Tonight’s Top 10 Shows: Weekend Edition

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By SuburBint | Saturday, August 4, 2012 | 4:58 pm | 11 Comments
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Saturday, August 4

Olympic Fun Fact: If the 302 gold medals that were made for the 2012 Olympics were made of solid gold, they would cost nearly $40 million dollars to make. The medals, which are 92.5% silver, 1.34 percent gold, and 6.16% copper, have an approximate value of $708 dollars each.

XXX Summer Olympics (NBC 8pm) From London. Swimming, finals: men’s and women’s 4x100m medley relays, women’s 50m freestyle; track and field, finals: women’s 100m, men’s long jump; beach volleyball, women’s: USA vs. Netherlands; diving: women’s springboard semifinal.

Enough with all the swimming already, when do we get to see the table tennis competitions?

UFC: Shogun vs. Vera (Fox 8pm) Mauricio Rua vs. Brandon Vera; Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader; Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner; DaMarques Johnson vs. Mike Swick. From Los Angeles. (Card subject to change)

For those of you who are tired of watching people not punching one another in the face, here is an alternative to the Olympics.

Sunday, August 5

The youngest of my offspring, BabyBint, turns one year old today.

Big Brother (CBS 8pm) The new head of household nominates two contestants to face elimination.

This was probably the wrong season to start following Big Brother… I can’t even be bothered to remember who people are on this show.

XXX Summer Olympics (NBC 8pm) From London. Gymnastics, finals: men’s floor exercise, men’s pommel horse, women’s vault; track and field, finals: men’s 100m, women’s 400m, women’s triple jump; diving: women’s springboard final; beach volleyball: quarterfinals.

This seems to be a popular… pose?… in men’s floor gymnastics. So watch for it.

The Glades (A&E 9pm) Jim and Jennifer travel to a remote island to investigate the murder of an $80 million lottery winner; Jim has increasing difficulty connecting with Callie in Atlanta.

I always thought Mr. Roarke looked kind of shifty.

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E! 9pm) Kris is urged to go see her sick mother in San Diego; Kourt looks into water birth; Bruce checks into a sleep clinic.

As Creed from The Office said regarding water births, “Sounds like the tide at Omaha Beach.”

True Blood (HBO 9pm) Eric plots his escape; Sookie gets a clue about her parents’ murder; Andy and Jason search for leads; Alcide recalls his pack induction; Arlene is caught is Terry and Patrick’s crossfire; Steve gets a new pet.

*yawn*

Breaking Bad (AMC 10pm) Walt celebrates a birthday; Skyler contemplates her options; Walt and Jesse’s plan is complicated by an associate.

Like we don’t know that Skyler’s going to stick around and be all tense and judgmental and quiet, yet still enjoy the monetary benefits of Walt’s career.

Taboo (National Geographic Channel 10pm) Nontraditional weddings; a naked wedding in Jamaica; dog wedding; a young man kidnaps his bride.

That’s one way to start a marriage.

Strange Sex (TLC 10pm) Trent’s mission is to help childless couples get pregnant; he is a virgin with 15 kids.

Trent needs a) a girlfriend, and b) an excellent psychiatrist.

What will you be watching this weekend?

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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.

 

11 Comments

  1. 1
    Pegalicious
    Posted August 4, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    Happy birthday to your adorable daughter, SB!

  2. 2
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted August 4, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    Awww BabyBint is adorable.

  3. 3
    Sugarbush Sugarbush
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 5:15 am

    Happy birthday, BabyBint!!!

  4. 4
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 6:34 am

    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

  5. 5
    SuburBint
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 11:17 am

    Thank you for the birthday wishes for BabyBint and the admiration of her remarkable cuteness. :-) I’ll admit it, I’m biased and think that all of my children are remarkably good looking, but BabyBint has a certain twinkle in her eye that means MisterBint had better start oiling the shotgun in preparation for her adolescence.

    She is our “miracle baby” — while pregnant with her, I had to unexpectedly have brain surgery and was on a major medication regimen for most of my pregnancy. She was born a bit smaller than my other kids (7lbs instead of 8lbs +) but other than that, she suffered no ill effects. We named her Abigail, which translates as “her father’s delight,” but she is the delight of our entire household; I have never had such a happy, joyful, contented baby. Yes, I’m gushing, but she is beyond a blessing to our family, and we can’t imagine life without her! So today is a huge celebration for all of us, and I love having the Gasmii be a part of it, albeit long distance, anonymous, and brief.

  6. 6
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    BabyBint is very cute.

    As for the Olympics…first, I didn’t know until recently that the winners had to pay taxes on the medals as “income.” Second, why do so many people say “pummel horse” instead of “pommel.” Drives me crazy.

  7. 7
    Pegalicious
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    @cattyfan, the U.S. athletes don’t pay income tax on the actual medal, they pay on the cash money they get for winning a medal. Snopes says that the U.S. Olympic Committee rewards U.S. athletes $25K for gold, $15K for silver, and $10K for bronze The story that went around presupposed a 35 percent tax level (the highest possible level), and it’s unlikely any of the medalists will earn in excess of $388K this year, unless they get a really sweet endorsement deal, so the amount they’ll owe is unlikely to be anywhere near the $9K cited in the story.

  8. 8
    sheesh sheesh
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    Your daughter and my nephew have the same birthday 12 years apart!

  9. 9
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    Pegalicious…thanks for the clarification. The story I read was not specific, and made it sound as though the medal was taxed.

  10. 10
    Pegalicious
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    I saw a similar story and had the same reaction, cattyfan; fortunately, Snopes addressed it in their weekly email and it actually stuck in my little brain, despite its increasing resemblance to a sieve!

  11. 11
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted August 5, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    Happy Birthday, Abigail!!

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