"THE X FACTOR goes live!" or, "Drew!"

The X-Factor is live! As expected, this is where X-Factor distances itself from American Idol. Tonight's show was slick, quick moving, mostly entertaining, and free of filler (which will surely come when the number of acts go down, I'm sure). It was rather refreshing, actually, based on what I've seen of the show thus far. Very promising start!

I probably won't be able to do a full review each week for the show, but I can this week... so onward, after the jump!

GLEE's back and I'm nitpicking!

First, I must say... Glee is back. I wrote a couple of weeks ago how the premiere was promising to me... and the two episodes have backed up the promise. They are actually caring about the characters and the plot (well, mostly)! The witty one-liners are back! The music choices are mostly logical! How I've missed good Glee.

Before I get into my list of nitpicks, I should say flat out: this was likely the best episode of the show since the first half of season 1. Unexpected characters got wonderful moments to shine, with characters that we rarely hear from coming through in a big way. And THREE big musical moments for Amber Riley? Love it. I also loved the brave Dreamgirls sequence, which worked brilliantly in my opinion. However, as noted, I do have some nitpicks...