<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The TV Chick</title>
	<atom:link href="http://thetvchick.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://thetvchick.com</link>
	<description>TV From The Inside Out</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:02 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>GIVEAWAY: Bravo RHONJ #TBT Portrait Contest Prize Pack</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/giveaways/rhonj-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/giveaways/rhonj-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thetvchick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bravo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Housewives of New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RHONJ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bravo&#8217;s Real Housewives of New Jersey is back on June 2nd at 8 PM and I know a lot of people are excited about it! To celebrate, Bravo is hosting the #RHONJFam Photo Contest. Fans can enter the contest by [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bravo&#8217;s Real Housewives of New Jersey is back on June 2nd at 8 PM and I know a lot of people are excited about it! To celebrate, Bravo is hosting the #RHONJFam Photo Contest. Fans can enter the contest by submitting their favorite family portrait on Twitter or Instagram using #RHONJfam or by uploading directly to the gallery on the RHONJ Facebook page for a chance to win a $10K luxury “staycation”! Even better, the winning family portrait will be unveiled on Bravo&#8217;s Facebook and Twitter page. The contest launched on May 10th and fans can enter until May 22nd. The RHONJ cast will then choose the top 5 finalists, and fans will then vote on those five to determine the winner. But I am excited to offer this tie-in giveaway! Keep reading to see how you can win a Nintendo WiiU and a 100 dollar Snapfish gift card to create your own photo books and more!</p>
<p><span id="more-6152"></span></p>
<p><strong>Real Housewives of New Jersey Prize Pack Includes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="line-height: 13px;">Nintendo WiiU</span></li>
<li>Snapfish 100 Dollar gift card</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>To enter to win, I want to see your best #TBT and family memories photo. So I can keep track of all the entries, tweet (or Instagram) the following &#8220;I want to win @thetvchick&#8217;s #RHONJfam giveaway [link to your family photo].&#8221; To be clear, the brackets is where you put a link to your own family photo. All of your entries will be entered in the main Bravo contest too!</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/giveaways/rhonj-giveaway/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pure unadulterated friendship: A love letter to New Girl</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/featured-content/pure-unadulterated-friendship-love-letter-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/featured-content/pure-unadulterated-friendship-love-letter-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Lansing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured Content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Greenfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Girl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zooey Deschanel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I begin, I have a few confessions to make. Confession number one: this is my first post of any kind ever. I’m a blogging newbie. So please be patient with me as I attempt to flesh out the many [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before I begin, I have a few confessions to make. Confession number one: this is my first post of any kind ever. I’m a blogging newbie. So please be patient with me as I attempt to flesh out the many thoughts floating around in my head into one cohesive piece. Confession number two: Not only am I a blogging newbie, I’m also a New Girl newbie. I avoided the show like the plague due to an unidentifiable qualm with Zooey Deschanel. Maybe I was intimidated by her intense blue eyes and in-your-face “adorkableness.” Or maybe I just saw that damn “Is that rain?” iPhone commercial one too many times. (Oh Zooey. It’s obviously raining!) Something about her rubbed me the wrong way and, because of that, I scoffed at all of the critics who insisted the show was brilliantly funny and Deschanel actually made the adorkable thing work. Confession number three: I finally caved and watched an episode in late January. I’m not sure what made me give in on that fateful evening. Perhaps it was the post-holiday, mid-winter depression that was setting in. Perhaps it was the increasing adoration from critics I respected that plastered my Twitter feed every Tuesday. Or maybe I was just looking for something to fill the void that the too-soon Parenthood finale left in my TV-loving heart. Whatever the reason was, I turned on the TV at 9pm on January 29th and watched my very first episode of New Girl. January 29th. Card-carrying members of the Nick and Jess fan club may recognize that date. That’s right; the first episode I watched was “Cooler.”</p>
<p><span id="more-6146"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“Did you just make up a theme song for yourself?”</strong></p>
<p>To be honest, I wasn’t sure about it at first. I was obviously not invested in the Nick/Jess relationship and Deschanel’s character had maybe too many adorkable moments in the episode. But there was something about the chemistry of the cast. I was intrigued. What followed went from a casual proposition to my live-in boyfriend (“Hey- I saw an episode of this show last week and it was pretty funny. Wanna watch the pilot with me?”) to a flurry of New Girl marathons cultivating in a full-on obsession with the characters and their respective stories. We caught up in a matter of two weeks. I was totally high on New Girl. I promptly dragged my also Zooey weary best friend into it and rewatched most of the episodes for a second time. By the time mid-March rolled around, I couldn’t get enough. As Schmidt put it one night before he and the guys were headed out, “I like this feeling you guys. I’m likin’ the vibe we got goin’ here.” Thus, I waited in anticipation with the rest of the New Girl fanbase for the next new episode week to week.</p>
<p>Being the overly analytical person that I am, between episodes I began to wonder what it was about New Girl that really grabbed me. How did this total transformation from New Girl hater to New Girl devotee happen? In its early days, New Girl appeared to be a show centered on Deschanel’s character and the situations that she found herself in. Jessica Day was a dorky, doe-eyed girl who didn’t seem to have a clue and the guys (and Cece) were simply there to react to her quirks and adorable naivety. But as time went on, Jess became a multi-dimensional character and the show became more of an ensemble piece about this unique group of friends trying to maneuver their way through not-so-early adulthood. It became a show about the various relationships between its core characters instead of the single dynamic between Jess and the guys.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“How did you become friends? Was it an accident? Did you hit him with your car and you became his reluctant caretaker?”</strong></p>
