Sunday, September 25, 2011

TV Line-up for Sunday

SUNDAY
Sunday may be fall TV's strongest night: There are dead people, cartoon people, racing people, killer people, and crime-stopping people! It's like a people-palooza up in here!


7PM - 8PM 
ABC
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Season 9 premieres 9/25 at 7pm
People feel good about themselves by going to strangers' houses and pushing their own agendas and insulting the homeowners' personal taste.


8PM - 9PM 
CBS
The Amazing Race
Season 19 premieres 9/25 at 8pm
Tune in to watch pairs of teammates go extreme-vacationing and almost come to blows as they compete to win a million dollars.
FOX
The Simpsons
Season 23 premieres 9/25 at 8pm
At this point the show is leisurely stepping over the shark, but whatevs. It's The Simpsons.
ABC
Once Upon a Time
NEW! Series premiere airs 10/23 at 8pm
From a couple writers of Lost (Seasons 5 and 6, so don't get too excited) comes one of two new fairytale dramas this season. In this one, there are two realities: One is our normal humdrum life, and the other is an existence where fairytales are real and guys dress like dandy fops.
FOX
The Cleveland Show
Season 3 premieres 10/23 at 8:30pm
Yup, this Family Guy spin-off is still kickin'.
FOX
Allen Gregory
NEW! Series premiere airs 10/30 at 8:30pm
Wow alert! This is an animated program on Fox that ISN'T from Seth MacFarlane! Back when he was fat, Jonah Hill created this series about a hyper-intelligent and super-rich seven-year old who's going to normal school for the first time.

Sundays 9-10pm
9PM - 10PM 
HBO
Boardwalk Empire
**EDITORS' PICK!** Season 2 premieres 9/25 at 9pm
Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) returns to prove that with power comes an unreal irresistibility to women you would otherwise never stand a chance with in this period drama set in Prohibition-era Atlantic City.
ABC
Desperate Housewives
Season 8 premieres 9/25 at 9pm
This is the ladies' final season on Wysteria Lane. It's also quite possibly the last time you'll find any of them remotely attractive.
FOX
Family Guy
Season 10 premieres 9/25 at 9pm
Back for another season of testing your patience and "This reminds me of that time when—" cutaway gags involving pop-culture jokes.
CBS
The Good Wife
Season 3 premieres 9/25 at 9pm
Julianna Margulies stars as the scorned wife of a disgraced senator in what has become one of network TV's better dramas. This is the show's first season to air on Sunday night (it used to air on Tuesdays).
SHOWTIME
Dexter
Season 6 premieres 9/25 at 9pm
Here comes the religion season! Rumor has that the serial-killer serial killer Dexter (the always fantasticMichael C. Hall) finds God this season, Saran Wraps him to a table, and cuts his eyes out with a grapefruit spoon.
AMC
The Walking Dead
**EDITORS' PICK!** Season 2 premieres 10/16 at 9pm
AMC's runaway hit returns with more than twice as many episodes as Season 1, but without twice the budget! Don't be surprised if, to cut costs, most of the zombies are so fresh they look just like normal human beings.
FOX
American Dad
Season 7 premieres 9/25 at 9:30pm
Seth MacFarlane's third program of the evening. Of the evening! Man, that guy is rich.

Sundays 10-11pm
10PM - 11PM 
CBS
CSI: Miami
Season 10 premieres 9/25 at 10pm
The Sunglasses Brigade arrests more creepy punks on the tip of Florida. Bad guys, you better watch this, because Horatio and his team—*puts on sunglasses*—will be watching you. YEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!
ABC
Pan Am
NEW! Series premiere airs 9/25 at 10pm
With a backdrop of the famous airline during the 1960s, when models roamed the aisles and beefcakes lingered in the cockpit, this drama really makes today's Southwest Airlines flight attendants look totally hideous.
SHOWTIME
Homeland
**EDITORS' PICK!** NEW! Series premiere airs 10/2 at 10pm
This thriller stars a grown-up Claire Danes as an FBI agent who suspects that a recently returned prisoner of war (Damian Lewis) might be a sleeper terrorist. Jeez, can't we trust anyone these days!?!?
HBO
Hung
Season 3 premieres 10/2 at 10pm
Thomas Jane stars as a man with a really big wang. Seriously.
AMC
Hell on Wheels
NEW! Series premiere airs 11/6 at 10pm
This new Western follows a Confederate soldier who's determined to get revenge on the people who murdered his wife. His quest leads him to lawless towns built near the Transcontinental, but ends up into jeopardy when a tribe of Cheyenne Indians defend their lands. In case you couldn't tell, it's a drama.
HBO
How to Make it in America
Season 2 premieres 10/2 at 10:30pm
Welcome to Entourage: New York! A handful of street hustlers hustle their way into your heart with their story of persistence, hard work, and sleeping with models. 

