- NY Magazine’s Vulture thinks Simon Cowell is making the right choice going with The X-Factor over American Idol. I saw The X-Factor when i was in England last month and found it more interesting than I ever did American Idol.
- Jonah Weiner of Slate Magazine (over)analyzes Jay-Z’s video for “On To The Next One”
- A math genius in England put together a formula to figure our why he’s single
- Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins) is leaving Friday Night Lights
- The Ack! Attack lists Lost’s Top 10 Go-To Moves
- Wes Anderson accepted his Special Achievement Award from the National Board of Review for Fantastic Mr. Fox via stop-motion video
- I probably won’t buy it but this trailer for video game, Transformers: War For Cyberton, looks pretty awesome
- Check out the set for the new Pee-wee Herman Show.I wish I was out in LA to go to this.
- GQ reveals NBC’s new television line-up. Stop dissing, Chuck!
- Michael Ausiello says Greek might be in danger of being canceled. Maybe if more people heard “The Greek Rap”, they’d watch.
- Someone at The Onion’s AV Club watched G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra on purpose. Poor bastard.
- Jack Bauer hate Tom Brady
- Dave Letterman’s “Top Ten Messages On Jeff Zucker’s Answering Machine.”
- I never get tired of these. Hitler Learns Leno Is Moving Back To Late Night
- Judy Greer is going to guest-star on Modern Family as Phil’s ex-girlfriend. I love her.
- TV Squad previews 24 Season Eight. I’m curious to see how Agent Freckles has been corrupted by Bauer
- Jeff Fuc..Zucker is threatening to keep Conan off the year for the length of his contract according to Nikki Finke
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January 14, 2010TV Power Rankings: 1/3 – 1/9
January 12, 2010It’s back (now that there’s finally enough TV on to rank it)
The Power Rankings: (may contain mild spoilers)
10. The Simpsons (Episode: “Thursdays with Abie”): It’s rare that a Simpsons episode stands out especially one that centers on Abe
9. Scrubs (Episode: “Our Couples”): This show is much better a) without J.D. and b) with Lucy being mentored by Elliot. I still could have done without it ever existing but it’s not a complete waste of time.
8. Ugly Betty (Episode: “The Passion of the Betty”): Another one of those everything-goes-back-to-normal-at-Mode episodes with both Hal and Matt taken care of and Wilhamina getting her spot back
7. Friday Night Lights (Episode: “The Toilet Bowl”): My least favorite episode of the season. Even though the Lions finally won a game, it felt like nothing happened.
Don’t Call Me During…: Midseason 2010 Edition
January 1, 2010This is going to be a mess. With a bunch of shows doing delayed returns (not coming back until March/April), it’s hard to discern what I’m going to be able to watch live and what I’ll be watching via the internet. So I’m just going to list them all with their return date. Just know that some how, some way I will try to watch all these shows.
Sunday:
8:00 – 8:30 PM: The Simpsons (1/3): What will it take for me to stop watching this show.
8:00 – 9:00 PM: The Pacific (3/14): I own Band of Brothers and still haven’t watched it. That’s a damn shame
9:00 – 9:30 PM: Family Guy (1/3)
9:30 – 10:00 PM: Sons of Tuscon (3/14): The only reason I’m giving this a chance is because it stars Tyler Labine, the main reason I watched Reaper
9:00 – 10:00 PM: Big Love (1/10)
10:00-11:00 PM: Breaking Bad (3/21)
Monday:
8:00 – 8:30 PM: How I Met Your Mother (1/11)
8:00 – 9:00 PM: Life Unexpected (1/11): It’s supposed to be good
8:00 – 9:00 PM: House (1/11)
8:00 – 9:00 PM: Chuck (1/10 premiere, regularly airs on Monday)
9:00 – 10:00 PM: Gossip Girl (3/8)
9:00 – 10:00 PM: 24 (1/17 premiere, regularly airs on Monday)
9:00 – 10:00 PM: Parenthood (3/1): It sucks that Maura Tierney had to drop out but Lauren Graham as a replacement is great
9:30 – 10:00 PM: The Big Bang Theory (1/11)
10:00 – 11:00 PM: Castle (1/11)
10:00 – 11:00 PM: Damages (1/25)
10:00 – 11:00 PM: Greek (1/25)
2009: 15 Favorite Televsion Shows
December 29, 2009It’s that time of year. Here are my 15 favorite television shows of 2009. Please don’t confuse “favorite” with “best”
15. Party Down
14. 24
13. Glee
12. Modern Family
11. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. Breaking Bad
9. Damages
8. Burn Notice
7. Torchwood: Children of Earth
6. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
5. Battlestar Galactica
4. Friday Night Lights
3. Sons of Anarchy
2. Lost
1. Mad Men
TV Power Rankings: 11/22 – 11/28
November 30, 2009Since 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
TV Power Rankings: 11/01 – 11/07
November 9, 2009Worst Show of Last Week: V (Episode: “Pilot”) – There wasn’t any particularly bad television this week but this was more like a lost opportunity. They rushed so much of the show’s premise robbing the show of any tension or character development. I think it’s more of a lack of faith in a TV viewer to stick around to see where’s something going without spelling everything out right away.
The Power Rankings: (may contain mild spoilers)
10. The League (Episode: “The Bounce Test”) -I think FX has finally found a show to follow It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I wonder how many eskimo brothers I have.
9. FlashForward (Episode: “The Gift”) – I was ready to give up on this show but this was the best the show has been since the first half of the pilot. The suicide is a bit of a game changer so now what?
8. Community (Episode: “Home Economics”) – I officially have a crush on Alison Brie (she has also been great as Trudy on Mad Men). I hope this isn’t the last we see of the Pierce/Vaughn war. Read the rest of this entry ?
TV Power Rankings: 10/25 – 10/31
November 3, 2009So I decided to give myself a new project. I’m going to try to rank the top 10 shows I watched on a week by week basis. Since I usually don’t finish watching a given week’s shows until Sunday, this will probably run late. (I watch over 25 hours of TV a week).
Worst Show of Last Week: Cougar Town (Episode: “A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me)”) – The scary thought is that before I remembered I watched Cougar Town (which will probably always be the worst show I watch every week), I was going to say 30 Rock.
The Power Rankings: (may contain mild spoilers) Read the rest of this entry ?
Melanism.com Endorses Modern Family
October 22, 2009
Easily the best new show this Fall (it was neck and neck with Community but it pulled away in the last two episodes)
Why I endorse this show:
- With the documentary style, the huge cast and humor being derived from the variety of combination, it reminds me of one of my favorite comedies of all-time, Arrested Development
- I’ve been a fan of Ty Burrell since Zack Snyder’s remake of Dawn of the Dead so I’m happy he’s getting a chance to shine
- Eric Stonestreet as Cam is maybe the third funniest character on TV right now (Behind Charlie from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory)
- Sofia Vergara.
- Ed O’Neill playing an alternate universe Al Bundy.
- This has been my favorite scene thus far.
So listen to me and watch it so it will have great ratings and never get canceled like every other new show I love.
Would I ever steer you wrong about TV?
Don’t Call Me During…: Fall 2009-10 Edition
August 25, 2009This was easily the hardest TV schedule I’ve ever had to put together. I actually thought I was going to be watching less television than ever but then I got to Thursday. Thank God for Hulu and bittorrent, otherwise I don’t know what I’d do*.
First let’s say goodbye to the shows that won’t be returning from the last schedule: Read the rest of this entry ?
