Tuesday Take Two

So a week ago was Tuesday night of Premier Week 2010. And well, there was a storm and the power went out and I didn't get to see any of the premier shows for Tuesday night, as explained in my blog entitled, "Premier Week: Tuesday, September 21, 2010: Ruined". So, this is my second attempt at watching the Tuesday night shows. No, they aren't the premiers(with the exception of No Ordinary Family), but they're close. So, this is what you're getting.

At 7 on Fox is Glee. Where do I begin? I LOVE LOVE LOVE this show!!! It's about a bunch of kids in Glee club. They sing. Very well, I might add. And tonight's episode was pretty darn sweet. The episode, Britney/Brittany, is a Britney Spears themed episode. The Glee Club wants to do Britney Spears songs for the pep rally, but one member Brittany Susan Pears(Brittany S.Pears), played by Heather Morris, doesn't want to do the songs because she feels she was always judged because she thinks her name is Brittany Spears also, I love her character so much, so Mr. Schuester, who didn't want to do the songs in the first place, doesn't let them do the songs. Some of the cast goes to the dentist, where they have Britney Spears-themed fantasies once under the anesthesia. Britney Spears has a guest role in these dreams where she's a teacher, cheerleader, ect. Then at the end Mr. Schuester decides to do Britney Spears song for the pep rally to try to impress Emma, the school counselor he is in love with. Glee is an amazing show. Always a great choice in music. And amazing actors!

Also at 7, this time on ABC, was newcomer No Ordinary Family. This WAS the premier episode of the show. And just after watching the pilot, I am hooked on this show. People have been referring to this as a "live-action Incredibles" however, there is one big difference....The Incredibles used their powers to save people, The Powell family doesn't. Only Jim, the father, has attempted to use his powers, that they obtained from a plane crash in a chemically-polluted river/lake, for the greater good...but he works in a police station, so it's in his nature. Dad = indestructible, except for week point in back of neck, can catch bullets, can jump really far. Mom = fast. Daughter = read minds, found out her boyfriend was cheating on her with her best friend this way. Son = super genius. This show is a must watch. It is extremely entertaining and fun for anyone.

Right after No Ordinary Family was a new show on ABC, Raising Hope. Hope is the baby of a 23 year old guy, while the mother of the baby was given the death sentence and executed, leaving Jim to care for his baby by himself. Well, not exactly by himself. He lives with his parents and his Maw Maw. The biggest problem I have with the show is that all the main actors are nobodies. And Cloris Leachman, who portrays Maw Maw, is only a guest star. This show isn't the greatest, but it has a fun storyline. But it's kind of hard to watch, for me, because I'm so used to the whole redneck outlook on life, just by living in Farmstrong, that the show was actually getting to a point that it was annoying me, and sometimes it annoyed me in a good way. So, I don't know. There are many things wrong and many things right with this show. Maybe in the long run I'll start to like it, but I've already stopped watching many shows from premier week that hopefully this one isn't added to the "drop list".

Next, right after Raising Hope, was Running Wilde. What Raising Hope failed in, is what Running Wilde succeeded in. It's two main stars, Keri Russell and Will Arnett, are two I actually know. However, this show is an epic fail. I got about twenty minutes into it, and shut it off because it was so boring. I HIGHLY SUGGEST writing a letter to your governor expressing your concern for ABC at it's pathetic attempt at labeling this a "comedy". I laughed very hard when I went to its wikipedia page and read "Running Wilde is a comedy television series..." because it's totally opposite of that. And now...I'm going to stop talking about it.

