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new and noteworthy tv: 12/16-12/22

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The no-man’s-land toward the end of the year, a few specials and getting into a lot of reruns…

Monday

  • Prep & Landing/Naighty vs Nice (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – Ho to the ho.
  • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (CW, 8pm) – And a ho.
  • Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas/Dreamworks Dragons (Fox, 9/9:30pm) – And a ho.
  • Lizard Lick Towing (Tru, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – They’re towing it again, and someone goes missing.

Tuesday

  • Hardcore Pawn (Tru, 9pm) Season Premiere – Seth returns.

Wednesday

  • Home for the Holidays (CBS, 8pm) – Celine Dion raises awareness for adoption.
  • The iHeartradio Jingle Ball (CW, 8pm) – Performances from Miley and others.
  • The 10 Most Fascinating People (ABC, 9:30pm) – Barbara Walters presents…
  • Michael Buble (NBC, 10pm) – Christmas special it up.

Thursday

  • A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC, 8pm) – Charlie Brown music is always a fave.
  • SNL (NBC, 9pm) – Christmas best?
  • Myth Hunters (Mil, 10pm) Series Premiere – Is there really a military channel?

Friday

  • I Love Lucy Christmas Special (CBS, 8pm) – For those who love Lucy.
  • Happiness is a Warm Blanket (Fox, 9pm) – Linus without his blanket is like…

Saturday

  • I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Snoopy and Spike to Christmas right.

Sunday

  • The Sound of Music (ABC, 7pm) – The 1965 version for those of you who want to continue to critique Carrie Underwood.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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hating real people

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I was home during the day and flipping off whatever I was watching on TiVo only to find myself face to face with the Bethenny talk show and I couldn’t turn away fast enough. Now some of you may not be familiar with this former(?) Real Housewives star who is apparently making it on her own. I’m as pleased to say I’m a little unclear on her path as I am displeased that I know anything about her.

Turns out I am prejudiced about reality stars. You know, the Housewives, the Kardashians, the Jersey peeps. I don’t want to watch your life and I don’t want to watch anything you do after your original show. For someone who thinks them self not only tolerant but appreciative of the mindlessness that some just plain stupid television can bring, I not only don’t like these shows but I hear myself saying that they represent everything that is wrong with America today (do I really think that, probably not, but you get the idea).

To be honest this doesn’t apply to all reality stars, people who compete at something or have a skill that we’re looking at is fine. But let’s be clear I also don’t think being on the Bachelor qualifies you to continue to take up television time after your last rose. I don’t blame these people for capitalizing on their ten minutes. I also don’t necessarily think they are all unworthy just because of that but it’s now impossible for me to look at them objectively. And I will try not to think less of you for watching them, I will try.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/9-12/15

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 The Sing-Off

Monday

  • Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town/The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC, 8/9pm) Series Premiere – Ho ho ho and then why not make decorating for xmas competitive.
  • Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special/Merry Madagascar/One Direction (CW, 8/8:30/9pm) – Holiday merriment and then some tunes from the boys.
  • The Sing-Off (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – As I recall Ben Folds is a great judge on the a capella singing competition.

Tuesday

  • American Country Music Awards (Fox, 8pm) – Trace Adkins and Danica Patrick host.
  • The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS, 10pm) – Taylor Swift performs and ladies wear lingerie.

Wednesday

  • Kelly Clarkson’s Cautionary Christmas Music Tale (NBC, 10pm) – Who knows, but if you like Kelly this should be up your alley.
  • Rodeo Girls (A&E, 11pm) Series Premiere – Five female barrel racers.

Thursday

  • A bunch of ‘fall finales’ which is the new language for you won’t be seeing new tv for a while and that’s the way it’s supposed to be.

Friday

  • Lilyhammer (Net, 12:01am) Season Premiere – All of season 2 will be available of this mob fixer in witness protection show, is anyone watching this?

Saturday

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Frosty/Frosty Returns (CBS, 8/9/9:30pm) – More merriment.
  • 24/7 (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Red Wings/Maple Leafs.

