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TV Shows 2010-2011 Season

As in the past, I've mentioned the shows I dug the most from June until May.  And, as a matter of honesty, I also mention the TV shows I watched, so there are no "Where the hell is Friday Night Lights?" or any other great show I don't mention.  I watch a stupid amount of television, but I can't watch it all.

Anyway: Here is the list of shows I watched from June 2010 to the end of May 2011, give or take a few weeks where a show may have drifted (such as a show that premiered in May 2011 and is still airing, I may not count until next year).  About ninety shows I at least tried this year.

Yeah-- stupid amount of TV...

After Lately; E!
American Dad; FOX
Archer; FX
Attack of the Show; G4

Better With You; ABC (2 eps)
Big Brother 12; CBS
Big Love; HBO
[Bleep] My Dad Says; CBS (2 eps)
Bob’s Burgers; Fox
Boondocks; adult swim
Breaking In; Fox

Californication; Showtime

Chelsea Lately; E! (about one a week)
Children’s Hospital; adult swim
Community; NBC
Cougartown; ABC

Delocated! Adult swim (4 eps)
Desperate Housewives; ABC (7 eps)
Doctor Who; BBC America

Eastbound & Down; HBO
Episodes; Showtime
Entourage; HBO

Family Guy; Fox
Futurama; Comedy Central

Gavin and Stacy; BBC America
Glee; Fox

Happy Endings; ABC
Hard Knocks: NY Jets; HBO
Hawaii Five-O; CBS (8 eps)
Hellcats; CW (half the season)
Hot in Cleveland; TV Land
How I Met Your Mother; CBS

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; FX

Justified; FX

Leverage; TNT
Life Unexpected; The CW (3 eps)
Louie; FX

Mad Love; CBS
Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole; adult swim (4 eps)
Men of a Certain Age; TNT
Mike & Molly; CBS (3 eps)
Modern Family; ABC

Not Going Out; BBC America

Outsourced; NBC

Parenthood; NBC (3 eps)
Parks and Recreation; NBC
Penn & Teller’s Bullshit; Showtime
Perfect Couples; NBC

Raising Hope; Fox
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel; HBO
Real Time with Bill Maher; HBO
Robot Chicken; adult swim
Rules of Engagement; CBS (6 eps)
Running Wilde; Fox

Sons of Tucson; Fox
South Park; Comedy Central
Sports Show With Norm McDonald; Comedy Central

Terriers; FX
That Metal Show; VH1 Classic
The Big Bang Theory; CBS
The Big C; Showtime (3 eps)
The Chicago Code; Fox
The Cleveland Show; Fox
The Event; NBC
The Good Guys; Fox
The Hard Times of RJ Berger; MTV
The League; FX
The Middle; ABC
The Office; NBC
The Onion News; IFC OnDemand (3 eps)
The Onion Sportsdome; Comedy Central
The Simpsons; Fox
The Soup; E!
The Soup Presents; E!
The Venture Brothers; adult swim
The Walking Dead; AMC
30 For 30; ESPN (about half the eps)
30 Rock; NBC
Tosh.0; Comedy Central
Traffic Light; Fox

Undercovers; NBC (4 eps)

Web Soup; G4
Weeds; Showtime
Wipeout; ABC (the summer 2010 run)
Workaholics; Comedy Central

**Not new during June 2010-May 2011:

Alias Season 5
Big Love Season 4
Torchwood Season 1, Season 2

Ball Jugglers

Premieres and Notables: July 4-10, 2011

Monday, 7/4

Passport: Venezuela; Nuvo TV. 9 pm CS. Series Premiere.
Wilmer Valderrama takes a trip to his native Venezuela.


Wednesday, 7/6

Flipping Out; Bravo. 8 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

Men of a Certain Age (TNT; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

I Shouldn't Be Alive; Animal Planet. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Restaurant: Impossible; Food Network. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 7/7

Big Brother 13; CBS.  8 pm CST.  Season Premiere.
I'm not even going to pretend I won't watch this again this year.  For some reason, this idiotic show-- and the Chen-Bot-- hook me every single year.


Friday, 7/8

Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 7/10

Curb Your Enthusiasm; HBO. 9 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

The Protector; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ally Walker stars in this show about a LAPD homicide detective.