Thursday, September 22, 2011

11:08PM: The Time America Lost A Piece Of Her Soul


Troy Davis was executed tonight by lethal injection at 11:08pm (EST) for the 1989 murder of Savannah, Georgia police officer Mark MacPhail. 
His final words before he was execiuted was, "The incident that night was not my fault.  I did not have a gun.  I did not personally kill your son, father or brother.  I am innocent.  Look deeper into this case, so you can really find the truth.  For those who are about to take my life, may god have mercy upon your souls and may god bless your souls.
11:08PM: The Time America Lost A Piece Of Her Soul 

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Wednesday TV line-up


WEDNESDAY
The new kid on the Wednesday-night block is Simon Cowell's singing competition The X Factor, which lands in the U.S. for the first time and will face competition from a long-running reality show, a beloved Emmy-winning comedy, and a spooky thriller from the creator of Glee. Wednesday is a night to never ever go out.
Wednesdays 8-9pm
8PM - 9PM 
THE CW
H8R
NEW! Series premiere airs 9/14 at 8pm
This new reality show puts celebrities face-to-face with regular people who hate them. Then they fight to the death in a steel cage match where the winner drinks the loser's blood from the loser's hollowed-out skull. But The CW will probably only air the parts where the celeb tries to win the hater over.
CBS
Survivor: South Pacific
**EDITORS' PICK!** Season 23 premieres 9/14 at 8pm
Sexy contestants and old contestants compete to not die in the jungles of Samoa while a well-fed and well-rested camera crew documents all of their near-fatal experiences.
ABC
The Middle
Season 3 premieres 9/21 at 8pm
Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) stars as the mother of three kids in this send-up of the Middle American suburbs. Look for a Raymond reunion this season when Ray Romano guest-stars.
FOX
The X Factor (Part 1)
NEW! Series premiere airs 9/21 at 8pm
Simon Cowell's new singing talent show comes to the U.S. this fall, and unlike on American Idol, kids, seniors, and groups can all compete for the title of Mr. or Ms. Not Good Enough for American Idol.
ABC
Suburgatory
NEW! Series premiere airs 9/28 at 8pm
This witty new comedy follows a precocious young teen (delightful newcomer Jane Levy) whose single dad plucks her out of New York and plants in the Stepford-esque suburbs where things might be scarier than they are in the city.
Wednesdays 9-10pm
9PM - 10PM 
CW
America's Next Top Model
Season 17 premieres 9/14 at 9pm
Tyra Banks returns for a seventeenth season of craziness! Who will be the latest to earn the title of Top Model and follow previous winners into obscurity?
CBS
Criminal Minds
Season 7 premieres 9/21 at 9pm
AJ Cook and Paget Brewster return for Season 7 of this rarest of rare programs: a CBS procedural that doesn't use an acronym.
NBC
Harry's Law
Season 2 premieres 9/21 at 9pm
Kathy Bates stars as a do-gooder lawyer in this surprise hit for NBC. Brittany Snow and Aml Ameenhave left the program, but Mark Valley and Karen Olivo are lawyering up for Season 2.
ABC
Modern Family
**EDITORS' PICK!** Season 3 premieres 9/21 at 9pm
Don't you want to be able to tell your children that you watched an Emmy-winning comedy that you weren't embarrassed to admit that you liked? Season 3 kicks off with the Dunphys and Pritchetts in Montana. Or Wyoming. Ahh, what's the difference, really? As long as it's not god-awful North Dakota!
ABC
Happy Endings
**EDITORS' PICK!** Season 3 premieres 9/28 at 9:30pm
Last spring's Friends-inspired romantic comedy matches up nicely with Modern Family as Cougar Towntakes a break.
FOX
I Hate My Teenage Daughter
NEW! Series premiere airs 11/30 at 9:30pm
Jaime Pressley and Katie Finneran star as the mothers of teen girls who act just like the lame chicks who teased them when they were in high school. Then they start hating them!
Wednesdays 10-11pm
10PM - 11PM 
SyFy
Paranormal Witness
NEW! Series premiere airs 9/7 at 10pm
For when a spectral reverend rhetorically asks, "Can I get a witness!?!?"
NBC
Up All Night
**EDITORS' PICK!** NEW! Series premiere airs 9/14 at 10pm
Will ArnettChristina Applegate, and Maya Rudolph star in this raising-a-baby comedy that critics are calling "not nearly as bad as the rest of the crap that's coming out."
CBS
CSI
Season 12 premieres 9/21 at 10pm
Ted Danson takes over as head honcho this season.
