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Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:29PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Animation, South Park
Even though the show has been on forever, I still enjoy my weekly dose of the new
South Parks. But lately, they seem to be running out of targets or have narrowed their focus too much on one particular evil: reality television.
The season opener featured a rather nasty swipe at Disney's Jonas Brothers. The recent "Dead Celebrities" chortle-fest took a much needed pot shot at
Ghost Hunters, aka, "the gayest f#*$ing show on television." And last week launched an all out attack on Discovery's
Whale Wars and
Deadliest Catch, particularly against
Whale Wars star Paul Watson.
The show has always been a bitch to write and making every episode a satirical masterpiece is impossible without suffering a full-on breakdown. But should the show lay off reality TV and take some bolder shots at reality, which as we all know are two completely different things?
Posted Jul 19th 2009 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Nickelodeon has a marathon of new SpongeBob SquarePants episodes starting at 7.- At 7, CBS has That's The Way It Was: Remembering Walter Cronkite, then a new Big Brother.
- The CW has a new Valentine at 7.
- At 8, NBC has a new Merlin, followed by the conclusion of Meteor.
- ABC Family has the movie Labor Pains at 8.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 8.
- TCM has An American in Paris at 8.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- There's a new Law and Order: CI on USA at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
- HBO has a new True Blood at 9, followed by new episodes of Hung and Entourage.
- ESPN has the ESPY Awards at 9.
- Lifetime has a new Drop Dead Diva at 9, followed by a new Army Wives.
- Food Network has a new Next Food Network Star at 9, then the season premiere of Ace of Cakes.
- A&E has two new episodes of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels at 9, then two new episodes of Hammertime.
- Also at 9: History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers, followed by the series premiere of Pawn Stars (two episodes).
- At 10, HGTV has the season premiere of Design Star.
- At 12:15am, Cartoon Network has a new Squidbillies.
- At 1am, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Jul 14th 2009 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Superstars, then a new Better Off Ted.- FOX has the All-Star Game at 8.
- ABC Family has a new 10 Things I Hate About You at 9.
- AMC has Rio Bravo at 8.
- Versus has Tour de France coverage at 9.
- At 9, NBC has a new America's Got Talent.
- CBS has a new Big Brother at 9.
- PBS has a new Nova scienceNOW at 9.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9.
- Syfy has a new Warehouse 13, followed by a new ECW.
- Bravo has a new NYC Prep at 9, then the series premiere of Miami Social.
- ESPN2 has 2009 FIVB World League Volleyball at 9.
- Also at 9: TNT has a new Hawthorne, followed by a new Saving Grace.
- At 10, ABC has a new Primetime: Family Secrets.
- There's a new Rescue Me on FX at 10.
- A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
- Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
- MTV has a new Paris Hilton's My New BFF at 10.
- Travel Channel has a new Bite Me at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: All-Star Game, Better Off Ted, Miami Social, Chopped
Posted Jul 7th 2009 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Superstars.- NBC has the season premiere of The Great American Road Trip at 8, followed by a new America's Got Talent and A Farewell To Michael Jackson.
- ABC Family has the series premiere of 10 Things I Hate About You at 8.
- At 9, PBS has a new Nova scienceNOW.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9.
- TNT has a new Hawthorne at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
- Bravo has a new NYC Prep at 9.
- Also at 9: SyFy has the series premiere of Warehouse 13.
- At 10, ABC has a new Primetime: Family Secrets.
- There's a new Rescue Me on FX at 10.
- A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
- Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Great American Road Trip, 10 Things I Hate, Warehouse 13
Posted Jul 4th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Discovery's Deadliest Catch marathon continues all night.- USA's James Bond movie marathon continues.
- Sci-Fi's Twilight Zone continues all weekend.
- Military Channel has a marathon of The Revolutionary War.
- At 7, ESPN Classic has the 2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
- At 8, NBC has a new Kings, then Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular.
- PBS has A Capitol Fourth at 8.
- Cartoon Network has a new BrainRush at 8, followed by a new Destroy Build Destroy.
- At 9, CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show.
- At 10, ABC has a new Eli Stone.
- CBS has the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at 10.
- At 10:15, TCM has 1776.
- At 12:30AM, Cartoon Network has a new Bleach.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Jul 3rd 2009 7:09PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
I'm not a big Fourth of July person. You'll pretty much see me in front of the television as much as you'll see me in front of the television on July 3. I'm not a big cookout/parades/fireworks/beach type of guy.
Are you that way too? There are some marathons on TV tomorrow that you might like. A sampling:
- Sci-Fi will continue their Twilight Zone marathon.
- TCM has Fourth of July/historical movies all day long.
- USA will have James Bond movies all day long starting at 9AM.
- Discovery has a Deadliest Catch marathon at 9AM.
- TV Land will have a Leave It To Beaver marathon starting at 11AM.
- At noon, HGTV has a marathon of HGTV's $250,000 Challenge.
Continue reading The Fourth is for sunburn, hamburgers, and TV marathons
Posted Jun 30th 2009 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new episode of The Superstars, then new episodes of Better Off Ted and Primetime: Family Secrets.- NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent at 8.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8, followed by a new Nova scienceNOW.
- At 9, The CW has a new Hitched or Ditched.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9.
- TNT has a new Hawthorne at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
- Also at 9: Bravo has two new episodes of NYC Prep.
- At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
- Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
- There's a new episode of The Cleaner on A&E at 10.
- Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
- Travel Channel has a new Bite Me with Dr. Mike at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Better Off Ted, Rescue Me, Saving Grace, Bite Me
Posted Jun 23rd 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 8, ABC has the series premiere of The Superstars.
- NBC has a new I'm A Celebrity... at 8, followed by the season premiere of America's Got Talent.
- At 9, FOX has a new Mental.
