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new and noteworthy tv: 5/19-5/25

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A never do quite get a variety show but I still like the idea of The Maya Rudolph Show, and though I can’t recommend it, in addition to trying out Gang Related which I’m sure isn’t great I have in the past tuned into Motive which also isn’t great. What I am sort of looking forward to is the return of Last Comic which brings a random assortment of amusement and of course some more tennis.

  • Monday – The Bachelorette, Season Premiere (ABC, 9:30pm), The Maya Rudolph Show (NBC, 10pm)
  • Tuesday – Judge Judy Primetime/All-Star Salute to the Troops (CBS, 8/9pm), I Wanna Marry “Harry”, Series Premiere (Fox, 9pm)
  • Wednesday – Roadtrip with G. Garvin, Season Premiere (Cook, 9pm), Motive, Season Premiere (ABC, 10pm)
  • Thursday – Labyrinth, Mini-Series Premiere (CW, 8pm), Last Comic Standing, Season Premiere (NBC, 9pm), Gang Related, Series Premiere (Fox, 9pm), LA Hair, Season Premiere (WE, 9pm), Big Rig Bounty Hunters, Season Premiere (Hist, 10pm)
  • Friday – Chrome Underground, Series Premiere (Disc, 10pm)
  • Saturday – French Open (ESPN2, 2am Sunday)
  • Sunday – ASP Surfing (ABC, 12:30pm), The Normal Heart (HBO, 9pm)

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new and noteworthy tv: 4/7-4/13

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Still needing a little catch up time…

Monday

  • Capital One Championship Central/NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship (CBS, 6:30/6pm) – I think the bracket conversations will be over soon.
  • Being Human (Syfy, 9pm) Series Finale – What will happen to our vampire, werewolf, and ghost.
  • Kitchen Casino/Mystery Diners (Food, 9/10pm) Series/Season Premieres – Chance with cooking followed by more diners.

Tuesday

  • Flip or Flop (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Long distance bidding.

Wednesday

  • Women of Homicide (TLC, 9pm) Series Premiere – A look at real lady homicide investigators.
  • Big Bold Builds (Bio, 10pm) Series Premiere – Starting with a fire station.

Thursday

  • FNA USA (CMT, 10pm) Series Premiere – Viral video countdown.
  • The Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – Is it embarrassing to say I remember the first Real World?

Friday

  • Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – Chef Ramsay returns.
  • Boss Hog (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – A son joins the hog business.

Saturday

  • Love in the City (OWN, 10pm) Series Premiere – Oprah’s look at four friends married and single and apparently fierce.
  • The Graham Norton Show (BBCA, 11pm) Season Premiere – Russell Crowe and Cameron Dias among others.

Sunday

  • America’s Best Cook (Food, 9pm) Series Premiere – Sixteen home cooks arrive to compete.
  • MTV Movie Awards (MTV, 9pm) – Conan hosts.
  • Nurse Jackie/Californication/Years of Living Dangerously (Show, 9/9:30/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – The return of these series is followed by a combo of celebrities and science as they look at climate change.
  • The Bletchley Circle (PBS, 10pm) Season Premiere – Getting the circle back together.
  • Mad Men (AMC, 10pm) Season Premiere – Getting ready to say goodbye.

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/17-2/23

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Monday

  • Star-Crossed (CW, 8pm) Series Premiere – The latest pretty teen offering from this net, the kids are a mix of human and pretty tattooed aliens, I’m not optimistic but I will watch one.
  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Figure skating, ice dancing, snowboarding, freestyle skiing
  • Basketball Wives (VH1, 8pm) Season Premiere – Catty drama?
  • Love It or List It (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – More space?
  • Worst Cooks in America (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – I think this team competition is looking to make cooks better.
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 12am) Series Premiere – I don’t really follow the late night shows but check out what Fallon does in his new slot, should you care about that sort of thing.

Tuesday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, bobsled, short track.
  • Tosh.0 (Com, 10pm) Season Premiere – ‘Sports or Consequences’ is back, whatever that is.

Wednesday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Figure skating, alpine skiing, bobsled, snowboarding.

