WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
PASSWORD (8PM CBS)
Why? Because Jeff Garlin and Chelsea Hander guest.
TRUE BLOOD (9PM HBO)
TWILIGHT for adults kicks off its second season tonight with the citizens of Bon Temps worried about another murderer on the loose, Sookie worried about the presence of Bill’s teen protégé Jessica, and this TV Addict worried that his blinds are properly closed so that our nosy neighbors don’t incorrectly assume that we’re watching soft core porn.
NEW & NOTABLE:
TWINS BY SURPRISE (8PM DHLTH)
Discovery Health profiles four mothers who believed they were pregnant with one child only to end up giving birth to twins! Soon to be followed-up by Discovery Health’s profile of four unemployed OBGYN’s!
HAMMERTIME (10PM A&E)
Too Legit… too legit to quit… show-business, as evidence by tonight’s new A&E reality series chronicling the life of one Stanley Burrell, better known by his once ubiquitous stage name: MC Hammer.
NEW & NOTABLE:
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH JONATHAN ROSS (8PM BBC America)
The popular British talk show makes its BBC America debut with two guests with whom Americans will be intimately familiar with. Native son Hugh Laurie (Yes, he’s British!) and wannabe Londoner Dustin Hoffman (Or, at least according to his most recent film Last Chance Harvey)
WHAT NOT TO WEAR (9PM TLC)
Good News: A single women in her fifties finally lets go of her signature style of big hair. Bad News: Now that every show on TLC must somehow pimp the network’s ratings behemoth that is JON AND KATE PLUS EIGHT, fingers crossed said single women is a fan of the “kate.”
20/20 (10PM ABC)
AMERICAN IDOL runner-up and soon-to-be Rolling Stone cover boy Adam Lambert will be interviewed in this new edition of 20/20. I wonder what they’re gonna ask him about?
NEW & NOTABLE:
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (9PM FOX)
In the first results show of the season, America crushes the dreams of two of the Top 20 dancers.
BURN NOTICE (9PM USA)
Bad News: A detective discovers Michael’s secret stash of explosives. Good News: Said detective is played by Terminator: Salvation’s Moon Bloodgood.
NAKED SCIENCE (9PM NGC)
Does the National Geographic Channel think that just by putting the word ‘naked’ in the title we’ll watch this show examining an off-season tornado outbreak? Well played NGC, well played indeed.
RAISING SEXTUPLETS (10PM WEtv)
RAISING SEXTUPLETS parents Bryan and Jenny Masche swear that they won’t be the next ‘Jon & Kate.’ And you know what, we’re gonna hold them to that.
Since the major networks have all but given up on attracting eyeballs between the months of June and August (see: tonight’s schedule which includes back-to-back episodes of WIPEOUT, 2-hours of I’M A CELEBRITY… GET ME OUT OF HERE and a slew of repeats on the CW and CBS), this TV Addict is left with little choice but to head on over to my local multiplex to enjoy former small screen star, current ‘next big thing’ Will Tippen Bradley Cooper in THE HANGOVER.
Which is why, earlier today via twitter I put out a call for what you’re watching tonight and why. Here’s what you had to say:
Says @laurahvogel: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (8PM on FOX, CTV in Canada) Top 20 Kickoff tonite obvi! Cat Deely’s crazy outfits, Mary Murphy screaming, lots of pointed toes!
Says @RakedReviews: THE UNUSUALS (10PM on ABC) because it’s awesome, and it’s only got two more episodes left! *sniff*
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
GREEK (8PM ABC Family)
If BEVERLY HILLS 90210’s Emily Valentine taught us anything, it’s that “homecoming week float competition” and “heats up” should never be used in the same sentence. We’re just sayin’
WEEDS (10PM Showtime)
Picking up where season four left-off, a now knocked up Nancy Botwin continues to make life-altering decisions that make JON & KATE PLUS 8’s Kate look like mother of the year.
NURSE JACKIE (10:30PM Showtime)
If star Edie Falco’s Nurse Jackie thinks juggling patients, co-workers and a personal substance abuse problem is tricky, just wait until she has to RSVP to all those Emmy and Golden Globe ceremonies. Those dresses aren’t gonna pick themselves!
NEW & NOTABLE:
KATHY GRIFFIN (10PM Bravo)
Further evidence that there’s absolutely nothing real about reality television comes courtesy of Kathy Griffin — who after two Emmy wins and one Grammy nomination is still pretending she’s on the D-List.
