King of the Crown (TLC) — Series premiere. Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina 2007, returns to TV in this reality series about Cy Frakes, a beauty pageant consultant who in this episode will try to rehabilitate Upton’s image. Uh, dude, she already did a Web Redemption with Daniel Tosh.
The Middle (ABC) — Series premiere. Patricia Heaton’s new comedy will have the benefit of not sucking as hard as “Hank.”
Mercy (NBC) — I watched most of the premiere last week. It’s not without some good angles (the central character has issues stemming from her service in Iraq; dark humor about her family’s alcoholism), but it’s riddled with one-dimensional characters and tiresome cliches. The sassy nurse knows better than the jerk doctor! The new nurse is naive! The troubled veteran blows up at others who couldn’t handle what she saw! Woof.
Modern Family (ABC) — 9:00 p.m. Eastern. I’ll be watching to determine if I like this better than “Community” for the fall’s best new sitcom.
Glee (Fox) — Kristen Chenoweth guest stars. Ordinarily, a woman being 40 years old, 4’11″ and talking like a munchkin aren’t turn-ons for me, but it’s crazy the way a big rack and a gorgeous singing voice can change my mind.
Alone in the Wild (NatGeo) — Ed Warder returns from a planned three-month stay in the Yukon wild after only 50 days. What a pussy.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV) — Season premiere. The assembled idiot tards compete in Thailand. I might watch this if the losers got sold into sex slavery to Thai businessmen.
The Daily Show (Comedy Central) — Author Jon Krakauer discusses his new book about Pat Tillman. Krakauer’s awesome. Into Thin Air is as good as first-person journalism gets, and he’s also why I hate Mormons.
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Sweet, I thought I was alone in my deep-seeded disdain for Mormons. And indeed Krakauer’s book was a strong catalyst. I mean, I always knew I didn’t like them, but his book finally gave me several good reasons.
There are good reasons to hate Mormons. Krakauer’s book is not one of them.
Slice got whooped.
If it wasn’t for disappointment, I wouldn’t have any appointments.
I enjoy 2/3′s of modern family but can’t stand the gay couple. I find everything thing they do just fits stereotypes and is awkward.
Hey Bernd – I noticed that on CSI:NY too and came online to see if I was just a bit to sleepy and imagined it, or if it was real. Like their trying to give the impression the show is live. Pretty cool, though.
I have to disagree on Krakauer. He’s a self important dickhole. Watch the Iconoclasts episode where him and Sean Penn suck each other off while talking out of their asses about how ‘amazing’ an adventure that one idiot hippy had while killing himself.
Something odd just now coming out of the commercial break of CSI NY:
The segment began with one of their usual jerky moving mid-air shots of the New York skyline. One of the buildings featured was the Empire State Building, featuring an unusual red-yellow-red lighting pattern at its top.
The odd thing is: That unusual lighting is exactly what the ESB is “wearing” tonight out here in the real world.
Coincidence, or do the CSI producers somehow manage to plan this kinda thing?
You know, I just realized this morning while groggily viewing a promo for “The Middle”: this show is a ripoff of Malcolm In The Middle, and not just a ripoff of the last two words of said show. At the very least, I can tell that the mother and the youngest child are carbon copies of Lois and Dewey, and Neil Flynn’s character seems fairly similar to Hal. From what I’ve seen, the only substantial difference is that the focus isn’t on one of the children who’s constantly speaking to the camera. Also, Chris Kattan’s in it. That’s not meant to make a connection, just an indication that it’ll be fucking terrible.
Yeah, I’ll be watching TUF, too. But With Leather dedicated a post to it today, so I didn’t feel the need to mention it.
Kimbo Slice fights on Spike TV tonight. Watch that instead of this shit.
I read Into Thin Air for my English class in College. I then read Into the Wild and Under the Banner of Heaven. I now hate:
Mormons
Nature/Rich Hippies
Large Mountains
“Krakauer’s awesome. He’s also why I hate Mormons.”
Excellent. Same here.
I can sum up what’s on tonight in two words: Kimbo Slice. You boys have fun watching High School Musical: the Series, I’ll be watching a giant black dude and a giant white dude beating the everliving crap out of each other.
I’ve decided Community is too unbelievable to be really good. No one would work that hard to bang that blond girl.
I’d like to stick my cock in The Middle of Patricia Heaton’s tits. Watch the show? Not so much.
Glee and Modern Family are on at the same time?
This may be a more tormenting decision for the gays than coming out of the closet.
I’ll give The Middle a chance out of respect for Neil Flynn.
1. i would plow chenoweth until it fell off, seriously that voice and those boobs? who cares if she nailed sorkin, she is hot
2. modern family is al bundy’s dream life… sofia vergara es muy buena… also that show has child actors who can actually act