The Week Ahead – SHARK WEEK!
Highlights of the Week
- This had to be a difficult film to put together. HBO’s Boy Interrupted is the story of a young boy’s struggle with bipolar disorder and depression, leading to his suicide at 15. His mother, the filmmaker, hopes to shed light on this difficult disease with painful honesty, to expose a very true reality. (Mon. 9pm)
- The Reege is back, clocking more TV hours with the tenth anniversary return of primetime Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for a special 11-night, two-week event. Airing Sunday-Thursday, starting August 3 at 8pm, and wrapping Sunday, August 23.
- If you’d rather get your dance on, or watch others do so, the two-night finale of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance is here. Wednesday at 9pm for the performances, and the two hour extravaganza finale at 8pm, Thursday.
- But don’t worry; dance continues as by Sunday, the new season of Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew will be under away again. (Sun. 9pm, MTV)
- The team behind Slumdog Millionaire put together Bollywood Hero, a three-part mini-series over three consecutive nights, about a guy who failed to land a lead “heroic” role in the States, so took one in Bollywood. Will America follow? (Thu. 10pm, IFC)
- It’s been gone for a little while now, but TLC has a little show coming back. You may not have heard of it. It’s about this couple who have eight kids, a set of twins and sextuplets. Jon & Kate Plus 8 returns for awhile. (Mon. 9pm)
- It’s “Shark Week” over at the Discovery Channel, with shark-themed specials all week long. What more do you need to know. SHARK WEEK! Read the rest of this entry »
See Jane Clack – Harvey Birdman, Joan Rivers and Private Practice
This week has me clacking about Harvey Birdman, Joan Rivers’ freakish face, and that massive shark-jumper, Private Practice. Read on….
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. I’m not sure where I was when this show aired during its four-season run, but we’ve been watching it on DVD and it’s a hoot. We’re just into season one, and my favorite episodes are the “Bannon Custody Case” (Race Bannon and Dr. Quest battle in court to see who gets custody of Johnny and Hadji), and “The Dabba Don.” The opening of that episode with Fred Flintstone driving through Bedrock to The Sopranos theme song is pure genius. Anyone else a Harvey Birdman fan? Ha HA!
Oh no! Some of my favorite shows are just about done for the season and some are already history. The Celebrity Apprentice and The Amazing Race both wrapped up last night, and it’s not long to go for other shows on my “must see TV” list. American Idol is down to the final three. Yikes! How fast time flies!
Of course, the end of these shows only means that other shows I enjoy aren’t too far in the future — So You Think You Can Dance and Big Brother (my summer guilty pleasure) will be coming along soon. Usually I run a week behind reporting on the shows which air on Sunday nights. However, due to the season finales, please be warned that there will be finale show spoilers for both The Amazing Race and The Celebrity Apprentice after the jump.
Reality Clack – American Idol, The Celebrity Apprentice, Survivor, Dancing With the Stars
Thankfully, my life isn’t quite like reality television. I don’t know if I could handle all the drama! On The Celebrity Apprentice, Joan Rivers packed her bags, had a thorny snit over Trump firing her daughter, and took off after slamming some of the others. Over on American Idol, there was a shocker in the bottom three this past week.
As we head towards the season finales of all the current reality shows, things are heating up. That includes tempers, strategies, alliances and, need we forget … song choices are more important than ever. After all, I never leave my house without the perfect song in mind to start off my day. Um … today? “Rainy Days and Mondays.”
Reality Clack – Celebrity Apprentice, Survivor, Dancing With the Stars, American Idol
It was a week of controversy on some of the shows in the reality television genre. After all, there’s the Joan Rivers and Clint Black hatefest on The Celebrity Apprentice, not to mention the oddly-reasoned firings of two of the celebrities on the show. David Alan Grier’s very … um … eloquent exit from Dancing With the Stars is certainly one for the books.
Meanwhile, a fan favorite team was Philiminated on The Amazing Race and American Idol viewers voted yet another contestant into the dark crevice known as “you’re on the tour, but you ain’t the one” status. The tribe didn’t have to speak on Survivor as an injury made the decision for them. Let’s get right into the skinny!
Reality Clack – Celebrity Apprentice, Survivor, The Bachelor, Amazing Race, American Idol
I used to be a huge fan of The Apprentice back when the show was new and fresh. I’ve never been a big fan of Donald Trump, but I enjoyed the concept and the candidates. But then the show became more predictable and the candidates a bit more iffy. George and Caroline left and the Trumplets (Ivanka and Donald, Jr.) took over their duties. Nepotism, I say! Then came the disaster in Los Angeles which marked the end of the regular series.
Last season we were treated to The Celebrity Apprentice and I got hooked on the show all over again. So, it was a no-brainer that I’d be watching again this season, especially when folks like Joan Rivers, Dennis Rodman, and Clint Black are on the show.
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