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NEW & NOTABLE:
SMILE PINKI (7PM HBO)
Proving it’s not TV, it’s HBO is far more than a simple marketing slogan comes this uplifting Oscar®-winning doc that highlights two wide-eyed protagonists born with cleft lips in one of the poorest regions of rural India and follows them on a journey from isolation to acceptance.
CHOWDER (8PM Cartoon Network)
Why are we singling out a Cartoon network series of which we know absolutely nothing about? Turns out we’ll post anything that gives us an opportunity to reminisce about a classic SIMPSONS episode (”Say Chowda, Say it!”)
THE GOODE FAMILY (9PM ABC, CityTV in Canada)
Mike Judge, creator of underrated animated sitcom KING OF THE HILL, tries to play up liberal stereotypes with varying success in this comedy about a family struggling to figure out how to be as politically correct as possible. Strictly nonpartisan in its satire, THE GOODE FAMILY is very much a comedy of the Obama era, but too often goes for obvious and pointed jokes. It’ll be a miracle if ABC keeps it though June. Grade: C+ — Aleks Chan
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INSIDE THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE (9PM NBC)
Not exactly THE WEST WING re-boot we were hoping for, but pretty cool nonetheless as Brian Williams takes viewers behind-the-scenes of a day in the life at President Barack Obama’s White House.
ABC NEWS SPECIAL: EARTH 2100 (9PM ABC)
Watch Bob Woodruff explore the serious and devastating effects of climate change, population growth and resource depletion on our earth. Or rent Pixar’s WALL•E, which let’s face it, paints a pretty grim portrait of the year 2100, but includes some really cool robots and a guaranteed happy ending.
MAN VS. WILD (10PM Discovery)
Will Ferrell ventures to the land of the lost the frigid far north of Sweden in this shameless, albeit brilliant tie in to his upcoming movie which incidentally opens Friday. Genius, really.
The pickin’s are slim tonight, folks, but here’s what might be called the “least offensive” offerings of the night. Except THE BACHELORETTE, which is included ’cause, heck, some people are just that desperate for new programming.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN (11:35PM NBC)
An honest to goodness funny white guy at 11:35PM, now that’s change we can believe in!
NEW & NOTABLE:
THE BACHELORETTE (8PM ABC)
Wonder what would happen if you or I went rapelling down the side of a major hotel? I’m thinking arrest. Seeing as that’s on the agenda for Jillian tonight, here’s hoping the show comes with a “don’t try this at home — or at your local Holiday Inn — kids!” advisory.
HOUSE (8PM FOX)
This repeat is a tad unusual as for once, the pill-popping Doc isn’t the grumpiest guy in the room. Tonight, that honor goes to a patient played by the ubiquitous Zeljiko Ivanek who holds House and several others hostage while demanding treatment.
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS (9PM MTV)
Also known as More Twilight Videos, with MTV, the network that used to have something to do with music and videos (crazy, right?) continuing to sell its soul for the desirable demos and viewers that will inexplicably sink their teeth into anything Vampire.
INTO THE STORM (9PM HBO)
Because nothing says counter-programming to Robert Pattinson and the MTV generation like Brendan Gleeson, who takes over for Albert Finney in a follow-up to the 2002 Emmy-Winning Winston Churchill biopic THE GATHERING STORM.
NEW & NOTABLE:
ANY DREAM WILL DO (8PM BBC America)
Aspiring actors vie for the lead role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Or as Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber will no doubt be calling it in an effort to continue to milk Susan Boyle madness, Josephine and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
2009 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE (8PM ABC)
Among those definitely smarter than a fifth grader are a record 293 future leaders of America spellers aged 9 to 15 compete who will compete in the 82nd annual event in Washington, D.C.
NEW & NOTABLE:
THE OPRAH EFFECT (9PM CNBC)
An exploration of Oprah Winfrey’s ability to transform a business via her popular talk show…. or a savvy attempt on CNBC’s part to attract viewers to their network by including the word ‘Oprah’ in the title. Find out for yourself at 9PM on CNBC.
BEGINNING FILMMAKING (5:30PM HBO)
Because it’s never too early to learn how to react when a superstar-who-shall-remain-nameless completely losses his cool, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt teaches his craft to his 4-year-old daughter.
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