random bits of web goodness…

And there’s always more little delightful bits to see on the world wide web…

Is my apartment missing a big flower giving yeti? Full house tour via Apartment Therapy.

The jealous curator from SF Bay Girl posts her last room including this lovely pic, who doesn’t love a weird bunny head?

Craft shared these amazing Lori Nix dioramas (more at link).

I always wonder who would want to hang at a bench in traffic, but this from The Daily What might make me reconsider.

I love this artist’s felt creatures and can’t resist the latest.

This site My Love for You about artists was pointed out by Poppytalk and so far I am enjoying some of their featured artists shown here (graffiti, found miniature, glass world).

Boing Boing thankfully passed along this image and link to Creepy Children’s Playground.

This is no Kris Angel, all in the name of fashion, more 1963 shots at link (via Black Eiffel)

I haven’t been looking for new stationary but this Zombie version is tempting.

And for my next dinner party perhaps I’ll go Dexter theme (via Craft).

And to continue with the macabre, there’s something perfect about a Barbie smile, from The Daily What.

Animal inspired furniture, I’m in! More at link: (via Apartment Therapy)

I’m still a sucker for animal heads, someday the game room/library will happen (via Design Sponge)

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/31-2/6

Fortunately not much new going on this week which hopefully means I can clean off my dvr, we’ll see how the plan to switch back to TiVo goes.

Monday

  • Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – What if Rachel Ray wants a cake?
  • Shatner’s Raw Nerve (Bio, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Carol Burnett and then Marilu Henner join for Shit Shatner Says.

Tuesday

  • Seriously Funny Kids/One Born Every Minute (Life, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Heidi Klum expands her empire by engaging with kids for laughs then the latest docuseries looks at the maternity ward.

Wednesday

  • Human Target (Fox, 9pm) – The gang gets a new time slot, and I kind of like how this show has become more of an ensemble, more Guerrero is always good.

Thursday

  • Million Dollar Listing (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – There’s a new agent in town as they look at expensive digs.
  • Eagleheart (AdSw, 9pm) Series Premiere – If a show isn’t entertaining maybe a show about a show is.

Friday

  • Who Do You Think You Are (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Celebrities continue to look into their ancestry, and I continue to not care.
  • Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials (CBS, 9pm) – They spend a lot of money on these so you should watch them again.

Saturday

  • CMT Crossroads (CMT, 10pm) – Maybe a little background music with The Pretenders and Faith Hill.

Sunday

  • Puppy Bowl (AnPl, noon) – For those of you who would rather watch puppies frolic than dudes actually playing football.
  • Super Bowl (Fox, 3pm) – Go Team!
  • Glee (Fox, 7:30pm) – The special Super Bowl slot goes to… note this time is pst and may vary based on game play.
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procrastinator picks – best books of 2010

Well another year and another stab at a top ten or so. In reviewing my books of last year I realized I’m mostly reading the same authors, I find myself torn between an old favorite and finding a new favorite. So this year I’m going to pull some new names off the shelf, after I finish this Michael Chabon I’m working on of course.

  • Nobody’s Fool/Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo – One of my favorite authors and while his books have a familiar comfort to them, Nobody’s Fool visits the same themes as it wraps the Mohawk trilogy, Bridge of Sighs brings a slightly new take and a greater complexity to a family in a small town over a period of time.
  • Curse of the Spellmans/Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz – These fluffy detective stories are totally delightful as we join the quirky San Francisco PI family dealing with at least one case but mostly get themselves in and out of trouble.
  • The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett – From the author of Bel Canto, we get to know a woman who gets to know her magician husband and maybe herself after his death.
  • Lush Life by Richard Price – This was my first Price and more interesting than the Manhattan Lower East Side crime that the novel follows is the way he details the place through the various people involved.
  • Gun with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem – I’ve been continuing back with his earlier works and he seem to cover a broad spectrum of genres, this futuristic detective novel is amusing and engaging though just a little bit plain weird.
  • Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz – I enjoyed but wasn’t as absolutely in love with this book as many were, only because the story of generations of Dominican family was uneven in my engagement and attachment to the various stories and point of views.
  • Generation A by Douglas Coupland – Even when he’s imperfect his writing is enjoyable, this time his slightly unusual plot is about folks stung by bees, after bees have disappeared, though the weirder it got perhaps the harder to wrap up to a satisfying conclusion.
  • The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith – On Beauty was one of my favorite books so I took a step into the backlog for this and found that although it had elements of the writing and characters that I had so enjoyed, the unlikable protagonist often being lame kept me from really embracing it.
  • Falling Man by Don DeLillo – A look at the lives of a few people following the destruction of the twin towers, the writing often made me feel like I should just be spending more time appreciating the language of the book rather than trying to engage with the meandering story and at times disconnected characters.
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critic’s picks – best books of 2010

