Jul 16 2011

TV: Week of July 17

Category: TV,Upcomingvelveetahead @ 4:08 pm

There will be a lot of Gordon Ramsay on FOX this week with MasterChef still going on and Hell’s Kitchen starting.

Pick of the Week

Breaking Bad

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

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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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Jan 01 2011

Best TV of 2010

Category: TVvelveetahead @ 8:05 pm

Once again, here are my favorite shows in the past year. I can never pick just 10 so there are more than that. Oh well! There are other shows that I love a lot, but they either didn’t have a stellar year or I don’t watch the shows as quickly as I watched all of these so I figured they aren’t my absolute favorites.

#1


Breaking Bad
Channel: AMC
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt

The reason I love the show is that it goes to really dark, messed up places and somehow gets out of jams or deals with them in unexpected ways. Hank’s wife found out he was making and selling meth. That didn’t go over too well when she kicked him out, even though he refused to leave his own house for a while. Jesse was pissed at Walter. When they fight, it is hilarious. They both don’t want to do anything with one another, until they realize they need each other. Finally, when things get really scary for them both, the season end’s on an awesome cliffhanger.

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Mar 21 2010

TV Premieres: Week of March 21

Category: TV,Upcomingvelveetahead @ 7:33 am

Cable is the place to watch good tv this week between Breaking Bad and the latest seasons of Showtime comedies. Survivors just finished it first season on Saturday nights on BBC America but it is starting second season on Tuesday nights. Maybe more people will stumble across it. The winter season finale of Caprica is this week. Then we’ll have to wait until fall for more new episodes. On Tuesday, there will be a recap of V so everyone can remember what was happening in the first four episodes from months ago before the series comes back next week.

Pick of the Week

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, Steven Michael Quezada, Raymond Cruz, Ted Beneke
Premieres: Sunday, March 21
Trailer

Synopsis: Walt’s wife learns what he has really been doing in his spare time and she’s not going to put up with it while Jesse tries to go clean after his girlfriend died of an overdose that Walt could have prevented.

My Take: It is my favorite show on television currently. It is dark and twisted. It does not take the easy way out. You never know where it is going to lead, except to someplace that is even darker than you imagined.

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Mar 08 2009

TV: Week of March 8

Category: TV,Upcomingvelveetahead @ 5:36 pm

This week on Wednesday night, American Idol and Lie to Me swap times slots. Other than that, I’m excited Breaking Bad is back and I’m going to check out Castle. Other than that, I’m ignoring other new shows premiering.

Season Finales: The L Word, Secret Diary of  a Call Girl, Kath & Kim

Pick of the Week

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Breaking Bad
Channel: AMC
Time: 10/9c
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt
Premieres: Sunday, March 8
Trailer

Synopsis: Last season Walt found out he had inoperable cancer, but didn’t want to leave his family with nothing so he decided get enough money saved by using his chemistry teacher skills in order to make and sell crystal meth. He did have to use the help of a former student drop out since he had no drug connections.

My Take: This was my favorite show of last season. The show goes to very dark places, but it is also awesomely funny at the same time. Walt and Jesse get themselves into situations that I cannot see how they would get out, but they manage to do it in a completely believable and awesome way.

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Jan 10 2009

Favorite 2008 TV

Category: TVvelveetahead @ 3:06 pm

I planned on making a top 10 list, but I just can’t seem to pick just 10 shows. There were some shows that I have picked on my best of lists before that didn’t make it this time, including CSI and Scrubs. There were only a few Scrubs episodes on in 2008 and they weren’t the best ones I have seen so I decided they didn’t make the list. What I have seen in 2009 on ABC is good though so it is probably going on the list at the end of this year. I have loved CSI in the past, but we didn’t watch the shows as quickly as we have in the past.

That is basically how I came up with my list. The shows that sit around on the TiVo forever don’t make the list. The ones that I can’t find an episode on the TiVo because Jer and I watch them as soon as they are new are obviously ones that we can’t wait to watch. These were all ones that either we both watched immediately or I watched immediately because he couldn’t stand them.  :)

#1

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Breaking Bad
Channel: AMC
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt

Walter was a high school chemistry teacher that found out his has inoperable cancer, but didn’t want his family to worry and stare at him with that “Oh you are dying” stare, so he didn’t tell them about his disease. He decided he needed to make some money to leave them when he did die so he decided to make pure crystal meth since it is just basic chemistry and works with a former student in order to sell it with his druggie connections. I thought the show would just be like Weeds, but it wasn’t. It was completely messed up and hilarious. Walter gets himself into jams so many times and parts of it are really scary with the people he is dealing with in the drug world, but the story goes in surprising ways all the time. I cannot wait for it to come back for a second season this year and Bryan Cranston was totally deserving of winning the Emmy for the series last year.

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Jan 21 2008

Breaking Bad

Category: Shows,TVvelveetahead @ 11:16 pm

Breaking Bad
Channel: AMC
Airs: Sunday @10pm
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, RJ Mite, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt
Trailer

Synopsis: A former chemistry teacher finds out he has a terminal illness. This wakes him up and he decides to use his background to make and sell crystal meth in order to provide for his family when he is gone.

This show is so wrong, yet so funny. You laugh at Walt, who is such a sad sack going through his teaching job, followed by his car wash job, in order to make money for his family. You know it isn’t enough when his wife asks him about spending almost $16 at Staples on the Mastercard they don’t use. That’s some tough times. He also has a son with cerebral palsy and another child on the way. Then he finds out he has his terminal illness. He has a lot of deal with, but does he tell anyone that he’s dying? Nope! He’s more concerned with the mustard stain on the doctor’s white doctor coat. It does give him the courage to quit his car wash job and stand up for his son when some jerks are making fun of him. Continue reading “Breaking Bad”

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