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This amounts to nothing more than a potential orchestrated denial of service attack. Lyons is covering his butt now, because the lawyers will be coming after him, as he is the puppetmaster.

AT&T also has the ability to kill your account at their will, and I'm sure they'll use this event as an excuse to purge customers, so if you're looking for a way to get out of your contract, this may be it. I don't know what kinds of penalty fees they'll trump up against you though.
I would like an invite. Thanks!
There were two girls from Everwood in this episode, not to be nitpicky, but Sarah Drew is a talented actress, and it's unfortunate that she's leaving so soon.
The show was created by Shonda Rhimes, a black woman. Let's not forget that the show started with three black surgeons and one Asian surgeon, which was unprecedented on TV. Even ER did not start out with that high of a percentage of minorities as main cast members, and it was groundbreaking at the time. You can't really complain about the racial mix right now, because the merger is going to have the cast in flux for a while, and we don't really know what the cast is going to look like even by the midway point in the season.

There are plenty of other shows on TV that are virtually racially homogeneous. Almost every prime-time scripted drama on the major networks could use a better racial balance, but I think your complaint about GA is unwarranted.
If formula shows were dying, there wouldn't be a bajillion Law and Orders and CSIs. Quite frankly I'm tired of spin-offs too.

The big networks need better writing, and they need to give a show a chance for the audience to find it before it gets canceled. Chuck and Big Bang Theory are moving in the right direction. Without more shows that are quirky and that effectively mix comedy and drama they will continue to lose viewers. The networks need to support Sci-Fi (it's no longer a niche).

What passed for funny 10 to 15 years ago (i.e., Friends and Seinfeld) would not survive in today's TV market, and the big networks really need to stop trying to recreate those shows (ESPECIALLY NBC).
I only turned on the show to see Donyelle and Artistry in Motion. Since they got eliminated, I stopped watching.
I agree that Max went home too soon. They should've sent home Kupono instead of Max that week.
I could barely contain my excitement when Kayla was eliminated. I'm glad that the voters saw through the favorites game that the judges were playing with her. I'm also glad that Evan finished ahead of her. "Perfection" doesn't trump personality and hard work in this competition, and that's a good thing. I'm glad that Jeanine won. She's an awesome competitor, and I was glad to see her outdance Kayla in that Mia Michaels piece from Wednesday night. I just hope that the choreographers are less selfish during Season 6, and remember to focus on the strengths of the dancers (like they used to).
Paula Abdul choreographed the Laker girls AND she did all of Janet Jackson's choreography for years. She's got more credits as a choreographer than some of the current choreographers on SYTYCD. She was wildly successful as a dancer and choreographer before she ever thought about singing.
No offense, but Kayla and Evan had the same hand position in the Jive last night, but only Evan got a negative critique for it. You can see it in the bit of video playback during the judges reviews. It's absolutely disgusting that even when he performs at the same level as other dancers he gets the negative critique. Every time he dances with one of the judge's darlings (Kayla, and Melissa to some degree), he receives even harsher criticism.

In past seasons, the judges took into consideration how often a dancer was out of their style during the season when they did their critiques. They'd preface the critique with "I know you're out of your style (or comfort zone), but you did a good job...." This season, Evan has danced out of his style more than anyone else, and none of the judges seem to care that he's working twice as hard, because the dances are not natural to him. The judges even went as far to say that the choreographers compliment Evan BECAUSE he's working harder than everyone else. It takes a lot of strength of character and tenacity to do twice the work of the rest of the people, and swallow criticism that is largely unfair every week. Let's not forget that when Evan did that Hip-Hop routine a while back, the judges even said that they EXPECTED him to be a disaster in it. They're prejudging him before he even starts to dance, and it's obvious in his critiques. He knows the odds are stacked against him, and I think the support he gets is deserved.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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