About Junie Ray
Junie Ray is an outgoing misanthrope who enjoys long walks in the forest, Red Sox baseball, F1 racing, and classic movies.
I had to do some travelling last week, so I didn’t get to recap the final Hollywood Week where ‘American Idol’ whittled the field down from 24 contestants to 13. Fortunately, nothing terribly unpredictable happened. This wee...
Week six of ‘American Idol’ found us in Las Vegas, where the remaining contestants sang Beatles song on the set of Cirque de Soleil’s ‘Love at the Mirage’. After that, the judges made a few cuts. Then...
SyFy Channel brings us a new reality show this season called Face Off. It’s a contest for special effects makeup artists. I’ve been secretly watching this season as the contestants make aliens, villians, and various cr...
Hollywood Week on ‘American Idol’ continued with the overly-dramatic group rounds on Wednesday, and then had individual auditions with band accompaniment on Thursday. I’ve got to say that this week really got me ...
Week Four of ‘American Idol’ was a split week that brought us the last auditions in San Francisco and the beginning of Hollywood Week. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, but we’ll hit all the common themes...
The third week of ‘American Idol’ took us to Austin and Los Angeles, where we saw the usual parade of talent and freaks. Steven Tyler continues to amuse, and the general tone continues to be upbeat and engaging.
During the second week of auditions, ‘American Idol’ searched for talent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Nashville. Already, I’m starting to get excited about this season and the changes the show has made. Steven and...
It’s Season 10 of ‘American Idol’ and I know all the tricks. I know all the contestant personality types. I can see quickly from an audition which contestants will make it to Hollywood, which ones will be mocked ...
Last week, ‘It’s Always Sunny on Philadelphia’ gave us another winner of an episode, called ‘The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods’. It starts out as a road trip to Atlantic City. Frank is being honored...
We’ve got a few episodes of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ to catch up on. They’re big episodes where we’ll explore the struggles between the classes; challenges of elderly housing; and pro...
In ‘Mac’s Big Break,’ the fourth episode of the new season of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,’ Mac wins a radio station call-in trivia contest that he determines could be a “life chang...
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Recap of Season 6, Episodes 1, 2, and 3.