Since I had to keep updating last week's tv show - post all throughout the week, I'll try doing it on a daily basis this week and I'll decide which format to stick with next week (Ok, that's a lot of "week" for one sentence...anyway):
Personal favourites:
How I Met Your Mother (3x02, find last week's recap here)
Heroes (2x02, find last week's recap here)
Weeds (3x08, find last week's recap here)
Chuck (2x02, find last week's recap here) - it took me a while to get around watching this one, but I have to say, I really liked it! It's funny, there's spy stuff and action stuff and the lead's likeable. Of course it may turn sour in the next couple of episodes, but so far I'd really recommend it.
Premiering:
Aliens in America - Comedy about a loser in high school who's mum wants him to fit in and decides to help him by taking in an exchange student. Unfortunately that exchange student turns out to not be the handsome Scandinavian they had hoped for, but a Muslim from Pakistan.
I saw the leaked pilot and I liked it, although I'll reserve judgement until more episodes have aired. If you're a Gilmore Girls fan, you'll be happy to hear that the actor who played the lead's father in the original pilot has been replaced by Scott Patterson (who was Luke on Gilmore Girls).
Also on tonight:
Prison Break (3x03, recap), Two And A Half Men (5x02), Rules Of Engagement (2x02), The Big Bang Theory (1x02), Journeyman (1x02, started watching this one, but found it boooooooring), CSI : Miami (6x02), K-Ville (1x03), Californication (1x08), Dancing With The Stars (5x04, recap), Everybody Hates Chris (3x01), Girlfriends (8x01), The Game (2x01), City Homicide (1x07)
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Blah
I know, I haven't been blogging about anything else but US tv shows for the past two weeks, so you, my dearly devoted readers, will now be treated to a random blabbering post.
Turns out keeping track of all the tv shows I've been blogging about is really stressful, seeing as I don't only watch shows I like, I also like to read TWOP's recaps and lurk/post in their wonderfully strictly moderated forums (they've got a real grammar and spelling police there, y'all!). Until recently this was feasible, especially during the summer, with so many shows on hiatus and because TWOP's resources used to be too limited to recap too big a line-up.
But now that the fall season's back on, with tons of new and old shows premiering and TWOP having expanded their line-up to almost every single show I watch (they were bought by Bravo, a network belonging to NBC and they are now swimming in cash, compared to the early days), it has been impossible for me to keep up. Especially since I've got a life and stuff, you know? (At least that's what I keep telling myself)
Speaking of everyday life, I'm really glad my students now have fall vacation (starting Monday), which gives me a three-week-break from teaching. Maybe that'll make me get started on my Thesis? After all, wonders never cease, right?
Also, I've finally given in and started reading Harry Potter. I really enjoyed the first book and am now looking forward to borrowing the others from a friend. Yet another procrastination tool! I am so smart! So very, very smart. S-M-R-T... I mean S-M-A-R-R-T. (10 points for everyone who got this reference!)
In other news, I am having a hard time deciding whether to join the "Fuck off...I don't want to be a pirate/vampire/werewolf/zombie"-group on facebook or not. On the one hand, it really expresses my sentiments on the subject, on the other hand I don't want to insult friends who actually think those applications are fun and cool and who regularly invite me to be a pirate/vampire/werewolf/zombie. What do you think I should do?
In the last two days I have also for the first time grasped the true advantage of dynamic RSS-feed-bookmarks. They're awesome! I know I'm late to join the club, but are you really surprised? I just told you that I've only now started reading Harry Potter...
To conclude this post I would like to give everyone who ever wants to buy me a present, i.e. for my birthday / christmas / just to show their love and admiration, a hint: it's really really easy to get me something I like. Get me a DVD of a season of a show I love, including but not limited to any of Eddie Izzard's stand-up work ! (considering the amount of time I spend talking and writing about tv shows and the amount of tv show-DVDs I have handed out as gifts myself, it is actually kind of shocking that no one has ever thought of this). Concert tickets to a band I like! Easy-reading books by an author I like! Or if you insist on getting me jewellery, just have it be made out of anything but gold! See? Easy. Of course I will also not say no to most alcoholic beverages. I mean, who would?
