Only three episodes left this season and you know what that means, shit is going to start hitting the fan. We have Arya and the Hound taking Jaime and Brienne's spot as forest wanderers. Daenerys is coming up against an army of gold lovers and it looks like the Lannisters are in for another freak out from the boy king. Big things are happening in Westeros and it looks like the different stories are going to have some great conclusions.
2. Mad Men (AMC 10/9c)
This week's episode is the called "The Crash" and I can only think of two possibilities for that. One, a Mohawk plane goes down and the new firm has to figure out to deal with the bad publicity. Or two, Teddy Chaough wasn't ready for the alcoholism that is prevalent in a Don Draper work place and ends up crashed on the couch just like he was last week at the creatives table. Either way I'm excited to see how this plays out and how Don is going to take being turned away by the doctors wife.
3. Celebrity Apprentice (NBC 9/8c)
The season finale of Celerity Apprentice means that a bunch of the former contestants come back to help the two finalists on their last task. That also means Gary Busey and Dennis Rodman are back on my TV for at least one night and how can you go wrong with that?
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After watching the preview I'm less sure of what was happening in the show, but one thing is for sure I saw a shot of the dragon and who doesn't love dragons. Not only that it looks like we will get to see Daenerys and the Unsullied go to war for the first time or at least that's what it looks like.
2. Mad Men (AMC 10/9)
It doesn't look like the merger is going as well as anyone planned but what can you really glean from a Matthew Wiener trailer. My uneducated and obvious prediction would be that Peggy is going to be a bitch to Peter for most, if not all, the episode.
3. Survivor (CBS 8/7c)
My prediction for the season finale is that Sherri will someone get into the final three and end up winning the whole game. Also Cochrane will come close but he wont get any votes from the jury and who is getting emergency evacuated from the game? My guess would be Dawn but it could be anyone and if it's Sherri my back up prediction for the winner would be Eric.
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The third season has been my favorite of the three so far and it looks to be only getting better. The wildlings are making the big climb, Robb Stark is planning an attack on Casterly Rock and Theon is still getting tortured. Fun for the whole family(just kidding, young children should probably not watch this show).
2. Mad Men (AMC 10/9c)
Another week, another Mad Men trailer that makes no sense what so ever and has no clues to anything that will actually happen. Well, that isn't exactly true, what we do see is Roger is going to get his freak on at some point and Joan is going to let her hair down. Isn't that all we really need to know?
3. The Amazing Race (CBS 8/7c)
It's the season finale of another season of The Amazing Race and all you really need to know is that there is a a team of twin country singers and another team of brother hockey players. That is pretty much it.
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Last week's episode is arguably one of the best episodes of the show, and since all that energy was expended during the last hour this weeks will probably be a little slower. From the clip it looks like we will finally get an episode where Rob actually does something, Tywin is planning to save his son and Arya is condemning someone to burn in hell. I know it wont be as good as last week but I am still super excited for what comes next.
2. Mad Men (AMC 10/9c)
As much as the previews for next episode of Mad Men usually give up, this weeks we actually get a couple of clips from the same party. So my prediction for something that will happen this episode is simple: The main characters will attend a party. I'm getting good at this.
3. Vikings (History Channel 10/9c)
In order for Ragnar to get King Horrik to hep him attack Britain he needs to settle some sort of land dispute with another tribe of Vikings. Everything seems to be going well until his wife starts having dreams about his fate. If this is the last episode of Vikings ever I will be utterly disappointed if we don't get a resolution of the British conflict and if this is the end is Ragnar going to die? I really hope not.
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Daenerys gets her army, Cersei is trying to take out the Tyrells, the Hound might be in too deep and from the editing it looks like Jon Snow might be taking a little trip over the wall. But the least exiting sub plot is if Theon will make it out alive. All I really want is him to be killed in a spectacular fashion, come on HBO give me that at least.
2. Mad Men (AMC 10/9c)
If you take the YouTube clip into consideration you'll see Stan being sneaky, Joan being snarky and every one else saying a couple lines that have absolutely no context. And with that here is another one of my weekly not-bold-at-all predictions: Stan's bear will look bushier than ever.
3. Vikings (History Channel 10/9c)
War is coming but instead of that(we'll have to wait until next week for that) it looks like we are getting an episode where the Vikings led by Ragnar go on a spiritual journey where they will have to sacrifice someone, that doesn't sit to well with the priest. But my main takeaway from the clip is that is that Donal Logue(Terriers, Grounded for Life) is playing a Viking leader of his own. I have a feeling this series is going to have an epic ending.
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Daenerys is putting together her army, little Arya has just been found out as a Stark, Brianne and Jamie Lannister are all but goners and for some reason Theon Greyjoy is still alive. Things we don't see in the preview: What happened to the Hound? Is old lady Tyrelle still gossiping over lemon cakes and cheese? Has Joffrey gotten his suit back from the Tailor? This season seems to be shaping up nicely and I hope to get a little more action soon instead of all this place setting.
