Misguided Thoughts

tvTonight - October 2 & 3, 2009

david — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:15:45 +0000

Friday October 2, 2009

I'll start off with SYFY's new series Stargate Universe which debuts at 9PM tonight. The more adult take on the franchise looks interesting if it's not compared to, say, Star Trek: Voyager.

ABC has an encore of Flash Forward at 8PM. I'm glad ABC is doing this, since I missed yesterday's showing. That's followed by an encore of The Forgotten, which I'll forget. And the night ends with 20/20

CBS has it's paranormal line-up of Ghost Whisperer and Medium followed at 10PM with NUMB3RS .

CW is Smallville at 8PM followed by an encore of America's Next Top Model.

FOX still hasn't canceled Brothers yet (8PM), which isn't surprising since they haven't canceled 'Til Death (8:30) for some reason. Really, is there a reason that show is still on? At 9PM, it's Dollhouse with Echo as a mom with issues.

NBC is Law & Order original, Dateline NBC, and Jay Leno Show.

Saturday October 3, 2009

ABC is Football or Local Programing.

CBS is repeats of CSI:NY, Criminal Minds and a new 48 Hours Mystery.

CW is local programming.

FOX is Cops and America's Most Wanted.

NBC has an encore of Trauma at 9PM between two old repeats of Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU.

tvTonight - Thursday October 1, 2009

david — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:03:46 +0000

Damn you, Thursday Nights! Why are all these great shows on the same night?

At 8pm, it's Flash Forward or Vampire Diaries or Bones. Each one is different enough not to compete stylistically with each other, but all are still great to watch. (I'm not a Survivor fan, and I don't care much for comedies.)

9PM is tougher. Grey's Anatomy is starting to get my interest again. (I really only watch for Bailey and the Chief - they should have gotten their own show instead of Addison.) CSI: holds little interest for me - Even with Sara back for a bit. Supernatural can be fun, but the whole Angels thing bores me a bit. And Fringe has its moments, especially when they revisit Bell in the other New York.

The 10pm slot is easy for me - The Mentalist all the way. I've hated Private Practice since the backdoor pilot, and I'm not giving Jay Leno any more of my time. (The ten minutes I've already given his show is time I'll never get back.

ABC

8PM - Flash Forward - NEW - Olivia meets the man she'll cheat with
9PM - Grey's Anatomy - NEW - and let the layoffs begin...
10PM - Private Practice - NEW - Season Premier - Will Violet live?

CBS

8PM - Survivor: Samoa - NEW
9PM - CSI: - NEW - drug dealer and porn producer murdered
10PM - The Mentalist - NEW

CW

8PM - Vampire Diaries - NEW
9PM - Supernatural - NEW - Dean does some time-travelin'

FOX

8PM - Bones - NEW - Amish Rumspringa goes bad
9PM - Fringe - NEW - train station bombing in Philly

NBC

8PM - SNL Weekend Update Thursday - NEW
8:30 - Parks and Recreation - NEW
9PM - The Office - NEW
9:30 - Community - NEW
10PM - Jay Leno Show - Chris Rock

tvTonight - Wednesday September 30, 2009

david — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:28:26 +0000

I keep hearing good things about Modern Family. Should I check it out? I'm enjoying Glee, even though they've used about every high school stereotype there is. At least Glee has heart.

ABC

8PM - Hank - NEW - series premier
8:30 - The Middle - NEW - series premier
9PM - Modern Family - NEW
9:30 - Cougar Town - NEW
10pm - Eastwick - NEW

CBS

8PM - New Adventures of Old Christine - NEW
8:30 - Gary Unmarried - NEW
9PM - Criminal Minds - NEW - killing spree at a pharmacy.
10PM - CSI:NY - NEW - killing of health care workers turns personal for Mac

CW

8PM - America's Next Top Model - NEW
9PM - Melrose Place - encore - since The Beautiful Life is canceled, CW should be airing Melrose in its Place.

FOX

8PM - So You Think You Can Dance - NEW - more auditions
9PM - Glee - NEW - Kristen Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) guests.

