After an almost riot by ABG fans on Facebook and Twitter for the one day delay on the episode, Issa Rae premiered the season finale today. The episode is the longest one yet, clocking at 25 minutes and is definitely worth the wait. Check it out. Spoilers ahead.
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More premieres and returns tonight. NBC Thursday night comedies are back, well most of them (sorry Community fans), as well as CBS’ Thursday lineup. Also, VH1 has the Critics’ Choice awards. Soo much to watch and these are just the premieres.
8/7c
Big Bang Theory (CBS) – Winter return. Sheldon gets in trouble with Amy when he isn’t impressed by her recent accomplishment, and Howard must come to grips with Bernadette’s dislike of children.
30 Rock (NBC) – Season Premiere. Love this show. It got pushed up to mid-season because of Tina Fey’s pregnancy but thank goodness its back. Too bad its at the expense of Community. Tonight’s premiere finds that as everyone is returning from the holiday break, NBC’s new talent competition, “America’s Kidz Got Singing”, is a hit, but Jenna’s role as the judge everyone loves to hate causes Jack to question the show’s family value. Much to his chagrin, Tracy’s usual antics fail to aggravate Liz, while Kenneth takes the day off to do his dream chores as he awaits the Rapture.
Critics’ Choice Movie Awards (VH1) – It’s the first big award show on the road to the Oscars. Plenty of stars will be in attendance and the fashion will be AMAZING as it usually is at these things. For the list of nominees, check out the Critics’ Choice website.
8:30/7:30c
Parks & Recreation (NBC) – Winter return. Another show that is absolutely hilarious. I finally got to the end of season 1 and it seriously hilarious. Gotta catch up to the current season. On tonight’s episode, Leslie enlists everyone’s help in staging an attention-getting event. Ben explores a new hobby, while April and Andy adopt a pet.
Rob! (CBS) – Series Premiere. This show stars Rob Schneider and that should just about tell you all you need to know about this show. It looks awful. Almost as awful as the ABC show, Work It. Rob plays a guy who use to be a confirmed bachelor, but just recently married into a tight knit Mexican family. Here is a clip.
9/8c
The Finder (FOX) – Series Premiere. This is a spin-off from the show Bones. It stars Geoff Stults (7th Heaven, October Road) as Walter, an investigator who uses his gift of finding things (get it The Finder) to help others recover what they’ve lost. Michael Clarke Duncan(The Green Mile, Talladega Nights) also stars as Walter’s lawyer. Here is a clip.
The Office (NBC) – Winter return. This show has been very hit or miss this season after Steve Carell’s departure. Mostly miss and I’m just hoping the they find their footing soon. On tonight’s episode, Oscar joins a trivia night contest, Andy decides to get the whole office involved. Meanwhile, Dwight visits Sabre headquarters to explore other job opportunities.
Person Of Interest (CBS) – Winter return. This show started off slow but it really picked up half way through the fall. They also put Taraji P. Henson in a lot more episodes so that also made the show even better. Tonight’s episode has Reese working the computer while Finch does the legwork with their latest POI, a building super who keeps too close an eye on his tenants. Meanwhile, Detective Carter may finally get her long-awaited glimpse into a case.
9:30/8:30c
Up All Night (NBC) – Winter return. This show is hilarious. I thought it was ok when it started but it got better as the season went on. On tonight’s episode, Regan’s competitive streak surfaces during a New Year’s Eve game night, much to Chris’ chagrin. Meanwhile, Kevin suspects that Ava may be ashamed of him; and Missy shows up with a surprising date.
10/9c
The Mentalist (CBS) – Winter return. Jane and the CBI team narrow down the long list of suspects after a high-end divorce attorney, with many enemies, is killed on his speed boat. Meanwhile, Jane is questioned by Agent Darcy about whether Red John was responsible for Panzer’s murder.
Lots premiering tonight. Many NBC shows are back as well as an award show and a couple of big dramas.
8/7c
One Tree Hill (CW) – Final Season Premiere. Haven’t really watched this show since Chad Michael Murray and Hilary Burton left but it was one of my guilty pleasures. Only a hand full of people knew I watched this show. Anyway this is the premiere of the ninth and final season of this show. So fans of this show get to watching. There are only going to be 13 episodes this season.
