POSTS TAGGED: whale wars

Friday, July 20 It’s National Lollipop Day! I’ve heard that Sees Candy stores are giving away free lollipops today in honor of this important national holiday. 20/20 (ABC 9pm) The hourlong broadcast includes insightful interviews with notable figures from the worlds of news, politics and entertainment, hosted by Elizabeth Vargas and Chris Cuomo. A revolving [...]

Friday, July 13 When I pulled up the zap2it.com TV listings page, just like I always do when writing this column, this is what I was met with. Even after refreshing the page. Twice. And it’s Friday the 13th. You may begin hearing the Twilight Zone music in your brain now. Deadliest Catch (The Discovery [...]

Friday, June 22 This was adopted as the official flag of Sweden in 1906. This fact is about 46 times more interesting than anything on television tonight. Deadliest Catch (The Discovery Channel 8pm) Social Reload: No Exit I know what all of those words mean individually, but couldn’t begin to explain what this episode might [...]

Instead of watching the news, go pet your dog. You’ll both be happier.   Friday, June 15th Deadliest Catch (8 pm) Tempers on deck flare as temperatures plunge and every skipper steels himself for battle. This is Deadliest Catch’s version of “The contestants sing; one is eliminated.” Countdown to Niagara: The Greatest Megastunts of All [...]

The final showdown, without anything actually resembling a showdown

Despite their best efforts, Sea Shepherd doesn’t manage to lose the mothership.

To open Week 9 of our ten-episode season, the Gojira has just come upon the Nisshin Maru. It’s the mothership of the Japanese whaling fleet. If Sea Shepherd prevents it from loading whale carcasses onto its slipway, all whaling operations will come to a halt and the campaign will be over. Sea Shepherd has been [...]

We’re all very tired

Jereth Cutestory would have a field day with this

It’s hard to find whalers, even if someone tells you exactly where they are

Wile E Coyote does not catch the Road Runner

Makin’ stuff up and callin’ it real

Well then. Here we have something incredibly rare in the reality TV landscape: an episode about something that actually matters. Nobody dies on Hogan Knows Best. But this week on Whale Wars, the Sea Shepherds undertake a search-and-rescue operation to look for some Norwegian sailors who have gone missing in the Antarctic Ocean. The worst [...]

Rescued and thawed

Nothing changes. Don’t read this recap.

In which multiple references to Indiana Jones are made

The first ever reality show bottle episode

Today’s lesson: anger the machines, get whales killed

Whalers pull the ol’ Harpoon Ship Switcheroo and a Animal Planet slogan contest!

Last week, when Sea Shepherd was zeroing in on the Japanese whaling fleet only one episode into the season, I was worried that we had a kind of Whale Wars on our hands. Sea Shepherd knows what it’s doing. It’s even badass. Had the show somehow become about a bunch of people…succeeding? It didn’t sound [...]

In season 4, Sea Shepherd breaks out its most shocking weapon yet: competence

The return of the Wars!

Betty White…. on Saturday Night Live. The only time this show has been funny since John Belushi died.

Ewok party!

Part One: The Penultimate Showdown…

You’ve been waiting for it. Here it is.

How can a “between battles” episode still be SO AWESOME?!

Yep. They’re using parachutes now.

And remember: you’re a WHALE of an activist!

Not even (preventable) mechanical problems can stop them

Let’s go to spin class.

Throw on your life jackets and grab your sea-sickness pills.