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Monday, June 9, 2008

OMG TV: From Wolf to Worf

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Yes, it’s summer.  Yes, this is going to be painful to get through, but we’re going to do it together, dammit.  So here, take my hand, and let’s channel surf our fears away…

8:00 - American Gladiators (NBC)

They take this “contestants must have sob stories” thing way, way, way too far sometimes.  Tonight: a Columbine survivor.  Really.  He beat Klebold and Harris, but can he withstand the sheer lunacy of Wolf??

9:00 - Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO)

I believe this made-for-TV documentary is essentially a step by step how-to guide for when you need to roofie an underage girl in your hot tub.

10:00 - Star Trek: The Next Generation “Q-Who?” (Sci-Fi)

Look, if we’re gonna make it through the summer, we’re going to have to watch some syndicated reruns.  Try this on for size: the debut of the Borg in the Star Trek universe, featuring that fanciful lad Q.  You’re going to have to trust me, I promise this is better than Oxygen’s Ocean’s 12 marathon.  Cross my heart.

Late Night

Tom Brokaw and Gnarls Barkley on Dave, some British guy named Russell Brand on Leno, Robert Smigel on Conan, Betty White on Ferguson (nice), vice presidential hopeful Sen. Jim Webb on the Daily Show, and writer Philip Weiss on Colbert.

Monday, May 19, 2008

OMG TV: This is the end…

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May sweeps are upon us , that means season finales and premieres as real TV ends and bizarro summer TV begins.

8:30 pm EST - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)

I will watch the show wrap up confident that it has been picked up for another season but with the gnawing doubt that it was saved by Britney Spears. It’s like the beating of a hideous heart!

9:00 pm EST - House (FOX)

This show pretty much jumped the shark as soon as it brought on Kumar. However, I am considering tuning in for this episode because of the following 6 words: “Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst guest stars.” Man, whatever happened to that guy.

8:00 pm EST - American Gladiators (NBC)

I missed last week’s premiere, as did a lot of people. Apparently men in spandex hitting each other with foam pads doesn’t have the same appeal when there isn’t a writers strike going on. I will be tuning in tonight, as the show turns around and begins its inexorable march towards becoming not only the smash hit of the summer, but the highest-rated program ever (take that Super Bowl XLII).

Last Night

Stewart and Colbert are on vacation (not that anything political is happening). Letterman has Kevin Spacey and Sen. Jim Webb - he wants to remind everyone he does NOT want to be Vice President (Webb, that is, actually probably Spacey too). Leno has Simon Cowell and Conan has Kevin Nealon.