Whitney (NBC) – Winter return. New time slot. Many people hate this show. I don’t hate it but I don’t like it either. I don’t know why I watch this show because it really isn’t funny at all but I like Whitney Cummings and feel like I should support lol.
8:30/7:30c
Are You There, Chelsea? (NBC) – Series Premiere. I love Chelsea Handler and love the book this show is based on. That being said I don’t know how well this show is going to. Laura Prepon (That 70’s Show) plays a 20 something year old Chelsea Handler, while Handler herself plays her older sister, Sloane.
9/8c
The People’s Choice Awards (CBS) – The Big Bang Theory‘s Kaley Cuoco is the host for the night for this awards show which like its name says is voted on by the people or 13 year old children.
Harry’s Law (NBC) – Winter return. This show is an ok show. I like some of the cast members but it just seemed really boring so I stopped watching last season. Tonight’s episode has Adam and Cassie represent a troubled woman who exacts vigilante justice against men who abuse women by dressing up as Wonder Woman.
10/9c
Face Off (SyFy) – Season Premiere. Never watched this show before but I just discovered that such a show exist. I shouldn’t be surprised. There is a reality show for pretty much everything. This show has a bunch of prosthetic makeup artists compete to create prosthesis like those found in horror and sci-fi movies. The challenge for this episode is to re-imagine the characters from the movie, The Wizard of Oz.
The Challenge: Battle of The Exes Special (MTV) – YES!!!!!!!! I hate Real World now but I LOVE me a challenge. This time kind of like they did with Rivals at the last challenge, they have put exes together that were either serious relationship or just a hookup. There are some people on here that are pushing 40 now and were on the Real World and Road Rules in the late 90s and early 00s but I mean I wouldn’t work if I had no discernible talent and MTV kept sending me on paid vacations to exotic locales and giving me a bunch of money and prizes.
Law and Order: SVU (NBC) – Winter return. I haven’t watched at all this season. I just can’t get over the fact that Stabler (Chris Meloni) isn’t there anymore. I’ll catch it at some point. USA runs marathons of this show all the time. Tonight’s episode, the team tries to investigate the rape of an actress in an interactive theater production that happened on stage, that the audience believes is part of the show. They hit a dead-end in their investigation when they learn the show’s director gave the audience — including the assailant — masks to wear during the performance.
Lots of reality returns tonight as most scripted shows returned last week. Here’s what’s returns and premieres tonight.
9/8c
Dance Moms (Lifetime) – Season Premiere. I watched an episode of this show because I was forced to by a friend who is obsessed with it. It was of course a train wreck in the same vein of Toddlers and Tiaras. So if you like Toddlers and Tiaras, we can no longer be friends but you will also enjoy this show.
10/9c
The Game (BET) – Season Premiere. Brittany Daniels (Kelly Pitts) is out and Brandy Norwood is in as Chardonnay (could this not be a more ghetto name, then again this is what this show has become on BET) who gets into a romantic entanglement with Jason Pitts (Coby Bell). I watched the show while it was on the CW and was happy that it got saved but not that it got saved by BET. It has gotten so bad. The characters are former shells of themselves and the writing is TERRIBLE. It reminds me of the even WORSE show Single Ladies that airs on VH1.
Tabitha’s Takeover (BRAVO) – Season Premiere. I love some Tabitha Coffey. This season she’s not only taking over salons, but restaurants, boutiques, etc. Yes! More ways for her to get even snarkier.
11/10c
Let’s Stay Together (BET) – Season Premiere. Season 2 opens and picks up with dramas surrounding Charles’ and Stacy’s wedding. Here, Charles escapes from an elevator and attempts to head home. Meanwhile, Troy arrives at Tasha’s house, upsetting Jamal. I don’t know anything about these characters. All I know is I watched the pilot, it was terrible and I gave it a pass.
I love this show. And it has only gotten better and better since the first season. Season 4 has just been amazing. Great cast, great cases, great stories. I thought maybe the fact that Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Captain Montgomery) died last season and a new captain (Penny Johnson Jerald, 24) was brought in was going to change things. It hasn’t though and Jerald has folded really well into the cast and has made me not hate her like I thought I would. In tonight’s episode, it’s Ryan is getting married when a murder threatens to derail the couple’s plans. Maybe this wedding will spark a little something for Castle and Beckett because I need them to hurry up and just get together. Sneak peak of tonight’s episode below, which airs on ABC at 10/9c.
Some shows came back this past week while the bulk of them will be returning this week. Here are the shows returning with new episodes and what’s premiering today Sunday, January 8, 2012.
8/7c
Once Upon A Time (ABC) – Winter return. Everyone deals with the aftermath of Sheriff Graham’s death.
The Simpsons (FOX) – Winter return. When Homer lands his own cable news program, he endorses right-wing rock star Ted Nugent (guest voicing as himself) for President of the United States.
9/8c
Shameless (Showtime) – Season 2 Premiere. Yay this show is back. Season 1 started off kinda slow and I wasn’t sure I would like it but then it got good. Emmy Rossum (Phantom of The Opera) and William H. Macy (Lincoln Lawyer) are so great on this show. It picks up from where season 1 ended with Fiona (Rossum) moving on from Steve to a new guy, all while trying to take care of her siblings while their father, Frank (Macy) is up to his usual bingeing and just being a bum and mooch in general.
The Firm (NBC) – Series Premiere. This show is one of that I’m looking forward to. I love Josh Lucas. I have a soft spot for him from Sweet Home Alabama. Hopefully this will be good. I liked this book and the movie was pretty good so hopefully NBC has come up with a hit.
Downton Abbey (PBS) – Season Premiere. The British series returns with England on the brink of war and the men of the house facing decisions about whether to fight for their country.
The Good Wife (CBS) – Winter return. YES!!!! It’s back. Can’t wait to see what is in store for everyone for the rest of the season. On tonight’s episode Lockhart & Gardner’s future is at stake when a couple whose divorce was overseen by the firm accuses them of encouraging the breakup for financial gain.
Desperate House Wives (ABC) – Winter return. Haven’t watched this show for about a season or two. Not sure if it’s any good still but many love it and it’s back and moving along towards the series finale in May.
Family Guy (FOX) – Winter return. Meg Griffin finally turns 18 with a surprise party that no one shows up to (poor Meg!). Quagmire finds out about the monumental event, decides it’s finally time to make his move.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (BRAVO) – Winter return. Peter and Cynthia are heading to counseling for their marital problems, NeNe and Marlo get together to clear the air about Charles. Phaedra drags Apollo to the funeral home to discuss the new business and Kandi has her first sessions in the studio with country singer, Jo Dee Messina.
10/9c
Pan Am (ABC) – Winter return. Fate deals a blow to Dean and Colette’s budding romance; Maggie falls hard for her congressman after slamming him in the Village Voice; Kate is haunted by her last spy mission. This show is ok. I can take it or leave it.
CSI: Miami (CBS) – Winter return. Horatio’s team deals with the most unique weapon they have ever seen.
Absolutely Fabulous (BBC America) – 20th Anniversary special. This is the first of three new episodes, someone who’s been “away” for a while returns to the Monsoon abode and with a new and slightly scary best friend; Bubble reminisces about the Royal Wedding.
House of Lies (Showtime) – Series Premiere. Don Cheadle (Ocean’s Eleven) in this new Showtime comedy as Marty Kaan, a management consultant who is juggling existing and prospective clients, a psycho/sex-crazed ex-wife and other assorted domestic issues. Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation) make up Marty’s team, while Richard Schiff (The West Wing) plays their boss. This has a good cast and Showtime usually has some great shows so hopefully this will be another .
Californication (Showtime) 10:30/9:30c – Season Premiere. This season picks up a few years later, with Hank now looking to bolt New York after dumping another girlfriend. There he is offered a deal to write a movie. New people on this season are Meagan Good (Stomp the Yard), RZA (Wu-Tang Clan), and Scott Michael Foster (Greek).
11/10c
Watch What Happens L!ve (BRAVO) – Season Premiere. Andy Cohen is back with his fun talk show, where he partakes in various libations with many different guests. Tonight’s show is the beginning of the show being expanded to 5 nights a week. The guest for tonight will be Atlanta housewife, Kandi Burruss and The Roots, Questlove.
What will you be watching tonight??
The Devil Inside is the latest take on the faux-documentary style horror film. Taking a page out of the movie that started it all, The Blair Witch Project, it proceeds to use every single tired cliché you can think of when it comes to the horror documentary and exorcism movies.
