57 Channels (And Nothin' On)

The Olympics are finally over and though I am going to miss my daily cheering for the good ol' USA, I am also super pumped. Why you ask? Because fall TV is set to start back up! My Hulu queue will be overflowing in now time (because I never watch anything live). So today's Must Have is dedicated to my fall TV line-up. I'll keep it strictly network this week.

Monday

The Voice is on NBC from 8-10 pm. Returns: September 10

I'm not really a big fan of reality/game shows, but there is something about watching Xtina act like a huge cunt on national television that makes me tune in.

Gossip Girl is on the CW at 9 pm. Returns: October 8

Honestly, this is one of those shows that I watch when nothing else appears in my Hulu queue and I have some time to kill. However, this will be the first year I actually tune in for the season premiere. I mean come on, I have see how Chuck's bet turns out!

Tuesday

NCIS is on CBS at 8 pm. Returns: September 25

Now that Glee has moved nights (more on that later), I can finally watch NCIS. Those reruns on USA have gotten me hooked. And Gibbs is hot.

Go On is at 9 pm on NBC. Starts: September 11

You can read my mini-review here, or you can avoid giving me more page views and just take my word for it...now.

The New Normal is at 9:30 pm on NBC. Starts: September 11

All I have seen is the few (and very funny) Olympic tie-in promos for this show but I am willing to give it a try. I could do without the sociopath NeNe Leaks, but for now, she isn't a deterrent.

Parenthood is also on NBC and rounds out the night at 10 pm. Returns: September 11

I am so happy this show did not get cancelled. It's one of my faves and I hope it gets a full season.

Wednesday

Law & Order: SVU is at 10 pm on NBC. Returns: September 26

SVU has the distinct honor of being my only Wednesday show. The show is still amazing after 13 or 14 years and the cliffhanger has me nervously awaiting the premiere!

Thursday

30 Rock, Up All Night, and The Office are at 8, 8:30, and 9 om respectively on NBC.

30 Rock returns October 4, Up All Night & The Office return September 20

I'm in class on Thursday, so all of my Thursday shows get watched during the weekend via Hulu. These three are not to be missed and bring the funny every episode.

Grey's Anatomy is at 9 pm on ABC. Returns: September 27

In what was probably the best friggin' cliffhanger in the shows history, the killed Lexie. Yeah, she;s dead. And they haven't been rescued from the plane crash yet. I can't even imagine how f'ed my nails are going to be when it starts back up!

Glee is now at 9 pm on Thursday on Fox. Returns: August 23

I want to say "Fuck you Ryan Murphy! How dare you break up Rachel and Finn!" I may have actually said it, but alas, I am now looking forward to what they're gonna do this season. 

Friday

Whitney survived last years cuts and is now on Friday at 8 pm on NBC. Returns: October 19

I really only watch for Chris D'Elia, he's all sorts of funny and yummy. I guess Whitney Cummings is pretty funny too, but really, I watch for the man.

Fringe starts it's final season at 9 pm on Fox. Returns: September 28

I'm really sad that this will be Fringe's final season because it filled my X-Files void. I know it'll be amazing and Joshua Jackson got much hotter after Dawson's Creek.

Saturday

Sunday

Once Upon A Time starts at 8 pm on ABC. Returns: September 30

I. Love. This. Show. Rumpestiltskin is my favorite character. He's evil with a British accent. Don't act like my love for the bad guy surprises you.

Revenge airs at 9 pm on ABC. Returns: September 30

One of the best (and most interesting) new shows last season got me totally hooked. This season, they nabbed Jennifer Jason Leigh to play Emily's mom. It's going to be totes fantastic.

So there you have it, my network TV picks for the fall. What will you be watching this fall?

It Takes Two

What in the world happened today? I'll tell you what happened today!

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won their third-straight Olympic Gold Medal in women's beach volleyball! It was beyond amazing.

I'm not sure what was better, that USA took Gold AND Silver (Jen Kessy and April Ross), or that it sounded like the whole stadium was singing The Star-Spangled Banner during the medal ceremony. Kerri was almost bawlin', which caused me to tear up. Gotta cry when you see another patriotic sap. 

I can confidently say that these two winning will be my favorite moment of the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Gabby and the Fab Five were amazing. Shayna Richards-Ross and the rest of the Longhorns in London made my heart swell. Kellie Wells getting Bronze in the 100m hurdles made me sob like a baby (with happiness). Phelps being Phelps and being the winningest Olympian of all time was historical. But Misty and Kerri are by far the baddest chicks and have stolen the Olympics.

I have been scouring the web trying to find the video from the medal ceremony. I tell ya, to hear everyone singing our national anthem was amazing. You'll get chills. Hopefully, NBC will stop being so Jewish with the footage and put it online at some point and then you can get chills as well. Yes, I said Jewish. You don't get to be offended.

BTW, Go On came on after Bob Costas' interview with Misty and Kerri (which was tres hilarious). It's that new show with Matthew Perry about a guy in group therapy after his wife dies. I had said that despite all the previews that featured Olympics tie-ins (a la Shawn Johnson) that I wasn't going to watch it. How many shows was this man going to do post-Friends that bombed? Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip was quite dry and brilliant but it tanked. Mr. Sunshine...well, I now it tanked but I have no idea what it was about. This was just starting to get sad. 

But alas, Hubby and I laughed. A. Lot. The characters are just the right amount of bizarre and pitiful and leave you laughing at them while feeling sympathetic to their loss (one lady is there because her cat died...thought of you Baby Sis). In his first session, Ryan (Perry's character) turns the meeting into "March Sadness," a bracketology of sorts to see who's experience is worse. One man pleads his case by saying "I returned from deployment and my wife had a baby." Ryan says "So you missed the birth?" and the man replies "And the conception." I chocked on my drink I laughed so hard. 

I really hope it does well. I feel like my fall TV lineup is missing comedy. It officially premiers Tuesday, September 11 on NBC. And yes, it weirded me out about the date as well. Check out the commercial and trailer below. If you didn't watch the episode tonight, the trailer pretty much sums up the first episode so you won't have missed anything really.

Tomorrow, I start a new class. I already know that I will detest the instructor without a shadow of a doubt. I'll explain tomorrow.