Mercy: Complete First Season From the co-executive producer of Friday Night Lights comes the intense and heartfelt drama Mercy. Nurse Veronica Flanagan Callahan (Taylor Schilling, Dark Matter) has recently returned to her hospital job after a volatile tour in Iraq, and knows more about medicine than all of the residents combined. In order to navigate [...]
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It’s been the commencement-speech blunder heard around the world, thanks to viral video. ‘Today’ show anchor Ann Curry spoke to Wheaton College graduates in Massachusetts last weekend, and mentioned famous alumni of the university in her speech. Well, not exactly.
“You should never Google drunk,” she joked to Jimmy Fallon on ‘Late Night’ (weeknights, 12:37AM ET on NBC). “I actually named the wrong graduates … because — who knew — there’s another Wheaton College in Illinois.”
Curry continued, “It was so embarrassing, even right now my neck is red. Actually, I lost sleep over this.” So Fallon gave her the chance to make things right.
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It’s a bridal shower on ‘The Real Housewives of New York City’ (Thu., 10PM ET on Bravo). A double bridal shower, actually, which is being thrown for both Bethenny and Ramona. And the presents handed out at the party are weirdly inappropriate — but are also somehow completely expected, given the nature of the show.
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Alex gives Bethany and Ramona handcuffs that appear to be covered in pearls. For — you know — use during sex. Her second present is some cloth straps decorated with Swarovski crystals. These are also meant to be used so that the girls can be tied up — you know, during sex.
Ramona seems completely mystified by all the sex toy gifts. Meanwhile, Sonja wonders how Ramona can keep her sex life “up to date” without being handcuffed and tied up. It’s all so tacky and fascinating. You stay classy, ladies!
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The new series ‘Police Women of Memphis’ (Thu., 9PM ET on TLC) follows the real-life adventures of four female cops. These woman are putting their lives on the line on the mean streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
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On the premiere episode, we are introduced to Officer Virginia Awkward — who takes a lot of ribbing from the other cops for her extremely unusual last name. (Some of the jokes made at her expense: “How Awkward is that?” and “I know you feel Awkward.”)
Still, Awkward proves herself to be a pretty fine police woman. First, she sees a suspicious car stopped in the middle of the street. After stopping the vehicle and detaining the suspects, she finds that the man has a huge bag of pot stuffed in his pants — plus a gun in the car. The suspect tries this classic excuse to get out of trouble: “I didn’t do nothing, okay?” But that’s not going to work with Virginia. She’s not so awkward, after all.
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On the new sitcom ’100 Questions’ (Thu., 8:30PM ET on NBC), a group of friends try to find love while hanging out in the big city. Hmm. That description sounds oddly familiar. It’s almost as though we’ve seen this type of show before or something.
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During the first episode, Wayne (David Walton) and Mike (Christopher Moynihan) hang out in a bar, and make a bet. The ultra-smooth Wayne makes a wager with his friend that he can score with any girl, no matter what. Mike goes along with the bet, and forces Wayne to approach a hot girl and use the worst pickup line in the history of the world. And here is that pickup line: “In 1775, cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among chimney sweeps.” So. There you go.
Of course, to Mike’s complete horror, the line actually works. Well, it’s a unique line. But will the friends of ’100 Questions’ be unique enough to reach the level of success of — say — the sitcom ‘Friends’? Or will the show meet the fate of so many other sitcoms about goofy pals living in Manhattan?
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Actor Matt Damon received a big award during a star-studded gala event on ‘Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute’ (Thu., 9PM ET on ABC). A ton of celebrities were in attendance, including Jimmy Kimmel, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood.
One celebrity who couldn’t be bothered to show up: George Clooney. Although Clooney did send a video message to Damon. Unfortunately, the message ostensibly took place while George was getting an “elective prostate [exam]” from a doctor.
Clooney appeared a little distracted while sending his message, but — hey, at least he cared enough to call. “Tonight, you have an American Cinematheque Award,” he said to Matt. ” … Ooh! Aaah!” These weren’t necessarily sounds of excitement; they were more like noises resulting from the doctor’s activities.