If you need more gift ideas for me, just e-mail me! It really wouldn't be any trouble at all, I swear!
(Heh, I guess it's fitting I just joined ms. mac's group on facebook called "The Stupid Idiot's Crappy Group for Jerks")
Have a good weekend everyone!
Turns out keeping track of all the tv shows I've been blogging about is really stressful, seeing as I don't only watch shows I like, I also like to read TWOP's recaps and lurk/post in their wonderfully strictly moderated forums (they've got a real grammar and spelling police there, y'all!). Until recently this was feasible, especially during the summer, with so many shows on hiatus and because TWOP's resources used to be too limited to recap too big a line-up.
But now that the fall season's back on, with tons of new and old shows premiering and TWOP having expanded their line-up to almost every single show I watch (they were bought by Bravo, a network belonging to NBC and they are now swimming in cash, compared to the early days), it has been impossible for me to keep up. Especially since I've got a life and stuff, you know? (At least that's what I keep telling myself)
Speaking of everyday life, I'm really glad my students now have fall vacation (starting Monday), which gives me a three-week-break from teaching. Maybe that'll make me get started on my Thesis? After all, wonders never cease, right?
Also, I've finally given in and started reading Harry Potter. I really enjoyed the first book and am now looking forward to borrowing the others from a friend. Yet another procrastination tool! I am so smart! So very, very smart. S-M-R-T... I mean S-M-A-R-R-T. (10 points for everyone who got this reference!)
In other news, I am having a hard time deciding whether to join the "Fuck off...I don't want to be a pirate/vampire/werewolf/zombie"-group on facebook or not. On the one hand, it really expresses my sentiments on the subject, on the other hand I don't want to insult friends who actually think those applications are fun and cool and who regularly invite me to be a pirate/vampire/werewolf/zombie. What do you think I should do?
In the last two days I have also for the first time grasped the true advantage of dynamic RSS-feed-bookmarks. They're awesome! I know I'm late to join the club, but are you really surprised? I just told you that I've only now started reading Harry Potter...
To conclude this post I would like to give everyone who ever wants to buy me a present, i.e. for my birthday / christmas / just to show their love and admiration, a hint: it's really really easy to get me something I like. Get me a DVD of a season of a show I love, including but not limited to any of Eddie Izzard's stand-up work ! (considering the amount of time I spend talking and writing about tv shows and the amount of tv show-DVDs I have handed out as gifts myself, it is actually kind of shocking that no one has ever thought of this). Concert tickets to a band I like! Easy-reading books by an author I like! Or if you insist on getting me jewellery, just have it be made out of anything but gold! See? Easy. Of course I will also not say no to most alcoholic beverages. I mean, who would?
If you need more gift ideas for me, just e-mail me! It really wouldn't be any trouble at all, I swear!
(Heh, I guess it's fitting I just joined ms. mac's group on facebook called "The Stupid Idiot's Crappy Group for Jerks")
Have a good weekend everyone!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
This Week On (North American) TV: Week 39
Yay, this week the goodies are returning! I'm all giddy with excitement! Let's sort 'em by dates:
Monday, September 24th:
How I Met Your Mother - the funniest sitcom currently on the air is returning for its 3rd season. Will we see more of Robin Sparkles? Will Ted finally meet the mother? Will Lily and Marshall be able to live without Ted, now that they're a married couple? We'll find out soon and it's going to be legen - wait for it! - dary!
Heroes - ordinary people with extraordinary abilities! Two of them exploded in the season finale! Will they live? How will Hiro fare in 16th century Japan? And will Kristen Bell's new character have a totally kick-ass power? Season 2, er, Volume 2, "Generations", is finally upon us!
Journeyman - new show about a guy who travels to the past. Where have I seen this before?
Also airing: Weeds (!) (3x07), Prison Break (3x02), K-Ville (1x02), Two And A Half Men (5x01), Rules Of Engagement (2x01), CSI: Miami (6x01), Californication (1x07) and new shows premiering are Chuck and The Big Bang Theory.
