Top Chef (Bravo) — Season finale. It’s down to loudmouth jackass Mike and the neurotic but deserving Richard. Since every reality show from “The Bachelor” to “American Idol” seems to screw up the champion, Mike will probably win. But the real winner in my heart will be the memory of Padma Lakshmi in a bikini.
Coal (Spike) — Series premiere. The producers of “Deadliest Catch” and “Ice Road Truckers” turn their blue-collar focus to West Virginia coal mining (a real growth industry, I’m sure). Frankly, if you want to watch some coal mining on TV, I recommend…
Justified (FX) — Tonight’s episode is generating a huge buzz among critics who’ve caught screenings of it. Raylan comes to the rescue of a coal executive who gets tangled up with the Bennett clan. Watch a preview below, and read an interview with Margo Martindale (Mags Bennett) here.
Web Soup (G4) — Season premiere. Man, it’s gotta suck to be Chris Hardwick. He came along and started doing “Web Soup,” then Daniel Tosh started doing his job better on a channel that people actually watch.
The Ultimate Fighter (Spike) — Season premiere. Welterweights with an eye on a UFC contract get guidance from heavyweight coaches Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos. Lesnar’s advice to his disciples: “Try being more gigantic.”
Real Sports (HBO) — Surprise! NCAA football is completely corrupt. Try not to have a heart attack from this revelatory report.
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Fingers crossed for a Jesco White cameo in “Coal.”
Uff – it saddens me when you don’t lead the Wednesday ‘What’s on’ column with Raylan. MANCRUSHES MUST BE SATISFIED!
/thanks for the clip tho
//keep up the great work
I find it interesting that “Coal” gets its own tag in this one. I look forward to pedantically verifying that every future post that includes Justified carries this new tag (and bitching when disappointed).
Hmm, there’s something wrong with this recipe. Let’s see… oregano, cumin, terragon… ah! Not enough Padma in a Bikini.
The redhead form Justified is the poor man’s Christina Hendricks. If I’m not mistaken she was topless in the same episode of Hung as Natalie Zea. Here’s hoping they repeat their toplessness tonight.
Given the ongoing crisis in nuclear power, coal looks to really start booming. Most coal companies are already profitable, this just might lead to a move towards coal and more jobs in this industry.
*puts glasses back on and goes back to reading The Economist
@ The Wumpus, I’ll cross my fingers as well for a Jesco White appearance. Everyone should check out The Whites of West Virginia documentary.
Have you ever listened to Chris Hardwick’s podcast? The guy really sucks.
TUF is stupid. If GSP isn’t going to move up to middleweight then they just need to give that nigga a throne and make every other welterweight learn French.
i can say this season is of TUF is going to be awesome. I lived with Chuck O’Neil and I can easily say that he will be the most interesting contestant on the show. He’s a great fighter (8-3, fought for bellator last year, probably would have been fighting for bigger promotions by now if not for a knee injury) but he’s an even better personality than a fighter. You get a quick glimpse at that in the season preview with chuck launching someones crutches into the pool. should be interesting
What the hell was in Coover’s duffle bag, and why was it named Charlie? Awesome episode last night.
Ultimate Fighting? Wrestling with less steroids and less interesting….
What the hell was in Coover’s duffle bag, and why was it named Charlie?
Sepinwall’s blog has details from the creator, that it was in fact a badger.
As for Charlie, I can only assume it was driven mad by the same training regimen they used for Clown Baby.