Notable TV Thru May 4, 2008
We Missed You, Mr. Grumpy!
Monday | April 28
House: Everyone’s favorite misanthrope returns with a new episode appropriately titled “No More Mr. Nice Guy.” As if House ever was one … but we love him anyway. [9pm EST/Fox]
Widlfire: Strictly for the teens and very young adults (I assume since I don’t watch), the hit series resumes its fourth season. [9pm EST/ABC Family]
Tuesday | April 29
Stargate Atlantis: Beginning this week, Sci Fi Channel is treating fans to Tuesday-night, three-hour marathons of the excellent series’ fourth season. The fifth season isn’t far off, premiering on July 11th. In the meantime, keep up-to-date on all the latest news about Atlantis at Morjana’s comprehensive blog Subduction Leads to Orogeny (and thanks to her for the mini-marathons tip). [7pm EST/Sci Fi Channel]
Shark: James Woods and his crackerjack legal team are back but in The Unit’s old time slot. I’ll follow wherever CBS sticks them, though. [9pm EST/CBS]
The Riches: The series presents its premature second-season finale. [10pm EST/FX]
Women’s Murder Club: I can hardly believe ABC has brought this one back (although I personally enjoyed it just fine), but here it is. Catch it while you can! [10:02pm EST/ABC]
Wednesday | April 30
Farmer Wants a Wife: I’m only mentioning this reality crap for the sake of completeness. The silly show debuts, and it will probably be a huge instant hit. Aaaarghhh!!! [9pm EST/The CW]
Ghost Hunters: The popular supernatural reality show leaves the tube for a midseason break. I won’t make fun of it, however, because it has merit — it’s about ghosts, so what’s not to like? [9pm EST/Sci Fi Channel]
Law & Order: It’s the first episode without Jesse L. Martin and with his successor Anthony Anderson. I’ve got good feelings already about Anderson’s future with the franchise. [10pm EST/NBC]
Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil: The first season closes without any word yet on a second. The topic is Las Vegas vs. The Human Body. [10:30pm EST/Comedy Central]
Thursday | May 1
Ugly Betty: This is the one with fierce Project Runway loans Nina Garcia and Christian Siriano. Nice! [8pm EST/ABC]
Supernatural: This is the one where dead Winchester daddy Jeffrey Dean Morgan returns … or does he? [9pm EST/The CW]
Friday | May 2
Moonlight: I like Mick. So, I thought I’d give him a shout-out, although there’s nothing really special about this episode besides, well, Mick. …and Beth, too, of course. [9pm EST/ABC]
Battlestar Galactica: I love the entire show — except Cally, but she’s gone now — and want everyone to tune in. [10pm EST/Sci Fi Channel]
Ringo Starr: Off the Record: An hourlong interview with the former Beatle, conducted by Eurythmics genius Dave Stewart? I’d watch just for Dave; Ringo is a bonus. [11pm EST/HBO]
Saturday | May 3
Robin Hood: Who wouldn’t want to see something with the title “The Booby and the Beast”? Sounds interesting to me. [9pm EST/BBC America]
A Teacher’s Crime: There’s not much else original on, so how about another one of Lifetime’s tepid thrillers? Sometimes they surprise you and turn out to be almost good. [9pm EST/Lifetime]
Sunday | May 4
America’s Funniest Home Videos: Wow! The series celebrates its 400th episode. Congratulations! [7pm EST/ABC]
Cold Case: No more new episodes for fans this season! Fortunately, the procedural has already been renewed for a sixth. [8pm EST/CBS]
Wire in the Blood: Ditto, except for the already renewed part. [8pm EST/BBC America]
Family Guy: Ditto, except it’s a midseason finale and the show has also been renewed for another season already. [9pm EST/Fox]
This American Life: The second season opens. [10pm EST/Showtime]
House image courtesy of Fox
Thank you, tvjots, for mentioning the return of Stargate Atlantis season four episodes to the SciFi Channel.
And thank you also for the lovely comment regarding the Subduction Leads to Orogeny blog.
:)
Morjana
You know I’m always happy for another opportunity to mention Stargate Atlantis.
And, it’s true — your blog is a great source of information about many shows, and we readers really appreciate your efforts keeping us up-to-date with the latest information!