Torchwood: Miracle Day; Starz. 9 pm CST. Ten Episode Mini-series Premiere.
After the Children of Earth fall-out, what's left of the Torchwood team finds itself in America to investigate the odd phenomena that no one on Earth can die.   And, in typical Torchwood fashion, it's not all it's cracked up to be. 
And it seems as if except Captain Jack, who was immortal, has now lost that ability while everyone has gained it.
This is Torchwood's first adventure that was produced by an American network, and I think they're going to go all-out on it.  Children of Earth was excellent from everything I've read (haven't gotten to it yet myself), and the first two seasons of the show were pretty great. I recommend this mini-series (although at ten eps, it's as long as many cable series seasons).

George Lucas Strikes Back

Maybe he wanted a red one...

I don't think this is how to ride a cycle...

Kid Gives Speech After Learning to Ride a Bike

Double shot-- front AND back

Batman Beatdown

With all the training Bruce Wayne went through, he falls back on slapping when he meets this perp.

Five Second Rule Applies-- Even on NYC Subway

Not Every turtle is Slow

Check this out...

BMX Head Plant

Premieres and Notables: June 27-July 3, 2011

Monday, 6/27

The Winx Club; Nickelodeon. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A teen finds out she's special and can join a fairy school.

I Kid With Brad Garret; TLC. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Garrett hangs out with kids and does "kid things".

Weeds; Showtime. 9 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.
It's Three-Years-Later since last season's finale, so they've got some catching up to do.

The Big C; Showtime. 9:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 6/29

The Voice (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Melissa & Joey; ABC Family.  7 pm CST. Series Return. (or new season; it's unclear).

State of Georgia; ABC Family.  7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Two "besties" move to NYC to make their dreams comes true.

I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant; TLC. 8 pm CST.  Season Premiere.

Love in the Wild; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ten men and ten women compete-- and try to find love-- in a Costa Rican jungle.

Necessary Roughness; USA.  9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Callie Thorne stars as a single mom psychotherapist who specializes in football players.


Thursday, 6/30

Extreme Chef; Food Network.  9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A cooking contest that is x-treme.

Ugly Americans; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 7/1

Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures; Nickelodeon. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Two friends surf their way through their freshman year of high school.


Sunday, 7/3

Treme (HBO; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

This man knows the coolest way to get into a car

She Wants to Have Your Baby

Live TV is Awesome-- Guy Humps Reporter

Jon Benjamin's Ultimate Trick Shot Video

Now-- before you hot "play", understand: you're gonna see some cock...

I kept laughing-- but there is dick.

Fair warning...

Jon Benjamin's Ultimate Trick Shot Video (NSFW) from Jon Benjamin

The Great Fan Escape

Crazy.

Weiner's Texts Revealed

(Former) Congressman Weiner's actual text exchanges-- read by Bill maher and Jane Lynch.

The Weinerlogues with Jane Lynch - watch more funny videos

Great Moments in History with Gus Johnson

TV trailers for 6/20 to 6/26

Got a few odd ones this week.

Maybe a trailer will help.

Combat Hospital:



Expedition Impossible:



Wilfred:

Premieres and Notables: June 20-26, 2011

Monday, 6/20

Countdown With Keith Olberman; Current TV. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Hoarders; A&E. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

RuPaul's Drag U; Logo. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 6/21

History Detectives; PBS. 7 pm CST (check local listings). Season Premiere.

101 Ways to Leave a Game Show; ABC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Hardcore Pawn; TRU TV. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Staten Island Cakes; WE TV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Wow! Another docuseries focusing on making cakes!

Combat Hospital; ABC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A combat medical drama set in 2006 Afghanistan.

Nail Files; TV Guide Network. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
If the excitement of getting your nails done in real life isn't enough, check out this new series.


Wednesday, 6/22

Cee Lo Green: Talking to Strangers; Fuse. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Cee Lo chats with fellow musicians.


Thursday, 6/23

Expedition Impossible; ABC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Thirteen teams of three compete in this hardcore-environment competition in Morocco-- for an SUV and $50K each!

Rookie Blue; ABC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Futurama; Comedy Central. 9 & 9:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Wilfred; FX. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Elijah Wood stars as a man who decides to commit suicide-- but then meets a beautiful woman with a dog that only he can see as a man dressed as a dog.

Suits; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
An attorney hires a hustler to join his firm.

