The Walking Dead-- Alternate Opening

Premieres and Notables: May 28-June 3, 2012

Monday, 5/28

Mad; Cartoon Network. 7:45 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
Featuring a Star Wars/Raising Hope mash-up.

Hemingway & Gellhorn; HBO. 8 pm CST. Film.
Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman star in this Philip Kaufman-directed film about the two writers.

Hatfields & McCoys; History.  8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton star as the patriarchs of the families that just couldn't get along.
(Airs from Monday-Wednesday this week.)


Tueday, 5/39

It's Kevin Periera's last week on Attack of the Show (G4; 6 pm CST).  
AOTS will be airing a lot of his classic moments from the past ten years this week.

Cougar Town (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Grayson and Jules get hitched...
...And since TBS will be airing this next season, who knows what'll happen tonight (salary-clearing, perhaps)?

The Catalina; The CW. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
This "reality soap"(?) follows the shenanigans at the South Beach hotel.

The L.A. Complex (The CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

What Not to Wear; TLC. 8 pm CST. 10th Season Premiere.

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

American Colony: Meet the Hutterites; National Geographic. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Big Brooklyn Style; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Workaholics; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.
Demented and infantile-- but funny. Check it out.


Wednesday, 5/30

Dogs in the City; CBS. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Dog whisperer Justin Silver helps city-dwellers make their dog's lives better.

Melissa & Joey; ABC Family. 7 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

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


Thursday, 5/31

Breaking Pointe; The CW. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reality soap (there's that phrase again...) set in Salt Lake City's Ballet West ballet company.

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

Mary Mary (We TV; 8 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Mountain Men: History. 9 pm CST. (Mini-)Series Premiere. 
This eight part series looks at people who live off the land.

L.A. Hair; We TV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reality series set in a Los Angeles salon.


Friday, 6/1

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

Magic City (Starz; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Coming Home; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 6/2

Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters; The Hub. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 6/3

Secret Millionaire; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition; ABC.  8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

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

The Glades; A&E. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

Ice Road Truckers; History. 8 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

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

Longmire; A&E. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A sheriff tries to rebuild his life-- and keep his job-- after his wife dies.

Teen Wolf; MTV. 10 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Community and the Guarascio and Port Twitter LInk

I don't know what to think about what's been happening with Community.

First it was pretty assured it was getting cancelled.  Then it got renewed for 13 eps (yay!)-- but on Fridays (uh oh-- but at least it's back) after Whitney (Jesus-- why not just cancel it outright if it gets that lead-in?).

Then (cocreator and showrunner) Dan Harmon was fired. (That's not good.)  But while Harmon was the mastermind behind the show, it really wasn't gaining an audience (and it really won't have a chance to get beyond the next 13 eps at the current rate).

So why not just kill the show?  How, as a huge fan, can I watch next season knowing Harmon's not killing himself making a weekly masterpiece?

Well, because I owe it to the writers who stuck around-- and to that phenominal cast.  It probably won't be as brilliantly insane as the first three seasons, but it doesn't mean it can't still be a funny show.

So I'm sticking around at least long enough to give it a proper try when the revamped show returns this fall.  And new showrunners David Guarascio and Moses Port came from Happy Endings, which turned into a nice little show last season.

And they're having a lot of fun being the new guys on Community if their Twitter account is any indication.

Check it out: guarascioport

Finales and Notables: May 20-27, 2012

Monday, 5/21

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

American Ninja Warrior; NBC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 5/22

Dancing With the Stars (ABC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

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

Hollywood Treasure; Syfy. 9 pm CST.  Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 5/23

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

Betty White's Off Their Rockers (NBC; 7 pm). Season Finale.

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

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

Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23 (ABC; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Revenge (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Law & Order: SVU (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 5/24

Duets; ABC. 7pm CST. Series Premiere.
Because there is a dearth of singing competitions...

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

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

Awake (Fox; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.

Men at Work; TBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
I don't know much more than it's a comedy that Danny Masterson stars in...

Tattoo School; TLC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Because there just aren't enough tattoo reality shows.



Saturday, 5/26

CBS is burning-off the unaired episodes of How to Be a Gentlemen at 7 and 7:30 pm CST.

Finales and Notables: May 14-20, 2012

Monday, 5/14

The Bachelorette; ABC. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

How I Met Your Mother (CBS; 7 pm CST).  Season Finale.
They're promising we'll know who Barney's bride is by the end.
Now if they'll just get to Ted...

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

America's Got Talent; NBC. 7 pm CST.  Season Premiere.
I don't watch the show, but I guess there's this new judge or something...
I don't really know.  I wish these shows would do some sort of promotion once in a while.

Gossip Girl (The CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

Two and a Half Men (CBS; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hart of Dixie (The CW; 8 pm CST).  Season Finale.

Mike & Molly (CBS; 8:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Hawaii Five-0 (CBS; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Smash (NBC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.
I hope this is typical season-ender-- with a big death and all.
[fingers crossed] Let it be Ellis... Let it be Ellis... Let it be Ellis...

Kurt Sutter's Outlaw Empires; Discovery. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
The outspoken Sons of Anarchy creator gets his own bike show.


Tuesday, 5/15

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

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

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

Glee (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

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


Wednesday, 5/16

Suburgatory (ABC; 7:30 pm CST).  Season Finale.

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


Thursday, 5/17

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

Rules of Engagement (CBS; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

30 Rock (NBC; 7:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

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

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

Awake (NBC; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.
It didn't get renewed, so expect a cliffhanger that will never be resolved.

Scandal (ABC; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

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


Friday, 5/18

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

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

Nikita (The CW; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.
Got renewed.

Grimm (NBC; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Tron Uprising; Disney. 8:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.

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


Saturday, 5/19

That Metal Show (VH1 Classic; 10 pm CST). Season Finale.

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


Sunday, 5/20

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

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

The Simpsons (Fox; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.

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

Family Guy (Fox; 8 pm CST).  Season Finale.

American Ninja Warrior; G4. Season Premiere.
It'll start the season; let's hope it'll finish the season as well.
(Adam Sessler left a few weeks ago and Kevin Periera is done at the end of the month.  I'm guessing they know something we don't know yet [like G4 is going down in flames...])

Avengers Silliness

Saw and liked these...

Mow your lawn on PCP

The Avengers

This past weekend, the kids and I watched The Avengers.  While not a perfect movie (so very few are), it is damn fun.

And for a summer tentpole flick, it is very high up there.  The characters were fun to watch, we got some sadness (to show us the stakes, a fan favorite bit the dust), some fantastic action sequences-- and loads of well-placed humor.

The Avengers comics were the ones that began my 20-year obsession with those monthly published versions of crack cocaine, so to see the characters brought to screen so carefully is a lot of fun.  And to see them get it right so often (from Iron Man on) fills my heart with joy.

I could blab on and on, but I won't because others have done it better already (I'm sure a Google search for "Avengers film review" will show hundreds).

I was going to leave you with a pirated bit from the film; a showdown between the Hulk and Loki, which I found to be quite brilliant because it takes an unexpected-- and hilarious-- turn.  But the vid has already been pulled a mere 24 hours after I found it.

So, how about this pic...

Sweet Brown-- No Time For Bronchitis