Mad Men (AMC, Sunday) – Season finale. My official prediction for tonight’s episode is that everybody goes on vacation to Hawaii and while they’re there they help Joan’s uncle save his struggling hotel. Lots of hijinks. Don meets a waterski instructor and falls in love with her, but then he leaves the island and she is never mentioned again. Pete is Screech.
Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC, Friday) – Series premiere. The sketch/interview show based on the popular podcast debuts. Finally. It feels like we’ve been posting preview clips of it for months now, and I know I’ve been reading interviews with host Scott Aukerman all week. Everyone watch, please and thank you. (Very cool Funny or Die video after the jump.)
True Blood (HBO, Sunday) – Fifth season premiere. HBO took their viewers’ “Game of Thrones” violence and gratuitous nudity, and replaced it with “True Blood” violence and gratuitous nudity. Let’s see if they notice.
Veep/Girls (HBO, Sunday) – Season finale of “Veep.” I am going to miss this show and its artistic, devastating insults quite a bit.
Joe Mande: The Half Hour (Comedy Central, Friday) – Joe Mande, Twitter hero and new “Parks & Rec” writer, has his first stand-up special airing tonight at 11. I haven’t caught more than a few minutes here and there of his act, but I’ve liked what I’ve seen.
The Tony Awards (CBS, Sunday) – Are the Tonys the least CBS awards show? I think they are.
Fairly Legal/Common Law (USA, Friday) – DAMMIT KATE MAKE UP YOUR MIND. JUSTIN OR THE WEASEL LAWYER GUY. YOU ARE VERY PRETTY AND NICE BUT THIS FLIPPITY-FLOPPITY INDECISIVENESS IS COMPLETELY UN-GODDAMN-ACCEPTABLE FROM A GROWN-UP. (Sometimes I have strong feelings about USA Original Programming. Wait until “Suits” comes back. I’m going to blow a gasket.)
The Glades/Longmire (A&E, Sunday) – Here is my review of the season premiere of “Longmire”: I recorded it last weekend and when I opened up my DVR to watch it I saw Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li in there so I watched that instead. Again.
Nurse Jackie/The Big C/The Borgias (Showtime, Sunday) – Every week I tell myself I’m going to include these shows in the listings, but they get bumped for space. There has been exactly one complaint about it. I don’t think that’s a great sign for Showtime.
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Game of Thrones : True Blood :: Filet Mignon : Big Mac
And I don’t necessarily mean that in a bad way. Because, while I’d much rather have a filet and GoT, I wouldn’t turn down True Blood and a burger.
Also, True Blood has an armadillo, so that’s fun.
An armadillo? It might be time to check back in w/ True Blood.
I actually cooked filet mignon for the season finale of Game of Thrones, and served it with some wilted spinach and a Dornish red.
I’d say Game of Thrones is a lamprey pie and True Blood is a stake.
You forgot the part in Mad Men where Sally falls for Roger’s slightly younger brother and NO ONE has a problem with their love affair
The Borgias is fantastic. It’s not Shotime’s problem if you don’t list it.
danger, why no love for burn notice and white collar? should be right up your ally…
Of course I watch those shows. I’m sure they’ll come up at some point in the few weeks.
or alley, if thats your type of thing
The USA programming passion is the only reason I endure the New Girl knobslobbery.
I actually watch Showtime legally (if you call Comcast’s extortion legal) and I won’t even watch Big C or Borgias. Nurse Jackie is okay with the missus. Californication is worth every penny, and Dexter is the funniest show since Larry Sanders.
Anybody find Comedy Bang Bang funny? At all? Hello?
I like Aukerman a lot and he has stellar guests. But I feel like some of the material they produce is funny to them so it has to be funny to everyone else. Sort of like a high brow Happy Madison ideology.
I won’t really miss Mad Men much, with the USA summer programming coming back on, having Breaking Bad to look forward to, and True Blood to satisfy my shlock, cock and blood-soaked smock cravings.
Hey, why no love for Magic City? Or is it already done? I need to watch Magic City.