The story is about a woman who killed three people while an exorcism was being performed on her. She is institutionalized after being seen as not guilty by reason of insanity. The movie then cuts to 20 years later where her daughter with the help of a documentary filmmaker goes to find out if her mother is just mentally ill or demonically possessed. She gets two priests to do a couple of exorcisms that are unauthorized by the church. From there everything goes horribly wrong, and the only piece of evidence is the footage that was caught by the filmmaker.
The best thing about this movie is that it is only an hour 15 minutes long. I saw this movie for free and I want my money back. The scariest parts of the movie were in the trailer and even then those weren’t scary. I expected this because I really haven’t been scared by a movie since… I don’t know, but it’s been a while. It’s also pretty predictable as pretty much when the beginning when they mention something about an aspect of the exorcism tells you exactly what is going to happen to everyone.
The group I was with for the screening walked out laughing and talking about what a trash movie that was. We also determined that the movie was worse than what I thought was almost the worst movie of the 2011, The Darkest Hour. The worst. Honestly save your money people and if you really want to watch a movie this weekend go watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. And if you are a glutton for punishment, the film is in theaters today.
The holidays are here and some of your shows got cancelled. Others have been in reruns for weeks and you are anxious for them to return. Well don’t fret people. You can find the dates of every single show’s return date as well as new shows that will be premiering this Winter on cable and broadcast networks here from Tvaholic and Entertainment Weekly. Shows return as early as the first day of the year, January 1st. Here are some of the ones I will be watching.
The Vampire Diaires has been at a 10 this season. Soooo deliciously great and so frustrating at the same time. If you aren’t caught up ****SPOILER ALERT**** Stephen gained some of his humanity back showing that he still cares about Damon and Elena but he’s done so much that I don’t know how they are gonna bring him back from where he is and on top of that he has now royally pissed Klaus off so that is gonna have some major consequences for everyone in Mystic Falls because as we know Klaus is insane. Damon and Elena might happen. I kind of want it to. I know that would make her a little like Katherine but Stephen has pissed me off a lot this season and I love Damon so much. Also Carolyn and Tyler broke up ughh. I can’t wait for its return. It’s gonna be awesome. Yeah its a little soap operaish but everyone I’ve turned on to this show LOVES it. It’s just plain wonderful. New episodes return Thursday, January 5 at 8/7c on the CW.
I have said enough about this show for a lifetime here and here. New episodes return Wednesday, January 4 at 10/9c on ABC.
Project Runway is back and this time with an all star edition. The show has been pretty stale the last couple of seasons have been pretty meh. So I’m excited that this season is the all star edition and a bunch of my faves are returning. I’m sad that they have new judges though and a new host and there is no Tim Gunn. How can there be a Project Runway without Tim Gunn? I happen to think that the life of the show is of course great designs and drama but the mentor relationship between Tim and the contestants. The new host is “supermodel,” Angela Lindvall and the judges are Isaac Mizrahi, Georgina Chapman, and Joanna Coles. The cast is ok. The only ones I have any interest in are Austin Scarlett, Anthony Williams and Mondo Guerra. Everyone else ehh. The new season begins Thursday, January 5 at 9/8c on Lifetime.
White Collar is one of my fave shows and I’m so excited about the second half of this season coming up. Part one ended with Peter’s wife, Elizabeth getting taken by Keller and Peter closing in on figuring out that Neal and Mozzie had the treasure that was stolen. Love this show. Matt Bomer is so great and I’m looking forward to seeing how the dynamic of Peter and Neal changes when the truth comes out about Neal lying to him. I really like that friendship so it should get really good. New episodes return Tuesday, January 17 at 9/8c on USA.
This show is a sequel to the John Grisham book of the same name. It’s set 10 years after the book and the movie and Josh Lucas (Sweet Home Alabama, J. Edgar) plays the main character Mitch McDeere. The family has been in witness protection since the events from the book and movie and have now come out . That’s when bad things start to happen for them. The show also stars Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) as a shady lawyer. This looks like its gonna be pretty good. Hopefully it will be a hit for NBC because they need one desperately. It takes over the Thursday time slot the ill fated Prime Suspect inhabited. The show premieres Sunday, January 8 at 9/8c and moves to its actual time slot Thursday, January 12 at 10/9c on NBC.
