Pick of the Week
What I love about this show is how everyone talks like they are in a Coen Brothers movie, like Raising Arizona or No Country for Old Men. Characters use big, fancy words while talking about coal mining and shooting their husbands/wives. It’s hilarious. As an added bonus, Timothy Olyphant is damn sexy. In the third season, Raylan is dealing with his ex-wife being pregnant with his child while dealing with Boyd Crowder going back to his bad ways. There are two new baddies this season and they both came from Boomtown: Neal McDonough and Mykelti Williamson.
Justified
Justified
Channel: FX
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Natalie Zea, Erica Tazel, Jacob Pitts
Premieres: Tuesday, January 17
Recommended
Lucy Liu joins the cast of Southland as a new partner for John Cooper who has returned after being in rehab for his pain-killer addiction. His back seems to be better too. Over on the animated spy show, Burt Reynolds will be joining the cast of Archer as a character named Burt Reynolds. Quite a stretch!
Southland
Southland
Channel: TNT
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Ben McKenzie, Michael Cudlitz, Regina King, Shawn Hatosy, Lucy Liu
Premieres: Tuesday, January 17
Archer
Archer
Channel: FX
Time: 10/9c
Starring: H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Chris Parnell, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, George Coe, Adam Reed, Lucky Yates, Burt Reynolds
Premieres: Thursday, January 19
Willing To Try
Two new shows that I’m willing to check out are both supernatural in nature. A bunch of prisoners disappeared from Alcatraz thirty years ago, and they seem to be popping up now committing crimes, but they haven’t aged. Is this The 4400? On the SYFY channel, they imported a Canadian show about a woman who just discovered she is a succubus, which isn’t ideal since her kiss can kill people. Oops!
Alcatraz
Alcatraz
Channel: FOX
Time: 8/7c
Starring: Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill, Parminder Nagra, Robert Forster, Santiago Cabrera, Jonny Coyne, Jason Butler Harner
Premieres: Monday, January 16
Lost Girl
Lost Girl
Channel: SYFY
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland, K.C. Collins
Premieres: Monday, January 16
Not Interested
I’m surprised Undercover Boss is still on the air since I thought everyone would tire of it by now. Is it really doing anything at these companies? I doubt it. On FX, Unsupervised is an animated comedy about two unsupervised teens. It comes from the writers and producers of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but it just doesn’t seem funny.
Undercover Boss
Undercover Boss
Channel: CBS
Time: 8/7c
Premieres: Sunday, January 15
Unsupervised
Unsupervised
Channel: FX
Time: 10:30/9:30c
Starring: Justin Long, David Hornsby, Kristen Bell, Romany Malco, Rob Rosell, Scott Marder, Fred Armisen, Alexa Vega, Kaitlin Olson, Sally Kellerman
Premieres: Thursday, January 19
Why?
These are show that I’m not sure why they are still on the air or why they are even making it to air. I liked the Napoleon Dynamite movie. It was a bit of weirdness that really didn’t need to continue in any form, be it a sequel or an animated series. The CW is trying to find a matching series to go along with America’s Next Top Model, but even that show is slowly dying so I’m not sure why they just don’t fill up the space with another supernatural teen show that seems to work so well for them.
I’ve been confused why there is a U.S. remake of a British television series while it is still airing in the U.K. I can almost see it if it had been off the air, but the third season just ended not too long ago and the U.S. version seems to be following the same plot lines. Why?
I’ll never understand the fascination with American Idol. These people just sing someone else’s songs. It is a glorified talent show. I like singers that write their own music. Finally with Shark Tank, people with money decide if they will give someone else some money for their idea. I’m not sure how this has sustained anyone’s interest for more than one season.
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
Channel: FOX
Time: 8:30/7:30c
Starring: Jon Heder, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Sandy Martin, Jon Gries, Diedrich Bader
Premieres: Sunday, January 15
Remodeled
Remodeled
Channel: The CW
Time: 9/8c
Starring: Paul Fisher
Premieres: Tuesday, January 17
Being Human
Being Human
Channel: SYFY
Time: 9/8c
Starring: Sam Witwer, Sam Huntington, Meaghan Rath, Mark Pellegrino
Premieres: Monday, January 16
American Idol
American Idol
Channel: FOX
Time: 8/7c
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler, Randy Jackson, Ryan Seacrest
Premieres: Wednesday, January 19
Shark Tank
Shark Tank
Channel: ABC
Time: 8/7c
Starring: Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, Mark Cuban, Robert Herjavec
Premieres: Friday, January 20