<p>Through a series of flashbacks and more dedicated character driven stories unrelated to Jess, New Girl has done a fantastic job of really fleshing out the supporting cast. Even Winston, who seemed a bit of a floating character at first, has found a bit of solid ground. And of course, we can’t talk about New Girl without mentioning Max Greenfield’s loveable douchebag Schmidt, who is one of my favorite characters on TV right now. His insane quips and the fanatical situations he gets himself into make me laugh harder than probably anyone on TV. This is, after all, the guy who gave us the ultimate pickup line: “I’m a squirrel; you’re my nut. Winter’s coming. I’m gonna store you in my cheek, girl.” Who can argue with that? I also adore the friendship between Schmidt and Jake Johnson&#8217;s Nick. The flashback scenes to college Nick and Fat Schmidt are some of my favorites and how uncomfortable the touchy feely moments between them make Nick always gets to me. Their friendship, while also totally hilarious, is actually quite sweet and touching. And that’s one thing this show (as well as my other favorite comedy Parks and Rec) does so well. They have really knocked it out of the park with the intertwining of the utterly ridiculous moments and the expressively sweet moments. It makes me feel things. A lot of things. And to me, the defining component between a good and a great show is the ability to make me feel a wide range of emotions.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“I’m a MAN, Jessica! Pink robes are my catnip!”</strong></p>
<p>Now let’s dig a little deeper with the feelings and emotions for a moment. Particularly, the feelings and emotions between one Nicholas Miller and one Jessica Day. From the very beginning, there was something there. Johnson and Deschanel had incredible chemistry and their characters, though polar opposites, always seemed to get each other in a way that the others didn’t. Through the course of a season and a half, Nick and Jess did the same dance we’ve seen so many other characters on TV do. The difference was they did it in a way that was not as much cheesy and overdramatized as it was awkward and silly. Regardless, when what will now be known as “The Kiss” finally happened, I felt a bit torn. After the initial moment of internal squealing like a schoolgirl, my first reaction was to worry. I wasn’t sure it was the right time for Nick and Jess. And I was left with a lot of questions. What would it do to the loft dynamic that I loved so much? Would New Girl become a different (read: worse off) show? Would they give Nick and Jess too much focus? Not enough focus? With this new development, New Girl was entering potentially dangerous territory. Territory that other shows I loved had failed at so miserably; most recently and notably, The Office.</p>
<p>I was a huge Jim and Pam fan from the very first episode. They had great chemistry and the banter between them was so much fun to watch. When they finally got together in Season 4, I was ecstatic. There were endless entertaining possibilities in this newfound coupledom. But I quickly soured on it when Jim and Pam’s relationship lost that spark they had when it was just flirty banter and became much more boring and far too perfect. From someone who was deeply invested in the relationship, it was very disappointing and the change in dynamic made me lose a little interest in the overall show as well. I did not want to see this same scenario play out with New Girl.</p>
<p>But despite being torn about it, The Kiss felt exciting. It added a new component of mystery to the show and took it in a new direction that, if handled correctly, could be a lot of fun. And, lucky for us, that’s exactly what has happened. The episodes that followed have been even more of what we’ve come to love but with a novel complication baked in. Schmidt is still spewing out ridiculous “Schmidtisms” while wearing fancy suits. Winston is still suggesting inappropriate revenge scenarios. Cece is still fumbling into yet another bad decision. And so far, Nick and Jess are just as confused and awkward as ever.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“We’re still in that honeymoon phase. I barely sleep. So much doing it.”</strong></p>
<p>Last week, the two “roomfriends” took the will they/won’t they out of the equation when they finally had sex. Nick’s beer gurgling and Jess’s inability to open jars and soft pink robes finally did them in. There’s no panic moonwalking away from this one. The silent reaction shot after is nothing short of perfection. Without saying a word, Johnson and Deschanel flawlessly embodied the wide range of emotions Nick and Jess were feeling post coitus. It almost felt like they were mirroring the emotions that I was feeling after watching The Kiss. They know they’re entering dangerous territory but for the moment, they don’t care. And at this point, neither do I. I’m having too much fun watching these two as they stutter and stumble to find their way to each other and away from each other at the same time. And that’s not even mentioning the glorious “Schmidtisms” we’ve gotten from his reactions to the pairing. Case in point: “The stench of filth and lust is all over this room. It smells like freakin’ Tijuana!” So far, New Girl has done a terrific job of meshing the romantic entanglement between these two without messing up the loft dynamic that completes the show.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>&#8220;I have your back, no matter what. No matter how stupid it gets. And you and I both know, it can get really, really stupid.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>Whatever happens with Nick and Jess, ultimately, this is a story about friendship. Friendship between a band of misfits scrambling to navigate a messy situation that just keeps getting messier. Friendship between a skeptical viewer and a quirky girl who found some common ground. New Girl has perfected the balance between ridiculous slapstick humor and sticky sweet emotional moments to make it one of the smartest and funniest comedies on TV today. And boy has it been entertaining to watch. Buckle up, fellow New Girl-ers, we’re in for a wild ride. And to those who haven’t jumped on board yet, put your qualms aside and give it a shot. There will be plenty of bumps along the way but I promise the exhilarating feeling you’ll get when you come to the end will be well worth it. As a man in a penis cast once stated while his friend scratched an itch in an unseemly place, “This is friendship. Pure, unadultered friendship.” Why yes, Schmidt, yes it is.