Last October I posted a short piece here about friend and former co-worker Kristin Sample’s Kickstarter campaign for getting her novel, North Shore South Shore, funded. While so many Kickstarter campaigns fail, Kristin’s pulled through successfully, passing her goal by a couple hundred bucks!

Here’s a real cool bit of news about Kristin’s book: it’s being considered and soon shopped around as a TV show pilot. Wow, now I know two people shopping around TV pilots (shhh … I can’t say who else yet)! I can’t wait to hear how that process goes, whether successful or not. But I wish her all the luck in the world.

Kristin was nice enough to throw us a signed copy of her book to give away to a random CliqueClack reader. Just leave some sort of intelligent comment other than “me me me!” or “I want one,” and we’ll pick from the entries to receive the signed book. Only U.S. mailing addresses, please. We’ll pick the recipient in two weeks. Good luck!

If you dig (or dug) Kristin’s book, she’s got another one on the horizon, called Stagecraft, a thriller set in an exclusive performing arts school in Westchester County, NY.

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Earlier this week, CliqueClack hosted a giveaway celebrating USA’s hit new show Graceland. But the new undercover cop drama isn’t the only show the network has starting up this week. This weekend, we’re also adding giveaways for Royal Pains and Necessary Roughness.

Up first we’ll turn to everyone’s favorite concierge doctor, Hank Lawson. It isn’t always easy playing doctor to the 1%, but Hank manages to get the job done. Here’s all of the cool swag we’re offering up to celebrate his return Wednesday night, June 12th:

Royal Pains Season 5 Prize Pack

• Royal Pains Bocce Ball Set
• Royal Pains Canvas Bag
• Season 1 DVD

To enter, reply to this post before Sunday June 16th at Midnight Eastern telling us your favorite thing about Dr. Hank Lawson. The winner wil be chosen at random after the contest closes.

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More about the season five premiere:

In the rousing summer return, Mark Feuerstein stars as Dr. Hank Lawson, the go to “doctor for hire” in the Hamptons, who finds that life out east isn’t always as perfect as it may seem.  After spending the winter recuperating from brain surgery, Hank (Mark Feuerstein) is ready to return to work on the first weekend of summer – or so he thinks.  With their Hamptons medical concierge service, HankMed, busier than ever and Boris’ (recurring guest star Campbell Scott) death still a mystery, Hank finds himself relying on Jeremiah (new series regular Ben Shenkman) in a very surprising way. Evan’s (Paulo Costanzo) rescue of an influential neighbor (recurring guest star Frances Conroy) has unexpected consequences for his future.   Paige’s (Brooke D’Orsay) work at an auction house gives her an eye-opening look into Boris’ estate.  A newly single Divya (Reshma Shetty) finds her plan to focus solely on work hitting an unexpected snag after the return of an ex. And a change in ownership at the local hospital brings new complications for HankMed.

If you’ve not yet heard of USA’s new show Graceland, that’s going to change soon. The network has been leading the summer-programming charge for several years now, and this new show is going to fit well into the cadre of shows. Graceland is the story of a multi-agency group of undercover Federal agents all living in that LA beach-house we’ve all been dreaming about our whole lives. While the show is from White Colar‘s Jeff Eastin, don’t expect a similar light fair. Graceland is a much darker show … more in the direction of The Shield — though still not that dark … yet.

In honor of the show’s premiere, we’ve partnered with USA to bring you great prize pack:

• Tumi T-Tech Backpack
• Black GRACELAND sweatshirt
• CLEAR Wayfarer sunglasses
• Black GRACELAND Bluetooth Speakers
• Lies & Excuses book
• Black Silicone Iphone 5 Case

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To enter, reply to this post before Wednesday June 12th at Midnight Eastern telling us your favorite thing about the pilot that airs tonight — or what you’re looking forward to most if you are too excited to wait for tonight’s airing. The winner wil be chosen at random after the contest closes.

Good luck!!

More about the show:

Graceland is a new show from the acclaimed creator of White Collar, Jeff Eastin and features an all-star cast including Aaron Tveit, Daniel Sunjata, Vanessa Ferlito, Brandon Jay McLaren, Serinda Swan and Manny Montana. Head to our YouTube page for the latest preview clips and check out these behind the scenes images featuring the cast.

In celebration of Mad Men‘s April 7th return, CliqueClack’s giving away a mega prize pack, sponsored by Gold Label’s Mad Men online store, including:

• Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce mug
• Mad Men Pop Art iPhone case
• Mad Men journal
• Mad Men Lies Mousepad
• Mad Men logo t-shirt

In the comments, tell us why you’re excited for Mad Men‘s return. Entries to this giveaway must be made by Wednesday, April 3 11:59 PM ET. We’ll pick one comment completely at random and Gold Label will ship the prize pack, which should hopefully arrive in time for the premiere (make sure your spam filter allows @cliqueclack.com addressed email!) Only one entry per person and you must have a valid U.S.-based mailing address. You must be 18 or over to enter. Not following these guidelines voids your entry. Good luck!

