californication-related stories
Posted Nov 8th 2009 12:15PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Cowboys vs. the Eagles.
- FOX has a new Brothers at 7, then new episodes of American Dad, Family Guy, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, and The Cleveland Show.
- Cartoon Network has a new Ed, Edd, 'N Eddy at 7.
- At 7:30, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
- At 8, PBS has a new Nature, then a new Masterpiece Contemporary.
- At 9, HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm, followed by the season finale of Bored To Death.
- Showtime has a new Dexter at 9, then a new Californication.
- Food Network has a new Next Iron Chef at 9, then a new Iron Chef America.
- Syfy has 2012: Startling New Secrets at 9.
- At 10, AMC has the season finale of Mad Men.
- Discovery has a new Storm Chasers at 10.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
- At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new episode of The Venture Brothers, followed by a new Metalocalypse.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Nov 4th 2009 6:00AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E06) "L.A. is no place to raise a daughter...or a dad." - Hank to Karen
If I ever procreate and God curses me by turning said offspring into a female teenager, the last place I would raise her is Los Angeles. In fact, I would get as far away from that cesspool of pretentiousness and greed as possible; its literal polar opposite, in fact. That's right, I'd actually raise her in the Indian Ocean.
The idea had always been hidden in the back of my brain, but it was yanked into my consciousness by Becca and her snooty, drugged-up pal Chelsea. Both of them are really starting to piss me off. They are vapid, whiny and annoying. In other words, they are perfect Californians.
Continue reading Review: Californication - Glass Houses
Posted Nov 1st 2009 12:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Syfy is showing V: The Final Battle all night.- At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7.
- At 8, FOX has Game 4 of The World Series.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, followed by new episodes of Next Iron Chef and Iron Chef America.
- Nickelodeon has a new Dora The Explorer at 8.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Contemporary.
- There's a new Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO at 9, then a new Bored To Death.
- Also at 9: Showtime has a new Dexter, followed by a new Californication.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- VH-1 has the series premiere of Sex Rehab at 10.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
- At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new episode of The Venture Brothers.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Oct 26th 2009 9:29AM by Danny Gallagher
(S03E05) -
"Once upon a time's gotta count for something." - Zloz to Hank
Ah, the old friend from back home trick. It's been done so many times before in television. Remember when Rob's old Army buddy came to town in that one episode of
The Dick Van Dyke Show or that one time when Don Rickles met up with his old pal Maxwell Smart on
Get Smart? Those were some good times.
Imagine those episodes with a lot of hookers and copious amounts of beer, whiskey and vodka. Now they are twice as better, even if the hangover isn't as warm and friendly.
Zloz's one episode appearance felt like the makings of another "Guys Gone Wild" episode where the boys do some drinking, make with the smoking and then get into some fighting, but it turned into something much deeper and helped you appreciate the characters more for what they are. The ride was fun, even if you didn't really want to get back in line for it.
Continue reading Review: Californication - Slow Happy Boys
Posted Oct 25th 2009 12:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Nickelodeon has a marathon of The Nanny all night.- Travel Channel has a Man vs. Food marathon all night.
- At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.
- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Giants vs. the Cardinals.
- At 7:30, FOX has Baseball Playoffs, the Yankees vs. the Angels.
- At 8, PBS has a new Nature, then a new Masterpiece Contemporary.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 9, followed by new episodes of Next Iron Chef and Iron Chef America.
- Also at 8: TCM has The Blob, then Die, Monster, Die!
- At 9, HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm, followed by a new Bored To Death.
- Showtime has a new Dexter at 9, then a new Californication.
- History Channel has a new, two-hour MonsterQuest at 9.
- Animal Planet has Werewolves: The Dark Survivors at 9.
- Hallmark has the movie Always and Forever at 9.
- Retro TV has two episodes of the original Mike Hammer at 9, followed by The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
- At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new episode of Venture Brothers.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Oct 20th 2009 3:18AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E04) - "You once spent an entire class ranting about how much you hate Coldplay. Something tells me you could care less about what's frowned upon." - Jackie to Hank
Hank is normally the kind of guy most average heterosexual males would form mobs against, complete with rows of flaming torches and pitchforks (used both as weapons and Freudian references to using one's phallus as a weapon).
Still, he's become the most likable monkey in the
Californication barrel. And it's not because he's living a life that would make most Arabian princes jealous. It's because there is a method to his manliness tendencies. He's vulnerable and sees those vulnerabilities in people around him, especially those of the opposite sex with genes that get saved in the secret cabinet in most high priced fertility clinics.
Continue reading Review: Californication - Zoso
Posted Oct 18th 2009 12:13PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Bears vs. the Falcons.
- FOX has a new Brothers at 7.
- At 8, FOX has a new episode of The Simpsons, then a new Cleveland Show.
- TBS has Baseball Playoffs at 8, the Dodgers vs. the Phillies.
- Nickelodeon has a new Nick News Special Edition at 8.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- Food Network has a new Next Iron Chef at 9, then a new Iron Chef America.
- IFC has Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) at 9.
- HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm at 9, followed by a new Bored To Death.
- Also at 9: Showtime has a new Dexter, then a new Californication.
- At 9:30, FOX has a new American Dad.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
- At midnight , Cartoon Network has a new Venture Brothers.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Oct 12th 2009 4:20AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E03) - "Don't put Daddy in a corner." - Hank to his daughter, Becca
Something spectacular happened on last Sunday's episode of
Californication, something I've been hoping and waiting to see from a big-budget television show ever since I was old enough to realize what life was worth living for, what makes television worth watching.