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/featured-content/pure-unadulterated-friendship-love-letter-girl/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>PREVIEW: MTV&#8217;s Girl Code</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/preview-mtvs-girl-code/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/preview-mtvs-girl-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thetvchick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advance Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Girl Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the vein of MTV2&#8242;s big hit Guy Code comes Girl Code, which is debuting on MTV tonight. It&#8217;s sort of like Best Week Ever meets The World&#8217;s Dumbest with a girly angle to it. Here&#8217;s what MTV has to [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the vein of MTV2&#8242;s big hit Guy Code comes Girl Code, which is debuting on MTV tonight. It&#8217;s sort of like Best Week Ever meets The World&#8217;s Dumbest with a girly angle to it. Here&#8217;s what MTV has to say about the show: MTV’s new series Girl Code is a strong and smart female driven comedy series bringing millennial viewers a new, hilarious how-to manual full of over the top tips to push the envelope and open the dialogue about the wonders and woes of womanhood. In the same style of irreverent commentary that fans have come to love on MTV2’s top rated series Guy Code, the new MTV series calls on female stand-up comics, actresses and musicians—and even a few guys—to weigh in on the sisterhood that all girls share. I got a chance to screen the premiere and it&#8217;s quite amusing and worth checking out.</p>
<p><span id="more-6121"></span></p>
<p>Check out a trailer for Girl Code:</p>
<div style="background-color:#000000;width:520px;">
<div style="padding:4px;"><iframe src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:892309/cp~id%3D1704382%26vid%3D892309%26instance%3Dmtv%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A892309" width="512" height="288" frameborder="0"></iframe>
<p style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Get More:<br />
<a href="http://www.mtv.com/shows/girl_code/series.jhtml" style="color:#439CD8;" target="_blank">Girl Code</a>, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/home.jhtml" style="color:#439CD8;" target="_blank">Full Episodes</a></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><strong>Be sure to tune in tonight at 10:30 PM to MTV for the premiere of Girl Code.</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/preview-mtvs-girl-code/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Bronx Science Celebrates 75 Years with Jon Favreau and Dominic Chianese</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/bronx-science-celebrates-75-years-jon-favreau-dominic-chianese/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/bronx-science-celebrates-75-years-jon-favreau-dominic-chianese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thetvchick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bronx Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Favreau]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The stars were out for the Bronx Science 75th Anniversary Gala, held at the Waldorf Astoria on Saturday evening. The evening ended up raising a million dollars for Bronx Science, which is a public charter school in New York, founded [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The stars were out for the Bronx Science 75th Anniversary Gala, held at the Waldorf Astoria on Saturday evening. The evening ended up raising a million dollars for Bronx Science, which is a public charter school in New York, founded in 1939. Its main focus is on science, obviously, but from speaking with alumni, it was clear that many creative types found their home at Bronx Science as well. Attendees were treated to a brief history of Bronx Science from the captain of the debate team, who spoke so fast it made my head spin. But she was quite impressive. We also got to watch a performance by the Jazz Band and Steve Karmen who is known for writing the advertising jingle for the &#8220;I Love New York&#8221; ad campaigns. Now you might be asking, what is the TV Chick doing at a science/school gala? Well, many famous alumni work in TV, film and journalism. I got to speak to Jon Favreau (who will forever be Pete from Friends in my eyes), Jeff Greenfield (an author and journalist), and Dominic Chianese (from The Sopranos) about their experience at the school, their upcoming projects and what it means to them to be celebrating the 75th anniversary of their alma mater.</p>
<p><span id="more-6129"></span></p>
<p><strong>Jon Favreau</strong> </p>
<p><strong>On what it means to be celebrating the 75th anniversary:</strong> It&#8217;s great to catch up with old friends and Bronx Science was a huge part of me finding my identity. They taught you great academics, but also I was in school plays, I learned how to draw. They pretty much encourage all of my passions, and after leaving there, it gave me a really good foundation. Especially as a storyteller, to have a working knowledge and a cursory understanding of many subjects really came in handy.</p>
<p><strong>Favorite memories:</strong> I remember doing a school play, My Sister Eileen, with James over here. That was a lot of fun. That was the big one. And I remember starting off playing Dungeons and Dragons and by the time I graduated, I was listening to heavy metal, wearing a leather jacket. So I went from a geek to a freak, in four years. That TV show Freaks and Geeks really spoke to me. I wasn&#8217;t a big comic book guy in school. My friends were, and I was aware of them. But I wasn&#8217;t a comic geek in the same way. I guess I was reading graphic novels then, Dark Knight and X Men were very popular. But Iron Man wasn&#8217;t really on my radar at that age.</p>
<p><strong>About the big Iron Man 3 Premiere coming up:</strong> The movie came out very well. I&#8217;m very excited. I had a lot of fun being in it, and being involved in it as an Executive Producer was a lot of fun and I really like the tone of the film. I like the way it turned out.</p>
<p><strong>On his upcoming projects and writing and directing:</strong> I&#8217;m doing a little bit of that, too. Next thing after Iron Man&#8217;s Wolf of Wall Street that I&#8217;m in, directed by Martin Scorcese. </p>
<p><strong>Dominic Chianese</strong></p>
<p><strong>On the big night:</strong> We&#8217;re celebrating 75 years of one of the greatest schools in the world. I&#8217;m really happy to have been a graduate of Bronx High School of Science.</p>
<p><strong>Favorite Memory:</strong> I have great memories. Great teachers, great students. And even though my major was more in English and music, I never regretted the fact that I was lucky enough to get into that school.</p>
<p><strong>Jeff Greenstein</strong></p>
