Seriously? OMG! WTF?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj-62CrXOJM
Last week, viewers were captivated by Battle Creek on CBS, and tonight at 10p they find themselves in a sticky situation. That’s because they are investigating a murder that is tied to the city’s syrup business.
Another thing that Battle Creek is known for, is housing the headquarters for Kellogg’s Cereal. Twelves years ago, Breaking Bad’s Vince Gilligan had an idea for a show, and last year it became a reality. When he was asked at the TCA CBS Summer Press Day how he came up with idea for Battle Creek, he couldn’t remember. So the show’s star Josh Duhamel reminded him of the story he told him when he read for the part of FBI Agent Milton Chamberlin. He said, “I remember the first time I met Vince and David (Shore), I asked them the same question. And he said that, when he was a kid eating his cereal, he looked at the side of the Kellogg’s box, and it said Battle Creek, and that’s where you got this. Isn’t that where your fascination with Battle Creek came from?” Then Gilligan added, “I am fascinated by the name because it’s such a great name because it’s got the word battle in it. And yet they make cereal there.” So while you and I were looking for the toy in the cereal box, Gilligan came up with the name of his future show. Stupid me and my sugar high!
Talking about highs, Kal Penn has an interesting story on tonight’s episode. When Detective Fontanelle White goes to smoke his medicinal marijuana to get rid of his migraine, he realizes he was sold fake pot when his headache doesn’t go away. Now, he is out to arrest his supplier. You just have to tune in to see exactly how he does it. It will make you laugh like you just smoked a joint!

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Tonight at 10p, CBS debuts its fourth CSI. This one is called CSI:Cyber and it is about the new world of crimes committed via computers.
Sadly though, just like computers this show comes off as soulless. I wanted to like it because I am a fan of James Van Der Beek and Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette, but the show just never connected with me. I know I am not the CSI target audience, but I was willing to give it try. The crimes are interesting, but the cast and the writing is not.
On tonight’s episode, a baby goes missing and the only hint is that the father heard some people talking in foreign languages on his son’s baby monitor. Because of that the CSI: Cyber team is called in to investigate and that is when they realize that the baby is being sold at an online baby auction. Will they be able to find him before he sold to highest bidder?
Next week’s episode is a little more interesting because a man is remotely making things like roller coasters and trains crash. How many people will he killed before the team is able to stop him.
Like I said, the cases grab your interest, but the show does not. Then again, if you are a fan of the other three CSI shows, you might love this one too. So check it out and decide for yourself.

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What do you get when the creators of House and Breaking Bad decide to do a show together? You get a buddy cop show that everyone can enjoy.
I am not into most police procedurals, but there is something about Battle Creek that works. It could be Josh Duhamel’s good looks, which is mentioned in almost all of the episodes I’ve watched, or it could be because the show that debuts on CBS tonight at 10p is as equally smart as it is funny.
Det Russ Agnew (Dean Winters) works at Battle Creek, Michigan Police Department and to say they are underfunded would be an understatement. They don’t have any cameras, their batteries last as long as a gun shot and their stun guns fizzle out before you can even say stun. He desperately wants to be a good cop, but everything is against him and that makes him a grumpy cynic. He begs and pleads for help and that request goes on deaf ears. That is until an FBI agent from Detroit is transferred to offices across from his. That agent is Milt Chamberlain (Duhamel) and everything goes his way. He is a happy, go-lucky, beyond attractive man that gets everything he wants. Russ hates him, but yet these two men, who are complete opposites, make a great cop team when it comes to solving crimes.
Each week, they solve crimes in a way only they can. The best part about this show, is unlike the other ones it is not predictable.
So tune into Breaking House PD, I mean Battle Creek, tonight and every Sunday at 10p. I promise you will find it as arresting as I do.

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For the first time this century, The Odd Couple is back on TV and you don’t want to miss its debut at 8:30p tonight on CBS. This incarnation stars two very funny TV stars, Matthew Perry as Oscar Madison and Thomas Lennon as Felix, and both of them were born to plays these roles.
If you don’t know the premise of the show that aired in the’70s, Oscar is divorced sportscaster who is a complete slob. Felix, his college roommate, who has just been dumped by his wife, is the neatest neat freak you will ever meet. After Felix’s wife throws him to the curb, he moves in with Oscar. Now these two very different men have to try to make it work as they live together. Things that are much easier said than done.
There are some parts of the remake that are very much like the Walter Matthau/Jack Lemmon and Jack Klugman/Tony Randall versions, and then there are parts that are modernized for today. Instead of working as a sports writer for a newspaper, Oscar now has a radio show he does from his apartment. Talking about the apartment, this one is so much more beautiful than the one from the original TV version. I would love to live in their place.
Now, when it comes to how this show is like the classic play, movie and television shows, it is the humor. I laughed just as hard with the update and I did with the 1.0 and 2.0. Perry is perfect as the messy grouch and he captures Oscar’s essence. When it comes to Lennon, if you close your eyes, you would swear he was Randall reincarnated. He even has his sinuses, down to the honk. Or whatever you want to call that sound he makes.
The Odd Couple is the type of show that people who like the original one can enjoy, and it also a sitcom that newbies can enjoy as much as the fans. The reason why it still works today as it did then is that the concept is timeless. Opposites will always attract and friends will always be there when you need them.

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