2. Mad Men (AMC 10/9c)
Since Matthew Wiener doesn't like to put anything in the trailer for the next episode that will spoil anything, we get another thirty second clip of people saying things like "I didn't think you were capable of something like that" or " he'll never know." To whom and in what context those lines are said will forever be a mystery(well unless you watch the show). Since we get nothing from the clip here is my one prediction of something that will happen: Pete Campbell will act like a dick at least twice this episode.
3. Vikings (History Channel 10/9c)
I was all wrong about Earl Haraldson getting killed off last week, but in the end it is probably a lot better for the show to have Ragnar in charge so they can make it too England and start pillaging, In the preview it looks like Ragnar is using the old ransom trick to get his bank built up, I wonder in the king who seems extremely pissed off is going to let this slide. My guess is no. And with only two episodes left after this one, you can only imagine that this will be building to the final conflict.
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The sixth season starts off with an episode that no critic was allowed to talk about. It was so secretive that Pete's new sideburns are the only thing I know about it. Mad Men is easily one of the best shows on TV and if you aren't watching it, then I don't know why you're reading my TV posts (just kidding I appreciate all the eyes I can get).
2. Game of Thrones (HBO 10/9c)
The second episode of the new season will give us a peak at what a few of the other characters that you love are up to. We get to see where Arya is and if she has gotten anyone killed lately and we also get to see if Brienne has chopped of Jamie Lannisters head yet. My guess is neither of those things happened but I am excited to find out what did. My one demand though is more dragons, come on HBO splurge on the special effects budget.
3. Vikings (History 10/9c)
When Ragnor finds out that his brother was tortured by the Earl, he challenges him to a one on one fight. I don't imagine either one dying this early in the season but this battle is definitely setting up a bigger conflict between the two later on. This show is one of my favorite new shows and it seems to be only getting better, I hope that History decides to pick it up for another season because that would be great.
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The third season is supposedly the one that the guys in charge were most excited to make. Hearing that made me even more excited then I already was, which means GoT gets the number one spot on a crowded Sunday night. What will Tyrion do about being shoved aside by his family? How will Deanerys' plans to get her throne back go? And will Hodor become the hero and star of the show everyone wants?
2. The Walking Dead (AMC 9/8c)
The season finale means one thing, the conflict with the Governor will come to an end. How that happens and how many people will die seems up to Rick which probably means that he will pick the wrong thing to do and then get a lot of people dead. In the comics (which are very different than the show) when this conflict ended almost half of the group was killed so I would not be surprised to see a fair number of the cast kick the bucket. What I really want to happen though is that the Governor gets an awesome farewell, like with flames and explosions. Is there any other way that he could go out?
3. Vikings (The History Channel 10/9c)
Earl Haraldson learns from a seer (psychic) that Ragnor wants him dead and that is not something the Earl takes to kindly to. So instead of taking precautions and preparing himself, he decides to take action and burn Ragnor's home and farm to the ground. From seeing how Ragnor is after four episodes I don't think he will be too happy with the Earl and I expect some sort of fight which is always a good thing on this show.
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Since The Game of Thrones comes back this Sunday I thought it would be a good idea to get everyone in the mood by showing them some videos. Here we go.
Here is a list of the TV shows I am most excited about in 2013.
1. Breaking Bad (Summer)
The final eight episodes will be airing in the summer and all the fans know is that at some point Walter White will have a beard and a big f'n gun. What he does with it is still up in the air but I am super excited to find out.
2. Game of Thrones (Mar. 31)
Ever since I heard this series came from a book I've done everything in my power to not read the books and have enjoyed the TV show every bit for it. The new characters look interesting. We finally get to see the leader of the raiders and Arya is all growned up.
3. Community (Feb. 7)
This season might be the last one for community and all I have to say about that is, Troy and Abed should get a spin-off.
4. Justified (Jan. 8)
Raylan Givens is back and ready to kick the crap out of crime. Last season their seemed to be a lack of shooting people for no reason except he said he would so I wonder whether they stick to that rode or go back to the cop that shoots first, second and third and then asks questions.
5. The Following (Jan. 21)
Kevin Bacon is a ex-FBI agent brought back in to track down a mad man who has assembled a group of serial killers. James Purefoy plays the killer and it seems like that he was made for the role.
6. Archer (Jan. 17)
The worlds greatest spy is back to get drunk, sleep with random women and demean his butler.
7. Spartacus: War of The Damned (Jan. 25)
If you have followed the three other seasons then you probably know exactly what to expect from the finale season of the series. If you haven't then let me fill you in, there is sex, nudity, blood, fighting, gladiators and much more. Well, actually that's pretty much it but I can't wait to see how they cap the series.
