Tonight’s Top 10 Shows: Thursday, August 23

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By SuburBint | Thursday, August 23, 2012 | 11:48 am | 19 Comments
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Thursday, August 23

William Wallace was executed on this date in 1305. Killed as a traitor to the British crown (which he refused to recognize, as you may remember from Braveheart, although the other 99% of that movie was made up,) Wallace was hanged, drawn, and quartered, a punishment that wasn’t officially en vogue as an official sentence in Britain until 1351, but these things have to start somewhere.

Wipeout (ABC 8pm, 9pm) Contestants face obstacles including Boat Bouys, Swept Away, Ocean Commotion and Panic Hammocks./Contestants face obstacles that include Aunt Patty Cake and the Lumberjerks.

The nicest thing about the Olympics being over is that we can get back to quality athletic programming.

Oh Sit! (The CW 8pm) Daredevils compete for cash; Neon Hitch performs.

Neon Hitch is apparently her legal name. According to Wikipedia, “Hitch resented her parents for her birth name, Neon, and wanted to change it to something more conventional.” Of course, Wikipedia also said that she was born in the “east England countryside of London,” so, I’m taking the rest of the article with a grain of salt.

The American Bible Challenge (The Game Show Network 8pm) Premiere: Teams Charlotte, N.C., Plano, TX and Sacramento, Calif.

Hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, apparently the Game Show Network paid a lot of advertising dollars towards this one, if the banners reading “Do You Know the Bible?” all over my tv listings page are any indication.

And yes, quite a lot better than the people who write the show’s questions, apparently.

Beat the Chefs (The Game Show Network 9pm) Premiere: Christy Jordan; Brad A. Johnson; chef Brad MacMillian; chef Antonia Lofaso; chef Jeff Henderson; Eric Roberts.

I was about to say something about chefs nobody’s ever heard of, but then I saw Antonia Lofaso from Top Chef! I loved her, and the fact that this is where she ended up… well, it’s still probably better than Fabio’s Domino’s Pizza commercials.

Project Runway (Lifetime 9pm) The designers must create new looks for women who have just gotten new hairstyles.

I didn’t realize how important it was to match one’s hairstyle to one’s outfit. A five minute quest online has assured me that I am very fashion-forward in this regard, however; a ponytail is exactly the perfect hairstyle to wear with pajamas.

Burn Notice (USA 9pm) Finale: The team travels to Panama to capture an assassin; Madeline tries to obtain difficult answers.

If her question was, “Will there be another season of Burn Notice?” then I wish her luck finding the answer. I’m guessing probably, but can’t find a firm confirmation just yet.

Anger Management (FX 9:30pm) Finale: Charlie and Kate’s sexual episode leads to complications when he innocently asks her to a movie; Sam kisses a girl and the picture winds up on a social media site.

My momma always told me not to invite a girl to the movies “just as friend” if we had had sex, because it was only going to complicate things more.

New Jersey Social (Bravo 10pm) …..?

What does it all mean?

High School Moms (Discovery Family Health 10pm) Florence’s first prom; campaign to be prom queen.

Back in my day, prom queens didn’t get pregnant until prom night proper. Kids these days have absolutely no respect for the classics.

Suits (USA 10pm) Finale: Harvey needs Mike’s help, but Mike drops off the grid.

Renewal status: I don’t know! USA is being ridiculously tight-lipped about what’s being renewed for next summer. Or winter, whenever these shows usually come back.

What will you be watching tonight?

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After giving birth to her fourth child, SuburBint carefully weighed the options and decided that recapping reality TV was probably a better choice in the long run than alcoholism. Liver function tests have yet to confirm the wisdom of this decision. Being an honest-to-goodness recapper is also a dream come true, as she has aspired to do this ever since discovering that such a thing existed way back in 2002.

Her favorite shows of all time include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Coupling, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, Firefly, Community, Parks and Recreation, Doctor Who, and Veronica Mars. She can also quote The Big Lebowski in its entirety, and will do so with little to no provocation.

 

19 Comments

  1. 1
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    Although reportedly inaccurate, this is one of my altime favotie movies along with Gladiator. I won a tshirt for knowing that film won best picture the year it was released while raving at a club. Go me!

    In other news, I saw En Vogue is going back on the road says Citicard…gotta check local listings! I miss them and, SWV!

  2. 2
    SuburBint
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    Reportedly? Reportedly?! As if I don’t fact-check every little tidbit in here ’til my eyeballs bleed! (grumble, grumble, grumble)

    Good news about En Vogue! Oh early ’90s, how I do miss you sometimes!

  3. 3
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    Sorry Super B! I meant that in agreement. I would not dare challenge your knowledge, clearly you can see farther than the Eye of Sauron and your knowledge base reaches further still.

  4. 4
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    I would bet on Suits being renewed.

    Last week was terrbily sad. they killed off Mike’s Grandma (played by the woman from Wings.)

  5. 5
    captain save-uh-ho
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    Noooo Cattyfan, i was going to catch up on last weeks episode tonight!! GAH. Anyways, my hubby loves Suits, so do all our friends… I would be shocked if it doesn’t get picked up!

  6. 6
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to ruin it for you. I was just so devastated, I blurted it out. (and I’m not being sarcastic.)

  7. 7
    captain save-uh-ho
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    @catty– That’s ok :) I knew it wasn’t an intentional spoiler. Now I’m looking forward to catching up on it!

  8. 8
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 6:08 pm

    @Catty & the Captain, you two are so civilized. What are you doing here?

  9. 9
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    New episodes of Suits in January!!!

  10. 10
    SuburBint
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    @ SSC — We need some civilizing! Lol

    @ cattyfan — Where did you find out? Was it glaringly obvious and I completely missed it? Cos it wouldn’t be the first time….

  11. 11
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    USA ran a promo at the end of tonnight’s season finale to get us fans all excited. It worked LOL

  12. 12
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Apparently it officially announced on August 11th that 16 more episodes have been ordered.

  13. 13
    SuburBint
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 9:31 pm

    @ cattyfan — You are, as always, awesome, informative, and just an all around classy broad. And I also need to change the keywords in my Google searches for info on whether or not shows have been renewed. :-D

  14. 14
    captain save-uh-ho
    Posted August 23, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    @snowshoecat– Catty and I made a secret pact to switch it up. Oops, monkey’s outta the bottle. ;)

  15. 15
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 4:34 am

    @Cappy, Aha!!! I knew something was going on.

    How are we going to get SuperB up to a hundred if everybody acts like that?

    Think about it.

  16. 16
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 8:53 am

    Comment war???

  17. 17
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 10:41 am

    Well, we could make toasts to boost the comment count.

    I raise my glass to my fellow Gasmii, for their intelligence and wit…and willingness to drink with me.

    Next…

  18. 18
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 10:43 am

    Wait. The monkey was in the bottle? Good Lord, Captain…did you pickle my monkey?

  19. 19
    SuburBint
    Posted August 24, 2012 at 10:52 am

    @ cattyfan — You never leave the Captain alone with a bottle of rum and a monkey! (It was rum, wasn’t it? I mean, it is the Captain, so I just assumed.)

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