Jackie showed us her boobies!
That being said, there was much more to the most recent saga of Hank Moody and company worth mentioning, and Lord knows I could spend a whole review on Eva Amurri's "revealing" opening scene of Hank imaging his star pupil at her night job. Hell, if Joel would let me do a list of TV's best racks, I'd put Jackie's on the number one and two spots, left and right respectively. I have my reasons.
Continue reading Californication: Verities & Balderdash
Posted Oct 5th 2009 2:01AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E02) - "All work and no ass play makes Chuck a dull boy." Sue Collini to Charlie Runkle
A show like
Californication might seem like just another rude, crass and completely tasteless sitcom that gets away with speaking Kinsey from cover to cover because it's on pay cable.
But if you actually sit down and watch the damn thing, you'll realize it's actually much deeper and more emotional than that, or at least as deep as a group of flesh lusting horndogs can go ... and I do mean "emotionally" deep, sickos.
Continue reading Californication: The Land of Rape and Honey
Posted Oct 4th 2009 12:19PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then a new Amazing Race, the series premiere of Three Rivers, and a new Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Chargers vs. the Steelers.
- At 8, FOX has a new episode of The Simpsons, then new episodes of The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and American Dad.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, then the season premiere of The Next Iron Chef.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm at 9, then a new Bored To Death.
- Lifetime has a new Drop Dead Diva at 8, followed by a new Army Wives.
- Showtime has a new Dexter at 9, then a new Californication.
- Discovery has two new episodes of Raging Planet at 9.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- At 10:30, HBO has the season finale of Entourage.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Titan Maximum.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Oct 1st 2009 3:00PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Dexter, Ratings, Reality-Free
Things are looking good for Showtime's primetime bad boys.
Both
Dexter and Californication scored some huge opening numbers last Sunday with Dexter setting a new opening record for the cable network.
More than 1.5 million sets of eyeballs tuned to the season four opener for
Dexter and 821,000 stayed to watch the opener for
Californication. That's 3 million single eyeballs for
Dexter and more than 1.6 million for
Californication.
Continue reading Dexter, Californication openings rake in the eyeballs
Posted Sep 28th 2009 1:04AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(
S0301) - What's with all the parent plotlines on Showtime? First
Dexter Morgan becomes a new father, and now Hank Moody on
Californication? Granted, it's the perfect penance for a man who has flaunted the consequences of the reproductive act more than the entire British royal family, but it seems eerily similar and way overdone in the world of television.
It does, however, work as an obstacle and a vehicle for conflict for Hank, whose only daughter Becca moves into that awkward living hell on Earth known as "teenagerhood." The opening scene of Hank catching Becca and her new best friend Chelsea stoned out of their gourds pretty much set the tone for some, if not most, of Hank's problems.
How can he tell her to do as he says while still doing what and who he loves most?
Continue reading Californication: Wish You Were Here (season premiere)
Posted Sep 27th 2009 12:09PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ABC has the two-hour season premiere of Extreme Makeover, followed by the season premieres of Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters.- CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then the two-hour season premiere of The Amazing Race and the season premiere of Cold Case.
- NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Colts vs. the Cardinals.
- At 8, FOX has the season premiere of The Simpsons, then the series premiere of The Cleveland Show and the season premieres of Family Guy and American Dad.
- TBS has The Wizard of Oz at 8.
- Nickelodeon has a new Nick News Special Edition at 8.
- Also at 8: Food Network has a new Challenge, followed by a new Iron Chef America.
- At 8:30, ESPN has the Red Sox/Yankees game.
- At 9, HBO has a new Curb Your Enthusiasm, then a new Bored To Death.
- Showtime has the season premiere of Dexter at 9, followed by the season premiere of Californication.
- Cartoon Network has a new Total Drama Action at 9.
- Hallmark has the movie Mrs. Washington Goes To Smith at 9.
- At 10, AMC has a new Mad Men.
- At 10:30, HBO has a new Entourage.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Sep 27th 2009 9:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Early Looks, Reality-Free
If you think of all the places that would turn
Californication's Hank Moody into a kid in a candy store, "college campus" should be at the top of your
Family Feud survey.
What would be at the bottom? Probably the Vatican. Then again, an unrepentant sexaholic like Moody always loves a challenge.
The third season follows Moody as he navigates his way through the student body of a local college as an English professor, his relationship with his growing teenage daughter Becca and the rest of his other relationships -- or at least the ones that alcohol hasn't erased from his memory.
Continue reading Californication, season three -- An early look
Posted Aug 24th 2009 6:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD, Reality-Free
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.Well. This week has a little bit of everything, no matter what the TV fan is looking for. We have current shows (
NCIS,
House,
Scrubs), recent shows that have been canceled (
Life,
Samantha Who?), classic shows you probably thought you'd never seen on DVD (
Wiseguy,
Wanted: Dead or Alive), kid shows (
Suite Life on Deck,
Sonny with a Chance), cartoons (
Batman,
Dungeons & Dragons), and quirky reality and/or documentary shows (
Dog The Bounty Hunter, MonsterQuest,
The Universe).
There's also two DVD sets called
TV Sets, which are a mix of various episodes of sci-fi shows (
Star Trek,
The 4400,
Medium) and crime shows
(Streets of San Francisco,
Dexter,
CSI: NY).
Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
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