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Bachelorette

May 25, 2010 by · Comments Off on Bachelorette 

BacheloretteBachelorette:Tonight we have learned, above all, that love is important and Ali was a horrible person, stupid for ever thinking otherwise and she is very lucky that The Bachelor / Bachelorette is so damn forgiving because seriously, love conquers all, and if I do not think it is better to reprioritize his life. Like he did. Because she is good and right and true now.

Ah, well: She quit her job for this, so anyone who is not there for “good reason” is in trouble very, very big. That means you, professional wrestler Guy, Weatherman, and Dude with McDreamy hair. The complete overview, with detailed analysis of the highlights (and odd-just-plain), will be up soon, but if you’ve seen it and wants a say in how the first group of roses fell, after the jump to read more . [SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if you’ve seen Bachelorette premiere on Monday.]

Ali Fedotowsky Bachelorette, chastened by his life-altering decision to leave Jake Pavelka Degree for his work last season, he returned to start her own journey of love. He made it clear he had learned his lesson: “It was very difficult for me to put love and relationships first. I let my insecurities and fear dictate my life and I’m not going to be a victim of that.” But she crushed – much – in fact she had left her job this time for the guys better all be there for “all the right reasons.” There was even a group vote on who the kids thought it could not be there for ” the right reasons “(although Ali quickly ignored the results when leading professional wrestler Justin). Meanwhile, Ali almost melted into a puddle every time I met Robert, salsa dance Romeo won his first impression rose. As for the rest of them, the ceremony brought us up one end of 15 that included Ty recently divorced, “aspiring writer” Frank, dreamy former teacher Chris L., scrapbook-craftsman Kirk, ukulele-playing Hunter Craig M well groomed., and Jonathan meteorologist. Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to premature ejaculation-Shooter, among others. (Hey, he mentioned it, not me.)

My full summary will be up within a few hours, but we know now what I think now. If Ali had maintained Justin? Roberto was worthy of the first impression rose? Is Ali making mistakes in giving its first batch of roses?

Find My Family

November 24, 2009 by · Comments Off on Find My Family 

Jamie De Haven (l.), who was adopted by a white family from Indiana, hopes Tim Green can help find her biological mother.

Jamie De Haven (l.), who was adopted by a white family from Indiana, hopes Tim Green can help find her biological mother.

If “Find My Family” co-host Tim Green had had the option, he would have used the show to find his biological parents.

The ABC reality series, premiering Monday at 9:30, helps bring families back together.

“I was at a point in my search for my biological parents where it looked like it was impossible, like it wasn’t going to happen,” Green, who is adopted, told the Daily News. “If a TV show had approached me and said that they’d help me find my family, I would have done it … without any hesitation.”

Green eventually found his parents, and now, with Lisa Joyner and the producers of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” they’re reuniting others.

In each one-hour episode, former pro football player-turned-author Green meets with those searching for someone – be it a couple, single parent, child or sibling. He narrates their story of separation and why that person or persons would like to be reunited with their lost loved one.

Meanwhile, Joyner, wife of actor Jon Cryer, visits the searchees, who have been tracked down by the show’s researchers, and reveals someone is looking for them.

With all the pieces in place, both parties are finally reunited in-person at the “Family Tree.”

“Every single reunion, every single time, is emotional,” said Joyner. “I like to call us the crying-est show on television. You don’t have to be adopted or have lost touch with a loved one to have compassion for these people.”

On Nov. 30, “Find My Family” will move to its regular time slot at 9.

The concept may sound similar to We TV’s Troy Dunn series, “The Locator,” which chronicles Dunn’s business of finding and reuniting those who have lost touch over time, but Green stresses that “Find My Family” isn’t as much about the journey of coming back together as it is what happens when the families finally do.

“This isn’t really about the search. While we do chronicle the investigation, that part is mostly summed up in my narrative,” he said. “This is really about the story and the emotions of the people.”

In the first episode, Green and Joyner head to Brookfield, Wis., to meet with Scott and Sandy Steinpas, who gave up a daughter for adoption when Sandy was just 15. The duo later grew up to marry and have been together for 27 years with three children, but they’ve always wondered about their first-born.

“I show up at [the Steinpas’] door and they have no idea what I’m going to say, if it’s good news or bad news,” Green said. “I get to be the first person to say, ‘We found your daughter.’ It’s a wonderful gift to give.”

Green and Joyner agree that if viewers want reality, there’s no other show on television that delivers it like “Find My Family.”

“People have this sense of reality TV and what it’s become – this heavily produced machine,” said Green. “But this is just the pure emotions of people when they first find out about a loved one. It’s not like we can do any moment over. It is what it is, and that surprise and the spontaneity is very unusual in television these days.”

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