Tuesday, September 25th:
Reaper - new show about an underachiever who discovers his parents sold his soul to the devil who now forces him to work for him. His job is to capture souls that escaped from hell and hand them in at the DMV. Looks like a fun show with a pilot directed by Kevin Smith (of "Mallrats", "Clerks" and "Dogma" fame) and starring Twin Peaks' Ray Wise (in a stroke of casting-genius) as the devil.
Boston Legal - returning for its 4th season, Boston Legal features a Boston law firm with rather wacky employees, portrayed formidably by Emmy-winners William Shatner, James Spader and Candice Bergen. Anyone who watched Ally McBeal won't be surprised that this show is by the same creator, David E. Kelley. But while Ally Mc Beal featured a crazy anorexic chick, Boston Legal features two crazy fat old men. It's more fun than it sounds, promise!
Cane - new show about two multi-generational Latin American families (the Duques and the Samuels) involved in the sugar and rum business in Florida.
Also airing: House (4x01), Bones (3x01), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9x01), Eureka (2x12), Damages (1x09), The Unit (3x01), NCIS (5x01)
Wednesday, September 26th
Dirty Sexy Money - new show about a filthy rich and accordingly troubled family (The Darlings) whose attorney dies and the patriarch (Donald Sutherland) asks the deceased's son, Nick George (Peter Krause, who was Nate on Six Feet Under), to take the job. He reluctantly does, for the money's really really good but I'm guessing he's in over his head - otherwise we wouldn't have a show now, would we?
Also airing: Criminal Minds (3x01), Gossip Girl (1x02), Back To You (1x02), 'Til Death (2x02), Kid Nation (1x02), America's Next Top Model (9x02), CSI: NY (4x01) and premiering are Bionic Woman, Life (1x01) and Private Practice (this time for real!)
Thursday, September 27th
Grey's Anatomy - after the depressing and disappointing second half of season 3, here's hoping that in its 4th season Grey's Anatomy will get its groove back. With George repeating his intern year, Meredith's sister Lexie being one of the new interns, Addison gone and the George and Izzie debacle still not resolved, I guess there's potential for it to go both ways, sucktastic or fantastic. Either way, I think we have to admit that this is a soap opera and relish the guilty pleasure it's become.
My Name Is Earl - now starting its 3rd season, My Name Is Earl is an endearing sitcom about a redneck loser who learns the concept of Karma and makes a list of all the bad things he's done and then tries to fix them. In the second season finale Earl took the fall for his ex-wife Joy, who was risking her third strike, and ended up in jail. It will be interesting to see how that works for the show's premise, since it seems that Earl will definitely be spending at least a couple of episodes this season in jail - I for one am really looking forward to finding out (and seeing Joy and Darnell and Randy and Mr. Turtle again)!
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - must. watch. season 8 premiere. Need. to. know. if. Sara. survives!
Also airing: Ugly Betty (2x01), The Office (3x01), Smallville (7x01), Without A Trace (6x01), It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (3x05&06), Mad Men (1x10), ER (14x01, here you go, ms. mac! And it's 14th, not 15th season as I said in the comment section) and premiering is Big Shots
Friday, September 28th
Moonlight - a new show about a vampire. Yeah, I think that's all you (and I) need to know.
Also airing: Ghost Whisperer (3x01), Las Vegas (5x01), Numb3rs (3x01), Stargate Atlantis (4x01), The IT Crowd (2x06)
Saturday, September 29th
Nothing, really. True story.
Sunday, September 30th
Desperate Housewives - returning for its 4th season, Desperate Housewives will bring us new neighbours and (hopefully) answers to questions like: Will Edie live? Will Susan and Gabby's new marriages fail? Will Bree be able to keep Danielle's pregnancy a secret? And yes, I am aware that this is basically a soap opera, just like Grey's Anatomy...what's your point?
