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Chris Serico

Chris SericoA Westchester native and Boston College grad, Chris Serico will host your game show for scale. As a reporter for The Journal News, he contributes to the newspaper's Suburbarazzi and Remote Access entertainment blogs and discusses the former as a guest on RNN-TV. He's also the author of two personal blogs: Varsity Basketweaving and Headline Punchline. For those about to rock, he salutes you.

E-mail Chris Serico at cserico@lohud.com

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'Idol' alum Jennifer Hudson to sing national anthem tonight at DNC

August
28

Even if you don't like her booming, boisterous voice, it's hard not to root for Jennifer Hudson, who could be considered the most successful "American Idol" alum not to compete in its season finale. (Although one could make a case for Chris Daughtry as well.)

Hudson will be singing the national anthem tonight at the Democratic [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 28th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Baptism by fire: Kara DioGuardi joins NYC 'Idol' auditions, joshes with fellow judges

August
27

It didn't take long for new "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi to dive into the experience.

Just a day after Fox announced her as the fourth "Idol" judge, the New Rochelle native joined Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul for some New York City auditions yesterday and posed for pictures for the first time in [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 27th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

New Rochelle native Kara DioGuardi named 'Idol's' 4th judge

August
25

Wow, dawg!

Award-winning songwriter and producer Kara DioGuardi, who spent her childhood in Westchester, has just been tabbed as an unprecedented fourth judge on "American Idol."

It'll be interesting to see how DioGuardi, 37, changes the dynamic of the judges' table, which in other countries already features a four-judge "Idol" format. At the very least, her experience [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 25th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Remote Access readers crown NBC 'Must See TV' over ABC, HBO

August
23

OK, so it wasn't a popular poll, votes-wise —44 tallies total—but I'm not going to hold that against those who voted, so here we go.

NBC might not be the ratings champ it used to be, but it finished first among Remote Access poll voters, with nearly 1 in 3 choosing it over all other networks [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 23rd, 2008 | Post a Comment »

BREAKING: Eastchester's Bobby Moynihan joins cast of 'SNL'

August
20

There are some people you meet and you just know they're going to be famous someday.

So when Eastchester's Bobby Moynihan told me recently that he would be joining the cast of "Saturday Night Live" this fall, I wasn't really surprised. After all, I've known him for almost 20 years and he's always been the funniest [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 20th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Yvonne Strahovski chats about 'Chuck,' continues being impossibly hot

August
18

There are many things to like about NBC's "Chuck," and near the top of that list is Yvonne Strahovski.

The actress known in fan circles as "Strahotski" plays Sarah Walker, who is as triumphant as an FBI agent as she is pathetic expressing her romantic feelings. On a dramedy with no shortage of eye candy, the [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

NBC.com posts two-minute 'Chuck' preview, which you may have seen before

August
15

Chicken, egg. Egg, chicken.

I'm not sure which came first: the i09.com rough-cut of the "Chuck" segment from NBC's fall preview special, or the decision to post the finished product on NBC.com. But if you're like me, you saw the rough stuff first.

No matter. Here's the official version of the two-minute recap of "Chuck" Season 2.0, [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 15th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

According to Remote Access poll, only 22 of you know what channels you're watching

August
14

It's generally not a good idea to mock an audience unless you're a talented stand-up comedian (which I am not), but I have to give the vast majority of Remote Access readers a gentle ribbing for not voting in this blog's latest poll.

Seriously, other than the 22 of you to vote so far, do you [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 14th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

LEAKED: 'Chuck' star previews Season 2

August
14

Earlier this week, I wrote about "Chuck" star Zachary Levi hosting NBC's upcoming prime-time preview special. For the special, which is supposed to be broadcast on network and Internet affiliates starting Aug. 30, he's showing off some of the network's new shows and teasing returning series.

With a little snooping around, I was able to track [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 14th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

'Chuck' star Zachary Levi to host NBC fall preview special

August
12

In keeping with the episode title format of NBC's "Chuck," call this scenario "Chuck vs. the Other Networks."

