The Secret Life of The American Teenager

Okay so after months of waiting for this programme to come out in the UK I gave up and I have other sources so i have managed to watch the first season and am not halfway through the second. Okay so here is my little outline of the show, you should definitely check out this show if you have not done so already. UK- MTV, USA- abcfamily.

Okay so basically it all starts when Amy Jergins (Shailene Woodley) sleeps with Ricky (Daren Kagasoff) at band camp and discovers that she is pregnant. She struggles with what to do and cannot tell anyone apart from her two best friends, who it turns out are not the best people to tell a secret to. Meanwhile Ben (Ken Baumann) decides that he is going to fall in love with her but does not know that she is pregnant.





Ricky is also oblivious to what is going on and is more obsessed with the goody two shoes Christian, Grace (Megan Park). Of course Grace is not the only girl in Ricky's life, she is one of many, another of these is Adrian. Just to add another complication Grace has a boyfriend, Jack, a good Christian who would never force her to do anything but gets upset at her when she gets a promise ring.
Of course Amy got pregnant at the worst possible time for her family, her parents are getting a divorce, her dad (Mark Derwin) is having an affair and her sister, Ashley (India Eisley) is trying her best to keep it together with sarcasm and shutting their mother (Molly Ringwald) out. Just looking at this family, it is not just the kids who make this show it is also the people surrounding them, namely the schools councillor who is hilarious. In another not so hilarious twist we find out that George Jergins is actually having an affair with Adrian's mother (PaolaTurbay) and was once married to Grace's mum (Josie Bissett). Yes it is complicated life at this high school, and things get even more complicated as everyone comes together over the rumours and babies.

Okay so the reason i have written all of this is because i think that this show is pretty awesome for a teen show, they actually all have very distinct personalities, okay so i hate Ben's but the rest of them are totally suited to the show. I particularly like the adults in this show because they seem to add just a little bit of sanity to the young sex obsessed younger generation cast. Amy's dad is particularly good at this and any scene he is in is pretty damn good.

And okay so if you are still not sure here is a snippet of the first episode:

Going Up and Going Down

As you know it is renewal or death season for our favourite shows again and i thought i would just give you a quick run down of all the shows that i am interested in. This may well change as the networks sort themselves out so keep checking back.

Okay so here are the renewed:

90210- This will definitely be returning for a fourth season and was announced quite early on, shame the network could not do that for One Tree Hill. We are currently finishing the third season in the next couple of weeks.



Glee- This was renewed ages ago and although we have yet to finish the second season here in the UK you can be sure they will be back for more.

Gossip Girl- This will be finishing in the next couple of weeks and the next season looks good to go but the season after that does not look so good, as a lot of the cast have talked about moving on and they are no longer under contract.

Parenthood- This show is only just starting in the UK but was a big success in the states and they have managed to get a third season. Well done guys, i love you!

Pretty Little Liars- Okay so i have only seen  the first half of the first season because Viva are being really annoying but it has been renewed and will be back on abcfamily this summer.




The Secret Life of The American Teenager: Okay so I have really gotten into this show but i am not very far along yet, i am still trying to catch up but it looks awesome and obviously it is because the third season will finish in a couple of weeks but it has already been renewed for a fourth season.


Southland- Okay so i have only seen the first season of this but hopefully it will be coming back for more now that it has been renewed in the states for a fourth season.

True Blood- Okay so I am still catching up on this but it has been renewed for a fourth season which will be airing in the next month or so, so keep your eyes peeled.

The Vampire Diaries- This one will be coming back for more for definite, and has been renewed for the third season.

The Good Wife- Okay so i am still only on the first season but it is a cert that this will be back for a third season.


Melissa and Joey (abcfamily)- They will be returning for a second season real soon, at the end of next month i think.

Heartland- Okay so I know that this show is only just showing the second season in the UK but there is much much more to come as they have just started to film season 5.



Nikita- After milking the decision for all its worth they have finally confirmed the renewal for the second season.

One Tree Hill- Although the eighth season has yet to be aired in the UK they have finally been confirmed for another season.
















Maybes:

Make it or Break it- This will just finish the current season on E4 next week but abcfamily is already showing the next season so that one is good for at least another season. But things are not looking so good for the third season especially with one of the stars having left the show at the end of season 2.

Desperate Housewives looks like it should do well and come back for what is it now? the EIGHTH season, we are only just on the second half of season seven here but I think it should be back for more and more and more....

The Mentalist- they would be crazy to canncel this but still nothing has been confirmed, so fingers crossed.