Brothers & Sisters - Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths (Brenda in Six Feet Under), Ron Rifkin, Matthew Rhys, Rob Lowe...need I say more? Ah yes, the show's starting its second season and we're all dying to know whether Justin will make it back from Iraq (my TV experience tells me: yes), whether the Walkers will continue to drink excessive amounts of alcohol supplied by their own vineyard (God, I hope so!) and whether RoadTrip!Sarah will make another appearance (God, I hope so even more!).
Dexter - this awesome show (based on the books by Jeff Lindsay) about a serial killer (Michael C. Hall, David in Six Feet Under) who works for the Miami Dade Police Department as a blood spatter analyst and kills bad guys in his spare time, is starting its 2nd season this fall. Yay! The bestest opening credits in the history of tv will finally grace my tv screen again!
Also airing: Cold Case (5x01), The Simpsons (19x01), King of the Hill (12x01), Family Guy (7x01), American Dad (3x01), Shark (2x02), Tell Me You Love Me (1x04), Curb Your Enthusiasm (6x04), Robot Chicken (3x08), Brotherhood (2x01)
Enjoy your TV week!
Monday, September 24th:
How I Met Your Mother - the funniest sitcom currently on the air is returning for its 3rd season. Will we see more of Robin Sparkles? Will Ted finally meet the mother? Will Lily and Marshall be able to live without Ted, now that they're a married couple? We'll find out soon and it's going to be legen - wait for it! - dary!
Heroes - ordinary people with extraordinary abilities! Two of them exploded in the season finale! Will they live? How will Hiro fare in 16th century Japan? And will Kristen Bell's new character have a totally kick-ass power? Season 2, er, Volume 2, "Generations", is finally upon us!
Journeyman - new show about a guy who travels to the past. Where have I seen this before?
Also airing: Weeds (!) (3x07), Prison Break (3x02), K-Ville (1x02), Two And A Half Men (5x01), Rules Of Engagement (2x01), CSI: Miami (6x01), Californication (1x07) and new shows premiering are Chuck and The Big Bang Theory.
Tuesday, September 25th:
Reaper - new show about an underachiever who discovers his parents sold his soul to the devil who now forces him to work for him. His job is to capture souls that escaped from hell and hand them in at the DMV. Looks like a fun show with a pilot directed by Kevin Smith (of "Mallrats", "Clerks" and "Dogma" fame) and starring Twin Peaks' Ray Wise (in a stroke of casting-genius) as the devil.
Boston Legal - returning for its 4th season, Boston Legal features a Boston law firm with rather wacky employees, portrayed formidably by Emmy-winners William Shatner, James Spader and Candice Bergen. Anyone who watched Ally McBeal won't be surprised that this show is by the same creator, David E. Kelley. But while Ally Mc Beal featured a crazy anorexic chick, Boston Legal features two crazy fat old men. It's more fun than it sounds, promise!
Cane - new show about two multi-generational Latin American families (the Duques and the Samuels) involved in the sugar and rum business in Florida.
Also airing: House (4x01), Bones (3x01), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9x01), Eureka (2x12), Damages (1x09), The Unit (3x01), NCIS (5x01)
Wednesday, September 26th
Dirty Sexy Money - new show about a filthy rich and accordingly troubled family (The Darlings) whose attorney dies and the patriarch (Donald Sutherland) asks the deceased's son, Nick George (Peter Krause, who was Nate on Six Feet Under), to take the job. He reluctantly does, for the money's really really good but I'm guessing he's in over his head - otherwise we wouldn't have a show now, would we?
Also airing: Criminal Minds (3x01), Gossip Girl (1x02), Back To You (1x02), 'Til Death (2x02), Kid Nation (1x02), America's Next Top Model (9x02), CSI: NY (4x01) and premiering are Bionic Woman, Life (1x01) and Private Practice (this time for real!)
Thursday, September 27th
Grey's Anatomy - after the depressing and disappointing second half of season 3, here's hoping that in its 4th season Grey's Anatomy will get its groove back. With George repeating his intern year, Meredith's sister Lexie being one of the new interns, Addison gone and the George and Izzie debacle still not resolved, I guess there's potential for it to go both ways, sucktastic or fantastic. Either way, I think we have to admit that this is a soap opera and relish the guilty pleasure it's become.