Another year, another list of recommended books that’s longer than I’ll ever get to. I just rechecked last year and I have yet to read any of those, though I have purchased Chronic City (for the record I’ve read three from the previous year). As always since I read fiction, I kept the nod to fiction. What have I been reading? Stick around and I’ll let you know the best of my year.

  • The New Yorker Stories by Ann Beattie – NYT
  • 61 Hours by Lee Child – JM
  • Wilson by Daniel Clowes – LG
  • The Passage by Justin Cronin – LG
  • Memory Wall: Stories by Anthony Doerr – Am
  • Room by Emma Donoghue – NYT, KV
  • A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan – NYT, PW, LG
  • Freedom by Jonathan Franzen – MK, NYT, Am, PW, LG, MC
  • Faithful Place by Tana French – JM, LG
  • Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon – LG
  • To the End of the Land by David Grossman – Am
  • Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand – PW
  • The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee – PW, KV
  • Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes – Am, LG, KV
  • The Lost Book of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason – MK
  • The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell – MK, LG, MC
  • Skippy Dies by Paul Murray – Am, LG, KV
  • The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell – Am
  • The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer – KV
  • One Day by David Nicholls – Am, KV
  • Rich Boy by Sharon Pomerantz – KV
  • The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman – JM, Am, KV
  • So Much for That by Lionel Shriver – MC
  • Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart – MK, MC
  • Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson – JM, Am
  • Man in the Woods by Scott Spencer – PW
  • Selected Stories by William Trevor – NYT
  • The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall – Am, PW, KV
  • Savages by Don Winslow – JM
  • How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu – LG

MK – Michiko Kakutani for NYT, JM – Janet Maslin for NYT, NYT – New York Times, Am – Amazon Lit, KV – Karen Valby for EW,  PW – Publisher’s Weekly, LG – Lev Grossman for Time, MC – Maureen Corrigan for NPR

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/24-1/30

I finally start feeling caught up on television and then the Australian Open comes along and fills up my dvr, good thing I’m skipping Idol’s early audition rounds…

Monday

  • 19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – Good gawd, is someone pregnant again?
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo, 10/11:30pm) Season Premiere – Campy fun as the ladies have a casting episode and then the competition begins.

Tuesday

  • State of the Union (Various, 6pm pst) – Let the cross party side sitting begin (though if all the Republicans and Democrats switch sides won’t they still be separated?).
  • Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best/A Stand Up Mother (WE, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – You’ve seen them together but this time Joan’s moving in, and then another comedic mother is followed in this latest reality look at life.

Wednesday

  • Sons of Guns/Desert Car Kings (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Gun restoration (among other things) and car restoration.
  • Clean House (Style, 10pm) Season Premiere – There’s messy and dirty and then there’s…
  • Face Off (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Special effects makeup artists compete.
  • Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew (VH1, 10pm) – Reunion!
  • The Traveler’s Guide to Life (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hear folk’s momentous travel occasions.
  • Being Erica (Soap, 11pm) Season Premiere – She does some sort of time traveling therapy, soap-style.

Thursday

  • Archer (Fx, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cartoon spy business, funny-style.

Friday

  • Working Class (CMT, 8pm) Series Premiere – The country network is veering into sitcom territory bringing back Reba’s sidekick/nemesis as a plucky supermarket gal.

