What a night it's going to be for true television fans tonight, eh?NBC has a new Deal or No Deal airing at 7 PM ET/PT, then a new Grease (whatever - that's something which is very low on my interest scale), followed by The Apprentice: L.A. (which I'll be recap/reviewing late tonight) and wraps up the night at 10 PM with the return of Crossing Jordan. I used to watch that show, but it's been gone so long I fear I forgot what last happened on it.
At 8 PM ET/PT, there's the highly anticipated by many two-hour season premiere of 24 on FOX. Another two hours will follow tomorrow night starting at 8 PM ET/PT.
CBS has new episodes of Cold Case and Without a Trace starting at 9 PM ET/PT. ABC is airing new episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters for its evening primetime block. And, don't forget - if you're a Jay Leno fan, he's a guest on HGTV's Living with Ed tonight at 10 PM ET/PT. We've gone from famine (repeats) to an overwhelming feast of new shows... and I'm just talking about a few networks.
In other TV Newsy Bits:
- Not having HBO with my cable, I've missed a show I keep hearing about - The Wire. I caught an episode of it last night on BET. It immediately snagged me. It's created and written by David Simon, the writer who's responsible for Homicide: Life on the Street. It's that same rough edge Baltimore he knows so well. I chatted with him once at the New York is Book Country Book Fair. I like his books. Now I like The Wire.
- CBS has an article in which Matthew Fox (Lost) talks about his dark side. [I'll refrain from discussing my own dark side for the sake of the general public.]
- The New York Post has an article about wild times in the depravity dorm of American Idol. Heh.
4 comments:
Yaaaaay! FINALLY, Rome is coming back on tonight, first ep or their second season, 8PM CST on HBO! Can't wait!
Jackie, have you seen any more of the Sopranos? I don't know if they are running 2 back to back eps a week or just one... assume in chronological order though. Lookking forward to more of your thoughts on it as it goes on a bit...
I had forgotten how fast 24 moves. It was 2 one hour episodes and it seemed as tho it was over in 20 minutes. I like the fact that they bring back a few of the regulars but always have new characters added. Tonight was very good and so I'm eager for tomorrow night.
Football messed up timing for Cold Case and Without a Trace, so I'll have to watch it tomorrow. Tivo'd them so I could watch 24.
Hi Jackie!
Long time, no talk. My laptop was held hostage by Best Buy for the better part of 3 months, so I have been out of commission. Just purchased a new laptop last week!
I had to leave a note to say how much I LOVE The Wire!! I know they said it never had a big viewing audience, but I think it is a terrfic show, with compelling storylines.
Thanks for all you do, and keep up the great job!
dla
Sydney - They're airing The Sopranos once a week, I think. I'm going to have to check the listings. I haven't seen any more eps since that first night.
meb - I missed Case, caught Trace. Trace was an unusual episode.
dla - Welcome home! I wondered where you were. Once I saw who was behind The Wire, I knew I'd like the show. David Simon is a Baltimore crime genius writer. He's really a very nice man to chat with, too. He was a crime beat reporter for the newspaper in Baltimore for years while writing crime fiction on the side.
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