Tivo Alert

May 8, 2008

Top Chef: Next Time, Just Elope

This week on Top Chef, the chefs compete in two all-time favorite challenges while both old (Twitch v. Richard, Fleasa v. soap) and new (Dale v. Evangelass) rivalries emerge.

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"I only married you for your money!"
"I know. And once those start to sag, I'm trading you in for a younger model."

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September 10, 2007

TIVO ALERT: Poker After Dark FINALLY New!

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After an odd first season of 2 weeks of new shows, 4 weeks of reruns, 1 week new, 2 week reruns, I am happy to announce that tonight NBC SPORTS starts airing all new episodes of POKER AFTER DARK. I'm a huge poker nut, and have fielded dozens of emails asking when the reruns will end, this is to all you folk - SET YOUR TIVO's!!! Full season 2 schedule available after the jump so you can avoid the annoying reruns.

Also be sure to check out the weekend wrap up show where they redo the whole weeks game and the players analyze their own game play as well as the game play of others.

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July 31, 2007

Bloody Good Show!

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Spike tonight 10pm after CSI

If you like procedurals like CSI, love gore comparable to SAW and SE7EN enjoy reality TV and have testicles, then be sure to tune in to SPIKE tonight for the premier of their new series MURDER.

MURDER is a wish fulfillment show. Now lest you think I hurt puppies and kittens while hating my mother, my genitals and am planning my own murderous spree, allow me to explain. After years of watching LAW & ORDER, CSI, EVIDENCE, KOJAK, DRAGNET, MONK...jesus, just wikipedia "police procedural", after years of these shows, most of us are pretty sure we could do what those characters are doing just as easily. MURDER is that show.

Every day men and women team up and solve real (pre-solved) murders. They have access to a masterfully recreated crime scene (not for dinner hour viewing) which they have to process, they chat in the morgue with the corpse by their side as they get autopsy results, they can question suspects -- in essence they get to play detective / csi. This brings me back to being a wish fulfillment show. One of the reasons the show works is that the teams don't win anything. It is a pure bragging rights show, and then presumably to avoid criticism that they are exploiting the victims, the winning team has a donation made in their name to the victims charity or if their is none, a charity in the area which the original crime took place.

This isn't CLUE, it's not even CLUE on steroids. If anything, MURDER is CLUE on crack. They even give you enough that there is a great play at home component to the show. Not for the faint of heart, MURDER premiers tonight on Spike at 10pm.

July 3, 2007

Katie TV

katie.jpg When I think Black Entertainment Television, I of course think of TVgasms very own Katie Cazorla; which is why it comes as no surprise when I heard Katie is one of the new star of a BET show HELL DATE which premieres Monday July 9th at 7:30pm.

What is HELL DATE exactly?

Find out after the jump. . .

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January 24, 2007

Set Your Tivos! Noteworthy TV Premieres, Finales and Specials For The Winter

tivo012407Constantly in a state of befuddlement as you wonder when exactly Amazing Race and Top Model are coming back?

Fear not! We have a schedule of most of the relevant premieres, finales, and specials from now until May. Of course, the dates are subject to change, and many events in April and May have yet to be announced, but for now, this calendar might help you plan those all important TV viewing nights.

Full list after the jump...

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May 8, 2008:Top Chef: Next Time, Just Elope
September 10, 2007:TIVO ALERT: Poker After Dark FINALLY New!
July 31, 2007:Bloody Good Show!
July 3, 2007:Katie TV
January 24, 2007:Set Your Tivos! Noteworthy TV Premieres, Finales and Specials For The Winter
January 4, 2007:Discovered a Great New Show You're Probably Not Watching
November 29, 2006:TIVO ALERT: SCIFI You're My Hero!
November 22, 2006:Next Week: TBS Premieres My Boys and 10 Items Or Less
November 8, 2006:Newsgasm: Is That An Axe in Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
November 7, 2006:Newsgasm: Set Your Tivos! This Looks DREADFUL
October 20, 2006:Tivo Alert: Your Weekend of (Nearly) Free Howard TV
October 17, 2006:Tivo Alert: Food Network's Halloween Programming