For those who don’t win, check out Gold Label’s Mad Men online store, powered by Cafepress. It features around 300 products including mugs, iPhone cases, journals, mousepads, Mad Men business card cases, and t-shirts with ’60s-esque prints of the characters and their coolest sayings.

The reason I’m excited for Mad Men‘s return is partially because of my recent 1960s obsession. Ever since last year, I can’t stop attempting to recreate Holly Golightly’s wardrobe, buying cat-eyed glasses, carrying aqua Tiffany blue purses, and listening to 1960s inspired pop tunes like “Zou Bisou Bisou” and “Baubles, Bangles and Beads.” When Banana Republic jumped into the 1960s because of  a Mad Men tie-in, I, of course, followed. Maybe I wasn’t a Mad Men fan previously, but this is it’s final season. I’m interested in seeing how they’ll see out a show that revisited the fashion that I love to wear.

I like some of the items on the on-line store that evoke the quirky 1960s feeling (and fit within my middle-class price range) including the $20 Mad Men Sterling Cooper flask, the $15 stainless steel Betty Draper compact, the $20 Sterling Cooper business card case for around $20, and the $13 pink lipstick-touched Peggy journal. Because of  the ’60s kitch-esque cartoons, I liked the Pete mug (“If I’m going to die, I want to die in Manhattan”), the Don Draper shot glass (“Fear stimulates my imagination”) and the $12-15 Salvatore mug‘s (because it speaks to the alcoholic in all of us).

Mad Men returns for its final, sixth season on Sunday, April 7 with a two hour premiere. Don’t forget to dress in your favorite 1960s outfit and raise your favorite cocktail in toast. I know I will.

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Are you ready, folks? Wednesday night (March 27), USA Network airs the 100th episode of Psych, titled “100 Clues.” Not only will it be an awesome Clue-themed episode — featuring some of the players from the movie of the ’80s — but fans have the opportunity to determine the show’s ending by voting on psych.usanetwork.com and via Twitter using a custom hashtags for each possible culprit: #PsychButlerDDit, #PsychGroupieDDit, #PsychManagerDDit, #PsychAuthorDDit and #PsychHostDDit. Wait, where’s the #PsychShawnDDit?

And now, the giveaway details. We’ve got one Psych-themed t-shirt, commemorating the show’s 100 episodes, with the top-pictured image, and a Psych iCade box (for an iPad, not included). All you need to do is leave a comment to this post saying what your favorite episode of Psych has been so far. We’ll pick one commenter amongst the comments to this post, completely at random, and alert them after the giveaway ends on Wednesday, April 3 at Midnight ET (make sure your spam filters aren’t blocking mail from @cliqueclack.com!). Only one entry per person per method and you must have a valid U.S.-based mailing address. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents of 18 years of age or older only. Not following these guidelines voids your entry. Good luck!

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Have you been keeping up with Suits? Then it may be no surprise to you that the show returns to finish off its second season tonight at 10PM on USA. And for those of you who are fans — or those who want to be new fans — we’ve got a prize pack to give away, containing:

– Suits Custom Messenger Bag
– Suits Season One DVD
– Suits Character 6 piece Magnet Set
– Suits T-Shirt Set
– Suits Can Opener

All you need to do is leave a comment to this post saying something cool about the series or why you want the set — more than just “I want it.” We’ll pick one commenter amongst the comments to this post, completely at random, and alert them after the giveaway ends on Thursday, January, 24 at Midnight ET (make sure your spam filters aren’t blocking mail from @cliqueclack.com!). Only one entry per person per method and you must have a valid U.S.-based mailing address. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents of 18 years of age or older only. Not following these guidelines voids your entry. Good luck!

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I’m casting pride aside and publishing some giveaway posts today to nudge my post-count numbers into the four-digit mark. Look for at least one more giveaway post later today.

For this one, we’ve got one copy of Showtime’s Californication: The Fifth Season, and we’re giving it away to a random commenter to this post.

All you need to do is leave a comment to this post saying something cool about the series or why you want the set — more than just “I want it.” We’ll pick one commenter amongst the comments to this post, completely at random, and alert them after the giveaway ends on Monday, January, 7 at Midnight ET (make sure your spam filters aren’t blocking mail from @cliqueclack.com!). Only one entry per person per method and you must have a valid U.S.-based mailing address. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents of 18 years of age or older only. Not following these guidelines voids your entry. Good luck!

