It is one of my all-time favorite shows, and, with the third season premiere (Sept. 7, 10PM ET, FX) upon us, TVScreener.com is thrilled that our friends at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have given us two copies of the Sons of Anarchy season two DVD box set to give away to readers!

From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment:
Money, power and blood reign supreme when Sons of Anarchy season two roars onto Blu-ray Disc and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

From the creative mind of Kurt Sutter (The Shield), the adrenalized drama centers on a notorious outlaw motorcycle club intent on protecting their sheltered small town against encroaching drug dealers, corporate developers, and overzealous law officers. The club is equally determined to protect their ruthless and illegally thriving arms business. Charlie Hunnam stars as Jax Teller, a man whose love for the brotherhood is tested by his growing apprehension for its lawlessness. Katey Sagal stars as Gemma Teller Morrow, Jax’s force-of-nature mother, who along with Ron Perlman as Clay Morrow, Jax’s stepfather, have their own darker vision for the club.

With a strong supporting cast including Kim Coates (Prison Break), Tommy Flanagan (Smokin’ Aces), Ryan Hurst (Wanted), Johnny Lewis (The O.C.), William Lucking (The World’s Fastest Indian), Theo Rossi (Cloverfield), Maggie Siff (Mad Men), Adam Arkin (Life), Ally Walker (Profiler) and Henry Rollins (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End), the Sons of Anarchy second season provides a sinister look at SAMCRO’s new businesses including murder, arms trafficking and a brief foray into porn production. The Sons of Anarchy season two Blu-ray and DVD is complete with all 13 episodes as well as a gag reel, deleted scenes, featurettes that take viewers behind-the-scenes on this FX original series and more.

For your chance of winning your own copy of Sons of Anarchy season two on DVD, simply answer the following question:

In the series, who is the president of the Motorcycle Club?

Clay Morrow
Jax Teller
Kurt Sutter

Remember:
- Leave a comment on this post, with the answer to the trivia question, and an e-mail address where you can be reached
- Deadline to enter is September 20 at 8PM ET (according to recorded comment time)
- The winner will be chosen by random, using Random.org’s Random Number Generator
- The winner will be announced on the evening of September 20, as an update to this post

Good luck, TV drama fans!

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Who else was completely bummed out by that Rescue Me season finale last night?

It was a downer of a capper to a sixth season that was a letdown overall. It often felt like some of the show’s funnier moments, which have always been so clever and sometimes outrageous, in the past, were strung together like one-liners, and the ongoing bit with Garrity (Steven Pasquale) and Mike (Mike Lombardi) trying to help doomed firefighter Pat (Will Chase) slipped into farce more than once (and not particularly good farce).

It was also with a heavy-handed dose of foreshadowing that the writers kept letting us know something, something really bad, was going to happen to Damien. Actor Michael Zegen talked to the Los Angeles Times about the fate of his character, and hints at what will happen in the show’s seventh, and final, season, which kicks off next summer and is scheduled to wrap right around the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Appropriate time to end the show, but I still think a better, wholly more appropriate ending would have been to end the series with the fifth season finale, when Uncle Teddy (Lenny Clarke) shot Tommy (Denis Leary) and left him bleeding on the floor of the bar. Sure, it would have been devoid of the show’s lighter elements, but it also would have been a fitting ending for a character who’s caused so much trouble, for so many people who love him, throughout the series, and The Sopranos-esque ending of leaving Tommy’s dead-or-alive fate hanging might have angered fans initially, but, again, would have been better than what’s already happened in season six.

The cast and crew have already filmed the nine episodes that will make up season seven, so expect spoilers to leak before they find their way to air on FX in June 2011.

In the meantime, what do other Rescue Me fans think about the just-concluded season? Was Damien’s accident a shocker? And what about Lou (John Scurti)? Is the lovable fireman skating away without taking his fair share of the blame for what happened to Damien, since it might not have happened had he retired, as his doctor suggested? And what do you want to see happen, ultimately, to the Gavin clan?

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Who’s still reeling from that Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion (part one) on Monday? The Teresa blow-up topped her table-flipping tantrum from season one, but my favorite part was host Andy Cohen telling her how strong she was when she pushed him (!) into a chair. Teresa was laughing as he said it, but his light tone turned serious when he told her, “Don’t cross me.” Best quote of the night, followed by Caroline’s comparison of Danielle’s thuggy friend Danny to a Sweathog. Classic.

The first part of the reunion (part two airs on Sept. 6, 9PM ET) was the highest-rated episode in the Real Housewives franchise with 3.9 million viewers, and that’s not the only Housewives news the network has shared this week:

- Not surprisingly, The Real Housewives of NJ has been renewed for a third season.