8. Eastbound and Down (Date TBD)
In my TV Review post I mentioned that the last season of Eastbound and Down was the last season. Only to realize that it was in fact picked up for a fourth season and I can't be any happier that I was wrong. Are Kenny and April be together and raise their kid? Probably not but what else do you expect from the baddest bad ass of the all.
9. Defiance (April)
SyFy istrying really hard to go back to the science fiction genre with this show and it looks like they might have succeeded. The show is about a bunch of alien races trying to move to our planet when thier sun exploded. Will we be as hostile as the Americans are to the Mexicans when they try to come in to their country? Probably.
10. The Family Tools (May 1)
I couldn't find a new comedy I was excited about, and then their was this. I am still not to excited to see it but just for the sole purpose of employing Leah Remini they get the 10th spot.
TV
This is the final post in my blog series "Year in Review" and is easily the one I feel most comfortable writing. I know people will disagree with my rankings and that is fine but I have watch enough TV, both bad and good, to know what quality TV is. Here are the lists of my ten favorite comedies and dramas. Also I will add three other lists containing my five favorite new shows, Late Night Show and reality TV shows.
Drama 1. Breaking Bad
The final season of Breaking Bad has been broken in to two parts. The first part which aired this year, which is amazing and is why it's ranked number one, left so many questions with fans that I can almost easily say that my favorite show of 2013 will be one about Meth and i'm not talking about Intervention.
2. Game of Thrones
The battle in the second last episode of the season that built up to the exploding river (if you haven't seen it the YouTube it right now) is one of the biggest TV moments of 2012. Not only was that episode good but the season as a whole was just epic and groundbreaking TV. All I can ask for is that Daenerys can keep a hold on her dragons.
3. Mad Men
This season of Mad Men had Matthew Weiners son with a mustache It had fraud, fighting, prostitution, suicide and even dream murder. It was all over the place thematically and went a lot of unexpected ways. But when you have a product as good as Mad Men you have the ability to do that without the product suffering or the fans loosing interest. And let me make this point I never once lost interest.
4. Homeland
After an off season of how are they going to keep Brody around and how are they going to bring Carrie back into the mix. And after a season of roller coaster fan support and people jumping off the bandwagon because they didn't believe some of the things on the show. Homeland ended their second season with a bang (literally) and with what in my mind was the best episode of this season closed some loose end story line and set it up for an interesting third season. I can't wait!
5. Sherlock
Sherlock airs on BBC and you can watch it on Netflix (even Canadian Netflix) which makes it one of those shows that is too good not being watched. The seasons are three episodes each (each episode is about an hour and a half long) which makes them pretty easy to catch up. You could have a Sherlock night and get through most of them pretty easily. If you don't understand what i'm saying is that you should be watching this show.
6. Justified
After a season where Margo Martindale steals the show and Jeremy Davies limping his way through a great acting performance you wonder if the next season will be able to match up. In 2012 Justified did it's beat to bring in some heavy hitters in Neal McDonough and Mykelti Williamson as the new baddies but they just didn't live up to Mags Bennet. Don't get me wrong the season was great that's why it's number six on the list but it couldn't hold a candle to season 2 of Justified.
7. Parenthood
This has always been one of my favorite shows but it is also one of the hardest shows to watch. It is so emotionally draining sometimes and some of the episodes feel like they have 13 different endings it's constant But this season they seemed to be able to get all of that under control and everyone in the Braverman family seemed to have their place, even the little Mexican one.
8. Dexter
Season 6 of Dexter was way outside the box and almost everyone knew what was coming by the middle of the season. Season 7 on the other hand took what season 6 left us (Deb finding out who Dexter really is) and played on it extremely well. Then adding Yvonne Strahovski as Dexter's love interest and Ray Stevenson as the main baddy were two casting strokes of genius. Hopefully they keep on this upward path and when they finally do end this show (long overdue?) I really hope they can tie Dexter's story together well.
9. Sons of Anarchy
Another season of Jacks getting into trouble and in the last episode or two unraveling everything for everyone else and coming out on top. Or did he? With Tara going to jail for something that is related to the club his conscious can't be clear. We'll see if ha can get himself out of this predicament as well ( I bet he can). Oh, and Jimmy Smits did a good job playing a pimp.
10. The Walking Dead
Zombies getting killed, zombies being used as torture devices, zombie daughters having their hair combed by human daddy... Yeah, all that happened. The effects were crazy though and I enjoyed seeing the new people and hope they play a bigger role in the second half of the season.
Honorable Mention
Alphas
X-Men meets Heroes meets CSI. This is a great show if you like shows about powers.
Treme
Come for the New Orleans music and stay for the New Orleans music. That;s all there really is.
Comedies
1. Louie
Louie is taking a year off before he puts out another season of his critically acclaimed show, so my advice would be to buy/download/steal a copy of the third season of Louie and watch it as many times as you can before then.
