Tonight at 7p Christmas with a Capital C premieres on GMC TV and this movie will get an A+ from you too. Ted McGinley is the Mayor of Trapper Falls and he makes Christmas in their small town a big deal. That is until his high school arch nemesis Daniel Baldwin returns to town. Baldwin left his hometown after school and became a successful lawyer, and his sudden return puts a major damper on the Christmas celebrations when he tries to shut all the festivities down. There is a reason why he has become such a bah humbug, but will McGinley realize what it is before Christmas is gone forever in Trapper Falls. Tune into find out in this movie that will get you into the Christmas spirit and make you want to decorate to the fullest right after you see it!
Tonight at 8p on The Smithsonian Channel learn all about the world’s biggest diamond in The Mystery of the Hope Diamond. Many of us heard about the Hope Diamond, but how much do you know about it? Did you know about the curse? Not only will this documentary talk about the curse and the origin of it, but it will also prove if there is any validity to it. Also did you know the diamond was almost 3 times the size it is now? We learn how it has been cut down to the 44 karats we know it as tonight. And did you know the diamond glows red when a light is shined it? We will learn why the beautiful blue diamond glows red. These are just a few of the trimeings we learn in this interesting hour of television that tells you all you wanted to know about the Hope Diamond and then some!!!
Tonight on AMC at 10p The Walking Dead come alive. The show starts off normal and then Sheriff’s Deputy Rick Grimes gets shot. He wakes up several weeks later in the hospital surrounded by dead people except for one area that is closed off with people banging to be set free. He then leaves the hospital and as he walks home it is rows of dead people lying in the street. He finally arrives homes and his family is gone. He sits outside in his now empty neighborhood when he comes across his first survivors and his first walking dead. They start to fill him in about what happened since he has been in a coma and he learns that Atlanta is the safe city. He packs up and heads to Atlanta. Is that still a safe city? Has it been taken over by the walking dead? Are there more survivors? Are Rick’s wife and son still alive? Is there a cure? These are answers we will come across in the upcoming episodes of this show that will be an instant hit to anyone who has been waiting for a horror series that captures the feel of a classic horror movie. Forget Vampires and Werewolves, Zombies are the new in horror creature of choice!
I guess the TV execs took some time away from celebrating 420 to announce some season premiere dates, contract renewals and pick ups!
FX is on fire because today they announced that on June 29th Rescue Me is back for its second to last season while Louis will begin its first. Showtime announced on National Pot Day (for some reason) that Season 6 of Weeds will premiere on August 16th followed by the debut of The Big C.
The Comedy Central bosses are taking a few hits to celebrate the news that both Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert both renewed their contracts. Stewart will remain with The Daily Show until at least 2011, while Stephen will stay with The Colbert Report until at least 2012.
HBO must be smoking something because they renewed Curb Your Enthusiasm for another season and they are sharing their stash with NBC because they picked up Parenthood before Chuck. Seriously Chuck is so much better than Parenthood. Dang if only Josh Schwartz teamed up with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer he wouldn’t be waiting to find out if Chuck was renewed for a fourth season.
And one last pick up, TV Land is high on their own scripted programming because today they announced that Retired at 35 will be their second scripted comedy and it will premiere early next year. TV Land described the show as “David (Johnathan McClain), a successful young businessman decides to leave the rat race of New York City behind and move into his parents’ (George Segal and Jessica Walter) Florida retirement home to reconnect with them, re-evaluate his life and live the dream of retirement that so many are working toward. While in Florida, David reunites with his best friend Brandon, (Josh McDermitt) and realizes that his former crush Jessica (Ryan Michelle Bathe) is still as beautiful and elusive as ever. Living close by is David’s sister, Amy (Casey Wilson) who has finally found a boyfriend Paul (Matt Champagne).” Considering TV Land airs some of the greatest sitcoms of all time like All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Bewitched, Roseanne and Three’s Company, I think they will know to make future classics with Hot in Cleveland and Retired at 35!
This season the ratings are down and for some shows they are down more than others. The Live Feed posted which shows took the biggest hits and the news is bad for the shows that moved to Friday including Ugly Betty that took a really big hit.
Til Death (-48.4%), Ugly Betty (-46.2%) Smallville (-39.8%), Heroes (-35.3%), Fringe” (-33.4%), Gossip Girl (-30.9%), 90210 (-28.3%), One Tree Hill (-25.3%), CSI (-23.2%), Cold Case (-22.5%), Supernatural (-22.4%) and 30 Rock (-21.4%).
While the news was bad for the above shows, some shows like the hysterical The Big Bang Theory found a lot of new viewers.
Big Bang Theory (+35.7%), Private Practice (+27.0%), Biggest Loser (+21.2%), NCIS” (+14.9%) and House (+13.4%)
I am not surprised by the drops by most of the show that took big hits because the quality of most of those shows have declined sharply. Ugly Betty might’ve gotten a makeover, but the show got a makeunder in its storylines. The cast of Gossip Girl might be in their freshman year of college, but they are living like they are in their 30’s and just lost their feel. One Tree Hill lost two of its original cast members, but it also feels like they lost their way. CSI lost William Petersen and now the show is just lost. The only show that I am shocked that is losing its audience is Supernatural which is having a lot of fun this season.
When it comes to the shows that got more viewers, The Big Bang Theory deserves everyone of them because the show just keeps getting better and better. To be honest I am surprised that House is doing better because I am not feeling it this season.
What shows shocked you?