Saturday

  • Boomtown (PlGr, 7pm) Series Premiere – Reality series follows oil in a small town.
  • US Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 9pm) – Women’s championship.

Sunday

  • Australian Open (ESPN2, various) – The quarterfinals start on Monday with men’s and women’s finals technically hitting on Saturday and Sunday, but with the time change it starts midnight the night before, they reair but if I’m going to record it anyway.
  • Brick City (Sund, 8pm) Season Premiere – A look at Newark, NJ through the eyes of locals including the mayor.
  • SAG Awards (TBS/TNT, 8pm) – The Screen Actors Guild honors performances in film and television.
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procrastinator picks – top tv of 2010

Well the critics have weighed in, and now it’s my turn. I should caveat that I don’t have ‘real’ cable, so although I am roughly up to date (at least on this season) of Dexter, this does skew my list away from Showtime and HBO series which I tend to catch on dvd. And as always a top ten list is a little subjective, different day I might have picked different shows, different order, but here goes…

  • Terriers (Fx) – It was good while it lasted, this show may have been handicapped by its obtuse title and marketing but the buddy PI show of two likable losers hit all the right notes as it balanced the episodic and ongoing plots with moments of hilarity and true character anguish.
  • Sons of Anarchy (Fx) – These guys are still a favorite as the motorcycle club and their families get into trouble after trouble trying to keep the small town a world of their own, the bad guys are bad but the good guys are badder.
  • Justified (Fx) – Oh Raylan… how do you describe the joy of a show about a questionably self defeatist trigger happy US Marshall in a small town with a surprising amount of crime.
  • The Good Wife (CBS) – What started as a silly premise has turned into a show with great layers where I actually care not just about the cases, but the relationships, the office politics, and the politics, with rich characters in every area.
  • Community (NBC) – Joel McHale has a great ability to come across as smarmy in a way that is still likable, and they’ve found a way to do that with each of these characters turning their best and worst characteristics into funny, while using popular culture to frame dialogue and episodes more successfully than I can recall anyone else doing.
  • Cougar Town (ABC) – Ok so maybe I find the drinking wine jokes funny, but this show which has evolved nicely from a show about older women dating younger dudes, to focusing on a group of friends (the cul-de-sac crew) and the dumb things they do that consistently make me laugh.
  • Bones (Fox) – So we all hate Hannah and every ploy they do to keep these two apart, but the moments between Bones and Booth whether amusing or touching is the best you’ll find in a weekly procedural, add fun supporting characters, situations, and science and you’ve got a good show.
  • Chuck (NBC) – I like this show more when they’re not focusing on Chuck’s parental conspiracies but still adore the interplay between the spies and the geeks.
  • Dexter (Show) – I don’t think I’ve ever worried about a criminal as much as I worry about Dexter, with his need to kill, the folks who suspect him, and of course his trying to work and have a family, I feel bad about complaining about my schedule.
  • Men of a Certain Age (TNT) – I missed the first season of this but catching up in reruns and watching the second, the men won me over with their regular middle aged lives, the late forties may not always be pretty, but apparently they can be entertaining.
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new and noteworthy tv: 1/17-1/23

And a little bit more mid-season coming your way…

Monday

  • Being Human (Syfy, 9pm) Series Premiere – A take on an imported show, this one a Vampire, a Ghost, and a Werewolf, maybe not as good as the original but I haven’t seen any so worth a shot.
  • Piers Morgan Tonight (CNN, 9pm) Series Premiere – Larry King has bequeathed his throne, and Oprah pops by for a chat.
  • Harry’s Law (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Kathy Bates is the latest lawyer in David E Kelley’s roster (McBeal, B Legal) sure to be filled with eccentrics.
  • Heavy (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following overweight folks trying to turn things around.
  • Skins (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – And another take on an import, now see what the crazy teens do in the US, again also maybe not supposed to be cast as well as the English but I’ll tune in.

