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new and noteworthy tv: 3/26-4/1

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So if I add Idol back into the mix I have fewer slot avails…

Monday

  • Oprah’s Lifeclass (OWN, 8pm) Season Premiere – Iyanla joins Oprah for some chats.
  • Secret Life of the American Teenager/Make it or Break it (ABCFam, 8/9pm) Season Premiere – More teen drama.
  • Brooklyn 11223 (Oxy, 11pm) Series Debut – Join some 20 somethings for a little Brooklyn reality.

Tuesday

  • Caught in the Act (Nat Geo, 8pm) Series Premiere – Animal voyeurism.
  • Best Ink (Oxy, 10pm) Series Debut – Tattoo competitions, but who are the volunteer recipients?
  • 16 and Pregnant (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Pregnant cheerleader.

Wednesday

  • Auction Hunters (Spike, 9pm) Season Premiere – Getting stuff.
  • Whitechapel (BBCA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Murder in the workshop, BBC has been making me want to check out their series.

Thursday

  • The Decrypters (NGC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Forensic scientists investigate.
  • Mary Mary (WE, 10pm) Series Premiere – Following real life gospel duo.
  • Punk’d/Pauly D Project (MTV, 10/10:30pm) Season Premiere – Can’t make me watch prank shows or Jersey Shore’s Pauly D.
  • My Mom is Obsessed (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Plastic surgery much?

Friday

  • True Justice (Reelz, 9pm) Series Premiere – Steven Seagal goes undercover in Seattle, his character of course.
  • Magic City (Starz, 11pm) Series Premiere – Drama in a Miami Beach luxury hotel in the 50s.

Saturday

  • Sony Ericsson Open (CBS, 9:30am/Sun 10am) – Men’s and women’s final, tennis.
  • Beverly’s Full House (OWN, 7pm) Series Premiere – Beverly Sims opens her house to family.
  • Escape Routes (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Another road trip challenge show.
  • Kid’s Choice Awards (Nick, 8pm) – Will Smith hosts.
  • Wild Scene Investigation (Nat Geo, 10pm) Series Premiere – Aren’t there animal culprits?
  • Southern Nights (CMT, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Cast members from “Sweet Home Alabama” (which was maybe a dating series?) live together in a house.

Sunday

  • Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS, 8pm) – Blake and Reba host.
  • Great Expectations (PBS, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – A look at Pip.
  • The Killing (AMC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Who killed Rosie Larsen, and will I regret another season?
  • Game of Thrones (HBO, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t actually know what this show is about but people like it.
  • Snapped (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – A look at some crimes.
  • I Survived… Beyond and Back (Bio, 10pm) Season Premiere – These people actually flat lined.
  • Wicked Tuna (NatGeo, 10pm) Series Debut – Tuna crews.

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: 3/19-3/25

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Perhaps some good movies will start opening to keep me entertained…

Monday

  • Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Who goes home first the old person or the awkward athlete?
  • La La’s Full Court Life/Styled by June (VH1, 9/9:30pm) Season /Series Premieres – Family drama and celebrity stylists.
  • Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Kick flip it.

Tuesday

  • Hardcore Pawn (Tru, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Trade it.
  • The Little Couple (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Adoption?

Wednesday

  • Bent (NBC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Will Amanda Peet’s type A gal fall for her crazy contractor in this latest sitcom?
  • Duck Dynasty (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at a family and their duck hunting gear business.
  • House of Consignment (VH1, 10pm) Series Premiere – How to pick new staff.
  • Real Vice (ID, 10pm) Series Premiere – Reenactments of Miami crimes.

Thursday

  • Project Runway All Stars (Life, 9pm) Season Finale – I’m about six behind and am sure I will hear or read who wins.

Friday

  • My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Beauty pageants and wedding gowns.

Saturday

  • Ball Boys (ABC, 3pm) Series Premiere – Think sports memorabilia.

Sunday

  • Long Island Medium/Leave it to Niecy (TLC, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – What happens when your medium mom meets your boyfriend and getting your kids to know your new hubbie.
  • Luck (HBO, 9pm) Series Finale – One horse too many went down.
  • Mad Men (AMC, 9pm) Season Premiere – It’s back, though I have yet to begin this series.
  • Mythbusters (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Duct tape survival gets put to the test.

