Another abysmal week (or should I say weak) is upon us as the summer doldrums kick in. The good news is we only have one more week to endure before the premiere of Weeds and Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
When it comes to Weeds I have to admit that I never gave this show a fair shot in the beginning. I had burned several times before with series that were run on Showtime (Odyssey 5 and Jeremiah to name a few) and I viewed Weeds as the network just trying to be HBO. I now know that I was completely wrong and this quirky little 22 minute show had a ton of potential and exceeded my expectations over the first three seasons.
If you were witness to the end of the third season than you know that Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) is on the run with her family in tow as the DEA came looking for her after a rented grow house was found as the suburb she was dealing to is engulfed in a wild fire. All of her friends that were involved in the growing operation were either high tailing it out of there or are probably on the radar of the DEA as well. So where will find ourselves in the beginning of Season 4, and how will this show evolve? I’ve very excited to see the answers to those questions.
That being said it is time to look into that dark, dank hole I like to call this week’s television offerings.
MONDAY
CBS – 8:00 PM: Viacom is re-treading their TBS original The Bill Engvall show for prime time. So, CBS, you think the show is ready for prime time? Here’s your sign.
SCI-FI – 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM: Normally I wouldn’t retread Star Trek: The Next Generation, however tonight they are showing two of the more interesting episodes that happened in the early stages of the series. In The Measure of a Man Picard has to prove that Data is a sentient being and not just a cyborg. In Q-Who? we get our first glimpse at one of the big bads of the run of the series: The Borg.
HBO – 9:00 PM: In Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired filmmaker Marina Zenovich takes a loot at all the other bad things that happened in the statutory rape case of the critically acclaimed (and since publicly despised) director.
SHO – 9:00 PM: Showtime is airing the best of Season 3 of Weeds to get us ready for next week’s premier. Watch to either get refreshed or to get a feel for this awesome show before next week’s season premiere.
TUESDAY
TMC – 8:00 PM: Because of my fondness for the original serial novelization I enjoy The Green Mile every time it is on. The acting by Michael Clarke Duncan as the simpleton John Coffey was just outstanding and the film was directed by Frank Darabont who also brought us the incredible The Shawshank Redemption. Tom Hanks also turns in a great performance, truly making me believe he has a bladder infection.
FOX – 8:00 PM: More people trade friends and loved ones for the hopes of big money on The Moment of Truth.
ABC – 9:30 PM: We’re treated again this week to another almost prime time 30 minute edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live.
WEDNESDAY
ABC – 8:00 PM: Tonight on Wife Swipe the strict mom treats their kids like they are in boot camp, the flaky mom performs as a clown.
NBC – 9:00 PM: After seeing the line up of Celebrity Circus I think that one part of the name is a bit of a stretch. This show features a very VH-1 reality show line up with Antonio Sabato Jr., Blu Cantrell, Christopher “Bobby Brady” Knight, Olympian Janet Evans, Jason “Wee Man†Acuna, and former supermodel Rachel Hunter. My money is on Wee Man.
HIST – 9:00 PM: Tonight paranormal investigators try to find spooks in the Lizzy Borden house. Should be a real cut up. (I can’t believe I just typed that.)
THURSDAY
FX – 8:00 PM: If you look at it on paper Anger Management should have been really funny. Adam Sandler going head-to-head with Jack Nicholson. The execution, however, wasn’t as good as it read.
USA – 8:30 PM: Take in the original before it’s magic was marred by the recent sequel with tonights airing of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
BRAVO – 9:00 PM: It’s the return of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. This is one of the few reality shows that gives the genre a good name.
TBS – 9:30 PM: If you watched last season of My Boys then tonight you get to find out which of the guys on the show P.J. took to Rome. If you didn’t watch last season, um… here’s something new to watch!
ABC – 9:30 PM: Liv Tyler appears on tonights post-NBA almost prime time 30 minute edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live.
FRIDAY
A&E – 2:00 PM: If you didn’t watch The Andromeda Strain when it premiered (and you don’t want to buy the DVD) you can now watch both parts in one long sitting.
BRAVO – 8:00 PM: Beverly Hills Cop and Beverly Hills Cop 2 back-to-back. See Brigette Neilsen before she looked like my grandfather, Judge Reinhold before he was regulated to the Disney Santa Clause movies and, of course, Eddie Murphy before he required prosthetic makeup to star in a movie.
TVLAND – 8:00 PM: They just don’t make comedies like Blazing Saddles any more. This film is from a time where political correctness didn’t exist, but it’s OK as it mocks the very stereotypes it represents. I know I’ve pointed out when this was on before but last time it wasn’t immediately followed by…
TVLAND – 10:00 PM: Young Frankenstein was the first Mel Brooks film that I ever saw. I know that at the very young age I saw it the sexual comedy wasn’t apparent, but I’ll forever remember that it’s not Frankenstein, it’s (phonetically) Frahnkenshteen.
SATURDAY
COMEDY CENTRAL – 3:00 PM: Mike Myers tries desperately to some how get us interested in The Love Guru by hosting the breaks in today’s showing of Wayne’s World. Like Eddie Murphy this was when Mike Myers only needed the fake wig to get laughs.
ABC – 8:00 PM: More Saturday Night movie enjoyment comes our way with the airing of Monsters, Inc. I’ve never been happier with the Disney/PIXAR merger than having these great movies on ABC for everyone to enjoy.
FX – 8:00 PM: The Transporter and The Transporter 2 are back-to-back to put us into Jason Statham overload.
CBS – 9:00 PM: Guys, if you want to try to get on that special new ladies good side invite her over for a nice home cooked dinner and put on The Notebook. I can’t give you advice on how to sit through it, but this one will help you score points in the “sensitive” department.
HBO – 10:00 PM: The other half of the Wayne’s World duo brings us his first stand-up special since 1995 with Dana Carvey: Squatting Monkeys Tell No Lies.
SUNDAY
CBS – 8:00 PM: The 62nd Annual Tony Awards is on tonight, and hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. If you have no interest in this however than you might prefer…
HIST – 8:00 PM: Two solid hours of Ice Road Truckers.
NBC – 9:00 PM: The desperation train continues chugging down the tracks when Mike Myers actually hosts SNL: The Best of Mike Myers. The nice part is you can watch him when he was actually funny again, and he’s taped some bits with the current cast. The bad part is he’ll still ask you to watch The Love Guru.
– Will Wilkins, in case you didn’t notice, has no interest in seeing The Love Guru (yet typed the name three times).
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