Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Monday, December 29, 2014

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Friday, December 26, 2014

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Television Premieres and Notables: December 29, 2014-January 4, 2015

Monday, 12/29

It Takes a Choir; USA. 11 am CST. Mini-series
A reality show about a British choirmaster.
I don't know much, but it sounds like USA is burning this off today.


Tuesday, 12/30

Revelation: The End of Days; History. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A TV reporter and his cameraman look into the Revelation and the Antichrist.


There are probably a bunch of marathons for New Years Eve/New Years Day.
I just don't have the time to look for any. Sorry.
I am pretty sure that AMC is reairing all of The Walking Dead from the first, brilliant, episode all the way to the shocking fifth mid-season finale that aired at the beginning of the month.
Wouldja just check it out already, so I can stop mentioning it?


Friday, 1/2

Whale Wars; Animal Planet. 7 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.
Beluga vs Orca. Shit's gettin' real.
[That's not true. I have no idea what the show is about.]


Saturday, 1/3

Rev. Run's Renovation; DIY. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


And there's very little Holiday break before TV jumps back into it (I'll never get below 70% on my DVR it seems...) because:


Sunday, 1/4

Galavant; ABC. 7 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
I am going to hope that this musical comedy about a knight who is trying to rescue his princess is better than it should be (c'mon: a network taking that big of chance.../). The commercials and the "behind the scenes" special I watched all looked promising.
And, if not, it's only four weeks/episodes.

Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge; CMT. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
C'mon, Stone Cold, you're trying a little too hard with that series title.
Have some pride, man...

Downton Abbey (or whatever your PBS station may call it on their DVR schedule); PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). 5th Season Premiere.

Worst Cooks in America; Food. 8 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

Sister Wives; TLC. 8 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.
Sixth season, hunh? The series that inspired it only did five seasons.
Are you saying you're better than Big Love?

And I don't want it to look like I really missed one, so I'll just say: Trump and his P.O.S. show don't need me advertising it.

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Television Premieres and Notables: December 22-28, 2014

Monday, 12/22

Tiny House Nation; FYI. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Anger Management (FX; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.
Somehow, Charlie Sheen made it to episode 100...


Tuesday, 12/23

Mozart in the Jungle; Amazon Prime. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Gael Garcia Bernal stars as a conductor who is hired to bring the New York Symphony back to prominence.


Wednesday, 12/24

The Wrong Mans; Hulu Plus. Streaming. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 12/25

Doctor Who; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Special.
The 2014 Christmas Special has The Doctor and Clara teaming up with Santa Claus himself.

Black Mirror; DirecTV. 8:30 pm CST. Special.
Fans of this show are crazy-rabid fans. One of those being Jon Hamm, who snagged a role in this year's Christmas Special.


Friday, 12/26

HBO Signature is airing the long-awaited (but not always perfect) HD presentation of (the best show I've ever seen:) The Wire. One season a day, for the next five days, starting at 11 am this morning.

[So why "not always perfect"? It was intentionally framed in 4:3 aspect, so while many shots took advantage of the 16:9 aspect of the cameras the show was filmed with, sometimes the solution to make the 4:3 into 16:9 was to crop the top of the frame-- especially in instances where the filmed 16:9 showed things not intended to be on screen (like production people, boom mics, etc).]

And why watch The Wire?  Here's what I wrote a few years ago.


Sunday, 12/28

The Great British Baking Show; PBS. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Sunday Night Football (NBC; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Friday, December 19, 2014

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Monday, December 15, 2014

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Television Premieres and Notables: December 15-21, 2014

Monday, 12/15

Hart of Dixie; CW. 7 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Ascension; Syfy. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
The marketing on this thing sucks.Granted, I didn't do a lot of investigating (should I have to dig around? no: "marketing"), but I still can't tell you much about it. There's a space station, a murder that happens, and mysteries abound (at least that's an honest guess based on the commercials I've seen).


Tuesday, 12/16

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas; NBC. 7 pm CST. Special.
An animated retelling of the 2003 film-- with some of the Broadway musical thrown in.


Wednesday, 12/17

Survivor (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

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


Thursday, 12/18

White Collar (USA; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central; 10:30 pm CST). Series Premiere.
After a few years away from it, I started watching it again late last year.
I do appreciate the absolute "all in" attitude Colbert gave this Fox News-inspired character, and his ability to make fun of right wing cluelessness while acting as if he was on their side.  That's a tough balancing act, and he did it masterfully.


Friday, 12/19

Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC; 10 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS; 11:37 pm CST). Series Finale.
I never watched this (or any late night talk show) with regularity, but every time I did tune in, I did admire Ferguson's style-- and lack of caring about following the typical late show conventions.

All Hail King Julien; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Because DreamWorks hasn't pimped-out Madagascar enough...


Sunday, 12/21

Homeland (Showtime; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Affair (Showtime; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Saturday, December 13, 2014