3. Cougar Town (January 8th) — Having moved from ABC to TBS, Courteney Cox is already promised more boobs to go along with Big Carl wine glasses, Penny Can, and hopefully a few more Scrubs mini-reunions throughout the season (despite the fact that series showrunner Bill Lawrence has left that role). Last year, even with only four months of exposure, Cougar Town managed to be one of the funniest sitcoms on television, and now that the pressure of cancellation has been lifted, hopefully the series will only continue to improve in defiance of one of the worst sitcom titles in recent memory.
2. Archer (January 17) — The fourth season of Archer returns mid-month, and among the surprises in store this season is a voice cameo from Timothy Olyphant, who will play an old spy friend of Sterling Archer’s in the season’s second episode. If you can’t wait ten more days for the premiere, you can always check out these nine clips from the forthcoming season.
1. Justified (January 8) — I’ve seen the first couple of episodes of the fourth season, and they are good, chock full of Goggins goodness, a cool season-long mystery, a little Wynn Duffy, some squirrelly Mall Cop Patton Oswalt motherf**ker, and a lot of crazy sexy bartender. Danger’s recaps return this Wednesday for the most anticipated returning show of January. Set your DVRs and lock up your daughters.
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Smithers is on the town?
like Philip responded I am stunned that any body can profit $7590 in 4 weeks on the internet. did you read this site FLY38.ℂom
I will never understand the obsession with Cougar Town around here.
it’s a feel good show, nothing groundbreaking but it just has the perfect balance of feels and comedy. it’s a good relaxing feel good show to watch before you go to bed after a shitty day at work. Plus courtney cox is a total milf
@SatanBigsby, it depends on your opinion of Scrubs. If you really like Scrubs, you’ll love Cougar Town, if you don’t, you won’t. Cougar Town does a great job of growing the characters and using running jokes that pay off.
If you love Community you’ll probably like Cougar Town. Cougar Town is a little more sentimental and less genre-bending, but a lot of the same great qualities.
Meh, I dunno. I loved Scrubs when I was younger but nothing draws me to this show, I can see some loose similarities but it doesn’t have the same charm. I’ve seen a few episodes of Cougar Town, probably not enough to disparage it too much, but from what I’ve seen it’s an exceedingly mediocre sitcom with telephoned jokes and poor performances.
If Courtney Cox is what’s supposed to attract me to it then I’ll definitely pass. I prrefer women who still have at least a passing resemblance to human beings.
I’m sad to say I agree. I absolutely loved Scrubs (the first four seasons), but Cougar Town has never managed to do much for me. It’s good, and very funny at times, but never really achieves greatness. Granted, I imagine I’d have a higher opinion of it if I watched it often enough to become invested.
. “Despite low production values and the requisitely gratuitous Skinemax sex scenes”
what kind of fucking asshole cites the sex scenes as a negative?
Judging from the way Dustin has defended Game of Thrones’ “sexposition” in the past, I think he wasn’t citing the sex scenes as a negative so much as acknowledging that some people might be put off by that stuff, and warning them that there’s more to the show than that.
I don’t have a problem with sex scenes and nudity, but Cinemax shows do seem to have a quota. I watched Hunted and if they were going to show someone getting a phone call, they were likely to be in the middle of having sex when the call came. It’s just kind of weird, because it’s not like they’re giving you insight into a character or their relationships, they just need to show some titties.
FX is set to nudge ahead of that network in terms of pure quality
lolwut? I get you have to dock FX points for Charlie Sheen related programming but they have been far ahead of AMC for a long time. AMC has Mad Men and Breaking Bad (you can count walking dead too if you’re an easily amused dipshit I guess).
I’d take Justified, Archer, Always Sunny, and SOA over that line up every time.
breaking bad and mad men are way better than soa and justified. Archer and sunny give it the nudge to be over. And when breaking bad ends it´ll clearly be a winner.
I don’t watch breaking bad (GASP) but people whose opinions I generally agree with seem to think its the best thing on TV so I’ll grant the show the top spot. That said, I’d say Justified seasons 2 and 3 were far better than the Mad Men seasons that aired in 2011 and 2012. SOA is a clear cut below the other three.
… carrying this useless exercise (that admittedly I started) to its conclusion I’d say Justified + Archer + Always Sunny + SOA – Charlie Sheen > Breaking Bad + Mad Men + Hate-watching Walking Dead – Reality programming
So you don’t watch Breaking Bad and you think The Walking Dead is for “easily amused dipshits”. I suppose that would give your FX over AMC argument it’s needed objectivity.
