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As you will see in my recommendations below, the surprise of the week for me was the show Baby Borrowers on NBC. I remember being a teenager and thinking I knew everything and I know from life experience that I didn’t know squat. Seeing these kids digress from confident know-it-alls that think they are all grown up to (at times) defiant and crushed true teenagers is a wonder to watch. Seeing that they are also in for pure pain and suffering in the weeks to come with toddlers, teenagers and eventually senior adults makes me nothing but giddy for the future.
This week I’m also excited because July is finally here. The USA Network will be treating us to 16 new episodes in a new season of Burn Notice, Monk and Psych. The latter two will probably be having 8 of the 16 air in July/August with the remaining 8 airing in January/February 2009. I only wish they had the same confidence for The Dead Zone which I feel didn’t get a fair shake with a final season that clearly was compromised by a lowered budget.
Fans of TV mastermind Joss Whedon this week got some big news as well regarding the Internet only project Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. To quote the man himself:
It is time for us to change the face of Show Business as we know it. You know the old adage, “It’s Show Business – not Show Friends”? Well now it’s Show Friends. We did that. To Show Business. To show Show Business we mean business. (Also, there are now other businesses like it.)
ONE WEEK ONLY! AN INTERNET MINISERIES EVENT!
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” will be streamed, LIVE (that part’s not true), FREE (sadly, that part is) right on Drhorrible.com, in mid-July. Specifically:
ACT ONE (Wheee!) will go up Tuesday July 15th.
ACT TWO (OMG!) will go up Thursday July 17th.
ACT THREE (Denouement!) will go up Saturday July 19th.
All acts will stay up until midnight Sunday July 20th. Then they will vanish into the night, like a phantom.
I’m really looking forward to this project because I’ve loved all his work, I’ve worked with his brother Jed, and it’s starring Nathan Fillion, Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day (who brought us the equally brilliant Internet project The Guild). This is definitely going to be something worth watching on your computer instead of spending time with the boob tube.
Now, what you all have (hopefully) been waiting for.
MONDAY
G4 – 8:00 PM: Code Monkeys steps in to the land of the creepy as Dave attempts to help Michael Jackson make a video game for his next album. Some jokes just don’t need telling, do they?
SCIFI – 9:00 PM: I know, you thought maybe THIS week I wouldn’t write a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode but I just can’t help it. The show of this hour is QPid where in Q puts the crew into Sherwood Forest, making Picard into Robin Hood. Not really the strongest episode, but how can you not be amused when things happen like Worf stating, “Captain, I protest! I am NOT a Merry Man!”
HIST – 9:00 PM: An in-depth look at the historical, scientific, and evolutionary importance to researchers a certain organic materials is in All About Dung.
TUESDAY
MTV – 8:00 PM: It’s a four hour marathon to thankfully bring us an end to the second season of A Shot At Love with Tila Tequila. This show is reason #42 why MySpace is bad, mmkay?
NBC – 10:00 PM*: This week on Celebrity Family Feud it’s Vincent Pastore (Big Pussy on The Sopranos) vs. the Bunnies from The Girls Next Door as well as Kathy Lee Gifford and company vs. Dogg the Bounty Hunter. I wonder if Dogg’s kid that sold the racist recording to the press will be on the panel? *Check local listings. Airing after MLB in some if not all markets.
OXYGEN – 8:00 PM: Get caught up on Tori & Dean:Home Sweet Hollywood by catching the two previous episodes before tonight’s all new episode at 10 PM.
WEDNESDAY
NBC – 8:00 PM: If you didn’t catch last week’s premiere episode of Baby Borrowers than you can watch it tonight along with the new episode at 9 when the couples get toddlers to replace their babies.
HIST – 9:00 PM: Tonight even humans are on the menu as MonsterQuest takes a look at Super Rats. Don’t let the name fool you, these are no Mighty Mouse.
BRAVO – 10:00 PM: It’s a Bravo night crossover as the competitors on Shear Genius attempt to do the do’s of the diva’s from The Real Housewives of Orange County.
THURSDAY
CBS – 8:00 PM: It’s a night of polar opposites as Rosie O’Donnell and Tony Hawk try to help people win money on Celebrity Password.
Bravo – 10:00 PM: Tonight’s episode of Kathy Griffin:My Life on the D-List is titled Otters and Cubs and Bears… Oh My! Trust me, it’s not a nature special.
CBS – 10:00 PM: Tonight on Swingtown a controversial film divides Bruce and Susan when Susan attends a fund-raiser for the star’s legal fund. I have a funny feeling the inspiration for the film and star rhymes with Reap Boat?
FRIDAY
FIREWORKS: Check your local listings, as many local stations tend to run their own broadcasts. On the national side of things NBC has the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular and CBS is offering up the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. The latter is conveniently scheduled at 10:00 PM, just in time for you get home from watching fireworks in your own area.
FMC – 6:00 AM E/3:00 AM P: Taking the name of the day literally, Fox Movie Channel gives us 24 hours of Will Smith kicking alien butt in Independence Day.
AMC – 8:00 PM: Nothing says summer fun like being afraid of the water. Both Jaws and Jaws 2 are back-to-back tonight.
HIST – 9:00 PM: Get too scared to leave your house by watching three hours of the show Gangland as it looks at the most violent and influential gangs in modern times.
SATURDAY
ABC – 8:00 PM: We’re once again getting the Not So Wonderful World of Disney when they air Confessions of a Teen Age Drama Queen. At least you can see Lindsey Lohan before her eventual implosion.
A&E – 8:00 PM: Celebrate Christmas in July with the original Die Hard.
HIST – 8:00 PM: Tonight on the History Channel it’s a 4 hour marathon of MonsterQuest.
MAX – 10:00 PM: If yesterday’s marathon of Independence Day wasn’t to your liking than you can celebrate 4th a day late while watching Live Free or Die Hard.
SUNDAY
NBC – 7:00 PM: This week’s U.S. Olympic Trials brings us more of those vying for a spot on the swimming teams as well as the track & field teams.
VH1 – 9:00 PM: VH1 finally cuts to the chase by bringing back their “All Star” contenders from their “of Love” casts to compete for what they really wanted all along, being on TV and trying to get some money with I Love Money! This time they are vying for $250,000 instead of Brett Michaels or Flavor Flav.
TLC – 9:00 PM: If you missed last week’s premiere of The Singing Office than you can take it in before tonight’s new episode at 10:00 PM.
COMEDY CENTRAL – 10:00 PM: All the fans of Dane Cook can take in his stand up special Vicious Circle.
– *Will Wilkins is on the side of Dr. Horrible.
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June 30th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Michael Jackson, angry Klingons and everyting I ever wanted to know about dung.*
Screw Tuesday through Sunday!!! This week shot its load on Monday!!!
*But was afraid to ask.