And for the 9:00 time slot, I switched over to NBC for Parenthood. This is a show I didn't watch last season, for some unknown reason. And now I'm totally P.O.ed that I didn't. I don't know how...but I must have missed the announcement that said that MAE WHITMAN IS IN PARENTHOOD!!! OMFG!!! Mae Whitman, my favorite voice actress(Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rose/Huntsgirl in American Dragon: Jake Long, and Tinkerbell in the Tinkerbell movie series), stars in this show. This show is categorized as "comedy-drama"....but it's much more drama than comedy. Sometimes I didn't laugh, when it was obvious they wanted the audience to laugh, but where it lacked comedy the drama made up for it. It has a nice storyline and some amazing actors. However, I technically didn't miss the series premier of this show, since it premiered a week earlier(September 14) than premier week. But I felt like talking about it. So :P

Tuesday isn't the best day of the week...obviously, since it's pretty much the beginning of the work/school week.....but it's not the worst, TV wise. It has a nice mixture of shows and it was quite enjoyable.

Premier Week: Sunday, September 26, 2010

Sunday, end of the week. And ending of premiers(except for the late bloomers like CSI: Miami and No Ordinary Family). After this week, all the next episodes will be just like any ordinary episode, up until finale week in May...however, Smallville's 200th(technically 199th) episode is October 15th, so look out for that since James Marsters is back as Braniac :) Now, back on topic here....Sunday was mainly just reality television and Fox's animation domination lineup.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is how I started off my Sunday evening. It airs at 7 on ABC. And this season premier was definitely star packed. Special guests on this episode were Raven Symone, Katy Perry, Shaquille O'Neal, and the kids from Modern Family: Rico Rodriguez, Ariel Winter, and Nolan Gould. If it wasn't for these stars, I probably wouldn't have watched it, because I don't normally watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. This episode was very intense, having to deal with a lightning storm that almost completely flooded and ruined the inside of the house, and it was an extremely important episode since it was for an entire organization(Boys Hope, Girl Hope) instead of just another family. But, this is just another reality show, nothing to grand about this show except that it's one of the few that give to a needy cause, rather than giving a huge sum of money to a very unneedy person who'll probably go and blow it all on some strippers or something.

In between the two reality shows was Fox's comedy block, which also stars at 7, with a show ever half an hour until 9...

Which started off with The Simpsons. The season premier had Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Amber Riley from Glee and Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Concords over for a very musical episode of The Simpsons. The Glee kids were only there for a short while, but it was still great. This episode was all about the arts. Krusty thought he won a Nobel Piece Prize so he went to Olso with Homer, who laughs at pretty much all of Krusty's lame jokes, but instead of arriving in Olso, they arrive in The Hague to attend World Court for all the despicable behavior of Krusty's over the years. Bart and Homer free him by showing the court a video of a show Krusty quit, that may have resulted in the South African government releasing Nelson Mandela. Lisa attends performing arts camp. And the rest is history. I love The Simpsons and am not surprised at all that it's lasted 22 years. Hopefully it'll last many more.

Next on Fox's comedy block was The Cleveland Show, which also did a somewhat similar show with musical guest Kanye West playing a parody of himself, whose character, Kenny West, said at one time "I still think Beyonce should have won". That was hilarious!! Keke Palmer also guest starred as Kanye's character's daughter. And a big part of this episode was the fact that Cleveland knew Barack Obama when they were teenagers and could never beat him at basketball, this unaccomplished life goal causes Cleveland to say on national television that "Barack Obama hates black people" which causes Obama to come to Cleveland's home and beat him at basketball, once again.

The last thing on Fox's comedy block for this week was the hour long premier of Family Guy, until the American Dad premier next week. And the episode was definitely worth the extra half an hour. The episode took on the shape of a murder mystery. The episode is entitled "And Then There Were Fewer" simply because, five people died. James Woods, Murial Goldman, Dianne Simmons, a guy named Derek, and this really annoying fat chick, whose name I do not remember, were the five victims of the season premier. Family Guys definitely wins in the who's funnier category of Fox's comedy block.

And the end of the night was the season two premier of Undercover Boss on CBS at 8 o'clock. It is one of my favorite television reality shows because it shows that there are big boss guys that really do care about things other than money...they're just stupid and locked up in their offices so long they have no clue what's going on outside.

