Sunday, February 06, 2011

57 Channels and Only This Is On - 2/6/11


Shameless: Showtime was nice enough to give me a preview of tonight’s episode and I didn’t have much expectations going to the show but it was highly enjoyable. I am not sure it happens every week, but the episode starts up with the greatest “previous on” segment where William H Macy is sitting in a hospital bed saying, “Here is what you missed on Shameless last week: I got really drunk… I’m not sure what happened after that.” Sure I have now seen Emmy Rossum do her lady business more than I would like to, which is something you would have to see every week because it is in the title sequence, and you get a bonus scene as part of tonight’s episode which also features an bachelor and bachelorette party while Frank learns that his third testicle may not actually be a good thing. If you have missed Shameless, Showtime is reairing the first four episodes starting at 5:00 tonight which give you time to catch up before a new episode at 10:00 after new episode of Episodes and Californication because it is not like there is anything worth watching tonight.

Chuck: Is it wrong that I was disappointing it is Volkoff going off to jail not mama Bartowski, because I would much rather have Timothy Dalton stick around long that Linda Hamilton. At least we got more Jeffster. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Chuck on iTunes.

Greek: If Ashleigh hooks up with Dr. Mike Burton I will be totally creeped out even more than Cappie taking advantage of a drunken Casey. I do not think she will be happy when she wake us tomorrow. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu.

Greek on iTunes


The Cape: When I saw we had our first female baddie of the week I was hoping for a good old girl fight with Orwell and how disappointed that we only got a punch out of each of them. Hurmph. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download The Cape on iTunes.

Harry’s Law: Hopefully the fast food lawsuit goes forward because Scoote McGavin remains to be the best (and really only good) thing about the show. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu.

Lights Out: It has long been debated what would happen if a boxer took on an MMA with the consensus being that neither could beat each other at the other’s sport. Except of course in a fictionalize setting with Lights taking out an MMA fighter in the octagon. Hulu. You can also download Lights Out on iTunes.

The Big Bang Theory: I am jealous that Dr. Cooper was never lectured a class I attended. I may be more jealous that I never got acting lesions from Penny. It should also be pointed out that Outsourced had a much more entertaining Bollywood dance sequence two weeks ago. You can stream recent episodes over at cbs.com.

Community: I still can’t Chang’s elf out of my head. You can stream current episodes on Hulu. You can also download Community on iTunes.

Outsourced: I do not know if the getting on train thing is real, but I hope it is because it was hilarious. I would also like to point out that I was The Pretzel king back in my team building days. You can stream current episodes on Hulu. You can also download Outsourced on iTunes.

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Best of the Week - 2/5/11


Quote of the Week: It’s like accidentally walking into a gay bar and then having no one hit on you… It happened to a friend of mine. (Raj, The Big Bang Theory)

Song of the Week: Push It – Salt-n-Pepa (as performed by Jeffster, Chuck)

Big News of the Week: The Ice Storm: There are very few things I dislike more than shoveling snow, power washing my deck may be the only thing, but hey, it is the few times during winter when I actually exercise. I found out something even worse than shoveling snow from the driveway: chipping ice from the driveway thanks to the freezing rain that pelted the area for most of Wednesday. I could rest in the solace that Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow earlier this week but it turns out since 1887 the oversized rodent is only right thirty nine percent of the time. At least I can stay in and watch the Cavs’ record breaking season. KMN.

Gratuitous Token Hot Chick picture of the Week:

Yvonne Strahovski back in blonde


Free Download of the Week: Lonely Hearts Valentine's Day Sampler (AmazonMP3): Just in time for Valentine’s Day next week, Bloodshot Records has released this free sampler featuring Old 97’s and Alejandro Escovedo.

Deal of the Week: 100 Albums for $5: This month you can pick up albums from John Mayer, Norah Jones, The Black Keys, Carrie Underwood and more.



New Album Release of the Week: The Sing-Off: The Best of Season 2

New DVD Release of the Week: You Again

Video of the Week: Last month would have been Ronald Reagan’s 100’th birthday and Monday at 9:00 HBO will debut the Eugene Jarecki documentary Reagan which follows the 40th president from the small town to the White House. Check out a clip below:



Next Week Pick of the Week: Justified, Wednesday at 10:0 on FX: We left off last season with Raylan joining up with arch nemesis Boyd Crowder leaving as one of the best shows on television. Season one started out with the coolest opening scenes in the history of television, hopefully season two is just as good.