Sunday

  • Cutthroat Kitchen (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Cooking isn’t enough to win this one.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 12/2-12/8

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Monday

  • Bakery Boss/Best Funeral Ever (TLC, 6/7pm) Series Premieres – Hungarian improvements and making that special day.
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas/CMA Country Christmas (ABC, 8/9pm) – Holiday fun and then Jennifer Nettles, who I assume is a country person, hosts.
  • Street Outlaws (Disc, 10pm) Season Premiere – Brawling.
  • Rick and Morty (AdSw, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Wacky mad scientist adventures.

Tuesday

  • Shipping Wars (A&E, 7pm) Season Premiere – Trouble with a shipment.

Wednesday

  • Christmas in Rockefeller Center/SNL Christmas (NBC, 8/9pm) – Lights and laughs.
  • Buying and Selling (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Home improvements to sell.
  • Mob City (TNT, 9pm) Series Premiere – Time for another film noir-esque mob series?
  • Killer Contact (Syfy, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at hauntings from crimes.
  • Kirstie (TVL, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another stab at revisiting sitcom greats, unfortunately Kirstie, Rhea and Michael Richards step into clunky lines and situations.

Thursday

  • The Sound of Music Live (NBC, 8pm) – Carrie Underwood steps in.
  • Gypsy Sisters (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Brawling?
  • The Millionaire Matchmaker/Courtney Loves Dallas (Brav, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Don Swayze gets a hook up and then my least favorite kind of reality show, a spinoff of another reality show, some girl from some show.
  • Rent or Buy (HGTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – That is the question.
  • Mob Wives (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – Begins with a party.
  • Party On (E!, 10pm) Series Premiere – Some chick parties in random places for you to be jealous of, or not, starting with Greece.

Friday

  • Frosty the Snowman/Yes, Virginia/Grammy Noms Concert Live (CBS, 8/8:30/10pm) – Seasonal fun and songs.

Saturday

  • Holiday parties or catching up on Sons of Anarchy?

Sunday

  • Bonnie & Clyde (Life, A&E, Hist, 9pm) – This two part series revisits a famous couple but rumor has it doesn’t offer much new.
  • Dude, You’re Screwed (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Watch a Navy SEAL in a reality show about getting out, you know of wherever the put him.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/25-12/1

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Not a lot of note going on this week as we roll into the official holiday season, time for some movies…

Monday

  • Generation Cryo (MTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at a woman whose sperm donor dad had some other offspring.

Tuesday

  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS, 8pm) – This one is jumping the gun with a pre turkey day ho ho ho.
  • Boston’s Finest/Marshall Law (TNT, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Real life crime fighters.

Wednesday

  • Sound of Music Live: Making Of/SNL Thanksgiving (NBC, 8/9pm) – Behind the scenes of something I’m not interested in and then some of the historical funnies.
  • Haunted Highway (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – More ghosts to be found.

Thursday

  • Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC/CBS, 9am) – Floats, bands…
  • Magnificent Mile Lights (ABC, 11am) – Lighting…
  • The National Dog Show (NBC, 12pm) – Woof.
  • A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving/Lady Gaga and the Muppets Spectacular (ABC, 8/9:30pm) – Charlie and the gang and then some songs and celebrations by celebrities and felted friends.

Friday

  • Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas/The Elf on the Shelf/Garth Brooks (CBS, 8/8:30/9pm) – And here they all come.
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8/8:30pm) – More holiday fare.
  • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (CW, 8pm) – And yeah more.

Saturday

  • The Flight Before Christmas/The Story of Santa Claus (CBS, 8/9pm) – And more…

Sunday

  • Christmas in Conway (ABC, 9pm) – Made for TV flick with a dude making a very special Christmas.
  • Hawaii Life (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Aloha.
  • Treme (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – Yes we can, Obama-style.

