a fun night out.
November 6, 2008
When My Name is Earl premiered in 2005, it attracted 14.9 million viewers in the United States, earning a 6.6 rating. By the airing of the third episode, it was apparent that the sitcom was one of NBC's highest rated new fall offerings. Thus, a second full season was ordered. Now, in its fourth season, the show continues to humor fans with its colorful characters and Earl's quest for self-betterment, all while sustaining favorable numbers. And while the cast and crew have certainly worked hard to deliver such a hit show, lead star Jason can't help but feel that's probably because of good karma.
October 31, 2008
If you still haven't come up with a good outfit to go trick-or-treating in this year, BuddyTV offers our top 10 suggestions for TV-related Halloween costumes.
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Guys are generally lazy and like to do as little work as possible to prepare a Halloween costume. In that spirit, My Name is Earl's Earl Hickey is the perfect TV character to be. All you need are some blue jeans, a t-shirt, a flannel shirt, and a caterpillar to tape to your upper lip. Any excessively furry or hairy object will achieve Earl's trademark ‘stache, but a black caterpillar seems the most obvious choice.
October 23, 2008
We reported last time that Beverly Hills 90210 alum Jason Priestley will be playing Brandon – not on its supposedly modern and hip remake on the CW, but on the NBC sitcom My Name is Earl. He will, however, direct an episode of 90210 so who's to say reprising his role as Brandon Walsh is not far behind?
On tonight's episode of My Name is Earl called “Quit your Snitchin,” Earl (Jason Lee) discovers that he is no longer covered by the criminal code of ethics when someone steals Randy's (Ethan Suplee) birthday present from him. He then struggles with the idea of going to the police, despite Joy's (Jaime Pressly) protests that snitches are the lowest of the low.
October 16, 2008
It seems that Jason Priestley will be playing Brandon after all. But it's not on the spin-off series spawned from the original teen drama that catapulted him to fame in the early 1990s. At present, the 39-year-old actor is keeping himself behind the camera as the director of an episode of 90210. Nevertheless, he hasn't denied himself playing Brandon all together. According to Access Hollywood, the Beverly Hills 90210 alum will be making a guest appearance on NBC's My Name Is Earl.
Best known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210, Priestley will portray Brandon, Earl's (Jason Lee) more successful and attractive cousin, who we first meet in a flashback to Earl and Joy's first wedding anniversary. On that memorable day, viewers will learn, Earl discovered that prior to his marriage, Joy had a steamy affair with his cousin.
September 25, 2008
Tonight My Name is Earl returns to NBC for two back-to-back new episodes starting at 8pm. Earl spent last season in jail, in a coma, and then married, but this year’s goal seems to be getting back to the list. My Name is Earl is returning to its roots of having Earl help the people on his list, and the first two episodes back are as hilarious as ever, thanks to some brilliant guest stars.
In the first episode, Seth Green stars as a would-be Ed Wood who asks Earl to help him film a movie. The result is movie-making mayhem with Earl as the producer, Green as the star and director, and the whole town of Camden as the cast and crew.
Spoiler Warning: This article contains details about tonight's one-hour premiere.
September 22, 2008
For those of you who hadn’t lucked out landing a stint on reality TV, don’t fret. Your dream of having 15 minutes of fame can soon turn into reality with the help of NBC’s Earl and Food on Foot, a nonprofit organization “dedicated to providing the poor and homeless of Los Angeles with nutritious meals, clothing, and assistance in the transition to employment and life off the streets.” The organization began in 1996 and has grown into a function that is capable of serving over 500 meals a week.
Food on Foot, in cooperation with Auctionwire put up an online auction which presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a walk-on character in the Emmy Award-winning series which stars Jason Lee as Earl J. Hickey, a man who is attempting to correct his wrongdoings by giving back and making amends.
September 19, 2008
Earlier this month, a war of words broke out between 30 Rock’s Alec Baldwin and My Name is Earl creator, Greg Garcia, who easily retorted after Baldwin spoke of NBC’s promotion of Earl, or lack thereof. Garcia responded by saying that Baldwin was “unlikable” and a “psychotic narcissist.” Baldwin replied and called him a Scientologist, while Garcia’s last words were in the lines of “you are an idiot.”
Meanwhile, Garcia recently spoke to Monsters and Critics, saying that “when you create and run a show, you have a family here, and we all work very hard to do what we do. And as the head of the family, I would never take the first punch but if you get hit you come out swinging.”