Premieres (and others eps) for 8/28 - 9/3

When I was double-checking the credits for the Prison Break premiere after Snoop's comments from yesterday's post (yes, Stormare is listed as a "guest star"-- a little too obvious for me to believe Abruzzi takes a dirt nap), I also double checked if my eyes were playing tricks on me about Schofield's origami message to Sara. On the DVD screener I watched, there was just the written message. In the episode that aired on FOX, there was a written message AND the dots below it.

Don't know what that means, but I'm thinking it means something. (I hope it isn't something the producers threw out there as an experiment to see just how insane some of us are...)


Aaaaaaanyway, here are next week's premieres and shows I am pointing out for whatever reason-- according to TV GUIDE.

Monday, 8/28
Prison Break, FOX. 7-8 pm CST. Duh.

Tuesday, 8/29
Celebrity Duets, FOX 7-9 pm CST. Normally, I'd avoid this claptrap like the plague, but it does have Chris Jericho as a contestant. Sure, he's a pro wrestler (which will be pounded in our heads, I'm sure), but he's all about '80s metal (he's got a whole band-- Fozzy-- that's in the '80s vein). Plus, the dude's funny. It doesn't hurt that one of my Hollywood crushes growing up-- Lea Thompson-- is also a contestant. Or the always-fun Lucy Lawless...

The Rescue Me season finale is also airing at 9 pm on FX. I haven't watched the show since the pilot (I've got every episode on tape; just waiting for the perfect weekend to watch it), but I hear it's good.


Wednesday, 8/30.
Bones, FOX, 7-8 pm CST. Season Premiere. I haven't watched the tapes yet, but how can you go wrong with David Boreanez?

Justice, FOX, 8-9 pm. Series Premiere. I dug Victor Garber on Alias, but I don't have high hopes for this show. I'm going to try to catch the screener DVD this weekend to give a little preview.

30 Days, FX, 9-10 pm. Morgan himself lives in prison for 30 days.It should be eye opening.


Thursday, 8/31.
Who Wants to be Superhero? Sci Fi Channel, 8-9 pm. Season finale. I haven't watched the show yet, but it's gotten some good buzz (even if it is cheesy).

Windfall, NBC, 9-10. SEASON finale. I cannot imagine for a second that this show is coming back, but I guess the ratings were decent, so who knows? It's not as if NBC is just swimming in hits right now (ask again in October, and maybe that comment will have to be changed).


Friday, 9/1
FOX reairs this week's Prison Break and Vanished episodes. This is subject to change, so don't take a chance and miss Monday's airings.


Saturday, 9/2
Icons: The Onion, G4, 6:30 pm. The kick-*ss weekly satirical newspaper/website gets the Icon treatment.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, HBO, 7-8:30 pm. One of the best movies in recent history. Funny, smart, brilliantly acted and directed. Gromit is one of the best sidekicks in history, bar none. Won the 2005 Oscar for Best Animated Film-- deservedly so.

A Day in the Life of Television/ CBS Fall Preview, CBS, 7-9 pm. The first 1-1/2 hrs gives us a behind the scenes look at 12 shows (not all are CBS shows). The last half hour is the Fall Preview. Both shows are bound to be fluff, but there could be a gem in the middle of it all.

Mad TV, FOX, 10-11 pm. A repeat from last year where Kurt Busch takes Ike Berinholtz and Bobby Lee around the track. Dude just abuses Bobby Lee.


Sunday, 9/2.
Family Guy, FOX 7:30-9 pm. If you didn't pony up the money for the "exclusive" Uncensored Stewie movie when it came out on DVD last Fall, catch it here for free (you'll miss maybe a half-dozen bad words). When I watched the DVD (yeah I bought it-- I'm sooo naive), I kept thinking "this just feels like three Family Guy episodes strung together." Imagine my surprise when the last three episodes of last season were these fricking episodes from the DVD. If it ends up on the Family Guy Volume 4 DVD set, I'm gonna be p*ssed.