new and noteworthy tv: 8/10-8/16

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Summer must be in full swing, good thing I’ve always got a backlog to work on.

  • Monday – She’s Got Game, Series Premiere (VH1, 9pm), Style Unzipped, Series Premiere (FYI, 10pm)
  • Tuesday – Bad Girls Club/Boss Nails, Season Premieres (Oxy, 8/9pm), Next Step Realty/Startup U, Series Premieres (ABCF, 9/10pm), The Agent, Series Premiere (Esq, 10pm), Hard Knocks, Season Premiere (HBO, 10pm)
  • Wednesday – Kevin From Work, Series Premiere (ABCF, 8pm), Manhunt, Series Premiere (AHC, 10pm)
  • Friday – Edge of Alaska, Season Premiere (Disc, 9pm)
  • Saturday – Murder Made Me Famous, Series Premiere (Reelz, 9pm)
  • Sunday – Teen Choice Awards (Fox, 8pm), Ed Sheeran – Live (NBC, 8pm), Show Me A Hero, Miniseries Premiere (HBO, 8pm), Don’t Be Tardy/Manzo’d with Children, Season Premieres (Brav, 10/10:30pm)

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: 8/3-8/9

weathermanBetter late than never?

  • Monday – Vegas Rat Rods, Season Premiere (Disc, 9pm), Significant Mother, Series Premiere (CW, 9:30pm), Great American Food Finds, Series Premiere (Food, 10:30pm)
  • Tuesday – CMA Music Festival (ABC, 8pm), It Takes a Sister, Series Premiere (Oxy, 9pm), Playing House, Season Premiere (USA, 10pm)
  • Wednesday – ANTM, Season Premiere (CW, 8pm), Job or No Job, Series Premiere (ABCF, 9pm), Mr Robinson, Series Premiere (NBC, 9pm), A Wicked Offer, Series Premiere (CW, 9pm)
  • Thursday – Project Runway, Season Premiere (Life, 9pm), Behind Bars, Series Premiere (A&E, 10pm), Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Season Premiere (CMT, 11pm)
  • Friday – Club De Cuervos/Project Mc2, Series Premieres (Net, 3am), Human Resources, Season Premiere (Piv, 10pm), The Comment Section, Series Premiere (E!, 10:30pm)
  • Saturday – America’s Next Weatherman, Series Premiere (TBS, 11pm)

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: 7/27-8/2

whasHow they ever got this cast back together again… but definitely worth tuning in.

  • Tuesday – Face Off, Season Premiere (Syfy, 9pm)
  • Wednesday – Little Women: LA, Season Premiere (Life, 9pm), America’s Best Dance Crew, Season Premiere (MTV, 11pm), Candidly Nicole, Season Premiere (VH1, 11pm)
  • Thursday – Review, Season Premiere (Com, 10pm)
  • Friday – Wet Hot American Summer, Series Premiere (Net, 3am), Atlanta Plastic, Series Premiere (Life, 10pm), Strike Back, Season Premiere (Cin, 10pm)
  • Sunday – Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter, Series Premiere (Sun, 11am), Bachelor in Paradise, Season Premiere (ABC, 8pm), Ice Road Truckers, Season Premiere (Hist, 9pm)

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 noteworth tv: 7/20-7/26

lcsNot much happening, but I do enjoy the comics in the summertime…

  • Tuesday – Counting Cars, Season Premiere (Hist, 9pm), Knock Knock Live, Series Premiere (Fox, 9pm), Storage Wars, Season Premiere (A&E, 9:30pm),
  • Wednesday – Life on the Reef, Series Premiere (PBS, 8pm), Dating Naked/Twinning, Season/Series Premiere (VH1, 9/10pm), Home Free, Series Premiere (Fox, 9pm), Last Comic Standing, Season Premiere (NBC, 9pm), Sharknado 3 (Syfy, 9pm)
  • Thursday
  • Friday – Ancient Aliens/Missing in Alaska, Season/Series Premieres (Hist, 9/10pm)
  • Saturday – Boston EMS, Series Premiere (ABC, 9pm), Race to Escape, Series Premiere (Sci, 10pm)
  • Sunday – I am Cait/Stewarts & Hamiltons, Series Premieres (E!, 8/9pm), Who Do You Think You Are/Answered Prayers, Season Premieres (TLC, 9/10pm)

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: 7/13-7/19

sex-1Who can resist checking out a new Denis Leary FX show? And I’ll check out the dubious Impastor, I’ve already seen and not really laughed at Gaffigan, and have little hope for Tut.