- The Real Housewives of New York City is also returning – for a fourth season – but Bethenny Frankel, arguably the most popular cast member, will not be returning. She is expected to return for a second season of her spin-off series, Bethenny’s Getting Married?, though presumably with a name change, since she did get married.

- The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the sixth entry in the franchise, premieres on Oct. 14, and the cast includes sisters Kim and Kyle Richards, who are aunts to Paris Hilton. They’re both also former child stars, with Kim having starred in Escape From Witch Mountain, James at 15, Nanny and the Professor and Hello, Larry, and Kyle on Little House on the Prairie and ER. But the real reason a lot of viewers may tune in: The cast also includes Camille Grammer, a.k.a. the soon-to-be ex-wife of Kelsey Grammer, who’s already moved on to another woman (who is already reportedly pregnant with Grammer’s baby). That little scandal is sure to factor into the new show …

- The Real Housewives of Atlanta, season three, premieres on Oct. 4, and it promises to be that show’s most dramatic season yet, especially since scene stealer NeNe Leakes 1) has had so much work done that she almost looks like a different person, 2) she’ll be fighting with her one-time BFF Dwight and 3) she and husband Greg are on the outs.

- The Real Housewives of Orange County will also return for a sixth season (no premiere date yet), and Lynne Curtin will be replaced by newbie Peggy Tanous, a friend of last season’s newbie, Alexis Bellino.

- Bravo is rumored to have The Real Housewives of New Orleans in the works for next summer.

- And, even though it’s not a Bravo show, the series unofficially known as the gay version of Real Housewives of New York, The A-List: New York, premieres on Logo on Oct. 4. Among the so-called A-List is Reichen Lehmkuhl, famous for winning the fourth season of The Amazing Race and dating ‘N Syncer Lance Bass.

Which, if any, of the Real Housewives shows will you be/are you watching?

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A slew of TV DVDs, an Xbox 360 game and a tote bag full of cool stuff from the BlogHer Conference I attended earlier this month … that’s the latest TVScreener.com giveaway!

The DVDs include some fun, family-friendly ‘toons (like A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, on Blu-ray!) and the BlogHer goodies — more fun stuff, given to bloggers who attended the 2010 BlogHer Conference in NYC earlier this month — include toys, card games, an adorable Frosty the Snowman ornament from Hallmark and some coupons for household freebies.

The prize pack includes:
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Blu-ray DVD
- Henson’s Place: The Man Behind the Muppets DVD
- Body by Bethenny workout DVD (featuring Real Housewives of NYC and Bethenny’s Getting Married? star Bethenny Frankel)
- GI Joe: The Movie special edition DVD
- The Superhero Squad Show, volume 1 DVD
- Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting DVD
- How the Earth Changed History DVD
- Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure DVD
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Xbox 360 game
- Trivial Pursuit Steal card game
- Scrabble Slam card game
- Uno card game
- 2010 Frosty the Snowman Hallmark Keepsake ornament
- Insulated water bottle
- Filtrete water bottle
- Play-Dog duffle bag with 4 cans of Play-Doh and 10 Play-Doh accessories
- Jimmy Dean alarm clock
- Grow your own basil kit
- Grow your own wildflowers sticks
- Two-pack of Weebles (did you know they still made Weebles?!)
- Tropicana lip balm
- Aquaphor lip repair
- Hillshire Farm sandwich case
- Arm & Hammer Power Gel detergent mouse pad and coupon for free product
- Reusable shopping bags, tote bags and lunch tote
- Smuckers Uncrustables reusable container and coupon for free product
- Household products: sponge, stress toys, notepad, sticky notes, Command damage-free hanging hooks, on-the-go cereal & milk bowl and magnets
- Petz Fantasy toys

Now, for a chance to win this goody-packed collection:
- Leave a comment on this post, with the name of the show you’d like to see TVScreener.com cover more frequently, and an e-mail address to reach you
- Deadline to enter is September 15 at 8PM ET (according to recorded comment time)
- The winner will be chosen by random, using Random.org’s Random Number Generator
- The winner will be announced on the evening of Sept. 15, as an update to this post
- For this contest, U.S. residents only, please, and entrants must be at least 18 years of age

Good luck, TV fans!

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I’m ‘fessing up: I’m obsessed with this Yahoo! video of English bulldog Bullet, who seems pretty obsessed herself with watching Family Guy. Seriously, I dare you not to watch it once, and then another seven or eight times, minimum. She’s just so adorable, and I’m not sure which part is more endearing: the way she so intently watches, with one paw on the arm of the couch, or the way she looks at the person filming her when he starts to laugh.

Either way, this one’s joining my viral video hall of fame, along with The Landlord and Good Cop, Baby Cop at FunnyorDie.com, and that disturbing Will You Go To Prom With Me? YouTube clip (”Will you go to prom with me? And dance and dance and dance, and dance and dance and dance” will be stuck in your head for a long time. Trust me).

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