Sons of Anarchy-related stories
Posted Nov 24th 2009 12:15PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new V, then the two-hour season finale of Dancing with the Stars.- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser and a new Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8, then a new Frontline.
- TCM has The Big Clock at 8.
- At 9, Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs, followed by a new Ghost Lab.
- Syfy has two new episodes of Scare Tactics at 9, then a new ECW.
- At 10, FX has a new Sons of Anarchy.
- Bravo has a new Tabatha's Salon Takeover at 10.
- HBO has a new Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
- Also at 10: MTV has a new episode of The Hills, followed by a new episode of The City.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: V, Dancing with the Stars, ECW, Sons of Anarchy
Posted Nov 18th 2009 8:13AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
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S02E11)
"If Gemma had gotten raped on John's watch, he'd have written a whole different book." - Jax
Forgiveness can be a funny thing. Assuming you're on the receiving end of something awful, It's not always easy to determine if you'd even be willing to forgive. That's the beauty of forgiveness though -- the act that led you to it might have been sincere, but that doesn't mean your capacity to forgive has to be. Unlike quietly accepting a situation, forgiving a situation has the power to pacify the parties at fault.
As we learned with Opie last night on
Sons of Anarchy, his capacity to forgive is
huge, but that doesn't mean he ain't lying through his teeth when it comes to his true intentions.
Continue reading Review: Sons of Anarchy - Service
Posted Nov 17th 2009 12:21PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new V, then new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and The Forgotten.- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife.
- NBC has Merry Madagascar at 8, then new episodes of The Biggest Loser and The Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance.
- The CW has a new 90210 at 8, followed by a new Melrose Place.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8, then a new Frontline.
- AMC has the finale of The Prisoner at 8.
- At 9, Syfy has two new episodes of Scare Tactics.
- Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9, followed by a new Ghost Lab.
- BBC America has a new Dragon's Den at 9.
- At 10, FX has a new Sons of Anarchy.
- Spike has a new ECW at 10.
- Lifetime has a new Sherri at 10.
- Bravo has a new Tabatha's Salon Makeover at 10.
- MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10, followed by a new episode of The City.
- Also at 10: A&E has a new Parking Wars.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Merry Madagascar, 90210, Sherri, The Good Wife
Posted Nov 11th 2009 4:21AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
(S02E10) I'm filling in for Danny, who experienced a DVR malfunction, so be gentle with me, as I've been a bit here and there with
Sons of Anarchy this season. Last winter, I raced through season one for
Jane After Dark, and fell in love with the gritty characters and edgy storyline. But to tell you the truth, I had trouble watching it after Gemma's rape this season. It was really disturbing, and I wasn't sure I wanted all of that in my head all the time.
But the fact is that
Sons of Anarchy is a great show and -- like many other FX shows -- unlike most of what you see on TV these days. So I'm happy to have this chance to get caught up a little bit with season two.
Continue reading Review: Sons of Anarchy - Balm
Posted Nov 10th 2009 12:30PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 8, ABC has a new V, then a new Dancing with the Stars and In The Spotlight with Robin Roberts.
- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, followed by new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser at 8, followed by a new Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
- The CW has new episodes of 90210 and Melrose Place.
- There's a new Nova on PBS at 8.
- ESPN has a new 30 For 30 at 8, followed by the two-hour season finale of The World Series of Poker.
- History Channel has a new episode of The Universe at 9.
- Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9, then a new Ghost Lab.
- Cartoon Network has a new Stoked at 9.
- Also at 9: Syfy has two new episodes of Scare Tactics, followed by a new ECW.
- At 10, FX has a new Sons of Anarchy.
- Lifetime has a new Sherri at 10.
- Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
- A&E has two new episodes of Parking Wars at 10.
- Bravo has a new Tabatha's Salon Makeover at 10.
- MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10, followed by a new episode of The City.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: 30 For 30, Nova, 90210, World Series of Poker
Posted Nov 7th 2009 3:52AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
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"I know the greater devil when I see it." - Deputy Chief Hale to Clay
The great thing about a show like
Sons of Anarchy is you never exactly know when you're watching its true boiling point. You might think the situation you're watching is the apex of the conflict, particularly the beef between Clay and Jax, but it always finds an interesting and surprising way of making it worse and makes you forget that it still has more episodes to go.
