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Don’t Call Me During…: Midseason 2012 – Sundays

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Girls

It’s the time again as I shock and awe you with how much television I think I’m going to be able to watch.

Returning/New Shows:

9:00 PM – Girls (HBO; 1/13)
The show I love to hate. It got better as the season wore on especially when Adam (Adam Driver) became more than just Hannah’s (Lena Dunham) weird one-dimensional not-boyfriend. I’m concerned that Dunham will address her critics too much this season. After the backlash for the lack of minorities in Girls‘ version of Brooklyn, could casting Donald Glover as a potential love interest be too much of an overreaction?

9:00 PM – Game of Thrones (HBO; 3/31)
Erwin swears to me that this will be the best season because it’s based on the best book of the series, A Storm of Swords.  I wouldn’t know. I refuse to read the books mostly to annoy him. I just hope it’s not like the first two seasons where we spend half the season introducing yet more new characters until the plot can really move forward.

9:00 PM – Shameless (SHO; 1/13)
Am I the only one who thinks the show would be 100 times better if Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy) left and/or died? They haven’t figured out how to make his character work and I don’t think they ever will.

10:00 PM: House of Lies (SHO; 1/13)
I would abandon this show but it stars Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. I’m not ready to admit this show isn’t good.

10:30 PM: Californication (SHO; 1/13)
I actually last season was pretty good until the closing minutes of the finale in which another ridiculous misunderstanding will keep Hank (David Duchovny) and Karen (Natascha McElhone) from being together (which would allow the show to finally end for good).

The Rest:

8:00 PM – The Simpsons (FOX)
8:30 PM – Bob’s Burgers (FOX)
9:00 PM – The Good Wife (CBS)
9:00 PM – Revenge (ABC)
9:00 PM – The Walking Dead (AMC) (2/10)
10:00 PM – Happy Endings (ABC)
10:30 PM – Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 (ABC)

Don’t Call Me During…: Midseason 2012 Edition

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The fall television season of 2011 will be remembered for Homeland. It was easily one of the best first season of a show I’ve watched from start to finish. I debated doing a post about my top ten TV shows of 2011 but got lazy. I couldn’t decide whether Homeland or Breaking Bad would take the top spot. I thought nothing could top the fourth season of Breaking Bad but some of Homeland’s individual episodes (particularly “The Weekend” and “The Vest”) are up there with the best episodes of the year (another post I was too lazy to write).

Ultimately, my top ten TV shows of 2011 without any elaboration are:

  1. Breaking Bad
  2. Homeland
  3. Louie
  4. Parks and Recreation
  5. Justified
  6. Game of Thrones
  7. Community
  8. Boardwalk Empire
  9. Sons of Anarchy
  10. Parenthood
Now that I’ve gotten that out-of-the-way, let’s talk about what shows could contend for a spot on the best television shows of 2012.  Since I don’t watch these shows live, there’s no sense in listing it by time. New series are in bold.

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Happy Californiversary to me!: A Year in Pictures

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It was one year ago today that, after being delayed by a stupid blizzard, I landed in Los Angeles Airport and saw this sign waiting for me.

December 30, 2010

I’ve had a fun, life-changing first year in California. Here were some of the highlights:

I went to Disneyland for the first time.
When You Wish Upon A Star...

I met one of my favorite comic book authors ever, Jamie Hernandez, co-author of Love & Rockets.
Jaime & Me

I ran my first race, the Great Race of Agoura Hills 10K
My First Racing Medal

I cheered on Cindy while she ran the Los Angeles Marathon.
Our Signs For Cindy

Cindy and I got engaged! (my story/her story)
Just Happy!

We went camping at Yosemite.
Liberty Cap and Nevada Falls

I attended Suzzy & Terry’s wedding in Napa where I got to see some friends from New York
Introducing Mr. & Mrs. McLean

We hung out in San Francisco.
We hiked up to the bridge

I “ran” the Long Beach Half Marathon.
The couple that runs together...

I went back to New York to spend time with friends and family.
A shot for Kevin's birthday

Cindy and I took our engagement photos with Michael Fletcher.
Cindy & Sean Sunset Silhouette

With my own wedding and those of two of my closest friends, 2012 is going to be a hectic year. I hope I’m ready for it.

TV Power Rankings: 11/22 – 11/28

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Since Thanksgiving knocked out the nine (!) shows I watch on Thursdays, this week’s list will have shows that will probably never make it back.

Worst Show of Last Week: V (Episode: “It’s Only The Beginning”) – It’s sad that I’ve actually missed 90210. I hope they Scott Peters, the new showrunner, turns it around in March

The Power Rankings: (may contain mild spoilers)

10. Ugly Betty (Episode: “Level (7) With Me”) – I’m glad we are done with the Community of the Phoenix AND the Nico fake blackmailing storylines.

9. Californication (Episode: “Mr. Bad Example”) – Probably the most boring episode of the season but Hank Moody is always good for one or two good laughs

8. How I Met Your Mother (Episode: “Slapsgiving 2: Revenge Of The Slap”) – Not as good as the first Slapsgiving but how can I be mad at an episode that has Chris Elliot and Alyson Hannigan revisiting her days as Evil Willow

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