Tuesday

  • Life Unexpected (CW, 8pm) Series Finale – Not sure this CW show ever quite caught on, and not just because the girl in high school looks more like her parents unrelated younger friend.
  • White Collar (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – I do enjoy a suave con man helping the FBI solve cases.

Wednesday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm, and Thursday) Season Premiere – Has Idol lost its magic? Will you tune in at least for a couple to see how the new kids work out? I’ll tune in until I can’t stand it any longer.
  • Hot in Cleveland/Retired at 35 (TVL, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premiere – These shows are like 70s sitcoms reruns except original.

Thursday

  • Perfect Couples/Parks & Rec (NBC, 8:30/9:30pm) Series/Season Premiere – There’s a few of these new sitcoms with a few young couples, and time will tell if any of them can get over their predicted mediocre starts, and then of course the return of the quirky folks who are trying to keep their department together, joining the new all comedy lineup.
  • Masters of Survival (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – Multiple folks give multiple tips for surviving multiple locations.
  • Royal Pains/Fairly Legal (USA, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – The return of the vacation doctor and the start of lawyer turned mediator with that spunky chic who was the partner of the main guy on Life.

Friday

  • Onion News Network/Portlandia (IFC, 7/7:30pm) Series Premieres – Funny stories, funny skits.
  • Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ramsay helps more restaurateurs.
  • Medium (CBS,8pm) Series Finale – I didn’t know this show was still on.
  • My Big Redneck Wedding (CMT, 9pm) Season Premiere – When you think wedding you think mudsledding.
  • Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (Starz, 10pm) Series Premiere – As the primary series takes a break (the main character sadly has cancer) they’re doing a quick prequel.

Saturday

  • A Idiot Abroad (Sci, 10pm) Series Premiere – Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant put their ‘idiot’ friend into travel situations.

Sunday

  • Kourtney & Kim Take New York/Holly’s World (E!, 10/10:40pm) Series/Season Premieres – This Kardashian show is somehow different from the other ones, and then some playboy bunny or playmate or someone does stuff.
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new and noteworthy tv: 1/10-1/16

Monday

  • Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – The ‘ladies’ live together.
  • Love That Girl (TVO, 9pm) Season Premiere – This sitcom follows a ‘girl’ who’s starting fresh in real estate and life.
  • You’re Cut Off/The X Life (VH1, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Reality follows a group of gals who are cut off from luxury and then a group of extreme sports athletes.
  • Stolen Voices (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – I believe the title indicates that when a person is murdered they can no longer speak as they look at cases.

Tuesday

  • I, Predator (AnPl, 8pm) Series Premiere – This look at animal predators starts with sharks vs. seals, guess which is the predator.
  • The Game/Lets Stay Together (BET, 10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Sports couples and then non sports couples on these sitcoms.
  • Lights Out (Fx, 10pm) Series Premiere – This series starts with a heavy weight fighter now in retirement, something tells me it won’t be that simple to leave boxing behind.
  • Teen Mom (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – After 16 and pregnant comes this.
  • Tosh.0/Onion Sportsdome (Com/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Tosh introduces more clips as well as a new wardrobe and then more sports funny.

Wednesday

  • Off the Map (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Grey’s Anatomy for the third world?

Thursday

  • Police Women of Cincinnati (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – This season they follow them to another city.
  • Beyond Scared Straight (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – Troubled teens visit folks in prison, scary?

Friday

  • Critic’s Choice Movie Awards (VH1, 9pm) – Black Swan reads the nominations, will it take home the most awards?
  • Flying Wild Alaska (Disc, 9pm) Series Premiere – A new reality series following a family business flying supplies in Alaska.
  • L&O: UK (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – Law & Order with accents.
  • The Ricy Gervais Show (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – More of this…
  • Confessions: Animal Hoarding (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – Beyond the normal pet lover.
  • Conviction Kitchen (PlGr, 10pm) Season Premiere – Not just wanna be chefs, convict wannabe chefs.
  • Real Time with Bill Maher/Funny or Die Presents (HBO, 10/11:59pm) Season Premieres – Serious funny and then funny. 