Thursday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Figure skating, freestyle skiing.

Friday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine skiing, short track.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – I don’t know why but Seth Meyer is surprising someone.
  • Hello Ross (E!, 10pm) Season Premiere – Sure.

Saturday

  • Daytona 500 Bash at the Beach (Fox, 8pm) – Nascar and music.
  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine skiing, snowboarding, speed skating.
  • Ripper Street (BBCA, 9pm) Season Premiere – I tried to watch this show but can’t recall why I didn’t dig it.
  • About a Boy (NBC, 11:07) Series Premiere – Capitalizing on the supposed Olympics carryover this latest based on the Hornby book, a history of good adaptations and a cast with promise including Minnie Driver makes me want to tune in.

Sunday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Closing ceremony.
  • Food Court Wars (Food, 8pm) Season Premiere – Hot dogs vs beignets.
  • Growing Up Fisher (NBC, 10:38pm) Series Premiere – Another comedic offering with some promise, a family show with a blind dad twist.

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/10-2/16

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A little more Olympics and then heading into a long weekend for a little tv catch up…

Monday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine and Freestyle Skiing and Short Track.
  • Top Gear (BBCA, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Hot hatchbacks.

Tuesday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Snowboarding, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, and Ski Jumping.
  • Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (USA, 8pm) – Woof.

Wednesday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine Skiing, Figure Skating, Snowboarding, and Speed Skating.

Thursday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Speed Skating, and Skeleton.
  • Tattoo Titans (CMT, 11pm) Series Premiere – With my new found appreciation for tattoo competition shows I’m tempted to check out this standalone ep competition (as opposed to the narrow it down through a season format).

Friday

  • House of Cards (Net, 12:01am) Season Premiere – Spacey is back and ready for a binge.
  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, and Skeleton.
  • Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm) – Is that candy for me?

Saturday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Alpine Skiing, Short Track, Seep Skating, and Ski Jumping.
  • Outrageous Acts of Science (Sci, 10pm) Season Premiere – Web videos and science lab time.

Sunday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 7pm) – Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, and Speed Skating.
  • BAFTA Awards (BBCA, 8pm) – Will the Brits predict the Oscars.
  • Wicked Tuna (NGC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Back in the boat.

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new and noteworthy tv: 2/3-2/9

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USA! USA! Ok so I do kind of like the Olympics but the scheduling often makes me crazy, NBC, MSNBC, NBCSN… I mostly default to what NBC decides is network primetime worthy but do like to pop around for some of the less mainstream.

Monday

  • Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (NBC, 9pm) – Host Heidi Klum and other bathing beauties.
  • Swamp People (Hist, 9pm) Season Premiere – Nervous deckhand?
  • Buy This Restaurant (Food, 10pm) Series Premiere – Finding the perfect property.

Tuesday

  • Winter Gold (NBC, 8pm) – A first look at the Sochi Olympics.

Wednesday

  • How to Raise an Olympian (NBC, 8pm) – Wheaties?
  • Backroad Gold (Trav, 9:30pm) Series Premiere – Following a dude named Corky Corker finding stuff.

Thursday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 8pm) – Figure Skating, Snowboarding, Freestyle Skiing; had previously thought I misheard the phase team figure skating, whatever will it be?

Friday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 7:30pm) – Opening Ceremony, judging ensembles can’t be helped.
  • Diners, Drive-ins & Dives (Food, 10pm) Season Premiere – Guy starts this season at home.

Saturday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 2:30/8pm) – Ski Jumping, Biathlon, Seeps Skating, Cross-Country Skiing; Figure Skating, Snowboarding, and Freestyle Skiing.

Sunday

  • 2014 Olympic Winter Games (NBC, 2/7/11:35pm) – Figure Skating, Biathlon, Speed Skating, Cross-Country Skiing; Figure Skating, Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Ski Jumping; and more Figure Skating.
  • A Grammy Solute to the Beatles (CBS, 8pm) – Sing it.

