No embarrassment here. Sometimes, fluff like ''Rock of Love,'' ''The Bachelor,'' and ''Moonlight'' is exactly what the television doctor ordered...
(EW.com)
MOONLIGHT
Stalwart PopWatch doyenne Mandi Bierly had this to say about Moonlight back in January: ''I haven't always watched Moonlight. I intended to when it premiered last fall, but by the time I got around to it, the handful of people I knew tuning in had stopped. Then I spent a few Friday nights at home, and was too lazy to turn the channel after watching David Conrad on Ghost Whisperer, so I finally saw it. Yes, I wish Moonlight (starring Alex O'Loughlin, pictured left, with Jason Dohring) was as well written as Buffy and Angel, but who isn't fascinated by the idea of a vamp becoming human?'' With Moonlight returning, here are some more EW staff revelations: the shows we're not ashamed to love.
ROCK OF LOVE
On its surface, VH1's dating show with Poison frontman Bret Michaels may appear to focus more on body shots and catfights than love, but when you get down to it, the show's got plenty of heart (see: Michaels' recent bonding with a contestant's terminally ill father). And though it's difficult to say this about most reality dating show stars hello, Flavor Flav and all of ABC's bachelors Michaels' affable charm and surprisingly well-honed wit makes it easy to understand why women would actually want to date him.
NEW AMSTERDAM
The more I think about this immortal-cop show, the more I realize it's a brazen, unapologetic Highlander rip-off. To wit: Dude living in New York City can't die and, as he wrestles with current problems, we flashback to salient parts of his life, complete with not entirely convincing re-creations of the past. Oh, and the immortal dude is played by a European of questionable provenance. It's a good thing, then, that I loves me some Highlander. And it doesn't hurt that his partner, Zuleikha Robinson, is drop-dead gorgeous. Now, if only Queen did the music...
PSYCH
Pop culture references that could make a Gilmore girl smile, a running joke about pineapples (I still don't get it), and James Roday, who is h-a-w-t...honestly, what's not to love? Sure, the ''fake psychic'' premise is completely silly, but I just can't get enough of the Roday/Dulé Hill dynamic duo. Slightly obnoxious and endlessly funny, they remind me of a few guys I knew in college. I've been known to stay home on Friday nights just to catch the latest episode. Don't judge me.
THE BACHELOR
As far as dating shows go, ABC's isn't entirely evil: There's usually at least one woman who appears to be sane. It is for her sake that we sit through the embarrassing first-impression antics (singing! poetry reading! biting a can in two!), the dates that assume every woman wants to be a princess, and the repetitive, unfulfilled promise of ''the most dramatic rose ceremony ever.'' We all want to witness a genuine ''connection'' (even though that word is almost as overused as ''journey''). Getting to see an ambulance summoned at least once a season is just a bonus.
(EW.com)
MOONLIGHT
Stalwart PopWatch doyenne Mandi Bierly had this to say about Moonlight back in January: ''I haven't always watched Moonlight. I intended to when it premiered last fall, but by the time I got around to it, the handful of people I knew tuning in had stopped. Then I spent a few Friday nights at home, and was too lazy to turn the channel after watching David Conrad on Ghost Whisperer, so I finally saw it. Yes, I wish Moonlight (starring Alex O'Loughlin, pictured left, with Jason Dohring) was as well written as Buffy and Angel, but who isn't fascinated by the idea of a vamp becoming human?'' With Moonlight returning, here are some more EW staff revelations: the shows we're not ashamed to love.
ROCK OF LOVE
On its surface, VH1's dating show with Poison frontman Bret Michaels may appear to focus more on body shots and catfights than love, but when you get down to it, the show's got plenty of heart (see: Michaels' recent bonding with a contestant's terminally ill father). And though it's difficult to say this about most reality dating show stars hello, Flavor Flav and all of ABC's bachelors Michaels' affable charm and surprisingly well-honed wit makes it easy to understand why women would actually want to date him.
NEW AMSTERDAM
The more I think about this immortal-cop show, the more I realize it's a brazen, unapologetic Highlander rip-off. To wit: Dude living in New York City can't die and, as he wrestles with current problems, we flashback to salient parts of his life, complete with not entirely convincing re-creations of the past. Oh, and the immortal dude is played by a European of questionable provenance. It's a good thing, then, that I loves me some Highlander. And it doesn't hurt that his partner, Zuleikha Robinson, is drop-dead gorgeous. Now, if only Queen did the music...
PSYCH
Pop culture references that could make a Gilmore girl smile, a running joke about pineapples (I still don't get it), and James Roday, who is h-a-w-t...honestly, what's not to love? Sure, the ''fake psychic'' premise is completely silly, but I just can't get enough of the Roday/Dulé Hill dynamic duo. Slightly obnoxious and endlessly funny, they remind me of a few guys I knew in college. I've been known to stay home on Friday nights just to catch the latest episode. Don't judge me.
THE BACHELOR
As far as dating shows go, ABC's isn't entirely evil: There's usually at least one woman who appears to be sane. It is for her sake that we sit through the embarrassing first-impression antics (singing! poetry reading! biting a can in two!), the dates that assume every woman wants to be a princess, and the repetitive, unfulfilled promise of ''the most dramatic rose ceremony ever.'' We all want to witness a genuine ''connection'' (even though that word is almost as overused as ''journey''). Getting to see an ambulance summoned at least once a season is just a bonus.
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