Monday, 3/2
The Bachelor (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Rules of Engagement; CBS. 8:30. Season Premiere.
Ax Men; History. 9 pm. Season Premiere.
Harlem Heights; BET. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Eight people in their twenties and their lives in New York City in this reality show.
Jimmy Fallon begins his gig on Conan's old show. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon airs on NBC at 11:35 pm CST.
Tuesday, 3/3
Reaper; CW. 7 pm. 2nd Season Premiere.
Sam's life falls apart in the premiere of this underrated show. Recommended
Nip/Tuck (FX; 9 pm). Season Finale.
Wednesday, 3/4
America's Next Top Model; The CW. 7 pm. Season Premiere.
Make Me a Supermodel; Bravo. 9 pm. Season Premiere.
Thursday, 3/5
Burn Notice (USA; 9 pm). Season Finale.
Saturday, 3/7
Ashes to Ashes; BBC America. 8 pm. Series Premiere.
This sequel-of-sorts to the original U.K. version of Life on Mars where a British female detective from 2008 finds herself in 1981.
Sunday, 3/8
The L Word (Showtime; 8 pm). Series Finale.
Breaking Bad; AMC. 9 pm. 2nd Season Premiere.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
FD: Catching Up With Xander Pt 1
More Frisky Dingo. Xander has disappeared for a year after Killface's attempt to destroy the planet actually stopped global warming. Now a documentary crew has found him.
This is all a set-up for Pt 2.
This is all a set-up for Pt 2.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Mandatory Viewing
Just caught the latest episode of HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel, and I was very excited to see a follow-up to the Kyle Lograsso story from almost two years ago.
Kyle is a boy all of six who has a golf swing identical to Tiger Woods'. He developed it from watching Woods on TV-- before he was two years old. That makes his story amazing enough, but there's more that's happened to this young boy that shows he is remarkable even beyond that.
This is amazing televison. Fifteen of the most incredible minutes you'll ever experience. This is why I love TV-- and is also why I chose Real Sports as one of my top 10 TV shows of 2006. (And it would have also been in the top in 2007 had I done a list that year.)
The show is always cream of the crop-- and I say this as someone who doesn't follow sports hardly at all. This is just plain, great television. I watched the original story four times before I finally deleted it from the DVR, and the follow-up story this episode brought tears to my eyes the exact same way it did back then.
You owe it to yourself to check it out. It airs over a dozen times in the next ten days, or you should also be able to check it out on HBO OnDemand.
I tried finding a video clip on YouTube, Hulu, and HBO.com and found clips of the show in general pretty rare. But I did run across a low-quality video from the first airing that you can watch below.
And now that you cheated and watched this story on your computer instead of on TV, watch the follow-up story at home-- or do it at someone else's home who has HBO.
Kyle is a boy all of six who has a golf swing identical to Tiger Woods'. He developed it from watching Woods on TV-- before he was two years old. That makes his story amazing enough, but there's more that's happened to this young boy that shows he is remarkable even beyond that.
This is amazing televison. Fifteen of the most incredible minutes you'll ever experience. This is why I love TV-- and is also why I chose Real Sports as one of my top 10 TV shows of 2006. (And it would have also been in the top in 2007 had I done a list that year.)
The show is always cream of the crop-- and I say this as someone who doesn't follow sports hardly at all. This is just plain, great television. I watched the original story four times before I finally deleted it from the DVR, and the follow-up story this episode brought tears to my eyes the exact same way it did back then.
You owe it to yourself to check it out. It airs over a dozen times in the next ten days, or you should also be able to check it out on HBO OnDemand.
I tried finding a video clip on YouTube, Hulu, and HBO.com and found clips of the show in general pretty rare. But I did run across a low-quality video from the first airing that you can watch below.
And now that you cheated and watched this story on your computer instead of on TV, watch the follow-up story at home-- or do it at someone else's home who has HBO.
Cool Commercial
I don't watch commercials anymore. I watch all my TV on DVD, DVR, or on videotape. Each allows me to fast-forward through the commericals which is great for a couple of reasons: most commericials are lame as Hell, and I also save 25% of my time skipping through them.
But once in a while I miss a good one. This is one I happened to catch by accident. You've probably seen it, but watch it again. It's great.
But once in a while I miss a good one. This is one I happened to catch by accident. You've probably seen it, but watch it again. It's great.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Get HIGH
You know when you're excited about a show coming out on DVD?
When you keep humming the theme song all day long at work.
Check out Summer Heights High, out on DVD tomorrow. Get it for $25 at deepdiscount.com or for $20 at bestbuy.com (or presumably at the stores for the same price).
This Australian import by way of HBO is brilliantly acted and written-- and it's painful to watch in a (U.K.) The Office kind of way.
This 8-episode series justified my subscribing to HBO this year. For real.
