Television Premieres and Notables: May 6-12, 2013

Tuesday, 5/7

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

Hart of Dixie (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 5/9

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

Community (NBC; 7 pm CST). Season (series?) Finale.
Jeff's on the cusp of graduating-- and Evil Abed returns...

Two and a Half Men (CBS; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Person of Interest (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

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

Small Town Security; AMC. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 5/10

Kitchen Nightmares (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Vegas (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Touch (Fox; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

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


Sunday, 5/12

The Cleveland Show (Fox; 6:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Once Upon a Time (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

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

Bob's Burgers (Fox; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

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

American Dad (Fox; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Family Tree; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Chris O'Dowd plays a Londoner on a quest to learn about his ancestors.
It's a Christopher Guest show, so expect quirkiness and mockumentary-style production.

Ship it

Best yearbook quote... EVER

Television Premieres and Notables: April 29-May 5

Monday, 4/29

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

The Following (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Big C: hereafter; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
This four episode mini wraps up the series.

Warehouse 13; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Mid-season Premiere.


Tuesday, 4/30

Inside Amy Schumer; Comedy Central.  9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Amy stars in this stand-up/street interview/sketch mash-up.


Wednesday, 5/1

Family Tools; ABC. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The family screw-up moves in with his aunt to help run the family business after his father has a heart attack.
Hmmmm... new show premiering in May. Usually not a good sign.
But the screw-up is played by Kyle Bornheimer, and the dad is J.K. Simmons, so you've got the right actors there. And the aunt is played is played by Leah Remini, who has played the straight person well against the silliness she's been put into before, so this may end up being decent enough to watch.

Mtyhbusters; Discovery. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Americans (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius; Discovery. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Kal Penn hosts this contest between ten engineers to prove their smarts.


Thursday, 5/2

Big Time Rush; Nickelodeon. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Parks and Recreation (NBC; 8:30 pm CST).  Season Finale.


Saturday, 5/4

The Fairly Oddparents; Nickelodeon. 8:30 am CST. Season Premiere.

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

America's Cutest Cat; Animal Planet. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 5/5

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

American Dad celebrates its 150th episode tonight at 8:30 pm CST on Fox.

Red Window (ABC; 9:01 pm CST). Season Finale.

As an adult, I call bullshit-- I have none of them

Michael Shannon reads a sorority letter

Awesome... NSFW awesome...

Michael Shannon Reads the Insane Delta Gamma Sorority Letter from Michael Shannon

Harrison Ford won't answer Star Wars questions

Harrison can come off like a grumpy old man sometimes, but this hilarious clip reminds us why we loved him back then.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 22-28, 2013

Monday, 4/22

Rectify; Sundance Channel. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Nineteen years after Daniel Holden was put on death row, he is released due to new evidence.
Now he has to find his way back in a society that left him half his life ago.

I've heard good things. Might be worth checking out.


Tuesday, 4/23

Teen Titans Go! Cartoon Network. 6:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 4/25

The Vampire Diaries (The CW; 7 pm CST) airs a backdoor pilot for a possible spin-off called The Originals tonight.

Project Runway (Lifetime; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 4/26

Happy Endings (ABC; 7 & 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.
It's a crime how ABC has treated this show, but check these episodes out-- especially if you're a Nielsen Family.


Sunday, 4/28

The Good Wife (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

The Vikings (History; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hillary Clinton has a tough decision to make; discusses via The Onion.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 15-21, 2013

Monday, 4/15

Oh Sit! CW. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Defiance; Syfy. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Five years-- and tons of cash-- in the making; this series follows he struggles of the humans who survived an invasion of seven alien races who needed a new home after their old world was destroyed.
And, to complicate things even more, the show will have tie in and out with an interactive video game.

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


Tuesday, 4/16

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

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

The '80s: The Decade That Made Us; Nat Geo. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.

Who Gets the Last Laugh? TBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Donald Faison hosts this new series in which three comedians try to get the biggest laughs.

Awkward; MTV. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.
I've heard good things about this show, so I'll be checking it out.
And if you want to catch up, MTV's running a marathon of previous episodes starting at 9 am with the pilot.


Wednesday, 4/17

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

Locked Up Abroad; Nat Geo. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 4/19

Hemlock Grove; Netflix. Series Premiere.
Netflix launches this series all at once today-- all thirteen episodes-- based on Brian McGreevy's novel about warring "clans", at least one of which is comprised on werewolves.

Sorry for the sacrilege... But it's funny.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 8-14, 2013

Monday, 4/8

The Carrie Diaries (CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Being Human (Syfy; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 4/9

Cougar Town (TBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Ready for Love; NBC. 9:01 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 4/11

Archer (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
After part 1's craziness-- Captain Murphy of Sealab 2021 showing up, anyone-- I'm not sure how they can top it for Part 2 of the finale.

The Moment; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Kurt Warner hosts this show that finds people getting a shot in their dream jobs.


Friday, 4/12

Swamp'd; Animal Planet. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Spartacus: War of the Damned (Starz; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

Da Vinci's Demons; Starz. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 4/14

Nurse Jackie; Showtime. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Borgias; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Walking Dead behind the scenes look at Season Four

Here's a little taste of what the producers and actors think will be coming up in this fall's Season Four of The Walking Dead.

If you haven't watched the Season Three finale-- do not watch this. Spoilers for the entire season lie within-- including what happened last Sunday.

And if you've got a weak stomach, don't press "play". Lots and lots of blood and brain-bashing.

Television Premieres and Notables: April 1-7, 2013

Sorry I'm late; had to finish The Walking Dead (the right thing to do on Easter Sunday, of course).  Did not see (all of the) that coming. 

It'll be polarizing, but you could not have guessed what did (and did not) happen, so: WIN!

Anyway...


Monday, 4/1

Kickin' It; Disney XD. 7:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Castle celebrates its 100th episode on ABC at 9 pm CST.


Tuesday, 4/2

The New Normal (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Justified (FX; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
Lots of props to this series for trying a different kind of season (but still was, very much, Justified).
It was, again, a fantastic season.

Chopped; Food. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 4/3

Spies of Warsaw; BBC America. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
David Tennant stars as an agent in Poland just before World War II.
And if you like what you see from Mr. Tennant, BBC Am throws an episode of Doctor Who to us right after this show (at 10 pm CST).  And it's a smart move because the episode is "Blink"; one of the best of Tennant's run as The Doctor. Actually, one of the best-- and most accessible-- episodes of the entire series.

Rouge; DirecTV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Thandie Newton stars as a detective who goes undercover in a crime syndicate.

How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life); ABC. 8:31 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Sarah Chalke stars as a woman who has to move back in with her parents.


Forever Young; TV Land. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Ashton Kutcher produced this series where five millenials and five seniors are put together in a house where they stop being polite, and start getting real.


Thursday, 4/4

Freakshow (AMC; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hannibal; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Mads Mikkelsen plays Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist who takes on a new client, FBI agent Will Graham (played by Hugh Dancy).  Lecter's hobby, if you've been living under a rock for 20 years, is that he likes to kill people.

Men at Work; TBS. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 4/5

Vice; HBO. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Saturday, 4/6

My Cat From Hell; Animal Planet. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.
What if this was actually an adult swim-style show about a cat who was, literally, from Hell.
Kinda like Loki's hellhound Thori in the Journey Into Mystery comics Marvel puts out (or used to put out; I read my comics from the TPs at the library, so I'm always 6-24 months behind).

Sunday, 4/7

Cupcake Wars; Food Network. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Mad Men; AMC. 8 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

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

River Monsters; Animal Planet. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.