Omigod people! A genuine Christmas miracle happened on the latest "Project Runway"!? Didja see it? Wasn't it awesome? Let's discuss. So, on the previous episode of "Project Runway" we lost our last local, Chris March, when he created a "shoulder pads"-inspired jacket that would have made Joan Crawford cry. We were on the fence about continuing to cover the show, as the only local left, Jack, was really just a quasi-local, as he went to......

Sorry for the day late post, but it was a hectic weekend, and we just couldn't bear having to recount the tragedy that was this week's "Project Runway" without at least one good night's sleep behind us. Let's get this over with. Last week's pathetic challenge still hung in the air this week with the designers discussing Carmen's exit, and Chris proposing a "Project Runway" fragrance that would be a mixture of tears, sweat,......

Previously on "Project Runway" the models were forced to kowtow to the fashion whims of a celebrity. Thank god THAT'S over with! Heidi walked on to the runway wearing Uhura's "Star Trek" uniform--seriously--and told the designers they weren't going to need their models for this week's challenge. Ru-roh! She then sent them all to 10 Rockefeller Plaza where they met Tim Gunn who introduced them all to Tiki Barber. Wait. Who? Tim went on......

The loss of Simone in last week's episode of "Project Runway" leaves us with one local left to root for. (Although as Rita pointed out in her recap of the show, Jack went to U.C. Berkeley, so that kind of counts. But we'll see how well Chris does before we set our sights on him...) At the beginning of the episode we were put through the always boring selection-of-the-models ritual. This could be a......

The only locals we're following right now are on the fabulous "Project Runway," but after last week's episode, we're going to have to get rid of that 's' in "locals." Read on. The first local we met was Chris March, who once worked as the wig master for Beach Blanket Babylon and can make dresses out of salad ingredients. Seriously. We were then introduced to everyone else and it wasn't until all the designers......

If you're a fan of "Project Runway" you probably know that season four premieres tonight on Bravo at 10 p.m. (And if you're not a fan, what is wrong with you!) We'd be watching not matter what, but we are doubly excited about this season because there are two--TWO!--designers from San Francisco competing this time around. First off is Chris March who once worked on "Beach Blanket Babylon" as their "wig master," and now works......

It was Meet the Parents week on "The Bachelor" which is always good for a laugh. Or a cringe. And Brad's visit to Walnut Creek to meet Sheena's parents was mainly in the cringe-worthy department. The day started with Sheena's parents dragging her and her bachelor behind their boat in an inner tub. Which, you know, fine. Some people like that kind of thing. But then Sheena's mother started talking about astrology and the stars......

Last week on "The Bachelor," Sheena-From-Walnut-Creek was granted a coveted one-on-one date with Brad-the-Bachelor, and it turned out to be the Pretty Woman date in which Sheena got to choose her evening gown from a roomful of mannequins, ate dinner amongst balloons and a string symphony, and was given a pair of diamond earrings (which she got to keep). But the highlight of the evening, for us, was when Sheena walked down the stairs......

Let's start with "The Next Iron Chef." For the challenge ("Resourcefulness") the chefs were broken into teams by last week's winner Chris Cosentino, of local restaurant Incanto, and the teams then selected secret ingredients for their teammates. The challenge wasn't a team challenge, though, so there was much crying of "sabotage" when the chefs got to their outdoor, charcoal grill-equipped location and saw their ingredients. Chris made a juniper-smoked breast of squab marinated with sherry......

Looks like there's one more fall premiere to deal with tonight on CBS, and boy howdy, is it a doozy. It's called "Viva Laughlin," and it premieres at 10 p.m. before moving to its regular timeslot this Sunday at 8 p.m. If the idea of a drama that occasionally has its characters bursting into song immediately has you flashing back to painful memories of "Cop Rock," we wouldn't blame you. But remember that musical......

We lost a geek last week, but we still had a local bachelorette to root for along with a "dream date" to our fair city on "The Bachelor"! The first group date involved clowns, and was therefore instant fast-forward fodder for us, especially since it didn't involve Sheena. Some chick named Hillary won a one-on-one date with Brad and they took a private jet to San Francisco and had a fancy dinner in a private......

The remaining fall TV premieres are trickling in, with two bowing tonight. The first is another in a string of current shows to be set in our fair city. It's called "Women's Murder Club" and it premieres on ABC at 9 p.m. Has anyone seen Angie Harmon running around town sporting a badge? If not, it's probably because like so many other San Francisco shows, much of it is actually filmed elsewhere. Based on......

While the number of ladies on "The Bachelor" was cut down considerably at last week's rose ceremony, there are still way to many women to keep track of. Thankfully we only need to focus on Sheena, Queen of Walnut Creek. There was a bit of excitement in the house when some chick apparently fell down some stairs and Sheena found her and called the paramedics. Needless to say, she didn't go on the group......

Tonight's lone premiere is a show we have such little interest in we didn't even bother to check out the pilot when it was available for free online. It's called "Life is Wild" and it premieres at 8 p.m. on the CW. We really have nothing more to say about it, and in fact, the main purpose of this post is to make sure everyone knows about the premiere of "I Love New York 2"......

The season premiere of "Friday Night Lights" comes to NBC tonight at 9 p.m. and since it first aired we've hoped that it would eventually get moved to Fridays. Not because we think it's a particularly good night for the show (or any show, for that matter) but because we're slightly anal and it annoyed us that a show with "Friday Night" in the title did not, in fact, air on Friday nights. But......