Hellcats- Okay so this has just finished its first season in the states and it is part way through here on MTV but I don't have MTV so I have yet to see it but i am looking forward to it.

Leverage- This has been renewed for season 4 previously in the year but season 5 is still unclear but i would not be surprised.







Its a Gonner: 


Life Unexpected- This is still listed on the CW site but the producer and cast have all moved on to other projects, also the fact that the second season was only shown in the afternoons here in the UK suggests even if it does come back it will be a record programme.





Brothers and Sisters- There were rumours about it coming back but it did not work out for them.

The Event- It's a gonner and it left us even more confused than we were watching it.

Human Target- They just managed a second season but their luck ran out when getting a third.







Newbies:

Switched at Birth- This is a  show on abcfamily and has not yet been picked up by anyone in the UK but it looks good. It is about yes you guessed it, two girls who were switched at birth and of course have now grown up in two totally different places and families but they are trying to work things out and get along.

The Nine Lives of Chloe King- This is a bit of a supernatural drama that abcfamily have come up with, kind of a younger cat woman from the trailers, this has also not been picked up by anyone in the UK but hopefully it will be, it looks good.



Charlie's Angels- This is a remake of the original TV show done by abc in America, it has yet to be picked up in the UK yet but i feel sure that it will be soon.

Suburgatory- This looks hilarious and it is on the abc in America which has made some of the best comedy TV shows. It has yet to be picked up in the UK but i hope it is:




Revenge: This looks hilarious and of course it stars the woman who played Rebecca in Brothers and Sisters so i am quite excited. Please please pick this up in the UK. Maybe More 4?



Once Upon a Time:
This is by the same people who made Lost so i am not completely sure but it looks interesting. What do you think?



Last Man Standing- This looks hilarious and i really hope it comes to the UK pretty damn soon:



Chalies Angels- Girl power! Okay so i don't think it is going to be amazing but it will be entertaining enough for an hour a week i think:



Apartment 23: Okay so it has got one of the girls from Gilmore Girls and it looks hilarious so i am happy, i will be watching when it moves overseas:



Awake: This looks amazing, and totally confusing but i will definitely be watching this when it gets picked up over here, although it kind of looks like it could be quite sad.



Grimm- This looks really good, i like the idea of real life and fairytales mixing together, i just hope that it is as good as it looks:


Franklin and Bash:
This looks hilarious! i really hope that TNT manage to get this to the UK soon, maybe 5*?


Breakout Kings: Okay so this looks really interesting, it does not look like other cop shows:



New Girl: This looks hilarious!



I hate my teenage daughter:

Update 16/01

Okay so I know I have not done an update in a while, I have just been so busy. And well there hasn’t been a lot on TV; everything is starting up over the next couple of weeks after a break over the holidays.

Okay so first of all we have the awesome three part series ITV1 showed over Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday called Above Suspicion: Okay so I have completely forgotten what happened in the last series as they just seem to be dotted about all over the place.

Silent Witness was also back on our screens last week, with there usually two part special over the Monday and Tuesday nights, I have to say that the episodes I have seen so far are nowhere near as good as last series but maybe it will get better, I will hang in there for another week or so and then give up if it gets no better.

Zen, is also a new BBC 1 drama and I watched the entire first episode but more out of boredom than anything else as it wasn’t as good as I thought it would be, actually from what I remember (I was tired) it was sending me to sleep. I will see the next episode but after that I will probably give up, I don’t see it getting any better.

Then we of course have the daily programmes that I have become addicted to, One Tree Hill is now on its 3 season, with episodes ten to fifteenish showing this week. Life Unexpected season 1 is being reshown in the afternoons on E4, and if you have not yet discovered this awesome show, I suggest you find out about it soon, it started on Monday. It is about a girl who after being in the system for most of her life goes in search of her birth parents and to get emancipated and live outside of the system with her best friend and their boyfriends, not everything goes to plan and she eventually gets to know her birth parents well, and decide that maybe getting emancipated would not be the best idea. I am desperate for this to coma back to the UK and they do say on the page that it will be back in January- but when E4? When? Your killing me? Hopefully because they have an overlap episode with One Tree Hill, that will also be back in Januray although I doubt it as we usually have One Tree Hill in the summer/ September, but maybe they will change their minds.

Gilmore Girls is showing still and if you have yet to discover my running commentary I have been doing as I watch it again, check it out here.

