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Posted Sep 22nd 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, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, followed by the series premiere of The Forgotten.- CBS has the season premiere of NCIS at 8, then the series premieres 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 Hell's Kitchen at 8.
- There's a new 90210 on The CW at 8, then a new Melrose Place.
- ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker at 8.
- Biography has The Star Trek 25th Anniversary at 8, followed by Star Trek: A Captain's Log.
- G4 has a new Web Soup at 8.
- TCM has North By Northwest at 8, then Psycho.
- At 8:30, ABC Family has a new Ruby & The Rockits.
- At 9, Syfy has the season finale of Warehouse 13, then a new ECW.
- At 10, FX has a new Sons of Anarchy.
- Food Network has a new Chopped at 10.
- Bravo has a new Flipping Out at 10.
- Sundance has a new Brick City at 10.
- HBO has a new Joe Buck Live at 10.
- Also at 10: Travel Channel has a new Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: NCIS, Hell's Kitchen, The Forgotten, Joe Buck Live
Posted Aug 9th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, NBC has a new Dateline, followed by Pre-Season Football, Bills vs. Titans.
- At 7:30, Disney has a new Hannah Montana.
- At 8, ABC has the premiere of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, then the series premiere of Shark Tank and a new Defying Gravity.
- CBS has a new Big Brother at 8, then the series premiere of There Goes The Neighborhood.
- Retro TV has two episodes of the original Mike Hammer at 8, then The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
- ESPN has the Red Sox/Yankees game at 8.
- At 8:30, Disney has a new Jonas.
- At 9, Lifetime has a new Drop Dead Diva, followed by a new Army Wives.
- USA has the season finale of Law and Order: CI at 9, then the season finale of In Plain Sight.
- HBO has a new True Blood at 9, followed by new episodes of Hung and Entourage.
- A&E has two new episodes of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, then Animal House: The Inside Story.
- History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9, followed by two new episodes of Pawn Stars.
- There's a new Web Soup on G4 at 9.
- Also at 9: Food Network has a new Iron Chef America.
- At 10, Comedy Central has the Joan Rivers Roast.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
- At 1am, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Aug 2nd 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Shark Week stars on Discovery Channel today.- Travel Channel has a Man vs. Food marathon all night.
- At 7, NBC has a new Dateline, followed by a new Merlin and the conclusion of The Storm.
- At 8, ABC has Ty's British Adventure, then the series premiere of Defying Gravity.
- CBS has a new Big Brother at 8.
- At 8:30, Disney has a new Jonas.
- At 9, USA has a new Law and Order: CI, then a new In Plain Sight.
- Food Network has the season finale of Next Food Network Star at 9, followed by a new The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
- Lifetime has a new Drop Dead Diva at 9, then a new Army Wives.
- A&E has two new episodes of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels at 9.
- There's a new Ice Road Truckers on History Channel at 9, followed by two new episodes of Pawn Stars.
- G4 has a new Web Soup at 9.
- Also at 9: HBO has a new True Blood, then new episodes of Hung and Entourage.
- At 11:30, Cartoon Network has a new Robot Chicken.
- At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Squidbillies.
- At 12:30am, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Jul 6th 2009 11:03AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Vs., Music and Variety, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Webisodes
I remember long ago in a cable land far away when a little show called
Talk Soup started. It was clever, riffing on talk show shenanigans. We've come a long way since then, with clip shows blanketing the network. And then there's the Internet. On paper the idea of a web video iteration of
The Soup, as it's now called, sounds solid enough, and G4 is a good place for it, but as Michael pointed out,
Web Soup just isn't working.
Even though G4 is the place for techie stuff and they handle web videos already,
Web Soup still manages to feel outdated and stodgy. And Chris Hardwick, while funny when he fills in on
Attack of the Show, is almost mind-numbingly
not funny hosting
Web Soup. But Chris Hardwick and the gang were not alone in exploring web videos on our TVs. Comedy Central threw comedian Daniel Tosh into the mix with the webbily titled
Tosh.0. But which one, if either, is better?
Continue reading Tosh.0 vs. Web Soup
Posted Jul 5th 2009 4:07PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Bravo has a Law and Order: CI marathon all night.- At 7:30, ABC has a new Just For Laughs.
- At 8, NBC has a new Merlin.
- FOX repeats the Michael Jackson episode of The Simpsons at 8.
- There's a new Hannah Montana on Disney at 8, then new episodes of Sonny with a Chance and Jonas.
- At 9, PBS has a new Masterpiece Mystery!
- History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9, followed by a new Expedition Africa.
- Food Network has a new Next Food Network Star at 9, then a new Iron Chef America.
- G4 has a new Web Soup at 9.
- At 10, Lifetime has a new Army Wives.
- At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Squidbillies.
- At 1AM, Cartoon Network has a new Mighty Boosh.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Jun 29th 2009 5:00PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Music and Variety, Web, Reality-Free
I was a fan of
The Soup back when it was called
Talk Soup and was hosted by Hal Sparks (I'm too young for the Greg Kinnear and John Henson eras). I've become a fan of Joel McHale and appreciate his writing staff and his comedic timing. Never in my wildest imagination did I ever think that
Talk Soup would ever become a franchise like
Law & Order,
CSI, or
NCIS.
Soon four versions of the soup showed up on E!'s sibling channels:
The Dish (on Style),
Sports Soup (on Versus),
Web Soup (on G4), and
Celebrity Soup (the British version), but none can compare to the original.
The Dish is funny for female oriented television as
Sports Soup is for watching the most awkward sports shows.
Web Soup feels like a hiccup in the thought process.
Continue reading Too much Soup
Posted Jun 7th 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 7, ABC has a new Jimmy Kimmel Live, followed by the Lakers/Magic game.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7.
- At 8, CBS has The 63rd Annual Tony Awards.
- Food Network has a new Challenge at 8, followed by the season premiere of Next Food Network Star and Iron Chef America.
- Disney has a new Sonny with a Chance at 9, then a new Jonas.
- At 9, Retro Television Network has two episodes of the original Mike Hammer, with Darren McGavin.
- USA has a new Law and Order: CI at 9, then a new In Plain Sight.
- History Channel has a new Ice Road Truckers at 9, followed by a new Expedition Africa.
- G4 has the series premiere of Web Soup at 9.
- WE has a new Bridezillas at 9.
- Also at 9: Nickelodeon has a new Nick News Special Edition.
- At 10, Lifetime has the season premiere of Army Wives.
- HGTV has a new HGTV's $250,000 Challenge at 10.
- At 11, E! has the season premiere of Denise Richards: It's Complicated.
- A&E has the season premiere of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels at 11.
- At midnight, Cartoon Network has a new Squidbillies.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted May 11th 2009 1:26PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Programming, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Casting, Reality-Free
The producers of E!'s
The Soup are
creating a new show called Web Soup that highlights memorable moments in online video. Comedian and writer Chris Hardwick will host
Web Soup, which debuts June 7 on G4.
I'm not a big fan of
The Soup. It's the kind of show I'll watch for a few minutes while flipping. But I'll give
Web Soup my full attention only because Chris Hardwick is hosting. The guy's hilarious. He's been making crap watchable since the 1990s when he used to host
Singled Out on MTV.
Continue reading Chris Hardwick to serve up Web Soup
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