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: 3/12-3/18

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I’m finally making a dent in my backlog…

Monday

  • The Bachelor (ABC, 10pm) – After the final rose.
  • Navajo Cops (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Cops Indian reserve style.

Tuesday

  • Fashion Star (NBC, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Jessica Simpson, John Varvatos, and Nicole Richie mentor the latest fashion designers, the new feature is you can buy the winning clothes.

Wednesday

  • South Park/Ugly Americans (Com, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – Animation amusement.
  • Monster Man (Syfy, 11pm) Series Premiere – Creating monsters is the family business.

Thursday

  • Community (NBC, 8pm) Season Premiere – Ok so it’s sort of a midseason return but I am happy to have it back.
  • Missing (ABC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Ashley Judd isn’t a CIA agent, she’s just a mom looking for her son! I’ve seen this preview a bunch and will tune in but have low hopes.
  • Behind the Music (VH1, 9pm) Season Premiere – But wait there are more stories to tell.
  • The First 48: Missing Persons (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – People are missing.
  • Sweet Genius (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Chocolaty treats.

Friday

  • Fairly Legal/In Plain Sight  (USA, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – A couple of feisty gals return.
  • Four Weddings (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – And a hookah lounge.

Saturday

  • Tennis (ABC, Sat/Sun, 11am, ESPN2 earlier in the week) – ATP tennis from Indian Wells, Ca.

Sunday

  • Frozen Planet/Unchained Reaction (Disc, 8/10pm) Series Premieres – Artics and creating chain reaction contraptions.

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: 3/5-3/11

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Is it time to tune into Idol again?

Monday

  • Bachelor (ABC, 8pm) – Women tell all…
  • Love Broker (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Another matchmaker reality show.

Tuesday

  • Breaking In (Fox, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – What happens when they sell the biz to Megan Mullally?
  • Decision 2012 (NBC, 8pm) – Returns and analysis of Super Tuesday.
  • American Digger (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Excavation team.

Wednesday

  • Doomsday Bunkers (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Company that builds underground bunkers.
  • Million Dollar Listing New York (Brav 10pm) Series Premiere – A few real estaters sell some property.
  • My Crazy Obsession (TLC, 10pm) Series Premiere – More obsessions, too many cabbage patch kids?
  • Happily Divorced (TVL, 10:30pm) Season Premiere – The return of Fran.

Thursday

  • American Idol (Fox, 8pm) – Another one bites the dust.

Friday

  • Ghost Adventures (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Shanghai tunnels of Portland.
  • Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Experimental?

Saturday

  • Game Change (HBO, 9pm) – Does Julianne Moore do a better Palin than Tina Fey.

Sunday

  • Cupcake Wars (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Happy anniversary Girl Scouts.
  • Bob’s Burger (Fox, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Taffy tour.
  • Coming Home (Life, 10pm) Season Premiere – Raiders reunion.
  • Restaurant Stakeout (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Hidden cameras try to uncover the root of the restaurant problems.
  • Shahs of Sunset (Brav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Persian pals.

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: 2/27-3/4

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And the midseason shows keep trickling out…

Monday

  • The Haney Project (Golf, 8pm) Season Premiere – Adam Levine is apparently adding golf to his repertoire.

Tuesday

  • My Ride Rules (Speed, 10pm) Season Premiere – Car owners compete either with or for cars.

Wednesday

  • ANTM (CW, 9pm) Season Premiere – Brits vs. Yanks, will it entertain like allstars?
  • Sons of Guns (Disc, 9pm) Season Premiere – Modify an armored car.
  • Psych (USA, 10pm) Season Premiere – Fake psychic is back on the case.

Thursday

  • When Vacations Attack (Trav, 8pm) Season Premiere – Attack a vacation or be attacked by a vacation?
  • Awake (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Falling asleep leads to two different versions of life, one where his wife survives a car crash and one where his son does, what’s real and does it matter?

Friday

  • The Cat in the Hat-A-Thon (PBS, 8am) – The Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that!

Saturday

  • Deadly Sins (ID, 9pm) Series Premiere – Particularly sinful crimes?
  • Bizarre ER (Health, 10pm) Season Premiere – Bizarre.
  • Q’Viva! The Chosen (Fox, 8pm) Series Premiere – JLo and MarcA continue with their show together at least, a look at Latin musicians.
  • Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show (BBCA, 11:30pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy Brit style.

