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new and noteworthy tv: 8/2-8/8

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Monday

  • Bachelorette (ABC, 8/10) – The pick and then after the rose…the most shocking…
  • Money Hungry/Scream Queens (VH1, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premiere – Teams of two put in their own dough to try to win the big pot by losing the most weight, then ‘actresses’ compete to scream in Saw 3d.
  • Aftermath with William Shatner (Bio, 10pm) Series Debut – Interviewing folks who’ve gone through dramatic events starting with ‘the subway vigilante’.

Tuesday

  • 18 to Life (CW, 9/9:30pm) Series Premiere – Another Canadian import… this time they’re young and in love, out of high school and engaged, oh the hilarity.
  • The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – I’m not sure what qualifies one as a bad girl but I can assume there will be some bitchiness.
  • Shaq Vs. (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Nascar here we come… and perhaps a spell off with spelling bee champion.
  • The Rachel Zoe Project (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Stylist, psycho, whatever…
  • 19 Kids and Counting (TLC, 9/9:30pm) Season Premiere – Duggars, Duggars, Duggars…
  • Scrappers (Spike, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – Scrap metal scavengers.

Wednesday

  • Wonders of the Solar System (Sci, 6pm) Series Premier – Looking into the physics and whatnot.
  • Dark Blue (TNT, 9/10pm) Season Premiere – The undercover team is still undercover.
  • Criss Angel: Mindfreak (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Jump across the Grand Canyon anyone?

Thursday

  • The Real Housewives of DC (Brav, 9pm) Series Premiere – Because we need to watch more “real” housewives, and to make matters worse this has that Salahi woman who snuck into the Whitehouse.
  • The Squad: Prison Police (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cop reality shows hit the clink.
  • Stan Lee’s Superhumans (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at real life people with supposed abilities, but maybe no costumes.

Friday

  • Gangland (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – Something about gangs and land or something.

Saturday

  • WWE Wrestlemania (NBC, 9pm) – The 26th wrestling extravaganza.

Sunday

  • Hoarding (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Not to be confused with Hoarders on A&E.
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new and noteworthy tv: 7/26-8/1

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Monday

  • Top Gear (BBCA, 6pm) Season Premiere – A Porsche, a Jaguar, and a Chrysler…
  • Bachelorette (ABC, 8pm) – The men tell all… are the men less catty?

Tuesday

  • Breakthrough with Tony Robbins (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Tony tries to help out folks making changes in their lives.
  • Masterchef (Fox, 9pm) Series Premiere – More wannabe chefs compete to go pro.
  • The Colony (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Another season of real folks who agree to live in a place with a fake viral apocalypse.
  • Growing Up Twisted (A&E, 10/10:30pm) Series Premiere – We tag along with Twister Sister front man Dee and his family.

Wednesday

  • Plain Jane (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – Will makeovers and dating tips make these ladies confessions of crushes a success?

Thursday

  • Project Runway/On the Road with Austin & Santino (Life, 9/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – First another season of competitors and then two former contestants design looks for real life ladies.
  • Jersey Shore (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – The gang heads to Miami and I still can’t care.

Friday

  • Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta (TLC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – It’s like Say Yes to the Dress, but it’s set in… Atlanta.

Saturday

  • X Games (Various) – Let the games begin… ok so it’s actually starting Thursday and running through Sunday… the X Games head to LA, so check in for lots of hours of coverage on all the ESPNs including: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN International, ESPN.com\action, ESPN Classic, ESPN3.com, and SportsCenter.

Sunday

  • Rubicon (AMC, 8/9pm) Series Premiere – The latest drama brings some code crackers to our conspiracies.
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new and noteworthy tv: 7/19-7/25

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Monday

  • Do Something Awards (VH1, 9pm) – Jane Lynch hosts the honoring of folks for accomplishments other than celebrity.
  • Rupaul’s Drag U (Logo, 9pm) Series Premiere – What’s better than a Drag Queen to get some ladies to get some style going on.
  • Fabulous Cake (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Start the season by touring three top bakeries in Vegas.

Tuesday

  • I’m Pregnant And… (Health, 9pm) Season Premiere – The season starts off with a woman who has a 50-50 chance of her child being a dwarf.
  • Teen Mom/If You Really Knew Me (MTV, 10/11pm) Season/Series Premiere – Check in with the teen moms and then catch teens that are breaking down the walls between cliques.

Wednesday

  • Confessions: Animal Hoarding (AnPl, 9pm) Series Premiere – A mix of hoarding and animal rescue?
  • Pros vs Joes (Spike, 10pm) Season Premiere – NBA vs NFL in a basketball challenge.

Thursday

  • Time to catch up on some Tour, or perhaps some summer series, or perhaps a good book!

Friday

  • Your Chance to Dance (CMT, 9pm) Series Premiere – Dance baby, dance.
  • The Pillars of the Earch (Starz, 10pm) – This miniseries kicks off with an adaptation of the 1989 book.

Saturday

  • Being Human (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – A werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost… what more could fans want?