NBC
Law & Order: SVU
Season 13 premieres 9/21 at 10pm
Christopher Meloni has exited the best of the Law & Order franchise, but stepping in to keep the show as handsome as possible is Danny Pino (Cold Case). Also joining the Unit is Kelli Giddish, formerly ofChase.
ABC
Revenge
NEW! Series premiere airs 9/21 at 10pm
Think The Count of Monte Cristo but with female centerpieces (Emily VanKamp and Madeleine Stowe). Also, this time it's a television show and not a book or a sandwich.
DISCOVERY
Storm Chasers
Season 5 premieres 9/28 at 10pm
While you're hiding in your basement scared of half-an-inch of rain, these tough guys are seeking out the meteorological mayhem.
FX
American Horror Story
**EDITORS' PICK!** NEW! Series premiere airs 10/5 at 10pm
This story of a couple—Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton—who move into a haunted house comes from Glee creator Ryan Murphy; it will either be really good, really bad, or, more likely, some entertaining combination of the two.
COMEDY CENTRAL
South Park
Season 15 returns 10/5 at 10pm
Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and the others return for the second half of Season 15. Remember the last episode? The brilliant "You're Getting Old"? That one made me cry like someone killed my pony.
USA
Psych
Season 6 premieres 10/12 at 10pm
Shawn and Gus will continue faking psychic powers; I hope that wasn't a spoiler or anything. On tap this season: baseball, vampire, and Clue-themed episodes!
NBC
Free Agents
NEW! Series premiere airs 9/14 at 10:30pm
This adaptation of the 2009 U.K. series of the same name stars Hank Azaria as a guy who in real life would never get the girl he actually gets on the show. No way.
COMEDY CENTRAL
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time
Season 2 premieres 10/5 at 10:30pm
Comedian Nick Swardson comes back for a second season of sketch comedy. Make sure your bong is packed for the ride.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Some of the 2011 Emmy Nominations List: 63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations

Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Mad Men

Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
Parks and Recreation
30 Rock
Outstanding Actress in a Drama
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Margo Martindale, Justified
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Outstanding Actor in a Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
John Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andrew Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot In Cleveland
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Louis C.K., Louie
Steve Carrell, The Office
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Variety, Comedy Or Musical Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Reality Show
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
Outstanding TV Miniseries or Movie
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Kennedys
Mildred Pierce
The Pillars of the Earth
Too Big To Fail
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy
Idris Elba, The Big C
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Zach Galifianakis, Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
Matt Damon, 30 Rock
Will Arnett, 30 Rock
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy
Kristin Chenoweth, Glee
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee
Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock
Outstanding Leading Actress in a Mini-series or Movie
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs
Outstanding Leading Actor in an Mini-Series or Movie
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Barry Pepper, The Kennedys
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Idris Elba, Luther
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini-series or Movie
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
Bryan F. O'Byrne, Mildred Pierce
Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
James Woods, Too Big to Fail
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini-series or Movie
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce
Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce
Mare Winningham, Mildred Pierce
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Eileen Atkins, Upstairs Downstairs

Who do you think will win in each category?