Sunday is a good night to sit and have a good laugh and watch a little reality t.v. But if you do not like animation comedy shows or reality, like my grandma, you, my friend, are $h!t out of luck. =)

Premier Week: Saturday, September 25, 2010

Saturday....WORST. DAY. OF. THE. WEEK. Unless you're a sports fan or somethin....which I most certainly am not. So yep. Basketball, tennis, golf, baseball, football, soccer, blah, blah, blah, blah. You want to hear about sports, it is highly unlikely you will here it from me, unless I decide to sit down and watch Remember the Titans or something. The only thing on Fridays other than sports is the Saturday morning cartoons, but there were no premiers today so they have nothing to do with this blog, and Saturday Night Live, which I didn't watch and it saddens me that I didn't watch it cause Katy Perry was on....tear.....so, if you would like to hear about sports and junk go to my friend's Kayleah's blog, Sports All Year Round, and you'll get your weekly dose of sports...cause you most definitely aren't getting it here. Now goodbye.

*photograph from Semi Pro

Premier Week: Friday, September 24, 2010

Friday, my favorite day of television. Smallville and Supernatural. Back to Back...along with a few other shows. Now, one good thing about Friday, there aren't as many shows as I tune into to watch. Which meant I could relax more, and not watch a bunch of stuff and just get bored(which I think was happening with many of the other posts from earlier this week).

I tuned into Smallville on The CW the second it began airing at 7. Smallville is my favorite show and, if you don't already know, it follows the life of Clark Kent(along with some friends, superhero/ nonsuperhero/ old/ new) as he becomes the iconic superhero we all know and love...Superman. And this season premier was awesome for many many many many reasons!! One being: Lex returned...in a way. That way, being clones that looked nothing like Michael Rosenbaum (who played Lex until season 7, when the character was "killed off") which was very disappointing. Another being that JOHN SCHNEIDER FINALLY RETURNED TO SMALLVILLE AFTER FIVE SEASONS!!!!!!!!!! Also, we finally got to see the superman suit(other than just a tiny super awesome reflection in Clark's eye like the season 9 finale). This episode was just amazing, except for the part that Cloe put on Dr. Fate's helmet, found out where Oliver(the green arrow) was, and traded herself for him...which is probably going to keep her out a few episodes this season. And somehow, Lois ends up in a desert. Idk what the real deal on this was, but what ever...it's awesome. And another thing...Smallville went up in ratings...majorly!!! Higher than any episode of last season!!!

A bad fact of the night....Supernatural had lower ratings than Smallville, and if The CW is taking Smallville off for low ratings...and Smallville had higher ratings than Supernatural...you can only know what's coming up. :( and it could have also been the fact that this episode was extremely boring!! And it's not just me that thought this. My fellow Supernatural watcher, Ashlyn Green, said that "the whole fight thing was interesting, but it seemed too short. The whole episode seemed to revolve around Dean's family problems, which I thought was kind of boring." and by "fight thing" she is referring to the part where the djinn attacked and tried to kill them...which I totally agree with, that was definitely the best part of the episode for me, which is very disappointing. And yes, the episode seemed to put too much camera time on Dean's normal life that he made for himself when his brother went to Hell. Seasons 1-5 had Eric Kripke, creator of the show, as showrunner....and he wanted the series to end at season five, but with their high ratings, at the time, The CW said no, Eric Kripke stepped down as showrunner and Sera Gamble took over. And now the show it sucking. Didn't see that one coming **sarcasm**. Supernatural better get it's dark, creepy situations back in line, or all I see in it's short future is a downhill slope of ratings.

The third and last show of the night I watched was brand new. Blue Bloods on CBS at 9. It stars Tom Selleck, one of my grandma's favorite actors...which may be a bad thing if CBS was hoping to get some younger views. And it was definitely number 3 on the top 3 shows I watched. Not really my cherry on top. So, ignore this paragraph, or go back and read the others cause this is nothing compared to Smallville and Supernatural and I don't even want to blog about this, I just feel I have to since I watched it. Oh look...a quarter!!

Friday was short and sweet, with lots of action and terror and crazy awesomeness. Hopefully Smallville's ratings continue to go up, and Supernatural's ratings don't go down any more. So, don't go to the darn football games you doers. Don't do. Sit at home and watch. K? Thanks.