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

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Labor Day is over and fall is in the air, well technically fall starts on the 22nd…

Monday

  • The View/The Talk (ABC/CBS) Season Premieres – The talkers return, and Jenny McCarthy officially joins in.
  • US Open Tennis (CBS, 2pm) – Don’t forget that they moved the men’s to Monday, giving what McEnroe will repeatedly tell you is a much needed break after the semis.
  • The Million Second Quiz (NBC, 8pm) Series Premiere – Seriously, not sure how Ryan Seacrest finds the time to host this latest gameshow?
  • Exploding Sun (Reelz, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – Julia Ormand and David James Elliott are in a solar storm show.

Tuesday

  • Sons of Anarchy (FX, 10pm) Season Premiere – Can’t wait for the latest drama from Jax and the gang, will they overcome their lack of impulse control?

Wednesday

  • The X Factor (Fox, 8pm) Season Premiere – If I’m tracking this correctly hosts are Simon Cowell and some other people.
  • Restaurant Stakeout/Thieves, Inc (Food, 9/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – Restaurants not working and shoplifters stealing.
  • NFL Turning Point (NBCSN, 10pm) Season Premiere – Go football.
  • Too Young To Marry? (Oxy, 10pm) Series Premiere – Parental consent?

Thursday

  • Derek (Net, 12:01am) Series Premiere – Ricky Gervais is taking on a nice guy role, can his simpleton keep you entertained, the latest Netflix new offering thinks so?
  • CBS Fall Preview (CBS, 8:30pm) – What of the offerings looks appealing?
  • Burn Notice (USA, 9pm) Series Finale – I’m excited that this show is coming to its conclusion, it really is time to move on.

Friday

  • Haven (Syfy, 10pm) Season Premiere – Returning to the drama of small town syfy-style problems.
  • Kendra on Top (WE, 10pm) Season Premiere – Couldn’t care less about Kendra’s fitness results.
  • Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO, 10pm) Season Premiere – Wind him up, let him go.

Saturday

  • Cops (Spike, 8pm) Season Premiere – Bad boys.

Sunday

  • Miss America (ABC, 9pm) – Lara Spencer and Chris Harrison host.
  • Foyle’s War (PBS, 9pm) Season Premiere – Three new eps of post-WWII detective drama.
  • The Great Santini Brothers (Hist, 10pm) Series Premiere – Moving company bros.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/26-9/1

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Monday

  • US Open (ESPN2, 10am) – Rounds get going.
  • Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives (Food, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – More food tastings.
  • Teen Mom 3 (MTV, 10pm) Season Premiere – So they’re teens and they’re moms.

Tuesday

  • Storage Wars Texas (A&E, 9pm) Season Premiere – Is everything bigger in Texas?

Wednesday

  • Property Brothers (HGTV, 9pm) Season Premiere – Budget friendly dream home?
  • The Unexplained Files (Sci, 9pm) Series Premiere – Disappeared flight, hunchback creature?
  • Cheer Perfection (TLC, 9:30pm) Season Premiere – Go team go!
  • Fanaddicts! (Reelz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Harry Potter is awesome.
  • Tough Love (VH1, 10pm) Season Premiere – The co-eds try for love.

Thursday

  • Motive (ABC, 8pm) Season Finale – What’s the motive?

Friday

  • Alaskan Steel Men (Disc, 10pm) Series Premiere – Men in Alaska who work with steel?
  • Cracked (Reelz, 10pm) Series Premiere – Original series where a shrink helps out the cops.

Saturday

  • Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (BBCA, 8pm) – The eighth Doctor.

Sunday

  • ABC Fall Preview/MDA Show of Strength Telethon (ABC, 7/9pm) – Shows and a telethon.
  • Snapped (Oxy, 9pm) Season Premiere – Killer couples.

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/19-8/25

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Another week to go and then more tennis…

Monday

  • Basketball Wives (VH1, 8pm) Season Premiere – More reality…
  • Delete (Reelz, 8pm) Miniseries Premiere – Fighting artificial intelligence with artificial intelligence, plus actors
  • Bubba-Q (Food, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – Building custom grills.

Tuesday

  • I guess I could start watching So You Think You Can Dance?