Louie; FX. 9:30 pm CST. 2nd season Premiere.


Saturday, 6/25

Carson Nation; OWN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Carson Kressley travels the country to make people's lives better.
And he's doing it by staying local and within people's means. No crazy expensive clothes or hairstyles to keep up with.


Friday, 6/24

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (ABC; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.


Sunday, 6/26

Leverage; TNT. 8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

True Blood; HBO. 8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

The Marriage Ref; NBC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Darth Vader's Father's Day

There are some cute lines in this one.

Don't do it in the park

You cannot write this shit.

Classic.

The Inbetweeners: Bus Wankers Gone Wrong

Don't forget to check out season 3 on BBC America tomorrow at 10 pm CST.



And here's a clever one:

Parking Lot Nutshot

Vegan Black Metal Chef Ep. 1-- Pad Thai

Haters Gonna Hate-- Schoolyard Edition

New SW: Old Republic Trailer; E3 2011

Man, if the prequels would have had excitement like this...

(Could have done without a few of the slow-mo effects, but still great stuff.)

Premieres and Notables: June 13-19, 2011

Monday, 6/13

Kickin' It; Disney XD. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Jason Earles stars as the master of a martial arts academy full of misfits.

Nurse Jackie (Showtime; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

United States of Tara (Showtime; 9:30 pm CST). Series Finale.


Tuesday, 6/14

The Nine Lives of Chloe King; ABC Family. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Miss King turns 16, and her whole life changes. She finds she has heightened senses and retractable claws-- and that she's a half-god.

Memphis Beat; TNT. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Gene Simmons Family Jewels; A&E. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Hawthorne; TNT. 9 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 6/15

Top Chef Masters (Bravo; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hot in Cleveland; TV Land.  9 pm CST. Mid-season Return.

Jon Benjamin Has a Van; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST.
Archer and Bob's Burgers lead voice actor shows up onscreen in this fake-news show.

Happily Divorced; TV Land. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Fran Drescher co-created and stars in this sitcom about a married couple who divorces when the man (played by John Michael Higgins) comes-out as gay (based loosely on Drescher's own life).

Rocco's Dinner Party; Bravo. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Yet another food reality show...


Thursday, 6/16

Voltron Force: New Defenders Trilogy; Nicktoons. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
An update of the '80s anime series.


Friday, 6/17

The Singing Bee (CMT; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Flea Man; National Geographic. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Flea-market pro Jimmy "the Flea Man" Kaplow helps people prepare and sell their stuff at flea markets.

A.N.T. Farm; Disney Channel. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
An 11-year-old finds herself in high school due to her gifted musical talents.

Paranormal Challenge; Travel. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ghost hunters spend a night in haunted locations.


Saturday, 6/18

COPS (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Parking Wars (A&E; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Celebrity Close Calls; Bio. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Yancy Butler, Cheryl Tiegs, and Ed Begley Jr. tell stories of their brushes with death.

The Inbetweeners; BBC America. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.
After a waaaay too long wait, BBC Am is bringing us the final season of one of my favorite shows.  It's lewd and crude, but if you can handle that type of comedy, you'll laugh your ass off.

Come Fly With Me; BBC America. 10:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Williams bring their style of comedy (and multiple personalities) to this mockumentary show about airlines and airports.


Sunday, 6/19

Game of Thrones (HBO; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Falling Skies; TNT. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Noah Wylie stars in this series co-Steven Spielberg as a history professor who became a resistance fighter when the planet is invaded by aliens.
The series begins six months after said invasion, where 80% of the population has been wiped out and teens are being enslaved by humanity's captors.
The second episode is penned by Justified producer/showrunner Graham Yost, so there's some potential this will be better than your average sci-fi show.

Drop Dead Diva; Lifetime. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

The Killing (AMC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Runaway Mail Truck

Big Balls Whoops

New Era-- Trash Talking & One Hitter

Two commercials for the price of one:

That's why you never let your kids smoke

In Soviet Russia, real men don't land on their feet...

Dogstep

Premieres and Notables: June 6-19, 2011

Monday, 6/6

Baggage; GSN. 6:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Masterchef; Fox. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

My Yard Goes Disney; HGTV. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Switched At Birth; ABC Family. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Two teens find out they were switched at birth in this new drama.

