Busy day for us, so light posting, and a light wrapup. Big ups to ShortFormBlog for finding the best clip of yesterday’s exciting car chase, featuring the killer play-by-play of Shepard Smith.
Plus:
FRESHLY RELEASED! New trailer for the Robert-Smigel-directed, Patton-Oswalt-starring Big Fan
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.