Saturday

  • Miss America Pageant (ABC, 8pm) – Brooke Burke and Chris Harrison host.

Sunday

  • Golden Globe Awards (NBC, 5pm) – Hollywood Foreign Press salutes television and film.
  • Big Love (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – The family begins its final season.
  • Wild Animal Repo/Hogs Gone Wild (Disc, 9/10pm) Series Premiere – Getting exotic animals back and then tracking down hogs.
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critic’s picks – top tv of 2010

Well it’s that time again, the time to reflect on the best of the year that’s passed. A tv season doesn’t quite follow the annual flow but I’ll go with it and note what critics are touting as the best of the year.

Abbreviations follow the alphabetical listing and links to posted lists are at the end.

Stay tuned to see what made my personal top ten list.

  • 30 Rock (NBC) – EN, AFI, TG, KT, GG, Sat
  • 30 for 30 (ESPN) – AS, DF
  • Archer (Fx) – TGBetter Off Ted (ABC) – MR
  • The Big Bang Theory (CBS) – E, GG
  • The Big C (Show) – AFI, GG, Sat
  • Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – SK, MR, EN, JP, AFI, JL, TG, AS, TVG, GG, Sat, DF
  • Breaking Bad (AMC) – SK, MR, JP, AFI, TG, AS, TVG, KT, Sat, DF
  • The Choir (BBCA) – TVG
  • Chuck (NBC) – E
  • Community (NBC) – EN, E, JL, AS, KT, DF
  • Cougar Town (ABC) – MR
  • Damages (Fx) – SK
  • Dexter (Show) – SK, E, GG, Sat
  • The Event (NBC) – SK
  • Friday Night Lights (DirTV) – SK, E, JL, KT, Sat, DF
  • Fringe (Fox) – MR, E, JL, KT
  • Glee (Fox) – E, AFI, TVG, GG, Sat
  • The Good Wife (CBS) – MR, EN, JP, JL, TVG, KT, GG, Sat
  • Great Migrations (NatGeo) – TG
  • Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) – E
  • How I Met Your Mother (CBS) – E
  • The InBetweeners (BBCA) – TG
  • In Treatment (HBO) – EN
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Fx) – TG
  • Justified (Fx) – JL, TVG, KT
  • Life (Disc) – TG
  • The Life and Times of Tim (HBO) – TG
  • Lost (ABC) – MR, E, TG, TVG
  • Louie (Fx) – EN, JP, E, TG, AS
  • Mad Men (AMC) – MR, EN, JP, E, AFI, JL, TG, AS, TVG, KT, GG, Sat, DF
  • Men of a Certain Age (TNT) – TG, KT
  • Modern Family (ABC) – MR, E, AFI, JL, TG, TVG, KT, GG, Sat
  • Morning Joe (MSNBC) – SK
  • Nurse Jackie (Show) – GG, Sat
  • The Pacific (HBO) – JP, AFI, TG , AS, TVG, DF
  • Parks & Recreation (NBC) – MR, JP, E, JL, TG, AS, KT, DF
  • Party Down (Starz) – MR, JP, E
  • Raising Hope (Fox) – E, Sat
  • Rubicon (AMC) – MR, JP
  • Sherlock (PBS) – TVG
  • Sons of Anarchy (Fx) – SK, E, TG
  • Spartacus (Starz) – MR
  • SpongeBob SquarePants (Nick) – SK
  • Terriers (Fx) – MR, EN, JP, JL, TG, AS, TVG, DF
  • Treme (HBO) – EN, TG, AS
  • True Blood (HBO) – E
  • The Tudors (Show) – Sat
  • United States of Tara (Show) – EN, Sat
  • Vampire Diaries (CW) – E, DF
  • The Walking Dead (AMC) – SK, E, AFI, TG, TVG, GG
  • Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (Brav) – KT

