In the interest of completing my posts in a timely manner I plan my picks several days in advance; this week I did the same. I intended to write extensively about four really good series; they will just have to wait. Unfortunately for my plans and intentions, I took my [...]
Car TV Part IV - Fast N’ Loud (Discovery 9 PM Mondays) If I was only writing about Fast N’ Loud I would have titled this post “George Lucas, Richard Rawlings and my inner child”; about a year ago I was at Barnes and Noble, browsing as one does, when [...]
We live in interesting times for TV; there are many channels, and content producers don’t mind copying each other, so every successful program has at least one copycat. Nowhere is this “borrowing” of ideas more prevalent than in the sub-genre I call Car TV. There are several programs about finding, [...]
So far this week we have taken a look at watching Real Housewives of New Jersey, Eat, Drink, Love and Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis. Today we consider my final recommendation from Bravo, Million Dollar Listing L.A. The personalities on this program are large, and mostly have large egos, but [...]
If you are joining us halfway through our guide, please take a look at my other posts; the first is a survival guide explaining how to get through a certain show you don’t want to watch but your partner loves, the second is my recommendation for an excellent and inspiring [...]
We got the hard part out of the way in our first installment of this series; watching The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Now we will begin taking a look at programs guys will like. Eat, Drink, Love is both new to Bravo and rather good. The series follows a [...]
Guys, the time has come for us to take a look at Bravo, the favorite network of the women in our lives. This week we will be checking out four programs; three you’re going to like and one, well, probably not so much. I’m like Don Vito Corleone in that [...]
Hopefully, you're out enjoying your Memorial Day weekend, because it's not looking too sunny out there in TV land. Here's a look at what networks are offering up this week: SUNDAY There are a couple of bright spots on Sunday. HBO premieres its high-profile movie “Behind the Candelabra” (9 p.m., [...]
SUNDAY Tracy Morgan hosts “The Billboard Music Awards” (8 p.m., ABC), which will feature performances by Prince, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Chris Brown, and others as well as collaborations by will.i.am and Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne, and Christina Aguilera, Pitbull and a “surprise guest.” “The Simpsons” (8 [...]
Here’s a look at what NBC and Fox have planned for next season as upfront week kicks off: NBC The struggling NBC is hoping to lure viewers back in with a slate of new shows. For fall: James Spader-helmed thriller “Blacklist,” “Ironside,” and “Dracula,” and comedies “Welcome to the Family,” [...]
The must-see event of the week: “The Office” wraps up after nine seasons with a retrospective and supersized episode. Here are some other highlights for the week: SUNDAY A winner will be picked on “Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites” (8 p.m., CBS). Following is the traditional reunion special, where [...]
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Greetings fellow television fans, fanatics, addicts and enthusiasts; welcome to our blog about TV for the Press Democrat Online. Together we will keep up with what’s coming up, examine new and existing programs in depth and from time to time take a moment to appreciate programs from the past. In addition, we’ll delve into the deep corners of Netflix and Hulu to recommend shows from around the world. My hope is together we will find enough quality programming to fill our TV viewing schedules and never again utter the words, “All these channels and nothing to watch!”
— Wallace Poulter