<p><strong>On Bronx Science: </strong>I went to Bronx Science because it was a terrific education, but I had no interest in science. One of my friends at Bronx Science, a guy named Sam Delaney, who became a great science fiction writer before he was 25. So it gives you a certain sense of perspective. It&#8217;s almost like moving from a small town to a big city and suddenly realizing, whoa, you are far from the brightest bulb in this hardware store, pal. At a very early age you were challenged. Both by your fellow students and by the nature of the place. The teachers were expecting from you a certain level of performance that they might not have expected if this was just a regular old school. And the fact that it was free, meant that I could go there.</p>
<p>For more information about Bronx Science, visit their <a href="http://www.bxscience.edu/">website</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/bronx-science-celebrates-75-years-jon-favreau-dominic-chianese/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>ADVANCE REVIEW: Season Three Premiere of Awkward &#8220;Cha-cha-cha-changes&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Responsibly Irresponsible&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/advance-review-season-premiere-awkward-cha-cha-cha-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/advance-review-season-premiere-awkward-cha-cha-cha-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thetvchick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advance Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashley Rickards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awkward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beau Mirchoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Davern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greer Grammer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Molly Tarlov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nikki Deloach]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When last we left our favorite &#8220;skitches,&#8221; Jenna finally chose (Team Matty vs. Team Jake) and she decided to stay in town for the summer with her beau of choice (Matty), and give her space on the Europe trip to [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When last we left our favorite &#8220;skitches,&#8221; Jenna finally chose (Team Matty vs. Team Jake) and she decided to stay in town for the summer with her beau of choice (Matty), and give her space on the Europe trip to Tamara. We pick up with everyone returning to school. Side note for a moment: Awkward is one of the few shows with high school age students actually GOING to school. I&#8217;m kind of amazed by this. But I digress. We learn that Jenna and Matty have basically spent the summer doing a whole lot of making out. Tamara and Jake also seem to have done a whole lot of making out over the summer in Europe, but are still working on the whole DTR situation. But Jenna has been in her own world this summer with Matty, and she has to work to get her friendship back up to speed with Tamara and Ming. And our favorite bitch Sadie is going through a crisis of her own at the beginning of the season. There&#8217;s lots of speculation as to what the crisis could be, but I&#8217;ll let you watch and find out.</p>
<p><span id="more-6119"></span></p>
<p>One of the things I love most about the show, is that the adults are equally wonderful as the kids. Val is back and better than ever, still playing favorites with Jenna. She signs Jenna up for creative writing which I think will add an interesting dynamic to the show and a good outlet for Jenna, besides her blog. The creative writing teacher is played by Anthony Michael Hall, so I look forward to seeing more of him. And one of the most heartwarming moments of the first two episodes is between Jenna and her mom. After all they have been through with the letter, it was really nice to see them bond. I hope we see a lot more of Lacey and Jenna moments this season.</p>
<p>For those who love the Asian mafia like I do, they are back in full force. There&#8217;s also a big story with Ricky Schwartz. I don&#8217;t want to spoil too much, but the third season picks up with all the hilarity and heartwarming moments that we have grown accustomed to with Awkward. The show has the ability to go way over the top, while keeping the characters and the stories incredibly grounded at the same time. There are definitely some darker moments at the beginning of the third season, but they are all handled with grace and humor. So, will it be smooth sailing for Jenna and Matty? There&#8217;s a new kid in school, Colin (played by Nolan Gerard Funk), how will he fit in? Will Jenna and Tamara become BFF&#8217;s again? I can&#8217;t wait to see what happens.</p>
<p><strong>Be sure to tune in tonight at 10 PM to MTV for the two episode, hour long season premiere of Awkward.</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/advance-review-season-premiere-awkward-cha-cha-cha-changes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>REVIEW: Game of Thrones &#8220;Valar Dohaeris&#8221; and &#8220;Dark Wings, Dark Words&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/reviews/review-game-thrones-valar-dohaeris-dark-wings-dark-words/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/reviews/review-game-thrones-valar-dohaeris-dark-wings-dark-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Maines</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game of Thrones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s only been two weeks, but it’s clear that this season of Game of Thrones is going to blow all of our minds (and how depressing is it to think that it’s already 20% over?! Excuse me while I go [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s only been two weeks, but it’s clear that this season of Game of Thrones is going to blow all of our minds (and how depressing is it to think that it’s already 20% over?! Excuse me while I go panic about how I’m going to survive the long hiatus in 2 months). Dark Wings, Dark Words had everything I love about this show: political power plays, sword fighting, and direwolves. Last week’s premiere focused heavily on Jon, Daenerys, Sansa, &#038; Catelyn, so this week we got to check in on Arya, Bran, Theon and Jaime for the first time. </p>
<p><span id="more-6111"></span></p>
<p><strong>Margaery/Sansa/Olenna</strong><br />
“The cheese will be served when I want it. And I want it now” is the new “put that in your pipe and smoke it.” Look out, Dowager Countess, Lady Olenna is coming for you. </p>
<p>Everything about Sansa’s sit down with Margaery and Lady Olenna was perfection. The actors took a phenomenal scene from the books (screenwritten beautifully by Vanessa Taylor) and gave it new life and new meanings. From Lady Olenna’s casual knowledge of Sansa’s preference for lemon cakes to the tearful recounting of Joffrey’s ‘mercy.’ So many layers to their conversation; SO MUCH GAME PLAY. I can’t say enough good things about Natalie Dormer. I’ve never seen even so much as a clip from The Tudors, so I had no firsthand knowledge of how fantastic she is, but WOW. Dormer is knocking it out of the park. Her Margaery is perfectly layered. She’s so many different things; caring, chaste, slutty, sly, cunning, such a wonderful mystery. WHO IS MARGAERY TYRELL?! </p>