  • Monday – Running Wild with Bear Grylls, Season Premiere (NBC, 10pm), Cuban Chrome, Series Premiere (Disc, 10pm)
  • Tuesday – Flip or Flop Follow-up, Series Premiere (HGTV, 9pm), Little People, Big World/My Giant Life, Season/Series Premieres (TLC, 9/10pm), Land Rush, Series Premiere (Disc, 10pm)
  • Wednesday – ESPY Awards (ABC, 8pm), Airplane Repo, Season Premiere (Disc, 9pm), Leah Remini: It’s All Relative/I Am Jazz, Season/Series Premieres (TLC, 9/10pm), Wahlburgers/Donnie Loves Jenny/Lachey’s Bar, Season/Series Premieres (A&E, 9:30/10/10:30pm), The Jim Gaffigan Show/Impastor, Series Premiere (TVL, 10:30pm)
  • Thursday – Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll/Married, Series/Season Premieres (Fx, 10/10:30pm)
  • Friday – Bojack Horseman, Season Premiere (Net, 3am), Treasure Quest, Series Premiere (Disc, 10pm)
  • Saturday – Cedar Cove, Season Premiere (Hall, 8pm), Dog and Beth, Season Premiere (CMT, 9pm), Hell on Wheels, Season Premiere (AMC, 9pm), Mythbusters, Season Premiere (Disc, 9pm)
  • Sunday – Welcome to Sweden, Season Premiere (NBC, 8pm), Sunday Best, Season Premiere (BET, 8pm), Tut, Series Premiere (Spike, 9pm), Save My Life: Boston Trauma, Series Premiere (ABC, 10pm)

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: 7/6-7/12

datesSo no idea about the new shows but it’s summer so either an English import on network or an IFC show I don’t get. I did enjoy the first season of Rectify but need to wait awhile before this hits Netflix.

  • Monday – Penn & Teller, Season Premiere (CW, 8pm), Chasing Life, Season Premiere (ABCF, 9pm)
  • Tuesday – Counting Cars, Season Premiere (Hist, 9pm), Total Divas/Hollywood Cycle, Season/Series Premieres (E!, 9/10pm), Hollywood Game Night, Season Premiere (NBC, 10pm)
  • Wednesday – The Spoils Before Dying, Season Premiere (IFC, 9pm), Million Dollar Listing: San Francisco (Brav, 10pm), Why? with Hannibal Buress, Series Premiere (Com, 10:30pm)
  • Thursday – Dates, Series Premiere (CW, 9pm), Dominion, Season Premiere (Syfy, 10pm), Living with the Enemy, Series Premiere (Life, 10pm), Rectify, Season Premiere (Sund, 10pm), Teen Mom 2/One Bad Choice, Season/Series Premieres (MTV, 10/11pm)
  • Friday – Masters of Illusion, Season Premiere (CW, 8pm), Sex with Brody, Series Premiere (E!, 10:30pm)
  • Saturday – Wimbledon, Women’s Final (ESPN, 6am/ABC 12pm, Men’s final Sunday) , Livin’ Lozada/Flex & Shanice, Series/Season Premieres (OWN, 9/10pm)
  • Sunday – The Hunt with John Walsh/Death Row Stories, Season Premieres (CNN, 8/10pm), Basketball Wives LA, Season Premiere (VH1, 9pm), Ray Donovan/Masters of Sex, Season Premieres (Show, 9/10pm), The Strain, Season Premiere (Fx, 10pm)

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: 6/29-7/5

zooNot all that hopeful about the adaptation of Patterson’s animals come to kill us or the adaptation of someone trying to kill everyone but both will get a look.

  • Monday – Wimbledon, Day 1 (ESPN, 4am), Cake Wars, Series Premiere (Food, 8pm), Teen Wolf/Wolf Watch, Season Premiere (MTV, 10/11pm)
  • Tuesday – Zoo, Series Premiere (CBS, 9pm), Desean Jackson, Series Premiere (BET, 10pm), Scream, Series Premiere (MTV, 10pm), The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Season Premiere (Com, 12:30am)
  • Wednesday – Operation Wild, Series Premiere (PBS, 8pm), Extant, Season Premiere (CBS, 10pm), Flipping Out, Season Premiere (Brav, 10pm)
  • Thursday – Food Fighters, Season Premiere (NBC, 8pm)
  • Saturday – 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (NBC, 8pm)
  • Sunday – Shark Week: Shark After Dark, Season Premiere (Disc, 11pm)

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: 6/22-6/28

anotherperiodAnother Period could be fun with what EW calls Downton Abbey meets Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Mr. Robot is hoping to lift the Christian Slater tv curse with computer hacking, and Humans gives another look at androids wanting some rights. And so excited that InkMaster is back, there’s a special at 9 before the new season kicks off at 10.

