Jul 26 2011
True Blood
I Hate You, I Love You
This episodes doesn’t have any super big moments, it did have some entertaining small ones including Portia screaming at Bill, Sookie’s Gran talking to her and warning her about the witch, and of course, Eric and Sookie finally making out.
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Jul 23 2011
I can’t pick either of the shows debuting this week as a pick of the week since the CBS show doesn’t really sound like a show and Entourage is finally ending its long run. I can’t believe it lasted so long.
Same Name
Channel: CBS
Time: 9/8c
Premieres: Sunday, July 24
Trailer
Synopsis: It is wipe swap with celebrities and people with the same name.
My Take: They switch lives for a while and I’m not really seeing how this can carry on as a show. It would get really repetitive after a while.
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Entourage
Channel: HBO
Time: 10:30/9:30c
Starring: Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven
Premieres: Sunday, July 24
Trailer
Synopsis: Vincent is out of rehab and determined to stay clean, while also trying to get a script he wrote in rehab made into a movie.
My Take: I tried to like the show, but the characters are annoying and not funny. That’s a problem for a comedy.
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Jul 19 2011
True Blood
I’m Alive and on Fire
This episode had 100% more nakedness than the last one, which was an improvement, but poor Pam didn’t not luck out with the witches. Eric went from being really happy to really sad, Jason finally escaped his messed up situation and we learned that Bill likes to keep it in the family. Is he a Lannister?
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Jul 16 2011
There will be a lot of Gordon Ramsay on FOX this week with MasterChef still going on and Hell’s Kitchen starting.
Breaking Bad
Channel: AMC
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks
Premieres: Sunday, July 17
Trailer
Synopsis: Jesse started using again, Walter did something extreme to save his life, and Walter’s wife Skyler really wants to get involved in the business.
My Take: This is the best show on television. It is super intense and crazy good.
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Jul 12 2011
True Blood
If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin’?
Last year, I found some hilarious Pro/Con recaps of True Blood. Now, when I watch the show, I view them in the same way. I thought I’d try it out myself. So, let’s get on with what was good and what was bad about the latest episode.
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Jul 10 2011
Mondays are busy! Between SYFY and TNT there are a lot of good summer cable show on, along with the final season of Rescue Me.
Rescue Me
Channel: FX
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Denis Leary, Mike Lombardi, Steve Pasquale, Andrea Roth, John Scurti, Daniel Sunjata, Callie Thorne, Adam Ferrara, Larenz Tate
Premieres: Wednesday, July 13
Trailer
Synopsis: The final season of show that started soon after 9/11 and will end around the 10th anniversary.
My Take: It hasn’t been as strong the past couple of seasons, but I need to see how it ends.
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Jul 04 2011
This week Torchwood jumps from BBC to Starz. While I find that very odd, I’m willing to go with it since I love the show. It has always done things unconventionally. After two normal seasons, the third season was a four-part miniseries where they killed off almost all of the cast. Now there are only two remaining original cast members that are heading over to the U.S.
Torchwood: Miracle Day
Channel: Starz
Time: 8/7c
Starring: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Mekhi Phifer, Bill Pullman, Lauren Ambrose, Alexa Havins, Arlene Tur, Kai Owen
Premieres: Friday, July 8
Trailer
Synopsis: One day everyone on Earth cannot die, which causes a whole set of new problems that no one is prepared to deal with so they call on the Torchwood team that is used to dealing with weird stuff.
My Take: I love this series. It is one of the reasons that I love British television. They seem to have a higher quality standard for shows that only cable channels in the U.S. can rival.
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