Sunday

  • Tour de France (Vs, various) – It’s been a long couple weeks for these guys and it’s put some wear and tear on those watching as well, so let’s see who rides into Paris with the yellow, and white, and green, and polka dot, and of course a final sprint stage win.
  • I Survived… (Bio, 9pm) Season Premiere – This series should probably be hopeful that folks survive but I find it super creepy the things that almost kill them.
  • Mad Men (AMC, 10pm) Season Premiere – I’ve missed too many of these, on my list to check out on dvd.
  • My Boys (TBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – This show looks perfectly pleasant, but what with it starting when my cable was out I’ve never caught an episode.
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new and noteworthy tv: 7/12-7/18

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Monday

  • Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc (Cart, 7pm) Series Premiere – They’re back, and solving mysteries again.
  • Samantha Brown’s Asia (Trav, 8pm) Series Premiere – First stop Thailand.
  • The Closer/Rizzoli & Isles (TNT, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Can Angie Harmon and her new crime solving buddy follow the Deputy Chief, so far the critics say no but I’ll give it a shot.
  • Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory (MTV, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – With a skate board base camp and a budget what will this guy do next?

Tuesday

  • White Collar/Covert Affairs (USA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Con artist and FBI agent together again, and then we meet the newest CIA operative as Piper Perabo starts her fieldwork, I’m always game to see if someone can be the new Sydney Bristow.

Wednesday

  • Lucy Must Be Traded (ABC, 8pm) – Who would have guessed the Peanuts gang would have issues playing baseball?
  • Espys (ESPN, 9pm) – Seth Meyers hosts the latest honoring of sports performers.
  • Ghost Hunters International (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – The global gang looks for Robin Hood, you know his ghost.
  • Chasing Mummies (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following an archaeologist, like Indiana Jones I’m sure.
  • Psych (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – The fake psychic and his sidekick are solving crimes for another season.

Thursday

  • Mary Knows Best (Syfy, 9pm) Series Premiere – What professional are we not following with a reality series? Psychic.

Friday

  • The Jensen Project (NBC, 8pm) – A family from a secret genius society tries to thwart evil, this looks like either a made for tv movie or a series that wasn’t picked up.
  • Man, Woman, Wild (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – A couple faces dangers like snakes in the amazon.
  • DC Cupcakes (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Isn’t there already a cupcake baking reality series?

Saturday

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories/My Ghost Story (Bio, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – ‘Famous’ and not famous folks share their stories of ghosts.
  • Pit Boss (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – The dog savers are back.

Sunday

  • 24 Hour Restaurant Battle (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Competing by opening a restaurant in 24 hours.
  • Strange Sex (TLC, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – It’s what it sounds like, a series about sex, first stop older women, younger men, then a woman thinking herself into her own climactic moment.
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and the emmy nomination goes to…

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As a fan of television I always feel like I should care more about the Emmy’s, but honestly I really don’t.

There is so much television out there that I enjoy for so many reasons and TV awards just don’t come close to capturing that. The categories are too specific (how many shows are really a comedy or a drama?), judging on an episode doesn’t accurately tell me about a season, esoteric channels and shows are almost always overlooked, and certain shows or actors somehow become the darling of the Emmy noms and either don’t warrant or outlive their Emmy-worthiness.

So that said, if you think they’re worth a gander have a look at the top cats. And if you want a little more, check out the Emmy site for the rest:  http://www.emmys.com/nominations

Outstanding Drama Series:

  • True Blood
  • Mad Men
  • Breaking Bad
  • Dexter
  • The Good Wife
  • Lost

Outstanding Comedy Series

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • The Office
  • Nurse Jackie
  • Modern Family
  • 30 Rock
  • Glee

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

  • Jon Hamm – Mad Men
  • Hugh Laurie – House
  • Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
  • Kyle Chandler – Friday Night Lights
  • Michael C. Hall – Dexter
  • Matthew Fox – Lost

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

  • January Jones – Mad Men
  • Mariska Hargitay – L&O: SVU
  • Junianna Margulies – The Good Wife
  • Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer
  • Glenn Close – Damages
  • Connie Britton – Friday Night Lights

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
  • Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Matthew Morrison – Glee
  • Tony Shaloub – Monk
  • Steve Carell – The Office
  • Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Old Christine
  • Toni Collette – US of Tara
  • Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
  • Lea Michele – Glee
  • Tina Fey – 30 Rock
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new and noteworthy tv: 7/5-7/11

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Monday

  • The Bachelorette (ABC, 8pm) – I saw a promo and Vienna cries so the breakup talk must be serious.
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Tasting travels.

Tuesday

  • Warehouse 13 (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Supernatural artifacts can be trouble in the wrong hands.
  • Primetime (ABC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Family secrets.

Wednesday

  • Come Dine With Me/The Choir (BBCA, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – A competition to see who is the hostess with the mostess, or something, and then it’s like Glee but real.

Thursday

  • Big Brother (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – I still can’t believe this show is still going.

Friday

  • Eureka/Haven (Syfy, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – The quirky characters take their science to the next level and the sheriff who tries to keep them all in check, and then a new supernatural FBI agent series based on King’s Colorado Kid.

Saturday

  • The Bridge (CBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – I haven’t heard anything about this latest crime series, oh except it’s Canadian, I’ll check out an ep.
  • How Do I Look? (Style, 8pm) Season Premiere – The Jersey styling continues, or un-Jersey styling in this instance.

Sunday

  • Ochocinco/The TO Show (VH1, 9/10:30pm) Series/Season Premiere – Some guy from sports and Dancing with the Stars looks for love and then some sports guys deals with sports guy things.
  • The Glades (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – A Chicago cop is exiled to Florida, who knows which is the cop drama that’ll stick.
  • Children’s Hospital (Adult Swim, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – This Rob Corddry created web series is getting a run on cable including some new episodes, now I need to find out if I get AdultSwim.
  • Kid in a Candy Store (Food, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – A look at sweets wherever they may be.
  • Russel Simmons Presents: Stand-Up at the El Rey (Com, 11;30pm) Series Premiere – Comedy showcase.
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