Sunday, September 28: Season Premieres

9:00 Desperate Housewives (ABC)

When Desperate Housewives ended last season the show attempted to follow in the steps of other successful shows (One Tree Hill, Battlestar Galactica, LOST) and jump ahead five years in to the future. Read about some of the cast's thoughts in today's Detroit Free Press.

• Catch up by watching the ABC Starter Kit
• Or via Wikipedia and Television Without Pity
  
• Season 5 Sneak Peak:

10:00 Brothers & Sisters (ABC)

I love this show! The family dynamic makes for excellent and relatable drama that I can't stop watching. And after last season's wedding (!!), Justin and Rebecca's kiss (which I didn't want but really wanted at the same time) and the mysterious new child roaming out there somewhere, I am totally psyched for tonight's premiere!!

• Catch up by watching the ABC Starter Kit
• Catch up via Wikipedia and Television Without Pity
• Season 3 Trailer:

9:00 Dexter (Showtime)

I have not seen this show yet, but I just borrowed the first season from a friend of mine. One of things I love most about television is its ability to make you understand things from new perspectives and undermine your stereotypes of a situation, I think this show does that and I can't wait to see how.

• Catch up via Wikipedia and Television Without Pity
• Season 3 Trailer:

P.S. OMG I didn't know Julie Benz (Darla from Buffy/Angel) was in this show!?

10:00 Californication (Showtime)

I have heard both praise and hatred for this show, but I can not give my own opinion since I have not watched it yet, I intend to shortly, but for you fans out there...

• Catch up via Wikipedia
• Season 2 Trailer:

Also premiering: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) 8:30pm, 60 Minutes (CBS) 7pm, The Amazing Race (CBS) 8pm, Cold Case (CBS) 9pm, The Unit (CBS) 10pm, The Simpsons (FOX) 8pm, King of the Hill (FOX) 8:30pm, Family Guy (FOX) 9pm, American Dad (FOX) 9:30pm, Little Britain 10:30pm (HBO)

What I'm Buying this Weekend: Sex & the City Movie Special Edition DVD

The Sex & the City Movie Special Edition DVD arrived in stores Tuesday and I can't wait to get my hands on it!

The two-disk Special Edition DVD contains and extended cut of the film (12 additional minutes), commentary with writer/director Michael Patrick King, a digital copy of the film for your ipod ect., "Conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King," "Fabulous Fashion of SATC," Deleted Scenes and an interview with Fergie.

Last week NYC's Public Library was lit up in pink for the DVD release party and, while I hate to shamelessly plug my own internship, TV Guide's "Hollywood 411" was on hand to talk to the stars:




Available on Amazon: Regular Edition, Special Edition, Blu-Ray

As a HUGE Sex & the City fan, watching this movie in theaters was the ultimate present and I'm psyched to get my copy of the DVD and watch it over and over again with my friends like the freakishly obsessed fans we are...lol :D

Buffy (aka Sarah Michelle Gellar) returning to the small screen?

It really irks me when TV stars decide they want to focus on their movie careers (and repeatedly refuse to do any sort of continuation), like Sarah Michelle Gellar leaving after seven seasons of Buffy: the Vampire Slayer, because inevitably they always come back (though unfortunately not to Buffy) and I had to lose my favorite show in the process...I'm not bitter or anything, what? Of course, like any loyal follower, I am still extremely excited that SMG is returning to television in a new half hour, single camera, HBO series, The Wonderful Maladys. The show was developed by Charles Randolph, specifically for Gellar, and he describes her character as having "a kind of zealous immaturity — like a drug addict with a to-do list." The show will focus on three dysfunctional siblings still trying to cope with the loss of their parents at an early age.

Filming begins in early 2009! Read more at Variety.

