Premieres and Notables: August 12-19, 2012

Well, The Olympics are over, and the networks are dumping their shows on us...

Monday, 8/13

Hotel Hell; Fox. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Gordon Ramsey takes his soft touch to hotels.

Star Earn Stripes; NBC. 7 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Eight celebs (well, reality show "celebs") execute SEAL-type missions.
Sounds like a fail (reality show, remember), but it's got some good people behind the scenes-- and it's got Terry freakin' Crews as one of the celebs.  I'm all in.

The Closer (TNT; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

Grimm; NBC. 9 pm CST. Season 2 Premiere.

Gallery Girls; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Teen Wolf (MTV; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Big Tiny; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The world's smallest adult siblings are followed in this reality series.

Major Crimes; TNT. 9:06 pm CST. Series Premiere.
If you miss The Closer (and how couldn't you, after seeing the final ep a whole hour ago), most of the cast comes back in this new series.

Get to Work; Sundance. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Tuesday, 8/14

Top Gear America; History. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Week the Women Went; Lifetime.  9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The women in Yemassee, SC leave town for a week to let the men fend for themselves.
I wonder what crazy hijinks they'll get into. Burning dinner, screwing up pigtails on the kids, forgetting to add fruits and vegetables to lunches...
C'mon-- it's on Lifetime... You know: the "men are bad" channel?

The Glee Project (Oxygen; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Collection Intervention; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

The Burn With Jeff Ross; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Roastmaster Jeff Ross gets some friends together to rip on pop culture.


Wednesday, 8/15

Oh Sit! The CW. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Musical chairs + Wipeout = this show

Storage Wars: Texas; A&E. 8 & 8:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

American Hoggers; A&E. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 8/16

The Next; The CW. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Braxton Family Values; We tv. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 8/17

Shake It Up (Disney Channel; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Boss; Starz. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Strike Back; Starz. 9 pm CST. 2nd (American) Season Premiere.


Saturday, 8/18

10 Kids, 2 Dads; OWN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 8/19

Survivorman; Discovery. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Falling Skies (TNT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Nail Files; TV Guide Network. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Copper; BBC America. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
BBC America's first original series takes us back to 1864 NYC to follow some detectives who work their post-Civil War beat. 
Not sure if I'll stick around, but it is brought to us by Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson, so I have to give it a try.

Finally, a weatherman who makes bold forecasts

Yes, it's wrong-- but it made me laugh like crazy

Hey, pass me a beer.

Premieres and Notables: August 6-12, 2012

Tuesday, 8/7

Shipping Wars; A&E. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 8/8

Dallas (TNT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Paranormal Witness; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Go On; NBC. 10:05 pm CST. Series Premiere/Sneak Preview.
Matthew Perry stars as a man forced to join a support group.


Thursday, 8/9

Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell; FX.  10 pm CST.  Series Premiere.

Childrens Hospital; 11 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.
One of the craziest-- and funniest-- fifteen minutes you'll get every week.  Check it out.


Friday, 8/10

Common Law (USA; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Dead Files; Travel. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 8/11

Tanked; Animal Planet. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 8/12

2012 London Olympics Closing Ceremony; NBC. 6 pm CST.

Hell on Wheels; AMC. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
It wasn't the greatest show I watched last year (yet it was very solid), but the characters make it worth coming back every week.  And main actors Common-- and especially the magnetic Anson Mount, carry the series very well.  They're both just fun to watch.
And I also have to give props to the best antagonist from last year: The Swede (who hails from Norway; one of my favorite gags).

Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. Special.
Hosted by Jane Lynch.

Animal Practice; NBC. 9:38 pm CST. Series Premiere/Sneak Peek.
A comedy set in an NYC animal hospital, starring Justin Kirk (who always brings-it on Weeds-- even when he doesn't have much to work with) along with Tyler Labine (who kills on every show he's been on). 
Now I just have to hope the show is decent, for both their sakes.

The Dark Knight Rages

Lucius Fox pwned

I love Lucius Fox from the Dark Knight trilogy; one of my favorite characters.

But I love cynical humor even more.

Sorry, Lucius...