My Name Is Earl - now starting its 3rd season, My Name Is Earl is an endearing sitcom about a redneck loser who learns the concept of Karma and makes a list of all the bad things he's done and then tries to fix them. In the second season finale Earl took the fall for his ex-wife Joy, who was risking her third strike, and ended up in jail. It will be interesting to see how that works for the show's premise, since it seems that Earl will definitely be spending at least a couple of episodes this season in jail - I for one am really looking forward to finding out (and seeing Joy and Darnell and Randy and Mr. Turtle again)!
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - must. watch. season 8 premiere. Need. to. know. if. Sara. survives!
Also airing: Ugly Betty (2x01), The Office (3x01), Smallville (7x01), Without A Trace (6x01), It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (3x05&06), Mad Men (1x10), ER (14x01, here you go, ms. mac! And it's 14th, not 15th season as I said in the comment section) and premiering is Big Shots
Friday, September 28th
Moonlight - a new show about a vampire. Yeah, I think that's all you (and I) need to know.
Also airing: Ghost Whisperer (3x01), Las Vegas (5x01), Numb3rs (3x01), Stargate Atlantis (4x01), The IT Crowd (2x06)
Saturday, September 29th
Nothing, really. True story.
Sunday, September 30th
Desperate Housewives - returning for its 4th season, Desperate Housewives will bring us new neighbours and (hopefully) answers to questions like: Will Edie live? Will Susan and Gabby's new marriages fail? Will Bree be able to keep Danielle's pregnancy a secret? And yes, I am aware that this is basically a soap opera, just like Grey's Anatomy...what's your point?
Brothers & Sisters - Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths (Brenda in Six Feet Under), Ron Rifkin, Matthew Rhys, Rob Lowe...need I say more? Ah yes, the show's starting its second season and we're all dying to know whether Justin will make it back from Iraq (my TV experience tells me: yes), whether the Walkers will continue to drink excessive amounts of alcohol supplied by their own vineyard (God, I hope so!) and whether RoadTrip!Sarah will make another appearance (God, I hope so even more!).
Dexter - this awesome show (based on the books by Jeff Lindsay) about a serial killer (Michael C. Hall, David in Six Feet Under) who works for the Miami Dade Police Department as a blood spatter analyst and kills bad guys in his spare time, is starting its 2nd season this fall. Yay! The bestest opening credits in the history of tv will finally grace my tv screen again!
Also airing: Cold Case (5x01), The Simpsons (19x01), King of the Hill (12x01), Family Guy (7x01), American Dad (3x01), Shark (2x02), Tell Me You Love Me (1x04), Curb Your Enthusiasm (6x04), Robot Chicken (3x08), Brotherhood (2x01)
Enjoy your TV week!
Monday, September 17, 2007
This Week On (North American) TV: Week 38
This week the first new shows from this year's fall season line-up will premiere in the US. Of course I can't possibly know about / be interested in every single new show on the fall schedule, but these are the first two three of the ones I'm curious about:
Gossip Girl: a show about filthy rich teenagers and their escapades, set and filmed in NYC, based on the popular books by Cecily Von Ziegesar. Narrator is Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars fame but I don't know anyone from the rest of the cast yet.
Gossip Girl premieres this Wednesday, September 19th on The CW network
Update: Oops, seems like Private Practice doesn't premiere until next week (Wednesday, September 26th) - my bad!
Private Practice: the infamous Grey's Anatomy spin-off about Addison Shepherd (played by Kate Walsh), McDreamy's ex-wife, who moves to California to start a new life with her old friends from med school at their cozy beachfront private practice in Santa Barbara. While the premise is stretching credibility (the world's bestest and most famous and most renowned neonatal surgeon goes in to private practice as an OB-GYN? Seriously?), I'm hoping the writers can make this more entertaining than season 3 of Grey's Anatomy which seriously made you contemplate suicide.
