WWE NXT:The Online Edition

Okay first of all let me say I am NOT a big fan of watching WWE NXT On Demand on nxt.wwe.com. It's just not the same and harder to watch. That being said if I want to continue watching this show this season, this is the only way to do it since SyFy took it off for a combination of bad ratings and the fact they only want one wrestling program on their network and that show is now Friday Night Smackdown.

That being said it was elimination night for the NXT Diva Rookies and while the show has been about terrible competitions and Cole's over the top heel commentary, there is still a competition going on. Somehow Kathyn got immunity for winning the most challenges since the beginning of the season.

In past seasons at this point I would go through the NXT Poll rankings in order and talk about the Rookies and their chances of winning. Well there was no poll, no rankings at all. All there was was a screen with their faces flashing through like it was draft night and there was a "randomly generated pick" going on.

When the flashing pictures ended, Jamie, one of my favorites, was eliminated.

There's not much else to say but that because this season of NXT has been really difficult to watch at times. I guess I will say that the one good thing about the online version of the show is that the whole show can be watched with "Raw Recalls" and all those other advertistments for other WWE programming that take up most of the hour.

Dancing With the Stars Ratings (10/4/10)

Trying a new format again for DWTS this week, see how this works.
(Couple (Judge's Score) My Star Rating out of 5)

Jennifer & Derek (24) ****
Florence & Corky (20) ***
Kurt & Anna (23) ***1/2
Margaret & Louis (18) ** (Should go home)
Audrina & Tony (26) **** (Didn't expect the first 9s of the season to goto them)
Bristol & Mark (19) ** (Will go home)
Brandy & Maksim (24) ***1/2
Kyle & Lacey (23) ***1/2
The Situation & Karina (20) **1/2 (I don't even know how to rate that performance to be honest)
Rick & Cheryl (24) ***

NFL Week 4

Week 3 Results:8-6
Full Season:33-28

New York Jets-Buffalo
Cinicinnati-Cleveland
Baltimore-Pittsburgh
Denver-Tennessee
Detroit-Green Bay
San Francisco-Atlanta
Carolina-New Orleans
Seattle-St. Louis
Indianapolis-Jacksonville
Houston-Oakland
Washington-Philadelphia
Arizona-San Diego
Chicago-New York Giants
New England-Miami

NFL Picks-Week 4

New York Jets-Buffalo
Cinicinnati-Cleveland
Baltimore-Pittsburgh
Denver-Tennessee
Detroit-Green Bay
San Francisco-Atlanta
Carolina-New Orleans
Seattle-St. Louis
Indianapolis-Jacksonville
Houston-Oakland
Washington-Philadelphia
Arizona-San Diego
Chicago-New York Giants
New England-Miami

Glee (9/28/10):It's Britney Bitch!

Well last night was the much hyped Britney Spears themed episode of Glee. This is the continution of a trend that started last season with the fantastic Power of Madonna episode, of theme episodes. While some have major promise (I hate to admit it but I'm looking forward to the Rocky Horror episode on Halloween week), this one I went into not expecting alot. I'm not a huge fan of Britney anymore, I liked her back in the pop era of the 90s but that was a long time ago and it seems to me her music just gets kinda worse. That leads up to tonight's show. I'll get into the performances in a second, but overall I was unimpressed by this episode. I didn't like the fact that they were pretty much copying music videos and the fact that I will have to use the phrase later on in this piece, "the only non drug-infused Britney performance of the show", is kinda sad to me. Let's get into it.

Britnay-I'm A Slave 4 U
Okay well here we go for the start. This was the first song of the show as it was because Carl, the dentist that Emma is now dating (that is played fantasticly by new regular guest star John Stamos), put her under anesthesia and boom here we go. I'm sorry but Heather Morris is a great dancer, but she is NOT a great singer. I'm happy she got her moment tonight, don't get me wrong, but this was kinda eh for me. Maybe it was the fact that it was a music video, maybe it was the fact that it was a copycat performance. It left alot to desired, a theme that would continue throughout the night. C

Britnay & Santana-Me Against the Music
Okay I don't even know this song, but Claire pointed out that this was the song Britney did with Madonna, which then made it make perfect sense. While the dancing was fantasitc again, it was another copycat music video performance. I don't watch this show for these kind of numbers at all, but it was alright to watch. The fact that Naya Rivera can totally belt out a great song saved this song from being boring. C+

Rachel-Baby One More Time
First of all, I'm sorry but Lea didn't look that hot in the schoolgirl outfit. I think he's hotter in her sundresses and just being her. #2, she didn't sing this song that well at all. It just fell totally flat to me. Was it a good copycat video to the original Britney video? Hell yeah. But for this show, it was blah. C

Artie-Stronger
Okay this is going to sound very weird to say but this was the standout Britney performance of the night. On a night that had the girls of the show running around in body suits, schoolgirl outfits and leather, Artie dancing in his wheelchair with the football players is the moment I remember the most. It made storyline-sense, it wasn't a copycat video. IT LEAD TO SOMETHING IN THE SHOW! Plus the fact that Kevin McHale can totally sing anything and sound fantastic. Also, maybe it was just me, but it seemed like a great call back to the Single Ladies dance from the beginning of season one. A

Shue & New Directions-Toxic
Before I continue on with the show, I was totally distracted at the beginning of this performance because when Matthew Morrisson danced onto the stage for this sex-charged song, Mandy literally fell out of her chair and hit the floor. After that it was really hard to concentrate on the performance because I was too busy laughing but I will give it a shot. In the only non drug-infused Britney performance of the show, Shue led the charge of this verison of Toxic in front of the entire school, much to the disgust of Sue. But I can't even beginning to talk about this without noting that Principal Figgins' introduction had to be the most monotone, dry, non-exciting intro I've ever heard. I wasn't sure if I was watching Figgins or Knitknots from Imagination Movers. The performance was eh for me. It was nice to see it stripped down and have it done on stage and the crowd reactions were fantastic. But Shue singing Britney wasn't that good, and overall it was just a fitting end to this off-night of Britney songs. B-

Rachel-The Only Exception
This was the closing song and the only non-Britney song on the night. It was really pretty and Lea totally belted it out of the park. It also was a great tool to close the episode's storylines for the night. It was also needed to cleanse the pallet after getting totally ODed on Britney songs. A

Dancing with the Stars The Performance Recap (9/27/10)

After getting through this week's show (delayed in WI due to the Packers/Bears game last night), I've decided I'm going to shorten my recaps and get right to the points.

Best Performance:Jennifer & Derek
Worst Performance:Michael & Chelsie
Surprisingly Good:The Situation & Karina
Biggest Disappointment:Brandy & Maksim
Most Improved:Margaret & Louis

Overall a very very good show. If Michael Bolton stays on this show after that performance, especially after Tom was very blunt with "We have a three?!?!", I'm convinced there's a web site helping bad performers advance much like on Idol. That's all I've got this week.

NFL Week 3

Week 3 Results:8-8
Full Season:25-22

Tennessee/New York Giants
Cinicinnati/Carolina
Pittsburgh/Tampa Bay
Buffalo/New England
Cleveland/Baltimore
San Francisco/Kansas City
Dallas/Houston
Detroit/Minnesota
Atlanta/New Orleans
Washington/St. Louis
Philadelphia/Jacksonville
Indianapolis/Denver
Oakland/Arizona
San Diego/Seattle
New York Jets/Miami
Green Bay/Chicago