Sunday

  • Hollywood Girls Night Out (TVG, 8pm) Series Premiere – Celebrity ladies eat and chat.
  • Army Wives (Life, 9pm) Season Premiere – Will the army base families disband?
  • Breakout Kings (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Criminals help catch criminals as only a cheesy show can show.
  • Las Vegas Jailhouse (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – What happens in vegas…
  • GCB (ABC, 10pm) Series Premiere – These good christian bitches starts with the return of one of their own to Dallas, this is talked about as Desperate Housewives-ish, worth a shot.
  • Stevie TV (VH1, 11pm) Series Premiere – Sketch comedy mash up.

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: 2/20-2/26

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Time to catch up on TiVo backlog, I’m at 25% full…

Monday

  • Basketball Wives (VH1, 8pm) Season Premiere – Blah.
  • Bethenny Ever After (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Blah, blah.

Tuesday

  • It Gets Better (Logo/MTV, 11pm) – User videos and celebrity messaging targeted to support LGBT youth.

Wednesday

  • Ghost Hunters International (Syfy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Ghosty Peru.
  • American Weed (NGC, 10pm) Series Premiere – A look at Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry.

Thursday

  • Lifeguard! (Weath, 9pm) Series Premiere – Baywatch reality style.
  • Project Runway: After the Runway (Life, 10pm) – All-stars kicks off the post show chit chat.
  • MMA Junkie Live (Spike, 11pm) Series Premiere – Well it doesn’t look like I get Spike but for those who do…

Friday

  • Car Warriors (Speed, 10pm) Season Premiere – And does anyone get this channel?

Saturday

  • Being Human (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – I am confused by both the British and US versions being on at the same time.
  • The Independent Spirit Awards (IFC, 10pm) – Seth Rogan hosts.

Sunday

  • Academy Awards (ABC, 4/5:30pm) – The red carpet gets rolled out early but the real question is who will win my Oscar pool.

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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random bits of pinterest…

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Pinterest is getting a lot of press lately, apparently it’s all the rage. I have continued to enjoy collecting some bits here and there, plus lately I am trying to spend more time reading and wanted to share some inspiration in all things book:

 Book Rotunda

 Lincoln Installation

 Book Accessories

 What’s in Your Book

 Gives Custom Shelving New Meaning

 Storage Up

 Book Selects

 The Grass is Always Greener

 Structural Storage

 Books can’t be contained

And of course feel free to browse the rest o’ the pins at: http://pinterest.com/danaatoz/pins/

 

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/13-2/19

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At lease Cougar Town is coming back…

Monday

  • Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (USA, 8pm) – Doggies.
  • American Chopper/World’s Toughest Trucker (Disc, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Choppers and trucks.
  • Undercover Boss: Abroad (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – They’ve run out of domestic companies.

Tuesday

  • The Ring Leader (Brav, 7pm) Series Premiere – Wedding planning.
  • Cougar Town (ABC, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – It’s back, watch it.
  • 19 Kids & Counting (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Big family doing stuff.
  • Top Gear/Top Shot (Hist, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Driving explosives and shooting at stuff.

Wednesday

  • Survivor: One World (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Men vs. women.
  • Oprah’s Oscar Special (OWN, 9pm) – Nominees speak.
  • The Slap (DirTV, 10pm) Series Premiere – Apparently DirectTV has original programming, a mom or something.
  • South Beach Tow (Tru, 10pm) Season Premiere – Towing in South Beach.

Thursday

  • Exporting Raymond (HBO, 8pm) – Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal goes to adapt Ray for Russia.
  • Hook, Line & Dinner (Cook, 8pm) Season Premiere – Hook it, grill it, eat it.

Friday

  • Curious and Unusual Deaths (Health, 5pm) Series Premiere – I’m not that curious.
  • NAACP Image Awards (NBC, 8pm) – Recognize.

Saturday

  • SAP Open (CSN, 1pm, Sun 3pm) – Localish tennis.

Sunday

  • The Amazing Race (CBS, 8pm) Season Premiere – Where to?
  • Jerseylicious/Big Rich Texas (Style, 8/9pm) Season Premieres – Reality peeps return.
  • The Apprentice (NBC, 9pm) Season Premiere – A new crop of ‘celebrities.’
  • The Shadow Line (DirTV, 9pm) Series Premiere – This one’s a cop show.
  • Eastbound & Down/Life’s Too Short (HBO, 10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Carolina baseball comedy and the start of a new mockumentary.
  • Khloe & Lamar/Ice Loves Coco (E!, 10/10:30pm) Season Premieres – I’m sure they’re very happy.

