Violet Penner

I’ve had a bad taste in my mouth about Cliff ever since his assault of Marcel, but admit I am warming to him a bit. At a minimum, as a contestant I would much prefer to be on his team since he has a bit more of a low key vibe. Anne just yells. So. Much. Makes people who are already stressed out even more stressed. The drag queens are a lot, but I also love them—esp Peachez. I do wish the show was 1h instead of 1h30

I love and admire Tina so much, both as a person and for her music. I couldn’t help but feel a little bad that this documentary exists at all. She kept saying over and over and over that she didn’t want to talk about her past and here we are asking her about her past again. 😢 I am so grateful she found true love and was able to receive some of her flowers now.

I like cooking competition shows and I know and like many of the contestants, and I know I’m not the first to have this opinion, but oooh boy is Guy over the top annoying. He screams EVERYTHING and is constantly at an 11 and now his voice is hoarse. Guy, you have a mic. Please take it down a notch. And I’m also annoyed with all the acronyms and nicknames. I feel like I need a guide to keep up: Triple G TOC ICAG Chef Shenanigans Princess Warrior Ninja He’s almost making the show unwatchable for me. Less Guy and more chefs/cooking/commentary please!

That was cringe worthy and made me consider quitting the show. My 6-year-old niece would have gotten yield sign, spelling respect, Uptown Funk and the pizza question. I thought I was being punked! May have to abandon and stick with Jeopardy. It’s bad enough when they suck at banking money, but this was legit awful and not fun to watch.

The actors are 18 and 29. I agree the actor playing Paxton looks much older (I feel terrible saying this but the lines under his eyes made me think of him as much older than her as well)

It’s possible it’s because it’s been a long, emotional/stressful week, but stupid Top Chef made me tear up about three times. From the Floyd tribute at the beginning, to the heartfelt responses of some of the chef/owners at the restaurants, to Kevin’s story and reaction. I was a hot mess. 😭 That said, I’m so grateful this show is back. It’s just what I need right now.

The final bonus round was indeed painful to watch. Ugh. I would have preferred they cut the stupid singing when coming back from commercials in favor of telling us which answers were left out of the cup pong game. (I suspected Ellen Degeneres would be in top 20 for twitter followers and was shouting Facebook, YouTube, Twitter for top 20 websites. I realize I could look them up but still) At least we avoided Jane singing which is my absolute least favorite part of these shows.

In general, I agree that we don’t need so many reaction shots of the judges, but I confess that Mayim’s reactions made me smile. She seemed so genuinely into it and having fun, it was infectious. And while some jokes are fine and keep the show light, I also generally prefer the “really playing the game” questions. I also had to smile when the fighter guy came out with his basket of crocheted goodies, including headbands.

MILA LICKED A STEAK. I had seen this story in my twitter feed before I watched the episode this evening so I was on the lookout. I rewound and played in slow mo. She. Licked. A. Steak. With her tongue. After being sick. I cannot. https://people.com/food/below-deck-med-chef-licks-steak-mila-kolomeitseva/

I was excited to hear this show was coming back since I did like the original version. Now I’m struggling to make it through the 30 episodes. The food looks gross, she barks at her husband and staff, repeats the same things ad nauseum. I cannot listen to her “I chop onions differently” bit one more time. Or that her mother doesn’t like an herb. She is infinitely more annoying than I remember. How many rotisserie chickens has she used? “LBS” “sexy beast” “ridge” Being excited over setting off the smoke alarm. “Tee hee I’m so short, isn’t that funny?” I am annoyed by oh so many things I’m going to do my best to finish this run of episodes because I’m not a quitter, but I will be glad when I don’t have this homework sitting on my DVR anymore.

Hal Sparks, yep!

Do you watch The Resident? It reminded me of a storyline on that show where they are suggesting a Doctor is over-treating patients w chemo, hiding medical records, etc.

Well I think this is the first time I ever cried during EHG! RIP Mr. Hooper.

My Comcast just notified me that they are adding the Universal Kids channel BACK, but the only upcoming episode that is airing that I can see is a repeat of the Un-Bee-Lievable episode. I hope we’ll get to see the end of this series at some point! I’ve already been deprived of the Great American Baking Show ending!

I also thought the Carmen "injury" was out of left field. I can't wait until Melissa leaves. She is so over the top and camera hungry. Please leave my TV!!