Here's a trailer for the show:
Writer/star Chris Lilley plays three characters in this mockumentary.
The transformation he made for each is astounding.
First up is vain, delusional Mr. G:
Now meet troubled Jonah:
And the most amazing transformation. This is Ja'ime:
When you keep humming the theme song all day long at work.
Check out Summer Heights High, out on DVD tomorrow. Get it for $25 at deepdiscount.com or for $20 at bestbuy.com (or presumably at the stores for the same price).
This Australian import by way of HBO is brilliantly acted and written-- and it's painful to watch in a (U.K.) The Office kind of way.
This 8-episode series justified my subscribing to HBO this year. For real.
Here's a trailer for the show:
Writer/star Chris Lilley plays three characters in this mockumentary.
The transformation he made for each is astounding.
First up is vain, delusional Mr. G:
Now meet troubled Jonah:
And the most amazing transformation. This is Ja'ime:
Sunday, February 22, 2009
FAMILY GUY: Peter Meets Christian Bale
Okay, Bale's been vilified over this more than enough already.
-- But this is so damn funny...
-- But this is so damn funny...
Something to make the OSCARS more interesting
Check out Mickey O'Connor's Drinking Game .
And the funniest thing is: at least 75% of those things will happen.
And the funniest thing is: at least 75% of those things will happen.
Premieres and Notables; Feb. 23-Mar 1, 2009
Monday, 2/23
True Beauty (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
The Closer (TNT; 8 pm). Season Finale.
Tuesday, 2/24
Dark Days in Monkey City; Animal Planet. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
I couldn't put the premise into words, so I'll let Entertainment Weekly's Jessica Shaw do it:
"This animation-enhanced docudrama chronicles the final days of an aging ruler of a tribe of Sri Lankan toque macaques, and the pregnant underling hoping to save her baby amid the power shift. Monkey is all very Shakespearean... and the story is rife with betrayal, adultery, and jealousy."
[If you didn't know, a toque macaque is a type of primate...]
Leverage (TNT; 9 pm). Season Finale.
10 Items or Less (TBS; 10 pm). Season Finale.
Wednesday, 2/25
America's Next Top Model; The CW. 7 pm. 12th Season Premiere.
Top Chef: New York (Bravo; 9 pm). Season Finale.
Thursday, 2/26
The Chris Isaak Hour; BIO. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Isaak gets his own chatfest. First up: Trisha Yearwood.
Saturday, 2/28
America; Lifetime. 8 pm. Movie.
Rosie O'Donnell stars in this movie about a boy who makes his way through the foster care system. I'll guarantee two things about this Lifetime movie: 1. it'll try to make you cry and 2. it'll somehow be a man's fault.
Sunday, 3/1
Running in Heels; Style. 7 pm. Series Premiere.
A "reality soap" [kinda like The Hills?] about three fashion interns who work at Marie Claire.
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice; CBS. 8 pm. Movie.
Tom Selleck stars in his fifth movie based on the Robert B. Parker novels.
The Celebrity Apprentice; NBC. 8 pm. Season Premiere.
Ugh...
True Beauty (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
The Closer (TNT; 8 pm). Season Finale.
Tuesday, 2/24
Dark Days in Monkey City; Animal Planet. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
I couldn't put the premise into words, so I'll let Entertainment Weekly's Jessica Shaw do it:
"This animation-enhanced docudrama chronicles the final days of an aging ruler of a tribe of Sri Lankan toque macaques, and the pregnant underling hoping to save her baby amid the power shift. Monkey is all very Shakespearean... and the story is rife with betrayal, adultery, and jealousy."
[If you didn't know, a toque macaque is a type of primate...]
Leverage (TNT; 9 pm). Season Finale.
10 Items or Less (TBS; 10 pm). Season Finale.
Wednesday, 2/25
America's Next Top Model; The CW. 7 pm. 12th Season Premiere.
Top Chef: New York (Bravo; 9 pm). Season Finale.
Thursday, 2/26
The Chris Isaak Hour; BIO. 9 pm. Series Premiere.
Isaak gets his own chatfest. First up: Trisha Yearwood.
Saturday, 2/28
America; Lifetime. 8 pm. Movie.
Rosie O'Donnell stars in this movie about a boy who makes his way through the foster care system. I'll guarantee two things about this Lifetime movie: 1. it'll try to make you cry and 2. it'll somehow be a man's fault.
Sunday, 3/1
Running in Heels; Style. 7 pm. Series Premiere.
A "reality soap" [kinda like The Hills?] about three fashion interns who work at Marie Claire.
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice; CBS. 8 pm. Movie.
Tom Selleck stars in his fifth movie based on the Robert B. Parker novels.
The Celebrity Apprentice; NBC. 8 pm. Season Premiere.
Ugh...
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