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new and noteworthy tv: 1/11-1/17

January 9, 2016 No Comments

The biggest news of the week is maybe that ABCFamily is now called Freeform… And while anything new on Showtime is worth a look I’ll check out the new comedic but confusingly promo’d Tribeca.

Monday – Cake Wars, Season Premiere (Food, 9pm)
Tuesday – State of the Union (NBC/PBS, 6pm), MadTV 20th Anniversary Reunion (CW, 8pm), Shadowhunters, Series Premiere (Free, 9pm)
Wednesday – Dual Survival, Season Premiere (Disc, 9pm), Duck Dynasty, Season Premiere (A&E, 9pm), Face Off, Season Premiere (Syfy, 9pm), Second Chance, Series Premiere (Fox 9pm), Younger/Teachers, Season/Series Premieres (TVL, 10/11pm)
Thursday – The World of Dog Awards (CW, 8pm), Alaska Proof, Series Premiere (AnPl, 9pm), Colony, Series Premiere (USA, 10pm), Workaholics/Idiotsitter, Series/Season Premieres (Com, 10/10:30pm), Greatest Party Story Ever, Series Premiere (MTV, 10:30pm)
Friday – Degrassi: The Next Class, Season Premiere (Net, 3am), Just Add Magic, Series Premiere (Am, 3am), Hell’s Kitchen, Season Premiere (Fox, 9pm), The People’s Couch, Season Premiere (Brav, 10pm), Real Time with Bill Maher, Season Premiere (HBO, 10pm)
Sunday – Australian Open, First Rounds Start (ESPN2, 4pm), Critics’ Choice Awards (A&E/Life, 5pm), Democratic Debate (NBC, 6pm), Angie Tribeca, Series Premiere (TBS, 9pm), The Real Housewives of Potomac, Series Premiere (Brav, 9pm), Billions, Series Premiere (Show, 10pm), Mercy Street, Series Premiere (PBS, 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.

new and noteworthy tv: 9/7-9/13

September 5, 2015 No Comments

So post Labor Day is officially Fall in my book if not in everyone’s. And to reward me is the return of one of my fave new comedies from last year You’re the Worst which pairs well with off color in a slightly different way The League. As an added bonus the resurrection of Longmire, to see if everyone is still alive. And if you like some zombie action but prefer it a little lighter than Walking Dead you really should check out Z Nation.

Monday – Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, Season Premiere (VH1, 8pm), CBS Fall Preview (CBS, 8:30pm), The Civil War, Series Premiere (PBS, 9pm), Rusted Development, Season Premieres (Disc, 10pm), Ladies of London, Season Premiere (Bravo, 10pm)
Tuesday – The Awesomes, Season Premiere (Hulu), A Season with Notre Dame Football, Series Premiere (Show, 10pm)
Wednesday – My Big Fat Fabulous Life/Suddenly Royal, Season Premiere (TLC, 9/10pm), The League/You’re the Worst, Season Premieres (Fxx, 10/10:30pm)
Thursday – Longmire, Season Premiere (Netflix), How It’s Made, Season Premiere (Sci, 9pm)
Friday – Think It Up (Various, 8pm), Bering Seas Gold, Season Premiere, Season Premiere (Disc, 9pm), Tyler Perry’s for Better or Worse, Season Premiere (OWN, 9pm), 20/20, Season Premiere (ABC, 10pm), Z Nation/Continuum, Season Premiere (Syfy, 10/11pm)
Saturday – US Open, Women’s Finals Sat, Men’s Finals Sun (ESPN, 12/1pm)
Sunday – Miss America (ABC, 9pm), House of DVF, Season Premiere (E!, 9pm), Sister Wives, Season Premiere (TLC, 9pm), Project Greenlight/Doll & Em, Season Premieres (HBO, 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.

new and noteworthy tv: 8/31-9/6

August 30, 2015 No Comments

Not a lot of new shows which gives time to focus on some US Open tennis, go Roger.

