Two Thursday night shows everyone should watch (or at least Tivo)
Thursday night is a crazy night for everyone, I know. My DVR comes this close to exploding weekly with the marathon I put it through. I watch 7 shows, which amounts to 6 hours of television in one night. It’s crazy and ridiculous and from what I hear, everyone has this predicament. And I am going to suggest you add to it.
No, not 30 Rock. You should know by now that you’re missing out big time by not watching this show, and if no one else has convinced you, I certainly won’t be able to. (But if you’re not watching, what is wrong with you?) No, I’m talking about two teeny-tiny fledgling shows no one’s watching and everyone should be — Community and Ace of Cakes.
Daily Rerun Roundup – 30 Rock, The Office and Ace of Cakes
I’m generally not a huge rerun fan, but a good sitcom can always be watched over and over again, so NBC will definitely get my eyes tonight. The other great thing about summer is catching up on some more obscure cable shows that you may have missed out on during the regular season:
- You pretty much can’t go wrong with NBC tonight. They’re featuring two episodes of 30 Rock, and two episodes of The Office, including the hour-long “Stress Relief,” which is the one with Michael Scott’s roast. It’s definitely one of the best episodes of the season, so it’s definitely worth watching again.
- At 10, you can meet Holly, Bridget and Kendra’s replacements on The Girls Next Door. This two-part episode introduces us to Hef’s newest blonds.
- Also at 10, The Food Network is showing back-to-back episodes of Ace of Cakes. Maybe it’s because I’ve been reading Cake Wrecks constantly, but I have become obsessed with the frosted confections.
See Jane Clack – Octo-Mom, Lake Bell, and Leonard Nimoy
Octo-Mom, Lake Bell, and Leonard Nimoy are just a few of the hot topics making me clack this week. Read on, and let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
Octo-Mom in talks for reality show. Good lord almighty, Nadya Suleman, aka Octo-Mom, is close to signing a deal for a reality show about her and her 14 kids.A story in People.com says she’s sick of TV cameras and wants to protect her kids privacy, but also wants enough cash to support them without public assistance. So hey! Let’s just throw them under the bus carrying millions of people every week! Producers want to get into the nitty-gritty of their lives, showing Suleman learning to drive a 14-passenger van, go on a date, have a big Thanksgiving dinner, that sort of thing. I dunno. I suppose the show will be wildly popular, because she’s such a train wreck. I don’t know if I could stomach it, though. Would YOU watch it?
Food on the Tube – Do you like guacamole?
Do you like guacamole? The Food Network likes guacamole … a whole lot. With the Super Bowl right around the corner, the Food Network is celebrating with a new section of their website dedicated completely to one of my favorite dips.
Mmm, the avocado is a tasty little fruit. You have to love a vegetable that has as much fat in it as an avocado. It’s one of those foods that I think makes just about anything better. Eating a sandwich? Throw some sliced avocado on there. Ditto for salads, pastas, breakfast cereals, desserts … alright, I’m getting carried away, but so has the Food Network.
Food on the Tube – Is Chopped worth watching?
This week, the Food Network premiered their new, very hyped, competition show: Chopped. I gave the premiere episode a look and I have to say that it seems a little derivative. It is very similar, as well as inferior, to Iron Chef. The main difference is that the show begins with four chefs competing, and eliminates one chef at the end of the three courses: appetizer, entree, and dessert.
Like Iron Chef, the contestants have a set of secret ingredients for each course that they have to work with. Each round is timed, with the chefs having only 30 minutes to make a dish. A panel of judges tries and critiques each dish and decides who stays and who goes. The last chef standing gets a prize of 10,000 dollars. Not too shabby.
Food on the Tube – Anne Burrell is nuts, and I like nuts
One of the new Food Network shows that I have really been enjoying is Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, with Anne Burrell. If the beaming, blonde face attached to this post looks familiar it’s because Burrell has been on Iron Chef America many times, serving as one of Mario Batali’s regular sous chefs. You can usually find her rolling out pasta dough for the orange-clogged Iron Chef.
She has her own show now, and it’s been quite an eye-opener. We rarely get to see the sous chefs on Iron Chef America, so I didn’t know what to think when Secrets of a Restaurant Chef started up. I had no idea that Burrell had such a strong personality, but it certainly makes for an entertaining program.
Food on the Tube – Is Mario Batali MIA?
As I was watching the New Year’s Day Iron Chef America marathon this week something struck me: I haven’t seen Mario Batali cook for a very long time. It’s true that he and the Food Network had a bit of a breakup back in 2007, but at the time the Food Network said that he would still be appearing on Iron Chef America.
The only catch is, I haven’t actually seen Mario compete on ICA for quite some time. A quick jaunt over to wikipedia to check the episode guide for ICA tells the story. Mario hasn’t competed at all this season and only competed twice last season. The only appearance by the ginger haired gourmet this season has been to check out his new, Marc Ecko designed battle attire.
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