Premier Week: Thursday, September 23, 2010

The Thursday night of premier week was full of drama, comedy, and a dash of mockumentary.

We'll start with the mockumentary at 7p.m. My Generation is another new show ABC released for it's fall lineup. It follows a group of young adults who were filmed for a documentary just before their graduation from Greenbelt High School in Austin, Texas to talk about their hopes and dreams they want to accomplish as adults. They meet up ten years later and talk about how their lives are now, and whether or not things went as they were planned in high school. There aren't any stars I recognized, and they only name I recognized was Julian Morris...so, I'm not going to talk about the stars. Google "My Generation actors" or something.

Also at 7, this time on CBS, is The Big Bang Theory. My. Favorite. Comedy. Show. EVER. This show is freaking hilarious. One point in the show, I was laughing so hard no noise was coming out of my mouth. From the robotic hand to Sheldon and his first date figuring out that Penny has had 31 sexual partners, but over 150 boyfriends, in her life. This show never disappoints.

Right after The Big Bang Theory on CBS is $#*! My Dad Says. It is a new comedy show and, along with CBS's pickup of Mike & Molly, the reason CBS had to have their comedy shows on two nights of the week. And this show seemed to lack what most comedies have: funny. I think this show should be labeled as "directed towards those 70+" because most of the jokes I feel my great-grandma might have laughed at. This show was blah.

To end the night on a very depressing note, Grey's Anatomy was on at 8 on ABC. Grey's Anatomy is quickly becoming my favorite show. And I'm sure that as soon as Smallville and Supernatural go off, Smallville this year and most likely Supernatural is going off this year as well, Grey's Anatomy will be in a race with V for the title of my favorite show. The season six finale of Grey's Anatomy last May had a shooter come into the hospital on a killing spree toward Derek, portrayed by Patrick Dempsey. Many new characters were killed off in one of the most intense season finales I have ever witnessed. The two-hour finale, which I watched again last Thursday, kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Tonight's episode was mainly just about the doctor's trying to get back on their feet after many of their coworkers and friends died. The emotional state I was in during this episode is probably how most people would have felt if something like this would have actually happened. I felt uneasy and very emotionally unstable. Along with all the therapy, there was a wedding, a new chief was hired after Derek quit since he couldn't take being chief after being shot, and Meredith was fighting the whole episode for the right to be cleared for surgery again. And then there's the whole curiosity of when/if Meredith is going to tell Derek she found out she was pregnant and that she had a miscarriage on the same day the shooter came into the hospital....gah!! this show can make someone an emotional wreck.

Right after Grey's Anatomy is it's spin-off show: Private Practice. I was going to watch it, but after seeing the "previously on Private Practice" I was very confused on what was going on since I didn't see much of last season...so, I decided it was best not to watch it.

Thursday would be nothing without Grey's Anatomy and The Big Bang Theory. End of story.

Premier Week: Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Wednesday was phenomenal. Started off the night on ABC with their comedy block consisting of The Middle, Better With You, Modern Family, and Cougar Town at 7, 7:30, 8, and 8:30 respectively. I also tuned in for three new shows: Undercovers, The Whole Truth, and The Defenders.  After that, I switched to CBS for Criminal Minds.

The Middle was hilarious as always. It depicts a great view, and extremely accurate one at that, of life in an average, middle class society based in Indiana. Pretty much anyone I know can relate somewhat to this show. It was also pretty sweet that Doris Roberts guest starred in the premier as Brick's new teacher.

Better With You could have been better. It's pilot episode had a joke, once in awhile. It's a new comedy show ABC picked up starring Joanna Garcia(Reba), Jennifer Finnigan, some people I don't know, and Debra Jo Rupp(Kitty from That's 70's Show). It's about 3 couples. One couple's been married 35 years, one's been together 9 years and still not married, and one's been together seven weeks and they're engaged. The couples are all related. Most the girls are *itches, most the guys are arrogant, self-centered airheads. The end.

