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Recap: 'The Voice' Thursday - The Live Playoffs, Results

NBC's singing hit concludes its five-hour week with some results!

By Ryan McGee Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 9:27 PM

<p>Thursday night's "The Voice"</p>

Thursday night's "The Voice"

Credit: NBC
After two “playoff” episodes this week, “The Voice” is back again, this time with a one-hour results show. Announcing the twelve contestants that will continue onwards should take all of ten minutes, so expect lots of padding tonight. Announced performances by Maroon 5 and Season 2 winner Jermaine Paul only highlight how much filler will be in tonight’s show.
 
Before we get started, allow me to repost my predictions after last night’s episode ended. The first two listed will be those voted in by the audience, and the third will represent the coach’s save. Let’s break down who I think will represent Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton going forth.
 
Team Xtina: De’borah, Sylvia Yacoub, Dez Duron
 
Team CeeLo: Nicholas David, Trevin Hunte, Cody Belew
 
Team Adam: Bryan Keith, Amanda Brown, Loren Allred
 
Team Blake: Liz Davis, Cassadee Pope, Michaela Paige
 
I can, and will, be wrong about this. I wouldn’t be surprised nor disappointed to see either Melanie Martinez or Terry McDermott make it through. We might learn that Julio Cesar Castillo and MacKenzie Bourg have strong voting fan bases, which might force Shelton or Green to make a difficult save. I would be shocked if Joselyn Rivera, Devyn DeLoera, Adriana Louise, or Diego Val continued.
 
There, I feel better about specifically detailing how off my predictions will be. Let’s get onto the recap! All times, as always, are EST.
 
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Recap: 'The Voice' Wednesday - The Live Playoffs, Part 2

Thanks to the election and the desire to crush 'X Factor,' 'The Voice' hits Wednesday

By Ryan McGee Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 10:46 PM

<p>Nicholas David performs on Wednesday's "The Voice"</p>

Nicholas David performs on Wednesday's "The Voice"

Credit: NBC
Once more unto the Live Playoffs breach, fans of the “The Voice”. Monday’s two-hour show featured singers from Team Adam and Team Blake, so it’s time for the remaining ten contestants to perform an awkward group number then show their stuff on the solo front. Tomorrow, a live one-hour results show will narrow the field down from 20 to 12.
Let’s see what Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, and Blake Shelton have to say about tonight’s participants. Also, let’s see what Green is wearing. It can’t be any weirder than what he wore on Monday.
 
Onto the recap!
 
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'Sons of Anarchy' recap: 'Andare Pescare' is a smooth ride

Kurt Sutter shines behind and in front of the camera in one of the season's most consistent episodes

By Geoff Berkshire Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 12:35 AM

Chuck Zito in 'Sons of Anarchy'

Chuck Zito as Frankie Diamonds in 'Sons of Anarchy'

Credit: FX

Episodes like this are why I can't give up on "Sons of Anarchy."

"Andare Pescare" (translated from Italian it's "to go fishing") is as consistent, satisfying, and simply well done an episode of "Sons" as we've seen in a long time. If the balance of tough guy action and emotional character interactions was always this finely tuned, "Sons" would be a threat to the best dramas on TV.

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Recap: 'The Voice' Monday - The Live Playoffs, Part 1

The three-day Election Week run of 'The Voice' begins

By Ryan McGee Monday, Nov 5, 2012 10:52 PM

<p>Michaela Paige of "The Voice"</p>

Michaela Paige of "The Voice"

Credit: NBC
Our long, national, pre-taped nightmare is over, America. “The Voice” has finally moved onto the live episodes, which they are dubbing “Playoffs” for reasons that probably made sense at once point in a marketing meeting. Each team now has 5 contestants, with only 12 of the current 20 making it through this week. I assume that means each team will be reduced to three participants through a combination of coaches’ picks, audience votes, iTunes downloads, and some calculations Nate Silver dreamed up the other night after listening to some Maroon 5. 
 
With the Knockout Rounds over, I’m returning to a running diary for the three (yes, three) episodes this week. Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, and Blake Shelton will no longer have the power of post-production editing at their disposal to come off sane in their analysis tonight. Then again, in some cases, not even careful film splicing could help their decisions make any sense at all. But the thing that concerns me the most? The overblown production values that usually start creeping in around this time of the season. The show is called “The Voice”, and not “Lots of Cirque du Soleil Dudes Running Around In Dry Ice”, for a reason.
 
Onto the recap!
 
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Recap: 'Saturday Night Live' - Louis C.K. and Fun.

Would comedy's reigning king be able to wring laughs on 'SNL'?

By Ryan McGee Sunday, Nov 4, 2012 1:35 AM

<p>Louis C.K.</p>

Louis C.K.

Credit: NBC
I’ll be honest: I’m equally excited and terrified by the prospect of Louis C.K. hosting “Saturday Night Live” tonight. On one hand, “Louie” is one of the best, if not the flat-out best, series on television right now. But how much of that can possibly translate into the “SNL” format? Maybe if tonight’s episode is a 90-minute take on “Sad Mouse”, the short from the Bruno Mars episode, maybe “SNL” will achieve the tonality, visual flair, and emotion of a typical episode of “Louie”. Still, it’s best to treat both shows as separate beasts and see how Louis C.K. the actor/comedian, not Louis C.K. the auteur, does as host. Along for the ride is musical fun., a band designed to make my word processing Spelling And Grammar auto-correct commit suicide.
 
