New ‘House of Payne’ & ‘Meet the Browns’ Arrive Tonight
May 27, 2009 by Chandra
Tyler Perry fans are going to have a great time tonight (May 27).
Not only does the writer and director’s hit sitcom House of Payne return with two new episodes at the earlier time of 9pm and 9:30pm ET, but Season Two of his second hit comedy Meet the Browns opens immediately afterward at 10pm and 10:30pm.
All four episodes coming up were directed by Perry, as well, so continue reading for spoilers and a sneak peek at each series. Are Brown’s PJ’s divine or what? I need me some like that!
House of Payne
9pm - Moving Out
The Payne men are in hot water with their women. While Miranda is upset over Calvin allowing his family to stay in their condo and having a fling thing with Mercedes, Curtis catches it from Ella for his bad attitude about her job.
In Plain Sight: ‘Gilted Lily’ Season-Premiere Sneak Peek
April 18, 2009 by Chandra
Season Two of USA Network’s hit witness-protection dramedy In Plain Sight kicks off tomorrow night, April 19, at 10pm ET with the premiere episode “Gilted Lily.”
Although U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) is on administrative leave due to the man she killed at the end of Season One, her sympathetic boss Stan McQueen (Paul Ben-Victor) allows her to trail along while her partner Marshall Mann (Frederick Weller) investigates his latest case involving a dead witness.
I’ve already watched the episode, which is fittingly downbeat and more talkative than action-packed to match the state Mary finds herself in after the disastrous events that closed the first season. Things do heat up as more episodes air, however.
Follow the jump for a sneak peek at tomorrow’s opener, which offers a brief glimpse at a new face, recently hired office assistant Eleanor, played by Holly Maples (Brothers & Sisters).
‘Parks and Recreation’ Opens Soon for Viewers
April 9, 2009 by Chandra
It’s time!
Tonight at 8:30pm ET, NBC will debut its long-anticipated Amy Poehler comedy Parks and Recreation. As everybody knows at this stage, the workplace mockumentary stars the former Saturday Night Live player as Leslie Knope, an employee of Pawnee, Indiana’s small Parks and Recreation Department and the aspiring first female president of the United States.
Co-starring are:
Office alumna Rashida Jones as nurse Ann Perkins, whom Leslie is determined to help transform an unused construction pit into a community park.
Scrubs actor Aziz Ansari as Leslie’s colleague Tom Haverford, who likes to put his job to good use … for himself.
New ABC Dramedy: The Unusuals
ABC will premiere the new cop dramedy The Unusuals tonight at 10:02pm ET, immediately after Lost, and I’m really looking forward to it.
Set and filmed in New York, the crime series with secrets follows a group of NYPD detectives who are unusual cops following unusual cases with unusual twists. What’s not to like?
The show stars Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Joan of Arcadia’s Amber Tamblyn, an actress who has repeatedly demonstrated a clear knack for portraying wry and independent women like Detective Casey Shraeger. A new recruit to the Homicide division from Vice and saddled with an unfortunate first case investigating the death of her new partner’s former partner, Shraeger quickly learns that her latest group of colleagues are just as unpredictable as her current assignment.
Jeremy Renner (28 Weeks Later) plays Schraeger’s Homicide partner Detective Jason Walsh, and the rest of the principal cast includes Harold Perrineau (Lost) as paranoid Detective Leo Banks, who insists on wearing a bulletproof vest at all times; Adam Goldberg (Entourage) as Banks’ suicidal partner Detective Eric Delahoy, who wants to bite the dust on the job; Monique Gabriela Curnen (The Dark Knight) as tough-chick Detective Allison Beaumont; Josh Close (The Day the Earth Stood Still) as Beaumont’s ultra religious partner Detective Henry Cole, who’s hiding something; Kai Lennox (40 Days and 40 Nights) as attention-hungry Detective Eddie Alvarez, a dishonest media whore; and Terry Kinney (Oz) as Sergeant Harvey Brown, the boss attempting to root out corruption in his precinct.
Rescue Me: Michael J. Fox in Premiere ‘Baptism’
April 6, 2009 by Chandra
Season Five of FX’s firefighter dramedy Rescue Me finally kicks off tomorrow night, April 7, at 10pm ET with the premiere “Baptism.”
Onboard as the central guest star is Family Ties and Spin City icon Michael J. Fox, who plays Janet’s latest man-friend and the predictable root of much consternation for Tommy, who’s still dealing with his father Michael’s (Charles Durning) death in the fourth-season finale “Yaz.”