Monday – US Open Tennis (ESPN/ESPN2, various), Big Blue Live, Series Premiere (PBS, 8pm), Awkward/Faking It/Todrick/Girl Code Live, Season/Series Premieres (MTV, 9/9:30/10/10:30pm),
Tuesday – Hotel Impossible, Season Premiere (Trav, 9pm), Drunk History, Season Premiere (Com, 10:30pm)
Wednesday – Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles (Brav, 9pm),
Friday – Hand of God, Series Premiere (Am, 12:01am)
Sunday – The Great British Baking Show/Arthur & George, Season/Miniseries Premieres (PBS, 7/8pm)

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 7/6-7/12

July 1, 2015 No Comments

So 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.

new and noteworthy tv: 6/29-7/5

June 27, 2015 No Comments

Not 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.

new and noteworthy tv: 6/1-6/7

May 31, 2015 No Comments

Of the new scripted series I don’t necessarily have high hopes for manipulating a reality show (Unreal), children hearing nefarious messages (Whispers), some chick going into a person’s subconscious (Stitchers), or yet another tale of random people tied together by something (sense8)… but I will of course take a look for a new TiVo filler. But am thrilled for the return of the best psychopath out there, what is Hannibal up to now?

Monday – So You Think You Can Dance, Season Premiere (Fox, 8pm), Devious Maids/Unreal, Season/Series Premieres (Life, 9/10pm), T.I. and Tiny, Season Premiere (VH1, 9:30pm), The Whispers, Series Premiere (ABC, 10pm)
Tuesday – Pretty Little Liars/Stitchers, Season/Series Premieres (ABCF, 8/9pm), Chrisley Knows Best/Royal Pains, Season Premieres (USA, 9/10pm), Secrets and Wives, Series Premiere (Brav, 10pm)
Wednesday – Girl Code, Season Premiere (MTV, 10pm), Hot in Cleveland, Series Finale (TVL, 10pm)
Thursday – NBA Finals (ABC, 6pm), Hannibal, Season Premiere (NBC, 10pm)
Friday – Austin X Games (ESPN/ABC, various), sense8, Series Premiere (Net, 3:01am), Catching Monsters, Series Premiere (Disc, 10pm), Preach, Series Premiere (Life, 10pm)
Saturday – French Open, Women’s and Men’s Final (Sat/Sun, NBC, 6am), Life Story, Series Premiere (Disc, 9pm), Power, Season Premiere (Starz, 9pm), Branson Taxi, Series Premiere (Reelz, 9:30pm)
Sunday – Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm), Food Network Star, Season Premiere (Food, 9pm), Married to Medicine, Season 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.

new and noteworthy tv: 5/25-5/31

May 24, 2015 No Comments

New series Aquarius with David Duchovney vs Mason hasn’t gotten good buzz but I’ll watch one at least and Golan the latest to the oddball animated items which I might not. Plus a couple of movie options with EW’s must watch of the week in Nightingale with Selma’s Oyelowo and then Nicole Kidman as Grace. And of course more reality.

Monday – American Ninja Warrior/The Island, Season/Series Premieres (NBC, 8/10pm), Grace of Monaco (Life, 9pm)
Tuesday – Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Season Premiere (Fox, 8pm), Extreme Wight Loss, Season Premiere (ABC, 9pm), I Can Do That, Series Premiere (NBC, 10pm)
Wednesday – The Briefcase, Series Premiere (CBS, 8pm), iHeartRadio Country Festival (NBC, 9pm), Bullseye, Series Premiere (Fox, 9pm)
Thursday – Aquarius, Series Premiere (NBC, 9pm), Hoarders: Family Secrets/Smile, Series Premieres (Life, 9/10pm), 3am, Series Premiere (Show, 11:59pm)
Friday – Nightingale (HBO, 9pm), Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars, Season Premiere (WE, 9pm), What Would You Do?, Season Premiere (ABC, 9pm)
Saturday – French Open (Continued coverage on NBC for the weekend and ESPN2), The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Mini-series Premiere (Life, 8pm)
Sunday – Finding Bigfoot, Season Premiere (AnPl, 9pm), Return to Amish/Gypsy Sisters, Season Premieres (TLC, 9/10pm), Golan the Insatiable, Season Premiere (Fox, 9:30pm), Halt and Catch Fire, Season Premiere (AMC, 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.

new and noteworthy tv: 5/18-5/24

May 17, 2015 No Comments

A few things still kicking off but most prominently it’s time to say goodbye to Dave.

