Posts from — November 2008

Check out the latest tv promo for the next season of “Damages”:

FX Network just announced that the second season premieres on January 7th (10pm/9pm EST). Besides the obvious return of Glenn Close as duplicitous Patty Hewes and Rose Byrne as the now vengeful Ellen Parsons, there are a slew of new characters for the new season. We’ve got Timothy Olyphant (hotness!), Marcia Gay Harden, and Mario Van Peeples just to name a few. I’m pretty stoked for the new season since it ended on such a cliffhanger.

However, I’m not sure if the new promo will win any new fans by its contents alone. It’s a bit flashy, sorta like “Nip/Tuck” as TV Squad points out. And oh boy, do I not want another show to jump the shark like “Nip/Tuck”! That show became the shark! But back to “Damages”, I think the second season has a good outlook, fresh story line and new relevant to the plot characters. Plus, those Emmy awards can’t hurt either.

Catch up on season one of “Damages” on dvd before the January premiere. Otherwise, you’ll seriously have no idea what’s going on. There are way too many double-crosses, blackmailing schemes, and secret alliances to be adequately represented on this here blog.

“Dollhouse” is the new Joss Whedon show he’s producing for Fox. It stars Eliza Dushku, who played Faith on “Buffy”. It seems the show stopped production for awhile, has re-cut the pilot (rarely a good sign), and now has been scheduled for the Friday night time slot of death! I like Whedon and Dushku but will remain skeptical of the show before giving it a season pass on my DVR.

Find the latest promo trailer for “Dollhouse” below:

Hmmm, kinda cheesy but it is a Fox show after all…

Source: /Film and Pajiba

Last night SNL had a political parody comedy special called the “SNL Presidential Bash”. It was essentially a clip show of all their impressions of the political candidates: Obama, Palin, Biden, McCain, and Hilary Clinton. They also showed highlights from when a few of the actual candidates appeared on “SNL”.

Find all the SNL video clips from Monday’s presidential bash aggregated on TVSquad.

If you need more sarcastic political comedy, be sure to tune into Comedy Central’s election coverage with Stephen Colbert and “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart. The live “Daily Show/Colbert Report Election Night special” begins tonight at 10pm EST/7PM PST.

Indecision 2008 - Last Day

BBC’s new show, “Primeval”,  can be a bit cheesy from time to time (especially with some of the special f/x). But after about episode 4, I really started to like the whole gang, even the flying lizard, Rex.

And the whole entering the anomaly can seriously f&*K with reality theme made me give the tv show a full season pass on my DVR. I think I like Jenny Lewis better than her Claudia Brown counterpart (both characters played by Lucy Brown). Claudia was too much of a pushover while Jenny is manipulative PR woman who gets the job done. Plus, Nick Cutter’s character has better motivation now that his relationship with Claudia cannot move forward (i.e. because she no longer exists). The show needs him to be a tortured soul, sort of man on a quest who has nothing to live for but to discover the truth behind the anomalies.

Missed out on Primeval series 1 and 2? No worries. BBC releases their television dvd sets of their tv shows in a more timely fashion than most networks. Both series are available in one box set for around $34.99 on November 4th (i.e. tomorrow!).

Source: TV on DVD releases list on TVsquad

I am always ready to rant about how much “The Simpsons” sucks now, relative to how great it was during, say, seasons 3 through 8. This stems not from an inherently fickle nature, but from my deep love of this show during the golden (sometimes pronounced “Conan“) years, and genuine grief over the decline in quality as the seasons have dragged on.

To the credit of the current writers and producers, it’s still better than “Two and a Half Men” a lot of other crap that’s passing for comedy, these days.

Tonight they’re airing the 734th “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween special. For some reason, Fox has seemed incapable of airing “The Simpsons” Halloween special within a logical time frame for the last seven years or so, airing it either way too soon or way too late.

But, this is the closest they’ve come in ages, so if you have any pumpkin beer  and tiny candies left, you may as well polish them off tonight at 8pm eastern and pacific. It’ll get you nice and buzzed for “True Blood,” “Dexter” and “Mad Men,” later on.

Yeah guys, let’s get sick!

VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” began its second season last week. As in the first season, the cast is a bunch of “celebrities” I’ve never heard of, for the most part, with the exception of Rodney King (since when does getting the crap kicked out of you by the LAPD in 1991 make you a celebrity?), and Gary Busey.

In just the two episodes that have aired so far, Gary Busey has successfully usurped heights and centipedes, to take place as the thing I fear the most. However, I have to commend the “Celebrity Rehab” producers, because that was a stroke of casting genius.

It’s only a matter of time before the suits over at VH1 realize just how genius they were to cast Gary Busey, and we begin to see promos for “Busey of Love,” “Busey Knows Best,” or simply, “Busey!” That one’s my favorite.

In the meantime, you can get your dose of The Buse on Thursday nights, 10pm eastern and pacific on VH1. I can tell you from personal experience, he will haunt your dreams.