I’d argue HBO is better than FX AND AMC (Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Treme, Girls, Curb, and Eastbound & Down). But I think FX edges AMC at this point because while Breaking Bad is the best drama on TV Mad Men is equal to or less than Justified plus you have Archer, Wilfred and the League (I am not a fan of it’s Always Sunny… at all). If the Americans is good it adds to it. I see SOA and the Walking Dead as equal in quality.
Wilfred is just TOO weird. I watch every episode but it still creeps me out.
FX has been superior because AMC only has two great shows and one good one whereas you can count the bad shows FX has put on the air in the last 10 years on one hand.
@nacho
Right, because it was an objective discussion to start with? I was actually conceding that breaking bad was the best show on TV but I stand by thinking Walking Dead is awful.
Yeah, unless we’re totally ignoring quantity in favor of quality, FX has to be superior. Louie, Sunny, Justified, Archer, American Horror Story, Sons of Anarchy, Wilfred, and The League (8) vs. Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Walking Dead, and The Killing (4). I don’t watch SOA or TWD, and I don’t like The League or The Killing, and I’m kind of indifferent to Wilfred, but still, I think just in sheer numbers and variety, FX has to beat AMC. Unless you put a premium on dramas, in which case I guess Justified and SOA can’t quite compete with BB & MM.
I really can’t wait another ten days for Archer so thank God Justified comes on this week.
The Americans will be to Homeland what The Playboy Club was to Mad Men (is my prediction).
Seriously hope Justified comes with more Tim Gutterson this season.
This isn’t where I parked my car.
“So you’re the shit!” -Arlo
Damn you Donald Glover. Now I have see another show because due to your awesomeness.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck, and it’s a show I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate.
I’m totally going to like it, too.
I love Donald Glover, but I can’t do it. Every promo and the 2 minutes I caught of that show seem to indicate that Girls is…not for me.
I went and saw Archer Live on Friday and season 4 is going to be glorious.
Bob’s Burgers/Archer crossover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Workaholics starts this month too.
I haven’t seen Justified, but am eager to watch…It is not on demand, or netflix streaming…..WTF gives?
Californication?
I’m with you, brother. I wish that show had a little more critical esteem, on account of its hilarity, but oh well. Just have to accept the fact that you’ll almost never see it mentioned on a site like this’n.
Well, aside from the little mini-list in the preamble.
Holy Crap. This is what comes up for shows airing tomorrow night on this app I use to track such shows:
Death In Paradise
Ben and Kate
Happy Endings
Emily Owens M.D. (don’t judge, I stuck it out with Alcatraz)
Go On
Don’t Trust the B—- In Apartment 23
The Mindy Project
Cougar Town
Frontline
Justified
Parenthood
Vegas
Chopped
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
That’s waaaay too much.
what app is this you speak of?
Android – TV Show Favs
Sweet
Is the fact that you “stuck it out with Alcatraz” supposed to somehow indemnify you against judgment? I don’t get how that argument works, haha. But I don’t know a damn thing about E.O.M.D., so you’re safe on that count. For now.
That’s why you need the hoppa’ from DISH….just kidding…i’m not spam…for real though, where can i watch past seasons of Justified
I know you’re asking about streaming services, but the blu-rays are pretty great, for what it’s worth. Lots of features (in season one, at least), and a very nice picture.
The UK trailers for Continuum made it look like cheesy rubbish, so naturally I watched it after work one evening. It actually turned out to be a perfectly decent cop-show-with-a-gimmick, elevated by a remarkably attractive lead actress.
Does the Glover scene on Girls involve him admitting he just acts Republican in order to get chicks or money or some shit? I don’t think anyone here will care if you spoil it.
I didn’t know Natalie Zea and Maggie Grace were in The Following. Pretty ladies make me feel a little more interested in that show now. Hooray for Archer and Shameless, yay for Girls, and HUZZAH FOR JUSTIFIED! And I <3<3<3 Keri Russell, so a cautious yay for The Americans.
And also yay for Cougar Town.
What is Winona doing with Kevin Bacon? Does Raylan know about this?
AMC is ruining their brand with reality filth!! Wait…whats that? Its a network trying to make money? The audacity!!
That’s the 10 most anticipated list? Holy hell TV is going to be awful this January, and low hopes for this year, sheesh.