Wonderful Wonderful: ‘Weeds’ Opens Season Five Tonight
June 8, 2009 by Chandra
Get ready, Nancy Botwin fans. The fifth season of Showtime’s hit Mary-Louise Parker comedy Weeds launches tonight, June 8, at 10pm ET with the premiere “Wonderful Wonderful.”
During the episode, Nancy returns to Ren Mar and her family after showing Esteban a sonogram image to prove she’s pregnant. Also in Ren Mar, Andy, Doug, and Silas consider plans for growing pot in a national forest.
More details follow the jump.
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).
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.
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.
‘Reno 911!’ Returns April 1 with Cliffhanger Resolution
Comedy Central just announced the good news that the improvised cop mockumentary Reno 911! will return for its sixth season on Wednesday, April 1, at 10:30pm EST.
Also notable is the addition of two new regular cast members, Ian Roberts (Step Brothers, Arrested Development, Upright Citizens Brigade) and Jo Lo Truglio (The Sarah Silverman Program, Pineapple Express, Reno 911!: Miami). Roberts will play macho, rule-loving Sergeant Jack Declan and Truglio will play Declan’s polar opposite, Deputy Franky Rizzo, a policeman who not only doesn’t care about the rules, but couldn’t tell you what the rules are if his life depended on it. Should be lots of fun seeing the pair partnered on patrol!
What fans really want to know, however, is if we’ll finally get a satisfying conclusion to the fifth-season finale cliffhanger and learn who the heck died in that explosion, if anyone. Thankfully, the answer is yes. Comedy Central makes it clear that the Season Six premiere will provide closure regarding that disaster, which led to a funeral and presumably the death of one of the Reno Sheriff’s Department’s finest, if you believe the number of hats tossed in the air in the last scene.
Guest stars to watch out for during the spring run include Aziz Ansari, Matt Besser, Carmen Electra, Rachael Harris, Rob Huebel, Jay Johnston, George Lopez, AD Miles, Patton Oswalt, Nick Swardson, Scott Thompson, and Matt Walsh. Some of those names are returnees, as longtime fans will recognize.
ALERT!: A major spoiler follows the jump, so don’t read if you don’t want to know!!!
Breaking Bad: ‘Seven Thirty-Seven’ Season Premiere Preview
March 8, 2009 by Chandra
Breaking Bad returns to AMC tonight to open it’s second season at 10pm EST. The first episode of the sophomore run is called “Seven Thirty-Seven,” and it features familiar face Raymond Cruz, currently also a star of the TNT crime drama The Closer, as drug bossman Tuco.
While Walt and Jesse attempt to find a way out of their business partnership with the drup overlord, largely thanks to his questionable mental state and accompanying violently sociopathic behavior, Hank tries to get estranged Marie and Skyler to overcome their differences and kiss and make up. Best of luck on both counts!
Follow the jump for a two-minute sneak peek at the episode featuring Bryan Cranston’s Walt and Aaron Paul’s Jesse having a most serious discussion. I definitely wouldn’t want to be in their shoes, even for all of their meth money.
Reaper: ‘A New Hope’ for a New Season
March 3, 2009 by Chandra
Although hard to believe, it really is finally time for the second-season premiere of The CW’s delicious Devil dramedy Reaper. The first episode up tonight at 8pm EST has the very long and quite confusing title “Episode 201: Episode IV: A New Hope,” so let’s just call it “A New Hope” for short.
Following the Season One-ending development that The Devil and Sam might be a whole lot closer than mere employer and employee — father and son, in fact — Season Two opens with best buds Sam, Sock, and Ben returning from a soothing vacation. Yet, the road-trip afterglow doesn’t last for long because the trio are forced to face the grim reality that their jobs are now gone at the Work Bench and their apartment is, too. Jobless and homeless, the guys manage to get back on their feet eventually, no thanks to The Devil and his latest whopper of an assignment.
That’s the bare-bones summary. I’ve had the opportunity to screen this week’s and next week’s (“Dirty Sexy Mongol”) episodes ahead of their premiere, and I gotta tell all of my fellow Reaper fans that it sure is nice to have the gang back. As expected, however, the plot isn’t all fun and games.