NBC

8PM - Mercy - NEW
9PM - Law & Order: SVU - NEW
10PM - Jay Leno Show - NEW - Steve Carell (for some reason.)

tvTonight - Tuesday September 29, 2009

david — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:38:17 +0000

Last week I really enjoyed the "Truth or Consequences" episode of NCIS where Tony and McGee rescued Ziva. Sure, the end had a lot of artistic license (how would Gibbs go from the point he shot to the hall in such a short time) but it was still a great episode (and had over 20 million viewers.)

NCIS: Los Angeles, however, I'm not too keen on. I didn't like the back-door pilot and this show just doesn't do much for me. I guess I just like the team at DC better.

ABC

8PM - Shark Tank - NEW
9PM - Dancing With the Stars - NEW - results
10PM - The Forgotten - NEW

CBS

8PM - NCIS - NEW the aftermath of Ziva's return
9PM - NCIS: Los Angelest - NEW - the case of a murdered drug dealer
10PM - The Good Wife - NEW

CW

8PM - 90210 - NEW
9PM - Melrose Place - NEW

FOX

8PM - Hell's Kitchen - NEW
9PM - So You Think You Can Dance - NEW - auditions continue

NBC

8PM - Biggest Loser - NEW
10PM - Jay Leno Show - NEW - Julia Louis-Dreyfus

FX

10pm - Sons of Anarchy - NEW

The Cleveland Show Initial Thoughts

david — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:58:29 +0000

I started watching The Cleveland Show and then somewhere between the talking bear and Cleveland telling Federline (I think it was a take on Kevin Federline - and I don't care if I misspelled anything there) I completely lost interest in the show.

In fact, I found it pretty much horrible. So bad, in fact, that it made miss King of the Hill - a show that I never really liked.

Hell, American Dad was more enjoyable than The Cleveland Show. And that's saying something!

I did enjoy Family Guy. Didn't make sense, but had a great time on Brian and Stewie's journey.

So anyone else not like (or actually did enjoy) Cleveland?

tvTonight - Monday September 28, 2009

david — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:46:45 +0000

While the premiers start to dwindle (we get the pilot of Trauma on NBC and the season premier of Lie to Me on FOX) the rest of the line-up seems to be status quo tonight.

A&E has the season finale of Hoarders which features a seven-year-old boy who just can't seem to part with anything.

ABC

8pm - Dancing with the Stars - NEW
10pm - Castle - NEW

CBS

8PM - How I Met Your Mother - NEW
8:30 - Accidently on Purpose - NEW
9PM - Two and a Half Men - NEW
9:30 - Big Bang Theory - NEW
10PM - CSI:Miami - NEW - mayhem at the lab

CW

8PM - One Tree Hill - NEW
9PM - Gossip Girl - NEW - Blair vs Chuck... again...

FOX

8PM - House - NEW - House leaves.
9PM - Lie to Me - NEW - season premier - multiple personalities

NBC

8pm - Heroes - NEW
9PM - Trauma - NEW - series premier
10pm - Jay Leno Show - NEW - Bill Maher

A&E

9PM - Intervention - NEW - "sober companions"
10pm - Hoarders - NEW - a seven year old hoarder. Season finale

ABC Family

8pm - Lincoln Heights - NEW
9pm - Greek - NEW

tvTonight - Sunday September 27, 2009

david — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:46:42 +0000

ABC

7PM - Extreme Makeover:Home Edition - NEW - two hours
9PM - Desperate Housewives - NEW - Season Premier - Who did Mike mary?
10PM - Brothers & Sisters - NEW - Season Premier

CBS

7PM - 60 Minutes - NEW
8PM - Amazing Race - NEW - season premier - 15th season.
10PM - Cold Case - NEW - season premier - shipboard murder - In Philly?

CW

Local Programming

FOX

7PM - Brothers - encore
8PM - Simpsons - NEW - season premier - Super-Homer
8:30 - Cleveland Show - NEW - series premier
9PM - Family Guy - NEW - season premier
9:30 - American Dad - NEW

NBC

Football or Local programming.

HBO

9PM - Dexter - Season four begins. (I still need to watch season three.)

Lifetime

9PM - Drop Dead Diva - NEW
10PM -Army Wives - NEW

tvTonight - September 25 & 26

david — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:50:54 +0000

So did Amita say yes? I'm thinking so.

They really renewed Dollhouse ? Yep.