Monday – The Bachelorette, Season Premiere (ABC, 9pm), Street Outlaws, Season Premiere (Disc, 9pm)
Wednesday – 500 Questions/Celebrity Wife Swap, Series/Season Premieres (ABC, 8/10pm), Masterchef, Season Premiere (Fox, 8pm), Air Pressure, Series Premiere (Disc, 10pm), Late Show with David Letterman, Series Finale (CBS, 11:35)
Thursday – Red Nose Day (NBC, 8pm), Cutting It: In the ATL, Series Premiere (WE, 10pm), Between, Series Premiere (Net, 11:30pm)
Sunday – French Open Tennis (Starts Sun at 2am on ESPN2 and 10am on NBC, continuing), The Rich Kids of Beverly Hills, Season Premiere (E!, 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.

new and noteworthy tv: 1/26-2/1

January 24, 2015 No Comments

Tennis to keep us occupied, until the Super Bowl for those who do that. And of course excited for the intriguing Americans, sad for the end of Parenthood (though it’s time), and will continue to dabble in Rescue Me lite with Sirens.

Monday – Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials (CBS, 8pm), Black Ink Crew, Season Premiere (VH1, 9pm), Ellen’s Design Challenge, Series Premiere (HGTV, 9pm), Fat n’ Furious, Season Premiere (Disc, 10pm)
Tuesday – Sirens, Season Premiere (USA, 10pm)
Wednesday – The Americans, Season Premiere (FX, 10pm), Mississippi Men, Series Premiere (Hist, 10pm), Secrets of the Dead, Season Premiere (PBS, 10pm)
Thursday – Parenthood, Series Finale (NBC, 10pm)
Saturday – SNL Presents a Sports Spectacular/NFL Honors (NBC, 8/9pm)
Sunday – Australian Open (ESPN, Women’s Final Sat 12am/Men’s Final Sun 12am), Super Bowl (NBC, 3pm), Kitten Bowl (Hall, 12pm), Puppy Bowl (AnPl, 12pm)

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.

new and noteworthy tv: 11/19-11/25

January 19, 2015 No Comments

A little tennis, the start of the final run of Raylan, and worth checking into the new he’s a jerk but a smart jerk formula, this time with Rainn Wilson, and of course some new reality.

Monday – Australian Open (ESPN2, Various)
Tuesday – State of the Union (Various, 6pm), Friday Night Tykes/The Short Game, Season/Series Premieres (Esq, 6/7pm), Justified, Season Premiere (Fx, 10pm)
Wednesday – Dual Survival, Season Premiere (Disc, 9pm), All-American Makers, Series Premiere (Sci, 10pm), Best New Restaurant, Series Premiere (Brav, 10pm)
Thursday – Backstrom, Series Premiere (Fox, 9pm), Morgan Spurlock, Season Premiere (CNN, 9pm), Nightwatch, Series Premiere (A&E, 10pm), Million Dollar Critic, Series Premiere (BBCA, 10pm)
Friday – Bring It!/Preachers’ Daughters, Season Premieres (Life, 9/10pm), King of the Nerds, Season Premiere (TBS, 9pm), Love, Lust, or Run, Series Premiere (TLC, 10pm)
Saturday – Black Sails, Season Premiere (Starz, 9pm)
Sunday – Miss Universe (NBC, 8pm), Sons of Liberty, Mini-series 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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