Culturally Preconditioned

For those of you who’s waiting for the tv shows to resume after the Xmas hiatus (and for new tv show premiers), here’s the complete list of the next air date :

WINTER PREMIERES

* Denotes series returning from a winter break, rather than season or series premiere.

Monday, Dec. 29

The City (MTV)

Sunday, Jan. 4
Desperate Housewives (ABC)*

Monday, Jan. 5

The Bachelor (ABC)
Gossip Girl (CW)*
Momma’s Boys (NBC)
One Tree Hill (CW)*
Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family)
True Beauty (ABC)

Tuesday, Jan. 6

90210 (CW)*
According to Jim (ABC)*
The Biggest Loser: Couples (NBC)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)*
Nip/Tuck (FX)
Privileged (CW)*
Scrubs (ABC)

Wednesday, Jan. 7

13: The Fear Is Real (CW)
Damages (FX)
Knight Rider (NBC)*
Law & Order (NBC)*

Thursday, Jan. 8

30 Rock (NBC)*
ER (NBC)*
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)*
Kath & Kim (NBC)*
My Name Is Earl (NBC)*
The Office (NBC)*
Private Practice (ABC)*
Ugly Betty (ABC)*

Friday, Jan. 9

Flashpoint (CBS)
Monk (USA)*
Psych (USA)*

Sunday, Jan. 11

24 (Fox)

Monday, Jan. 12

Samantha Who? (ABC)*

Tuesday, Jan. 13

American Idol (Fox)

Wednesday, Jan. 14

Wonderland (DTV 101)

Thursday, Jan. 15

Bones (Fox)*
Smallville (CW)*
Supernatural (CW)*

Friday, Jan. 16

Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi)
Friday Night Lights (NBC)

Sunday, Jan. 18

American Dad (Fox)*
Big Love (HBO)
Family Guy (Fox)*
Flight of the Conchords (HBO)
King of the Hill (Fox)*
The L Word (Showtime)
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime)
The Simpsons (Fox)*
United States of Tara (Showtime)

Monday, Jan. 19

House (Fox)*

Tuesday, Jan. 20

Fringe (Fox)*

Wednesday, Jan. 21

Lie to Me (Fox)
Lost (ABC), two-hour premiere

Thursday, Jan. 22

Burn Notice (USA)*

Monday, Jan. 26

The Closer (TNT)
Trust Me (TNT)

Wednesday, Jan. 28

Life on Mars (ABC)*

Thursday, Jan. 29

Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)

Monday, Feb. 2

Chuck (NBC),* 3-D episode
Heroes, Vol. IV: Fugitives (NBC)*
Medium (NBC)

Thursday, Feb. 12

Survivor (CBS)

Friday, Feb. 13

Dollhouse (Fox)
Terminator (Fox)*

Sunday, Feb. 15

The Amazing Race (CBS)

Sunday, March 8

Breaking Bad (AMC)

Monday, March 9

Castle (ABC)

Tuesday, March 17

Reaper (CW)

Thursday, March 19

Kings (NBC)

Tuesday, March 24

Cupid (ABC)

Wednesday, April 8

The Unusuals (ABC)

Thursday, April 9

Harper’s Island (CBS)

EXACT DATES TBD

• Amy Poehler, Beyond Thunderdome premieres on NBC in April.
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent returns to USA in March or April.
• Life returns to NBC in February.
• Prison Break and ‘Til Death return to Fox in the spring.
• Rescue Me returns to FX in March or April.
• Rules of Engagement returns to CBS in the spring.
• Saving Grace returns to TNT in March.
• The Tudors returns to Showtime in April.

Other notes :

I’ve been downloading 11 shows a week last Fall.. but I’m definitely cutting down on some shit, and some thoughts on last season :

• 90210 - let’s face it.. I only watched the show for the old cast members (Brenda, Kelly etc).. the new cast? Not so much.. Nothing (apart from the brilliant grandma, who plays the exact same part as she did on Arrested Development) sets this apart from other annoying tween shows.
• Californication - the first season was brilliant. Second season.. made me lose interest. Same old hedonistic, same old narcistic, same old annoying emo cunt daughter… leaves me zero apathy.
• Heroes - Third season was an utter shitfest. It was really good somewhere in the middle, but tapered off with the finale. And Mohinder reminds me of a Suriname Toad. Season 4’s teasers looks like it’s going to be a rehash of X-Men 2 (or 3?), but I’m pretty sure I’ll keep on downloading this new season.
• Ugly Betty - Still as camp. Stll as good. Knows not to take itself too seriously which makes the show fun to watch.
• Desperate Housewives - The writers are brilliant, and totally deserve an Emmy for writing (especially if they kill off Susan and Mike for good)
• Survivor : Gabon - Most mind numbingly boring winner ever. Hated everyone in F3, but if Sugar gave a shit to her Final TC performance, she definitely deserved the final votes - cause she really did outplay everyone. Season had a boring start (thank god for Dan Kay), had a promising merger, and the most boring end game imaginable. Also produced two of the most hated contestants ever : Corrine and Marcus. Survivor Tocantins can’t possibly get any more worse than this.
• The Amazing Race - The last season was pretty okay. But I can’t wait for the new season to start
• Little Britain USA - Less funny than the original.. although I loved Ellie Grace’s “I love you more than cumshots” line. Hilarious. And Carol Beer’s definitely topped herself.
• Worst Week - an adaptation of BBC’s Worst Week of My Life. Not as tart as the original, but pretty good.
• Psych - I’m still dumbfounded as to why not more people are watching this brilliant, brilliant, brilliant show.
• Dirty Sexy Money - show has gotten downhill thanks to the excessive unnecessary Blair Underwood’s storyline, and Lucy Liu’s appearance on the show (seriously, can this bitch play something other than a cold hearted bitch on tv?).
• Top Chef NYC- not getting any Top Chef vibes from any of the contestants.. not quite a big fan of that Italian dude.. but his “This is not Top Scallop” had me in stitches. That is so going to be on the next Top Chef T-Shirt.
• Lost - OMFG THE NEW SEASON CAN’T START SOON ENOUGH!!!!! SAWYER FOR THE WIN!!!!
• Supernatural - OMFG THE SEASON CAN’T CONTINUE SOON ENOUGH!!!! DEAN/CASTIEL FOR THE WIN!!
• True Blood - OMFG SUMMER CAN’T GET HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!! TARA/LAFAYETTE FOR THE WIN!!
• The Tudors - OMFG SUMMER CAN’T GET HERE SOON ENOUGH!!!! HENRY THE EIGHTH FOR THE WIN!!