2. Parks and Recreation
I am absolutely astonished by how often Parks and Rec. came to my mind when I though about favorite comedies. Most of it was remember crazy stuff Aubrey Plaza and Chris Pratt do or the insane the Aziz Ansari and Amy Poehler's characters say. But they aren't even the best part of the show that would be the bacon and eggs Mr. Ron mmm-f-ing Swanson.
3. 30 Rock
This was 30 Rocks last season and they came out firing on all cylinders. Tina Fey said she wanted the show to go out on top and she has no worries of that not happening.
4. Community
Even thought the best episode of Community's third season (Remedial Chaos Theory) didn't air in 2012 it had enough great shows that did air in 2012 to secure a top spot in my rankings By the way did you hear the news about Dan Harmon?
5. Misfits
This show is about a group of teens on community service duty who end up getting powers from a freak storm. I ranked it as fifth on the comedy side of things because of the character named Rudy and all his ridiculous antics. If you haven't seen it well you are definitely missing out.
6. South Park
Another season of hilarity by the boys who brought you Team America: World Police and the Broadway play The Book of Mormon. This is their 15th season putting south Park on the air and if you thought that would hinder the amount of stories they have to tell you are dead wrong. Not only that but they seemed to push the bar even further this year, and what more can you ask for from the guys who created Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo.
7. Wilfred
A man see's a dog as a man in a dog costume. How much more do you need?
8. The Big Bang Theory
Sheldon and the boys do it again. Mayim Bailik, who used to play Blossom back in the day, is easily a surprise hit and this season she has turned up the funny.
9. Modern Family
As long as you have this cast together this show will be this great.
10. Eastbound and Down
The final season left us with the death and resurrection (not really, he never died) of one of the greatest characters in fictional baseball pitching history.
Honorable Mention
Workaholics
We met Durs' father and found out how the boys met, this was a "loose butt-hole" season.
New Girl
With Nick and Schmidt killing it this show could easily move up in my top ten in 2013.
New Shows
1. Girls
I didn't know whether to put this is comedy or drama so I had an easy cop out and put it as the best new show on TV(which it was) in 2012. Lena Dunham has a voice that speaks to many people (good and bad) as you can see by all the controversy she had over this show. But the season was well put together and you definitely felt like it was a world you could have living in and that's always a nice thing for a TV show to do.
2. House of Lies
Don Cheadle has a lot of sex. Kristen Bell has a lot of sex and Ben Schwartz makes some hilarious jokes. This show came out at the starting of 2012 but is still one of my favorites of the year. It could have made a run at the 10th spot in my comedy side had it been a weaker year for comedy.
3. Awake
This show has already been cancelled so don't feel like you need to watch it but if you have some time and nothing to do...
4. Go On
Matthew Perry doing Matthew Perry things.
5. Penn. 1600
This show just started and I really like the pilot and because I haven't watched Nashville, Revolution sucked and most of the new comedies were terrible it gets this spot by default.
Reality TV
1. Duck Dynasty
This show has become a cult classic within the first season. Now we just have to wait and see if it ends up like Pawn Stars and Storage Wars before it.
2. The Voice
If you watch any other singing competition I can't be your friend. The Voice has the best judges and it lets people who might have already had a small break in the industry try out, which leads to a lot better musical performances.
3. Amazing Race
Another season of Amazing Race is in the books and this time a gay couple won the whole thing after being underdogs the whole time. It had to be one of the more exciting seasons in a while.
4. Big Brother
Before the last couple of weeks I would have called this season of BB the best since the All Star season. But then Ian had to go and win and makes this game about people being liked and not Dan's amazing gameplay.
5. The Challenge
The Real World/Road Rules Challenge on MTV has been said by some to be America's fifth major sport. It is a crazy show where a bunch of random people fomr The Real World or Raod Rules (two other MTV shows) come together and compete for a large sum of money. Most of the season it is just a party and drunken fights. But the last episode or two is devoted to the namesake, Challenge, which usually has contestants running a certain distance while doing puzzles and other competitions at different intervals. The team that finishes the whole thing as a team are crowned the winners.
Late Night TV
1. Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel has quietly toiled in late night for years and is now finally getting some recognition and in the new year will be in the 11:35 slot.
2. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
This dude get's everyone to sing with him. He has brought a new game to Late Night and i like it.
3. The Colbert Report
I think Colbert is starting to outshine his mentor and is making a huge name for himself. I don't know where he goes from here but the likely path seems up. Is that possible.
4. The Daily Show
John Stewart is still winning Emmy's and still killing Bill O'Rielly just like everyone wants.
5. Saturday Night Live
I like to think SNL had a pretty good year so far with Jamie Foxx, Anne Hatheway, JGL, Louie C.K., Daniel Craig and even Bruno Mars, who did double duty.