<p><strong>Arya</strong><br />
Poor Arya. So close, yet so, so far. We picked up with Arya, Gendry, and Hot Pie almost immediately after where we left them at the end of Season two and already they’re in trouble. Never ever gonna catch a break. Aside from a few nice moments from Maisie Williams as Arya prepares to fight a group of men they encounter on the way to Riverrun, this episode was very much a building block for deeper things to come. Yes, we get the return of The Hound, and the impending danger that brings as he reveals Arya’s secret, but I want more. More fighting, more Genry, more of the little girl against the world. I suspect we’ll see a bit more next week. </p>
<p><strong>Theon</strong><br />
He’s alive. He’s being tortured. That’s just about it. Maybe if we all pretend this didn’t happen, Theon will just disappear?! Let’s give it a shot.</p>
<p><strong>Bran</strong><br />
The Reeds are here!! A little late for those who have read the books, but it’s still nice to see the mysterious Meera and Jojen finally make an appearance (and boy, did it deliver! That dream, amirite?!?!) In my opinion, one of the best delineations that the writers have made from the book is the choice to keep Osha, Hodor, Bran, and Rickon together. Natalia Tena adds so much to those scenes as Osha that it would be a shame to lose her. Next week we better be getting more Jojen, preferably with less exposition.</p>
<p><strong>Jaime</strong><br />
Brienne and Jaime finally came to blows and it was AMAZING. Perfect location scouting, perfect stunt choreopgraphing, perfect everything&#8230;except for the part where they’re about to be captured because of Brienne’s reluctance to kill a random passerby earlier in their journey. Get it together, Brienne! Always listen to the Kingslayer. (Never listen to the Kingslayer, that was terrible advice.) </p>
<p>Although we got to see more of King’s Landing and the Tyrell/Lannister chess game, this episode was still largely a foundation building for bigger things to come. Due to time constraints in the premiere, we were seeing many of these characters for the first time this season. Brilliant episodes from start to finish. </p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/reviews/review-game-thrones-valar-dohaeris-dark-wings-dark-words/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>ADVANCE REVIEW: Hannibal</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/advance-review-hannibal/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/advance-review-hannibal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thetvchick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advance Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hannibal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh Dancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re all familiar with the character Hannibal Lecter. Most of us have seen Silence of the Lambs, and perhaps the less popular sequel Hannibal. There are also the novels written by Thomas Harris, that focus on FBI special agent (and [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re all familiar with the character Hannibal Lecter. Most of us have seen Silence of the Lambs, and perhaps the less popular sequel Hannibal. There are also the novels written by Thomas Harris, that focus on FBI special agent (and criminal profiler) Will Graham and Lecter. And that&#8217;s the world that Bryan Fuller&#8217;s new series Hannibal is going to explore. Despite the title of the series, the show is more focused on Will Graham and now he gets into the mind of serial killers. Hugh Dancy plays a rather perfect Graham, falling on some end of the Autism spectrum, which is always a hard role to play. Mads Mikkelsen plays Dr. Hannibal Lecter with a great subtlety that is necessary for the role. Rounding out the cast is Laurence Fisburne as Special Agent Jack Crawford (Will&#8217;s boss) and Caroline Dhavernas as Dr. Alana Bloom, a psychology professor and a profiler for the FBI. I can only assume Dr. Bloom will get more into the fold after the pilot, and possibly act as a love interest. I&#8217;m interested to see how she will get more involved. </p>
<p><span id="more-6106"></span></p>
<p>The show is fairly graphic, and will become more so as the season goes on. However, I didn&#8217;t find myself covering my eyes a lot or incredibly grossed out (maybe just a little). Fuller&#8217;s creation is quite visually stunning, and Graham&#8217;s dreams are at the center of that. Perhaps the most interesting visual choice is how Graham figures out a murder. He puts himself in the position of the killer, and we see him actually killing the victims. I find this so interesting, because to me, not only does it imply that he&#8217;s brilliant, but it also implies that perhaps he and Dr. Lecter are not as far apart as we suspect. Of course, Graham is not a cannibalistic serial killer (and I don&#8217;t imagine he will become one), but he has an uncanny ability to solve these evidence-less crimes.</p>
<p>Hannibal and Graham start to work closely, solving crimes together. And the fact that a serial killer is right under Graham&#8217;s nose and he can&#8217;t see it yet, is what makes the show so incredibly disturbing and fascinating at the same time. Hannibal is beautifully shot, incredibly well-written and obviously given the subject matter, highly disturbing. Much like Fuller&#8217;s previous series (Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls and more recently the short-lived Mockingbird Lane), Hannibal is full of twisted beauty. It is not for the faint of heart, but I highly suggest you check it out. I was hooked from the first episode, and I think you will be too.</p>
<p><strong>Hannibal premieres tonight at 10 PM on NBC.</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/advance-reviews/advance-review-hannibal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>INTERVIEW: Sophie Turner (Sansa) from Game Of Thrones</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/exclusive-interviews/interview-sophie-turner-sansa-game-thrones/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/exclusive-interviews/interview-sophie-turner-sansa-game-thrones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Maines</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exclusive Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game of Thrones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie Turner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re one day away from the Season 3 premiere, Game of Thrones fans! Check out my chat below with Sophie Turner (Sansa) from the TV Academy’s Evening with Game of Thrones event to help you get even more excited for [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We’re one day away from the Season 3 premiere, Game of Thrones fans! Check out my chat below with Sophie Turner (Sansa) from the TV Academy’s Evening with Game of Thrones event to help you get even more excited for a return to Westeros on Sunday!</p>
