Monday, June 29, 2009
OMG TV: It’s an Unamerican Summer without Gladiators
Posted by Jeff in American Gladiators, degrasse tyson, elmo, green day, hiatus, ice-t, jessica biel, make em laugh, michael cera, morgan webb, oliver sacks, omg tv, pbs, superbad, tom hanks, Top Gear, wolf, zach galifinakis
Fan-freaking-tastic, we start the blog back up right in the middle of crappy summer television, and no American Gladiators in sight. Missin u, Wolf.
Top Gear
8:00 (BBC America)
Back to back episodes as the boys go American – first, a visit from Marky Mark, and then cruising through the western states.
Make ‘em Laugh
10:00 (PBS)
An installment of PBS’ excellent documentary on 20th century American comedy, focusing on domestic sitcoms. No word on if the hilarious Michael Rapaport vehicle The War at Home is included.
Superbad
8:00 (Encore)
Michael Cera, despite having only played a few roles, seems to alternate from loved-to-hated faster than anyone. At least in the hipster community. Don’t worry, Scott Pilgrim will undo all the Year One harm.
Late Night
It’s hiatus week across the board on the networks: witness the origin of Co-Co Christopher’s nickname with Tom Hanks and Green Day, Letterman has the sexy-funny pairing of Jessica Biel and Zach Galifinakis (guess which is which!), Fallon has Ice-T, Elmo, and ♥ Morgan Webb ♥, and Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert buck the trend and feature new and exciting guests, such as neurologist Oliver Sacks and astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson.