Things that didn’t suck this week – All cable edition

by Kona Gallagher

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The week of Memorial Day and this week are pretty much vacation weeks as far as I’m concerned. Most of the shows have had their season finales, and the new summer shows haven’t started yet. There’s very little on, so I take a much-needed break from the tube. This also coincided with our Fios router crapping out, leaving us with no guide info or ability to use the DVR. As a result, I watched very little new television this week, but I was able to catch some good stuff on cable; mainly on TLC. Of course, “good” is a relative term, as you’ll see with my very first list item.

Things get awkward on the Jon & Kate Plus 8 premiere

Look, everybody’s talking about it. The season 5 premiere of Jon & Kate Plus 8 will probably go down in history as one of the most awkward hours of television ever assembled. The normal sniping and play-fighting between the titular married couple gave way to tense silences, words that weren’t spoken, and tears. The situation sucked, but it was compelling television, and more importantly to TLC, it garnered record ratings, meaning it definitely did not suck for the network.
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OMG What Not To Wear makes over Blossom!

You guys know how I feel about Blossom and Mayim Bialik, so it should come a no surprise that I was super-stoked when I heard she was going to be on the season premiere of What Not To Wear. She seemed super-cool about the whole thing, and while it seemed difficult to her, she didn’t cry — which is good, because I do not think I would have been able to HANDLE THAT.

Mayim Bialik talks about Jews and Mormons on Chelsea Lately

As an extra bonus, here is Mayim on Chelsea Lately. She’s on to promote her WNTW appearance and talk about being a Super Jew. Interesting fact: She does not wear pants. I run hot and cold on Chelsea Handler, but this entire interview is pretty hilarious, and I want Mayim Bialik to do more acting RIGHT NOW. So somebody, please make that happen. Thanks!