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Thursday, March 31, 2011: Jersey Shore

by Mindy Monez March 31, 2011 6:00 AM
Thursday, March 31, 2011: Jersey Shore

Reunion time! Before our beloved spray-tanned guidos and guidettes jet off to Italy for Season 4, we get to enjoy a raucous reunion tonight. All kinds of things have been promised: new footage! Awkward moments! Yelling! More boring Sammi and Ronnie crap! Big doings, people.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011: Coal

by F. John Rickert March 30, 2011 6:00 AM
Wednesday, March 30, 2011: Coal

Why did it take so long for a blue-collar documentary/reality series to be made about American coal miners? It's like the guy behind Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers got stranded in Alaska for about half a decade then suddenly noticed that West Virgina existed after the Chilean miners were trapped last year.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011: Body of Proof

by F. John Rickert March 29, 2011 6:00 AM
Tuesday, March 29, 2011: Body of Proof

If there's one thing TV teaches us about being a doctor, it's that no matter how bad you are at being a doctor you can always work at the morgue. Fine motor skills might be handy when removing brain tumors from the living, but just so long as you can help solve murders, who cares about slipshod scalpeling on a corpse?

Monday, March 28, 2011: United States of Tara

by F. John Rickert March 28, 2011 6:00 AM
Monday, March 28, 2011: United States of Tara

This season is make or break for United States of Tara as it struggles to keep up its overt feminist themes while balancing out the heavy background story revealed last season. While part of me wants to see showrunner Diablo Cody succeed, my own personal Gimme kind of wants the show to just implode.

Sunday, March 27, 2011: Shameless

by Mindy Monez March 27, 2011 6:00 AM
Sunday, March 27, 2011: Shameless

The first season of Showtime's Shameless adaption comes to a close tonight with Ian and Lip facing possible jail time, Fiona trying to decide whether or not to run away with Steve (she won't, but it's cute that the show thinks we'd buy that as a legit character conflict), and all the disgustingness that's going down with Karen and certain unspeakable Frank things. I can't even deal with that last one, so I'll leave it up to Jacob. He's made of tougher stuff than I am.

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Friday, March 25, 2011: The Suite Life Movie

by Nic Dris March 25, 2011 6:00 AM
Friday, March 25, 2011: The Suite Life Movie

The twins are out. Lock your doors. Disney Channel's Suite Life on Deck is entering a whole new level of annoyance with their television movie, The Suite Life Movie. Not since the Olsen twins have we seen a pair of twins make this much money this fast.

Thursday, March 24, 2011: The Hard Times of RJ Berger

by F. John Rickert March 24, 2011 6:00 AM
Thursday, March 24, 2011: The Hard Times of RJ Berger

Returning for a second season, The Hard Times of RJ Berger will be spending tonight resolving the cliffhanger(?) of whether or not RJ's friend Lily died after she and RJ had sex while she was in the hospital after getting hit by a bus. But how could she die now that there can be a pregnancy scare plot in addition to the love triangle between them and the hot cheerleader? On the other hand, if she does die then RJ will have to cope with the feeling that his giant wang might have been what killed her, a story that just might make Hard Times's basic premise seem less like a rejected Freaks and Geeks concept.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011: Top Chef

by Mindy Monez March 23, 2011 9:33 AM
Wednesday, March 23, 2011: Top Chef

Tonight, we draw one week closer to the Top Chef All-Stars finale (which isn't until next week, because they're trying to kill us), and I think we can all agree that it's a shocking and bewildering experience that we are watching a final three that includes Mike Isabella and Antonia. Of all the starting contestants, I counted Mike out probably the most, with the exception of, like, Stephen Asprinio, who isn't even really a chef.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011: The Fabulous Beekman Boys

by Mindy Monez March 22, 2011 6:00 AM
Tuesday, March 22, 2011: The Fabulous Beekman Boys

Uh oh -- somebody's got "Llama Drama"! That's in quotes because it's the awesome name of tonight's second season premiere of The Fabulous Beekman Boys, meaning it's going to be a Polka Spot's antics-filled episode. And thank god for that, because I have really, really missed this ridiculous show. And Polka Spot, I think I've missed you most of all.

Sunday, March 20, 2011: Big Love

by Mindy Monez March 20, 2011 6:00 AM
Sunday, March 20, 2011: Big Love

I haven't pinned down exactly how I feel about this final season of Big Love, but I do know that it's a vast improvement on the embarrassing fiasco that was last season, and that alone makes me feel better about letting go of this show now. Am I thrilled about the possibility of it ending on such uncertain terms? I don't think I'll know that until the end of Sunday's finale. So let's talk about that.

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