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When this box set arrived at the quiet offices at CliqueClack HQ, sleepy heads rose from keyboards, cobwebs were brushed aside from brows, and mayhem broke loose. You’d have thought The Walking Dead became real, as the Clackers amassed and clawed at the surrounding packaging in hopes of being the one to keep this set for themselves. Lucky for you readers, I was five javas ahead of everyone else and got away with the prize … and my life. All for you!

Yes, we’re giving away this incredible collectible set of DVDs, containing all ten seasons of the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon and more. What’s more, take a look at the packaging! Pretty freakin’ sweet, right?

All you need to do is leave a comment to this post saying something cool about the series or why you want the set — more than just “I want it.” To have a better chance at it, you can also (or only) tweet the following on Twitter:

We’ll pick one commenter amongst the comments to this post and from the eligible Twitter tweets, completely at random, and alert them after the giveaway ends on Wednesday, November 21st at Midnight ET (make sure your spam filters aren’t blocking mail from @cliqueclack.com!). Only one entry per person per method and you must have a valid U.S.-based mailing address. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents of 18 years of age or older only. Not following these guidelines voids your entry. Good luck!

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Season three was a season of revelations. Maybe they weren’t earth-shattering, but they were memorable to the show’s many loyal viewers. Who could forget Claire hitting the dusty campaign trail in her quest for a stop sign? As a woman who’s used to winning and stopping at nothing to over-achieve, Claire learned that sometimes you just have to accept defeat graciously. Maybe your favorite moment was the “Vote for Claire Mobile” driven around town by Cam and Mitchell, or Claire’s interview with reporters while she was missing a tooth? Or perhaps you found it hilarious when Lily dropped the “f-bomb” during the hideous Lite-Brite wedding?

Who could forget the first appearance of Betty Luke? Besides seeing what his sisters do to him to pass the time, we learned more about what makes the youngest member of the family tick with more insight into Luke’s world this season. He accepted the loss of his elderly neighbor/friend Walt in an unconventional way, he lied to his entire school to make everyone think he was a hero, and we found out he’s a prime candidate for that series about hoarding. Who knew so much was going on behind those mischievous eyes?

Not only did Cam turn the big 4-0 (or 1-0 in Leap Years), but we also glimpsed a colorful part of his past, as we learned about his days in the prominent clown duo known as Fizbo & Lewis. It takes a big man with an even bigger heart to hang up his oversized clown pants, rubber shoes and his moment in the seltzer light to begin a family with the man they love. Maybe your favorite moment was the clown funeral.

Season three also made me ponder just who is the better father figure in this extended family: Phil or Jay? I will always adore Phil Dunphy more than I can say, especially since the episode in which he wrote his daughter’s initials on the diner’s moon, but he really had a tough time being a father this season. It just about broke my heart to watch him realize his eldest daughter is no longer a virgin and will soon be leaving for college.

While I’ve always known how wonderful Phil is, the Disneyland episode taught me that Jay may have a gruff exterior, but he’s really a big teddy bear on the inside, and a wonderful father to boot. Not only was he a self-sacrificing father for Mitchell and Claire all these years, but he’s also shaping up to be a pretty terrific father for Manny. Maybe the family’s memorable trip to Disneyland was your favorite.

But without a doubt, the biggest revelation of all this season was Gloria’s, that she was pregnant in the season finale. I can’t wait to relive all the tender moments and hilarious antics from season three that have helped define the Dunphy-Pritchett clan and have made them a family I’ve quickly developed a soft spot in my heart for over the past three years.

So, if you’re eagerly awaiting the Season Four premiere on September 26 and are looking to relive the best Season Three had to offer, leave a comment and enter our DVD giveaway. We’ll pick two commenters at random who will be alerted after the giveaway ends on Tuesday, September 25th at Midnight ET (make sure your spam filters aren’t blocking mail from @cliqueclack.com!). Only one entry per person will be considered and you must have a valid U.S.-based mailing address. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents of 18 years of age or older only. Not following these guidelines voids your entry. Good luck!

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To celebrate not only the imminent return of Showtime’s Homeland (September 30, 10 PM) but the recent release of the show on Blu-ray and DVD late last month, we’ve been given a couple of copies for giveaway to two luck, random commenters to this post. They even threw in some Homeland-branded keychain/USB keys to go along with them.

Oh, and if you Tweet that you entered, with the following:

I’m entering the #homeland Blu-ray giveaway via @CliqueClack https://clak.us/p5j

We’ll pick two recipients completely at random and alert them after the giveaway ends on Monday, September 24th at Midnight ET (make sure your spam filters aren’t blocking mail from @cliqueclack.com!). Only one entry per person per method and you must have a valid U.S.-based mailing address. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents of 18 years of age or older only. Not following these guidelines voids your entry. Good luck!

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