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so very savannah

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Sometimes it’s just nice to get away. Some place with a beautiful historical downtown, a little art, a little shopping, and a lot of good food. What I love about Savannah is mainly that it just feels different from any of the other cities… the squares, the houses, and of course the Spanish moss.

The days were mostly focused around meals (one can really only do two full meals a day) with a little strolling between and the intent to adapt a more Southern relaxed mode.

And as it turns out Pinterest launched a new feature yesterday Place Pins with maps. So I’ve taken it for a test drive and mapped some of the highlights of the trip. Take a spin over at my Pinterest Savannah board and check it out yourself. I found it a great way to plot all the sites by location with a mini note about each.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/18-11/24

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 A little delay on this posting, partly because there’s not much going on…

Monday

  • Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Moms Mabley (HBO, 9pm) – A look at the vaudeville vet.

Tuesday

  • The iHeartradio Album Release Party with Lady Gaga (CW, 8pm) – Gaga it up.
  • Risky Listing/White Collar Brawlers (Esq, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Night life real estate and dueling colleagues.
  • David Blaine: Real or Magic (ABC, 9:30pm) – Watch a lot of celebrities say ‘wow’ at his antics.

Wednesday

  • How I Rock It/Alternate Route (Esq, 10/10:30pm) Series Premieres – Stylin’ dudes and photographers exploits.

Thursday

  • You Oughta Know In Concert (VH1, 8pm) – Artists I haven’t heard of perform together.

Friday

  • Betas (Amazon, 12:01am) Series Premiere – Misfits trying to launch their startup.
  • Where Were You? (NBC, 9pm) – Tom Brokaw reports on the day JFK died.
  • Nikita (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – Nikita is on the run, still? again?

Saturday

  • Atlantis (BBCA, 9pm) Series Premiere – A search for his father leads a dude to the ancient fabled city.
  • Lucas Bros/Golan the Insatiable (Fox, 11pm) Series Premieres – Additions to the animation domination.

Sunday

  • American Music Awards (ABC, 8pm) – I really don’t want to hear anything about Miley Cyrus.
  • Getting On/Ja’mie: Private School Girl (HBO, 10pm) Series Premieres – Comedic hospital fare and school drama.
  • Breaking the Faith (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Leaving the religious compound.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/11-11/17

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Monday

  • None of the Above/Church Rescue (NGC, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Burning experiments and then what looks like religious Restaurant Impossible.
  • Bear Grylls: Escape from Hell (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – I guess he was tired of living in comfort.

Tuesday

  • Black Mirror/Secret State (DirTV, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – Two more British imports, an hour long satirical drama on the state of tech today and then a conspiracy thriller, no DTV for me but otherwise would take a gander.
  • Lost Survivors (Trav, 11pm) Series Premiere – Married survival experts test their mettle.

Wednesday

  • Secrets of the Dead (PBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – George Clooney narrates the premiere on JFK.
  • Burning Love (E!, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – The laugher version of the dating shows.

Thursday

  • Ground Floor (TBS, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another dip into the sitcom pool where opposites attract, banker and maintenance together at last.

Friday

  • Raising Hope (Fox, 9pm) Season Premiere – The Chance family returns.
  • Sweet Home Alabama (CMT, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will the latest sweet country girl pick a country boy or a city guy?

Saturday

  • Orange County Choppers/Swamp Pawn (CMT, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Bikes and swamp stuff sales.

Sunday

  • Almost Human (Fox, 8pm) Series Premiere – Future cop buddy show, emotionally damaged human working with the emotionally questionable robot is worth a look.
  • The Drama Queen (E!, 11pm) Series Premiere – Take a look at a talent manager in action.

The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation other than those underlined. Times noted are typically PST.

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new and noteworthy tv: 11/4-11/10

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Monday

  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills/Vanderpump Rules (Brav, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – I don’t know who the Vanderpumps are but they’re combining their shows tonight.
  • Mike & Molly (CBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Molly has a meltdown.
  • Bizarre Foods America (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – The Garden State’s treats.
  • Love It or List It (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Growing family needs a bigger house.

