VH Corner

This week is better since the pick of the week is highly recommended!

Pick of the Week

30 Rock
Channel: NBC
Time: 9:30/8:30c
Premieres: Thursday, October 30
Starring: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Jack McBrayer, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Judah Friedlander, Keither Powell, Katrina Bowden, Scott Adsit
Trailer

Synopsis: The show is lining up the guest stars (Oprah, Jennifer Aniston) while Jack works on getting his job back.

My Take: This is the funniest show on the air right now. It must be watched with a DVR though since you will need to rewind to hear everything that happened since you’ll be laughing too loud and miss half of it.

Tags: 30 rock, alec baldwin, Jack McBrayer, Jane Krakowski, Judah Friedlander, Katrina Bowden, Keither Powell, Scott Adsit, Tina Fey, tracy morgan

The writer’s strike is officially over. Some shows are going back into production for 4-6 episodes to air in April and May (mostly self-contained procedurals like CSI and comedies), while other serialized shows will be relaunched next fall. Over at TV Guide, Michael Ausiello has a chart on all shows, but here are the ones that I care about, plus a few that I know you guys like too.

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I usually like to do best-of lists after an official season ends in May, but with the crazy writer’s strike on, I might as well just pick the best of 2007 since who knows when the official season will come back (not counting mid-season replacements starting soon to fill the gap). Here is my top 10 list of shows along with some honorable mentions.

1. Dexter

After a fabulous first season, you always wonder if the second season will suffer the sophomore slump. This one didn’t. It changed gears to not just murdering someone each week, but dealing with the Miami PD (that he works for) finding all his bodies and tracking the killer. Then there was Lyla who he met at his 12-step program. I loved her. She was dark and twisted, but also a way for him to open up more and figure out what he wanted to do with his life that was in a disarray with the police investigation going on. The more the season went on, the more tension filled it became, since I had no idea how he was going to get out of the next mess he found himself in as the police and Doakes came closer to discovering the truth. The finale was completely awesome and satisfying. The only downside for the season was Dexter’s sister’s relationship with the FBI guy. She was great in the beginning of the season dealing with dating last season’s serial killer and not trusting anyone. Then it turned icky for the last part of the season. I’m glad that relationship is over now though.

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Tags: 30 rock, amazing race, burn notice, californication, chuck, csi, damages, desperate housewives, dexter, doctor who, house, jekyll, lost, mad men, psych, pushing daisies, reaper, samantha who, scrubs, supernatural, torchwood, veronica mars, weeds

I didn’t make this post last week since it would have been insane with the amount of new shows. There aren’t as many shows premiering this week, so here you go.

New Shows

Aliens in America
Channel: CW
Time: 8:30/7:30c
Premieres: October 1
Cast: Dan Byrd, Adhir Kalyan, Amy Pietz, Scott Patterson, Lindsey Shaw
Trailer

Synopsis: An uncool high schooler has a mom with hair-brained schemes. One of them is to import him a friend in a foreign exchange program. She thinks she’s getting a blond-haired boy, but Raj from Pakistan shows up instead. She wants to send him back but her son bonds with him since they are both outsiders in school.

Cavemen
Channel: ABC
Time: 8/7c
Premieres: October 2
Cast: Bill English, Nick Kroll, Sam Huntington, John Heard, Kaitlin Doubleday, Stephanie Lemelin
Trailer

Synopsis: It is the cavemen from the Geico ads, but this isn’t a show by Geico. They are three cavemen trying to get by in a world that thinks they don’t fit in since they are Cro-Magnon.

Pushing Daisies
Channel: ABC
Time: 8/7c
Premieres: October 3
Cast: Lee Pace, Kristin Chenoweth, Swoosie Kurtz, Anna Friel, Chi McBridge, Ellen Greene
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Synopsis: A man has the gift to bring someone back to life with one touch. Another touch leaves them dead forever. A detective uses the man’s gift to get reward money about who murdered the people. The man does bring his childhood crush back to life, but of course, cannot touch her again or he’ll lose her forever.

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Tags: 30 rock, aliens in america, biggest loser, criminal intent, dexter, eureka, nashville, pushing daisies, supernatural