I knew it all those years ago sitting in Honors Brit Lit...

Television Premieres and Notables: October 13-19, 2014

Monday, 10/13

Jane the Virgin; CW. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A 23-year-old virgin gets pregnant when a medical procedure goes awry.
Sounds crazy? Well, this series is based on a telenovela, and they can get pretty crazy.
But it sounds as if this show is going to go for a little bit of an Ugly Betty vibe, so lots of "overdrama" with some whimsy.
And I have to say this pilot had critics buzzing more than other this season. It had lots of fans.
Probably worth checking out.

Star Wars Rebels; Disney XD. 8 pm CST. Regular Series Premiere.
Sure, there was a little pilot a few weeks ago, but this is the night it kicks in regularly.
Set between Eps III and IV-- and with teases of certain people/places we could see in Eps VII and beyond...


Tuesday, 10/14

Marry Me; NBC. 8:01 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Casey Wilson and Ken Marino star as a couple who keep trying to get engaged-- but something always seems to get in the way of the proposal.

About a Boy; NBC. 8:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
This show was a little up and down last season, but David Walton held it together nicely.
Nice to see a show of his get to a second season, and nice that it was this one. There's potential here.


Wednesday, 10/15

Top Chef; Bravo. 9 pm CST. 16th Cycle Premiere.


Friday, 10/17

The Knick (Cinemax; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Foo Fighters: Sonic Highway; HBO. 10 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
For their new album, the Foo Fighters recorded eight songs in eight different cities, and this series spends one episode in each of the eight cities showing us their process.

Comedy Bang!Bang!; IFC. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Birthday Boys; IFC. 10:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 10/18

Black Dynamite; adult swim. 9:30 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 10/19

Manhattan (WGN; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: October 6-12, 2014

Monday, 10/6

The Originals; CW. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Tuesday, 10/7

The Flash; CW. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

The DC hero gets his second series. This one is set in the Arrow universe, but it sounds as if it'll be a bit lighter. They've been getting some decent actors to play guest/villain roles, so I hope it works out.

Kingdom; DirecTV. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Joe Jonas plays an MMA fighter.

That's all you need to know.

(Well, I guess it should also be said that Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson gave it an A-...)

Supernatural; CW. 8:02 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Town of the Living Dead; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

A small town in Alabama hosts a low-budget horror movie that-- as expected-- doesn't go off without a hitch.

Wednesday, 10/8

Arrow; CW. 7 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

This series really opened up (and was able to shed some of the CW-standard soap opera-y stuff) last season, and I'm pretty excited to see where it goes now.

American Horror Story: Freak Show; FX. 9 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Friday, 10/10

Cristela; ABC. 7:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Saturday, 10/11

My Cat From Hell; Animal Planet. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Intruders (BBC America; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Sunday, 10/12

Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of SMASH; Disney XD. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

America's Funniest Home Videos; ABC. 6 pm CST. 25th Season Premiere.

The Walking Dead; AMC. 8 pm CST. 5th Season Premiere.

Spoilers...

[So, after a brutal attack that separated our main characters for the back-half of last season, we got a chunk of character-driven episodes while they found their way back to each other. 

Too bad that path was a trap.

But now (most of) our "heroes" are back together, and Farmer Rick is a thing of the past after biting the throat of his attacker in the season finale-- and saying he felt sorry for his captors... 

I expect an even crazier and more intense season coming up.

And if you still haven't caught up/started watching, AMC is airing a complete series marathon starting Monday (10/6) at 7 pm CST.

Talking Dead; AMC. 9:01 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

Yeah, it's pretty pro-Walking Dead, but so what? Celebrity fans/WD writers/producers/stars talking about the episode we just watched. I don't have anyone to talk to about the show at work (either they don't watch-- or I get a "no spoilers" request from others within earshot), so this show is a pretty good way of processing The Walking Dead for me.

[Side note: I also get a lot of WD info/processing via the Walking Dead 'Cast podcast. Check it out. It's a lot of fun. They're fans, too, who don't feel the need to shit on the show. It's okay to like an unpredictable show that is fun enough. I do, the Talking Dead folks do, and the Walking Dead 'Cast does as well.]

The Affair; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

The title pretty much says it all.

Comic Book Men; AMC. 10:59 pm CST. 4th Season Premiere.

I don't know why this one made me laugh so much. But it did...