HGTV'd; HGTV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The ballsy network has now verbed it's own name...

Behind Mansion Walls; ID. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Tuesday, 6/7

White Collar; USA. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Covert Affairs; USA. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Hook, Line & Dinner; Cooking Channel.  9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ben Sargent travels the country, looking for the best seafood.

Sports Show With Norm MacDonald (Comedy Central; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Wednesday, 6/8

Operation Repo; TruTV. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

South Park (Comedy Central; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Locked Up Abroad; National Geographic. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Through the Wormhole; Science Channel. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Workaholics (Comedy Central; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Friday, 6/10

CMT's Next Superstar (CMT; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Saturday, 6/11

Oddities (Science Channel; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Sunday, 6/12

The Glee Project; Oxygen. 8 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Twelve singers compete for a seven-episode stint on Glee next season.

The Protector; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ally Walker stars as a homicide detective.

Why Not? With Shania Twain (OWN; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Pole Vault Across River

Not...

What Can Happen When Your Plane is Delayed

Cheerleader Death Metal Mosh Pit

Disneyland Star Wars Academy

This youngling is facing Darth Vader.




Awesome.

Premieres and Notables: May 30-June 5, 2011

Monday, 5/30

American Chopper (Discovery; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Gettysburg; History. 8 pm CST. Special.
Ridley and Tony Scott team-up to bring us the story the turning-point of the Civil War for the beginning of History's version of Shark Week.  Civil War programming abounds on the network this week.

Breakout Kings (A&E; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
I know I said the finale was last week. I don't know what changed, but it's listed this week too.

Platinum Hit; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The search for the next American songwriter begins here.
I'm sure the home of The Real Housewives of... will make it a classy affair.

Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition; ABC. 9:01 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Camera crews followed people for a year on their weight loss journeys, and we get to see the ups and downs-- and the results.


Tuesday, 5/31

America's Got Talent; NBC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Traffic Light (Fox; 8:31 pm CST). Series Finale.
Too bad, too, as this show was finding its groove the back-half of the season...

Million Dollar Decorators; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Because what the world needs now is a reality show that follows high-end interior decorators.

Love Handles: Couples in Crisis; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Overweight couples bicker for our amusement.
Really? We have to have a TV show about couples with issues-- but they've got to be fat...?


Wednesday, 6/4

Destroy Build Destroy; Cartoon Network. 7:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Franklin & Bash; TNT. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer star as attorneys who take some liberties with the law to help their clients.

Man v. Food Nation; Travel Channel. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
This time, host Adam Richman lets locals do the crazy food pig-outs.

Love in the Wild; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Twenty singles are stranded in a Costa Rican jungle... and expected to find love while "surviving"?  I don't know...

The World According to Paris; Oxygen. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Viewers will see a different side to Paris Hilton (no duh!-- she's an exec producer; bet she gets some editing control) as she tries to figure out how to leave partying behind and grow up.

Men of a Certain Age; TNT. 9:01 pm CST.  Mid-season return.
If you haven't been watching, this show turned a nice corner in the first part of the second season.  Less whining and more living.


Thursday, 6/2

Love Bites; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I'm not entirely clear on what this is, but I think it's an anthology-type show starring Becki Newton, Greg Grunberg, and Constance Zimmer among a constantly rotating guest-star list in this comedy about love.

The First 48: Missing Persons; A&E. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reality show that features the Chicago Police Dept.'s efforts to find missing persons.

NY Ink; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Miami Ink's Ami James moves to NYC to ply his craft.

Children's Hospital; [adult swim]/(Cartoon Network). 11 pm CST. Season Premiere.
Great show (that, admittedly, isn't for everyone). Check it out.


Friday, 6/3

Whale Wars; Animal Planet.  8 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.


Sunday, 6/5

Finding Big Foot; Animal Planet. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
This six-part series tries to uncover the reality of big foot.

Food Network Star; Food Network. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Glades; A&E. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Real L Word; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.
An almost entirely new cast lets us peek into their lives as "L Words".
Psst-- that's "lesbian".

Teen Wolf; MTV. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
It shares the name of the '80s movie, but the sensibilities of this season are closer to modern takes on the supernatural.  Sexier and scarier, with the "needed" mythology for these genre shows may be worth checking it out.
Moves to its normal timeslot of Mondays at 9 pm CST on June 6.

