Saturday, August 09, 2008

Premieres and Notables; August 11-17, 2008

A light week because of the Olympics, I'll bet.

Monday, 8/11

Sesame Street; PBS. 8 am CST (check local listings). 39th season premiere.
Read the end of the above line. Un-bee-leevable!

The Mole (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season (series?) finale.


Tuesday, 8/12

Primetime: Medical Mysteries; ABC. 9 pm. Season premiere.


Thursday, 8/14

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo; 9 pm). Season Finale.


Friday, 8/15

Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N; 7 pm). Season Finale.

The Truth With Jeff Johnson; BET. 10 pm. Series Premiere.
Half-hour talk show, focusing on issues important to African Americans.


Saturday, 8/16

The Dish; Style. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Danielle Fishel hosts a The Soup-type show that skewers fashion. I'm in.


Sunday, 8/17

In Plain Sight (USA; 9 pm). Season Finale.

The Two Coreys (A&E; 9 pm). Season Finale.

And Chris Noth hangs up his detective Mike Logan suit after almost 20 years (with a break) on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA; 8 pm).

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Premieres and Notables; August 4-10, 2008

Monday, 8/4

American Gladiators (NBC; 7 pm). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 8/5

I Survived a Japanese Game Show (ABC; 8:01 CST). Season Finale.

Flipping Out (Bravo; 9 pm). Season Finale.

Smash Lab; Discovery. 9 pm. Season Premiere.

Million Dollar Listing; Bravo. 10 pm. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 8/6

Mythbusters; Discovery. 8 pm. 7th Season Premiere.
I haven't seen much of this show. I have liked what I've seen, though. Tonight, they're seeing if one can tenderize meat using explosives. I haven't heard that myth before, but it sounds fun.

Taboo; NGC. 8 pm. Season Premiere.

Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Dallas Cowboys; HBO. 9 pm. Season Premiere.
Last season's camp with the Chiefs was interesting and mildly exciting. I expect no less this year. Remember, people, this is HBO Sports-- it's bound to have some good stuff.

Man Vs. Wild; Discovery. 9 pm. Season Premiere.

Black Gold (Tru TV; 9 pm). Season Finale.


Thursday, 8/7

Last Comic Standing (NBC; 7 pm). Season Finale.
I'm pretty sure this time, it is the finale...

So You Think You Can Dance (FOX; 7 pm). Season Finale.

My Boys (TBS; 9 pm). Season Finale. Gone so soon...


Friday, 8/8

The 2008 Summer Olympics begin with NBC's coverage of the Opening Ceremonies (7 pm). Then for the next couple of weeks, NBC's family of networks (NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA, Oxygen, and Telmundo), some new cable and satellite channels created just for the Games, and live streaming video on nbcolympics.com will combine for 3600 hours of Olympics coverage. If that number wasn't huge enough, think of this: that's more coverage than all the other games since the first broadcasts on 1960 combined.


Saturday, 8/9

Primeval; BBC America. 8 pm. Series Premiere.
Time anomalies and dinosaurs mix as a zoologist tries to link his wife's disappearance to the appearance of a dinosaur.
{Geez-- sounds like a no-brainer. Did anyone check the dino's stomach?}


Sunday, 8/10

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries; PBS. 8 pm (check local listings). Season Premiere.