And then of course we have Everwood, my newfound obsession. It is one of those epic family dramas the WB put together before they got taken over, it is up there with Gilmore Girls on my list I have today. Because this is such a little known thing and kind of a cult thing really, I know this because of the many sites out there dedicated to it. Everwood is a small town, to which Dr Brown moves his son and Daughter to after the tragic accident killing their mother. Dr Brown, a well-known surgeon from New York is known as pone of the best in the business and everyone is a little surprised when he sets up his own small surgery and offers his help free. This, as it would in any town, earns him many friends and a few enemies, namely the other family doctor already in town, Dr Abbot. What Dr Abbot didn’t know was that his family is not in support of his frustration, especially his daughter whose boyfriend has been stuck in a coma for several months, she sees Dr Brown as a hope for Colin’s recovery.

90210 started last week and I have to say that this season looks so much better than the rest, and yes I say that slightly because I have always wanted to see Annie and Liam together. Though the rest of the cast seem to be a little boring right now but I know from looking at the previews there is a lot more drama to come. Yes you have been warned. I can’t wait to see what they do with everyone!

Make it or Break it is still going on on E4 Saturdays at 4pm, and I have to say that I think this programme just keeps getting better and better. I love how even through all of it they still manage to rely on each other. This is coming back to the US in the spring but they haven’t announced whether they are renewing it.

On the talk of programmes being renewed Pretty Little Liars is being picked up for a second season. The second half of the first season has yet to be shown in the UK but went back on air on Jan 3 in US. Abc Family has also announced they are renewing The Secret Life, but seeing as I have yet to start this series I don’t know whether I care yet. ABC has also said they may renew Desperate Housewives and they are “not sure” about Brothers and Sisters.

On the note of Desperate Housewives, I am now desperate for it to come back but no news yet.

With all the new shows knocking around right now I almost forgot to talk about Gossip Girl and Vampire Diaries.  ITV2 still haven’t announced any dates for TVD but GG returns to our screens on the 2^nd of feb.

Now we have one of the most important bits of this week, it was Glee of course! And can I just say – How awesome is season 2? I have been watching promos and clips for weeks but I have to say they really did exceed my expectations in this episode- it was great episode, although I can see Rachel getting on my nerves very very quickly. The new “transfer” student has the most amazing voice although that is to be expected; she was “discovered” by Oprah.  I have as always downloaded all the songs already and have been singing along since. Glee was the most watched digital TV last night pulling in 2 million viewers.

And then we have Tuesday night with 90210- It’s so sad to see Naomi falling apart like she is. I think that this season is going to get better and better, so I will be tuning in every week, make sure you are too.

Okay so I think I have covered everything but if I think of anything I missed I will add it on. 

New Year Line up

Okay so here is the line up for shows this January which i will be watching, feel free to add in anything you think i missed- just hit the comment button at the bottom.
Okay so lets start with Mondays:
10th January: Glee (E4 and I'm guessing 8 or 9pm)
3rd January: Silent Witness (BBC 1 9pm)

Tuesdays:
TBC: Vampire Diaries (This will still be on ITV 2 but they have not given an exact date but it is back on the CW January 27th so some point after that probably)

Wednesdays:
TBC: Gossip Girl (ITV2 Probably  after January 24th- CW)

Thursdays:
Pretty Little lairs- this will be at the same time but there is only one episode left in series one so it is likely to take a break, but if you are lucky enough to get abc family then it will be returning to your screens January 3rd.
Leverage is still on Channel one at 9pm although will be moving in January and i cannot find out where to. any help with this would be appriciated.
January 27th: Skins- E4 - Yay- so excited
The Good Wife 6th January 9pm on More 4

Fridays:
The Mentalist is coming with a new series soon but you can watch older episodes on Fiver 8pm from January 7th.

Saturdays:
Make it Or Break it is coming back with the other half of season 1 at the same time 4pm on E4 January 1st

Sundays:
Desperate Housewives is back after the holiday period at the same time on channel 4

Monday to Friday:
One Tree Hill E4 6am
Everwood E4 12.10
Gilmore Girls E4 14.35


Also coming early this Year:
Life Unexpected series 2 on E4
Hellcats- MTV  in February
Torchwood- Starz

Also Looking forward to: 
Parenthood
Body of Proof
Chase- Living Early 2011
The Event

For those of you in the US check out this awesome blog for the return/ premiere dates: http://misstvgirl.blogspot.com/2010/12/2011-winterspring-television-premiere.html
So what do you think, What will you be watching leave a comment and tell me!