Grey's Anatomy Wrap Up - "Dream a Little Dream of Me"

It wasn't mind blowing but it still filled me with the "gooey" Grey's Anatomy feelings that make me so happy to watch their world for an hour every week that I am not complaining. Though, as much as I love two-hours with my favorite doctors, there were soooo many story lines (and patients sleeping with different people's tragically injured husbands) that my friends and I were having trouble trying to explain the connections to each other. That's on top of all the various stories focusing on the large ensemble cast, I mean Callie and Erica? Two hours to go nowhere? Rose being psychotic felt a little buried, and didn't George and Lexi kiss in the season finale!! I wanted more!! At the same time I have to give Shonda Rhimes credit, she's made this show and all of it's extensive drama last five years without getting too ridiculous, I can't expect her to give me everything I want in one episode. But I could have lived without being deceived by the previews, dream sequences really? I didn't believe Rose was pregnant but that joke would have been so much better if the preview hadn't ruined it. How many shows are going to do this fake out thing to get hype!? (Refer to yesterday's 90210 anger) It's a little much, especially because your episode ends up being a bit of a let down. On a positive note, how much do I love Christina's and Meredith's relationship, although Mer--you really are going to run away when your bff gets stabbed by an icicle? You're a freaking surgeon, do something! However it gave ample time for Dr. Hunt to be Christina's knight in shining armor (allowing me to swoon over him even more) In regards to their fight, Christina was right, the Meredith freaking out plot has totally been done ten million times before on this show, I don't think Meredith is as whiny as half the people I talk to and I understand being consistent with her commitment issues, but come on! At least they contained it to only one episode...hopefully. Absolute favorite moment: Christina referring to telling Meredith off "Yeah, and then I got karmically impaled!!" The amount of love I have for that line knows no bounds, haha. In closing, I was a tad disappointed that I didn't cry at all and I wasn't big on the ending. The Chief's speech didn't do much for me and in some ways Denny didn't either--I hate to say this but I'm kind of over that story line and I don't think the writer's have been consistent with it recently, so this felt a little bit out of the blue to me.

My new Izzie love prediction: Mark Sloan!! Can you see the possibility?

If you missed it, you can watch last nights episode at Abc.com or check out a Recap on EW.com

Grey's Anatomy airs Thursday's at 9pm on ABC.

90210 News: Dylan and Brandon's Infamous Return

I fear my 90210 love is dwindling...I found Tuesday night's episode disappointing, predictable and cliche (Did anyone really think Annie was going to sleep with him?) and where did all the adult story lines go? Not to mention my anger over the deceiving preview!! Perhaps the excitement/intrigue I felt after watching the preview is why I felt let down by the actual events in this week's ep. To be fair, it wasn't all bad, the episode definitely had some nice twists, but nothing that totally shocked me, unlike this week's Gossip Girl, I hate to compare, but Chuck's puppet-master reveal at the end and OMFG "Queen S" as she walked by Dan, were absolutely amazing moments. I'm starting to feel that 90210 is reusing everything I've seen before without the necessary fresh new take on it, and while I do concede that being a remake complicates this, all the "Who is going to actually Guest Star?" drama is only making it worse. I mean how long are Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth going to stay? Luke Perry and Tori Spelling are pretty much dead set against coming back, and I don't know but at this point is it really looking that good for seeing Jason Priestly? So to compensate for all this drama what do the producers do? Resort to having them (and not even their voices) call on the phone!?! Umm yeah, lame! Replace the actors or something because I can see this getting really ridiculous really fast...you can read the whole story (*warning spoilers*) via E! Online's "Watch with Kristin"

Does anyone else fear that this show is going to run out of drama by the end of the first season, and we will suddenly be seeing an O.C. collapse happening all over again? Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling it quits--I've never been one to stop watching addictive Teen Drama, but unfortunately I won't look forward to it nearly as much.

Retro MTV Moment of the Week

So I was hanging with a couple of my friends tonight, somehow we started discussing halloween costumes, and I let slip that my friend and I had been Daria and Jane Lane last year. This prompted an excited Daria discussion, a frantic youtube search for the theme song, and plans for future marathoning...perhaps this clip from Episode 3x13 "Jane's Addiction" will inspire the same in you:



"The Emotional Trauma Cycle of the High School Student" Hahaha! Love it! Also Farmers who are paid not to grow anything...lol and can I just say that if you know me and my habits this line is the story of my life: "I'm always late that's why I don't wear a watch, they depress me."

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)