Premieres and Notables, August 9-15, 2010

Monday, 8/9

Bachelor Pad; ABC.  7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Nineteen Bachelor and Bachelorette rejects move into a house and start gettin' real.
You have got to be fuckin' kidding me...

Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back; Style. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A docuseries about a boarding school for obese teens.

Last Comic Standing (NBC; 8 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Wild Nights With Mireya Mayor; Nat Geo Wild. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Wildlife in big cities...

Dating in the Dark (ABC; 9:01 CST). 2nd Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 8/10

Hell's Kitchen (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Flipping Out; Bravo. 8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Hair Battle Spectacular; Oxygen. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ten hair stylists face off to create bizarre hairdos...


Wednesday, 8/11

L.A. Ink; TLC. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (Bravo; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hard Knocks; HBO. 9 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.
This season, the focus is on the New York Jets.


Thursday, 8/12

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

American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior; TLC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Raising Sextuplets (WE TV; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Boston Med (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 8/13

Wife Swap (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
This show still airs episodes?


Sunday, 8/15

The Next Food Network Star (Food Network; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Scoundrels (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Top Shot (History; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Great Food Truck Race; Food. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Seven food trucks sell their goods.

Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. Special.
Usually these things just devolve into who can be the most crass-- and I'm sure this will be no exception.  But we do have a person who, I think, can and will get roasted (unlike, say, Pam Anderson, who most didn't go very tough on).  I also have read a few of the jokes already, and a couple cracked me up (Whitney Cummings' "I actually tried to buy one of your songs on Amazon.com, and it said, 'Users who bought this item also bought a shotgun,'" was my favorite).
You may want to DVR the after-midnight airings; sometimes they don't bleep out as much.

Lawn Mowing Dog

Coolest dog ever.

DC Online: "Who Do You Trust?" Trailer

Lots of cool stuff going on here.

Wish that some of the animated-- or live action-- films had some of those moves...

Steve Carell Switches His Loyalty

LeBron spoof, of course:

100 Greatest The Wire Lines

I guess I should give this full-disclosure: there are minor spoilers. Mainly, if you can remember some of the scenes if/when you finally do watch the series, you may be able to find out if someone dies (two instances near the 9 minute mark).

But your average person won't remember the details between now and later.

Just bask in the glory that is THE WIRE dialogue. Great clip if you haven't seen the series; fantastic clip if you have.

I gotta go back and watch this show...

More Premieres and Notables for Aug 2- 8, 2010

Might be a repeat or two, but I think are most are "new" to the blog:

Monday, 8/2

Aftermath With William Shatner; Bio. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A new show hosted by Shatner that looks at the aftermath of certain events or times.
The first episode finds him interviewing Bernie Goetz.


Tuesday, 8/3

18 to Life; The CW. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere (U.S.)
This Canadian import finds two recent high school graduates engaged, and their parents aren't too excited about that.


Wednesday, 8/4

Criss Angel: Mindfreak; A&E. 9 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.


Sunday, 8/8

Hoarding: Buried Alive; TLC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.