We've mentioned before that the only "Law & Order" we watch is "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," and the main reason for that is our imaginary boyfriend Vincent D'Onofrio is on it. So you can imagine we were a little worried when the fate of the show was up in the air at the end of last season. It had something to do with the franchise not pulling in the numbers it used to,......

Tonight's big premiere is the quirky comedy "Pushing Daisies" which premieres at 8 p.m. on ABC. There are a lot of big names associated with this dramedy, including executive producer Bryan Fuller, whose previous shows include "Wonderfalls" and "Heroes." Director Barry Sonnenfeld also produces, and directed the pilot. Lee Pace stars as a piemaker who can bring the dead back to life if he touches them. Problem is, if he touches them again, they're......

OK, we're kind of loathe to even mention one of tonight's series premieres because it is that infamous sitcom that's based on a series of Geico commercials. We're speaking, of course, of "Cavemen", and it premieres on ABC at 8 p.m. Now, the last time a TV sitcom was based on a series of commercials, the result was "Baby Bob," so we can't blame people and their knee-jerk reactions to this. That trailer up......

Let's start with "Beauty and the Geek," and our rubberband-loving local Josh. Last week ended with the shocking addition of a new team featuring a male beauty and a female geek. First order of the night: pool party! And it was really boring! Let's move on to the challenge, which required the geeks to rap and the beauties to debate about current political topics. Apparently Josh's rap was so bad they didn't even bother......

Tonight's premieres are all on the CW, starting with "Everybody Hates Chris" at 8 p.m. Chris Rock himself will be making his first on-screen appearance on the show about his childhood, guest starring as a guidance counselor at his middle school. Which is to say, he will be starring as his own guidance counselor. Uh...we think. Following "Chris" at 8:30 is the new series "Aliens In America" a comedy centered on a loser high......

Tonight's most exciting season premiere is probably the return of "Dexter" on Showtime at 9 p.m. The show, starring Michael C. Hall as a forensics expert who is also a serial killer (who only kills other serial killers), was both disturbing, funny, and oddly touching last season, and we're curious to see what this season will bring since Dexter has done away with his nemesis. Of course, the revelation of who that nemesis really......

Friday! The night before the night when no one watches television! There's only one new show premiering tonight and we're going to pull out an old chestnut because we just can't resist, and when you're dealing with a show that's as stale as this one, it's appropriate. The show premieres at 9 p.m., is called "Moonlight," and it sucks. OK. Maybe we should explain that. The show is about a detective in L.A. who......

Thursday is almost as bad as Monday when it comes to overcrowded primetime line-ups. We'll start with ABC and the "Ugly Betty" premiere at 8 p.m. Every time we watched an episode last year we thought, "Wow. We should really be enjoying this more than we are." Occasionally cute, occasionally funny, it was never consistently anything. And we especially hated how they decided to change an entire storyline during the middle of the season......

We're going to start with NBC and the series premiere of "Life" at 10 p.m. because everybody's favorite bumblebee Jennifer Siebel is in it! (See above.) She's only in the episode briefly, at the very beginning, playing the lead character's ex-wife, but she's supposed to be in at least two more episodes this season. However, we don't know if we'll be able to invest the time in this show because we really kind of......

First off, yes, the season premiere of "House" is on Fox tonight at 9 p.m., preceded by the season premiere of "Bones" at 8 p.m. And no, we don't watch either one of those shows. And yes, we understand a lot of people are crazy about "House." But no, we still aren't going to watch it. We also aren't going to watch CBS's premieres of "NCIS" at 8 p.m., "The Unit" at 9 p.m.,......

Oh lordy, but Mondays are going to be a crowded night of television. Let's go through tonight's premieres network-by-network, starting with ABC. America's inexplicable love for dancing continues with another season of "Dancing With the Stars" at 8 p.m. You can find a complete list of the "stars" who'll be hoofing along this time around on the show's Web site, but we'll admit, we don't really have a horse in this race. Although as far......

As was pointed out by a reader last week, we do have a local geek representing the Bay Area on "Beauty and the Geek" this season. His name is Josh Bishop-Moser and he's a Mechanical Engineering major at U. C. Berkeley and president of the Rubberband Club. (We can't find a MySpace page for him; could he possibly not have one??) Unfortunately, we had to sit through 45 minutes of the two-hour premiere before......

Tonight's Fall premieres contain only one show we'll actually be watching (see above). But let's start with some of the shows we won't be watching. CBS has moved the James Woods law drama "Shark" from Thursdays to Sundays and it debuts in its new slot tonight at 10 p.m. We watched the first few episodes of the show last year, and decided, since we aren't big James Woods fans, the show had nothing else......

The only premiere tonight is yet another season of "Survivor," and this time it's "Survivor: China," which is kind of cool, we guess, although we always seem to prefer the seasons that are set on those Blue Lagoon-ish tropical isles....And we really don't have much more to say about it except, once again, there are no locals to root for. (Maybe they were getting tired of the Bay Area dominating the game. CHICKENS!) So, instead,......

Abandoned kids, wannabe models, sitcom groaners, socialite teens, and a screaming Brit. It must be Wednesday! Firstly, we have CBS's "Kid Nation," at 8 p.m., in which a bunch of kids are thrown into a western ghost town and forced to drink bleach. Or something. Shockingly, the notion that children were put into harm's way for the sake of a reality television program has raised the ire of local officials and some of the......