I love Revenge. This show has got me hooked and I can’t stop watching. It is appointment television for me and half of my office because we must discuss the next day all of the shenanigans that went on in the episode. I like a lot about this show but I especially like some of the bitchy dialogue that the writers get Victoria Grayson, Madeline Stowe’s character to say. My favorite dialogue comes from episode 5 of the show, “Guilt” when Lydia comes to Victoria after giving her speech and Victoria says,
“Understand something, Lydia. Every time I smile at you across a room, run into you at a luncheon, welcome you into my home, let my smile be a reminder of just how much I despise you. And that every time I hug you, that warmth you feel is my hatred burning through.”
Are you serious? Who says that? Love It. And the way it was delivered by icy queen Victoria is so great. You can just feel the venom as she spews this line to Lydia. Watch the clip below.
Can’t wait until the next episode, which is back Wednesday, January 4th on ABC at 10/9c. Check out the first 10 minutes of that episode here on the ABC website.
I’ve seen a lot of movies in the last couple of weeks that I haven’t had time to do posts on so I decided to do a quick one with all of them.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – I really enjoyed this movie as much as the first one. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law’s chemistry is wonderful. The movie is everything the first one is and a little bit more. There is more mystery and intrigue. Noomi Rapace (The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo; Swedish version) really didn’t bring anything to the table wither character. I man she didn’t really have much to do for the film. See it if you liked the 1st one and if you didn’t like the first one then you won’t like this one.
Young Adult – I love Charlize Theron. She’s such a great actress. She plays Mavis, a completely delusional woman and the kind of chick I would have hated in high school. Mavis is was hot stuff in high school and now comes back to her home town thinking she still has it when in reality she is a complete mess. Patton Oswald is also wonderful in this movie. He plays Matt, a former classmate of Mavis’ who sees through all of her bs and calls her out on it. It’s pretty wonderful. This movie is another joint effort between Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman. Cody wrote the 2007 hit movie Juno and Reitman directed it. This movie has the same sort elements and flow like Juno but its not as cutesy and quirky as Juno was.
The Sitter stars Jonah Hill as the worst babysitter ever who takes 3 kids on the town and wild hijinks ensue. While this movie sounds like it would be terrible, it was actually pretty funny. I mean everything that happens has been done before and better but it is still worth seeing at a matinee. The kids definitely make this movie. They are some of the most ridiculous kids that I have seen in movies. Usually I dislike kids in movies because I feel that they just ruin things make everything go haywire and these kids did but they made me laugh and kept me entertained while everything was going down.
We Bought A Zoo stars Matt Damon and Scarlett Johannsen. Matt Damon plays a widow with 2 kids, who is trying to help the kids cope with the death of their mother while also grieving himself. He then impulsively buys a zoo and they have to find a way to save it and keep open. It’s pretty standard fair nothing special about it. This one is definitely a redbox rental or dollar theater movie. The only thing that I got out of this movie was that the little girl that is Matt Damon’s daughter, played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones, is one of the cutest things ever.
War Horse is a classic Spielberg film. Very picturesque, very sappy. The movie is basically what the trailer shows, a boy and his horse, set against the setting of rural England and World War I. I thought the movie was fine. It had a very Gone With The Wind look and feel to it. I don’t know animal movies just aren’t my cup of tea so I tend not to like them or try to see them. The acting was fine as well. I’m sure this will get nominated for a couple of BAFTAs and Oscars because its Spielberg and it has a victorious, sappy happy ending. If animals are your thing, go see it. For me its a take it or leave meh kind of movie.
The Artist is a black and white silent film about a silent film star who starts getting fazed out by the beginning of “talkies.” The film stars two french actors who are unknown to the states, Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo. I have never actually watched a silent film. (I know how can I be a movie junkie without seeing some of these old films. They are on my list of movies to watch. I’ll get to them at some point). The movie was really good. Sometimes we don’t pay attention to things in movies because the dialogue is there to tell you all you need to get a visual but with a silent film this is not the case and you must pay attention to everything from emotions playing on the face of the actors to how the people around them are reacting. I also saw that you can’t hide bad acting in a silent film. I feel that sometimes good dialogue can hide that someone is a terrible actor. This movie is a hard sell to many people but I liked it and would recommend it just as something different to watch. All the critics are saying this movie is the one to beat this awards season. I don’t know how true that is but I’m sure that it will be walking away with some awards.
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