AFI – American Film Institute, DF – Daniel Feinberg for Hitfix,  SK – Entertainment Weekly, MR – Maureen Ryan for TV Squad, EN – Emily Nussbaum for NYMag, JP – James Poniewozik for Time, E – Dramas and Comedies, GG – Golden Globe Nominations, JL – Jace Lacob for the Daily Beast, KT – Ken Tucker for EW, TG – Tim Goodman for Hollywood Reporter, Sat – Satellite Awards, AS – Alan Sepinwall for Hitfix, TVG – Matt Roush for TVGuide

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new and noteworthy tv: 1/3-1/9

New year brings some new shows…

Monday

  • Antiques Roadshow (PBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Good antiques, bad antiques.
  • The Bachelor (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – For those of you who follow this, make your own judgments on the return of previously failed (or successful) bachelor Brad Womack.
  • Pretty Little Liars/Greek (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Happy to have these better of the fluffy shows return for more teen intrigue and the final season of the will they last college season.
  • Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Vegan to sausage.
  • Disappeared (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Looks at folks who disappeared.
  • In The Bedroom with Dr Laura Berman (Own, 10pm) Series Premiere – She talks about sex.
  • The Opener (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Renowned chef helps folks open restaurants.

Tuesday

  • The Biggest Loser (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Another run with couples.
  • Live to Dance (CBS, 8pm) Series Premiere – I can’t remember why Paula Abdul said she was leaving Idol but here’s where she ended up.
  • V (ABC, 9pm) Season Premiere – I never quite got on board.
  • Dangerous Encounters (NatGeo, 8/9pm) Series Premiere – Pumas, gators, other dangerous things to encounter.
  • Chopped (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Chefs use goats brains…
  • Southland (TNT, 10pm) Season Premiere – Its move to TNT was an appreciated salvation, and now they’re getting to actual new episodes.
  • Permanent Mark (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Apparently this is the name of the tattoo artist we follow in this series.

Wednesday

  • Ghost Hunters (Syfy, 6pm) Season Premiere – Drumming ghosts.
  • I Shouldn’t Be Alive (AnPl, 7pm) Season Premiere – Capsized boat, no supplies…
  • Mystery Diagnosis/Miracle Detectives (Own, 8/10pm) Season Premiere – More intrigue potentially solved.
  • People’s Choice Awards (CBS, 9pm) – I just never quite agree with the people.
  • Are We There Yet? (TBS, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Season two begins.

Thursday

  • Wipeout (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – More falling.
  • Ace of Cakes (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – A tennis cake for the US Open!
  • Jersey Shore (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – The return to Jersey with the addition of another cast member.
  • Nightmare Next Door (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at murder cases in small town America.

Friday

  • Oprah Behind the Scenes/Your Own Show (Own, 8/9pm) Series Premieres – Oprah shows a look behind her show and then a look at who might be the next host extraordinaire.
  • Say Yes to the Dress/Four Weddings (TLC, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Weddings and what you wear to them.
  • Merlin (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Camelot returns.
  • Twisted (ID, 10pm) Season Premiere – Starting with a look at Ted Bundy.

Saturday

  • It’s Me or the Dog (AnPl, 5pm) Season Premiere – If the dogs were better behaved this answer would be more simple.

Sunday

  • Food Network Challenge (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Big bug cakes start the challenge.
  • Bob’s Burgers (Fox, 8:30pm) Series Premiere – The latest animation addition.
  • Alaska State Troopers (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – This week sees troopers keeping party goers at the Arctic Man Fest in line.
  • Californication/Episodes/Shameless (Show, 9/9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Without getting Showtime I’ve never quite caught on to Duchovney’s show but Matt LeBlanc’s Episodes is supposed to be a good one so may as well stay tuned in for Shameless.
  • The Cape (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – A disgraced cop starts fighting crime in costume, and the help of Summer Glau (Firefly) makes me a little interested in checking this out.
  • Kimora (Style, 9pm) Season Premiere – Life in the fab lane shows her 8 year old’s birthday party.
  • Masterpiece (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – The four-part Downtown Abby kicks off.
  • The Wild Within (Trav, 9pm) Series Premiere – Outdoorsy dude hunts and gathers like folks used to do.
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