That's the true sign of a good series. It sucks you in and erases any and all concept of time. Unlike other TV shows that you can just have in the background to break the silence of your lonely place,
SOA demands your attention and gets it every time, at least for this season. You can't just leave it on and not not watch it (screw good grammar, if you can think of a better and more entertaining way to say it, be my guest). Anything that can stop and slow time, whether it's a TV show, a flying DeLorean or a hot tub deserves special merit in my book.
Continue reading Review: Sons of Anarchy - Fa Guan
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 12:14PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
TBS has a marathon of The Office all night.- At 8, ABC has the series premiere of V, followed by new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and The Forgotten.
- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser, followed by a new Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new, two-hour So You Think You Can Dance at 8.
- The CW has new episodes of 90210 and Melrose Place.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8.
- ESPN has a new 30 For 30 at 8, followed by two new episodes of The World Series of Poker.
- At 9, History Channel has a new episode of The Universe.
- Bravo has Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel at 9, then the season premiere of Tabatha's Salon Makeover.
- Syfy has two new episodes of Scare Tactics at 9, followed by a new ECW.
- BBC America has a new Dragon's Den at 9.
- At 10, FX has a new Sons of Anarchy.
- Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
- A&E has two new episodes of Parking Wars at 10.
- Also at 10: MTV has a new episode of The Hills, followed by a new episode of The City.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: V, NCIS, Melrose Place, Dragon's Den
Posted Oct 28th 2009 9:28AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
"Pull the trigger man. That's the only way this leather is coming off my back." - Jax to Alvarez, the head of the Mayans who orders him to give up his club jacket
Jax is supposed to be the hero of this little modern day Shakesperian epic, but he's starting to look more and more like the enemy in each episode.
I don't mean that he'll be the one in the end who has been scheming the whole time behind SAMCRO's back with the white power. This is a well-crafted, slow paced, high caliber drama, not a badly written Schwarzenegger movie with a thrown together twist ending (cough,
Total Recall, cough).
Jax is more of an enemy of himself. He might have good intentions at heart, but his moves are nowhere near his brain. Maybe his loyalty to his family runs deeper than he ever imagined. Logic and family hardly make a decent cocktail. Anyone with a brother-in-law can tell you that.
Continue reading Review: Sons of Anarchy - Potlatch
Posted Oct 21st 2009 1:55AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
(S0207) - "This club needs a healing brother, and you got to be the one to deliver it." - Bobby to Jax
The tension between Jax and Clay has never been thicker. You could make a birthday cake with it ... a big, tasty birthday cake of hate.
Tonight, it finally came to a head, and who knew that Agent Stahl would be the one to cut them down to slices? It looks like she finally got them ... or did she?
Kurt Sutter's episodes are always deeply complex and very clever, and last Tuesday's episode really put Jax and Clay in a corner. He should write every episode, if he were superhuman and incapable of suffering from total exhaustion.
Continue reading Review: Sons of Anarchy - Gilead
Posted Oct 15th 2009 4:18AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
(S02E06) "It's not your time yet, man. This is Clay's club. You either back down or get in line, before somebody gets hurt." - Opie to Jax
It was really hard to find a good quote for this week's episode. I watched the bastard four times before I found the one I did and I'm not entirely thrilled with it.
That's because this week's show was all action and little talk.
The tension between SAMCRO and the Aryans got turned up to 11 when they planted a car bomb in the shop that almost turned Chibs into a fried fish filet that would need a gallon of malt vinegar to be edible. This not only made for a perfect set-up against the club but also within it, driving an even deeper wedge between Clay, Jax and each of their alliances.
Continue reading Sons of Anarchy: Falx Cerebri
Posted Oct 13th 2009 12:14PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Shark Tank, followed by new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and The Forgotten.- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser at 8, followed by a new Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has the two-hour season finale of Hell's Kitchen at 8.