Combat Coffee

Some Candadian soldiers tell us how they make coffee in Afghanistan.

Don't worry, his face cushioned the fall

Elephant Don't Play Dat

Dirt Bike Rider's Bad Luck

He hit the highway...

Someone's got better things to do than look at babies

Did you catch it?
If not, watch it again and pay attention to the dog in the background.

ALLEGEDLY Drunk

Suspected Drunk Driver is Definitely Drunk - watch more funny videos

Conan Shows Thor Trailer

By the way: I saw the real deal a few weekends ago.
It wasn't a masterpiece, but it was a lot of fun. Check it out.
Hemsworth was fantastic.

Here's another parody:

Failed backflip

Finales and Notables: May 23-29, 2011

Monday, 5/23

House (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Bachelorette; ABC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Chicago Code (Fox; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

The Event (NBC; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

American Experience; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). 21st Season Premiere.

Make It or Break It (ABC Family; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.



Tuesday, 5/24

Dancing With the Stars (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Biggest Loser (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Glee (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hardcore Pawn (truTV; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Pregnant in Heels (Bravo; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Wednesday, 5/25

The Oprah Winfrey Show (syndicated; check local listings).  Series Finale.
I've heard that under each seat will be a vial of kool-ade that audience members can use to participate in a mass suicide to make sure the show goes out with a bang.

The Middle (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

American Idol (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Modern Family (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Cougar Town (ABC; 8:31 pm CST). Season Finale.

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Happy Endings (ABC; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.
And it got picked up for next year, so the rare freshman season finale...


Thursday, 5/26

So You Think You Can Dance; Fox. 7 pm CST. 8th Season Premiere.

If you were afraid Nikita (The CW; 8 pm CST) wouldn't be back (or were just too crammed with other shows to watch), it's repeating Thursday nights throughout the summer, so you can catch up before the second season this Fall.

4th and Forever; Current TV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reality show about Long Beach Polytechnic, the high school that saw Snoop Dogg, Cameron Diaz and some NFL players attending classes back in the day.

Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime; 9:30 pm CST). Series Finale.


Saturday, 5/28

My Favorite Place; HGTV. 5 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Here's what we have to look forward to this summer: shows like this, where "famous designers and celebrity trendsetters" show off their homes.  People like Kathy Griffin...

Revolver Golden Gods Awards; VH1 Classic. 9 pm CST. Special.
Fozzy frontman (and former WWE headliner) Chris Jericho hosts this metal awards special.  Alice Cooper, Sebastian Bach, and Duff McKagen's Loaded perform tunes.


Sunday, 5/29

Best in Smoke (Food Network; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

From Spain With Love; Cooking. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Host Annie Sibonney travels through Spain, checking out the local cuisine.

Breakout Kings (A&E; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Melinda Gates Tells Her Truth

Bill Gate's wife Melinda has a dirty little secret - watch more funny videos

Punch the Bag Fail

Crashing Cats

Cats Crashing - watch more funny videos

Sexy Sax Man

I think the prank may have gone a little far at times-- but I admit to laughing at each new venue.

Bangarang!!!

I don't know what the title means, but I found this clip pretty funny.

The Man Who Shot Bin Laden

The Navy Seal Who Killed Osama Bin Laden from Rob Riggle

Premieres and Notables: May 16-22, 2011

Monday, 5/16

How I Met Your Mother (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Barney and Robin team-up to prevent Ted from making a big mistake-- and wonder what it would be like if they were back together.

Chuck (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
And it got a 13 episode pick-up for next year to wrap up the series...

90210 (The CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Mad Love (CBS; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Gossip Girl (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Off Limits; Travel Channel. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Don Wildman travels to some of America's most restricted sites.

Mike & Molly (CBS; 8:31 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hawaii Five-O (CBS; 9 pm CST.  Season Finale.
Someone "big" is supposed to die tonight. I'm guessing Grace Park's character. It's tough to have a meaningful role on Battlestar Galactica and then get stuck playing the "damsel in distress" on this show...

Castle (ABC; 9:01m pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 5/17

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

NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Raising Hope (Fox; 8:31 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Good Wife (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tosh.0; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST.  Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 5/18

Criminal Minds (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

America's Next Top Model (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Law & Order: SVU (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
Someone "familiar" gets body-bagged in this one.


