Welcome back to TV or Not TV where I didn’t actually watch the Big Game.

Please, don’t call me un-American. Somehow I never got in to sports. I don’t know how it happened with an entire family of guys that follow sports, but somehow it just never took hold. I’m sure that some of it comes from having no natural athletic ability and too much of a fascination with computers at too young of an age. Whatever the reason I just didn’t tune in.

Don’t let that make you think that I didn’t have anything to do during the Big Game today. Like any movie loving, television addicted guy I went out of my way today to get a pair of Intel sponsored 3-D glasses just to watch 90 seconds of commercials (wow, that really comes off a little bit sad now that I read it). I’ve also been a sucker for the concept of 3-D entertainment, and thankfully the glasses have never bothered me, so when I learned about these commercials I made sure that I watched the clock while doing the yard work to ensure that I would catch them.

In case you missed what I’m talking about, the movie Aliens vs. Monsters by Dreamworks had a special 3-D commercial (with co-sponsors SoBe and NBC) because the movie itself will also be in 3-D. After seeing the commercial while wearing the glasses I’m not sure I’m sold on the concept, especially since within the first 5 seconds of the commercial we were handed a horrible example of 3-D. A character is hitting a paddle ball in our direction and this thing just look like a red ball with an evil blue twin floating off to the side. I don’t know how much the movie itself will have cost to make, but I’m sure the SoBe commercial afterward was a fraction of the cost and it pulled of the 3-D effect a lot better. I’m sure somewhere right now the execs at DreamWorks aren’t very happy they were outdone by dancing football players and lizards.

If you didn’t watch the big game but are a fan of The Office than I’m sure you were aware that they were doing a special hour long episode immediately after. This was something I was dreading since last season’s hour long episodes almost always felt like they were painfully stretched out. I really want, with every fiber of my being, to tell you that I didn’t get the same feeling with this episode. Sadly I did. Please don’t take that as me saying that the episode didn’t entertain me. The painful insertion of the movie staring Jack Black, Chloris Leachman, and Jessica Alba felt more like they tried to shoehorn a webisode in to the episode. Thankfully the memory of Dwight wearing the freshly removed face of a CPR doll got me through those parts.

Enough about the Big Game and it’s afterlings. There’s a big week ahead of us with the return of a lot of shows on NBC. Chuck, Heroes and Medium return on Monday.  I’m really hoping that Heroes is able to turn things around because if they can’t they are going to become some bad meat stuck between two great slices of bread. Life returns on Wednesday. All good reasons to tune in to the Peacock. Wait, why am I telling you this here? Let’s get on with it!

MONDAY

NBC – 8:00 PM: The 3-D fun from the Big Game continues tonight with a 3-D episode of Chuck. I’m hoping it’s not 3-Dreadful. LOST fans can find Dominic Monaghan playing another rock and roll star tonight, so that should be reason enough to endure those whacky glasses.

CBS – 8:30 PM: Robin is facing deportation without work so she actually let’s Barney help out with a video resume. Might this mark the return of Robin Sparkles? We can only hope.

SPIKE – 9:00 PM: Some comedies for me transcend time and just hold up. Stripes is one of those movies. Three words people: Aunt Jemima Treatment.

FOX – 9:00 PM: After the past few seasons I really didn’t think 24 held much hope for me. Man was I wrong. Sure this year’s plot seems a little lifted from Live Free or Die Hard but it is working for me.

TUESDAY

NBC – 8:00 PM: Let me get you caught up on The Biggest Loser: Couples. For 30 days they sent 1/2 of all but two of the couples home. This week they are back and they are getting weighed in. Let’s just say some of the numbers these people put up aren’t going to inspire.

ABC – 9:00 PM: Someone must be serving up freshly mixed crazy in the Scrubs writer’s room. In the first ep they have Dr. Cox actually reaching out to Dr. Kelso for (dare I say it) guidance. In the second half hour the devoid of joy Ted goes on a real date with a real girl. What’s next, the Janitor and JD having a bromance?!?

WEDNESDAY

NBC – 9:00 PM: LIFE is back tonight and we may or may not get to know who shot Charlie Crews. This show is good so really, give it a chance.

ABC – 9:00 PM: Tonight on LOST we see Kate put her mean momma smack down on and I hear we may finally find out something about Jin.  Do you really need a reason to watch after last week?

THURSDAY

FOX – 8:00 PM: Back in the first season of Bones we were introduced to The Gravedigger. This guy kidnaps, buries the abducted with enough air for 24 hours, and will reveal the location if you pay up. Looks like Boothe is getting buried tonight.

CW – 8:00 PM: If you pay attention to the previews than it looks like Lex is doing his best Jigsaw impersonation on tonight’s Smallville. Don’t go looking for Michael Rosenbaum though as this Lex has a very obstructed face.

FRIDAY

HBO – 8:00 PM: This season of Big Love has impressed me more than last season and you can catch the firth three episodes tonight to get all caught up.

SCIFI – 10:00 PM: So last week I didn’t write about Battlestar Galactica and boy did the $h1t hit the fan! Needless to say tune in tonight to what a friend recently described as “the best soap opera for guys on TV.”

SATURDAY

ABC FAMILY – 8:00 PM: Last week I admitted I love Happy Gilmore. This week it plays back to back with the other Adam Sandler film that I really enjoyed: The Wedding Singer.

COMEDY CENTRAL – 9:00 PM: After falling in love with Broken Lizard’s Super Troopers I’ve really wanted to love their follow-up films, including Beerfest. I mean I really really wanted to love it. Really.

SUNDAY

CBS – 8:00 PM: The awards show season continues with The 51st Annual Grammy Awards. See live performances from all of the latest, hardly any of the greatest.

HISTORY – 9:00 PM: Four hours of Monster Quest takes us through Mutant Canines, Lions in the Backyard, Death of Lochness and Jaws in Illinois.

FOX REALITY – 8:00 PM: Four hours of the Solitary 3.0. Hopefully you won’t be sitting alone in your room watching people alone in their rooms.

– Will Wilkins clearly shook off the feelings of being a corporate shill.

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