Category Archives: TV

Fall TV Preview 2009

The Fall TV season officially kicks off Sept. 21 this year, a day after the Primetime Emmy Awards are announced, however a few shows are getting the jump early this week (most notably on NBC). There is a solid batch of comedy offerings on the TV lineup so I thought I’d drop some knowledge and [...]

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‘The Cleveland Show’ Pilot Episode

I was able to get my hands on an advanced screening of the pilot episode for ‘The Cleveland Show’, a spinoff of FOX’s animated series ‘Family Guy’, and thought I’d pass on a review of sorts (*Spoiler Alert: details of the plot may be discussed here).
From ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane, comes this new animated [...]

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2009 Emmy Nominations

Check back Thursday July 16 at 8:35 AM EST for emmy nominations 2009!
Check back Sunday September 20 for all the emmy award winners 2009!
Also See: Fall TV Preview

The 61st annual Emmy awards take place on Sunday September 20, 2009 this year at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California and will be televised on CBS [...]

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‘Friends’ The Movie - Numbers make cents

May 6 marks the 5 year anniversary of the ‘Friends’ series finale which ended a successful 10 seasons on NBC broadcast television. During its run, ‘Friends’ remained a Top 5 ranked show in every season except for the 1st (#8) even reaching #1 in 2002 (which also resulted in an Emmy win for Best Comedy [...]

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‘Parks and Recreation’ Review

As with most comedies NBC throws out on Thursday nights, I decided to give ‘Parks and Recreation’ a shot and it turned out to be a pleasant surprise. There had been plenty of hype around this show starting with early discussions that this would be an ‘Office’ spin-off involving Rashida Jones’ character. After that plan [...]

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MJ’s Weekly TV Picks (Mar. 9 - Mar. 15)

What to watch for week starting Monday March 9. College Basketball Championship and WBC Round 1-2 games may get updated throughout the week due to uncertainty of teams involved. These are shows I intend on watching or at minimum set up for DVR recording. All television shows listed below are new episodes for the upcoming [...]

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MJ’s Weekly TV Picks (Mar. 2 - Mar. 8)

This is the first installment of my weekly TV picks primarily for the primetime schedule. These are shows I intend on watching or at minimum set up for DVR recording. All television shows listed below are new episodes for the upcoming week. Enjoy!

Time (ET)
Network
Show
Description

Mon. Mar. 2

8:00

The Big Bang Theory
The Cushion Saturation

8:30

How I Met Your Mother
The [...]

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Celebrity Apprentice Returns

Today, the 8th installment of ‘The Apprentice’ makes its season premiere. It’s hard to remember when this show was last relevant. The answer is a long 5 years ago in 2004. At the time, the series came in to fill the ‘Must-See TV’ void on NBC taking advantage of the sweet 9PM timeslot highly targeted [...]

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