<p><span id="more-6097"></span></p>
<p><strong><em>Over the first 2 seasons, Sansa has gone from this really idealistic, naïve girl to someone who is probably very jaded by her relationship with Joffrey. What’s it been like to play that journey?</strong></em><br />
It’s been so thrilling. I love her arc because I think she grows so much. The amount she’s grown from the very first scene we see her in to the very last scene in season 2, her arc has been insane. I’m just very lucky to be able to portray that. It’s a challenge as an actress as well.</p>
<p><strong><em>Do you think Sansa made the right choice not to go with the Hound last season?</strong></em><a href="http://thetvchick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Emmys-Game-of-Thrones-panel-game-of-thrones-33984859-500-700.jpg"><img src="http://thetvchick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Emmys-Game-of-Thrones-panel-game-of-thrones-33984859-500-700-250x350.jpg" alt="Emmys-Game-of-Thrones-panel-game-of-thrones-33984859-500-700" width="250" height="350" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6098" /></a><br />
I think that [she did], because she honestly believed that she was going to become queen and that was going to be her means of escape. She knew if she was gonna become queen, she would have the power to reunite herself with her family. And so she made this decision to say no to him, and then at the end of season 2 she finds out she’s no longer going to be queen, she’s like, “why didn’t I go with the Hound?!” But I can definitely see why she didn’t go with him.</p>
<p><strong><em>Sansa has been relatively friendless since she arrived in King’s Landing, but now there’s Margaery. What’s it been like working with Natalie Dormer?</strong></em><br />
Natalie Dormer is a fantastic actress. She’s amazing. I’d seen her in The Tudors and I was like if she plays Margaery half as good as she plays Anne Boleyn then she’s gonna be amazing. So, it was amazing to work with her. Their relationship is so lovely, so I have a really good relationship with Natalie as well. So yeah, I had a really fun time with her. And it’s nice that Sansa gets a friend. </p>
<p><strong><em>If you got to write a happy ending for Sansa, what would it be?</strong></em><br />
Okay, she would&#8230;her father would be alive and she would be with her family again. She would marry for love, and they’d be well off but they didn’t have to be king or queen or anything. They’d just be a very happy family. And Catelyn would totally accept Jon Snow as part of the family.</p>
<p><strong><em>Do you have a favorite scene that you’ve shot so far?</strong></em><br />
It was actually in season 2 when I was doing all the stunts and stuff. So, the one with the bow and arrow with Joffrey was fun. I’m just such an adrenaline junkie. You don’t get much action with Sansa, so that was awesome. I do stunts! Even though it was me being the one beat up, it was nice to do it anyway.</p>
<p><strong><em>Give me one sentence to tease Sansa’s journey in Season 3.</strong></em><br />
Hmmm. Sansa’s journey is Sansa going from a chess piece to a player. </p>
<p><strong>Game of Thrones premieres tomorrow night at 10 PM on HBO.</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/exclusive-interviews/interview-sophie-turner-sansa-game-thrones/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>INTERVIEW: Game of Thrones Cast: Maisie Williams (Arya), Michelle Fairley (Catelyn) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime)</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/interview-game-thrones-cast-maisie-williams-arya-michelle-fairley-catelyn-nicolaj-coster-waldau-jaime/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/interview-game-thrones-cast-maisie-williams-arya-michelle-fairley-catelyn-nicolaj-coster-waldau-jaime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Maines</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Game of Thrones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maisie Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Fairley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolaj Coster-Waldau]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6087</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 19, 2013 several members of the cast and creative team behind Game of Thrones gathered in Hollywood for the TV Academy’s Evening with Game of Thrones celebrating the upcoming premiere of Season 3. I had the opportunity to [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On March 19, 2013 several members of the cast and creative team behind Game of Thrones gathered in Hollywood for the TV Academy’s Evening with Game of Thrones celebrating the upcoming premiere of Season 3. I had the opportunity to chat with a few of the Starks (and one wonderful Lannister who shared some wise words about Joffrey). Check out below for scoop on Season 3! </p>
<p><span id="more-6087"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://thetvchick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Emmys-Game-of-Thrones-panel-game-of-thrones-33984834-500-675.jpg"><img src="http://thetvchick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Emmys-Game-of-Thrones-panel-game-of-thrones-33984834-500-675-250x337.jpg" alt="Academy Of Television Arts &amp; Sciences Presents An Evening With HBO&#039;s &quot;Game Of Thrones&quot; - Red Carpet" width="250" height="337" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6092" /></a><strong>Maisie Williams (Arya)</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>On where we pick up with Arya in Season 3:</strong></em> Quite soon after [the end of Season 2]. She’s on the road with Hot Pie and Gendry. She’s still trying to get home. I think she’s maybe got a little quiet confidence about getting there. She thinks that the worst is over and that the only thing stopping her was Harrenhall and she’s finally escaped.</p>
<p><strong><em>On the stunt work:</strong></em> I think there are definitely more stunts in Arya’s story. Doesn’t necessarily mean it’s Arya. But I had a great time doing it all and I can’t tell you!</p>
<p><strong><em>On Genry and learning what ‘shipping’ is</strong></em>: I learnt this term, “shipping”. Everyone says “shipping”. [I suggest it’s an American thing] Yeah, I know. I’d never heard of it. Someone said it to me last night. They were like, “Are you shipping for Arya and Gendry?”. I’d kind of never heard it before. But yeah, they get on really, really well and we have some really, really great scenes this year. I’m excited to see them all, and I hope everyone else enjoys them!</p>
<p><strong><em>On growing up on the show:</strong></em> It’s been really exciting. And it’s so nice to have Sophie and Isaac, who play the other two Stark kids, there as well. We’ve kind of all grown up in this together. It’s great fun!</p>