Will Smallville sink in its Friday night timeslot? I'm thinking so.

Friday

ABC

8PM - Flash Forward - encore
9PM - Modern Family - encore
9:30 - Cougar Town - encore
10PM - 20/20

CBS

8PM - Ghost Whisperer - NEW - season premier - a bouncing baby boy!
9PM - Medium - NEW - season premier - A surgery and a stalking! Good times!
10PM - NUMB3RS - NEW - season premier - Did Amita say yes?

CW

8PM - Smallville - NEW - season premier - Clark and Jor El
9PM - America's Next Top Model - encore

FOX

8PM - Brothers - NEW - series premier
9PM - Dollhouse - NEW - season premier

NBC

8PM - Law & Order - NEW
9PM - Dateline NBC
10PM - Jay Leno Show - NEW - Hugh Laurie stops by.

USA

9PM - Monk - NEW - Voodoo curses
10PM - Psych - NEW - an a capella murder

Saturday

ABC has football or local programming.
CBS has repeats of CSI: and The Good Wife, and a new 48 Hours Mystery.
CW is local programming.
FOX is the usual COPS and America's Most Wanted.
NBC is repeats of Law & Order, Mercy, and SVU.

tvTonight - Thursday September 24, 2009

david — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:02:10 +0000

Premier week still continues!

Flash Forward is probably one of my most anticipated new shows this year. Just getting a glimpse of your future can be a pretty radical experience. (I'd probably be bored by my flash forward.) The 8pm timeslot seems a bit early for a show like this; especially going against Bones.

ABC

8PM - Flash Forward - series premier
9PM - Grey's Anatomy - Season Premier

CBS

8PM - Survivor: Samoa - NEW
9PM - CSI: - NEW - Season Premier - the 10th season!
10PM - The Mentalist - Season Premier

CW

8PM - Vampire Diaries - NEW - Stefan joins the football team
9PM - Supernatural - NEW - Sam wants to hang up his revolver (and salt, holy water, stakes...) and give up hunting.

FOX

8PM - Bones - NEW - CIA secret agent's murder
9PM - Fringe - NEW

NBC

8PM - SNL Weekend Update - NEW
8:30 - Parks and Recreation - NEW
9PM - The Office - NEW
9:30 - Community - NEW
10PM - Jay Leno Show - Rush Limbaugh

tvTonight - Wednesday September 23, 2009

david — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:51:15 +0000

Premier Week continues!

Now, most of the shows I care almost nothing about. Cougar Town and Modern Family sound somewhat entertaining, though I wonder if ABC can pull off new comedies. Eastwick, about witches, doesn't interest me.

Old Christine and Gary Unmarried are two comedies I've not watched. (I'm not a fan of comedies - they're usually not that funny.)

Mercy on CBS seems to be their ER medical replacement, Wentworth Miller (of Prison Break) guests on Law & Order: SVU.

What I am interested in is CSI: New York, a show I use to not care a thing about. Tonight someone's life is drastically altered. Is it one of the main cast? Criminal Minds has the aftermath of Hotchner and the gun toting guy from last season's finale. I guess I'm supposed to know who that guy was, but I didn't follow last season too closely.

All this brings us to Glee on FOX. If this show was on ABC, I'm pretty sure it would be canceled like they do with other interesting yet quirky shows. (Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone.)

ABC

8PM - Dancing with the Stars - NEW - results show
9PM - Modern Family - Series Premier
9:30 - Cougar Town - Series Premier
10pm - Eastwick - Series Premier

CBS

8PM - New Adventures of Old Christine - Season Premier
8:30 - Gary Unmarried - Season Premier
9PM - Criminal Minds - Season Premier - Hotch, gun, and an ER. Can't be good.
10PM - CSI:NY - Season Premier - Someone's life is changed forever. Or so they say.

CW

8PM - America's Next Top Model - NEW
9PM - The Beautiful LIfe: TBL - NEW - guess it's not canceled yet.

FOX

8PM - So You Think You Can Dance - NEW - Auditions continue
9PM - Glee - NEW - Kurt auditions for the football team.

NBC

8PM - Mercy - Series Premier
9PM - Law & Order: SVU - Season Premier
10PM - Jay Leno Show - Vince Vaughn