Wednesday

  • Modern Dads (A&E, 10:30pm) Series Premiere – The reality of four stay-at-home dads…

Thursday

  • Ghost Shark (Syfy, 9pm) – It’s no Sharknado but it does follow a reairing of it.

Friday

  • Venus and Serena (Show, 9pm) – A look into the tennis sisters focusing on the injury-plagued 2011 season.

Saturday

  • Too Cute! (AnPl, 8pm) – Top 20 puppies!

Sunday

  • US Open Preview/Arthur Ashe Kids Day (CBS, 10:30/3pm) – A look at the last slam of the year and then watch the pros goof around and listen to teenybopper bands. 
  • Family Dance Off (ABC, 8pm) – Five families compete.
  • Silk (PBS, 9 pm) Series Premiere – A barrister takes on a new case and a new trainee.
  • Video Music Awards (MTV, 9pm) – So seriously where do people see music videos?

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new and noteworthy tv: 8/12-8/18

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Nothing much to add so perhaps time to check back into Friday Night Lights season 2 on Netflix…

Monday

  • CMA Music Festival (ABC, 8pm) – Little Big Town hosts highlights of the fest.
  • The Real Housewives of Miami (Brav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Can the group get together?
  • Hotel Impossible (Trav, 10pm) Season Premiere – Anthony has his work cut out for him.

Tuesday

  • The Bad Girls Club (Oxy, 8pm) Season Premiere – What are the chances the girls will irritate each other in Miami?
  • Amish Mafia/Tickle/Porter Ridge (Disc, 9/10/10:30pm) Season/Series Premieres – More reality with the Amish continuing, a Moonshiners spinoff and colorful characters in Indiana.
  • Face Off/Heroes of Cosplay (Syfy, 9/10pm) Season/Series Premieres – Rookies meet returning competitors and then a look at some fans who convention in costume.

Wednesday

  • Duck Dynasty (A&E, 10pm) Season Premiere – Surprise wedding.

Thursday

  • Owner’s Manual/The Pitch (AMC, 10/11pm) Series/Season Premieres – Two guys build things and one uses the manual and then the ad competition returns. 
  • Polyamory (Show, 11pm) Season Premiere – Married and dating.

Friday

  • Ghost Adventures (Trav, 9pm) Season Premiere – Looking for ghosts.
  • Say Yes to the Dress (TLC, 9pm) Season Premiere – Kristen Chenoweth’s assistant needs a gown.

Saturday

  •  Gymnastics (NBC, 8pm) – U.S. championships.

Sunday

  • The Great Food Truck Race (Food, 9pm) Season Premiere – Competing from one spot to another, I’d rather not know the behind the scenes of my food trucks.
  • Oprah’s Next Chapter (OWN, 9pm) – LiLo.

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new and noteworthy tv: 7/29-8/4

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Monday

  • The Writer’s Room (Sund, 10pm) Series Premiere – The first ep starts with talk of Breaking Bad.

Tuesday

  • Capture (CW, 9pm) Series Premiere – Contestants hunt each other, as this is a reality show I’m not sure they kill their prey.

Wednesday

  • Do Something Awards (VH1, 8pm) – Go community service.

Thursday

  • X Games (ESPN/BC, various) – The games come to LA.
  • Young Hollywood Awards (CW, 8pm) – What would young Hollywood do without their own awards?
  • Hatfields & McCoys (Hist, 10pm) Season Premiere – Moonshine baby.

Friday

  • America’s Next Top Model (CW, 8pm) Season Premiere – This season they’ve added wannabe fierce dudes.

Saturday

  • Too Cute! (AnPl, 9pm) Season Premiere – Adorable animals abound.
  • Psychic Tia (A&E, 10pm) Series Premiere – This is one of those self-explanatory titles.

Sunday

  • Secret Millionaire (ABC, 8pm) Season Premiere – More supposed to be touching encounters.
  • Ride-iculous (Trav, 8:30pm) Season Premiere – Top thrill rides.
  • Shark After Dark (Disc, 11pm) Series Premiere – One assumes shark and darkness.

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