KT Update-Some Quick Tidbits

Hey everyone! This weekend Jay & I will be in Atlanta (hopefully the Mets will remember how to win a game) and then Wednesday I’m off to California for a week; so I wanted to peak my head in for a quick update. I’ve got some tv news & also thoughts on Britney’s new music.

The casting news keeps rolling in! Danica McKellar (an all grown up Winnie Cooper) and Busy Phillips (Dawson’s Creek, Freaks & Geeks) will be fighting it over Ted on How I Met Your Mother.

The next season of Dancing with the Stars will include: Marie Osmond, Jennie Garth, Jane Seymour, Mark Cuban, Wayne Newton & Scary Spice!!

Hooray! Matt & Trey have signed on to do 3 more seasons of South Park for a ridiculous amount of money.

If you’ve been reading my updates for a while then you should know who Tim Minear is. No? Can’t remember. Well he’s the fella that was responsible for Drive, The Inside and Wonderfalls and collaborated with The Whedon on Firefly & Angel. As you can see, Fox put a stake through all of Minear’s tv projects, most of them lasting about 5 episodes. (booo Fox) Anyhoo, Minear has a new project & he is taking it to ABC (yaaaay!). Miracle Man revolves around "a disgraced former televangelist, a man of no faith, who finds that God is using him to perform real miracles and change lives, starting with his own." That sounds like a Tim Minear project. Anyhoo, it is all in early development but I’m pretty excited to see that someone who continues to product quirky television I enjoy (even if I am in the minority) will not let stupid television networks (yeah fox) & viewers keep him down. Here’s hoping Minear casts fan favorite Nathan Fillion in the project and that it will be a successful show (keeping my fingers crossed but not holding my breath) .

In other buffyverse related news, Fox has just signed Eliza Dushku to a television deal. If I was Eliza I’d tell Fox to go scratch after the way they handled Tru Calling, but I guess a girl’s gotta work. The deal pretty much means that Fox will create projects for Dushku. Hopefully she’ll get a great tv show that I can enjoy for a few years. I just realized that there is no show on tv right now that I am fully emotionally involved in. No Buffy, no Angel, no Everwood, no Alias, no Sex & the City, no Veronica Mars (wahhhhh). This is depressing! My two favorite shows right now are How I Met Your Mother and Brothers & Sisters. Both of which I really enjoy, neither of which really has me emotionally involved (although I am dangerously close on B&S). I just looked over my tv schedule and Tuesday is completely open for me—which is fitting since Tuesday is the day of Buffy & Veronica (and Angel did a stint there too). Perhaps I will proclaim Tuesday DVD TV night & I will watch some of my dearly departed favorites. I do have quite a few, of course the Whedon collection, but also Arrested Development, Freaks & Geeks, Roswell & Alias. Moving on………

Reports are still running rampant that Britney will be performing at the VMA’s (which by the way, MTV is planning on airing only once in hopes of bringing up viewership). Supposedly illusionist Criss Angel is going to be in the performance as well and…actually, I’ll keep that to myself. I don’t want to ruin the surprise in case she does perform. Also, Perez Hilton has gotten a hold of 2 new Britney tracks (you can check them out at Perez.hilton.com). The first track, Gimme More, is allegedly her big comeback single. It is not bad. I listened to it twice and I found my toe tapping during the second listen. But, ehhh. I don’t know. It didn’t make me want to get up and dance. Perhaps all of this cartoonish living has affected how I feel about Brit’s music? Possibly, cause I frikkin hated Cold as Ice. The sound of her voice sent chills down my spine and it took quite a bit of self control to actually let the entire song play. So, check out the VMA’s next Sunday. If Britney shows, either her performance will be kick ass & she will quiet all the naysayers or she will be a complete & total mess which might be even more entertaining! Either way, I’m sure it will be worth your time to check it out! I’ll chime in with my thoughts after the show!!!