<p><strong><em>On Arya’s journey this season:</strong></em> Very, very up and down. I mean, you thought that the previous years were up and down, but this year she goes from saved to not saved, saved, not saved, so you’ve gotta kind of keep up with her.</p>
<p><a href="http://thetvchick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Emmys-Game-of-Thrones-panel-game-of-thrones-33984845-498-669.png"><img src="http://thetvchick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Emmys-Game-of-Thrones-panel-game-of-thrones-33984845-498-669-250x335.png" alt="Emmys-Game-of-Thrones-panel-game-of-thrones-33984845-498-669" width="250" height="335" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6090" /></a><strong>Michelle Fairley (Catelyn)</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>On if she agrees with Catelyn’s decision to release Jaime:</strong></em> Of course I do! I think she did it for the right reasons, for the unification of her family again. And she genuinely believe Littlefinger, whatever he said to her, “I will give you your daughters in return”. She would never set out to undermine her son.</p>
<p><strong><em>On if she develops more of a relationship with Robb’s wife, Talisa:</strong></em> Her relationship with Talisa is one that continually evolves. It has to. It’s a work in progress! (laughs)</p>
<p><strong><em>On playing Catelyn’s grief:</strong></em> It’s wonderful. It’s fantastic. It’s so enriching and so layered. The guys write it so wonderfully. It makes for a richer world, a richer internal world of the character that you play and the fact that she doesn’t give into it and she doesn’t play the grief. She uses the grief as her fuel to keep her going in order to attain the goal, which is getting her family back together again. That’s it. She uses it as fuel, otherwise I think she would collapse.</p>
<p><strong><em>On her favorite scene:</strong></em> The one that I always remember very, very fondly is the day when we were shooting the arrival of the Lannisters to Winterfell and the Stark family are all lined up in a row. We had such fun that day! Tim Vanpatten directed, and we had the wonderful people who play the Lannisters as well as the wonderful people who play the Starks and some other lovely actors who are part of the Stark household. So you had all these incredible people together in one space. We just had such fun!</p>
<p><strong><em>On Catelyn’s journey this season:</strong></em> More soul-searching. Absolutely more soul-searching and the living in hope that she is going to get her family reunited again.</p>
<p><a href="http://thetvchick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MV5BMTQ2MTE1NjY1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzY5NTcyOQ@@._V1._SX640_SY799_.jpg"><img src="http://thetvchick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MV5BMTQ2MTE1NjY1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzY5NTcyOQ@@._V1._SX640_SY799_-250x312.jpg" alt="Nicholaj" width="250" height="312" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6093" /></a><strong>Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime)</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>On where we pick up with Jaime at the beginning of Season 3:</strong></em> It’s more or less a straight continuation. We’re still on our way back to King’s Landing. He is sick and tired of this woman controlling him. He’s not used to it.</p>
<p><strong><em>On what Jaime would say to Joffrey:</strong></em> I hope we get to see that! I would love to have a talk with Joffrey. I mean, it’s tricky because Joffrey doesn’t know the truth. He might have heard rumors, but officially he doesn’t know. So, I’m not sure how Jaime would play that. He should just drag him away and throw him in a dungeon somewhere. [I suggest that both Tyrion and Cersei have slapped Joffrey so it might be Jaime’s turn] (laughs) To be honest, slapping hasn’t really helped. Maybe they should try just kissing and hugging. I will hug the little devil. Show him some love.</p>
<p><strong>If you’re interested in watching the full panel from the event, check it out <a href="http://www.emmys.com/game-of-thrones">here</a>! Season 3 of Game of Thrones premiere Sunday, March 31st on HBO.<br />
</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/interview-game-thrones-cast-maisie-williams-arya-michelle-fairley-catelyn-nicolaj-coster-waldau-jaime/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>INTERVIEW: Alan Tudyk (Noah Werner) from Suburgatory</title>
		<link>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/interview-alan-tudyk-noah-werner-suburgatory/</link>
		<comments>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/interview-alan-tudyk-noah-werner-suburgatory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thetvchick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Tudyk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suburgatory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetvchick.com/?p=6083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Noah Werner has been through the ringer on this season of Suburgatory. He realized that he is not compatible with his wife, falls in love with his housekeeper Carmen (and is then rejected by her in an amazing, hilarious, heartbreaking [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Noah Werner has been through the ringer on this season of Suburgatory. He realized that he is not compatible with his wife, falls in love with his housekeeper Carmen (and is then rejected by her in an amazing, hilarious, heartbreaking way), and tonight, he is moving out of the house with baby Opus into a fancy hotel. But like so many things in Chatswin, things aren&#8217;t going to go as planned.  I recently had the chance to chat with Alan Tudyk, who has played such a fascinating, wide variety of characters, about what he loves about Noah, moving in with George, and some friendly on and off set dieting competition with his co-star Jeremy Sisto. Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s just because they are both stripping down to their speedos to compete for the coveted December spot in the Men of Chatswin calendar in next week&#8217;s episode.</p>
<p><span id="more-6083"></span></p>
<p><strong><em>What can you share about this week’s episode&#8211; Noah moves out of the house and takes baby Opus.</strong></em><br />
Yeah. He has to figure out his life now. He left his wife kind of hastily for the love of his life, Carmen, and last week we saw that Carmen and Noah are not going to be together. That Carmen is with Noah&#8217;s therapist, which is a TERRIBLE breach of trust. Pretty ridiculous that he would do that, highly unprofessional. So he has to figure out where he is now. He moves into a hotel, sort of like, the party&#8217;s over and he&#8217;s got to figure out what the consequences of his decisions are. And he&#8217;s still in reaction, he&#8217;s still rebounding from Carmen and trying to find Carmen-like women.</p>
<p><strong><em>Housekeepers who will take care of him?</strong></em><br />