Lists Lists 2

Best love triangle


1. Chris, Luke, Lorelai (Gilmore Girls)
2. Ryan, marissa and Oliver (The OC)
3. Damon, Elena, Stefan, Katherine (TVD)
4. Kate, Baze, Ryan (LUX)
5. Duncan, Veronica, Logan (Veronica Mars)
6. Amy, Ricky, Ashley (TSLOTAT)
7. Anna, Seth, Summer (The OC)
8. Parker, Elliot, Alec (Leverage)
9. Dan, Serena, Nate (Gossip Girl)
10. Marti, savannah, Dan, Lewis (Hellcats)
11. Rory, Jess, Dean (Gilmore Girls)
12. Matt, Kris, Junior (Wildfire)
13. Brooke, Lucas, Peyton (OTH)
14. Puck, rachel, finn (Glee)
15. Susan, Mike, Katherine (Desperate Housewives)

Best Baddy (In the TV sense of the word)

1. Chuck (Gossip Girl)
2. Jenny (gossip Girl)
3. Katherine (TVD)
4. Dave Williams (Desperate Housewives)
5. Sue Sylvester (Glee)

People that should come back (should have)

1. Marissa (The OC)
2. Lucas and Peyton (One Tree Hill)
3. Edie (desperate Housewives)
4. Ben Stillman (Heartland)
5. Ethan Ward (90210)

TV shows cancelled before their time


1. The beautiful Life
2. Life unexpected
3. Veronica Mars
4. Dark Blue
5. The OC
6. Gilmore Girls
7. Wildfire
8. Flashforward
9. Summerland
10. Roswell

So i think i have covered every list i could possibly think of... what do you think? agree/ disagree? feel free to write your own lists in the comment section and i may put some of them in new post, a combined effort we'll call it! :)

Lists Lists

Okay so it is coming to the end of the year and it is time for the best of lists to come out. Buddy tv has already put out a few of these and I just wanted to throw in my two cents, these are my new and improved lists. I will post them as soon as they are complete, so keep your eyes open.

Best TV couple (though not always)

1.       Logan and Veronica (Veronica Mars)

2.       Lorelai and Luke (Gilmore Girls)

3.       Ryan and Marissa (The OC)

4.       Chuck and Blair (Gossip Girl)

5.       Dean and Jaimie (Dark Blue)

6.       Rory and Logan (Gilmore Girls)

7.       Liam and Annie (90210)

8.       Rebecca and Justin (Brothers and sisters)

9.       Brooke and Juilian (One Tree Hill)

10.   Nathan and Haley (One Tree Hill)

11.   Taylor and Caroline (Vampire Diaries)

12.   Sookie and Jackson (Gilmore Girls)

13.   Sandy and Kirsten (The OC)

14.   Jane and Lisbon (The Mentalist)

15.   Nate and Sophie (Leverage)

Best male actor

1.       Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl)

2.       Ian Somerhalden (TVD)

3.       Logan Marshall Green (Dark Blue/ The OC)

4.       Ben McKenzie (The OC/Southland)

5.       Matt Lanter (Commander in Chief/ 90210)

6.       Matt Czuchry (Gilmore Girls/ The Good Wife)

7.       Jason Dohring (Veronica Mars)

8.       Adam Brody (The OC/ Gilmore Girls)

9.       Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl)

10.   Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill)

11.   Steven R McQueen (TVD)

12.   Matt Barr (one tree hill)

13.   Darren Kagasoff (The secret life)

14.   James Lafferty (One Tree Hill)

15.   Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill)

  

Best female actor

1.       Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls/ Parenthood)

2.       Taylor Momsen (Gossip Girl)

3.       Brittany Robertson (LUX)

4.       Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl)

5.       Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill)

6.       Bethany Joy Galeotti (One Tree Hill)

7.       Shantel VanSanten (One Tree Hill)

8.       Alexis bledel (Gilmore Girls)

9.       Nina Dobrev (TVD)

10.   Blake Lively (Gossip Girl)

11.   Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars)

12.   Willa Holland (The OC/ Gossip Girl)

13.   Rachel Bilson (The OC)

14.   Shiri Appleby (Roswell/ LUX)

15.   Amanda Righetti (The Mentalist/ The OC)

Best TV show

1.       Life Unexpected

2.       The Mentalist

3.       Leverage

4.       The secret Life of the American Teenager

5.       Make it or Break it

6.       The good Wife

7.       Gossip Girl

8.       The Vampire Diaries

9.       One Tree Hill

10.   Human Target

11.   The Event

12.   Glee

13.   Pretty Little liars

14.   Desperate Housewives

15.   90210

  More to come....