- The CW has a new Hitched or Ditched at 9.
- PBS has a new Frontline/World at 9.
- TNT has a new Hawthorne at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9.
- At 10, ABC has a new Primetime: Family Secrets.
- There's a new Rescue Me on FX at 10.
- A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
- Bravo has the series premiere of NYC Prep at 10.
- Spike has a new ECW at 10.
- HBO has a new Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel at 10.
- Also at 10: Food Network has a new Chopped.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Superstars, America's Got Talent, Saving Grace, Chopped
Posted Jun 16th 2009 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, TCM has Citizen Kane.- At 9, FOX has a new Mental.
- The CW has a new Hitched or Ditched at 9.
- PBS has a new Frontline at 9.
- TNT has the series premiere of Hawthorne at 9, then a new Saving Grace.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9.
- CMT has the CMT Music Awards at 9.
- At 10, ABC has the series finale of Cupid.
- FX has a new Rescue Me at 10.
- Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
- Bravo has the season finale of Real Housewives of New Jersey at 10.
- History Channel has a new Life After People at 10.
- MTV has a new Paris Hilton's My New BFF.
- Also at 10: Spike has a new ECW.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Mental, Frontline, Hawthorne, Real Housewives
Posted Jun 11th 2009 3:00PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, The Amazing Race, American Idol, Survivor, Big Brother (US), Dancing With The Stars, Celebreality
Considering how prevalent reality television is these days, it's got to be a pretty daunting task to try and put together a comprehensive list of the best and worst of all time. But
Entertainment Weekly thinks they've done just that. They've compiled the
top 20 reality shows of all time, but also the
ten worst reality shows of all time. All in all, they did a pretty damned good job.
I completely agree with the top six, but they lose me with
Jackass at number seven. I have never understood the appeal of filming morons doing stupid things on purpose just to be stupid. But there were some shows missing from the list completely, like
Little People Big World, So You Think You Can Dance and
Beauty and the Geek. Surely those shows are better than
The Hills and
The Real Housewives of Sesame Street, or whatever franchise they're spinning now.
Continue reading EW declares the all-time best and worst of reality television
Posted Jun 9th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Jimmy Kimmel Live, followed by the Magic/Lakers game.- NBC has the Penguins/Red Wings game at 8.
- TCM has High Noon at 8.
- At 9, FOX has a new Mental.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9.
- At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
- Bravo has a new Real Housewives of New Jersey at 10.
- History Channel has a new Life After People at 10.
- There's a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern at 10.
- Spike has a new ECW at 10.
- Also at 10: MTV has a new Paris Hilton's My New BFF.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Mental, Deadliest Catch, Real Housewives
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 4:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has two new episodes of According To Jim (including the series finale), followed by Earth 2100.- NBC has a new I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Outta Here at 8, then Inside The Obama White House: Brian Williams Reports and the season finale of Law and Order: SVU.
- Versus has the Penguins/Red Wings game at 8.
- TCM has It Happened One Night at 8, then Mr. Smith Goes To Washington.
- At 9, FOX has a new Mental.
- The CW has a new Hitched or Ditched at 9.
- G4 has a sneak peek at Web Soup at 9.
- Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch at 9, followed by a new Man vs. Wild (with Will Ferrell).
- At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
- Bravo has a new Real Housewives of New Jersey at 10.
- History Channel has a new Life After People.
- Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
- Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern at 10.
- Also at 10: MTV has the season premiere of Paris Hilton's My New BFF. Does she get a new best friend every year?
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: According To Jim, Hockey, Web Soup, Paris Hilton
Posted May 20th 2009 5:12PM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Documentary
The History Channel has updated its website and schedule for the the return of one of its toughest and most popular reality series,
Ice Road Truckers.
Set to return Sunday nights on May 31, new episodes of
Ice Road Truckers take the show's cameras from the diamond mines and frozen highways of Canada's Northwest Territories north to the oil fields of Alaska.
Previous seasons featured rugged truck drivers (like Hugh "The Polar Bear" Rowland, right) braving subzero temperatures to drive rigs weighing thousands of tons over ice pathways smoothed out over frozen lakes.
Continue reading Ice Road Truckers heads north to Alaska for third season
Posted May 5th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has a new Scrubs, followed by the season (series?) finale of Better Off Ted and new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and Cupid.- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of The Mentalist and Without A Trace.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser, followed by a new Law and Order: SVU.
- FOX has new episodes of American Idol and Fringe.
- The CW has a new Reaper at 8, then a new 90210.
- TNT has the Hawks/Cavaliers game at 8, followed by the Nuggets/Mavericks game.
- At 9, Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch.
- Hallmark has the movie Bound By A Secret at 9.
- At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me.
- Bravo has a new Real Housewives of New York City at 10.
- Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
- Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.
- Also at 10: History Channel has a new Life After People.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Reaper, Rescue Me, Real Housewives
Posted Apr 14th 2009 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has two new episodes of According To Jim, then new episodes of Dancing with the Stars and Cupid.- NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser.
- FOX has two new episodes of American Idol and Fringe.
- The CW has a new Reaper at 8, then a new 90210.
- There's a new Nova on PBS at 8, followed by a new Frontline/World.
- TCM is showing Gone with the Wind at 8.
- At 9, Discovery has a new Deadliest Catch, then a new Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment.
- Food Network has a new Food Detectives at 9.
- BBC America has a new Last Restaurant Standing at 9.
- Also at 9: Sci-Fi has a new ECW.
- At 10, CBS has a new Without A Trace.
- FX has a new Rescue Me at 10.
- Bravo has a new Real Housewives of New York City at 10.
- HBO has a new Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel at 10.
- Travel Channel has a new Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: According To Jim, Fringe, Deadliest Catch, ECW
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