  • Monday – The Woodsmen/Forged in Fire, Series Premiere (Hist, 9/10pm), POV, Season Premiere (PBS, 10pm)
  • Tuesday – WWE Tough Enough, Season Premiere (USA, 8pm), Counting Cars/Leepu & Pitbull, Season/Series Premieres (Hist, 9/10pm), Ink Master, Season Premieres (Spike, 9/10pm), Another Period, Series Premiere (Com, 10:30pm)
  • Wednesday – Big Brother, Season Premiere (CBS, 8pm), First Peoples, Season Premiere (PBS, 9pm), Rogue, Season Premiere (Dir, 9pm), Suits/Mr. Robot, Season/Series Premieres (USA, 9/10pm), Duck Dynasty/Country Buck$, Season Premieres (A&E, 9:30/10pm)
  • Thursday – Boom!, Series Premiere (Fox, 8pm), Beyond Scared Straight/American Takedown, Season/Series Premieres (A&E, 9/10pm), Under the Dome, Season Premiere (CBS, 9pm), Rookie Blue, Season Premiere (ABC, 10pm), Graceland, Season Premiere (USA, 10pm)
  • Sunday – Last Tango in Halifax, Season Premiere (PBS, 8pm), Humans, Series Premiere (AMC, 9pm), Nurse Jackie, Series Finale (Show, 9pm), Falling Skies, Season Premiere (TNT, 10pm)

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: 6/15-6/21

BallersClipped offers a new sitcom set in a hair cutting place, in that not quite funny kind of way. Proof is probably an ok drama but I can’t get past the life after death concept. Deutsch gives us a German import about an East/West spy. Wives Club doesn’t show great promise in its lead up to Mistresses but I’ll check it out while Complications hasn’t gotten much great buzz. And Killjoys‘ space bounty hunters gives me reason to give Syfy one more try. And of course anything new on HBO is worth a look, for those that have HBO, and new PBS for those who do that.

  • Monday – The Making of the Mob, Series Premiere (AMC, 10pm), Top 5 Restaurants, Series Premiere (Food, 10:30pm)
  • Tuesday – Rizzoli & Isles/Proof, Season/Series Premiere (TNT, 9pm), Clipped, Series Premiere (TBS, 10pm), Tyrant, Season Premiere (Fx, 10pm)
  • Wednesday – Deutschland 83, Series Premiere (Sund, 11pm)
  • Thursday – The Astronaut Wives Club/Mistresses, Series/Season Premieres (ABC, 8/9pm), Complications, Series Premiere (USA, 9pm), Mountain Men/Alone, Season/Series Premieres (Hist, 9/10pm)
  • Friday – Killjoys, Series Premiere (Syfy, 9pm)
  • Saturday- Cops, Season Premiere (Spike, 8pm)
  • Sunday – Celebrity Family Feud/Battlebots, Season/Series Premieres (ABC, 8/9pm), The Last Ship, Season Premiere (TNT, 9pm), True Detective/Ballers/The Brink, Season/Series Premieres (HBO, 9/10/10:30pm), Bar Rescue/Catch a Contractor, Season Premieres (Spike, 9/10pm), Poldark/The Crimson Field, Series Premieres (PBS, 9/10pm)

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new and noteworthy tv: 6/8-6/14

JonathanStrangeMrNorrellI’m intrigued by the making of the book about magic that I remember enjoying but after about a thousand pages can’t quite recall why, and maybe a looksee at the latest space drama where some peeps wake up with no memories. And a look at the latest prison shenanigans…

  • Monday – The Fosters/Becoming Us, Season/Series Premiere (ABCF, 8/9pm), Major Crimes/Murder in the First, Season Premieres (TNT, 9/10pm), The Real Housewives of Orange County/Odd Mom Out, Season/Series Premieres (Brav, 9pm)
  • Tuesday – Sisterhood of Hip Hop, Season Premiere (Oxy, 9pm)
  • Wednesday – Player Gets Played, Series Premiere (Oxy, 9:30pm)
  • Thursday – Beauty and the Beast, Season Premiere (CW, 8pm), The Seventies, Series Premiere (CNN, 9pm), The Josh Wolf Show, Series Premiere (CMT, 11pm)
  • Friday – Orange is the New Black, Season Premiere (Net, 3am), Defiance/Dark Matter, Season/Series Premieres (Syfy, 8/10pm), Love, Lust, or Run/Brides Gone Styled/Dare to Wear, Season/Series Premieres (TLC, 9/9:30/10pm)
  • Saturday – Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell, Series Premiere (BBCA, 10pm)
  • Sunday – Mother Funders, Series Premiere (Brav, 9pm)

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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