I’ve long thought that Diedrich Bader was an excellent comedic actor; his role as the lovable redneck neighbor in Office Space cemented that for me about a decade ago, but unfortunately, he’s just one of those actors who doesn’t get nearly enough work. Hopefully, his role in this episode of Medium will change all that.

Bader played around a dozen characters this week, and moreso than just relying on costumes, he took pains to make each one an individual person. When he was in the kitchen with Allison as Joe DuBois, Bader nailed the slightly hunched way Joe walks around the …read more

If you either tried to attend our Open Mic last night, or went to read the transcript, then you already know of my plight. I live straight in the path of the Snowpocalypse, so last night’s CBS lineup was pre-empted by local news coverage of the storm. I live in a pretty big news market, and I’m sure my affiliates weren’t the only ones to do so. Despite all of this, Medium improved its numbers over last week.

CBS easily won the night, yet again, with Ghost Whisperer and Medium both earning 2.2 million in the 18-49 demographic. Medium had slightly …read more

I was making up my schedule for this month, and I realized that tonight is our only new episode of Medium for the whole month! So what does that mean, other than sadness? It means that you should definitely stop by here at 9 PM EST for our Open Mic. Join us for the conversation, or failing that, feel free to come back and use the comments on this post as a discussion thread. Enjoy!

Sofia Vassilieva is featured pretty heavily in tonight’s episode of Medium, as she takes on a babysitting job with a “difficult” child. Although it seems like the child isn’t so much difficult as he’s just being tormented by a giant beaver. You guys, the video looks as bizarre as this sounds. There’s literally a dude dressed in a giant beaver costume, and Ariel has to confront him.
The boy may have powers kind of like the DuBois women, but instead of blood and guts, he sees… giant beavers? This is what I got from this behind-the-scenes footage, so I’m not really …read more

CBS has released the promo for this week’s Medium episode, “Will the Real Fred Rovick Please Stand Up.” One major thing struck me in watching this video: Allison’s hair is getting long! When she attended the Golden Globes, I was wondering where that short bob came from, because there had been very little indication of that on the show. Now, however, you can definitely see it starting to appear. Likewise, Ariel’s hair has gotten longer as well– it’s nearly shoulder-length.
But, beyond haircuts, the episode looks pretty awesome: Allison keeps seeing a killer’s face, and even sees it in place of Joe. …read more

Bridgette had quite an interesting storyline on last week’s episode of Medium, but I did find myself wishing that it was a little different. I already mentioned in my review that I thought it would be cool if Marie was demonstrating her psychic tendencies by writing the “I love Finn” stuff as Bridgette, having tapped into her real feelings for the boy. Failing that, why not make Bridgette a lesbian?

I know I’m being a little flip, but I’m actually serious. Maria Lark is a fantastic actress, and she could do an incredible job with such heavy subject matter. When Bridgette …read more

This episode looks pretty bizarre, which yes, for this show isn’t saying much… but still! The wonderful Diedrich Bader is guest-starring this week. You probably know him from The Drew Carey Show, and he was absolutely hilarious in the movie Office Space. He plays Fred Rovick, but whether he’s the real Fred Rovick remains to be seen, I guess. Allison keeps seeing his face everywhere, even in place of Joe’s! So obviously, that only means one thing: Allison’s in loooove with him! Okay, I’m sure that’s not what it means at all. It’s probably something much more gruesome.
Anyhoo, we also …read more

While Lee and Devalos were only small players in this week’s episode, the DuBois family was front-and-center. We saw a lot of what’s a fairly typical dynamic in the DuBois household: Joe and the girls are left to pretty much figure things out for themselves while Allison is absorbed in a big case. In this instance, Bridgette thinks she has her first crush, and it’s big sister Ariel to whom she confides, instead of Allison.

While ideally, Allison would be around, I like the fact that Medium shows what becomes a typical event in a household in which either both parents …read more

Maybe it’s because a lot of shows during the week were in reruns, but ratings were pretty much down across the board last night. Nevertheless, CBS handily won the night, with all three of its shows winning in their respective timeslots. Once again, all three of CBS’ shows were nearly even in ratings. Ghost Whisperer had the highest in the coveted 18-49 demographic, but Medium and Numb3rs were close behind.

Ghost Whisperer’s full ratings were 8.34 million total viewers with 1.9 in the coveted 18-49 demographic. Medium held onto most of Ghost Whisperer’s audience, earning 7.98 million total viewers with 1.8 …read more

On this week’s episode of Medium, Ariel was giving Bridgette a ride home from school, and while she was waiting for her, the car radio was playing. I had never heard the song before, but they played it for quite a while, so I decided to do a little digging and figure out what it was.
Turns out, the song Ariel was listening to was “All The Right Moves” by One Republic. One Republic, if you’ll recall, is the band that had that huge hit, “Apologize,” that was on the radio every five minutes last year.
Here’s the video for “All The …read more