Modern Family totally ruined their chances at an awesome season two premier. I found the show, that I normally almost die laughing at each episode, very bland and unlikable. I was very disappointed in this emmy winning series, and if they don't do something to show that they deserve that award, they shouldn't expect to get an emmy again this year around.

I usually don't watch Cougar Town. I watched the premier of it last year, and it totally sucked. So, I never watched it the first season. But, they had Jennifer Aniston on, and I couldn't miss the Friends reunion...and well...this show sucks. I hate it. It is extremely unfunny. All the jokes and actors in it seem awkward(and not a funny awkward). Watching this episode made me realize why I didn't watch it in the first place.

Criminal Minds is most definitely my favorite crime show. It is dark and scary and very disturbing at times. And the season premier could not have been better. Tim Curry was the PERFECT actor choice for Billy Flynn, a serial killer who's been unknowingly killing people throughout the United States for over twenty-six years. It ends with JJ, portrayed by AJ Cook, convincing Billy to release the girl he had kidnapped by taking on the role of hostage negotiator and communicating with him through the Los Angeles emergency broadcast system. I think this is what sets up for JJ leaving the show next episode :( Criminal Minds airs at 8 on CBS.

The first new show of the night aired at 7...

Undercovers is a new show that airs on NBC. It is about a husband and wife who quit being spies so they can concentrate more on their marriage and take up a catering business, five years later they are asked to become spies again because and old friend goes missing. This show is very well thought out. It is extremely action packed, with just the right amount of romance a show like this needs. The actors are just spectacular, and I can't wait to see how this show continues on.

At 9 there were two new shows on...

One being The Whole Truth on ABC. This is a nice way to see a show go about the law, rather than the usual: crime scene, rollar coaster of evidence, guilty. You get to see what goes on behind the scenes with the prosecution and the defense. The show stars Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney and their chemistry on the show is excellent. They get the evidence, Morrow and Tierney's characters go at it...then at the end you find out if the verdict was correct or not by a little something something happening seconds before the credits role(like the pilot's episode with the defendant receiving the guilty verdict, then later on his daughter finds a little notebook, opens it, and the murder weapon falls out). Just outstanding. Hopefully it gets more viewers next week, or this show isn't gonna last.

The second new show for Wednesday night was The Defenders on CBS. I particularly wanted to watch this show because I've just recently bought some seasons of Sliders, the 1995 show which starred Jerry O'Connell, and this show has Jerry O'Connell, and also Jim Belushi. It too is much different than the normal shows that start with crime, then comes evidence train, and automatic guilty verdict. This show is about the opposite side. The ones defending the "criminals". And the pilot episode made a good start to the show. There was some good, cheap comedy included and they got their not guilty verdict for a guy killed someone beating up his brother. Very good show indeed.

Altogether, the comedy shows were a bit of a disappointment, while the returning crime/action shows were outstanding. The new crime/action shows were what most impressed me the most and I am extremely impressed with how they all turned out.

Premier Week: Tuesday, September 21, 2010: Ruined

So, the power went out yesterday and nothing got recorded...and i was unable to watch anything. And my computer sucks, so I'm not going to even attempt to find all the shows online and watch them to blog about them. I'll watch next week's episodes and tell you what I think then...plus, No Ordinary Family isn't premiering until next week and I was going to have to put up a blog about it separately, I guess now I won't have to.

The shows I was planning on watching the premiers of were: NCIS(before I give it up for No Ordinary Family), Glee, Raising Hope, and Running Wilde. I'll let you know what I think next week.

I did, however, go to my grandma's house...because she had power...and I caught the first Dancing with the Stars: Results episode...but I think this is the worst season of Dancing With the Stars, with people like "The Situation" on it. I'm hoping Kyle Massey or Margaret Cho win. But...what usually happens with my reality television choices, is they usually turn out totally opposite. I wasn't even gonna watch Dancing with the Stars this season, but I don't really get a choice when it's my grandma's tv. Oh, and David Hasselhoff was the first to be eliminated just fyi.

So, TTFN ta ta for now ;)