Follow the jump for a few preview photos of the season opener featuring the show’s very special newcomer. The best thing of all? Fans have 22 fifth-season episodes, extending into September six months from now, to enjoy once Rescue Me is officially back in action. Kinda makes the 19-month wait worth it.
New ABC Sitcom: Surviving Suburbia
April 6, 2009 by Chandra
Bob Saget fans have something to look forward to tonight because his new sitcom, Surviving Suburbia, premieres on ABC in the 9:32pm ET, what-more-could-you-ask-for? post-Dancing with the Stars time slot.
For comparison, that’s the same time period that helped establish the first season of Samantha Who? as a hit, although the Christina Applegate comedy’s ratings have decreased substantially since it lost the top-rated lead-in.
Multi-camera Surviving Suburbia stars How I Met Your Mother and Full House’s Saget as suburb-dwelling married father of two Steve Patterson. His wife Anne is played by Men in Trees and Dead Like Me alumna Cynthia Stevenson.
The premise of the series is fairly standard. After two decades of marriage and a color-by-the-numbers existence in a nice suburban neighborhood, Steve still hasn’t turned into a true convert. As a result, his opinion of his lifestyle and surroundings is filled with negativity (but the network prefers the nicer-sounding term “cynical”) and sarcasm.
Reno 911!: 6.01 ‘Training Day’
April 4, 2009 by Chandra
Episode: Training Day
Original Air Date: April 1, 2009
NOTE: This series and recap contain mature themes and language.
If you think someone’s going to explicitly tell you who died in the explosion at the end of the fifth-season finale during Reno 911!’s sixth-season premiere, you’d better think again.
The action begins with hot-shorted Lieutenant Jim Dangle’s exclamation, “Holy poop. I thought we got canceled.” I can’t tell if he’s happy or sad to have the camera crew back around, though.
Reno 911!: Season Premiere ‘Training Day’ Preview
April 1, 2009 by Chandra
The sixth season of Comedy Central’s Reno 911! finally launches tonight at 10:30pm ET with the opening episode “Training Day” and assurances the Season Five finale cliffhanger will get a resolution.
Follow the jump for a sneak peek at the episode, featuring guest star Jonah Hill (Superbad, Knocked Up), whom Lieutenant Dangle and Deputy Williams attempt to make leave an office after he’s laid off. Poor guy! Lot’s of people feel his pain these days.
‘My Boys’ Season Three Premiere Coming Up
The third season of the TBS comedy My Boys lands tonight at 10:30pm ET with the opening episode “Welcome Back, Kalla Fötter.” In case you’re wondering — and I just know you are — the last two words mean “cold feet.”
Does that mean it’s safe to predict that Bobby isn’t going to marry Andy’s beautiful Swedish nanny Elsa (Mini Anden, Dirt), or does it mean that he’s going to neglect to reveal his feelings for PJ to PJ after realizing at the end of the second-season finale “John, Cougar, Newman Camp” that she’s now involved with his brother Jack (Billy Burke, Twilight)? Or does it mean something else entirely? We fans will just have to watch and find out.
‘Greek’ Season Two Resumes
March 30, 2009 by Chandra
The second midseason of ABC Family’s college dramedy Greek kicks off tonight at 8pm ET with the premiere “Take Me Home Cyprus Rhodes,” which features Veronica Mars, Reaper, and Party Down actor Ken Marino in the role of Rusty’s fellow summer camp counselor.
While Rusty copes with his new existence as a sophomore Kappa Tau resident and engineering major, Casey tries to figure out how to break the news to her BFF Ashleigh that she intends to move out of the Zeta Beta Zeta house. Then there’s the ongoing tension caused by Frannie and her new sorority, which prompts Ashleigh to recruit a spy, whom Casey doesn’t trust, for a little undercover work.
Also, new freshman Andy (Jesse McCartney, Summerland), a student Calvin knows from high school, arrives and immediately attracts the attention of nearly everyone on campus, including Kappa Tau Gamma and Omega Chi Delta reps who want him as a pledge. Either Andy is one insanely awesome guy or the incoming frosh class at Cyprus-Rhodes University is pretty darn small and short on cool kids.
Two sneak peeks at the midseason premiere follow the jump. The first features Casey bumping into Ashleigh, Frannie, and Rebecca after arriving back on campus with Max Tyler (Michael Rady, Swingtown), and the second shows Andy getting a taste of frat life, super-sized Cappie style, with Rusty and Calvin.