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Talk TV with Gail
Join Post-Dispatch television critic Gail Pennington for a live discussion about everything TV-related.
Thursday, July 9, 2009 01:00 PM CDT
April: Hey Gail, how's it goin'?

Whatever happened to Trust Me on TNT? I actually liked that show, but heard it was canceled. They didn't give it a chance! Did you ever watch? Yes there was a lot of unnecessary bantering and yes it wasn't always believable, but it was fun to watch.
Gail: "Trust Me" was canceled. Everyone to her own taste, but I thought it was unwatchable! And you have to think TNT did give it a chance, a full season of 13 episodes. It takes a lot to get a high-profile cable show like this canceled, and ratings were very low. "It just didn't find an audience," the network said.

Stevie B: Hi Gail,
I was hoping to come up with a great question but it's just not happening. So; I'll confess this. I am a straight guy that watches Kathy Griffin religiously. I find her brand of humor and approach to entertaining refreshing. At times I am oddly attracted to her, what's wrong with me?

For my POGO; I don't get the Scifi, SyFy thing. So in homage to Mel Brooks I'm going to pronounce it SeeFee as in that's Fronkensteen.

OK, maybe I'll do better next week. Have a great weekend.
Gail: You don't have to be one of her gays to like Kathy Griffin. Her "D-List" show is indeed strangely entertaining, and she really made me laugh last week when she created her mom's "bucket list" and introduced her to Don Rickles. Just don't show up at the Fox Saturday night in drag, OK?

Don't put yourself down. Your POGO (post one, get one half off) comment is so good, I'm answering it free. I finally saw Sci Fi explain SyFy, which I call Siffy. They are going worldwide and can't copyright/trademark "Sci Fi," since it's a generic term. However, they can make SyFy their trademark. I still might have gone with something else, like Geektastic. But I'm just being siffy.

Matt B: GP;

I believe last week you stated that Drea DeMateo (the newest Desperate Housewife) played Meadow Soprano. Oh, how soon we forget!! Out-sight-out-of-mind-itis. Drea played the ill fated Adriana. Jamie Lynn Siegler played the oft-annoying, whiny Meadow.

MB
Gail: You are right, but I do this fast, and as soon as I post an answer, I unfortunately can't correct it. I did fix it on the transcript I posted, striking through "Meadow" and adding "Adriana." It was just a slip of the keyboard, since I'd just seen Jamie-Lynn Sigler on "Entourage."

Christina: What do you think of Rasing the Bar on TNT? Is this the first or second season? Has it be renewed?
Gail: The second season of "Raising the Bar" just started. I think this is a good show that people who enjoyed, say, "Boston Legal" should like. It's from Steven Bochco ("NYPD Blue"), not David E. Kelly, so it has oddball court cases but not completely insane ones. I like it a lot better since Mark-Paul Gosselaar cut his hair, but I'm not inclined to watch every week. Just because there's so much TV.

Matt B: GP;

Any local connections for the contestants in the upcoming Big Brother?

MB
Gail: Very excited for the return of "Big Brother" tonight. By next week, I'll be like, "Is that on again?" But I enjoy the reliability of having something on several times a week in summer. That's probably why (there couldn't possibly be another explanation) I kept up with "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here."

I put the list of contestants up on Tube Talk and didn't see any local connection. Are you watching Drew, the St. Louis lawyer, on "I Survived a Japanese Game Show"? He seems to be having a showmance with another contestant. So far, he hasn't embarrassed us, though.