Thursday, 5/19

Wipeout (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Big Bang Theory (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Grey's Anatomy (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Bones (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale

The Office (NBC; 8 pm CST).  Season Finale.
Supposedly, we're supposed to learn who will be the new office manager.

The Mentalist (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Parks and Recreation (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Private Practice (ABC; 9:01 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 5/20

Supernatural (The CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Saturday, 5/21

Chase (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
TV Guide lists this as a "season finale"; I'm going to say "series finale".

Saturday Night Live (NBC; 10:30 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 5/22

America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC; 6 pm CST). Season Finale.

Family Guy (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.
Airing the direct-to-DVD Return of the Jedi spoof "It's a Trap".

The Celebrity Apprentice (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

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

Teasing the Dog

This is awesome!

Muppet Faces of Death

Gymnast Just Can't Stop

Shopping Cart Race Fail

Old Spice Danger Zone

Kills me that it's not Isaiah Mustafa-- or Terry Crews-- but it's still damn funny.

Star Wars: Return of the P*rn

A little obvious in places, but amusing enough.

George W. Bush Announces the Death of a Terrorist

President Bush Reacts to Osama Bin Laden's Death with Will Ferrell from Will Ferrell

Premieres and Notables: May 9-15, 2011

Monday, 5/9

The Amazing World of Gumball; Cartoon Network. 6:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Follows the animated adventures of a 12-year old cat.

Quints by Surprise; TLC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 5/11

Better With You (ABC; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 5/12

Community (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Part 2 of the season-finale finds the crew fighting against a corporation who doesn't want any of the students to win the paintball competition.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Nikita (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 5/13

Shark Tank (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Smallville (The CW; 7 pm CST). Series Finale.
After ten years, the Smallville boy becomes the Metropolis man-- and Lex is there is see him off.

CSI: NY (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Blue Bloods (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

VH1 Storytellers; VH1. 10 pm CST. 15th Season Premiere.
With Kings of Leon.


Sunday, 5/15

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Survivor: Redemption Island (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Desperate Housewives (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Cleveland Show (Fox; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

How to Get a Guy to Notice You

Jizz In My Pants

Juvenile-- but I laughed at every reaction when they jizzed in their pants.

Catchy tune, too...

Drunk Parking-- and Walking-- Fail

Six Million Dollar Jedi

Tune For Two

The Part of the Royal Wedding We Didn't See

Tom Hanks Toddlers & Tiaras

It's great to see people band together to halp another

To Catch a Predator: Ghost Hunter Edition

Premieres and Notables: May 2-8, 2011

Monday, 5/2

Paranormal State (A&E; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 5/3

The Looney Tunes Show; Cartoon Network. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Bugs and Daffy are roommates in this new series.

How the States Got Their Shapes; History.  9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Cool-- a show that fits into "history".
I watched the 2-hr special of the same name last year (or the year before; I forget), and it was pretty fun and interesting.  Worth a try.


Wednesday, 5/4

Justified (FX; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Spouse vs. House; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Couples are given $25,000 to renovate their houses-- but the wife has to leave and the husband has to make the decisions alone.


Thursday, 5/5

The first episode of the two-part Community season finale features another paintball match (as did last season's stellar finale)-- and a mysterious participant, played by Josh Holloway.

30 Rock (NBC; 9 pm CST).  Season Finale.
Okay, people, take this time between your early finale and next season to actually write some funny stuff.  Michael Keaton's appearance two weeks ago was the only reason I kept watching-- and he was wedged in one of the unfunniest episodes of the year (and that's saying something)...


Friday, 5/6

Flashpoint; CBS. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Fringe (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 5/8

The Amazing Race (CBS; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

CSI: Miami (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Brothers and Sisters (ABC; 9:01 pm CST). Season Finale.

Why Not? With Shania Twain; OWN. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Shania reassembles her life after her divorce...

Embedded Video Oops

Hey-- Sorry most of the video clips didn't show up the past few weeks.  Apparently YouTube made some changes that affected the codes I used to embed here.  I went back about a month and fixed the ones I could-- and deleted the ones I couldn't find.

Sorry if the page loads take a bit longer. I decided to show a few weeks of posts at a time to let you catch up.  If I remember, I'll go back to 7 days or so like I had been.