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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procrastinator picks – must see movies

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I’ve had another year’s worth of movies and although nothing jumps out as my favorite, favorite there was lots of good to be had. So here’s a smattering of ten good bits. And just so you know what the contenders were I’ve bolded the flicks that I caught on the critic’s list.

  • 50/50 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt is great in really anything but the subtleties, heartfelt and humorous, of his dealing with cancer hit the right note, along with his also well played entourage including buddy, Seth Rogan, and more than slightly green therapist, Ana Kendrick.
  • Beginners – It’s never too late to turn your life around, and Ewan McGregor and his newly out dad, Christopher Plummer, show that very thing in a touching and amusing tale of love and life and loss.
  • Young Adult – There’s something about watching a person hit bottom by making choice after choice that makes you cringe, but what keeps you on board, other than relishing in a seemingly terrible person’s suffering, is the interplay between Charlize and Patton Oswalt that brings this nonspirational story to the next level.
  • Drive – This year brought me on board with Ryan Gosling, he maybe had the least lines of any leading man in this flick, but his brooding dude trying to do right in a whole lot of wrong was beautifully if not brutally done.
  • Crazy, Stupid, Love – It’s surprisingly difficult to make a good romcom, and this ensemble take with a bit of the dramedy focus doesn’t hit it right at every stride, but the camaraderie between Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling, a couple of men on the prowl, each in their own way, makes it work.
  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo/The Artist – I really appreciated although maybe didn’t love both of these movies, The Girl was beautifully done though maybe too close in timing and accuracy with the book for me to really immerse myself, while Artist did quite a good job utilizing the silent and current medium for a sweet story but alas I just got bored in the middle.
  • Super 8 – Seen through the eyes of kids on the precipice of so many things, they capture the spirit of a time and a place with enough wonder that the somewhat formulaic otherworldly occurrences (think scary monster) following a small town train wreck felt like the perfect summer movie.
  • Colombiana/Hanna – I do love an action flick, and a kick-ass girl trained to be a killer, well these two flicks take slightly different stances on their girl power, but neither fails to entertain.
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new and noteworthy tv: 2/6-2/12

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Intrigued but not overly optimistic about some new offerings…

Monday

  • Smash (NBC, 10pm) Series Premiere – Behind the scenes of a musical, some of the critics that I read love this but not all do, def worth a shot.

Tuesday

  • The River (ABC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Creepy drama follows a wife and son, and tv crew, into the jungle to find missing wildlife tv host.
  • Doomsday Preppers (NGC, 9pm) Series Premiere – Profiles of peeps prepping for the end of the world.
  • The Real Housewives of Orange County (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Blah, blah, Orange County.
  • Jersey Couture (Oxy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Blah, blah, New Jersey dresses.

Wednesday

  • Person to Person (CBS, 8pm) – Charlie Rose and Lara Logan interview peeps.
  • Maneater Manhunt (NGW, 9pm) Series Premiere – Tiger at large.
  • Restaurant Impossible (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Prime Ribs & Spaghetti can apparently go awry.
  • Vegas Stripped (Trav, 10pm) Series Premiere – Behind the scenes of sin city.

Thursday

  • Swamp People/Mudcats (Hist, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premiere – Gators and fishin’.

Friday

  • NFL Characters Unite (USA, 7pm) – For those who are having football withdrawals some NFL peeps do some stuff.

Saturday

  • Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown/A Charlie Brown Valentine (ABC, 8pm) – Unrequited love at its finest.
  • Parking Wars/Billy the Exterminator (A&E, 9/10pm) Season Premieres – Parking tickets and pythons.
  • The Bronson Pinchot Project (DIY, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Actor as houseflipper.

Sunday

  • The Grammy Awards (CBS, 8pm) – LL Cool J hosts.
  • The Walking Dead/Comic Book Men/Talking Dead (AMC, 9/10/11:59pm) Season/Series Premiere – What now, then behind the scenes of comics, then a chat about what happened.
  • Worst Cooks in America (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Bad cook boot camp begins.
  • Full Metal Jousting (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – The ultimate extreme sport?
  • My Strange Addiction (TLC, 10pm) Season Premiere – And more people in need of therapy.

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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