Zachary Levi, who deftly plays the dramedy's charmingly nerdy title character, will be hosting NBC's prime-time preview special across the network's broadcast and online platforms from Aug. 30 to Sept. 28. And in this blogger's humble opinion, there [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 12th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

'Idol' underdog Elliott Yamin to headline Playland

August
6

One of "American Idol's" best underdogs, Elliott Yamin, will be performing at Playland in Rye this Thursday night at 8 p.m.

Yamin finished third in the fifth season of "Idol," ahead of Chris Daughtry and just barely behind Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee. He was seen several times on this most recent season of "Idol," appearing [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on August 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

At Comic-Con, 'Chuck' fans revel in 6 1/2-minute trailer, panel chat with stars

July
31

Yesterday, I posted some second-season trailers and photos of "Chuck" and its cast members' appearances.

And then, thanks to a reader named Suzane, I was alerted to an amazing, non-spoilery 6 1/2-minute montage of Season 2 snippets that premiered at Comic-Con and found its way to YouTube.

The video seriously has everything that "Chuck" fans love about [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment »

'Chuck' Season 2.0 trailers tout 'new mission, new danger, new underwear'

July
30

I was already thrilled for the second season of "Chuck," but here are three more reasons to be excited.

First, a blind search for new "Chuck" clips on Hulu resulted in a couple of teaser trailers for the sophomore season, which launches Monday, Sept. 29 on NBC.

Within the first few seconds of the this trailer (the [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Woo-hoo! Remote Access readers declare 'Simpsons' best TV spin-off

July
28

Mmm… poll-icious.

"The Simpsons" managed to stave off a steady phaser attack by "Star Trek: The Next Generation" to claim victory in Remote Access' latest poll, which asked readers to pick the greatest spin-off of all time.

Matt Groening's ongoing animated saga pulled nearly 1 vote in 3 tallied, while nearly 1 in 5 picked Jean-Luc Picard [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 28th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Emmy nods are in and 'The Wire' snubbed for all but one writing nom

July
17

Emmy nominations were announced this morning, and the good news: Comedies like "30 Rock" and "The Office" are in the mix for best series, as well they should.

The bad: I swear the only reason "The Wire" isn't among the best drama nominees is because lazy Emmy voters—i.e. most of them—never saw the show. Despite a [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Last days to vote: 'Simpsons,' 'Star Trek: TNG' lead RA poll for top spin-off

July
16

They're two TV shows whose viewers are more fanatics than mere fans, and they have previous series to thank for their existence.

"The Simpsons" wouldn't be around if "The Tracey Ullman Show" didn't feature the shorts starring Matt Groening's far more crudely drawn version of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. And it'd be pretty hard [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 16th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Home Run Derby's math stinks, but makes for great TV

July
15

Pay no attention to the official winner of last night's Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium; the only name you need to remember is Josh Hamilton.

The Texas Ranger crushed 28 homers in the first round of last night's Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium—20 more than any other player in that frame—but lost the event [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 15th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

'Generation Kill' starts off with a bang, but it's certainly not 'The Wire'

July
14

Distorted by waves of heat rising from the scorched desert sand, five military vehicles in the distance roll in a single line before the four outer vehicles swerve toward the center, creating the illusion of one single hulking, united mass of machinery on the horizon.

One minute into David Simon and Ed Burns' seven-part HBO miniseries [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 14th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

Jacked for Jill? 'Chuck' tabs Jordana Brewster to play lead's mysterious college crush

July
14

Attention "Chuck" fans: It appears we now have a face to go with the name Jill.

As you may or may not recall (hey, I assume nothing as it's been a while), Jill is the mysterious girl who broke Chuck's heart when they were Stanford University students. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that star Jordana [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 14th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

YES Network shines with touching tribute to Bobby Murcer

July
13

YES Network broadcaster and former Yankee outfielder Bobby Murcer seemed like one of the nicest people ever to broadcast games, one of the nicest people to play baseball, one of the nicest people—period. I took the news of his death much harder than I anticipated.

I found solace, however, in the YES Network's thoughtful, reverent and [...]

Posted by Chris Serico on July 13th, 2008 | Post a Comment »

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