- The CW has new episodes of 90210 and Melrose Place.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8, then a new Frontline.
- ESPN has a new 30 For 30 at 8.
- At 9, Syfy has two new episodes of Scare Tactics, then a new ECW.
- Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9, followed by a new Ghost Lab.
- At 10, FX has a new Sons of Anarchy.
- Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
- A&E has two new episodes of Parking Wars at 10.
- MTV has a new episode of The Hills at 10, followed by a new episode of The City.
- Travel Channel has a new Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World.
- Also at 10: ESPN has a new World Series of Poker at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Hell's Kitchen, 90210, The Good Wife, Sons of Anarchy
Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:52AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
(S0205) - "When relationships become a ledger of profit and loss, you have no friends, no loved ones, just pluses and minuses. You are absolutely alone." - John Teller
It's almost the mid-season for
Sons of Anarchy and that can only mean one thing: someone, nay anyone, can die. It's precisely the reason I asked
Katey Sagal in my last interview if she ever worried about her character being killed off. A show this violent and heavy always carries the air of collateral damage.
And episode five's "Smite" proved it when Chibs, played by Tommy Flanagan, almost got caught dead center of a car bomb planted in the club's garage by the local Aryans and may or may not have croaked in the ensuing explosion.
In the words of Jean Paul Sartre, "It's on, gopher."
Continue reading Sons of Anarchy: Smite
Posted Oct 6th 2009 12:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Shark Tank, followed by new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and The Forgotten.- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser at 8, followed by a new Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has new episodes of Hell's Kitchen and So You Think You Can Dance.
- There's a new 90210 on The CW at 8, then a new Melrose Place.
- PBS has a new, two-hour Nova at 8.
- At 9, Syfy has two new episodes of Scare Tactics, then a new ECW.
- Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9, followed by a new Ghost Lab.
- History Channel has a new episode of The Universe at 9.
- BBC America has a new Dragon's Den at 9.
- At 10, FX has a new Sons of Anarchy.
- Lifetime has a new Sherri, then a new Rita Rocks at 10.
- A&E has two new episodes of Parking Wars at 10.
- ESPN has a new World Series of Poker at 10.
- Travel Channel has a new Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World at 10.
- Also at 10: Bravo has a new Flipping Out.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Hell's Kitchen, Nova, Dragon's Den, The Forgotten
Posted Sep 29th 2009 11:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
(S02E04) - "If you come across something that don't make you miserable, enjoy it." - Chief Unser to Tara
Was I the only human being on the planet who was completely snowed by the BS claim that SAMCRO was headed out of town to do a charity blood drive for Charming? The thought of any shady dealings never crossed my mind for a second. I probably wouldn't even have any doubts if they devised a charity scheme that's more their speed like a "Ride Joust for Diabetes" or a "100-Yard Coke Line Snort for Macular Degeneration."
It's not a sign of my stupidity. Believe me, I've got much more convincing signs of that. For instance, I drive a Pontiac, a brand new Pontiac ... with a 30,000 mile warranty.
It's a sign that the characters are becoming more endearing and real and they play on your emotions more than if they were just flat images on a high definition television screen. They are flesh and blood and bone, and all the little synapses and thoughts that make them human beings are connecting. They have made the audience, or at least the audience that sits in my living room each week, part of their family.
Continue reading Sons of Anarchy: Eureka
Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:01PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Reality-Free, Mad Men, True Blood, Sons of Anarchy
Some shows are really creative with their use of music, and one that stands out for me is
Mad Men. In last night's episode (read Bob's review
here), the song that played over the end credits was "Sixteen Tons," and they couldn't have picked a better song. After signing that contract, Don Draper did indeed owe his soul not only "to the company store," but also to Betty and to a life he doesn't seem all that happy about leading.
Another show with great use of music is
Sons of Anarchy. In
his review of "Tears," Danny noted, "Letting Katey Sagal sing a solemn cover of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" was really a great move on whomever made that call." I couldn't agree more. The song just washed all of the sadness and weight of her rape over us in a big way.
Continue reading The Music of Mad Men, True Blood and Sons of Anarchy
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