Private Practice also premieres this Wednesday, September 19th, on ABC
Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wild (ok, wilder). CBS threw together 40 kids between the ages of 8 and17 (?) 15 in a deserted New Mexico town to fend for themselves. No adult supervision (except for the cameras) and probably illegal contracts. What could possibly go wrong?
Kid Nation also premiers Wednesday, September 19th, on CBS
As for returning shows, Sunday will see the season premieres of Sharkand Desperate Housewives, and "summer" shows continuing their season this week are Weeds (episode 3x06 airs tonight), Eureka and Damages (episodes 2x11 and 1x08 respectively, airing on Tuesday).
For more infos on these and many, many (many) more shows see for example televisionwithoutpity, the futon critic, tv.com or serienjunkies.de (in German).
Enjoy!
PS: returning shows I don't watch but you might, premiering their new seasons this week, are America's Next Top Model (season 9, Wednesday) and Prison Break (season 3, tonight).
Gossip Girl: a show about filthy rich teenagers and their escapades, set and filmed in NYC, based on the popular books by Cecily Von Ziegesar. Narrator is Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars fame but I don't know anyone from the rest of the cast yet.
Gossip Girl premieres this Wednesday, September 19th on The CW network
Update: Oops, seems like Private Practice doesn't premiere until next week (Wednesday, September 26th) - my bad!
Private Practice: the infamous Grey's Anatomy spin-off about Addison Shepherd (played by Kate Walsh), McDreamy's ex-wife, who moves to California to start a new life with her old friends from med school at their cozy beachfront private practice in Santa Barbara. While the premise is stretching credibility (the world's bestest and most famous and most renowned neonatal surgeon goes in to private practice as an OB-GYN? Seriously?), I'm hoping the writers can make this more entertaining than season 3 of Grey's Anatomy which seriously made you contemplate suicide.
Private Practice also premieres this Wednesday, September 19th, on ABC
Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wild (ok, wilder). CBS threw together 40 kids between the ages of 8 and
Kid Nation also premiers Wednesday, September 19th, on CBS
As for returning shows, Sunday will see the season premieres of Shark
For more infos on these and many, many (many) more shows see for example televisionwithoutpity, the futon critic, tv.com or serienjunkies.de (in German).
Enjoy!
PS: returning shows I don't watch but you might, premiering their new seasons this week, are America's Next Top Model (season 9, Wednesday) and Prison Break (season 3, tonight).
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Merci Beaucoup!
...to everyone who called/messaged/met me for my birthday yesterday! You're sweet and I love you all!!
And to everyone who didn't: don't worry, I recently read a sentence from a list of "Things I've Learned" by someone I don't remember and it helped me make my peace with birthday-forgetters:
"There is a certain age when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal out of your birthday. That age is age 11."
And to everyone who didn't: don't worry, I recently read a sentence from a list of "Things I've Learned" by someone I don't remember and it helped me make my peace with birthday-forgetters:
"There is a certain age when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal out of your birthday. That age is age 11."
Thursday, September 13, 2007
And That's! How! It's Done!
At least I hope so! My final exam's over!! Wooooooooooooooooo-hoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! And it wasn't a complete disaster! So YAY! Anna is a happy bunny, yessir!
Monday, September 10, 2007
And Now For Something Completely Different
As evidenced by my recent posting activity (despite my claims that I wouldn't be posting for at least a week), study-induced procrastination is in full force. The most helpful procrastination tool is of course the wide wide world of web where I have come across some great findings:
How To Be An Evil Overlord
TV Lessons I've Learned
State Tetris Africa!
State Tetris France!
State Tetris Netherlands!
State Tetris UK!
State Tetris Europe!
May these serve your procrastination efforts as effectively as they have served mine - Peace out.
How To Be An Evil Overlord
TV Lessons I've Learned
State Tetris Africa!
State Tetris France!
State Tetris Netherlands!
State Tetris UK!
State Tetris Europe!
May these serve your procrastination efforts as effectively as they have served mine - Peace out.
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