MasterChef Season 5 Episode 5 Recap and Review: June 23, 2014
June 24, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
It’s time for the second team challenge of this season of MasterChef. The remaining 17 contestants find themselves somewhere along the coastline of California. Jordan talks a little bit about his past as an overweight teen—he’s ready for this challenge.
MasterChef Season 5 Episode 4 Recap and Review: June 16, 2014
June 17, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
As the home chefs return to the MasterChef kitchen, the judges have an announcement to make: unfortunately “Little” Gordon has had to drop out of the competition due to illness. (Specifically what illness is not specified on the show nor
MasterChef Season 5 Episode 3 Recap and Review: June 9, 2014
June 10, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
Last week two competitors said goodbye to the MasterChef kitchen: Astrid and Whitney leaving 20 of the “best home cooks in America” still in the game. But this week it’s going to be an “all out culinary war” as they face their first team battle, and according to the opening voiceover…
MasterChef Season 5 Episode 2 Recap and Review: June 2, 2014
June 3, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
Last week we had our first chance to meet the Season 5 contestants, and watch as the Top 30 became in fact the Top 22. Those home cooks lucky enough to receive their aprons now are facing their very first…
MasterChef US Season 4: Where are they now?
May 31, 2014 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
With the start of a new season of MasterChef airing in the United States, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at least year’s group of contestants and find out: where are they now? Are they still pursuing a career/work in the food industry somehow, or have they gone back to their other “day jobs”?
Who will win MasterChef Season 5?
May 29, 2014 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
Although only the first episode of MasterChef Season 5 has aired, I’m willing to go out on a limb and make my prediction for this year’s winner. I don’t have any “inside information” or access to spoilers, but based on…
MasterChef Season 5 Episode 1 Recap and Review: May 26, 2014
May 28, 2014 | Posted in EPISODE RECAPS, REALITY TV | By sockii
It’s that time again…MasterChef time! Season 5 has just begun, and once more I will be doing episode recaps so you can follow the action at home—and chime in with your thoughts and opinions on each episode…
Early Edition: One of the Best Dramas From the 90s
April 24, 2014 | Posted in CLASSIC TV, TELEVISION | By writerjoanne
Early Edition was a fantasy/drama that was featured on CBS from 1996 to 2000. This show was a crowd pleaser: something you could watch with friends on a Saturday night, along with Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, which aired immediately before.
Is MasterChef US Ageist?
April 23, 2014 | Posted in REALITY TV | By sockii
MasterChef is a televised cooking competition series which is popular around the world, and in 2014 will be airing for its fifth season in the United States. The show bills itself as a competition to find “the best home cooks in America” through casting calls held around the country…
Classic TV Rewind: The Equalizer
March 22, 2014 | Posted in CULT TV | By sockii
Another great action series of the 80s, one which had a more thoughtful and serious tone than many others of the decade, was The Equalizer. The series ran for four seasons on the CBS network, from 1985 – 1989, and
