Tonight’s Top 10 TV Shows, Friday, Jan. 20th

Watercooler

By NotWithoutMyTV | Friday, January 20, 2012 | 9:14 am | 7 Comments
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Friday, January 20th

Shark Tank (ABC, 8 pm) NBA champion Bill Walton helps a triathlete pitch his idea for a unique water bottle.

He wears a Bottle Boy suit. Oh, Bill.

Star Wars: Clone Wars (Cartoon Network, 8 pm) Obi-Wan enters a prison, disguised as a convict, in order to extract information; Obi-Wan must work with Cad Bane.

I still can’t say “Dooku” and keep a straight face.

Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, 8 pm) Chef Ramsay tries to save Austin, Texas, restaurant El Greco from being closed.

First, he calls it “Donkey!” a few times, to shock it out of its complacency.

Infested! (Animal Planet, 9pm) Scorpions fall from the rafters in a dream home; a family battles blood-sucking parasites.

I hope the show doesn’t define “battles” as “leaves for a three-day weekend while the pest control guy fumigates the house.”

Brad Meltzer’s Decoded (History Channel, 9 pm) The team investigates the region between Anchorage, Juneau and Barrows Alaska that has a disappearance rate 16 times the national average.

It wouldn’t have anything to do with cold, dangerous terrain, or aggressive wildlife, would it?

America’s Most Wanted (Lifetime, 9 pm) Victim’s rights and missing-children advocate John Walsh hosts this long-running show, dedicated to bringing criminals to justice.

Every week, 70% of Lifetime’s viewership hopes to see their ex-husband featured.

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (IFC, 10:30 pm) On morphine, Todd mistakes a teddy bear for Alice’s former boyfriend.

Wackiness ensues.

Lingerie Football League (MTV 2, 10 pm) Toronto Triumph vs. Orlando Fantasy.

If you can look past the smut, you’ll find there’s really a lot of talent on the field.

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC, 11:35 pm) TV personalities Steven Tyler, Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson; Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Randy Jackson perform.

Aww. Couldn’t they have given Seacrest a cowbell, or something?

Aquateen Hunger Force (Cartoon Network, 1 am) Meatwad gets new electric powers.

“And you had better bring me some chocolate sauce, or your fate is sealed!”

By day, I'm an editor. That means I get a cruel thrill out of identifying the parts of other people's creative projects that suck, and alerting those people to said suckage. Sometimes, I get paid for it. I've been known to lose my appetite after seeing how a Thai menu has folded, spindled, and mutilated the Queen's English. Imagine what TV does to me! I guess that's why I wanted to be a recapper at TVgasm. My friends have heard all of my rants, and they are sick of them. TVgasm is a whole new captive audience! So, let's make a compact, you and I: you agree to read my recaps and take what amusement you can from them, and I agree to put into the print the outrageous observations about the show that you thought, but were too PC to say. Let's share our joyous rage after wasting another perfectly good hour in front of the television.

Oh, and I still believe that Magnum, P.I. was the greatest show on television. Although I have not seen Thomas Magnum fishtail that Ferrari in the opening credits since I was 14. If Magnum, P.I. actually sucked, keep your damn squeal hole shut and don't ruin it for me, OK?

7 Comments

  1. 1
    Val
    Posted January 20, 2012 at 9:53 am

    LMAO @ Ryan Seacrest playing the cowbell!
    Pardon my ignorance, but what about Randy? What’s his act?!

  2. 2
    NotWithoutMyTV NotWithoutMyTV
    Posted January 20, 2012 at 10:37 am

    I think he plays bass, but his main skill seems to be making the word “yo” mean a couple thousand different things, but still impart nothing to the listener.

  3. 3
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted January 20, 2012 at 10:59 am

    I’m watching the Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret on Netflix, along with Portlandia. I’m really enjoying both shows..and as usual, I’m always a season behind.

    I never saw the appeal of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The only Cartoon Network show I watched was Home Movies. What does that say about me? I wonder..

  4. 4
    NotWithoutMyTV NotWithoutMyTV
    Posted January 20, 2012 at 11:13 am

    ATHF is… weird. The first time I saw it, I had the exact same experience as the first time I saw Ren & Stimpy: you don’t know what the HELL you just watched. About a half an hour after I watched it, I started laughing at some of the lines, then all of a sudden I was a fan. The Adult Swim block is all of a similar type of humor that probably doesn’t tickle everybody. I never really got Space Ghost Coast to Coast, but Squidbillies and Metalocalypse are both fun.

  5. 5
    Fan-Ann
    Posted January 20, 2012 at 11:39 am

    The Lingerie Football League. Really? I honestly thought that was an urban myth. I won’t be sharing this information with my beloved as I am afraid he would share your opinion about the talent on the field. Then I would have to kick his happy ass out of bed.

  6. 6
    See-Jay
    Posted January 20, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    ATHF is an acquired taste.

  7. 7
    Val
    Posted January 21, 2012 at 9:48 am

    NotWithoutMyTV

    I think he plays bass, but his main skill seems to be making the word “yo” mean a couple thousand different things, but still impart nothing to the listener.

    I hear ya, dawg! ;)

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