Wednesday, November 12, 2008
OMG TV: Suspenders at the ready
Posted by Jeff in bob woodward, Election 2008, friday night lights, Gordon ramsay, omg tv, russell brand, sarah palin, steve carrell, T. Boone Pickens, tom brokaw
8:00 – Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (BBC America)
I was a Gordon Ramsay skeptic for a long time, mostly based off of his crappy American shows on Fox. But these BBC originals with Ramsay getting hands-on with failing restaurants are totally addictive. Even better is Kitchen Nightmares Revisited, where he shows up months after whipping them into shape, only to usually find the establishments back in disrepair. Standard British series warning applies: it seems like BBC America only has ten or so episodes, so get used to lots of repeats.
9:00 – Friday Night Lights (DirecTV 101)
I feel bad mentioning this here since it’s only available to DirecTV subscribers (of which I am not one), so I will make it up by linking to a BitTorrent site.
9:00 – Larry King Live: Sarah Palin (CNN)
She’s still here! Alive and kicking! It’s pretty funny how these days Governor Palin seems to be in front of any microphone that someone’s left on, as opposed to a couple weeks ago…
Late Night
That British comedian character of apparently rising importance Russell Brand is on Letterman, that American comedian character of potentially waning importance Steve Carrell is on Leno, Tom Brokaw is on Conan, T. Boone Pickens builds a windmill on the set of the Daily Show, and Bob Woodward begs Colbert for a scoop.