Conan the Barbarian Commentary Greatest Hits

Darth Vader Takes a Picture of Himself Every Day

The Sith Lord has joined the craze.

Solider Loses His Lid

Premieres and Notables: April 26-May 1, 2011

Tuesday, 4/26

The Voice; NBC. 7 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton judge the talent in this new singing competition before they see what the singers look like.

Repo Games; Spike. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Repo men ask delinquent-payment people five questions. If they get three correct, they get to keep their car. Three wrong, and they better hope to have decent shoes.

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


Wednesday, 4/27

South Park; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. 15th Season Premiere.
Fingers crossed it'll actually be funny this season...

Thursday, 4/28

Steve Carell's final episode as Michael Scott on The Office (NBC; 8 pm CST).


Saturday, 4/30

Kick Buttowski; Disney XD. 8:30 am CST.  2nd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 5/1

Undercover Boss (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent; USA. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

In Plain Sight; USA. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Doctor Who Stands Up to the Atraxi

One of my favorite scenes of this show.  Matt Smith knocks this out of the park in his first episode and proves he can hang with any other former Who actors.

And when the Atraxi probe runs through the previous ten Doctor Whos-- and The Eleventh walks through it.  Cool as Hell.



Check out the Series Six premiere tonight on BBC America.

Doctor Who All-Star (Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors)

One more day.

Flight of the Bumblebees on Bottles

Car Gives Ultimate Wedgie

Well, at least he pulled himself out of the gene pool...

Ain't Nothin' But a Glee Thang

Worth it just to listen to Sophia Vergara say "dog shit."

Nuthin' But A Glee Thang with Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison & Sofia Vergara from Heather Morris

One Thing You Never Put in a Trap...

One of the Eleventh Doctor's bad-ass lines..



One week until the Sixth Series premiere...

Premieres and Notables: April 18-24, 2011

Monday, 4/18

Cougartown returns from its hiatus tonight (ABC; 8:31 pm CST) before settling back in its usual Wed @8:30 timeslot.


Tuesday, 4/19

Parenthood (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Dresscue Me; Planet Green. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A designer takes her clients vintage-clothes shopping.


Thursday, 4/21

Community (NBC; 7 pm CST) has a clip show.  Except the clips are not from old episodes.
Don't think too hard about it. This show has proven it take take an unlikely subject/style and knock it out of the park.  Just enjoy the ride.

Archer (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
This season was too short.


Friday, 4/22

Ice Pilots; National Geographic. 9 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
A family of pilots transport people and things to remote areas of Canada.


Saturday, 4/23

Doctor Who; BBC America.  8 pm CST. 6th Series Premiere.
I enjoy this show, but I'm a bit surprised by just how excited I am for this new season.

I really dig Matt Smith's turn as The Doctor.  Goofy, funny, but with an attitude that I would normally consider "bad ass" if he wasn't so likable.  One of my favorite examples of this is when he simply said to a young boy who asked if he was afraid of monsters: "No. They're afraid of me."

Series Six ("Season Six" for us Americans) opens with an ambitious 2-parter not only set in America, but (for the first time for the series) filmed in America as he travels to 1969 to help Nixon turn back aliens who are hypnotizing the world's populace. 


Sunday, 4/24

Treme; HBO. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
I'm embarrassed to say I haven't watched the first season yet, but I've heard very good things.

After Lately (E!; 10:30 pm CST).  Season Finale.
The first season goes out with a bang with Tori Spelling, Dr. Drew, and Justin Beiber (who has had some great interviews with Chelsea) all showing up.

Friday (Brock's dub)

I'm not really about trying to further humiliate this poor girl.  I mean, I haven't even seen the original (other than a couple seconds-worth of snippets on shows like The Soup).

But I thought this was pretty funny.

Tolerance for our times

Smut Cave used its 40th episode "anniversary" to give us a song about acceptance.

Take it to heart as ebony and ivory can mean sexual synchronicity.

Doctor Who Series 6 Trailer

Oh... Hell... Yes...

Ten more days...

Luke spazzes with his lightsaber

Star Trek Acid Drive

I don't know what to say. Weird and... slightly cool.

Premieres and Notables; April 11-17, 2011

Monday, 4/11

Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza; GSN. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Paranormal State; A&E. 9:00 & 9:30 pm CST.  Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 4/12

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Deadliest Catch; Discovery. 8 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.

Braxton Family Values; WE TV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Follows singer Toni Braxton and her relationships with her younger sisters and mother.

Sinbad: It's Just Family; WE TV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
If you ever wondered what the real Sinbad is like, here's your chance to find out.

Sports Show With Norm McDonald; Comedy Central.  9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Wednesday, 4/13

Happy Endings; ABC. 8:31 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
A man is left at the alter, and the mutual friends of him and his former fiance try to remain friends with both.


Thursday, 4/14

The Paul Reiser Show; NBC.  7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Paul Reiser plays "himself" in this series that hasn't gotten much good press...

Will Ferrell starts his four episode stint on The Office (NBC; 8 pm CST) as Michael's replacement.  And Dwight's not happy about it...


Friday, 4/15

Friday Night Lights; NBC. 7 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere (non-DirecTV)
Now those with us who don't have DirecTV can see how it all ends.

American Restoration; History. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Rick Dale and his crew at Rick's Restoration restore old treasures to their original states.

The Whitest Kids U' Know; IFC. 9:30 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.
The final season begins here.


Sunday, 4/17

Game of Thrones; HBO. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
George R. R. Martin's books get the HBO treatment.  I can't say I really understand what it's all about (power struggles, kingdoms, castles, epic battles), but there's big-time excitement for this out there. Worth checking out.

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe; USA. 8 pm CST. Special.
A prequel movie that shows how Bruce Campbell's character got to be where he was in life when the series started.

Bulldogs NCAA Champs!

Wanted to be one of the first to congratulate the University of Minnesota- Duluth Bulldogs Men's Ice Hockey team for bringing the NCAA Division I Championship to Duluth-- finally.

First-ever such championship for this team.  My longest-loved team finally reached the top!

I may live in Wisconsin now-- but I'm proud to say I'm still a Duluth boy at heart.

Harry Baals Causing Controversy

Spider-Man Smacka Smacka Smacka

Try hearing this tune without thinking of this ever again:

Rebel General John Madden

Premieres and Notables; April 4-10, 2011

Monday, 4/4

Take a Seat: Sharing a Ride Across America; Universal Sports. 7 & 7:30 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
Filmmaker Dominic Gill rides a tandem bike across the country with people with physical disabilities.

Kidnapped by the Kids; OWN. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Parents who work too much spend time with their families.

Relapse; A&E. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I guess we can see what happens to some people after Intervention (made by the same producers).

Harry's Law (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tough Enough; USA. 10:05 pm CST. Season Premiere.
After a few year (a decade?) hiatus, the WWE brings back its reality competition.
This time, they're trained by Stone Cold Steve Austin.


Tuesday, 4/5

Lights Out (FX; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.
Yep: series finale...

Addicted to Food; OWN. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The title should clue you in...

Auction Hunter; Spike. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 4/6

Extreme Couponing; TLC.  8 & 8:30 pm CST.  Series Premiere.
I'd watch this because I've saved shitloads of money on DVDs using coupons, but because they didn't call it "X-Treme", I just don't think the show is extreme enough...

Lizzy Caplan guest stars on Mr. Sunshine (ABC; 8:31 pm), so I guess I'll give the show yet one more week before I delete it from the season pass on the DVR...

Breaking In; Fox. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Slater goes the comedy route since his last two dramas bombed.  I've been reading that it's actually a great fit.
And the show also stars Bret Harrison (Grounded For Life, The Loop, and Reaper), so I'm in.

Off The Map (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings; Oxygen. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I don't know what's worse: Spelling as an actress-- or Spelling as a constant reality "star" who writes on the side--- and has to work the "Tori" into any freakin' word that it almost works in.
(If you didn't understand the last part: check the title of this show again; I didn't mistype.)

Workaholics; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Top Chef Masters; Bravo. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Thursday, 4/7

Secret Diary of a Call Girl; Showtime. 9:30 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.
The final season begins here...

Gigalos; Showtime. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 4/8

Who Do You think You Are? (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Singing Bee; CMT. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

CMT's Next Superstar; CMT.  8 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Saturday, 4/9

Oddities; Science Channel. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Sunday, 4/10

The Judds; OWN. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Yet one more reality show...

River Monsters; Animal Planet. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.