Onto the recap! As always, I’ll be grading each sketch as they air. As always, you’ll express disbelief that these grades somehow vary from your own. It’s how we roll around these parts.
 
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Recap: 'Fringe' - 'An Origin Story'

Peter and Olivia grieve in different ways in tonight's pivotal episode.

By Ryan McGee Friday, Nov 2, 2012 11:14 PM

<p>Joshua Jackson on Friday's "Fringe"</p>

Joshua Jackson on Friday's "Fringe"

Credit: FOX

“You don’t even know what you don’t know.”

Thus sayeth a captured Observer to Peter Bishop in tonight’s episode of “Fringe”. But it also sounds like a showrunner talking to his or her audience, as well. Part of the fun in reviewing a show on a weekly basis is the opportunity to capture immediate reactions in real time. The downside, of course, is that you’re always operating with only part of the overall puzzle revealed at any given time. Just as Peter tries to assemble a cube that might deal a crippling blow to The Observers, those following along with the show on a weekly basis are constantly evaluating and re-evaluating how to fit the pieces of the show together in order to produce a coherent image. “An Origin Story” doesn’t fill in all the gaps, but certainly provides some sense of where things might go over the last eight hours of the program.
 
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'Sons of Anarchy' recap: 'Ablation' better be the start of something new

Jax's proposition for Gemma could make or break the season

By Geoff Berkshire Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:04 PM

Katey Sagal, Charlie Hunnam and Maggie Siff in 'Sons of Anarchy'

Katey Sagal, Charlie Hunnam and Maggie Siff in 'Sons of Anarchy'

Credit: FX

Jax vs. Clay. Tara vs. Gemma. Gemma vs. Clay. Jax vs. Gemma.

The repetitive nature of the conflicts on "Sons of Anarchy," and the way they always seem to resolve themselves through time or plot contrivances, have led to a frustrating state of inertia. It feels like the more these characters argue, the less there actually is at stake. Nothing ever really changes.

But what if something actually does change? Maybe, after last season's cop out finale, Clay actually could die. Or SAMCRO could splinter. Or Jax could, finally, leave. We know that "Sons" has at least two seasons left in Kurt Sutter's master plan, but we don't know what those seasons will look like. And right now, halfway through Season 5, it's a tantalizing prospect to imagine.

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Recap: 'The Voice' Tuesday - The Knockouts, Part 2

NBC packs in another two hours of high-pressure Knockouts

By Ryan McGee Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 10:27 PM

<p>Carson Daly of "The Voice"</p>

Carson Daly of "The Voice"

Credit: NBC

Last night’s Knockout Rounds represented a TKO for “The Voice”. This new phase of competition emphasized performance over backstories, yielding ten total head-to-head battles over the course of a two-hour installment. That’s a lot of performances for a show that dragged out the auditions and Battle Rounds right up to the point of human endurance. Tonight, we do it all over again, this time carving Team Christina and Team Blake in half before heading into the live episodes next week. Adam Levine and CeeLo Green already have their teams, so they can sit back and make bland critiques tonight without the responsibility of anyone’s future directly in their hands.

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Recap: 'The Voice' Monday - The Knockouts, Part 1

Our East Coast recapper braves Sandy to bring you this report

By Ryan McGee Monday, Oct 29, 2012 10:40 PM

<p>Nicholas David of "The Voice"</p>

Nicholas David of "The Voice"

Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC
Welcome to our coverage of the two-night Knockout Round event for “The Voice”. I describe it as an “event” rather than “a quick and dirty way for the show to shrink the still enormous number of contestants left on the show” because I’m a nice guy. As this is the first iteration of this phase in the history of the show, we’ll have to feel things out as we go tonight and tomorrow. From what it seemed in last week’s preview, each coach will pick two singers from his or her respective teams to face off in head-to-head competition. Each contestant will choose a song to perform individually, and the coach will pick a winner.
 
We have twenty of these knockouts to get through over four hours, which means either a series of no-frills, lean-and-mean contests or a combination of lengthy rounds coupled with quick montages. Either way, there are a lot of decisions for Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, and CeeLo Green to make over the next two nights. I’ll try to make this recap as clean as possible, covering each pairing as a whole rather than maintaining a minute-by-minute running diary. I’m sure those will return once we get to the live shows starting next week, but even if this experiment fails, it’ll all be over in 24 hours anyways. Tonight, “The Voice” is focusing on Team Adam and Team CeeLo.
 
(I’ll note up front that I’m covering this from Boston, where Hurricane Sandy is currently pounding down. There might be times in which local coverage trumps the show itself. I’ll do my best.)
 
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Recap: 'Fringe' - 'The Bullet That Saved The World'

The episode that truly kicks off the final leg of this show's journey

By Ryan McGee Friday, Oct 26, 2012 10:00 PM

<p>Friday's "Fringe"</p>

Friday's "Fringe"

Credit: FOX
Even for an already divisive series of “Fringe”, tonight’s episode is one for the books in terms of splitting an audience right down the middle. The show’s last outing, “The Recordist”, was a middling but ultimately inoffensive hour. No one was going to get particularly worked up about it either way. But “The Bullet That Saved The World”? Here’s an hour designed to evoke a response. And not just any response, mind you: It’s meant to evoke a visceral response. There are times in which the show exists in order to get from Point A to Point B. And there are times in which the show blows up the caravan on the way to Point B with an antimatter baton.
 
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