Why I'm in love with "Chuck"

That clip said it all.

Do you hear that in the background? "I Don't Wanna Wait" by Paula Cole i.e. the theme song/anthem of Dawson's Creek! And keeping in their 90s DJ session (the episode is set at a 1998 High School Reunion) we also got to hear "Backstreets Back" by the Backstreet Boys and "MmmBop" by Hanson, not to mention Boy Meets World star Ben Savage was guest starring!!

I'm having a moment!

"...Mmm bop ba duba dop ba du bop..."

Watch Chuck Tonight at 8pm on NBC

Thursday, September 25: Season Premieres

8:00 Ugly Betty (ABC)

• Catch up by watching the ABC Starter Kit
• Or via Wikipedia and Television Without Pity
  
• Season 4 Trailer:

9:00 Grey's Anatomy (ABC) (Two-Hour Premiere)

Words can not describe how excited I am for this premiere!! So much so that my friends and I are commemorating the occasion with a viewing party celebration!

• Catch up by watching the ABC Starter Kit
• Season 4 Trailer (it was my fav despite it being taped off the tv)

As some of you may know, every season ABC puts together a clip music video, this year featuring "The Quest" by Bryn Christopher and combines clips from the show and him singing. I have to say watching this got me even more excited if that is possible...is it Thursday yet?



10:00 ER (NBC)

If you're like me you've seen so many ER episodes over the past 14 years (Does TNT still play two episodes a day like they did during most of my youth?) that you feel intimately involved with the show but you have absolutely no idea what is happening right now but you really want to watch the final season...

• Catch up on Season 14: Wikipedia or Television Without Pity
  
• Preview for Season 15:
  
  
• Let's not forget that Anthony Edwards aka Dr. Mark Greene (who's death episode still brings me to tears every time) will be returning for a episode this season in flashbacks as part of Angela Basset's character's backstory. Read about it at TV Guide.com
  

Also premiering: My Name is Early 8pm (NBC), The Office 9pm (NBC)

Wednesday, September 22: Season Premieres

8:00 Knight Rider (NBC)

(There was a preview here but NBC took it down and youtube is lacking.)

I have no idea how I feel about this show, at first glance I was turned off by the super macho direction I think this show is going to take (sorry guys!) but at the same time slightly intrigued, particularly because I am a complete techie nerd. The show is coming off an earlier series (with David Hasselhoff) and a movie but will still hopefully introduce itself well to new viewers and I will probably watch the first episode out of sheer curiosity...I mean the car talks!?

10:00 Lipstick Jungle (NBC)

I never got a chance to catch this show--about three high powered woman living in New York City--last season (though I am catching up, the season only 7 episodes) It may be the new, network censored version of Sex & the City, but I loved that show so much I'd take it again in any form. So when they said Candace Bushnell, I ran to my television...

• Season 2 Preview:
  

• Catch up on Season 1 or watch the Season 2 Premiere (before it airs) on Hulu

Also premiering: New Adventures of Old Christine 8pm (CBS), Gary Unmarried 8:30pm (CBS), CSI: NY 10pm (CBS)

Tuesday, September 23: Season Premieres

9:00 The Mentalist (CBS)

• Simon Barker is Patrick Jane, who has a semi-celebrity past as a psychic medium, and is now an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation.
• Scene from the pilot:

I'm intrigued, but also reminded of another show involving a psychic and law enforcement, yes I'll concede that there are differences in the details, but overall is this just a copy of USA's Psych? I'm not sure if the scene above completely sold me, but this fascinating mind game did, at least enough to watch the pilot:

I am also reminded of an old book series I used to read where the solutions to the cases were all in the details: Encyclopedia Brown. My love for those books may be enough to make me watch this series all season, we shall see...

10:00 Law & Order: SVU (NBC)

Luke Perry (90210) will not be returning to the new 90210 (or so he keeps saying causing me great anger, but I still have my *fingers crossed*) He will, however, be on the small screen this week, guest starring on the season premiere of Law & Order: SVU. He and his wife, played by Julie Bowen (Lost, Weeds) are accused of abusing their foster child for medical testing. At the very least I'll be tuning in to see what 90210 is missing...

Get off your high horse Luke Perry and just do a freaking episode!

Also premiering: Opportunity Knocks 8pm (ABC), NCIS 8pm (CBS), Without a Trace 10pm (CBS), Law & Order SVU 10pm (NBC)

What I'm Watching: Thursday, September 28

Smallville Thursdays, 8pm (CW) *SPOILERS AHEAD*

I really hate it when people give up on television shows...

...and I am a hypocrite.

I really do love Smallville, I even own the first five seasons! But my excuse is that I've been a season behind for the past couple seasons and I kept putting off properly catching up. However, I have decided that I have given up on getting caught up and I am going to just jump right back in, especially since this could potentially be their last year. Wikipedia's Smallville Season 7 Entry was amazingly helpful and I youtubed most of the important moments from the 7th Season Finale, including this heartbreaking clip...I wasn't even rooting for them and this still broke me:

Speaking of couples, I think I may have also given up on the show around the same time I gave up my hope for Chloe and Clark to be together. Even though I saw in my youtube spree that Jimmy proposed to Chloe in the Season Finale, I've heard that their will be some Chlark moments in the upcoming season and I'm not gonna lie, that's a huge reason why I am going to start watching again.

Check out the Season 8 Promo:

I have to admit that trailer didn't do much for me, but I am curious about seeing Supergirl and the Justice League (I was already loving the Green Arrow from the episodes I did manage to catch over the past two years) I guess I'll just have to wait and see how the episode turns out, and I'll let you know my thoughts...

You can check it out too, Smallville airs Tonight at 8pm on the CW!

Is all the Gossip Girl marketing working?

If you live in New York City there is no way you haven't seen the new advertising campaign for the CW's Gossip Girl. Similar in concept to last year's "OMFG" campaign, the CW has taken the sex sells mentality and run with it. But the best part of these ads are the quotes they've used from some of the shows harshest critics, (Ex: "Mind blowingly inappropriate" - Parents Television Council) turning them into a brilliant reverse marketing scheme. Give teenagers something to watch that they think their parent's won't approve of and they'll eat it right up.These ads have been up for weeks, so why am I suddenly talking about them? I was curious about the success of this campaign now that the show has been back on the air for several weeks. Ironically, I was in a sociology recitation yesterday where Gossip Girl came up as a topic of discussion. I'd say less than half of the group had actually seen they show, but everybody had heard of it and they all had something to say about it. A few students even said that they were so impressed by the ads in particular that they were either tempted to start watching or actually tuned in to see what all the hype was about. But if that's enough, Monday night's episode had a series high of 3.7 million viewers and helped the CW win No.1 for the night with adults 18 to 34. Maybe it's just me, but I'd say somethings working.
Speaking of Monday's episode, personally I thought it was quite excellent and wonderfully scandalous, not to mention HOT!! (in several ways) I'm not huge into recapping myself but if you're interested you should check out Tim Stack's Recap on EW.com. I found it hilarious, plus I too noticed the large Vitamin Water refrigerator, product placement much!

Gossip Girl airs Mondays at 8pm on the CW.