There&#8217;s a lot of people who will take care of him at a hotel, so he makes a lot of friends. He gets thrown out of the hotel. (laughs) He causes enough problems to have me move in with George, which is great. Because then they get to &#8212; he has Noah there and gets to see first hand how much help he needs. As a single father, he&#8217;s able to &#8212; as somebody who had to go through a divorce &#8212; give him some good advice. </p>
<p><strong><em>Definitely. And next week, George, Fred and Noah compete to be Mr. December. I assume that&#8217;s going to be hilarious.</strong></em><br />
Yes. It&#8217;s for the Chatswin calendar, and we all want to be in the calendar. Noah and Fred Shay were in it the year before, and it was the first year that George has heard about it and now he&#8217;s going to try out for it. And they&#8217;re not happy about it, because the competition is really steep to get the December fold. That&#8217;s the one you want. And George is touch competition, so it was fun as we were shooting it. Jeremy and I &#8212; not so much Chris, because Chris is so brilliant &#8212; Fred Shay, you don&#8217;t want Fred Shay in shape. But (laughs) Jeremy and I, leading up to it, we hear this coming, we&#8217;re going to have to wear very little, and being like &#8220;hey man, why don&#8217;t you&#8230;&#8221; we see him eating so little. He started dieting. I swear he went on a juice fast. It kills me. I was like &#8220;you&#8217;re losing weight,&#8221; he was like &#8220;no I&#8217;m not.&#8221; You&#8217;re lying to me. (laughs) I can see it in your face, you&#8217;re thinner in your face. &#8220;No, no, no, no.&#8221; And so we were both in our own competition (laughs) outside of work, bringing it into work.</p>
<p><strong><em>Some competitive spirit on and off the set.</strong></em><br />
Yes, exactly.</p>
<p><strong><em>Since Noah&#8217;s going to be moving in with George, you haven&#8217;t worked too much with Tessa and Dalia, are you going to have some fun scenes with them coming up?</strong></em><br />
(laughs) No, there isn&#8217;t. I have a little with Tessa, but none with Dalia. Last season, I had one scene with Dalia. It was always so funny, when she&#8217;s like &#8220;Uncle Noah,&#8221; I&#8217;m like what? (laughs) She calls me Uncle Noah, it&#8217;s so weird. Her character is so funny [imitates] Daddy Altman. I don&#8217;t have any scenes with her. I think that that is unexplored territory that&#8217;s waiting for season three.</p>
<p><strong><em>Obviously, you&#8217;ve played such a wide variety of roles, all over the spectrum, so what have you loved most about playing Noah?</strong></em><br />
I love, especially lately, you get to how sweet he is. Last season, when the baby was coming and there was a fight over Alicia Silverstone&#8217;s character and George, he seemed very selfish. He&#8217;s careless when it comes to other people&#8217;s feelings, he seems (laughs) imposing and careless. The way I always thought about it was he cares about the baby. He may be stepping on other people&#8217;s toes, it&#8217;s because he loves this baby and he really cares about this baby and wants to be a good father. But that was harder to see. I always saw that side of Noah. Lately, it&#8217;s a lot easier to see, because he cares about Carmen. He&#8217;s in love with this woman. He wants to make this big change in his life for love. He&#8217;s taking a lot of risks for love, and then to see him stepped on like that, it&#8217;s hysterical to me. I love that all of the characters when they want something, they go for it in a big way. Whatever they do, they really invest in doing it. It&#8217;s not subtle. And I loved dressing like a condiment mascot (laughs) to show my love, to profess my love, even if I was rejected.</p>
<p><strong><em>I loved the scene with the shower that looked like rain with Carmen.</strong></em><br />
Oh yes, that was great! More romance. He kicks down the door. But that&#8217;s what I love about Suburgatory. It&#8217;s a romantic scene, that before he kicks down the door to take his woman in his arms, he says &#8220;I hope it&#8217;s number one, woman, because I&#8217;m coming in.&#8221; And he kicks open the door, and she&#8217;s snaking a drain. And then they move right out of The Notebook romantic scene. That&#8217;s what I love about Suburgatory. It&#8217;s absurd, it does something that romantic in such a weird, bizarre way. </p>
<p><strong><em>It&#8217;s completely over the top but also so grounded and nice at the same time.</strong></em><br />
Right. Exactly. That&#8217;s a good way to put it. They are having a romantic scene while she&#8217;s snaking a drain. (laughs) There&#8217;s the reality. There&#8217;s the grounded in you may be going poop right now. (laughs) You may be in the bathroom pooping, but I have to unburden my heart.</p>
<p><strong><em>That&#8217;s more important.</strong></em><br />
Yes. (laughs)</p>
<p><strong><em>Noah&#8217;s had a rather rough season so far. Are we going to see things get a little better?</strong></em><br />
You know, he&#8217;s just in a tough part of his life. I mean, yes, he&#8217;s optimistic at the end. He&#8217;s having to make some big changes. He&#8217;s making some really good changes because Jill and Noah were not in love anymore. She was a punishing, heartless woman, so he&#8217;s making that change. After any break up, there&#8217;s a recovery time. He has one more step in putting the whole Carmen thing to rest, and that&#8217;s dealing with Bob. He has to deal with Bob. So he&#8217;s going to do that. </p>
<p><strong><em>I know you just finished working on a movie. What other projects do you have coming up?</strong></em><br />
42 comes out next month. And also, Arrested Development. A couple episodes of the new Arrested Development. I&#8217;m reprising my role as Pastor Veal in that.</p>
<p><strong>Be sure to tune in tonight at 9:30 PM to ABC for an all new episode of <a href="http://www.abc.com/shows/suburgatory">Suburgatory</a>, and check out the preview below!</strong></p>
<p><object name="kaltura_player_1364395224" id="kaltura_player_1364395224" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowNetworking="all" allowFullScreen="true" height="412" width="486" data="http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_mo4kyhds/uiconf_id/8048881"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_mo4kyhds/uiconf_id/8048881"/><param name="flashVars" value=""/><a href="http://corp.kaltura.com">video platform</a><a href="http://corp.kaltura.com/video_platform/video_management">video management</a><a href="http://corp.kaltura.com/solutions/video_solution">video solutions</a><a href="http://corp.kaltura.com/video_platform/video_publishing">video player</a></object></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetvchick.com/interviews/interview-alan-tudyk-noah-werner-suburgatory/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Dynamic page generated in 0.752 seconds. -->
<!-- Cached page generated by WP-Super-Cache on 2013-05-21 01:26:32 -->
