Comments on: Britney Tries A TV Channel Other Than E! For A Change http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 17:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: scott pgwp http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506662 scott pgwp Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:30:49 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506662 <P><I>At no point did she convey the edge or danger a true actress might have brought to the role</I></P> <P>I don't know about that... what about that totally awesome scene where Sun was like "What happens to pregnant women on this island?" and Britney just looks at her and says "They die." I thought that was badass.</P> At no point did she convey the edge or danger a true actress might have brought to the role

I don’t know about that… what about that totally awesome scene where Sun was like “What happens to pregnant women on this island?” and Britney just looks at her and says “They die.” I thought that was badass.

]]> By: MyMuffinTop http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506672 MyMuffinTop Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:47:52 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506672 <p>I didn't think Brit Brit was bad at all. She wasn't given much, but that couldn't have hurt. And, yes, Sarah Chalke also didn't hurt...mmm.</p> I didn’t think Brit Brit was bad at all. She wasn’t given much, but that couldn’t have hurt. And, yes, Sarah Chalke also didn’t hurt…mmm.

]]> By: Rob Murphy http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506682 Rob Murphy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:23:21 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506682 <p>Yay! Britney helped <i>HIMYM</i> score its best ratings ever!!! And <i>THR</i> says she probably saved the show for one more season!</p> <p>Uh...thanks...</p> <p><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/ratings/e3ia2cce804ce40901da859ad421b88db14">[www.hollywoodreporter.com]</a></p> Yay! Britney helped HIMYM score its best ratings ever!!! And THR says she probably saved the show for one more season!

Uh…thanks…

[www.hollywoodreporter.com]

]]> By: Rob Murphy http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506692 Rob Murphy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:21:26 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506692 <p>@<a href="#c4858167">Al Shipley</a>: "Agreed."</p> <p>That two-minute-date sequence was not only charming but was technically brilliant. Kudos to Josh Radnor, Sarah Chalke, and Pamela Fryman for pulling that off.</p> <p>Britney-issues aside, I thought it was a great episode myself. But the reviews are oddly mixed. For example...</p> <p>Good: <a href="http://have-you-met-ted.com/2008/season-3-episode-13-ten-sessions-discussion/">[have-you-met-ted.com]</a></p> <p>Bad: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/24/how-i-met-your-mother-ten-sessions/">[www.tvsquad.com]</a></p> @Al Shipley: “Agreed.”

That two-minute-date sequence was not only charming but was technically brilliant. Kudos to Josh Radnor, Sarah Chalke, and Pamela Fryman for pulling that off.

Britney-issues aside, I thought it was a great episode myself. But the reviews are oddly mixed. For example…

Good: [have-you-met-ted.com]

Bad: [www.tvsquad.com]

]]> By: Rob Murphy http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506702 Rob Murphy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:13:19 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506702 <p>@<a href="#c4857598">Maura Johnston</a>: They don't tape the show "live before a studio audience" because they utilize so much "time shifting" as a story-telling device, the show just doesn't lend itself to "live taping". I actually read once that *after* they edit the show together, they "screen" it for an audience and "record" laughter, which is edited in before broadcast, but I don't quite buy that, as the "final product" sounds like a laugh track to me.</p> <p>You may have already guessed -- hey! I've even told you -- I'm a huge fan of the show, so I was quite eager to see last night's broadcast, even though I was pissed off about how the gimmicky-casting of Britney ended up chasing off Alicia Silverstone, who was possibly being set up as "The Mother". But I've made my peace about all of that, and if Britney's appearance drew some casual viewers who might start tuning in more regularly, and this maybe saves the show -- it's on the chopping block AGAIN, thanks CBS! -- I'll be grateful for that.</p> <p>Oh, wait -- this post is about Britney's PERFORMANCE. She was alright. Mandy Moore was better in the season-opener, IMO.</p> <p>Also, the <i>Fox News</i> and <i>Boston Globe</i> blurbs get it right -- Britney's two best moments were the "I heard a woman screaming in here" joke and the "can we have sex on it and then go shopping" joke.</p> @Maura Johnston: They don’t tape the show “live before a studio audience” because they utilize so much “time shifting” as a story-telling device, the show just doesn’t lend itself to “live taping”. I actually read once that *after* they edit the show together, they “screen” it for an audience and “record” laughter, which is edited in before broadcast, but I don’t quite buy that, as the “final product” sounds like a laugh track to me.

You may have already guessed — hey! I’ve even told you — I’m a huge fan of the show, so I was quite eager to see last night’s broadcast, even though I was pissed off about how the gimmicky-casting of Britney ended up chasing off Alicia Silverstone, who was possibly being set up as “The Mother”. But I’ve made my peace about all of that, and if Britney’s appearance drew some casual viewers who might start tuning in more regularly, and this maybe saves the show — it’s on the chopping block AGAIN, thanks CBS! — I’ll be grateful for that.

Oh, wait — this post is about Britney’s PERFORMANCE. She was alright. Mandy Moore was better in the season-opener, IMO.

Also, the Fox News and Boston Globe blurbs get it right — Britney’s two best moments were the “I heard a woman screaming in here” joke and the “can we have sex on it and then go shopping” joke.

]]> By: Chris N. http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506712 Chris N. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:11:34 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506712 <p>"Edge or danger"?</p> “Edge or danger”?

]]> By: Al Shipley http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506722 Al Shipley Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:47:58 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506722 <P>As a fan of the show, I thought it was a good episode, although it helped that Sarah Chalke got more screen time than Britney.</P> As a fan of the show, I thought it was a good episode, although it helped that Sarah Chalke got more screen time than Britney.

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506732 Maura Johnston Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:27:39 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506732 <p>she wasn't bad. i would like that show a lot more if it didn't use a laugh track.</p> <p>also, was i the only person who thought 'that '70s show did this first' during the big star-soundtracked closing scene?</p> she wasn’t bad. i would like that show a lot more if it didn’t use a laugh track.

also, was i the only person who thought ‘that ’70s show did this first’ during the big star-soundtracked closing scene?

]]> By: dippinkind http://idolator.com/371883/britney-tries-a-tv-channel-other-than-e-for-a-change/comment-page-1#comment-506742 dippinkind Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:25:10 +0000 http://6a011b098223f1ef3f6c553ef831269d#comment-506742 <P>i'm in agreement with the fox review on this one, what was anyone expecting beyond that? she's not meryl streep any more than she's sarah vaughn, but it made her sem likeable(and sane) again for the first time in a long while.</P> i’m in agreement with the fox review on this one, what was anyone expecting beyond that? she’s not meryl streep any more than she’s sarah vaughn, but it made her sem likeable(and sane) again for the first time in a long while.

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