Tuesday

  • Moonshiners (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Life changing events.
  • Shahs of Sunset (Brav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Stuff happens to them or by them or whatever.

Wednesday

  • CMA Awards (ABC, 8pm) – Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood host, again.
  • Beverly Hills Pawn (Reelz, 9pm) Season Premiere – Stuff.
  • Extreme Yachts (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Because if you’re going to have a yacht it should be extreme.
  • Guy Court (MTV2, 11pm) Series Premiere – Comedic courtroom rulings of dude behavior.

Thursday

  • Urban Suburban/Reno vs. Relocate (Health, 9/10pm) Series Premieres – In the city or in the suburbs and then to move or to move to Reno, ok that’s how I read that but it’s actually move or renovate.

Friday

  • The Lylas (WE, 9pm) Series Premiere – Bruno Mars’ sisters are musicians too.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Adrianna Costa a ‘television personality’ looks for a reception dress.

Saturday

  • Miss Universe (NBC, 8pm) – Mel B and Thomas Roberts host from Moscow.
  • Jobs that Bite! (NGW, 9pm) Series Premiere – Challenging animal jobs like giving a lion a physical

Sunday

  • 24/7 (HBO, 12:15am) Season Premiere – Pacquiao/Rios.
  • Ax Men/American Jungle (Hist, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Cutting it down and living off the land in Hawaii.
  • Thicker than Water (Brav, 9pm) Series Premiere – A look at the family of former basketball player/gospel-jazz musician Ben Tankard.
  • Finding Bigfoot (AnPl, 10pm) Season Premiere – Not only do they have seasons of this but there is also so much to talk about that they have an Untold Stories following it.

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my schedule

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I’m just still waiting to check out Almost Human but until then here’s where things are looking for me.

Monday

  • 8pm – How I Met Your Mother (CBS) / Bones (Fox) / Hart of Dixie (CW)
  • 9pm – Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
  • 10pm – The Blacklist (NBC) / Castle (ABC)

I’m kind of over Mother, Bones, and Castle, with Mother wrapping I am sticking it out, but Castle is very close to being deleted from the season pass; fortunately I’ve added a couple new shows the ridiculous and enjoyable Ichabod series and the untrustworthy Spader sort of helping the FBI, and yeah I still like the repetitive but cute Dixie.

Tuesday

  • 8pm – SHIELD (ABC) / Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
  • 9pm –  New Girl/The Mindy Project (Fox) / Trophy Wife (ABC)

Joss Whedon’s latest hasn’t quite found its groove but we’ll give it some more legs, and I am still and newly amused enough by some of these comedies, good ones are still few and far between but much needed in the lineup.

Wednesday

  • 8pm – The Middle (ABC)
  • 9pm – Modern Family (ABC)
  • 10pm – Nashville (ABC)

More funny though I am pretty over Family, and I honestly need to cut the cord on Nashville, I have to admit I haven’t even finished last season but just keep recording them, I remember thinking it was entertaining.

Thursday

  • 8pm – The Big Bang Theory (CBS) / Parks & Rec (NBC)
  • 9pm – The Crazy Ones (CBS) / The Michael J. Fox Show (NBC) / Reign (CW)
  • 10pm – Elementary (CBS) / Parenthood (NBC)

The 8 and 10 slots remain solid but none of my 9pm options have gotten a season pass though there is something I like about each of them, one more week…

Friday

  • 9pm – Grimm (NBC) / ANTM (CW)

Yeah don’t judge about the models, there’s a little less Tyra and adding dudes actually freshened it up.

Saturday

  • Day of rest or frolic

Sunday

  • 9pm – The Good Wife (CBS)
  • 10pm – The Mentalist (CBS)

Wife is still firing on all cylinders and although I’m over Red John I still enjoy the fake psychic out for vengeance.

And still working in my less time slot specific cable entries of It’s Always Sunny (FX), The League (FX), Project Runway (Life), Sons of Anarchy (FX), The Walking Dead (AMC).

What’s in your queue?

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